Cloyne : Round Tower
Visit Notes
Sunday, 23rd June 2002
This is a very fine example. Like Clondalkin (County Dublin) it is now standing right on the roadside, towering about the town in a most impressive manner.
A small sign on the gate says that it is 100ft tall and 10th century. Another little sign says that the key is available from the small cottage in the cathedral grounds over the road - I wondered what the very rickety steps were for.
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This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide. Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate. Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies. The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out. UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system. ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps. |
