School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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- (continued from previous page)When you get inside the Tower you see a little ledge every eight feet for the ladder to rest on. The Tower was used as a watch Tower. At the top of the Tower there are five windows and a man would look out of each and watch the five roads to Kells to see were the Danes coming. There were only five roads leading from Kells at that time.
It is said that the wonderful Book of Kells was hidden in the wall of the Round Tower. The beautiful golden cover was stolen from the Tower but the book (of) a left behind. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Aughey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13