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Glendalough’s Round Tower: The Medieval Landmark That Refuses To Blend In

The Glendalough Round Tower is a nearly 1,000-year-old monastic bell tower in County Wicklow. Learn who built it, why its door is high above the ground, how lightning changed its…

27 July 2026

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