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Drumbo : Round Tower

CountyDown
Grid RefJ 322 652
Longitude5° 57' 29.7" W
Latitude54° 31' 4.25" N
Nearest TownCarryduff (4.6 Km)
OS Sheets15, 20
UTM zone30U
UTM x308530.37694008
UTM y6045166.6540639
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 27th July 2002

This shortened round tower occupies a fine spot on the top of a hill overlooking the landscape around it quite beautifully.

The doorway is very low. This was probably ok because the high location was more than likely easy to defend. There is just 10m of round tower remaining now, which is of a quality of stonework that is quite rough. This makes it hard to determine if it is late or early.

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