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Kells Round Tower
Photo: Stephen Keaveny · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons file · tap to enlarge
Archaeological monument (SMR)

Kells Round Tower

On the Sites and Monuments RecordOne of 2 monuments with a page in Kells
RRound tower
DirectionsIts record on the heritage map ↗
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About Kells Round Tower

Kells Round Tower is on the Sites and Monuments Record in Kells. 59 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

SMRSee it on the heritage mapIts entry in the Sites and Monuments Record, on the State’s heritage map · ME017-044013-↗

The Sites and Monuments Record lists it as an archaeological site; it has a page here because it has an encyclopedia article.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Kells · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Kells Round TowerStart here
  2. 2Gates, Kells Market YardRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3LisieuxRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Bank of IrelandRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Kells Town HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
The Stone HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mSchool, Convent of MercyRegional rating (NIAH)300 mManse, Kells Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 mBrentwood and BellevueRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMaudlin HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mKells Presbyterian ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

24 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegGates, Saint Columba's Church (Kells) (gates / railings / walls)5 mRegSaint Columba's Church (Kells)38 mRegBell tower, Saint Columba's Church (Kells)55 mRegThe Medical Hall69 mRegHouse, Cannon Street, Kells74 mRegHouse, Cannon Street, Kells84 mRegWorkshop, Cannon Street, Kells97 mRegKells Market Yard (market building)100 mRegGates, Kells Market Yard102 mRegPost box, Church Street, Kells104 mRegSexton's house, Saint Columba's Church (Kells)105 mRegGates, Saint Columba's Church (Kells) (gates / railings / walls)106 mRegHouse, Cannon Street, Kells108 mRegCobbles, Saint Columba's Church (Kells)108 mRegKells Market Yard (market house)114 mRegCarroll114 mRegHouse, 2 Church Lane, Kells115 mRegHouse, 1 Church Lane, Kells119 m
Show the other 6
SMRSt. Columb's House119 mRegHouse, Market Street, Kells124 mRegHouse, Market Street, Kells131 mRegThe Bridewell135 mRegDuke Brothers141 mRegHouse, Market Street, Kells144 m
More like it

Like it: recorded buildings near Kells

There are 5 with photos within 40 km. The nearest is Viaduct in Navan, 16 km away. Saint Finian's College in Mullingar is the farthest, at 38 km.

Viaduct, NavanNavan · 16 km away
Trim CastleTrim · 20 km away
Knowth Passage Tomb CemeterySlane · 26 km away
Boyne AqueductLongwood · 31 km away
Saint Finian's CollegeMullingar · 38 km away

Questions about Kells Round Tower

Is Kells Round Tower on the National Inventory?

It is on the Sites and Monuments Record (ME017-044013-), the State’s list of archaeological sites.

Can you visit Kells Round Tower?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Kells Round Tower protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).