Round tower
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Round tower may refer to:
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Types of tower:
- Irish round towerIrish round towerIrish round towers , Cloigthithe – literally "bell house") are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with three in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man...
, a type of early mediaeval stone tower - BrochBrochA broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland. Brochs include some of the most sophisticated examples of drystone architecture ever created, and belong to the classification "complex Atlantic Roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s....
, a type of Iron Age drystone structure found in Scotland - Round-tower churchRound-tower churchRound-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...
, a type of church found mainly in England - NuragheNuragheThe nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia. Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture, the Nuragic civilization...
, a type of megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, Italy
Specific towers:
- Leaning Tower of PisaLeaning Tower of PisaThe Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa...
, Italy - The belltower of Sant'Apollinare in ClasseBasilica of Sant'Apollinare in ClasseThe Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe is an important monument of Byzantine art near Ravenna, Italy. When the UNESCO inscribed eight Ravenna sites on the World Heritage List, it cited this basilica as "an outstanding example of the early Christian basilica in its purity and simplicity of its...
, Ravenna, Italy - Nantyglo Round TowersNantyglo Round TowersNantyglo Round Towers are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in 1816 during the period of national unrest due to high wheat prices following the end of the Napoleonic wars, by the...
, South WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... - The belltower of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy
- Newport Tower (Rhode Island)Newport Tower (Rhode Island)The Newport Tower is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island ....
, also known as Round Tower - RundetårnRundetårnThe Rundetårn is a 17th-century tower located in central Copenhagen, Denmark. One of the many architectural projects of Christian IV, it was built as an astronomical observatory...
(meaning "Round Tower"), Copenhagen, Denmark - Round Tower LodgeRound Tower LodgeThe Round Tower Lodge is situated in the central reservation of the A556 road in Sandiway, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building....
, Sandiway, Cheshire, England - Round Tower (Portsmouth)Round Tower (Portsmouth)The Round Tower is a fortification at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour.-The wooden tower:The wooden tower was built between 1418 and 1426 on the orders of King Henry V.In 1422 a chain that could be raised in an emergency was built from the round tower across the harbour entrance.-The stone...
, a fortification built to guard the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour
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- Round Towers GAA Clondalkin, a GAA club based in Dublin, Ireland
- Round Towers GAA KildareRound Towers GAA (Kildare)Round Towers is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland winner of 10 Kildare county senior football championships in all, six as Round Towers, three as Kildare and one as St Patrick's. Glenn Ryan featured on the Kildare football team of the millennium and was...
, a GAAGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club based in Kildare Town, Ireland