Show who th round towers of hundred ot of years yara aco a co as ad far back ei u the sixth and not later than the twelfth century it was wa the custom in ireland inland and other christian countries to build tall narrow towers tow en close to enany of the churches it la Is not known for or certain why thoy they were erected but it to li supposed that besides being belne used for or religious purposes aoa they afforded afford 4 shelter for priests and hoople in times ala of danger after belle bella had bad been introduced they were sometimes hung in these cb towers tower the round towers tower were hooff from eighty to a hundred feet high and usually crowned with a peaked loot they were lighted alth ted by small mall windows window and the ascent from tory story to tory story was wa made by means of ladders As ai a matter of safety the door was placed at a considerable distance from the ground above a hundred of these towers more or lose ies per feet are re still to be found in various puts parti of ireland |