Show T the h e round bound howors of ireland hundreds of years ago as tar far back as the sixth and not later than the twelfth century it was as the custom in ireland and ana other christian countries to build tall narrow towers lowers close to many 0 of f th tha churches it is not known for certain why they were erected but ut it is supposed that besides being used tor for religious purposes they afforded shelter for priests and people in times of danger af after t er bells had been cintr introduced 0 they were sometimes hung in these towers the round towers were mostly from eighty to a hundred feet high and usually crowned with a peaked root roof they were lighted by small windows and the ascent from tory story to story was made by means of ladders As a matter of safety the door was placed at a considerable distance from the ground above a hundred of these towers more or less perfect are still to tie be found in various parts of ireland |