Timahoe Round Tower - Timahoe, Ireland
The original church to which belfry belonged is now replaced by a modern (Protestant) church, a few yards to the south west corner of which it stands. An extraordinary carved doorway makes this the most elegant Tower in Ireland. Carvings of human heads, with flowing beards and moustaches, decorate the main entrance. Similar carvings decorate a second storey window. Built in the 1100s Timahoo is a complete tower though now without floors or ladders. The Tower rises almost 30 metres high and is more than 17 metres wide at its base.. Its walls are nearly 2 metres thick. Inside there are two different floors, which were reached by ladders. Timahoe Round Tower Timahoe, Co Laois Ireland Web: www.discoverireland.ie
