Monasterboice Monastic Site

The monastic settlement of Monasterboice was founded by St. Boetius, an early Irish saint, in the 6th The round tower, is one of the tallest of its kind in Ireland at 30.5m high, even with its conical cap missing. Built of course slabs and blocks of greywacke, with some sandstone, the round tower was a necessary safety feature for all financially thriving monastic settlements, as it was where t...