C11th free-standing round tower of Irish style in Abernethy churchyard, Perthshire: 22m high, rebuilt on 12 course of an earlier base.

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C11th free-standing round tower of Irish style in Abernethy churchyard: 22m high, rebuilt on 12 course of an earlier base. Dark Age site associated with a vanished Pictish monastery, the compiling of the Pictish king-list & the return of Irish clergy to Pictland in the C9th after Viking raids. This and a similar one at Brechin are the only two 'Irish' towers to survive in Scotland.

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Size: 2710px × 4270px
Location: Abernethy Round Tower, Abernethy Churchyard, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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