National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated NW of the cathedral on slightly higher ground within the main graveyard. Built of mica-schist and granite (H 30.48m) on two offsets, with a further six floors carried on beams set into beam-holes. The round-headed granite doorway faces SE and is 3.2m above the upper offset. There are four trabeate windows at various levels and a further four at the cardinal points, just below the reconstructed conical cap. A rectangular channel (c. 0.2m x 0.15m) runs right through the thickness of the wall just below the doorway. Orpen (1907, 404) suggested it may have been used as a spy-hole. Healy (1972) recorded a number of cross-slabs in the vicinity of the round tower. (Leask 1950, 16-18; Barrow 1979, 197-200; Barrow 1992, 30-31)
160862,WX03888,ROTR,WX015-003028-,WEXFORD,FERNS DEMESNE,R187340,702185,649758,52.589485410000002,-6.491913030000000,Round tower,Indicated,Indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWX015-003028-,A round tower with a square base (Anon. 1910-11

Monument Type: Round tower

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