Monasteries & convents

NOTES: The monastery was founded in the 5th century, the Round Tower was probably built in the 9th century and the three High Crosses (of which the West Cross is one) date from the 10th century.

NOTES: The monastery was founded in the 5th century, the Round Tower was probably built in the 9th century and the three High Crosses (of which the West Cross is one) date from the 10th century.

NOTES: Here are found the ruins of a monastery which flourished between the 7th and the 12th centuries. The Round Tower was completed in 1124 and the Cross of the Scriptures dates from the 9th century.

NOTES: Here are found the ruins of a monastery which flourished between the 7th and the 12th centuries. The cathedral was built in 904 and rebuilt in the 14th century with later additions around 1460.

NOTES: Here are found the ruins of a monastery which flourished between the 7th and the 12th centuries. The South Cross dates from the 9th century and Teampull Doolin from the 12th.

NOTES: The age of the monastery buildings is uncertain but most of them date from the 8th to the 12th centuries. St Kevin's Kitchen probably dates from c. 1100 but the round bell-turret might be a later addition.