The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
St Mochua (medieval)
Round tower
The site of an early monastery, founded in the 7thc by St Mochua mac Lonan. All that remains from the monastic era are remnants of a church, built into a later castle, and the well-preserved round tower. This has a fine Romanesque doorway and retains a conical cap, the latter partially rebuilt in 1880-1. There are four triangular-headed windows at the top, with three further windows at various points lower down. The base is furnished with a plinth with three steps. The masonry varies from sections of well-dressed ashlar to more randomly coursed rubble.