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Round Tower, Glendalough (Images)
WI023-008002-
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 belo…
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme, Ireland, 2014
Subject
- Round tower
- Archaeological site
- Archaeology
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
Type of item
- Image
Medium
- Schist
- Stone
- Granite
- Stone
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme, Ireland, 2014
Subject
- Round tower
- Archaeological site
- Archaeology
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
Type of item
- Image
Medium
- Schist
- Stone
- Granite
- Stone
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights
- Copyright © The Discovery Programme
Temporal
- 1101 - 1200
- 12th Century AD
- 1101/1200
- 12th Century AD
Places
- The Round Tower, Glendalough
Provenance
- National Monuments in State Care
- Phase-based Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Glendalough. Phase based terrestrial laser scanning using a Faro Focus 120 laser scanner. The instrument quotes the following specification: Distance accuracy up to ±2mm. Range from 0.6m up to 120m. Measurement rate up to 976,000 points/sec. Intensity & RGB. Integrated colour camera. Photorealistic 3D colour scans with up to 70 megapixels. Parallax-free colour overlay.
Identifier
- http://3dicons.dcu.gr/object/HA/1441
Extent
- measured from base, height, metres: 30.48
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-01-15T06:49:52.055Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-01-15T09:36:35.542Z