round tower

noun

1. a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge

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"The families would be there on the Round Tower in Portsmouth, waving us off," he recalls.

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In addition: Formal gathering rooms, three-story round tower, exterior embellished with terra-cotta tiles, formal porches, mature trees, patio and traditional landscaping.

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The historic residence's famous Round Tower is visible in the distance.

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Today, the reputed remains of that fire shrine, a broken Celtic cross and a 105-foot stone round tower, built in the age of pillaging Vikings, are the most visible remains of the pre-Reformation settlement.

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They had been told to stay on the east jetty which provides the main tourist access to the iconic round tower and ruins.

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