What to do · Glendalough and the Wicklow Mountains
St Kevin's monastic city and the round tower
Information
- Price
- Free; the visitor centre is extra
- Duration
- 1 h
- Season
- All year
- Who it's for
- All ages; grass and stone paths
- With a dog
- On a lead
St Kevin founded a monastery here in the 6th century, and for centuries it was one of Ireland's great centres of religion and learning. What remains is next to the Lower Lake: the round tower, visible from all over the valley; the gateway into the enclosure; the ruins of the cathedral, the graveyard with St Kevin's Cross and the steep-roofed stone church that everyone calls "St Kevin's Kitchen".
You can go in freely at any hour. To make sense of what you see, start at the visitor centre, 300 metres away, and then carry on along the Green Road to the Upper Lake.
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