Brechin Cathedral Round Tower
Gaze up at a Scottish rarity. Brechin Round Tower, 25m tall and nearly 5m wide, is one of only two Irish-style round towers still standing in Scotland.
A striking decoration around the first-floor doorway indicates Brechin Round Tower was built about AD 1100, but a date a century or so earlier cannot be ruled out. Originally free-standing, the tower became attached to Brechin Cathedral in 1806.
The tower’s finest feature is its original doorway, more than 2m above ground level, featuring Romanesque carvings of a crucified Christ, a pair of saints and crouching beasts.
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