Oran

Round Tower

Very little is known about the monastic settlement at Oran. It is said St Patrick founded a church here and appointed St Cethec as the first bishop. All that suvives is the stump of a round tower and the scant remains of a much later church. The tower stands at four metres high and features two distinct types of stone. There are no doors or windows present in the remains. An opening in the northeast of the tower is not the original entrance. There is a single visible offset. On the southside of the road is a holy well dedicated to St Patrick.

The offset