The Newport Tower, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.

Irish round towers (Irish: Cloigtheach (singular), Cloigthithe (plural); literally 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the Isle of Man.

In archaeology, a broch / brɒx / is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse " devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Brochs are roundhouse buildings found throughout Atlantic Scotland.

The Newport Tower is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.

2013年10月27日 · While Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering America for the European world, some see the Newport Tower in Rhode Island as evidence of an earlier …

2024年1月2日 · Glendalough Round Tower is one of the best preserved examples of an Irish round tower. Of the 60 plus remaining round towers, only 13 of them – Glendalough included – still have a conical roof. You can see how much care and effort went into constructing this tower in the lintel over the doorway which is carved from a single piece of granite. 3.

The Newport Tower, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.

The Round Tower was built during the initial construction of Fort St. Anthony (later renamed Fort Snelling). It featured limestone walls over twenty-five feet high with musket slits that faced both outside and inside the fort.

2021年4月11日 · One of the distinctive characteristics of the Irish monasteries is the round stone tower, an architectural feature unique to Ireland. The round stone towers are a dramatic architectural...

2019年5月1日 · Constructed with fieldstone from the grounds that surround it, the tower is an exact replica of the Round Tower at the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary. The 124.5-foot structure is located in the middle of Castleton Lyons and its 144 winding steps lead to the top with windows along the way that face the north, south, east, and west.