clones round tower high cross and church

An old monastery was founded here by St. Tighernach in the 6th century. The high Cross probably stood near the Round Tower originally and was later moved to its present position in the Diamond. The cross (9th century?) is in two parts which did not belong together originally. On the west face are Adam and Eve, the Sacrifice of Isaac and Daniel in the Lions' Den, while on the east face are the Adoration of the Magi, the Marriage Feast of Cana, the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes and the Crucifixion, and there are panels with geometrical decoration on the two sides.

Further down the town is the graveyard with the Round Tower. The Round Tower is retained to a height of about 75 feet, and has a square headed door and windows. Nearby is a shrine in the shape of a house, with interesting finials, called St. Tighernach's Shrine. It is carved out of one stone. Tradition says that there is a vault underneath it, in which bodies were placed having been taken from their coffins which were later destroyed beside the shrine.