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round tower

(Military / Fortifications) a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge

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No references found			We both cried; but in the afternoon we went up the Round Tower, and looked down on Copenhagen, and far, far away over the water; then we went to Friedericksberg, where the King and the Queen were sailing about in their splendid barges. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context They rimmed the eaves of every house, they were set in the plaster of the outer walls and at no great distance from where Bradley stood rose a round tower built entirely of human skulls. Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context When the pony-chaise stopped at the door, and my eyes were intent upon the house, I saw a cadaverous face appear at a small window on the ground floor (in a little round tower that formed one side of the house), and quickly disappear. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context			round bone round clam round dance round dancing round down round file Round game round hand round herring round kumquat round ligament of the uterus round of drinks round of golf round off round on round out round robin round scad round shape round shot round steak round table round the bend round the clock round top round tower round trip Round trot Round turn round up round whitefish round window round-arm Round-backed round-bottom round-bottom flask round-bottomed round-eyed round-faced round-fruited round-headed leek round-leaved rein orchid round-necked round-shouldered round-spored gyromitra round-table conference round-tailed muskrat round-the-clock round-the-clock patrol round-trip light time round-trip ticket			round the bend round the bend round the bend round the bend round the bend Round the Bend Players round the clock round the clock round the clock round the clock round the corner round the corner round the corner round the corner Round the House Round the Island Race Round the Pole Round the Twist Round the Twist Round the world Round the world Round the World Minimum Check Round the World Tour Round the World Trip round timber Round to even Round to even round top Round Top State Bank Round Tops round tower Round Towers Round Towers round trip round trip round trip round trip Round Trip Average Round Trip Engineering Objects Round Trip Flow Round Trip Light Time Round Trip Time Monitor Round Trip Time Variation Round Trip Trade Round Trip Trade Round Trip Trade Round Trip Trades Round Trip Trades Round Trip Trades Round Trip Trading Round Trip Transaction Cost Round Trip Transaction Costs Round Trip Travel Time Round tripping Round tripping Round tripping round trips round trips round trips Round trot Round Tube Plate Fin

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