Local Fact of the Day: Abernethy’s Irish mystery 🗼

Abernethy’s 22-metre round tower is believed to have been built around AD 1100. It is one of only two Irish-style round towers in Scotland—the other stands at Brechin—and nobody knows for certain how this remarkable design arrived in Perthshire. The tower has served as a bell tower and as a secure refuge for local people and their possessions. It still functions as a bell tower today. Have you visited or climbed Abernethy Round Tower? Vote below and share this little piece of Perthshire history. 💙 Source: Historic Environment Scotland https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit/all/abernethy-round-tower/history-and-stories/ Photograph: Scott Cormie · CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abernethy_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7335469.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Original photograph shown without edits.