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The location was originally sought out as a peaceful retreat by St. Kevin because of its remoteness and serenity, but several disciples who wished to follow his teachings built a temporary hamlet of churches, chapels and living quarters in the valley below the site of his hovel . This soon grew and eventually, at the height of its popularity, was one of the main religious universities in Ireland.

The name Glendalough comes from the Irish Gleann Dá Locha meaning the glen (valley) of two lakes. The monastery site is located between two lakes (Lower Lake and Upper Lake) and is one of the most popular tourist sites in Wicklow.

The monastic site includes a 33 metres tall round towerGlendalough, Ireland, is approximately 30 metres tall A round tower was a place of both refuge and storage, built in the vicinity of a church or monastery, although many have become attached to other buildings because of extensions to the original churche and St. Kevin's Cross, a Celtic High crossA High Cross is a standing cross with a circle, made of stone and often richly ornamented. High Crosses exist in Celtic parts of Britain and Ireland; the Irish High Cross has become more famous because of its distinctive shape (the ringed Celtic Cross) an. The round tower was built during the era of the vikingViking refers in a loose sense to the North Germanic (ethnically Scandinavian) population of Northern Europe in the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th centuries, which during this time colonized, raided and traded the lengths of the coasts, rivers and islands of Eur invasions in Ireland (up to and around AD1066), in order to protect the religious relicThe word relic comes from the Latin reliquiae ('remains') and there are many pre-Christian instances of some bone or other part of the corpse, or some intimately associated object, carefully preserved with an air of veneration as a tangible memorial.s, books and chaliceA chalice (from Latin 'calix', cup) is a goblet, intended to hold just drink. In general religious terms, it is a goblet intended for drinking some beverage from during a ceremony. In Christianity, a chalice is a wine cup used during the mass for the Comms used around the monastery at the time.

Glendalough's graniteGranite is a common and widely-occurring group of intrusive felsic igneous rocks that form at great depths and pressures under continents. Granite consists of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars, quartz, hornblende, biotite, muscovite and minor accessory cliffs, above the north-western end of the Upper Lake, are a popular rock-climbingthe Roaches. Climbing is going up, or, depending on context, also down. It may refer to aircraft, a land vehicle, and humans and animals. On land, in particular it refers to steep climbs, e. on a hill, mountain or stairs, in a pole or tree, etc. This arti location.