page_title: Kilbennen
section_title: Ruins and monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Kilbennen / Ruins and monuments
caption_attribution_description: Kilbennan, County Galway, Ireland English: East view of the round tower.
context_page_description: Kilbennen or Kilbannon is a medieval ecclesiastical site and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
context_section_description: The limestone round tower is badly damaged and stands 16.5 m (54 ft) tall at its highest point and 4.8 m (16 ft) in diameter. It has a sandstone doorway 4.56 m (15.0 ft) off the ground.
  Both gables are standing on the church. The east gable had a twin-light cusped ogee-headed window.
  A holy well is located to the northwest, where Bennin is said to have healed nine lepers.
caption: Round tower with doorway visible.
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