Rock of Cashel Cathedral

The Cathedral at the Rock of Cashel, now roofless, still preserves something of the majesty of a medieval episcopal church. The choir and transepts are longer than the (unfinished) nave. The transepts have preserved their three-bayed gable ends and their corner turrets. In the angles between the nave and the transepts spiral staircases (127 steps) run up in small round towers to the massive central tower and to roof walks round the nave and transept, linked with one another and with the round tower by various passages and flights of steps within the thickness of the walls - forming a well-contrived defensive system. In the north transept are a number of fine tombs, one of them with figures of Apostles and saints, including St Thomas Becket