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Abernethy is a village and former burgh about 13 km south-east Perth. Formerly the site of a number of Roman encampments, Abernethy became an important Pictish religious and political centre. The parish church, which sits on land given by Nechtan, a king of the Picts, is dedicated to Saint Brigid of Kildare, and the church is said to have been founded by Dairlugdach, second abbess of Kildare, one of early Christian Ireland's major monasteries. In 1072 the village was the setting for the Treaty of Abernethy, where Malcolm Canmore gave allegiance to William the Conqueror and its mediaeval round tower marks the site of a former abbey and, later, collegiate church. The Round Tower is a stone-built Irish-style round tower which stands at the edge of the cemetery. Dating from the 11th century, the tower is one of only two such towers surviving in Scotland. The roofless ower is 22.5 m high and has a diameter of 4.57 m at ground level, tapering upwards to 3.96 m. Fixed to the outside base of the tower is a Pictish stone.

Abernethy is a village and former burgh about 13 km south-east Perth. Formerly the site of a number of Roman encampments, Abernethy became an important Pictish religious and political centre. The parish church, which sits on land given by Nechtan, a king of the Picts, is dedicated to Saint Brigid of Kildare, and the church is said to have been founded by Dairlugdach, second abbess of Kildare, one of early Christian Ireland's major monasteries. In 1072 the village was the setting for the Treaty of Abernethy, where Malcolm Canmore gave allegiance to William the Conqueror and its mediaeval round tower marks the site of a former abbey and, later, collegiate church. The Round Tower is a stone-built Irish-style round tower which stands at the edge of the cemetery. Dating from the 11th century, the tower is one of only two such towers surviving in Scotland. The roofless ower is 22.5 m high and has a diameter of 4.57 m at ground level, tapering upwards to 3.96 m. Fixed to the outside base of the tower is a Pictish stone.

Andernach is a very old Roman settlement in Germany. Already in the Gallic War Gaius Iulius Caesar had a bridge build in 55BC. over the Rhine in just ten days. 55 BC. The settlement was named Antunnacum and the place, where the Rhine Valley narrows near Andernach, was called "Porta Antunnacensis" by the Romans. After the Romans had left, the Franks took over and Andernach became a royal seat of the Merovingians. In 859 the Kings Charles the Bald, Louis II (the German) and Lothair II met here for a discussion, that was not really a success. After Louis II´s death in 876, Charles the Bald asked Louis III. the surrender the areas left of the Rhine and began with the military conquest. This ended in the Battle of Andernach, in which Charles the Bald was defeated. In 882 and 883, the city was pillaged three times during the Viking raids in the Rhineland. In 1167 Emperor Friedrich I ("Barbarossa") gave the imperial court of Andernach with coinage and customs rights to his imperial chancellor and archbishop of Cologne Rainald von Dassel, who had accompanied the Emperor on his wars in Italy (and brought the remains of the Magis to Cologne). with this takeover, the city slid into the dispute over the German throne between Otto IV (Guelphs) and Philip (Staufers). Philip captured the city in 1198 and set it on fire. The old town church was also destroyed up to the current bell tower. In 1194 Emperor Heinrich VI. handed Andernach over to Archbishop Johann I of Trier, which prompted him to build a larger new bishop's church (1198–1220). Andernach grew and got fortified. The complete medieval fortification secured the city with five double gates - as well as with 15 towers. The "Runder Turm" (Round Tower) was built before 1440 as a fortified watchtower. It was probably erected on the site of the northwest corner tower of the Roman castellum. -- P.S. In 1920 American author Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach.