Abbey of Kells to its presence at the abbey. Later in the same century, the monastery was dissolved with the abbey becoming a parish church and the Book of Kells continued to be kept there. Catholic landowners acquired the land. The Book of Kells remained at Kells until the 1650s when Cromwell's troops were stationed in the town. At that point it was sent to Dublin for safekeeping. In 1661, the Book of Kells ended up in Trinity College, Dublin where it has stayed ever since. Today, the monastic site includes a 10th-century round tower that rises around 90 feet from the original
Port Kells was laid out in 1890 by the Royal Engineers. In the early 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway was built through Port Kells and since the 1970s. The Highway has provided a neat distinction between the industrial northern portion and the rural and residential southern portion of the community. Development of the northern industrial portion occurred after 1970. The southern portion is slated to be developed into a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial uses from its present rural condition. Port Kells Port Kells is a neighbourhood of the City of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada, located at the northeastern end of