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Tipperary has some of Ireland's richest farmland and much of the County is characterised by wide open spaces of lush green pastureland. The Galtee Mountains in the south of the County are the location of the scenic Glen of Aherlow which is popular with walkers, cyclists and anglers and the Mitchelstown Cave which has beautiful limestone formations. The Rock of Cashel, which towers over the town of Cashel and the flat plain around it was a major centre of power in the midlands and is the site of possibly Ireland's most impressive religious ruin. Tipperary also has other interesting ruined churches at the Holy Cross Abbey and at Holy Island on Lough Derg and some well preserved High Crosses in their original settings in Ahenny and Kilkieran and a number of castles and Norman tower houses including Cahir and Ballynahow. Tipperary's most lively towns are Clonmel, Cahir and Cashel.
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