sentences:  In common with many other early sites, St Michael's had a round tower, and it is known to have been in existence by the late seventh century.Graves going back to the 8th century have been unearthed at the site of another early church, St Bride's (or St Bridget's), on the corner of Bride Road and Bride St.This site may have been part of the same ecclesiastical complex as St Michael le Pole's, though the church of St Bride itself seems to belong to a later period.