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Killashee Round Tower
53.1889° N, -6.6722° E
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Killashee Round Tower is an Irish round tower that forms part of the monastic remnants of Killashee, County Kildare, Ireland. On the Record of Monuments and Places its number is KD024-003.
Historical Timeline
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Late medieval control
Late Middle Ages
Victorian mansion built by Moore family
mid-19th century
Monastic foundation attributed to Auxilius
AD 454
Viking raid (first recorded)
AD 824
Viking raid (second recorded)
AD 1035
Round tower construction
12th or 13th century
Dissolution transfers
1539–1540
Graydon family and mill
18th century
Grose visit and engraving
1792
Ordnance Survey account
1837
Sale to Holy Union Sisters
1927
Church closure
1965
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