Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Moated site
Adamstown, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.81843, -8.50081
- SMR number
- CO086-036----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S-facing slope, on E-W ridge overlooking Owenboy river valley to S. Rectangular area (33.5m E-W; 51.7m N-S) enclosed by two banks (max. int. H1.65m; max. ext. H 1.5m); separated by intervening fosse; heavily overgrown. Outer bank incorporated into field fence to N and W; forms edge of laneway to E and garden wall of house to S.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.