Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Adamstown Lower, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown Lower
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.70872, -7.43867
- SMR number
- KK013-044----
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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 a N-facing slope of a small NW-SE valley, high above the point where it gives into a larger E-W valley, in reclaimed grassland. Land dropping steeply into valleys to N, E and S and rising to the NW. There are very good views in all directions except to the NW. A sub-circular area (max. dims. 27m E-W; 18m N-S) bounded by a low, wide earthen bank (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m; Wth at crest 1m; overall Wth 3m) from E-S-W. There is a possible original entrance (Wth 2.5m) at S. A townland boundary runs NE-SW through the W quadrant and the bank does not survive above ground W of this boundary.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 18 March 2020
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.