Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bawn
Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.40117, -6.72321
- SMR number
- WX031-019003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated on a slight SE-facing slope. Adamstown tower house (WX031-019001-) is at the N corner of a square enclosure (dims. c. 40m x c. 40m) defined by slight scarps and is also centrally placed within a grass-covered bawn now visible as a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. c. 70m NE-SW; c. 60m NW-SE) defined by a scarp. This is the bawn of one English acre with walls ‘20 feet high (H c. 6m)’ that survived with corner towers into the 19th century and which had other structures (Ffrench 1889, 85). The memorial stone (WX031-019002-) was taken from over the gateway of the bawn and is now built into the hallway of Adamstown House (WX031-056----).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Memorial stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.