Enclosure in Adamstown Upper, County Kilkenny

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In tillage. Not indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1946-7 revision. A curvilinear enclosure (diam. c. 60m), the fosse of which is visible as a cropmark on satellite imagery (Google Earth, imagery date 16 April 2020 and 24 March 2022; Digitalglobe, imagery date 2011-13), identified and reported by Rob O'Hara. The enclosure is slightly D-shaped as the fosse in the NE perimeter appears to be straight (L c. 40m). See attached imagery: KK013-156----_01 Google Earth, imagery date 16 April 2020 KK013-156----_02 Google Earth, imagery date 24 March 2022 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 April 2023

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK013-156

Places near here

Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Maker not stated on source page, allthatsinteresting.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.istockphoto.com
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Adamstown LowerFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 782 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Adamstown Lower was invented by a local who forgot to tell anyone else about it. He…

Fairy fort / ringfort in Adamstown LowerFairy fort / ringfort · 845 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / ringfort in Adamstown Lower was managed by a matchmaker who only set up couples with bad hair. She…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in MonabrogueFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1141 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Monabrogue says there’s a tunnel to the pub, but it’s just rock. The dome inside looks…

Graveyard in RathealyGraveyard · 1357 yd

Explorer Tom Graveyard in Rathealy would be a terrible history teacher because it keeps forgetting dates and mixing up which century…

Rathealy GraveyardCemetery · 1360 yd

Explorer Tom Rathealy Graveyard complains to the council that the wind blows its gravestones around like a messy teenager’s bedroom…

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyroe (maher)Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1486 yd

Explorer Tom Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballyroe is hiding a treasure that’s definitely just a biscuit tin from 1974. The bank…

Standing stone (present location) in RathealyStanding stone (present location) · 1659 yd

Explorer Tom Standing stone in Rathealy has moved house twice because its landlord kept building silage dumps nearby. It’s the most…

Standing stone in RathealyStanding stone · 1673 yd

Explorer Tom Standing stone in Rathealy was supposedly thrown there by a giant who really needed to let off some steam. Someone…

CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Castle in Kyleballynamoe is hiding a treasure that is definitely just an empty biscuit tin from 1974, but the locals…

Tubbrid Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.6 mi

Explorer Tom Tubbrid Castle took about four thousand cups of tea to build, according to the locals who were too tired to count…

Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.6 mi

Explorer Tom Church in Tubbrid Upper was once part of a big abbey, so it thinks it’s royalty. It might have hosted a fake royal…

Clomantagh MillsMill (water) · 1.7 mi

Explorer Tom Clomantagh Mills was started after two lads bet they could grind flour with a water wheel. One lost his shirt, and now…

More archaeology and monuments in County Kilkenny · All of County Kilkenny

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover