County Kilkenny has a rich archaeological heritage; this wealth is reflected in the approximately 3,400 recorded monuments in Kilkenny; including earthworks (e.g ringforts), megalithic sites, fulachta fiadh, early Christian ecclesiastical sites, churches, graveyards, medieval buildings, castles, industrial archaeology, historic landscapes and underwater sites.<\/p>\n
The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have produced a list\u00a0of National Monuments in State Care in County Kilkenny<\/a>.\u00a0 To\u00a0learn more about the archaeological sites see www.archaeology.ie\u00a0,<\/a>\u00a0view the Record of Monuments and Places (RMP)\u00a0for County Kilkenny in the Council\u2019s Planning Department or click on the following links to view the County Kilkenny RMP manual<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0County Kilkenny RMP Maps: Sheet 1-16<\/a>, Sheet 17-33<\/a>, and Sheet 34-47 <\/a>.\u00a0 (Please note that many of these sites are on private lands and may not be accessible, without permission from the landowner).\u00a0 See the Visit Kilkenny <\/a>website to see some of the archaeological sites in Kilkenny which are open to the public.<\/p>\n A database of some of the published excavation reports for Co. Kilkenny from 1970 to 2010 is available to view at www.excavations.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Data on underwater archaeological sites (marine, coastal and inland waterways), are available from the Underwater Archaeology Unit<\/a>, in the National Monuments Service and the Ports and Harbours Archive.<\/p>\n A number of County Kilkenny\u2019s significant heritage sites have Conservation Plans\u00a0 <\/a>to guide their management and conservation.<\/p>\n For additional information on\u00a0protected archaeology in Kilkenny City please refer to the following publications, which are available to view at the Planning Department of Kilkenny County Council:<\/p>\n For details of the following publication please see\u00a0the Royal Irish Academy <\/a>website:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Kilkenny Archaeological Project<\/strong><\/p>\n Kilkenny City has one of the richest and most important archaeological records for any Irish urban centre. The Kilkenny INSTAR Project has collated the data from over 200 archaeological excavations in Kilkenny City from 1968-2006; see The Kilkenny Archaeology Project (KKAP) Report for the Irish National Strategic Archaeological Research Programme.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The NRA (now Transport Infrastructure Ireland)\u00a0has published brochures about the archaeological discoveries made on national road schemes throughout the country; click on the links below for brochures relating to M8\/ N8 and N9\/N10 roads.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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