fort s , ▁Irish ▁round ▁to wers , ▁cast les , ▁churches ▁and ▁c athed r als , ▁ab be ys ▁and ▁pri ories , ▁brid ges ▁and ▁roads , ▁and ▁town h ouses ▁of ▁varying ▁style . ▁ ▁Early ▁architecture ▁▁ ▁Ev idence ▁of ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁settlement ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁throughout ▁the ▁county . ▁There ▁are ▁great ▁bur ial ▁m ounds ▁including ▁the ▁portal ▁tomb s ▁and ▁dol m ens ▁at ▁O w ning , ▁Kil m og ue - Har rist own ▁and ▁Bor r ism ore . ▁There ▁are ▁passage ▁gra ves ▁at ▁Cl om ant agh ▁Hill ▁and ▁Kno ck roe . ▁There ▁were ▁non - m eg al ith ▁single - gra ve ▁bur ial ▁tomb s , ▁Link ard st own - type ▁C ists , ▁exc av ated ▁at ▁Jer point ▁West . ▁These ▁are ▁late ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁and ▁before ▁the ▁single - gra ve ▁r ite ▁of ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age . ▁A ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁house ▁was ▁identified ▁in ▁Gran ny ▁near ▁Water ford , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁oldest ▁house ▁in ▁County ▁Kil ken ny . ▁The ▁square ▁house ▁consisted ▁of ▁slot - tr en ches , ▁internal ▁floor ▁surfaces , ▁a ▁hear th ▁and ▁wooden ▁posts ▁at ▁each ▁corner , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁post - hol es ▁was ▁radi oc ar bon - dated ▁to ▁ 3 9 9 7 - 3 7 2 8 ▁BC . ▁A ▁new ▁form ▁of ▁early ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁pot tery