[3] The townland has three recognised sites, all ringforts, which are designated as National Monuments which can be found at the following grid references (using the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system (UTM)): 29U 489441 625 865, 29U 489309 625643, 29U 489713 625325.

Because of their support for the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Catholic Confederation of Kilkenny the Stacks' land was confiscated following the Act for the Settlement of Ireland in 1652.

His youngest brother Frederick Walter Kitchener (born 1858) became lieutenant-general, Knight Commander of Order of the Bath and governor and Commander-in-chief of Bermuda.

His older brother, Henry Elliott Chevalier Kitchener (b.1846), succeeded him as earl, having had an army career (including a posting at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare) with a final rank of colonel.

The gate lodge, however, still stands and is in private usage, listed as part of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (UTM 29U 489708 625772).