Ecclesiastical enclosure in Cappakilleen

Situated in undulating grassland on land sloping gently to the NE. A large circular area (dims. 84.2m N-S; 81.5m E-W) defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.4m) with a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the NE quadrant. The S portion of the enclosure has been truncated and falls sharply to a ledge with a bank which again drops sharply to a trackway in a small wooded area. The interior slopes gently to the NE. There is a bullaun stone (TN011-031002) embedded in the bank in the NW quadrant. The large enclosure, the presence of the bullaun and the townland name of Cappakilleen suggest that this is an ecclesiastical enclosure. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

Situated in undulating grassland on land sloping gently to the NE. A large circular area (dims. 84.2m N-S; 81.5m E-W) defined by a low earth and stone bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.4m) with a gap (Wth 1.7m) in the NE quadrant. The S portion of the enclosure has been truncated and falls sharply to a ledge with a bank which again drops sharply to a trackway in a small wooded area. The interior slopes gently…