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Settlement deserted in Tullaherin

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On the brow of a gentle S-facing slope with excellent views of the surrounding countryside except to the W where the ground level rises. It is surrounded by an area of marsh from SW-W-N. Included by Empey (1990, 85) in a list of medieval towns, or settlements with borough status. The settlement appears to have…

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On the brow of a gentle S-facing slope with excellent views of the surrounding countryside except to the W where the ground level rises. It is surrounded by an area of marsh from SW-W-N. Included by Empey (1990, 85) in a list of medieval towns, or settlements with borough status. The settlement appears to have developed from an early medieval monastic site which still retains its church (KK024-062001-), graveyard (KK024-062002-) and round tower (KK024-062004-). The settlement extends to the N and W of the church. It consists of a complex series of at least eight clearly defined rectangular, subcircular and subtriangular enclosures and platforms, and linear embankments, spread out across the field with a particular concentration of remains on the N downslope. The larger rectangular and triangular enclosures most likely represent tofts or crofts while the smaller platforms are probably house sites. See attached photograph: KK024-062007-_01 aerial photograph (ASIAP (414) 3, 6 March 2004) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 October 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK024-062007

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  • Sabrina O Brien, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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