Concentric enclosure in Tullaherin

Indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) surrounded by an outer enclosure (overall diam. c. 95m) which is roughly concentric with the inner enclosure, though the distance between the inner and outer enclosing element varies between 15-25m. A farm trackway is indicated running NW-SE through the SSE portion of the outer enclosure and up to the SSE perimeter of the inner enclosure, with a field boundary running NW-SE from the trackway within the outer enclosure and joining the perimeter of the inner enclosure in the WSW sector. On the 1899-1902 revision of the OS 6-inch map only the inner enclosure is indicated suggesting that the outer enclosure had been levelled by c. 1900. The faint trace of the outer enclosure is visible on satellite imagery, on which the inner enclosure is visible as being heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. Another enclosure (KK024-073----) is located c. 90m to the NE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 October 2021