What is recorded here

Enclosure in Ballylusky (Magowry parish) is an enclosure in Ballylusky (Magowry parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a circular area 21 metres across on a gentle south-facing slope, marked by a shallow ditch 4.35 to 4.55 metres wide and 0.1 to 0.3 metres deep. Two ringforts stand nearby, one about 240 metres to the southwest and the other about 300 metres to the southeast. A levelled field boundary with an east-facing scarp 2.1 metres wide and 0.15 metres high flanks the ditch from the south through west to northwest.

In generally level pasture, on a very gentle S-facing slope. Ringforts (TS062-065---- and TS062-066----) are located c. 240m to the SW and c. 300m to the SE respectively. A circular area (diam. 21m) defined by the remains of a fosse (overall Wth 4.35-4.55m; basal Wth 1.2-2m; D 0.1-0.3m). The fosse is flanked by the remains of a levelled field boundary which is defined as an E-facing scarp (Wth 2.1m; H 0.15m) enclosing the levelled monument from S-W-NW. It is depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 35m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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