What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballylusky (Ardcrony parish) is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballylusky (Ardcrony parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It sits on an east-facing ridge slope in pasture, while two other ringforts appear over the brow to the north-northwest. The main circular area spans 36 metres east-west and contains a central 7.5 metre stone structure with surviving foundations. Its defining bank is 3 metres wide, particularly broad in the west sector, and a 3.9 metre ditch with a 1.9 metre outer bank has been disturbed in the north-east quadrant.

Located on an E-facing slope of a ridge in pastureland. Two ringforts (TN015-016 and TN015-017) are visible over the brow of the hill to the NNW. A circular area (diam. 36m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1m), particularly broad in the W sector, a fosse (Wth 3.9m) with outer bank (Wth 1.9m), which has been disturbed in the NE quadrant. A circular stone structure (diam. 7.5m) is centrally placed in the interior, with stone foundations surviving (T c. 1m) and there is a possible entrance in the SW quadrant. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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