What is recorded here
Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Ballylusky (Magowry parish), Magowry is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Ballylusky (Magowry parish), Magowry, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a gentle south-facing slope in improved pasture, preserving a level semi-circular interior measuring about 28 metres east-west and 20 metres north-south. A partially backfilled ditch defines the visible edge from east-southeast through south to west-southwest, while a townland boundary and deep land drain may have cut across the western sector.
In improved pasture, on a very gentle S-facing slope. An enclosure (TS062-029----) lies c. 300m to NW.The remains of a semi-circular area (dims. c. 28m E-W; 20m N-S), with a level interior, defined by a partially backfilled fosse (overall Wth 7.65m; basal Wth 3m; D 0.2m) from ESE-S-WSW. The monument is possibly truncated by a townland boundary and deep land drain across the W sector. When visited by Cahill (1982) a bank was also visible though it is described as being in very poor condition.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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