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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Foulkstown is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Foulkstown, County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies a west-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, with the large house formerly called Magorban Rectory about 50 metres to the southeast. The circular area measures 40 metres north to south and 42 metres east to west, enclosed by a substantial round-topped bank, a waterlogged ditch and two outer banks. An early 19th-century pillar topped by an urn stands in the western quadrant in memory of Thomas Brocklesby Godfrey.

On a W-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, surrounded by pasture, with large house, formerly Magorban Retory, c. 50m to SE. Circular area (diam. 40m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by a substantial round-topped earthen bank (Wth 7.6-8.4m; int.H 0.8-1m; ext. H 3.63-4.63m), waterlogged fosse (Wth 3.6m; D 1.8-3.4m) and round-topped outer bank (Wth 3.9-5.9m; ext. H 0.38-0.85), berm (Wth 5.8-11m), outer bank (Wth 7.1-12.7m; ext. H 1.7-2.25m) and outer fosse (Wth 1.7-4.3m; D 1.2-1.83m) which has been recut and utilised as a drainage ditch. There is an entrance (Wth 2.3-3.1m) in the NNW quadrant with a gap through the banks and a causeway (H 1.2m) over the inner fosse and a slight causeway over the outer fosse. There is a gap in the S quadrant (Wth c. 4m) where the inner bank has been pushed into the fosse and wooden planks placed to form a footbridge across the fosse. A later field bank runs N-S from the N quadrant across the outer fosse. Mature trees in interior and on banks. An early 19th-century monument, in the form of a pillar surmounted by an urn, was erected in the W quadrant in the interior, in memory of Thomas Brocklesby Godfrey of Beechmount House. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 13 October 2013

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