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Enclosure in Tober (cavangarden Ed)

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Enclosure in Tober (cavangarden Ed)
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Thirty metres of mossy bank circle a level chamber beside Lough Narath, while three neighbouring enclosures scatter across the undulating pasture. The low ridge may conceal a stony core beneath its sod, and two protruding markers lean out at the southeast edge. People may have gathered there beside the marsh, using the gentle shelf and distant water as guides through seasons now lost.
In rough pasture, in gently undulating ground, which shelves away gradually for c. 200m to N into a marshy basin occupied by Lough Narath. Immediately to S of the enclosure, the ground dips into a shallow E-W depression, marked by dense rushes, to S of which ground rises again in a terrace of karst. Subcircular area (30.5m WNW–ESE; 27.5m NNE–SSW) defined by a low bank (Wth 2-2.7m; H 0.4m). The bank, which has a broadly slumped profile, is covered by moss and sod which may conceal a stony core. Two moderately large stones, one of which is set perpendicular to the line of the bank, protrude from the bank at SE. The level interior is not noticeably raised above exterior ground level and is marked by low mossy hummocks. A concentration of sod-covered stones occupies a slight dip in the SE quadrant. There is a circular depression (diam. 2m) in the W half. There is an enclosure (DG104-014----) 100m to SW, an enclosure (DG104-015----) 120m to SSW, and another enclosure (DG104-017----) 150m to E. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 May 2015

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