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Field boundary in Lackavane (bantry By.)

Field boundary

What is recorded here

Lackavane holds a thirty-metre stone ribbon beside Lough Narman, marking the exact edge where human order stopped and wild terrain began. The double line of large rocks still stands proud enough to touch, yet it has collapsed into bog and grazing land. Someone placed those heavy stones deliberately on a south-facing hillside, drawing a visible limit before the craggy darkness took over. That much is written in the stones themselves.
This monument was reported to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by Tony Miller on 4 September 2013. He describes it as follows: "A section of collapsed relict field boundary within an area of bog and rough grazing on a south facing hillside. It is not far from the summit of Conigar and to the east of Lough Narman. The field boundary is c. 30m in length, runs northwest-southeast and is c. 1.5m in width and up too 0.4m in height. It is well made with a double line of large rocks. It is sited at the top of an area of rough grazing before the terrain becomes very broken and craggy." Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 16 September 2013

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