
What is recorded here
Ballymagrorty Scotch holds a triangular enclosure on a ridge above Garvanagh Lough, using a small natural rise instead of built walls. Its gapped stone bank barely rises above the moss, suggesting people shaped the land rather than fought it. The nearby larger enclosure and hidden valley water imply a settled place where livestock, weather and memory still move through the same narrow space.
In pasture, utilising a small rise on the level top of a ridge or broad hill, overlooked at NW by a higher ridge. On its NE-S side, the hill drops into a valley with two interconnected lakes, known as Garvanagh Lough, from the more southerly of which a stream skirts the base of the hill at S-SW. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. This enclosure (15.5m NW-SE; 4.5m NE-SW at SE end, 9.5m NE-SW at NW end) is roughly triangular in plan, with rounded corners. The shape of the enclosure is determined by the low natural rise which it encompasses. It is defined by a barely discernible stone bank, which is evident as a low, gapped moss- and sod-covered rise (Wth c. 1m; H 0.2-0.3m) from which stones protrude randomly. The interior is level with occasional moss-covered stones breaking the surface. There is a larger enclosure (DG103-073---) 16m to NW.
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DG103-074----_01.JPG viewed from NE
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 20 May 2015
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- What survives
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