The Banqueting Hall

Nearest town:
Dunshaughlin (9km ESE)
OS reference:
N9260
OS sheets:
42, 43
Latitude:
53° 34' 54.45 N
Longitude:
6° 36' 38.71 W
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Image of The Banqueting Hall (Enclosure) by ryaner

Looking south up along the Banqueting Hall cursus

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ryaner Mar 20, 2020
Image of The Banqueting Hall (Enclosure) by ryaner

Ditch on the inner side of the eastern banks of the cursus.

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ryaner Mar 18, 2018
Image of The Banqueting Hall (Enclosure) by ryaner

Eastern ridges of the Banqueting Hall cursus on the horizon line.

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Image of The Banqueting Hall (Enclosure) by Cursuswalker

The Banqueting Hall looking roughly south, towards the Rath of Synods.
August 2003.

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Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Oct 13, 2003

Articles

The Banqueting Hall

C
CARL Jun 10, 2011

Visited 23.5.11
Although this is listed as an ‘enclosure’ it certainly looks like a cursus.
Walking north from the Mound of the Hostages towards the road, I noticed that there is a ditch on the inside of the bank on the left hand side but not on the right. Whether this is deliberate or that the ditch on the left has silted up I don’t know?
The banks are about 1.5 metres high and walking along the enclosure/cursus did give a certain ‘feeling’ – a bit like when walking the avenue at Avebury.

The Banqueting Hall

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Oct 11, 2003

In my considered opinion this strikes me as being a cursus. But then again, perhaps I’m biased.

I walked its entire length in both directions anyway, just in case...

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