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You could hardly call the shorter 'Banqueting Hall' at the Hill of Tara a cursus, but it is constructed in a similar fashion.
When I dowsed there in 2001 I found a ritual movement leading from the lowest part of its sloping 'passage' straight up the middle of it, but exiting through a space to my left in its eastern bank just before reaching the highest end/exit.
(That movement went into a swirl just outside the eastern bank before continuing south - on the level 'summit' ground where all the other features of the site are visible - to the 'Rath of the Synods' near the church wall. Above the wall were many old trees from which all the resident rooks suddenly took off as I started dowsing the movement on the 'Rath'!)
During the walk up through the 'Banqueting Hall', nothing was visible above the end of the cursus, nor at either side, thus isolating me from my environment and forcing me to focus on what was ahead. I felt that this would cause the anticipation of any people in that procession to be strongly whetted for what they were about to see in the 'sacred'/ ceremonial area on the higher ground above them. I seem to remember being just to the left of centre during this walk, which was directed by the movements of my L-shaped copper dowsing rods.
Thanks for your interesting article Thorgrim.
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