Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Boherascrub West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherascrub West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killeen (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.21482, -8.73449
- SMR number
- CO024-038----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not shown on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. Shown on 1937 OS 6-inch map as rectangular enclosure and named 'Killeen'. In rocky overgrown area at edge of field of level tillage. Rectangular area (9.3m ENE-WSW; 4.2m NNW-SSE) enclosed by low collapsing rubble wall (H 0.3m; Wth 1.1m) to NNW and WSW, low rise to SSE and ENE. Interior level with numerous stones scattered throughout.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.