Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Balgaddy (Uppercross By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balgaddy (Uppercross By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bush of Balgarry
- Coordinates
- 53.34141, -6.41286
- SMR number
- DU017-031----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In 1974 this was a large bush at the road junction. It has since been cleared. Named 'bush of Balgarry' on the OS 1936-7 edition. This may have been a holy bush. No visible trace at ground level.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
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- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.