Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Boherboy, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherboy
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27423, -6.43776
- SMR number
- DU021-044----
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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
Situated in a field of pasture at the base of the S slope of Saggart Hill. The stones are aligned NW-SE and are 1.3m apart. The SE stone is a three-sided granite pyramid (H 1.4m; 1.2-1.5m), the NW stone is a rectangular, granite, pillar (H 1.6m; L 1-1.3m; Wth 0.8-0.9m). Known locally as the 'Adam and Eve' stones (McDix 1899, 125-9).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 20 April 2023
References
McDix, E.R. 1899 Miscellanea. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 125-9.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.