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Standing stone - pair

Boherboy, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Standing stone - pair, Boherboy, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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