Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Boherload, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherload
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Partially hachured (1923)
- Coordinates
- 52.58072, -8.59072
- SMR number
- LI022-047----
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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
In pasture at base of ridge running NE-SW, immediately N of stream and 217m E of Ahanload River that marks townland boundary with Fanningstown. Standing stone (LI022-227----) 145m to E, enclosure (LI022-188----) 150m to N, enclosure and field system (LI022-046----/-228) 200m to NW and field system (LI022-239----) 207 to SW. Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as s semi-circular shape area intersected at S by a post-1700 drainage channel running roughly NE-SW.
Poorly preserved and modified enclosure consisting of a sub-circular area (30m N-S x 22m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) visible from SW through N to SE and fosse (int. D 1.4m; ext. D 1.6m; Base Wth 1.4m; overall Wth 7.45m) with possible external bank. Interior slopes to N. Site description in 2000 records a raised area at S may be spoil heap from modern excavation of pond (6m N-S; 10m E-W) located S of field boundary. A field boundary running E-W truncates the site at SE. Monument is visible as rectangular shaped area with trees at W and E, intersected by field boundary at S and linear field system radiates N from NE corner. The monument is visible as part of larger complex of field systems and enclosures to N and S on the OSi 2005-2012 orthophotos.
See attached sketch plan surveyed and drawn by ASI and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Fiona Rooney
Date of upload: 30 July 2020
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.