Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field system
Boherload, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherload
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58265, -8.59219
- SMR number
- LI022-228----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 level pasture 170m E of Ahanaload River. Associated with an enclosure (LI022-046----), immediate W of large enclosure (LI022-188----) and 60m N of a second field system (LI022-239----). Identified from aerial photograph labelled Bruff 51 (AP 4/3747) as a fragmented pattern of rectilinear and curvilinear cropmarks. Outline of field system clearly visible on OSi orthophotos taken 2005-12. Visible as a regular pattern of rectilinear cropmarks located to the S and E of enclosure (LI022-046----) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018.
See attached photocopy of Bruff Aerial Survey and Google Earth orthoimage
Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick
Date of upload: 7 August 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.