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Ringfort - rath

Boherygeela, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Boherygeela, County Limerick, 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
Boherygeela
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1927)
Coordinates
52.50534, -8.62279
SMR number
LI031-062002-

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In flat pasture, 176m SE of the townland boundary with Dunkip, N of field system (LI031-062001-) and enclosures (LI031-062003/004-). Indicated as an oval-shaped platform defined by a scarp on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Depicted as a sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 18m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a fosse on the OSi 25-inch map. D-shaped earthwork with straight side (L. c. 22m) at S is clearly visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 in a similar manner to the OSi 25-inch map. The fosse appears slightly filled in on the Google Earth orthoimages taken 20/09/2020 and 28/06/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Fiona Rooney

Date of Upload: 28 March 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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