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Henge

Boherygeela, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Henge, 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
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured (1927)
Coordinates
52.50437, -8.59880
SMR number
LI031-072----

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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

This monument is in a low-lying situation SSE of the Camoge river with a full vista of the surrounding hills. It consists of an oval circuit of bank inside of which is a wide fosse (Wth c. 7m-10m, D 1m ) with an overall diameter of c. 70m. The enclosing bank, which is under a thick growth of thorn and vegetation is disturbed in a number of places by cattle (Wth 9m, H 1m). The N portion of the monument has been incorporated into a field. The interior is level with external ground level (O'Kelly, 1942, 90; O'Kelly 1944, 50).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 3 February 2012

See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 307/17 taken 13/09/2002.

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

Nearby in the register

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

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