Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Henge
Boherygeela, County Limerick, Ireland
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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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
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.