Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Boolies (Fore By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolies (Fore By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.77193, -7.12491
- SMR number
- ME009-020----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a hollow in an undulating landscape. This is a large stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims of base 1.5m x 0.45m) at the base which is oriented NW-SE. The stone increases in girth (max. dim. 2.05m NW-SE) c. 1m over the ground and the maximum height (1.8m) is achieved towards the SE end of the crest.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 31 October 2018
Nearby in the register
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- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.