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Enclosure

Boolies (kells Upper By., Burry Ed), County Meath, Ireland

The record

Townland
Boolies (kells Upper By., Burry Ed)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.71348, -6.91672
SMR number
ME016-085----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Located on gentle SE-facing slope. The faint outline of a circular grass-covered enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a slight fosse is only visible on Google Earth (Jan. 2020). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 12 July 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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