Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Boolies (kells Upper By., Donaghpatrick Ed), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boolies (kells Upper By., Donaghpatrick Ed)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.69239, -6.73237
- SMR number
- ME018-025----
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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
Located in a slight hollow in a fairly level landscape with a small and meandering NE-SW stream forming its W edge. It was first recorded on an aerial photograph by L. Swan c. 1970 and the features are also visible on vertical images (GSIAP: N 267-8). Their visible profile had been removed by 1984 (SMR file), although traces of features might still be visible on Google Earth (14/11/2019). An area of about 3.3 ha (c. 8.5 acres) has grass-covered earthwork banks and ditches creating some small plots (dims c. 50m x c. 20-30m) with some platforms that might be house sites. There are also some old quarries.
See the attached image (_01) from the L. Swan collection:“Oblique aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan of Boolies, County Meath.,” accessed March 12, 2023, http://lswanaerial.locloudhosting.net/items/show/32280
(_02) from Google Earth
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 upload: 10 July 2007
Revised: 24 March 2023
GSIAP – Geological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1973). Geological Survey, Beggars Bush, Haddington Rd., Dublin 4.
SMR file – Sites and Monuments Record files in the National Monuments Service, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Nearby in the register
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.