Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Boveen, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boveen
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01865, -7.88928
- SMR number
- OF038-030----
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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
On top of a N-S ridge in undulating countryside. Roughly circular domed area (diam. 51m) enclosed by a wide shallow fosse (Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m) with external bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.7m). W side of external bank acts as a field boundary while the SE sector of the inner fosse and external bank is destroyed. Indicated on 1840 edition of OS 6-inch map as an irregularly shaped earthwork.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.