Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Earthwork
Boola (bourney Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boola (bourney Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.90775, -7.85024
- SMR number
- TN017-040----
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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
Situated in shallow dip in undulating terrain. Indicated as a sub-circular-shaped platform-type earthwork on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map but as two adjacent quarries on the 1901-5 ed. Not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 16 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 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.