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Boeeshil
Leitrim, Republic of Ireland ยท Atlas IR1027
Location
- Atlas number
- IR1027 (1027)
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Leitrim
- Historic county
- Leitrim
- Parish, community, or townland
- Boeeshil
- Latitude
- 54.05581
- Longitude
- -7.75034
- Altitude
- 98 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.6 ha
- Footprint
- 0.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1842); Other (1906); Other (2003)
Identifiers
- HER
- Archaeological Survey of Ireland SMR Database LE025-046
- National record
- record LE 025
- Wikidata
- Q31053303
Sources
References
- Moore, M. 2003. Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim. The Stationary Office, Dublin.