Boley

Boley is an archaeological site in County Laois, Leinster. Boley is situated nearby to the spring Toberternoge, as well as near the village Ballylynan.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in Laois
Also known as: “Boley Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Killabban Church.

Killabban Church

Church

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Killabban Church is situated 3½ km east of Boley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballylynan and Arless.

Ballylynan

Village

Photo: Thaddeus Breen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Athy is a town in County Kildare in the midlands of Ireland, 72 km southwest of Dublin. It's long been a quiet market and garrison town, expanding in the late 20th century as it became part of the Dublin commuter belt. Ballylynan is situated 3½ km northeast of Boley.

Arless

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Arles or Arless is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It lies 2 kilometres northwest of Ballickmoyler and 10 km northwest of Carlow, on the N80 national secondary road. Arless is situated 6 km southeast of Boley.

Newtown

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Newtown or Newtown Cross is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Clonbrock and Doonane. Newtown lies close to the border between Counties Laois and Kilkenny at the point where the R430 regional road from Abbeyleix to Carlow crosses the N78 from Kilkenny to Athy. Newtown is situated 7 km south of Boley.

Boley

Categories: multiple enclosure hillfort, contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.92386° or 52° 55′ 26″ north

Longitude

-7.08662° or 7° 5′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C4JWWF7+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 697179139

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q31118608

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Highlights include Toberternoge and Rathaspick Graveyard.

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