Bovedy
Meteorite
On April 25th
1969 a meteorite weighing 5.4 kg landed close to the town of Limavady in the
Bovedy region of county Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The
meteorite crashed at 9.22 pm, the largest piece which weighed 4.9 kg fell on
the farm of Mr. Gilmore in Bovedy. A small impact crater, depth 14.5 inches,
was discovered in a field used for open grazing, and a stone 9 x 8 x 4 inches was
recovered.
At the Royal
Ulster Constabulary Central Stores in Sprucefield, County Antrim a hole was
discovered in the corrugated asbestos roof of a store. On the concrete floor,
among fragments of the roof a stone object was found broken into two pieces, weighing
283g and 230g.
The
meteorite was a L3 stone type.
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