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71.7 grams. 67.5 x 67 x (5-7) mm.   L3

TKW 5.46 kg. Observed fall 25 April 1969, at 21h 25m GMT, Bovedy, Northern Ireland.

From the MPOD web master: the MetBul contains a confused description and, I believe, the wrong coordinates for the fall. The location on the map below is based on an article in the Londonderry Sentinal. The MetBul puts it inside the boundary of Lough Neagh, visible at the bottom of the map.

 

jnmczurich writes:

This superb fresh partial slice was cut from the larger 4.95kg stone. Dealer trade 1991.

Detail pictures are 6x8 mm.

I checked the official coordinates, given for the meteorite Bovedy (54°34'N, 6°20'W) via Google Maps and found, that they are within Lough Neagh (Lake Neagh). Therefore, the given coordinates of the meteorite Bovedy must be totally wrong. The village Bovedy, Northern Ireland, can be found at about 54°56'47"N, 6°36'32"W. These "new" coordinates are about 60 km NW of Sprucefield, and this goes in line with the description which can be read in MetBase 7.2:

A fireball was observed over the British Isles moving from SE to NW. Three days later a specimen, in two pieces totalling 513g, was found at Sprucefield, County Antrim, after it had fallen through an asbestos roof. A second stone fell on a farm at Bovedy, County Londonderry, about 60 km NW of Sprucefield, and weighed 4.95 kg.