Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Carberrystown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carberrystown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.52391, -6.81855
- SMR number
- ME036-042----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 on a locally prominent hillock in a fairly level landscape. A linear fosse (L c. 50m) aligned NW-SE is depicted only on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The fosse (at S: Wth of top 8m; int. D 2.7m; ext. D 0.7m) is curving around the base of the hill SE-W but it cannot be traced elsewhere. It may have been an outer defence for the rectangular mound (dims of base 23m N-S; c. 14m E-W; H 1.7m) at the hilltop.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 5 July 2019
Amended: 24 March 2023
Nearby in the register
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.