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Ringfort - unclassified

Carpenterstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - unclassified, Carpenterstown, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Carpenterstown
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Hachured
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
53.70427, -7.24205
SMR number
WM004-005----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a natural terrace on the W side of a high steep hill with extensive views to N, SSW and W. Ringfort (WM004-006----) 175m to SSE. Levelled ringfort consisting of the barely discernible outline of an oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 46m N-S; 39m E-W) originally defined by an earthen bank (H 1m) now reduced to a scarp (H 0.2-1m) visible from S-W-N-NE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNW-SSE across the interior. No other features visible. The outline of this levelled monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs taken November 2011. (Adams 1955, 10)

Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 12 December 2016

References

Adams, F.R.G. 1955 Some new notes on Fore. Ríocht na Mídhe I (1), 9-13.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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