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Hilltop enclosure

Carpenterstown, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Hilltop enclosure, 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
53.70331, -7.23877
SMR number
WM004-006----

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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 top of a high hill with good views. Ringfort (WM004-005----) 175m to NNW. Levelled hilltop enclosure consisting of a large barely discernible circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 77m N-S) defined by a low scarp (H. 1.1m) visible from SW-W-WNW. The interior of the site is crossed by cultivation ridges running WNW-ESE. Several humps and hollows of unknown significance also occur in the interior. Outline of levelled possible hilltop enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs taken November 2011.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 12 December 2016

Nearby in the register

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

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