Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hilltop enclosure
Carpenterstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
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----
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 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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - Wayside crossunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.