Enclosure in Carpenterstown, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

Situated on well drained grassland, overlooked by higher ridge to W. Lough Glore 410m to SSW. Ringfort (WM003-080---) 110m to W. A small rectangular shaped area (approx. dims 13m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) enclosed by a very low earthen bank, with possible entrance gap at SW. Faint outlined of levelled earthwork visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM003-080

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Photo credits

Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Illustrator not named; The Dublin Penny Journal (1835), public scan from Internet Archive and JSTOR, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, letsgowiththechildren.co.uk

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