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Hilltop enclosure in Carpenterstown

Hilltop enclosure
Hilltop enclosure in Carpenterstown
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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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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