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Carrick

Archaeological records distinguish an earthwork survey from a landowner’s account of a former Mass rock.

Recorded locationCarrick53.51908° N · 7.82347° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Carrick · English · main form

Place & story

The ringfort surveyed in 1971

A 1971 survey recorded a roughly circular enclosure in Carrick, about thirty-two to thirty-four metres across, bounded by an earth-and-stone bank. It found no visible ditch or recognisable original entrance. Cultivation ridges crossed the uneven interior, where a large stone protruded. The National Monuments Service preserves these dated observations, which describe the earthwork without establishing its occupants or a precise construction date. [2]

Folklore & tradition

A tradition recorded in 1980

At a separate site marked as a cross on Ordnance Survey mapping, a landowner told the 1980 survey that a large limestone boulder had served as an altar during Penal times. The account is preserved as local testimony. Surveyors found no convincing archaeological significance in the boulders then lying by a nearby fence, so the tradition does not establish that any particular surviving stone is the former altar. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Civil parish
Noughaval
Within
Doonis
Coordinates
53.51908, -7.82347
Mapped area
0.7 km²
Logainm ID
51066 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Carrick. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Carrick ringfort WM016-023---- · Caimin O’Brien, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, uploaded 30 November 2009
  3. Carrick Mass-rock record WM016-024---- · Caimin O’Brien, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, uploaded 30 November 2009
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2008-09-15. How this page was prepared.