Weston

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Weston, from 36 m² to 234,020 m² (23.4 ha, 57.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Weston in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 15 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct a loose housing shed to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: loose shed 261.48 sqm & Concrete aprons 296.80 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 24106

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  for a 32sqm extension to the existing dwelling located

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23417

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Weston.

Recorded monuments

• GA061-119 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope in grassland. Circular rath (D 35m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter survives at N and SW. A wide gap (Wth 13.5m) at E may be an enlarged entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-120 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. On inspection in November 1984, this circular rath (D 42m), in fair condition, was defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 1m) with internal stone-facing. The latter was best preserved from N to NE (H 1m) but survived only intermittently elsewhere. A band of nettles (Wth 3-4m) around the bank from SE through S to SW suggested the presence of an external fosse. On re-inspection in November 2001, the rath was levelled and a band of lighter grass (Wth 2.5-3m) indicated the outline of the bank from roughly W to S. A concrete platform for the storage of silage extended into the SW quadrant of the interior and a slatted shed had been constructed to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Revised by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• GA061-121 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 38m, N-S 33m) defined by a bank at S, and elsewhere by a low scarp. Traces of an external fosse survive at NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-122 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In the former demesne of Weston House and 80m NNE of an enclosure (GA061-003----), situated in a field known locally as the 'ring field'. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1915) as an oval enclosure (c. 45m by c. 40m) planted with trees. According to local information, the bank was levelled in the early 1960s to fill the fosse. In November 1984, the monument was defined only by a band of darker vegetation (Wth c. 3m) from S through W to N. There was a possible souterrain (GA061-122001-) within the interior. On re-inspection in October 2001, the ephemeral outline of the enclosure (43m E-W; 41m N-S) was still visible. In addition, the faint outline of a fosse and outer bank were evident from SSW to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Revised by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 16 August 2023

• GA061-122001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within an enclosure (GA061-122----). According to local information, there was a partially collapsed 'cave' here which was destroyed and/or sealed during land clearance in the 1950s. A shallow depression (L 2m, Wth 1m), up to 0.3m in depth and running N-S, in S half of the interior may indicate its position. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-123 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-124 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-126 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-126001 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-127 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-128 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA061-133 Fulacht fia
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Weston House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway to former Weston House, erected c.1820. Splayed walls from road lead to low roughly coursed squared limestone screen wall with stone copings, flanking vehicular entrance with panelled cut-stone piers with moulded cornices and squat pyramidal caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates, with carved stone wheel guards in advance of gate.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Weston, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1240 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Weston with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Weston · An Baile Thiar

Area

1,217,251 m² (121.73 ha, 300.79 acres)

Civil parish

Ahascragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Ahascragh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

619 people lived in 220 households in the Ahascragh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahascragh East, Castlegar East, Castlegar West, Cornamucklagh, Kilglass, Mountain

Placenames

Weston on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.