# Weston, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ahascragh, barony of Clonmacnowen, Co. Galway; in Irish An Baile Thiar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,217,251 m² (121.73 ha, 300.79 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 26,293 m² (2.63 ha, 6.5 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ahascragh, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ahascragh.md
- Barony: Clonmacnowen
- Electoral division: Ahascragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/17633
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 64195
- Centre: latitude 53.410131, longitude -8.325671 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Weston, from 36 m² to 234,020 m² (23.4 ha, 57.83 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4654242: 234,020 m² (23.4 ha, 57.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654242.md
- Parcel 4654140: 114,075 m² (11.41 ha, 28.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4654140.md
- Parcel 1963782: 101,568 m² (10.16 ha, 25.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963782.md
- Parcel 1955416: 68,625 m² (6.86 ha, 16.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1955416.md
- Parcel 1963789: 64,583 m² (6.46 ha, 15.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963789.md
- Parcel 2022212: 49,387 m² (4.94 ha, 12.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2022212.md
- Parcel 1986791: 45,057 m² (4.51 ha, 11.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986791.md
- Parcel 4580618: 41,703 m² (4.17 ha, 10.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4580618.md
- Parcel 1986695: 37,997 m² (3.8 ha, 9.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986695.md
- Parcel 1986699: 36,000 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986699.md
- Parcel 1963790: 35,536 m² (3.55 ha, 8.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963790.md
- Parcel 1963783: 34,895 m² (3.49 ha, 8.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963783.md
- Parcel 4792001: 34,396 m² (3.44 ha, 8.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4792001.md
- Parcel 1986794: 33,206 m² (3.32 ha, 8.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986794.md
- Parcel 6129198: 30,166 m² (3.02 ha, 7.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6129198.md
- Parcel 1963785: 30,066 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963785.md
- Parcel 1986796: 29,646 m² (2.96 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986796.md
- Parcel 1986795: 29,181 m² (2.92 ha, 7.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986795.md
- Parcel 1986793: 28,239 m² (2.82 ha, 6.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986793.md
- Parcel 1986790: 24,346 m² (2.43 ha, 6.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986790.md
- Parcel 1986698: 22,614 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986698.md
- Parcel 4457261: 22,502 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4457261.md
- Parcel 1986697: 14,396 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986697.md
- Parcel 1963788: 11,846 m² (1.18 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963788.md
- Parcel 1963787: 6,984 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963787.md
- Parcel 1986797: 6,835 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986797.md
- Parcel 1986798: 5,899 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986798.md
- Parcel 1963786: 4,836 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963786.md
- Parcel 1963780: 4,063 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963780.md
- Parcel 1986696: 2,950 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986696.md
- Parcel 4825112: 2,925 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4825112.md
- Parcel 1995745: 2,607 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1995745.md
- Parcel 3462107: 2,601 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3462107.md
- Parcel 1986700: 2,006 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986700.md
- Parcel 1963781: 1,562 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1963781.md
- Parcel 1986792: 1,299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1986792.md
- Parcel 1941860: 543 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1941860.md
- Parcel 6135825: 36 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6135825.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 15 Apr 2024, Galway County Council 24106: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/24106/0
- 13 Oct 2023, Galway County Council 23417: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for a 32sqm extension to the existing dwelling located. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/23417/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA061-119: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-119----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-120----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-121----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-122----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-122001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-123----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-124----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-126----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-126001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-127----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-128----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA061-133----. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Weston House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 30406104, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=GA&regno=30406104. 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.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1240.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/weston.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/weston.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/weston.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Weston with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ahascragh East: https://everytownland.com/galway/ahascragh-east.md
- Castlegar East: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlegar-east.md
- Castlegar West: https://everytownland.com/galway/castlegar-west.md
- Cornamucklagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/cornamucklagh-61493.md
- Kilglass: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilglass.md
- Mountain: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountain-63351.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/weston
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/galway/weston