# Moatfarrell, Co. Longford: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonbroney, barony of Granard, Co. Longford; in Irish Móta Uí Fhearaíl.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,121,574 m² (312.16 ha, 771.36 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,325 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonbroney, https://everytownland.com/longford/parish/clonbroney.md
- Barony: Granard
- Electoral division: Moatfarrell, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 210 people lived in 70 households in the Moatfarrell electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Longford, https://everytownland.com/longford.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/32989
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 130742
- Centre: latitude 53.726953, longitude -7.643587 (WGS 84)

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

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moatfarrell, from 29 m² to 353,825 m² (35.38 ha, 87.43 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 83040: 353,825 m² (35.38 ha, 87.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83040.md
- Parcel 74009: 303,460 m² (30.35 ha, 74.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/74009.md
- Parcel 4036475: 147,777 m² (14.78 ha, 36.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4036475.md
- Parcel 80134: 126,035 m² (12.6 ha, 31.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/80134.md
- Parcel 62419: 125,644 m² (12.56 ha, 31.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62419.md
- Parcel 67853: 121,070 m² (12.11 ha, 29.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/67853.md
- Parcel 79644: 112,738 m² (11.27 ha, 27.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79644.md
- Parcel 4737403: 108,583 m² (10.86 ha, 26.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4737403.md
- Parcel 62404: 86,923 m² (8.69 ha, 21.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62404.md
- Parcel 78166: 85,257 m² (8.53 ha, 21.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78166.md
- Parcel 76596: 85,234 m² (8.52 ha, 21.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76596.md
- Parcel 70317: 82,054 m² (8.21 ha, 20.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70317.md
- Parcel 63624: 80,836 m² (8.08 ha, 19.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63624.md
- Parcel 58145: 79,473 m² (7.95 ha, 19.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/58145.md
- Parcel 72244: 79,217 m² (7.92 ha, 19.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/72244.md
- Parcel 54050: 78,286 m² (7.83 ha, 19.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54050.md
- Parcel 79118: 74,722 m² (7.47 ha, 18.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79118.md
- Parcel 77977: 71,719 m² (7.17 ha, 17.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77977.md
- Parcel 60033: 69,861 m² (6.99 ha, 17.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/60033.md
- Parcel 54427: 67,130 m² (6.71 ha, 16.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54427.md
- Parcel 70922: 63,075 m² (6.31 ha, 15.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/70922.md
- Parcel 77243: 59,868 m² (5.99 ha, 14.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77243.md
- Parcel 75231: 51,827 m² (5.18 ha, 12.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/75231.md
- Parcel 4036468: 49,896 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4036468.md
- Parcel 53275: 49,642 m² (4.96 ha, 12.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/53275.md
- Parcel 56764: 45,676 m² (4.57 ha, 11.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/56764.md
- Parcel 81745: 42,038 m² (4.2 ha, 10.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81745.md
- Parcel 64412: 40,663 m² (4.07 ha, 10.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/64412.md
- Parcel 4691955: 40,601 m² (4.06 ha, 10.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4691955.md
- Parcel 59715: 35,485 m² (3.55 ha, 8.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/59715.md
- Parcel 66679: 34,167 m² (3.42 ha, 8.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/66679.md
- Parcel 79504: 33,546 m² (3.35 ha, 8.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/79504.md
- Parcel 5397774: 29,666 m² (2.97 ha, 7.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5397774.md
- Parcel 59960: 19,093 m² (1.91 ha, 4.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/59960.md
- Parcel 76736: 19,017 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76736.md
- Parcel 62514: 18,847 m² (1.88 ha, 4.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62514.md
- Parcel 72380: 13,803 m² (1.38 ha, 3.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/72380.md
- Parcel 62664: 10,448 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62664.md
- Parcel 76547: 10,285 m² (1.03 ha, 2.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76547.md
- Parcel 73324: 9,213 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/73324.md
- Parcel 72928: 7,250 m² (0.72 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/72928.md
- Parcel 57155: 5,960 m² (0.6 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/57155.md
- Parcel 81651: 5,337 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81651.md
- Parcel 78257: 4,987 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/78257.md
- Parcel 5319568: 4,680 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5319568.md
- Parcel 54739: 4,622 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/54739.md
- Parcel 61593: 4,533 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61593.md
- Parcel 62807: 4,381 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62807.md
- Parcel 3704737: 4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3704737.md
- Parcel 81483: 3,924 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/81483.md
- Parcel 63961: 3,910 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/63961.md
- Parcel 61130: 3,581 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/61130.md
- Parcel 77916: 3,120 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/77916.md
- Parcel 84941: 2,871 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/84941.md
- Parcel 76630: 2,833 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/76630.md
- Parcel 68514: 2,831 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/68514.md
- Parcel 62861: 2,175 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/62861.md
- Parcel 4391799: 2,089 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4391799.md
- Parcel 69460: 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/69460.md
- Parcel 83864: 2,027 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/83864.md
- Parcel 63357: 1,953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63357.md
- Parcel 63084: 1,890 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63084.md
- Parcel 75109: 1,524 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/75109.md
- Parcel 58968: 1,230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/58968.md
- Parcel 3332200: 1,041 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3332200.md
- Parcel 56565: 830 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/56565.md
- Parcel 63701: 603 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63701.md
- Parcel 72311: 476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/72311.md
- Parcel 74646: 173 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/74646.md
- Parcel 63662: 122 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/63662.md
- Parcel 84409: 112 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/84409.md
- Parcel 72617: 29 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/72617.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moatfarrell 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)

8 applications, newest first.

- 28 Feb 2024, Longford County Council 2460034: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed bungalow type dwelling house, garage, entrance/boundary wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460034/0
- 27 Apr 2023, Longford County Council 2360018: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. proposed bungalow type dwelling house, detached double garage, entrance/ boundary wall, proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360018/0
- 16 Dec 2021, Longford County Council 21354: Conditional. Permission. demolition of existing domestic store and construction of a two storey extension to side of existing house, upgrade of waste water system and percolation area and ancillary site ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21354/0
- 17 Sept 2021, Longford County Council 21269: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21269/0
- 9 Jul 2021, Longford County Council 21208: N/a. Permission, 1 home. proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/21208/0
- 22 Jul 2020, Longford County Council 20166: Refused. Permission, 1 home. proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house with detached garage adjacent to applicants existing farmyard, entrance, boundary fence/wall, installation of a wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/20166/0
- 6 Feb 2020, Longford County Council 2023: N/a. Permission, 1 home. proposed construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary wall/fence, wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/2023/0
- 24 Jan 2017, Longford County Council 1717: Conditional. Retention. of existing slatted tank and surrounding walls and railings. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LongfordCC/AppFileRefDetails/1717/0

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## 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 Moatfarrell.

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

- LF014-017: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-017----. On a low but prominent hillock in pasture. A large raised subrectangular area (83.1m ENE-WSW; 61.9m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.9m; H 0.4m max.), which has been substantially modified and incorporated into a field boundary. A report in 1977 (SMR file) recorded a shallow external fosse, it has since been infilled. From ENE-E-ESE a roadway skirts the monument. A break (Wth 1.5m) in the bank at SE may mark the original entrance. The ground level of the interior rises appreciably towards the centre of the monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 4 February 2012
- LF014-047: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-047----. On a hillock in otherwise low-lying, wet pasture. A very large oval area (104.4m NW-SE; 75.9m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2m; H 0.8m) with a wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth 6.5m; D 0.4m). From N-NE-ENE the bank has been levelled but the fosse is still extant. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a low outer bank. This has since been levelled and is no longer visible at ground level. A break (Wth c. 5m) in the bank at S with an accompanying causeway may mark the original entrance. The ground level of the interior rises appreciably from the perimeter to the centre of the monument. The SE quadrant is separated from the rest by a low bank of earth and stone. A smaller enclosure or annexe (LF014-047001-) adjoins the monument at W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 22 February 2012
- LF014-047001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-047001-. Adjoining an enclosure (LF014-047----) at W. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1986 (SMR file) noted that, although largely levelled, a substantial bank of earth and stone survived from SE-S-SSW. A large quantity of displaced earth and rock had been dumped in the E half of the interior. The bank was not similar to that of the adjoining enclosure. Possibly an annexe or later feature. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 February 2012
- LF014-048: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-048----. On a low but prominent hillock in pasture. A low, dome-shaped mound of earth and stone (diam. at base 11.8m; H 0.3m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.3m; H 1.35m) with an internal fosse (Wth 2.9m; D 0.15m). A break in the bank at ESE (Wth 3.6m) with an accompanying causeway marks the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-049: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-049----. In low-lying pasture. A low, circular, dome-shaped mound of earth and stone (diam. at base 11.7m; H 0.6m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.1m; H 0.1-1.3m) with a shallow internal fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.1-0.6m). At the outer foot of the bank is a second fosse (Wth 3.3m; D 0.4-1.3m) and, beyond that, a second bank (Wth 5.8m; H 0.4-1.8m) and a third fosse (Wth 2.9m; D 0.4m). The third, or outermost, fosse is identifiable for its entire circuit. However, from NNW-E-SE the other banks and fosses have been levelled and the lines of demarcation between them are not clearly defined. The original entrance is marked by corresponding breaks (Wth 2.8m) in the banks at SSW with accompanying causeways. The site is partially encircled by modern field boundaries. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-050: Castle - motte and bailey, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-050----. At the NE end of a low, prominent, NE-SW running ridge with commanding views in all directions. In the late 1970s traces of a possible stone kerb were identified running around the base of the motte on the W side (Manning 1976, 162). Its presence suggests the motte may incorporate the site of a prehistoric burial mound, which was refortified by the Anglo-Normans (Fitzpatrick 2004, 94). The monument is traditionally held to be the inauguration place (LF014-050001-) of the O'Farralls, prior to their split into two factions c. 1516. After this date the O'Farralls (Buí) of S Annaly may have continued to use it for inauguration and assembly purposes (ibid., 65–6). The motte is an oval-shaped, high, steep-sided flat-topped mound of earth and stone (H c. 9m; dims. at base c. 34m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW). Upon its summit (19.6m NW-SE; 11.6m NE-SW) are an OS trigonometrical station and the grass-covered remains of a collapsed stone building, which may be the remains of a possible O’Farrell castle (LF014-050002-). The motte has been quarried into at SW. From W-NW-NNW it is encircled by a partially rock-cut, wide, deep fosse (Wth 5.7m; D 1.2m) with a very wide, very high external bank of earth and stone (Wth 20.6m; H 7m), which utilises the natural slope of the hill. Adjoining the motte from SSW-SW-W is a large subrectangular bailey (52.3m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) defined by a bank, now reduced to a scarp (H 0.9 1.4m), with traces of an external fosse. There is evidence of a possible entrance gap in the centre of the bank along the W side. There is no dividing fosse between the motte and the bailey. The remains of a series of small fields with evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation, of unkown date, are visible in the field to the SSE. A ringfort (LF014-120----) lies c. 130m to the N, a moated site (LF014-051----) c. 380m to the E, and a church (LF014-058001-) and graveyard (LF014-058002-) c. 750m to the SSE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 March 2012
- LF014-050001: Inauguration site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-050001-. The motte and bailey (LF014-050----) is probably the location of the inauguration place of the O’Farralls (Buí), rulers of S Annaly (an area corresponding to the S and W of the modern county Longford) following the division of the O’Farrall sept and lands c. 1516 (FitzPatrick 2004, 209). The possible inauguration mound is known locally as 'Móta Uí Fhearghail' or the 'Moat of Farrell'. It may have been incorporated by the Anglo-Normans into the motte and bailey (ibid. 93 4). A possible stone castle (LF014-050002-) of 16th century date was later constructed on the summit of the motte. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 April 2012
- LF014-050002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-050002-. Upon the summit of the motte and bailey (LF014-050----). The grass-covered remains of a collapsed stone building may be the remains of an O’Farrell castle of 16th century date. In 1605 Mary, lady Delvin, widow of lord Christopher, and her son sir Richard Nugent, baron of Delvin received a grant of land from the King including ‘the castle of the Moate, and 5 cartrons there; parcel of the estate of Rossey O’Farroll; valued at 13s 4d Ir. (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 74). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 December 2012
- LF014-050003: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-050003-. Possibly associated with the castle (LF014-050002-) c. 60m to the SW. This NW-SE running field wall (H c. 0.7m; L c. 160m) with two polygonal spear-like projecting towers (ext. dims. c. 11m N-S; c. 11m E-W) at its NW and SE ends, as indicated on the revised 1911 edition of the OS 6-inch map, may be the remains of the NE wall of a bawn. The wall is now overgrown with a hedgerow. The interior of the projecting features is filled with soil making examination impossible. No other trace of the bawn survives but it most likely was rectangular in plan with corresponding towers at the S and W angles. The hedgerow boundary extending off the SE angle of the wall, and running NNE-SSW, may mirror the line of its SE wall. Alternatively, the survivivng wall may be part of a large walled garden associated with Moatfarrell House that lies c. 340m to its WSW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 December 2012
- LF014-050004: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-050004-. Immediately to the SE and S of a motte and bailey (LF014-050001-) and castle (LF014-050002), and c. 140m to the SW of a possible bawn (LF014-050003-). This possible field system of unknown date consists of two rows of four small fields orientated NW-SE. It is visible as low degraded earthworks on aerial photographs (SMR file). Ridge and furrow cultivation is visible within the fields. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 December 2012
- LF014-051: Moated site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-051----. In low-lying pasture. A raised rectangular area (40.4m NE-SW; 34.1m NW-SE) enclosed by a low inner bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.4m; H 0.7m) with a wide, shallow, intervening fosse (Wth 4.3m; D 0.9m) and a much-degraded, low outer bank (Wth 3.4m; H 0.7m). On the NE side the inner bank is denuded almost to the ground level of the interior and the fosse and outer bank have been levelled. A break (Wth 4.2m) in the bank in the centre of the NE side probably marks the original entrance. A motte and bailey (LF014-050----) is located c. 370m to the W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 May 2012
- LF014-054: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-054----. On a low hillock, at the base of a W-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a large oval-shaped copse of trees delimited by a fence on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It consists of a large oval-shaped area (c. 95m WNW-ESE; c. 64m NNE-SSW) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intermediate fosse. The inner bank extends only from N-E-ESE (Wth 3.2m; H 0.1-0.4m) and there is no evidence that it continued for the remainder of the circuit. The wide shallow fosse (Wth 3-4.9m; D 0.1-0.6m) and narrow, low outer bank (Wth 0.6-0.8m; H 0.1-0.4m) extend for the entire circuit. The present entrance is at E but this is not original. The ground level of the interior is uneven with many hollows and rises. This is probably a landscape feature associated with 'Moatfarrell House' c. 250m ENE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-055: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-055----. On a SW-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 48.2m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.9m; H 1.2m) from SW-WSW-W and by a steep scarp (H 0.2-3.3m) from W-N-NE. From NE-E-SW the bank has been levelled but its outline is still identifiable. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-056: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-056----. On a NW-facing slope in pasture. A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded a raised circular area (diam. c. 45m) enclosed by two banks of earth and stone and two fosses. The original entrance was probably at SE. Not visible at ground level. (CUCAP, ALV 2) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012
- LF014-057: House - 18th/19th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-057----. On a prominent rise of ground with good views of the surrounding countryside in all directions. A ringfort (LF014-056----) and moated site (LF014-051----) are 180m and 495m to the N respectively, a church (LF014-058001-) and graveyard (LF014-058002-) are 230m to the SSW and a motte and bailey (LF014-050) with a stone castle (LF014-050002-) are 580m to the NNW. Known locally as 'Charlton's Folly' which was an 18th century building built by Thomas Charlton that was never finished (Farrell 1891, 285-6). Present remains consist of the ruins of a rectangular, single pile house (ext. dims. 16.6m NE-SW, 9.6m NW-SE, Wall T 1.2m - 0.6m) orientated on a NE-SW axis, standing two storeys high with an attic and a partially sunken basement. The doorway is in the centre of the SE wall at ground floor level. The walls have no batter and are built with coursed limestone rubble, the tall rectangular windows with flat arches are 18th century in date and there is a semi-circular shaped tower projecting from the centre of the NE (ext. diam. c. 4.6m) gable. In 1836 the OS Field Name Books recorded that in this townland there were 'the ruins of two castles (LF014-051002-)' (OSFNB Parish of Clonbroney, Book no. 7, 139). This building is named 'castle' on all eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. The lower courses of the walls of the NE and SW gables measure c. 1.2m thick which narrow to 0.6m at ground floor level. This is the only evidence to suggest that there may have been an earlier building on this site. However, there is no break or change in the appearance of the masonry which suggests that the walls of thius building date from the 18th century. The internal walls of the building are lined with red brick as well as the joist holes for the wooden floors of the house. There is no evidence of any features dating from the 17th century and the building has all the appearance of dating from the 18th century. It is evident that this building was never finished and became known as 'Charlton's Folly', named after Thomas Charlton of Curratown, Co. Meath who died in 1792 (Nun 1801, 47). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF014-058001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-058001-. On a SW-facing slope in pasture and centrally located within a graveyard (LF014-058002-), which may mirror the line of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LF014-058003-). This small rectangular medieval church (ext. dims. 10.15m E-W; 6.4m N-S; int. dims. 8.7m E-W; 4.9m N-S; wall T 0.75m) is constructed of roughly coursed rubble with alternating undressed quoins. The E and W gables, and the E end of the S wall survive to their original height while only the lower courses of the N wall survive. The remains of the possible doorway (Wth 1.5m) are evident at the W end of the S wall. There is a single-light, flat-headed hammer-dressed window in the centre of the E gable. An aumbry is evident at the E end of the S wall. The window embrasure in the E gable cuts across an offset that may originally have supported the beams of a wooden floor. A similar offset is visible in the W gable and two possible beam holes are visible at the E end of the S wall. A hammer-dressed quoin is incorporated into the internal face of the W gable, close to the NW angle. These features suggest that the church was subsequently remodelled. Two graveslabs are visible in the interior: one in the centre is decorated with a coat of arms; its inscription is illegible. The second graveslab is of post-medieval date and is at the E end of the church. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013
- LF014-058002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-058002-. Associated with a medieval church (LF014-058001-). This oval-shaped graveyard (63m N-S; 53m E-W) is enclosed by a stone wall. Access is a via a wrought-iron gate with cut-stone piers at ENE. Memorials date from the 19th and 20th centuries. The graveyard wall may mirror the line of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LF014-058003-). (Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013
- LF014-058003: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-058003-. Associated with a medieval church (LF014-058001-) and graveyard (LF014-058002-). The roughly oval-shaped plan and size of the graveyard (63m N-S; 53m E-W), and the central location of the church within it, suggest the possibility that this is an early foundation. The stone wall defining the graveyard may have been constructed upon an earlier enclosing element. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013
- LF014-115: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-115----. In relatively level pasture. This monument appears as a circular enclosure defined by a collapsed wall of drystone masonry on an aerial photograph, which was taken in the 1960s (CUCAP, ALV 2). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012
- LF014-120: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLF014-120----. On a NNW-facing slope in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort'. Not visible at ground level. There is a quarry immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012

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)

- Gates/railings/walls, 1890–1910, Regional interest, registry number 13401433, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF&regno=13401433. Field gate, c. 1900, comprising a pair of coursed roughly dressed limestone masonry piers (on square-plan) with carved caps and having double leaf wrought-iron flat bar gates with semi-circular bars. Coursed rubble limestone boundary walls to either side (north and south). Set slightly back from the road in the rural country side to the southeast of Ballinalee.
- Moatfarrell House, outbuilding, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 13401434, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF&regno=13401434. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding associated with Moatfarrell House, built c. 1860. Now out of use and semi-derelict. Pitched natural slate roof , now partially collapsing, with cut stone eaves course. Roughly coursed roughly dressed limestone masonry walls. Square-headed window openings with brick block-and-start surrounds having timber louvered fittings and limestone sills. Square-headed door openings with brick block-and-start surrounds having timber battened doors. Square-headed carriage arch to the centre having red brick relieving arch, and with timber battened doors. Carved limestone roundel over carriage arch. Set back from road in grounds shared with Moatfarrell House to the northwest. Entrance to the west comprising a pair of snecked gate piers (on square-plan) having capstones over, and with wrought-iron flat bar gates. Located in the rural countryside to the southwest of Ballinalee.

## 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 Moatfarrell, about 1 in 10 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1817, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1817.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/longford/moatfarrell.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/longford/moatfarrell.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/longford/moatfarrell.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Ballyhoolivan: https://everytownland.com/longford/ballyhoolivan.md
- Bracklon: https://everytownland.com/longford/bracklon.md
- Cartronreagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/cartronreagh.md
- Drumnacross: https://everytownland.com/longford/drumnacross.md
- Glannagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/glannagh.md
- Knockanbaun or Whitehill: https://everytownland.com/longford/knockanbaun-or-whitehill.md
- Lisnanagh: https://everytownland.com/longford/lisnanagh.md
- Lissameen: https://everytownland.com/longford/lissameen.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/longford/moatfarrell
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/longford/moatfarrell