# Castletown, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Rahan, barony of Ballycowan, Co. Offaly; in Irish Trodóg.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,024,851 m² (302.49 ha, 747.46 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 16,721 m² (1.67 ha, 4.13 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rahan, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/rahan.md
- Barony: Ballycowan
- Electoral division: Bawn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Bawn electoral division: 353 people in 116 households; 93% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41953
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180327
- Centre: latitude 53.308457, longitude -7.683518 (WGS 84)

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

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 31 m² to 333,761 m² (33.38 ha, 82.47 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 308669: 333,761 m² (33.38 ha, 82.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308669.md
- Parcel 2388734: 258,127 m² (25.81 ha, 63.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388734.md
- Parcel 310154: 215,232 m² (21.52 ha, 53.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310154.md
- Parcel 289310: 199,513 m² (19.95 ha, 49.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/289310.md
- Parcel 269104: 161,216 m² (16.12 ha, 39.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269104.md
- Parcel 2388921: 154,472 m² (15.45 ha, 38.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388921.md
- Parcel 296097: 125,558 m² (12.56 ha, 31.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296097.md
- Parcel 2388867: 101,882 m² (10.19 ha, 25.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388867.md
- Parcel 294641: 96,923 m² (9.69 ha, 23.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294641.md
- Parcel 270505: 89,305 m² (8.93 ha, 22.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270505.md
- Parcel 296592: 76,394 m² (7.64 ha, 18.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296592.md
- Parcel 304923: 72,538 m² (7.25 ha, 17.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304923.md
- Parcel 2388627: 72,305 m² (7.23 ha, 17.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388627.md
- Parcel 270153: 70,167 m² (7.02 ha, 17.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270153.md
- Parcel 271891: 69,623 m² (6.96 ha, 17.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271891.md
- Parcel 312720: 65,786 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312720.md
- Parcel 295412: 64,900 m² (6.49 ha, 16.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295412.md
- Parcel 2388922: 58,931 m² (5.89 ha, 14.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388922.md
- Parcel 284050: 42,217 m² (4.22 ha, 10.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/284050.md
- Parcel 299795: 41,337 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299795.md
- Parcel 296485: 35,264 m² (3.53 ha, 8.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296485.md
- Parcel 272350: 34,755 m² (3.48 ha, 8.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272350.md
- Parcel 4642066: 31,720 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4642066.md
- Parcel 276964: 28,588 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/276964.md
- Parcel 269693: 25,550 m² (2.56 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269693.md
- Parcel 301489: 24,590 m² (2.46 ha, 6.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301489.md
- Parcel 4716414: 24,561 m² (2.46 ha, 6.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4716414.md
- Parcel 296446: 23,874 m² (2.39 ha, 5.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296446.md
- Parcel 278843: 22,310 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/278843.md
- Parcel 4222295: 21,806 m² (2.18 ha, 5.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222295.md
- Parcel 295276: 21,759 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295276.md
- Parcel 275709: 20,764 m² (2.08 ha, 5.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275709.md
- Parcel 275940: 20,612 m² (2.06 ha, 5.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275940.md
- Parcel 2388887: 20,454 m² (2.05 ha, 5.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388887.md
- Parcel 312023: 18,803 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/312023.md
- Parcel 305874: 17,844 m² (1.78 ha, 4.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305874.md
- Parcel 287989: 16,966 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287989.md
- Parcel 2388623: 16,793 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388623.md
- Parcel 5116522: 16,650 m² (1.67 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5116522.md
- Parcel 296928: 16,642 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296928.md
- Parcel 272353: 16,406 m² (1.64 ha, 4.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272353.md
- Parcel 299036: 15,530 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299036.md
- Parcel 286546: 15,208 m² (1.52 ha, 3.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286546.md
- Parcel 2389116: 13,529 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2389116.md
- Parcel 302244: 13,328 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302244.md
- Parcel 2388634: 13,082 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388634.md
- Parcel 2388624: 10,240 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388624.md
- Parcel 2388886: 10,091 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388886.md
- Parcel 302139: 9,368 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302139.md
- Parcel 301162: 9,301 m² (0.93 ha, 2.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301162.md
- Parcel 3095199: 8,978 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3095199.md
- Parcel 2388023: 6,678 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2388023.md
- Parcel 5012111: 6,607 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5012111.md
- Parcel 4716392: 3,933 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4716392.md
- Parcel 299985: 3,908 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299985.md
- Parcel 2474183: 3,777 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474183.md
- Parcel 286524: 3,731 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/286524.md
- Parcel 4640880: 3,654 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4640880.md
- Parcel 303111: 3,398 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303111.md
- Parcel 5012113: 3,064 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5012113.md
- Parcel 4650930: 2,881 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650930.md
- Parcel 4635265: 2,431 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4635265.md
- Parcel 275379: 2,044 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275379.md
- Parcel 276032: 1,861 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/276032.md
- Parcel 284007: 1,762 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/284007.md
- Parcel 299403: 1,417 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/299403.md
- Parcel 4658519: 1,117 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4658519.md
- Parcel 4716436: 1,028 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4716436.md
- Parcel 288621: 929 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/288621.md
- Parcel 6091132: 526 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6091132.md
- Parcel 3095200: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3095200.md
- Parcel 268825: 273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/268825.md
- Parcel 307008: 239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307008.md
- Parcel 4716407: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4716407.md
- Parcel 295550: 71 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/295550.md
- Parcel 4716400: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4716400.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Castletown 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 18 Feb 2025, Offaly County Council 2560039: Conditional. Retention. 3 no. Dormer windows to the front elevation of the existing property together with all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560039/0
- 20 Oct 2021, Offaly County Council 21652: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING, NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, DRIVEWAY, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, STORM WATER SOAKAWAYS, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21652/0
- 7 Aug 2020, Offaly County Council 20359: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING DWELLING (A PROTECTED STRUCTURE AS NOTED IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014-2020, REFERENCE: 12-65), UPGRADE OF EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE, NEW SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/20359/0

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 Castletown.

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

- OF007-050: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-050----. Situated on flat poorly drained land, on the floodplains of the nearby river located 200m to the W. Circular flat topped area (diam. 19m) enclosed by a wide fosse with no evidence of an outer bank or entrance feature. Field drains run off the four sides of this area which has natural bedrock protruding. Site may be non-archaeological and may have been formed when digging the field drains which decided to go around the natural bedrock rather than dig through the rock thus forming the circular area. Described in 1977 as 'a small circular enclosure surrounded by a shallow fosse. The fosse on the NW side is very poorly preserved & can only be traced with difficulty. There is no trace of a bank around the interior. There are slight remains of an outer bank on SE & SW. This however appears to be a result of deepening the fosse on these sides. The interior has very slight rises & hollows, but no definite features which might be of archaeological interest. Field drains run into the fosse on North, South, East & West. This site does no immediately resemble a ringfort and it is difficult to say what type of monument it is. It is approx. 19m in diam. E-W & 19m in diam. N-S. It is set in flat pasture land which is moderately drained. Some large boulders lie on the edge of the interior on the inside of the fosse. Other boulders lie in the adjoining field perhaps this is an area of rock outcrop. Possibly it is the site of a crannog' (SMR File 1977). Only the S half of the site is indicated as a curving field boundary and not as an antiquity on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This curving field boundary may be the result of land reclamation works. Alternatively if it was an archaeological monument, this feature may represent the remains of a levelled crannog. The land in which the potential monument is located was wet marshy land that appears to be a floodplain and is marked on the OS 6-inch maps as 'The Rushes'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 20 December 2011
- OF007-051: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-051----. Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. Only a portion of the N wall survives with wall footings elsewhere. The N wall measures 4m high, 5m long and 0.9m thick, with evidence of a chimney flue at W end of N wall. No other architectural features evident. Possible 17th-century date. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-051001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-051001-. Possible bawn area located around Castle Wetherall of which partial remains survive incorporated into laneway to the S and SE of the castle (OF007-051). This old laneway leads down to the medieval Deerpark which is now a townland defined by a stone wall which may be the original enclosing element around the deerpark. On the first ed. OS 6-inch map there is a small circular building incorporated into the lane way to the E of the castle. This building may have been a flanking tower of the bawn wall that enclosed the castle. Today the wall of the laneway kicks out indicating the line of this levelled tower. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-052: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-052----. Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. A large irregularly shaped graveyard (dims. 68m N-S x 41m E-W) enclosed by a drystone wall with 18th and 19th-century headstones concentrated in its S sector. There is a stile and coffin stand in the centre of the graveyard wall facing onto the road on the N side of the graveyard. A small rectangular drystone-walled enclosure (int. dims. 8m x 8m) in the SE quadrant may represent a single family burial plot. There are no visible gravemarkers inside this small enclosure which is accessed via a stile which is visible in the centre of the E wall of the enclosure. Two bullaun stones (OF007-052001/002-) are located in a pile of field clearance stones to the N of the headstones. A chamfered and rebated jambstone of a late medieval limestone window can be seen lying on the ground immediately N of the headstones. This fragment may have come from the nearby castle ruins (OF007-051) located in the field to the SW of the graveyard. There is a lot of rock outcrop within the graveyard and there is no clear evidence for any church site within the graveyard. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-052001: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-052001-. Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. A large irregularly shaped graveyard (OF007-051) enclosed by a drystone wall with 19th-century headstones concentrated in its S sector. A small rectangular drystone-walled enclosure to the SE may represent a single family burial plot. Two bullaun stones (OF007-052001/002-) are located in a pile of field clearance stones to the N of the headstones. A chamfered and rebated jambstone of a late medieval limestone window can be seen lying on the ground immediately N of the headstones. This fragment may have come from the nearby castle ruins (OF007-051) located in the field to the SW of the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-052002: Bullaun stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-052002-. Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. A large irregularly shaped graveyard (OF007-051) enclosed by a drystone wall with 19th-century headstones concentrated in its S sector. A small rectangular drystone-walled enclosure to the SE may represent a single family burial plot. Two bullaun stones (OF007-052001/002-) are located in a pile of field clearance stones to the N of the headstones. A chamfered and rebated jambstone of a late medieval limestone window can be seen lying on the ground immediately N of the headstones. This fragment may have come from the nearby castle ruins (OF007-051) located in the field to the SW of the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF007-052003: Architectural fragment, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF007-052003-. Situated on a slight rise in undulating countryside. A large irregularly shaped graveyard (OF007-051) enclosed by a drystone wall with 19th-century headstones concentrated in its S sector. A small rectangular drystone-walled enclosure to the SE may represent a single family burial plot. Two bullaun stones (OF007-052001/002-) are located in a pile of field clearance stones to the N of the headstones. A chamfered and rebated jambstone of a late medieval limestone window can be seen lying on the ground immediately N of the headstones. This fragment may have come from the nearby castle ruins (OF007-051) located in the field to the SW of the graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF015-005: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF015-005----. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, N 531/2) shows faint outline of circular enclosure and indicated on 1st ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castletown.

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

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1799, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1799.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/offaly/castletown-180327.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-180327.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castletown-180327.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Ballybruncullin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballybruncullin.md
- Ballycumber: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballycumber.md
- Brackagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/brackagh-180267.md
- Cornafurrish and Corrabeg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cornafurrish-and-corrabeg.md
- Deerpark: https://everytownland.com/offaly/deerpark-180559.md
- Grogan and Corroe: https://everytownland.com/offaly/grogan-and-corroe.md
- Kilpatrick: https://everytownland.com/offaly/kilpatrick.md
- Leabeg: https://everytownland.com/offaly/leabeg.md
- Pollagh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/pollagh.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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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.

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