Moyra and Fortmill

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyra and Fortmill, from 233 m² to 143,112 m² (14.31 ha, 35.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Moyra and Fortmill 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.

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  an as built bungalow type dwelling including a detached domestic garage, site entrance, boundary fence, proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area & all ancillary site works previously granted permission under planning permission reference: PL23/26 along with the demolition & re-instatement of the domestic garage to what was granted planning under planning ref: 23/26

  Retention, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2460191

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  alterations to previously approved planning permission (reference 19/167). The alterations include changing from 6 no. six-metre-high lighting columns to 4 no. ten-metre-high lighting columns with all associated and ancillary works

  Retention · Longford County Council, 2373

• 3 Feb 2023Conditional

  the proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling, detached domestic garage, site entrance, boundary fence, proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 2326

• 26 Jun 2019Conditional

  for astroturf playing field with associated fencing and lightning in conjunction with planning application 19/139 and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19167

• 29 May 2019Conditional

  planning permission sought for 1) extension to rear of existing clubhouse and internal alterations to provide 4no. changing rooms and associated facilities, alterations to elevations and all ancillary works, 2) change of use of substantially complete dwelling to form new clubhouse incorporating meeting room, gym and associated facilities, alterations to elevations, connection to existing treatment system, connection to services and all ancillary works, 3) erection of ball wall, new playground with external lighting, 4) alteration to site layout with hard & soft landscaping to include parking facilities, 5) new gated entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Longford County Council, 19139

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 Moyra and Fortmill.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-038001 Moated site
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope in pasture. A raised subrectangular area (c. 41m E-W; c. 38m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1.4m) from E-S-ENE and by a low bank of earth and stone (H 0.3-0.4m) from ENE-E, and a wide shallow fosse (Wth 2.6-5.6m; D 0.5m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an outer bank; it has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary at W. Elsewhere it has been levelled. A wide break (Wth 6m) in the bank at ENE may mark the original entrance. There is a possible house site (LF019-038002-) within the interior at E. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 9 May 2012

• LF019-038002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the E sector of the interior of a moated site (LF019-038001-). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a possible house site. It is no longer visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 4 July 2012

• LF019-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope in reclaimed pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a raised subcircular area (c. 22m N-S; c. 19m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle NNE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument and a number of field boundaries in its vicinity were levelled in the 1940s (local information). However, a report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded that the outline of a bank with an external fosse could still be traced enclosing a circular area (diam. c. 30m). Not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the OS Fair Plan. Not marked on subsequent eds. of the OS 6-inch map. The monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. c. 45m) was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone, a wide deep intervening fosse and an outer bank. Both banks have been levelled. The rath is defined by a broad scarp (H 0.6-1.4m) The fosse has been infilled but its outline may been traced at SSW (Wth 2m; D 0.2m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 January 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moyra and Fortmill.

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 Moyra and Fortmill, about 1 in 10 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Moyra and Fortmill.

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 Moyra and Fortmill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Moyra and Fortmill · Muileann an Rátha agus Maigh Rátha

Area

625,732 m² (62.57 ha, 154.62 acres)

Civil parish

Ardagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Ardagh West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

509 people lived in 173 households in the Ardagh West electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardagh Demesne, Bohermore, Cartrongarrow, Cooleeshil or Richfort, Drumbaun, Moor

Placenames

Moyra and Fortmill 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.