Cashel

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cashel, from 764 m² to 845,386 m² (84.54 ha, 208.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cashel 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.

• 10 Nov 2023Conditional

  proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, onsite treatment system with suitable polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Longford County Council, 2360203

• 26 May 2022Refused

  material change of use of existing dwelling to residence where care is provided for persons with intellectual or physical disability. The proposed works will also include upgrade of the existing entrance and boundary treatments, removal of non-native invasive evergreen trees, proposed single storey extension (C.92M.SQ) to the NE & SE elevations and ancillary site works all which is within SAC and pNHA

  Permission · Longford County Council, 22123

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC 000440
• Special Protection Area: Lough Ree SPA 004064
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree 000440

Recorded monuments

• LF021-032 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Ree. Indicated as a large sub-circular tree-covered enclosure on the 1837 editon of the OS 6-inch map. It consists of a subcircular area (max. dim. c. 92m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.2m; H 0.2-0.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.2-0.4m). No entrance is recognisable and the monument it is overgrown with vegetation. Similar in size to another enclosure to the SE (LF021-034----) these monuments, in all probability, are designed landscape features. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF021-033 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pasture on a SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Ree. This large ecclesiastical enclosure (140m NNW-SSE; c. 115m ENE-WSW) was probably originally oval in plan. It is defined by a modern stone wall from S-SW-WSW and by disused field boundaries from WNW-N-NNE, which may mirror the circuit of the original enclosing element. Elsewhere no trace of it survives. The enclosure is divided into unequal portions by a NE-SW running roadway. Within the larger portion, to the SE, are a late-medieval church (LF021-033001-) and graveyard (LF021-033003-) and, immediately to the E of the latter, a 19th-century graveyard. There is a possible cashel (LF021-033002-) in the smaller portion to the NW of the roadway. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF021-033001 Church
  Description

  Roughly centrally located within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LF021-033----), within the N sector of a graveyard (LF021-033003-). In 1552 Richard Nugent, Baron of Delvin, was granted a 21 year lease of the vicarage of 'Caishell' (Nicholls 1994, vol. 1, 199). Depicted on an early 17th-century map of Rathcline barony as the church of 'Cashell & Clame' (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.i.48). Remains consist of a medieval rectangular church (ext. dims. 18.9m E-W; 8.1m N-S) that was built in two phases. A section of the S end of the E gable, and the N and S side-walls of the original church survive. The W gable is a later addition, possibly of 15th century date, and it appears to have been keyed into the earlier fabric of the church. It has a pronounced base-batter and a string course is also visible. The church is constructed of limestone rubble and punch-dressed quoins with drafted margins. Larger blocks distinguish the initial construction phase. The S wall has been repointed. Access is gained through a pointed arch doorway, with cut limestone chamfered jambs, at the W end of this wall. Two architectural fragments inserted into the wall above the doorway are decorated with intertwined floral motifs and they appear to be capitals. Other architectural features in this wall include traces of the lower half of a first-floor window at the W end, an ogee-headed single-light window, set into a segmental arched embrasure, at the E end and a flat-headed aumbry or niche on the internal wall-face close to the SE angle. The first-floor window suggests the former presence loft or chamber at this end of the church. Memorials dating to the 19th century have been inserted into the internal faces of the S wall and W gable. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF021-033002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the N side of a road within the NW quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (LF021-033----). Depicted as a small circular enclosure with the designation Fort on the 1837 and 1878 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This enclosure and the area immediately surrounding it are densely overgrown with scrub rendering inspection difficult. However, large quantities of loose stone, probably collapse from a drystone wall, are visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF021-033003 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with a medieval church (LF021-033001-), within a possible ecclesiastical enclosure (LF021-033----). This irregularly shaped graveyard (dims. 110m E-W; 86m N-S) is enclosed by a stone wall of late-18th century date. Inscribed memorials date from the 18th century onwards. A memorial stone is incorporated into one of the piers of the gateway accessing the graveyard. It reads: 'This Gate is A Donation of Sir Will(ia)m Gleadowe Newcom[e]n B[aronet] given y[ea]r 1798'. A 19th-century graveyard, associated with a church (C of I) dedicated to St Catherine, now levelled, lies immediately to the E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

• LF021-034 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  On a SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Ree. Represented as a circular enclosure with trees along the perimeter on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and divided into unequal portions by an NE-SW running roadway. It consists of a raised circular area (diam. c. 95m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.3m; H 0.35m). No entrance is recognisable. Similar in size to another enclosure to the NW (LF021-032----) these monuments, in all probability, are designed landscape features. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Gates/railings/walls, graveyard/cemetery, 1700–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Churchyard and graveyard on irregular oval-plan, erected c. 1730, containing remains of late medieval church (LF021-033001-). Graveyard contains collection of stone grave markers dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Ruinous late medieval church (probably c. 1550) constructed of rubble limestone masonry (base batter to some elevations) having a Tudor-arched doorway with chamfered dressed limestone surround to the west end of the south elevation having cut stone floral devices over. Ogee-headed window opening with dressed limestone surround to the east end of the south elevation. Roof now missing. West end of church rebuilt with burial vaults inserted c. 1800. Graveyard surrounded by rubble limestone boundary walls having rubble stone coping over. Main entrance gateway to the north/northwest, dated 1798, comprising a pair of dressed ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having cut stone coping over surmounted by ball finials, and having wrought-iron double-gates. Carved seraphim motifs to ball finials. Incised lettering to ball finials, now illegible. Incised lettering to northeast pier reading ‘This gateway was donated by William Gleadowe Newcomen [not legible] 1798’. Pedestrian gateway to the southwest end of main gateway having modern gate. Gateway to the south/southeast of graveyard comprising a pair of dressed limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having stepped cut stone coping over and with a wrought-iron flat-bar gate having decorative wrought-iron detailing over. Located adjacent to small rural road, close to the shores of Lough Ree to the west, and sited to the west of Newtown-Cashel and to the south/southeast of Lanesborough.

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 Cashel, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cashel.

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 Cashel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Cashel · An Caiseal

Area

1,313,378 m² (131.34 ha, 324.54 acres)

Civil parish

Cashel, and its townlands

Barony

Rathcline

Electoral division

Cashel West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

651 people lived in 238 households in the Cashel West electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynahinch, Elfeet (Adamson), Glebe, Loughfarm

Placenames

Cashel 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.