Annaskinnan

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annaskinnan, from 274 m² to 849,059 m² (84.91 ha, 209.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Annaskinnan 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.

• 27 Jan 2023Refused

  proposed extension and alteration to existing dwelling house which consists of a) demolition of existing small bedroom, kitchen and bathroom at the northwest side of the house to allow for construction of new standard 2 no. bedrooms and a bathroom b) new attic space for the additional bedroom with balcony c) new open plan living, dining, kitchen and utility with toilet at the southeast side of the existing house d) construction of new wastewater treatment system to replace existing septic tank and percolation area, soakaway, boundary fence with all associated site works, services and landscaping

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2311

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a new entrance porch extension, alterations to existing external openings, new single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house, decommissioning of the existing septic tank and installation of a new wastewater treatment plant and polishing filter with all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2147

• 29 Aug 2018Conditional

  new one and a half storey dwelling house, outbuilding/garage/store, a new wastewater treatment system incl. percolation area, a new vehicular access to the Killucan Road, a new pedestrian footpath link fronting the property and providing recreational walking access to the Royal Canal Way, associated landscaping and boundary strengthening treatments and all associated works above and below ground.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186266

• 27 Apr 2018Refused

  construction of a new two storey type dwelling house, domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, proprietary waste water treatment plant & raised soil polishing filter and all ancillary site services.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186132

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to north side of existing semi detached house and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176311

• 27 Feb 2017N/a

  existing extension (38.5 sqm) to the rear (east) and side (north) of the existing dwelling house, consisting of living area and bedroom. Retention permission is also sought for the existing widened vehicular entrance and all associated site works.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 176057

• 16 Feb 2017N/a

  Retention of existing extension(38.5 m sq) to rear and side and demolish of existing extension to dwelling house. The development consists of an extension to rear(east) and side(north) elevations of the dwelling, consisting of living area and bedroom. Retention permission is also sought for widening entrance and all associated site works.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 176043

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• WM027-026 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  Situated in relatively low lying wet pasture, c. 60m SE of a stream. Monument described in 1971 as a raised roughly circular-shaped platform (dims. 33.5m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is high and steep on the exterior being best preserved from NNW-N-NNE and is almost reduced to a scarp from NNE-E-S-W-NNW, except at SSW and W, where it is occupied by a quarry-like depression. There is a wide and deep intervening fosse. The outer bank is substantial and is almost completely denuded from WSW-W-WNW. There is a gap (Wth at top 9.7m; basal Wth 3.10m) in the inner bank, a causeway (Wth at top 2m; overall Wth 5.6m; H 1.3m) and a gap (Wth at top 6.4m; basal Wth 3m) in the outer bank at NNE which represents the entrance. The interior is raised high above the surrounding land and the surface has slight humps and hollows. Leading from higher ground at NW there is a raised earthen causeway which intersects the outer bank at N and then seems to extend along the outside of the outer bank to the entrance. This can be followed on Digital Globe aerial photography and may have curved around running towards ringfort (WM027-025----) indicating that the two monuments were physically connected on this wet floodplain. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

• WM027-027 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 34) as following: ‘Monument consists of an approximately square mound (6.5m N-S x 6.8m E-W) with slightly rounded corners (due to erosion), flat top (3.5m NS x 3.3m E-W) and steeply sloping sides, its two axes aligned NNW-SSE (N-S here) and ENE-WSW (E-W here); no trace of a ditch is apparent. Where thickest on W side, it rises 0.76m above ground level; it is most massive here, arguably so that upper surface of mound would appear approximately level despite ground surface sloping down to W. Mound is well preserved except for NE corner, where there has been extensive damage and some small boulders exposed. Flat upper surface of mound slopes down gently from W to E; a slight depression at centre could indicate either ransacking or a collapsed chamber, but more likely it relates to an episode from recent decades, as an ASI fieldworker was informed by the landowner on 18/5/71 that ‘a few years ago one of his farm labourers dug into the mound and found a lot of bones’. Although minuscule, this flat-topped mound is most prominently positioned on the flat summit of a striking, steep-sided glacial hillock with stepped base on its W side, the highest of several in the area; visibility is excellent in all directions. A gigantic erratic stands isolated in a field c. 250m to ENE; a large gravel quarry is visible a few fields to S. This unusual rectilinear mound is not obviously a barrow: As one ASI fieldworker described it on 18/5/71: Barrow? A small, low, sub-circular, steep flat-topped mound of stony earth. It looks as if it is a very modern platform. Its significance is unknown. [SMR file]. The account of 10/6/80, while acknowledging its angular shape, is also sceptical: A small, low, sub-rectilinear, flat-topped mound of earth & stones. There is no visible sign of a fosse. The sides of the mound are relatively steep on the N, S & W, but on the E the mound is somewhat defaced & it slopes gradually there. The N, S & W sides are almost straight & it looks as if the mound has been scarped at some time in the relatively recent past. [SMR file] Nonetheless, this monument in which bones have been found is very strikingly located on a glacial hillock with excellent visibility, a type of location common for barrows in this and other counties; and the recognition of what appears to be a second, prominently sited rectilinear barrow at Pass of Kilbride (WM034-004----), only c. 8km to SW, seems to suggest that it is indeed a barrow, albeit of a hitherto unknown type in Ireland’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 5 February 2016

• WM027-046 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of a steep hillock (342ft/104m OD), in undulating pasture, with extensive views in all directions. Destroyed monument now located in the W quadrant of a modern quarry. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is open to NW. Levelled monument described in 1971 as a subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 44m E-W; 37m N-S) enclosed by a broad belt of rough stony ground, outside which there are faint traces of an external fosse (Wth at top 3.8m; basal Wth 2.95m; D 0.05m). The monument appears to have been enclosed originally by a bank which seems to have been levelled into the fosse. The only place where the perimeter survives is either side of a gap (Wth at top 7.2m; basal Wth 1.6m) at NNW where there is a short segment of a steep scarp (max. H 5m). It is possible that this gap may represent the entrance. There is a natural looking depression just inside the gap at NNW. The interior rises from the centre to the perimeter on the E and W sides. Area of levelled monument is located today within a commercial quarry as shown on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

• WM027-047 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1980 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

Architectural heritage

• 18th Lock, lock, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal lock, built c.1805, consisting of pair of (restored) timber and steel breast gates with timber footboards, tail gates and balance beams. Set within ashlar limestone lock channel. Located to the west of Thomastown Bridge (15402727).

• Bridge, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch canal bridge carrying road over Royal Canal, built c.1805. Constructed of dressed limestone with ashlar limestone detailing including a projecting string course at parapet base level/road level. Slightly battered to base. Located adjacent to Thomastown Harbour (15402731).

• Harbour/dock/port, 1800–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Canal harbour, built c.1805, having dressed limestone quay walls and a number of cast-iron mooring bollards to the south bank. Canal bridge (15402728) located to the west end and a modern slipway to the south side. Located to the south of Killucan.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Annaskinnan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Annaskinnan · Eanaigh Sceanan

Area

2,066,644 m² (206.66 ha, 510.68 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Derrymore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Derrymore electoral division: 260 people in 95 households; 92% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhaw, Cloncrave, Cushinstown, Derryboy, Hydepark

Placenames

Annaskinnan 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.