Ardnagross

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardnagross, from 3,258 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres) to 146,184 m² (14.62 ha, 36.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardnagross 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.

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  construction of a calf shed, with calving and roofed feed areas, manure pit, rainwater storage tanks and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yard areas) – all for agricultural purposes only) in existing farmyard area utilising existing farmyard entrance

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360372

• 24 Apr 2023Conditional

  1) demolition of existing single storey shed to the side of existing dwelling, 2) a single storey extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling, 3) the replacement and relocation of the existing septic tank with a proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and 4) all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360099

• 1 May 2018Conditional

  private dwelling house, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186135

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 Ardnagross.

Recorded monuments

• WM001-056 Burial ground
  Description

  The following summary of the rescue excavation of this burial ground by James Eogan has been derived from the excavations.ie website (no. 266; licence number 95E0079): ‘This site first came to light in November 1994 when human remains were found by quarry workers when extending a sand and gravel quarry in this townland into a previously undisturbed area. Once it became clear that quarrying was going to proceed the OPW funded a rescue excavation to establish the nature and extent of the site. The excavation was carried out over a two-week period in April/May 1995. As the site had come to light during the stripping of topsoil prior to quarrying, the stratigraphy was severely truncated and there was a considerable amount of disturbed human bone extending over the area that had been stripped of topsoil. It was decided to excavate a cutting 6m (north-south) x 7m (east-west) in the area of the greatest concentration of exposed human remains, some of which were articulated. Excavation revealed two rows of burials, six individuals in the eastern row and eight in the western. In general the burials were badly preserved, owing to poor soil conditions and recent disturbance. All the burials were found in a similar matrix of yellowey-brown sandy silt. They were all placed with their heads at the west. Eleven of the burials were extended supine inhumations; there were two flexed burials in the eastern row (one facing north, the other facing south); a single burial in the western row may have been interred in a prone position, but it is not possible to be definite on this point as the burial was severely damaged in the quarrying operations. Presumably most of the burials were in unprotected dug graves; however, owing to the disturbance and soil conditions, the only grave cuts recognised were in three instances where one burial cut into another. Owing to the very stony nature of the fluvio-glacial deposits which underlay the site, a number of the burials gave the impression of being in partially stone-lined pits; however, an infant burial in the western row was the only one which could be considered to have been placed in a stone-lined grave sensu stricto. An adult in the eastern row of burials had a stone placed on either side of the skull, forming an ‘ear muff’ or ‘pillow stone’ feature. There were at least five instances of later interments disturbing previous ones. In two cases the remains of a disturbed burial were carefully placed by the feet of the later interment. Mr Andy Halpin, who carried out the initial site inspection in November 1994, recovered a small (17mm ext. diam.) bronze annular ring of rounded cross-section. It was found beside the femur of one of the extended burials in the eastern row. It is the only find from the excavation that is associated with a burial. Burial in this inhumation cemetery was clearly organised with care; however, its full extent has not been ascertained. Quarry workers spoke of a number of burials having been removed before archaeological investigations commenced. A test-trench was excavated by JCB for 10m to the west of the excavated area. At least two articulated inhumations, and some bone which may constitute a third, were uncovered. There was no evidence uncovered for any structures or an enclosing element around the site. Samples of bone from two of the burials were dated by the Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit. A flexed burial from the eastern row is dated to 1360±70 BP (OxA-5991); an extended burial from the western row is dated to 1420±40 BP (OxA-5992). These dates show that this cemetery was in use from the mid-6th to the early 9th century cal. AD.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 December 2014

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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).

No address of the register names Ardnagross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Ardnagross

Area

883,071 m² (88.31 ha, 218.21 acres)

Civil parish

Lickbla, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Knockarrow, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Balrath, Bigwood, Carlanstown, Castletown Upper, Foyran, Tullyhill, Tullystown

Placenames

Ardnagross on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.