Ballyowen
Townland in the civil parish of Killagh, barony of Delvin, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 89030
- Area
- 495,787 m² (49.58 ha, 122.51 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 179 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ballyowen
Planning applications on this parcel
30 May 2025Conditional
A 10-year planning permission and a 40-year operational life for a solar energy development with a total site area of 157 hectares comprising (i) photovoltaic solar panels on steel mounting frames; (ii) electrical transformer stations; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling within the proposed development site, private lands and within the carriageway of the L1501, L1505, L5610, L5611 and L5614 public roads; (iv) containerised battery energy storage facility; (v) the upgrade of 4 no. existing site entrances and development of 1 no. new site entrance; (vi) on-site access tracks; (vii) 4 no. temporary construction compounds; (viii) security fencing and gates; (ix) pole-mounted security cameras; and (x) all associated and ancillary site development, landscaping and reinstatement works. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560268
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: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- WM013-100 Castle - unclassified
Description
According to Adams (1959, 57) the building depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a structure with two smaller structures to the S, surrounded by small fields was the site of Dardistown Castle (WM013-099----). It has also been suggested that the castle was located in close proximity to Dardistown House located 580m to N. No surface remains visible of any building at this location. Dardistown Castle is depicted on the 1655 Down Survey map of Killagh parish where it is shown standing on the lands of Sir Thomas Nugent who is listed as an 'Irish Papist' (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map recorded that in Dardistown there 'is a castle in repaire with diverse cabbins’ (ibid.). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 65.7 ha
- 162 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 5,826 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballyowen, from 667 m² to 168,962 m² (16.9 ha, 41.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballyowen 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Feb 2022Refused
1 no residential dwelling, formed of two part single storey house, associated garage, approved wastewater treatment system and percolation area to EPA standard, and upgrade to existing vehicle entrance
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2279
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
Recorded monuments
- WM020-020 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on top of a steep, prominent hillock, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM020-021----) lies c. 165m to SSE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a broad oval-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The steep earth and stone bank is almost reduced to a scarp and is present from WSW-W-WNW. The remains of a slight fosse are present from S-W-N and NE-E. A low outer bank is evident from S-W-NW. A modern earthen field fence running NNW-SSE has been formed out of the inner bank at E. A slight gap (Wth at top 3.4m; basal Wth 1m) in the inner bank, inside the field fence and a slight causeway (Wth at top 1m; overall Wth 4.3m; H 0.3m) outside it, presumably represent the entrance. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and is pitted with slight hollows, including a large, shallow irregular hollow within the N quadrant. All of the hollows appear to be due to relatively modern disturbance. Monument is visible today as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 06 June 2019
- WM020-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on top of a steep, naturally formed, gravel hillock, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM020-020----) lies c. 165m to NNW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 55m NE-SW; 44m NW-SE). Monument described in 1970 as a broad oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 37m) enclosed by a steep bank which is almost reduced to a scarp from WSW-W-N-ENE. There is no visible trace of a fosse. A gap (Wth at top 5.5m; basal Wth 2.6m) at N may represent the entrance. Some large stones lie on the surface inside the entrance at W. The interior rises appreciably from the perimeter to the centre. Within are two pronounced banks which extend from the perimeter at W and NW, to the centre, where there is a modern depression and a small quarry hole. A portion of the perimeter has been quarried at ESE. Much of the monument is visible today as a quarry on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 06 June 2019
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballyowen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Ballyowen
- Area
- 656,610 m² (65.66 ha, 162.25 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Delvin
- Electoral division
- Killulagh, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Chanonstown, Dardistown, Greenan, Killagh, Lunestown, Reynella
- Placenames
- Ballyowen 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.