Banagher

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Banagher, from 2,023 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) to 204,931 m² (20.49 ha, 50.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Banagher 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.

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  development which will consist of a single storey extension to the east side of an existing dormer bungalow , including a single-storey porch to the front entrance, amendments to existing fenestration to the side and rear, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360094

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

• WM027-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a prominent rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to N. Monument described as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 37m E-W; 25m N-S) enclosed by a bank and external fosse. The earth and stone bank is visible at W and N and has been incorporated into field boundaries from SSE-S-W. The fosse is traceable from NW-N. The original entrance is not recognisable. There is a disturbance depression within the centre of the interior and there are very vague suggestions of cultivation ridges running E-W. A roughly rectangular-shaped enclosure lies to NE of the monument and is probably part of an old field system. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019

• WM027-012 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on a rise (359ft/109m OD), in pasture, with good views in all directions. Annotated ‘Rathmore Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Monument described as a raised oval-shaped flat-topped mound (approx. overall dims. 30m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp. The steep scarp (H 1.5-2.5m) is encircled by a narrow platform or ledge at the base of the mound on all sides except the N, where it is steeper. The top of the mound (dims. at top 21m N-S; 13.3m E-W) is wide and flat with a gentle S-facing slope. No structural features are visible. Visible on Digital Globe aerial photography a substantial oval-shaped earthwork which appears to be on a natural terrace. Adjoining to E of motte (WM027-012----) are the remains of a crescent-shaped enclosure (dims. 32.5m N-S; 25.2m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank NW-N-E-S-SW. This could be the smaller rath referred to by Adams (1960) which was beside ‘the imposing rath known as Rathmore’. Visible on Digital Globe aerial photography as a faint trace of a crescent-shaped earthwork. An old road (WM027-012001-) located c. 15m to N. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019

• WM027-012001 Road - hollow-way
  Description

  Situated in pasture, with good views in all directions. Located approx. 15m to N of possible motte & bailey (WM027-012----) known locally as 'Rathmore Fort' are the remains of an old trackway (Wth 5m) defined by two parallel banks running E-W. Clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography as a linear sunken area defined by a bank on either side. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019

• WM027-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, overlooked by higher ground from E-S-W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small irregular D-shaped enclosure with its straight side against a canal embankment running E-W and annotated ‘Fort’. Possibly bisected during construction of the Royal Canal. Not depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map where the monument appears to have been levelled to facilitate construction of the Midland Great Western Railway running ENE-WSW to the immediate S of the canal. Levelled monument described in 1971 as no surface remains visible. The monument which lies on the S side of the Royal Canal has been destroyed by a railway line running E-W. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 04 November 2019

• WM027-031 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying hollow at the base of a ridge, in wet marshy pasture, which is liable to flooding along a wide deep stream, which lies c. 130m to SW and forms the townland boundary. A ringfort (WM027-032----) lies c. 125m to SE. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1978 as two holes in the ground which are understood to represent the upper portions of two stone-lined chambers which are conical in cross-section, much like beehive structures. These have been partly backfilled with stones. According to local information these were exposed when doing land reclamation work across this area. A subsequent field inspection in 1984 described the monument as having no surface remains visible and is now blocked up. Linear parch mark in grass visible on Digital Globe aerial photography may indicate site of infilled souterrain. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

• WM027-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a slight rise at the W foot of a hillock, in wet pasture. A souterrain (WM027-031----) lies c. 100m to NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Levelled monument described in 1971 as a cropmark which is visible as an oval-shaped area (dims. 42m E-W; 35.6m N-S) of light-green grass defined by dark-green grass. There is another patch of differential growth within the centre of the light-green area. There are small heaps of stones on the edge of the monument at NW. The cropmark of the 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

• WM027-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the E side of a gentle rise, in undulating pasture, with fairly restricted views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1971 as a small subcircular-shaped area (dims. 35m E-W; 31.5m N-S) defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is high and steep on the exterior and is almost reduced to a scarp which has been steepened in modern times. It has been modified from S-W-NW where a laneway extends around the base. There are slight remains of a wide fosse which is best preserved from ESE-SE-S and is almost completely infilled from NW-N-E. A gap (Wth at top 4.8m; basal Wth 3.2m) at E represents a probable entrance, although there is no definite trace of a causeway. A large portion of the perimeter has been quarried at NW. The interior has a slight ENE-facing slope. Monument is visible today as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 06 November 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Banagher.

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).

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

Name

Banagher

Area

1,403,260 m² (140.33 ha, 346.75 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Huntingdon, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Heathstown, Knockmant, Knocksimon, Porterstown (cooke), Porterstown (napper)

Placenames

Banagher 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.