Boardsland
Townland in the civil parish of Kilkenny West, barony of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 97195
- Area
- 21,227 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Boardsland
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- WM023-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a D-shaped area (dims. 32m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank that has been modified from SW-N-SE with the remains of external stone facing. The bank has been removed from SE-S-SW and replaced by a field wall running E-W. There is no visible trace of an external fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle ESE-facing slope and traces of cultivation ridges running WNW-ESE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 17 July 2019
- WM023-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, ringfort (WM022-008---) 25m to SSW. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a roughly subcircular-shaped area (approx. dims. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank from N-E-S, which is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A portion of the bank at E has been preserved as part of an old field boundary. The perimeter has been partly quarried away from NW-NE. A field bank cuts across the perimeter of the ringfort at W. The interior has old cultivation ridges running N-S. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 17 July 2019
- WM023-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions with ringfort (WM023-017----) 30m to NNE. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 52m) enclosed by a bank (H 1.5-2m) that has been incorporated into a field boundary from NNW-N and has been disturbed by quarrying. The original entrance is not clearly visible, although there is a gap at S. The interior rises toward the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges running E-W. A field bank and drain curve around the exterior of the monument from NE-E-SSE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 23 July 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).
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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
- 32.8 ha
- 81 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 14,315 m² (1.43 ha, 3.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boardsland, from 1,168 m² to 93,976 m² (9.4 ha, 23.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Boardsland 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
22 Feb 2017Conditional
To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and a single treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177032
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Boardsland.
Recorded monuments
- WM023-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with moderate views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a D-shaped area (dims. 32m NE-SW; 31m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank that has been modified from SW-N-SE with the remains of external stone facing. The bank has been removed from SE-S-SW and replaced by a field wall running E-W. There is no visible trace of an external fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a gentle ESE-facing slope and traces of cultivation ridges running WNW-ESE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 17 July 2019
- WM023-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, ringfort (WM022-008---) 25m to SSW. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a roughly subcircular-shaped area (approx. dims. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank from N-E-S, which is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A portion of the bank at E has been preserved as part of an old field boundary. The perimeter has been partly quarried away from NW-NE. A field bank cuts across the perimeter of the ringfort at W. The interior has old cultivation ridges running N-S. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 17 July 2019
- WM023-008 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions with ringfort (WM023-017----) 30m to NNE. Monument described in 1971 and 1976 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 52m) enclosed by a bank (H 1.5-2m) that has been incorporated into a field boundary from NNW-N and has been disturbed by quarrying. The original entrance is not clearly visible, although there is a gap at S. The interior rises toward the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges running E-W. A field bank and drain curve around the exterior of the monument from NE-E-SSE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 23 July 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 Boardsland with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Boardsland
- Area
- 327,770 m² (32.78 ha, 80.99 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilkenny West, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkenny West
- Electoral division
- Auburn, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Creevenamanagh, Kilkenny West, Tobernagauhoge, Tullyhogan
- Placenames
- Boardsland 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.