Boardstown
Townland in the civil parish of Mullingar, barony of Moyashel And Magheradernon, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 93995
- Area
- 327,267 m² (32.73 ha, 80.87 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it, 1,432 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- G1 Open Space (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
C3 Innovation Technology (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
R1 Proposed Residential (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
P1 Agricultural (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
G3 Open Space (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
S1 Community, Educational & Institutional (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective
R2 Established Residential (MLAP 2014-2021) The objective - Townland
- Boardstown
Planning applications on this parcel
16 Dec 2022Conditional
development of 65 no. residential units at Ardmore Hills, Marlinstown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, a site of circa. 2.24 Has. The proposed development will comprise the construction of 3 no. 2-bedroom semi-detached & mid-terrace houses; 32 no. 3-bedroom semi-detached & mid-terrace houses; 27 no. 4-bedroom semi-detached houses; 3 no. 5-bedroom detached houses. The development provides for 123 no. car parking spaces, provision of communal open spaces, all associated hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, and all other ancillary works above and below ground
Permission, 65 homes · Westmeath County Council, 2260036
1 Jul 2022Conditional
a new Advanced Building Solution consisting of office and light industrial/production spaces. Permission is also sought for vehicular/pedestrian entrance, signage, new timber post-and-rail boundaries, car parking, cycle shelters, landscaping, gas skid, underground storage tank, independent ESB substation & switch room building, access road and all associated site works. The development has been subject of a Screening for Appropriate Assessment in accordance with Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC) and the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended. The Screening for Appropriate Assessment will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Planning Application
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22347
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.
- WM019-078 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a low rise in pasture with moderate views of the surrounding landscape. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as a circular-shaped tree-lined enclosure to NW of Ardmore House. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-lined enclosure (approx. dims. 62m N-S; 63m E-W). Levelled monument described in 1980 as no surface remains visible. Faint curvilinear cropmark of levelled enclosure barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Possible ringfort or tree-ring on the demesne lands of Ardmore House. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 June 2019
- WM019-079 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise, in gently undulating pasture with restricted views. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped partially tree-lined earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (39m ENE-WSW; 33m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a steep earthen bank, a wide shallow fosse and a very fragmentary outer bank. The inner bank has been pushed out into the fosse from E-SE-SSE. It has several small modern gaps but the original entrance is not visible. There is a modern causeway outside one of the gaps at WNW. The outer bank is not concentric with the fosse in a few places and may be a later feature. The interior has a slight SE-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running NW-SE. A house site (WM019-079001-) and earthworks are located 25m to ENE. Monument visible as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on 05/02/1975 (Iris Oifiguíl 11/02/1975). 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: 05 June 2019
- WM019-079001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise, in gently undulating pasture with restricted views. About 25m to ENE of ringfort (WM019-079----) is a long rectangular, two-roomed house site defined by a slight earthen bank with no surface remains visible of any doorway. A small complex of earthworks are in the immediate vicinity of the house. The banks and scarps radiate from the corners of house site at E, S and W. They are probably the remains of enclosures associated with the house. Low mounds are visible to SW and NW of the house. Degraded earthworks are barely visible today on Google Earth aerial imagery. See attached plan of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 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).
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
- 46.2 ha
- 114 acres
- Land parcels
- 26
- registered freehold, median 1,998 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- Established Residential
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boardstown, from 22 m² to 315,936 m² (31.59 ha, 78.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Established Residential (Existing residential)
MLAP 2014-2021, Westmeath · 19 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3Open Space (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
MLAP 2014-2021, Westmeath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C3Innovation Technology (Office, business/technology park and related)
MLAP 2014-2021, Westmeath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - P1Agricultural (Agriculture)
MLAP 2014-2021, Westmeath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
2 Jun 2023Conditional
development which will consist of a new two storey dwelling, with garage, septic tank/treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2383
21 Dec 2018Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to the northern elevation of existing dwelling and alterations to the elevations of existing dwelling to include new windows to western and southern elevations replacement septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186390
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103
Recorded monuments
- WM019-076 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated in pasture, to NW of a farmyard. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a subrectangular-shaped structure, annotated 'Boardstown Castle (in Ruins)'. No castle is depicted in the townland of 'Bourdstown' on the 1654-57 Down Survey map of Mullingar parish (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1732 Boardstown was the residence of John L'Estrange (Burke 1847, 724). Monument described in 1976 and 1980 as the poorly preserved remains of a small tower house with barrel vaulted ground floor which has mainly collapsed. The N wall (L 13.4m; H 5m) and NE corner are best preserved. The E wall (L 13.4m) is in a partial state of collapse with evidence of a blocked doorway. The S wall (L 13.3m) is defined only by low wall footings and the W wall (L 13.5m) is poorly defined. The collapsed walls have filled the interior with rubble to the level of the ground floor vault. Some remains of this barrel vault still exist along the SE side. Grass-covered wall footings and rubble extend a short distance to S from the ruin and is reputed to be the remains of a Georgian house which was built onto the S side of the castle. Some remains of window fragments and reused quoin stones have been built into an outhouse in the adjoining farmyard. There are no obvious earthworks in the vicinity. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 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 Boardstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Boardstown
- Area
- 462,310 m² (46.23 ha, 114.24 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mullingar, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyashel And Magheradernon
- Electoral division
- Mullingar Rural, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmore, Ballinderry, Newtown, Plodstown
- Placenames
- Boardstown 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.