# Bracklin, Co. Westmeath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killulagh, barony of Delvin, Co. Westmeath; in Irish Breaclainn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 11,070,076 m² (1,107.01 ha, 2,735.48 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 31,681 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killulagh, https://everytownland.com/westmeath/parish/killulagh.md - Barony: Delvin - Electoral division: Bracklin, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Bracklin electoral division: 275 people in 92 households; 90% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Westmeath, https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/51278 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 230273 - Centre: latitude 53.570731, longitude -7.068093 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bracklin, from 327 m² to 1,399,347 m² (139.93 ha, 345.79 acres); 57 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 114578: 1,399,347 m² (139.93 ha, 345.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114578.md - Parcel 114664: 867,263 m² (86.73 ha, 214.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114664.md - Parcel 90977: 568,406 m² (56.84 ha, 140.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90977.md - Parcel 90979: 384,136 m² (38.41 ha, 94.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90979.md - Parcel 90954: 351,238 m² (35.12 ha, 86.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90954.md - Parcel 90952: 301,816 m² (30.18 ha, 74.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90952.md - Parcel 114451: 268,122 m² (26.81 ha, 66.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114451.md - Parcel 114662: 236,534 m² (23.65 ha, 58.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114662.md - Parcel 111352: 197,487 m² (19.75 ha, 48.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/111352.md - Parcel 114556: 183,617 m² (18.36 ha, 45.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114556.md - Parcel 90240: 160,713 m² (16.07 ha, 39.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90240.md - Parcel 90248: 157,738 m² (15.77 ha, 38.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90248.md - Parcel 114347: 143,096 m² (14.31 ha, 35.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114347.md - Parcel 114555: 109,806 m² (10.98 ha, 27.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114555.md - Parcel 90253: 107,269 m² (10.73 ha, 26.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90253.md - Parcel 90630: 86,254 m² (8.63 ha, 21.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90630.md - Parcel 90075: 63,911 m² (6.39 ha, 15.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90075.md - Parcel 5592340: 57,581 m² (5.76 ha, 14.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5592340.md - Parcel 114579: 56,790 m² (5.68 ha, 14.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114579.md - Parcel 114587: 56,778 m² (5.68 ha, 14.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114587.md - Parcel 90611: 56,203 m² (5.62 ha, 13.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90611.md - Parcel 114630: 51,755 m² (5.18 ha, 12.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114630.md - Parcel 114344: 49,124 m² (4.91 ha, 12.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114344.md - Parcel 114604: 40,275 m² (4.03 ha, 9.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114604.md - Parcel 218347: 34,665 m² (3.47 ha, 8.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/218347.md - Parcel 90419: 34,090 m² (3.41 ha, 8.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90419.md - Parcel 114559: 31,797 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114559.md - Parcel 90960: 31,564 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90960.md - Parcel 114469: 26,384 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114469.md - Parcel 90982: 24,335 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90982.md - Parcel 4910585: 20,893 m² (2.09 ha, 5.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4910585.md - Parcel 114450: 19,359 m² (1.94 ha, 4.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114450.md - Parcel 90626: 16,294 m² (1.63 ha, 4.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90626.md - Parcel 217460: 16,055 m² (1.61 ha, 3.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/217460.md - Parcel 90259: 13,352 m² (1.34 ha, 3.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90259.md - Parcel 90866: 8,834 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90866.md - Parcel 114506: 7,855 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114506.md - Parcel 90871: 7,312 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90871.md - Parcel 90879: 6,854 m² (0.69 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90879.md - Parcel 2763236: 5,327 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2763236.md - Parcel 90632: 4,970 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/90632.md - Parcel 91007: 4,895 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91007.md - Parcel 91435: 4,873 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91435.md - Parcel 114521: 4,516 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114521.md - Parcel 91432: 4,351 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91432.md - Parcel 91099: 3,223 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/91099.md - Parcel 114583: 2,763 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/114583.md - Parcel 2718041: 2,069 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2718041.md - Parcel 5651592: 1,678 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5651592.md - Parcel 2429041: 1,572 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2429041.md - Parcel 3668126: 404 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3668126.md - Parcel 6019606: 345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6019606.md - Parcel 2948939: 335 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2948939.md - Parcel 91101: 327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/91101.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 25 Oct 2022, Westmeath County Council 22520: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (a) construct a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling and (b) RETENTION PERMISSION for existing ground floor bedroom (previously a garage) & all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22520/0 - 24 Aug 2020, Westmeath County Council 206221: Conditional. Retention. Retention permission and permission for development at this site as follows: (i) retention of existing 80 metre meteorological mast which was erected as exempted development in accordance with Class 20A, Schedule 2 of the planning and development regulations 2001 (as amended) and all ancillary infrastructure and associated site development and reinstatement works and (ii) the increase in height of the existing meterological mast from 80 metres to a maximum height of up to 100 metres. Existing access arrangements using agricultural access tracks, will remain unaltered. The operational lifetime of the proposed development will be up to five years.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/206221/0 - 22 Nov 2018, Westmeath County Council 186354: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage & store, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/186354/0 - 15 Aug 2018, Westmeath County Council 186246: Conditional. Permission. to develop an existing entrance and upgrade it to forestry harvesting standard(bell mouth entrance) onto public road to facilitate access to factory plantation together with internal access road and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/WestmeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/186246/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bracklin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - WM013-104: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM013-104----. Situated on a rise of ground surrounded by undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM013-105---) 310m to E. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 34m NE-SW) enclosed by two poorly preserved earth and stone banks, with an intervening fosse and external fosse. The inner bank has been levelled and mostly reduced to a scarp. The inner fosse is wider from NW-ENE, and there is an intervening space (Wth. 9m) between the inner fosse and outer bank on the N side of the monument. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018 - WM013-105: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM013-105----. Situated on a rise of ground surrounded by undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM013-104---) 310m to W. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 32m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank of earth and stone with external fosse. The fosse is best preserved from N-NE. There is an entrance gap at W. The interior rises towards the centre. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018 - WM014-018: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM014-018----. Bracklin House may have been built on the site of the medieval castle of Bracklin belonging to the Nugent family, however there is no physical evidence to support this suggestion. The present Bracklin House is often referred to as 'Bracklyn Castle' (Burke 1833 629). This name suggests that the present house was built on or close to the site of the medieval castle. Bracklyn Castle was built as a residence for the Nugent family of Moyrath who were descended from William, 1st baron of Delvin (Brewer 1825-6, 227). In 1559-60 the Crown recorded a 'livery to Edward, son and heir of Thomas Nugent, late of [Brack]lyne' (Nicholls 1994, 22). The castle and lands passed from the Nugent's into the possession of the Pakenham family who sold the castle and estate to the Featherston family (ibid.). A castle is depicted on the Down Survey map of Killulagh parish, and the terrier recorded that, ‘In Bracklyne there is a castle in repaire with an orchard & garden & some ash trees’ (NLI MS 723-4). On this map the castle stood on lands belonging in 1641 to Edward Nugent who is listed as an 'Irish Papist'. No trace of a castle or any medieval fabric visible in the present Bracklin House. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage described the present Bracklin House as a; 'Detached five-bay two-storey over basement neoclassical country house, built c.1790, with projecting single-bay Doric porch to the centre of entrance front (west), c.1855, and single-storey bow-ended wings to either end (north and south), built c.1910. House bounded to front by low ashlar limestone plinth wall. Set back from road in extensive landscaped grounds to the south of Delvin with gate lodge (15401322) to west, mausoleum to north (15401406) and an extensive complex of outbuildings to rear (east) and to south side, many contemporary with the house. Three-storey extension to rear of house, c.1855. Bracklyn House was built by a branch of the Fetherston-Haugh Family in the late eighteenth-century on land acquired from the Pakenham Family of Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard. The present house occupies the site of a fifteenth century tower house. It is quite likely that some of the fabric of this earlier structure may have been used in the construction of the main house or, more likely, in the construction of the complex of outbuildings to the rear' (www.buildingsofireland.ie). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 August 2018 - WM014-019: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM014-019----. Situated on gently rising ground with good views from NE-SE and restricted views in other directions. Bracklin House located 740m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by three earthen banks, two intervening fosses and an outer fosse. The outer bank and fosse are poorly preserved, and have been levelled at E and S. There is an entrance gap in the inner bank at SW, and a second possible entrance at SE. The monument is covered in a plantation of conifers. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 August 2018 - WM014-023: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM014-023----. Aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan shows various cropmarks (LS_AS_35CT_00042_16m)scattered throughout the field which was an old forest annotated as 'Crooked Wood' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Visible on the aerial photograph is the cropmark of a linear earthwork in NE corner of field which could be the remains of an old roadway. To the S of the linear earthwork in E corner of the field is the cropmark of a large rectangular earthwork. To the W of this rectangular cropmark located in the bottom centre of the photo in the S quadrant of the field is the cropmark of a circular shaped enclosure with D-shaped annexe on S side. This could be the cropmark of a levelled ringfort with annexe. To the W of this cropmark there is the curving line of a ditch running N towards NW corner of field where there appears to be the cropmark of a large circular-shaped enclosure (Manning 1985, 23). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Katherine Daly Date of upload: 17 April 2018 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Bracklyn House, gate lodge, 1815–1825, Regional interest, registry number 15401322, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15401322. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1821, comprising central segmental-headed carriage with pyramidal-shaped bellcote over, flanked by single-bay single-storey 'lodges' to either side (north and south). Hipped slate roofs to each lodge with curved ridges. Constructed of rusticated water-weathered limestone with a rusticated water-weathered pier on square-plan surmounted by a pinnacle to either side of each 'lodge'. Cut stone shield motif over bellcote with incised date '1821'. Single segmental-headed opening set in segmental-headed recesses to each lodge, pointed-arched opening to bellcote with brick surround. Modern wrought-iron double gates with raised lettering reading 'Bracklyn Estate' to main opening. Gateway flanked to north and south by modern wrought-iron pedestrian entrances and by quadrant sections of rusticated water-weathered limestone walling terminated by piers on square-plan with pinnacles over. Road-fronted to west of Bracklyn House (15401405). - Bracklyn House, country house, 1790–1860, Regional interest, registry number 15401405, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15401405. Detached five-bay two-storey over basement neoclassical country house, built c.1790, with projecting single-bay Doric porch to the centre of entrance front (west), c.1855, and single-storey bow-ended wings to either end (north and south), built c.1910. Shallow-hipped natural slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and an ashlar limestone eaves course. Raised parapet with ashlar limestone coping over to entrance front (west). Smooth rendered walls with projecting stone string course at ground floor level. Projecting porch constructed of ashlar limestone with extensive ashlar detailing, including Doric pilasters and columns having cornice over. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, plain stripped architraves and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Replacement windows to flanking wings. Round-headed doorcase to projecting porch with ashlar limestone surround. Round-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to side elevations of porch (north and south). House bounded to front by low ashlar limestone plinth wall. Set back from road in extensive landscaped grounds to the south of Delvin with gate lodge (15401322) to west, mausoleum to north (15401406) and an extensive complex of outbuildings to rear (east) and to south side, many contemporary with the house. Three-storey extension to rear of house, c.1855. - Bracklyn House, mausoleum, 1835–1890, Regional interest, registry number 15401406, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM®no=15401406. Freestanding mausoleum, erected c.1836, comprising vaulted semi-sunken single-cell structure on square-plan with raised pinnacles to corners and a segmental-headed opening to the south face. Constructed of rusticated water-weathered limestone. Pentagon-shaped plaque to west side of entrance reads 'This tomb was erected by J. F. T. Esq. in 1836, N. Kiernan Builder'. A classical style granite tomb, c.1860, on square-plan with Doric detailing is located adjacent to southwest. Located to the north of Bracklyn House within former demesne parkland grounds. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bracklin. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bracklin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bracklin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bracklin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Bracklin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath: https://everytownland.com/westmeath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyhealy or Ballinure: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballyhealy-or-ballinure.md - Ballynacor: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/ballynacor.md - Bolandstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bolandstown.md - Clonleame: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/clonleame.md - Clonmorrill: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/clonmorrill.md - Coolronan (Co. Meath): https://everytownland.com/meath/coolronan.md - Craddanstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/craddanstown.md - Killagh: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/killagh.md - Lisclogher Great: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/lisclogher-great.md - Martinstown: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/martinstown-230970.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/westmeath/bracklin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/westmeath/bracklin