Bracklin

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bracklin, from 327 m² to 1,399,347 m² (139.93 ha, 345.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 57 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 25 Oct 2022Conditional

  (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

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22520

• 24 Aug 2020Conditional

  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.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 206221

• 22 Nov 2018Conditional

  construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage & store, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186354

• 15 Aug 2018Conditional

  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

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186246

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 the townland of Bracklin.

Recorded monuments

• WM013-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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

Architectural heritage

• Bracklyn House, gate lodge, 1815–1825 · Regional interest
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.

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

Name

Bracklin · Breaclainn

Area

11,070,076 m² (1,107.01 ha, 2,735.48 acres)

Civil parish

Killulagh, and its townlands

Barony

Delvin

Electoral division

Bracklin, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhealy Or Ballinure, Ballynacor, Bolandstown, Clonleame, Clonmorrill, Coolronan (Co. Meath), Craddanstown, Killagh, Lisclogher Great, Martinstown

Placenames

Bracklin 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.