Brittas

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brittas, from 2,114 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres) to 275,754 m² (27.58 ha, 68.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Brittas 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.

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  construction of a slatted shed, machine storage shed, roofed manure pit and Cattle handling facility with concrete area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460383

• 8 Feb 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a single-storey extension (circa. 36m2) and carport to the rear and side of the existing dwelling, minor alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site works and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2151

• 11 May 2018Conditional

  to construct a multi use playground

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186144

• 20 Apr 2018N/a

  construction of a multi use playground.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186130

• 10 Nov 2017Conditional

  retention of existing detached garage, pump house, rear extension to main dwelling and change of use attached to domestic garage.

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176322

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 Brittas.

Recorded monuments

• WM012-185 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise on the N facing slope of an undulating ridge. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular shaped enclosure annotated ‘fort’. This site has been almost completely levelled. Remains consist of a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 32m N-S; 34m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved wide bank of earth and stone which survives from W-NW (Wth 5.1m; max. H 0.45m), and is reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A field fence running E-W, which is also the townland boundary with Knockdrin, intersects the perimeter of the monument at N. This site now appears to have been completely levelled, and the cropmark of the levelled monument is visible in the ploughed field shown on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM012-190 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock on S facing slope of a large undulating ridge in undulating grassland, with good views to SE to SW. Ringfort (WM012-192----)130m to SE. The road which marks the townland boundary with Loughagar More lies 40m to E. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 25m NE-SW) enclosed by a well preserved earth and stone bank and a wide external fosse. The bank is visible from NW-N-ENE and from S –WSW. The fosse is U-shaped and is visible from SW-N and in-filled elsewhere. Part of the SE quadrant of the monument has been quarried away. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running WNW-ESE across the interior, which slopes gradually to S and SW. A field fence running NW-SE intersects the perimeter of the site from NW-NE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM012-191 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the top of a natural rise in undulating grassland. The roadway which marks the townland boundary with Loughagar More lies 40m to E. Ringfort (WM012-193---) 200m to NE. A raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 37m NW-SE) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank of earth and stone, and a shallow external fosse. The bank is fragmentary, and the fosse has been infilled from E-S-SW. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) at NNE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running N-S across the interior, which slopes to N and E from the centre. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM019-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, on the E side of a high, prominent hill, in pasture with good views to the SE. Ringfort (WM019-016----) lies c. 75m to S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 46m N-S; 43m E-W) in the corner of an L-shaped area of woodland. Monument described in 1972 as a much disturbed ringfort enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank and an outer fosse. The earthen bank is substantial and is best preserved from NE-E-S-W-N. It has been quarried N-NE and at W and has several disturbance gaps elsewhere. There is a modern stake and wire fence along the top of the bank from E-S-SW. The fosse is wide, deep and flat-bottomed and is best preserved from E-S. It has been infilled where an earthen field boundary has been constructed along the base of the bank from S-SW-W. It is very badly disturbed from N-NE-ENE and at W, where it has been quarried. The interior dips slightly to the perimeter at NW, SE and SW. It has been quarried from N-NE and at W. The entrance was probably on the ENE where one side of a gap is visible and the other has been quarried. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped tree-planted area on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2019

• WM019-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM019-015----) lies c. 75m to N. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a slightly modified oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 37m) enclosed by a bank and a fosse. The bank is best preserved from N-E-S-W and has been steepened on the exterior from W-N, where a modern bank has been constructed at its upper edge. The fosse is best preserved from N-E-S-W and may have been recut in relatively modern times. The entrance gap (Wth at top 5.1m; basal Wth 2m) is at SE, where there is a slight causeway (Wth at top 2.5m; overall Wth 4.6m; max. H 0.3m). There is a modern gap at N. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre and has traces of cultivation ridges running NNE-SSW. A modern fence intersects the perimeter at N, S and WNW. Monument is visible today as a circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brittas.

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. 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.

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

Name

Brittas

Area

738,696 m² (73.87 ha, 182.54 acres)

Civil parish

Rathconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Moyashel and Magheradernon

Electoral division

Knockdrin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knockdrin electoral division: 609 people in 203 households; 92% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Curraghbrack, Knockdrin, Knockdrin, Loughagar Beg, Loughagar More, Toberaquill

Placenames

Brittas on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.