Brutonstown
Townland in the civil parish of Killucan, barony of Farbill, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 4570638
- Area
- 594,092 m² (59.41 ha, 146.8 acres)
- Buildings
- 5 buildings touch it, 1,010 m² on the ground
- 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
- Brutonstown
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
- Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
- Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- WM021-012 Castle - tower house
Description
Grange Beg Castle was situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture, 35m NE of the River Deel and 110m W of early 18th century Grange Beg House and c. 15m to E of a late 17th/early 18th century dovecote. Grange Beg Castle described in the 1655 terrier of the Down Survey map of Farbill Barony as one of 'two castles in repaire' (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is depicted as a tower house type structure standing on lands belonging to Nicholas Darcy in 1640 on the Down Survey map of Farbill Barony (ibid.). Grange Beg House (NIAH Reg. No. 15402105) described in 1983 as '2 storeys over basement with an attic. The house is 5 bays, the end bays break forward having a lower roofline (no attic) & having no windows at ground level. The central doorway has a moulded architrave & is flanked by narrow side lights. Similar side lights now blocked up flank the central window overhead. Small attic windows in the gable. The house appears to be of late 17th c[entury] or very early 18th c[entury] origin'. Dovecote (NIAH Reg. No. 15402106) described in 1983 as following; 'Near the SW side of the rise [castle site] is the ruin of a circular pigeon house approx[imately] 3.5m high & 7m in diam[eter]. The pigeon house is built of limestone rubble, lined with brick within. Much of the brick now collapsed. Literally hundreds of pigeon holes can still be seen. There is a doorway in the SE side'. Castle shown on the Down Survey Parish Map of 1654-6 and mentioned in the terrier. Castle potentially depicted as a rectangular-shaped structure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument described in 1983 as a low natural rise defined by scarp visible from NE-E-S and by a field fence from SW-W-N-NE. The top of the rise is wide and flat with slight hollows and rises indicating an area of disturbance in the past. According to local information, this is believed to be the site of a castle. Area of castle obscured by trees and vegetation on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 10 July 2019
- WM021-012001 Dovecote
Description
Grange Beg Castle (WM021-012----) was situated on a low rise, in gently undulating pasture, 35m NE of the River Deel and 110m W of early 18th century Grange Beg House and c. 15m to E of a late 17th/early 18th century dovecote. Grange Beg Castle described in the 1655 terrier of the Down Survey map of Farbill Barony as one of 'two castles in repaire' (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is depicted as a tower house type structure standing on lands belonging to Nicholas Darcy in 1640 on the Down Survey map of Farbill Barony (ibid.). Grange Beg House (NIAH Reg. No. 15402105) described in 1983 as '2 storeys over basement with an attic. The house is 5 bays, the end bays break forward having a lower roofline (no attic) & having no windows at ground level. The central doorway has a moulded architrave & is flanked by narrow side lights. Similar side lights now blocked up flank the central window overhead. Small attic windows in the gable. The house appears to be of late 17th c[entury] or very early 18th c[entury] origin'. Dovecote (NIAH Reg. No. 15402106) described in 1983 as following; 'Near the SW side of the rise [castle site] is the ruin of a circular pigeon house approx[imately] 3.5m high & 7m in diam[eter]. The pigeon house is built of limestone rubble, lined with brick within. Much of the brick now collapsed. Literally hundreds of pigeon holes can still be seen. There is a doorway in the SE side'. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 10 July 2019
- WM021-019 Barrow - unclassified
Description
Situated on floodplain of the River Deel located immediately to E. Possible monument visible as a low irregular-shaped earthen mound with curving arc of enclosing bank to S of mound visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Could be the remains of an unclassified barrow due to its morphology and location poorly drained land. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 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).
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
- 80.8 ha
- 200 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 4,353 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brutonstown, from 638 m² to 331,540 m² (33.15 ha, 81.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Brutonstown 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
No planning application touches the townland of Brutonstown 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.
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 Brutonstown.
Recorded monuments
- WM027-075 Enclosure
Description
Situated on reclaimed grassland with Riverstown River 230m to E. Area depicted as poorly drained land on 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. Aerial photograph taken by Leo Swan (LS_AS_35BWN_00042_16) shows clear outline of circular-shaped enclosure intersected by a field boundary or drainage ditch at SE. Faint outline of enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Drainage ditch or watercourse which feeds into Riverstown River intersects site at E. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Katherine Daly Date of upload: 27 November 2018
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 Brutonstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Brutonstown
- Area
- 807,920 m² (80.79 ha, 199.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killucan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Farbill
- Electoral division
- Derrymore, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyhaw, Curristown, Derrymore, Grange Beg, Wardenstown
- Placenames
- Brutonstown 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.