Cauran
Townland in the civil parish of Drumraney, barony of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 122923
- Area
- 172 m²
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Cauran
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
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 1 recorded monument.
- WM023-051 Castle - tower house
Description
Poorly preserved ivy covered ruins of Gaybrook Castle situated on a low rise of ground with good views in all directions. This may be the same structure as the tower house type castle of Walterstowne [Baile Bháltair/Walderstown] shown standing on the N side of 'The Highway from Athlone to Dublin' on the Down Survey map of Drumraney parish (NLI MS 723-4). On this map Killinneen Castle (WM023-058----) is shown standing N of the same roadway to the E of Walterstown Castle (ibid.). An inquisition into the estate of Robert Dillon of Cannorstown Castle which was held in 1611 listed as part of his possessions in the townland of 'Waterstown alias Ballyvater', 1 ruinous castle, 30 messuages and 30 gardens' (Cal. inq. post mortem, 5 Jac. 1). Structure covered in vegetation making detailed examination of the upstanding fabric impossible. No surface remains visible of enclosure surrounding the ruins which was described in 1978. Monument described in 1971 as the remains of a rectangular structure defined by a portion of the N wall and the SW corner. The short portion of N wall (approx. L 5m; H 1.75m-2m) is joined to the SW corner by a more modern drystone wall. All of the facing stones on the inner and some on the outer façade have been removed and there are no dressed stone visible. The castle is set into the E side of a circular enclosure which is outlined on NE, N & W by remains of an earth and stone bank set on a steep scarp. The scarp has the remains of stone facing in several places. On S & SW the enclosure is bounded by a slight natural rise. Today only the faintest suggestion of this enclosure is visible in the field in which the castle stands. Old field banks which were visible running from the perimeter of the site on the SW side are no longer visible. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 02 May 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
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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
- 51.2 ha
- 127 acres
- Land parcels
- 30
- registered freehold, median 3,358 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cauran, from 4 m² to 108,733 m² (10.87 ha, 26.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cauran 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
8 Aug 2026N/a
RETENTION planning permission is for existing vehicle storage and maintenance shed, roadway and entrance, pump house, low garden wall and for the temporary retention of storage container and planning permission is sought for the adjustment of road boundary hedge and for the instillation of septic tank and percolation area and the change of use of small store to toilet and all ancillary works
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660420
9 Jul 2026N/a
to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage with septic tank and percolation area and to close up an existing agricultural entrance and construct a new combined domestic and agricultural entrance and all associated site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660369
16 Mar 2021Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21127
2 Sept 2020Conditional
Planning permission for the construction of a new dwelling, septic tank and percolation area, domestic garage, new road entrance and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207129
23 Aug 2019Conditional
Permission to partially demolish, internally and externally alter and to construct a two storey extension to my family home, permission is also sought to upgrade and replace existing septic tank and percolation area, to demolish existing shed and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197186
8 Apr 2019Refused
Partial demolition, internal and external alteration and construction of a two-storey extension to the family home. Permission is also sought to replace existing septic tank & percolation area with new septic tank & percolation area and to demolish existing shed and all associated site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 197082
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 Cauran.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cauran.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cauran.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cauran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Cauran
- Area
- 512,343 m² (51.23 ha, 126.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumraney, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkenny West
- Electoral division
- Ardnagragh, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnagragh (digby), Fearmore, Kilkenny Abbey, Pishanagh, Rath, Walderstown
- Placenames
- Cauran 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.