Clonava

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonava, from 111 m² to 847,640 m² (84.76 ha, 209.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Clonava 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.

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  The erection of a guyed wind monitoring mast, with instruments, 120 metres in height and all ancillary works necessary for its construction and maintenance, for a period of six years. The purpose of the proposed mast is to assess the suitability of the surrounding area for wind farm development. The application will include a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560189

• 22 May 2020N/a

  A 10 year permission to upgrade, reorientation and expansion of previously permitted electricity substation granted as part of Coole Wind Farm (Pl. Ref 17/6292; ABP Ref PL25M/300686) in the townland of Camagh (Fore by). The laying of underground cabling predominantly along the public road corridor to facilitate the connection to the national grid of the permitted wind farm along a route measuring approximately 26.4 kilometres, through the townlands listed below, between the proposed substation in the townland of Camagh (Fore by) and the existing Mullingar 110kV substation in the townland of Irishtown (Moyashel and Magheradernon by). Works to complete the cable connection to the existing Mullingar 110kV electricity substation including the construction of a dedicated bay within the existing substation compound in the townland of Irishtown(Moyashel and Magheradernon by). All associated site works and ancillary development. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206121

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: Garriskil Bog SAC 000679
• Special Protection Area: Lough Derravaragh SPA 004043
• Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derravaragh NHA 000684

Recorded monuments

• WM006-026 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated 80m W of the W shore of Lough Derravaragh with boat quay 50m to SW. Bog 240m to SW. Castle depicted standing in the townland of 'Clunaby' close to Lough 'Durzath' [Derravaragh] on the 1654-9 Down Survey map of Moygoish barony (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle in 1641 belonged to Andrew Nugent who was described in the Down Survey as an 'Irish Papist' and owner of 162 acres of arable land in 'Clunany'(ibid.). The terrier of the Down Survey map of Street parish stated that in this parish there stood '3 Runious Castles at Street 2 Castles likewise at Clonaby' (ibid.). Annotated as ‘Castle’ on the 1837 ed. OS Fair Plan map, and depicted as ‘Castle’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Present remains consist of a rectangular building (ext. dims. 13.2m N-S; 10m E-W) with base-batter evident. A portion of the N wall (H 3m) survives, as do portions of the S & E walls (H 1.5m), while the W wall is visible only as a grass-covered mound. Evidence of a garderobe at the N end of the W wall. Fragmentary remains of an inner wall inside the N wall indicates the presence of a mural stair. The castle is surrounded by low banks of uncertain date. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 January 2017

• WM006-065 Habitation site
  Description

  Situated on the top of a small knoll of fen-peat on Clonava Island which is now on reclaimed grassland which was formerly the flood-plain of the Inny River 80m to N and Lough Derravaragh 500m to E. The Mesolithic shoreline of the lake was exposed after the Inny River was drained in the 1960s resulting in the lowering of the water level on Lough Derravaragh. Another Mesolithic chert scatter (WM006-025----) was also exposed 200m to the NE. The findspot of 5 chert Bann flakes, points, and some cores by Dr. J. Raftery of the NMI who brought the find to the attention of Professor Frank Mitchell (Mitchell 1972, 160-1; NMI Reg. No. 1968, 199-205). On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map the location of this lithic scatter was situated on a small headland adjacent to the NW shoreline Lough Derravaragh where the Inny River enters the lake. Clonava Island is a knoll of calcite mudstone with numerous bands of chert. The 'island' appears to have been an attractive settlement site in prehistoric times. The chert at Lake Derravaragh has an unusual banded structure and disintegrates easily on exposure to the weather. The site referred to as Site No. 1 consisted of a 4m square area that was excavated by Professor Frank Mitchell of Trinity College Dublin who uncovered the remains of a settlement site consisting of heaps of chert and stone on the floodplain of the river along with a scatter of charcoal and struck chert. Two scatters of loose chert debitage were revealed on the top and flank of the knoll which were removed by excavation. A second or middle layer of charcoal and chert debitage was found beneath the fen peat, the third and base layer was found on the undisturbed fen-peat and consisted of charcoal, wood, hazel-nuts, chert implements and debitage, and angular fragments of burnt sandstone. In the centre of the excavated site there was a concentrated thicker mass of chert debitage, which suggested the debris of a knapping site. C14 dating of charcoal gave the date of 5360 +- 110 BP. Recent re-dating of carbonised hazelnut shells from the lowest level of the site returned two dates for this site that are distinct at two sigma: 4313–4045 cal BC (5327±37 BP, UBA-8105) and 4680–4458 cal BC (5706±37 BP, UBA-8106) (Little 2009, 131). Today there are no surface remains visible of this settlement site. The distinctive chert from this site described as 'festoon' chert appears to have been quarried from Knockeyon Hill (WM012-209----) where natural outcrops of this distinctive type of chert can be found (O'Sullivan et. al. 2007, 38; Little 2014, 8). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 February 2017

• WM006-074 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on E edge of poorly drained land in area between marshy land and well drained grassland. Well preserved tree-lined earthen bank and narrow external waterlogged fosse visible as a curving feature on E side only. At N the earthen bank forms a straight well preserved tree-lined bank with narrow external fosse. The well preserved tree-lined earthen bank with narrow external waterlogged fosse forms an irregular shaped area acting as a small farmyard for a rectangular post-medieval house now levelled which is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The sharp profile of the enclosing tree-lined earthen bank which has a vertical face on the N side and narrow fosse which acts as a drainage ditch dates from the post-medieval period. A similar earthen bank enclosing a post-medieval house can be seen in the adjoining field to the S. There are several nearby post-medieval houses now mainly levelled with earthen enclosures acting as small farmyards on the edge of the poorly drained land which probably date from the 18th or early 19th century. These farmhouses stand inside small tree-lined earthen enclosures acting as the boundary feature of the small paddock or garden belonging to the post-medieval farmhouses. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 November 2015

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).

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

Name

Clonava · Cluain Ámha

Area

4,747,814 m² (474.78 ha, 1,173.21 acres)

Civil parish

Street, and its townlands

Barony

Moygoish

Electoral division

Multyfarnham, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Bottomy, Clonkeen, Coolnagun, Derrya, Lackan, Lackanwood, Shrubbywood

Placenames

Clonava 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.