Cloncrow

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloncrow, from 5,737 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres) to 330,973 m² (33.1 ha, 81.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Cloncrow 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cloncrow 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

• Natural Heritage Area: Cloncrow Bog (New Forest) NHA 000677

Recorded monuments

• WM032-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Described in 1977 as a ringfort situated on a slight rise of ground which is overlooked by a low E-W ridge to the E, extensive views to the S, W and NW. Ringfort (WM032-109----) located 250m to the NE. The monument consists of an oval-shaped area (diam. 54m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a low earth and stone bank and a shallow external fosse that is only visible from N-E-SE. There is no evidence of an entrance feature. The interior is slightly uneven and slopes slightly from W to E. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 March 2013

• WM032-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Described in 1978 as a ringfort situated on a small steep sided ridge, running roughly N-S, with extensive views in all directions. Ringfort (WM032-108----) located 250m to the SW. The monument was covered with vegetation making detailed examination very difficult. The monument consists of an oval-shaped area defined by a poorly preserved earth and stone bank that is best preserved at NW and from NE-E-ESE with a flat berm-like fosse and well preserved external bank. The substantial earth and stone external bank has been levelled from N-E-S. The fosse is well preserved from S-W-N and it survives is a berm like feature from ENE-E-S. There is no evidence of an entrance feature. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 29 March 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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).

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

Name

Cloncrow · Cluain Cró

Area

1,992,679 m² (199.27 ha, 492.4 acres)

Civil parish

Newtown, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Newtown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cloncullen, Clonyhague, Guilford Or Davidstown, Higginstown, Killavally, Rathnure, Tyrrellspass

Placenames

Cloncrow 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.