Clonkill

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonkill, from 30 m² to 223,749 m² (22.37 ha, 55.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 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 Clonkill 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.

• 5 Jul 2024Conditional

  construction of a new bungalow type dwelling, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, septic tank, proprietary wastewater treatment with polishing filter and all associated site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2445

• 1 Sept 2021Conditional

  Planning Permission for a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21482

• 8 Mar 2018Conditional

  retain extension (floor area 93sqm) to rear of house and decommission existing septic tank and install a sewerage treatment system and associated polishing filter and all associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186081

• 19 Oct 2017Refused

  Permission to construct a new storey and a half type dwelling house, domestic garage, proprietary treatment plant and percolation area at Clonkill, Monilea, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176290

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 Clonkill.

Recorded monuments

• WM012-156 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a ridge in undulating grassland, with good views in all directions. The road which marks the townland boundary with Toberaquill lies 80m to W. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 35m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank (H 0.3m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.75m) with a possible entrance gap (Wth 3.6m) at NE. The E quadrant and a large part of the interior has been destroyed by quarrying. A field fence running NE-SW intersects the perimeter of the monument at W and a second field fence running ESE-WSW intersects the perimeter at S. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-159 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Depicted as a circular shaped enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The monument is not depicted on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map where only the curving field bank at S indicates the location of the levelled monument. The curving field boundary visible from S-W follows line of enclosing bank of ringfort which has been levelled elsewhere and is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-160 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a natural rise in marshy ground. Depicted on the 1837 OS fair Plan map as a circular shaped enclosure. An OPW field report from 1968 described the monument as an enclosure situated on a natural rise of ground possibly an esker in marshy land. Slight traces of possible house foundations suggest a farmyard of uncertain age. No definite shape to enclosure (approx. diam. c. 44 paces across). A certain amount of old quarrying around base of hillock. Slight scarping of edge (c. 4-5’ high) in places. No trace of an external fosse. Monument was levelled between shortly after this date as part of land reclamation works. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. Outline of levelled monument or hillock on which monument was located is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-163 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on E facing slope of a prominent rise in gently undulating gras-land, with good views to E. A slightly raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 25m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a shallow external fosse. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.9m) and a slight causeway across the fosse at ESE. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible in the interior, which rises slightly towards the centre. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 8 March 2018

• WM012-188 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular shaped enclosure with gravel pit in S quadrant. No surface remains visible of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM012-189 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent hillock with good views in all directions. A small raised circular shaped area (approx. diam. 17m E-W) enclosed by a low earth and stone bank and a shallow external fosse that has been infilled from E-SE, with entrance gap (Wth 1.6m) at E. The interior rises towards 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

• WM012-197 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Circular shaped enclosure depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on all subsequent editions. Cropmark of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM012-198 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the lower S facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Ringfort (WM012-197---) 35m to NE. Outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Described in 1981 as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 25m NW-SE) enclosed by a low earthen bank and wide fosse. The bank is best preserved at W (max. H 1.25m) and is fragmentary in places elsewhere. A possible house site (WM012-198001-) is visible inside the bank in the E quadrant. A field fence running NW-SE intersects the perimeter of the monument at SW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM012-198001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on the lower S facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Ringfort (WM012-197---) 35m to NE. Outline of levelled monument visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Described in 1981 as a possible rectangular house site is visible inside the bank in the E quadrant of the interior of the ringfort (WM012-198---). House site not visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 March 2018

• WM013-075 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the lower SSE face of a ridge with fairly good views of the surrounding countryside. Poorly drained land which has been reclaimed located to E with partially drained bogland to NW. An unusually large oval shaped area (approx. diam. 84m NW-SE; 64m NE-SW) enclosed by a fragmentary bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse visible from SW-NW. A lime kiln has been built on the perimeter at SW. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running NNW-SSE across the interior, which slopes gradually from N-S. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 July 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Clonkill.

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 Clonkill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Clonkill

Area

3,206,444 m² (320.64 ha, 792.33 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

Balreagh, Downs, Killynan (Cooke), Loughagar More, Monkstown, Toberaquill

Placenames

Clonkill 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.