Clonydonnin

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonydonnin, from 214 m² to 229,820 m² (22.98 ha, 56.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 Clonydonnin 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.

• 1 Nov 2017Conditional

  Planning permission to demolish existing dwelling house and decommission existing septic tank and construct a replacement dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177195

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Clonydonnin Bog NHA 000565

Recorded monuments

• WM036-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. The Athlone to Clara railway line lies c. 15m to SW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a raised roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 32m) defined by a scarp with external fosse, entrance gap at E . The interior has an E-facing slope. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 November 2019

• WM036-038 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Unable to locate bullaun stone originally recorded as standing in a fairly level field with good views in all directions but has since been moved from this location and is now located on S bank of stream which forms N and W boundary of field. Nearby Ringfort (WM036-037----) 320m to N, ringfort (WM036-040----) 400m to SSE, ringfort (WM036-039----) 315m to SSW, ringfort (WM036-036----) 420m to W. Bullaun stone recorded in 1979 (SMR File) and described as consisting of a roughly triangular-shaped limestone rock with an oval depression (diam 0.3m NW-SE; 0.35m NE-SW; D 0.12m) on its flattish upper surface. Last recorded in this field in 1983 when it was surveyed by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland and described as a ‘large boulder with a wide, deep, circular hollow cut into it. The stone is c. 1.5m long by 1m thick by 1m high. The hollow is c. 60cm in diameter by 35cm deep. The stone is now situated on the S bank of a stream. However the landowner informed me that it formerly stood c. 50m out into the field to S and was only moved to its present location in recent years. There is no known local tradition of a church or burial ground in the vicinity’ (SMR File 20/09/1983). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 August 2014

• WM036-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at S end of N-S ridge running parallel to the modern road, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM036-036----) 400m to NW, bullaun stone (WM036-038---) 280m to NNE and second ringfort (WM036-040----) 340m to E. Present remains consists of a small circular area (diam. 19m NE-SW) defined by low upright boulders which formed the footings of an earth and stone bank (Wth 0.8m; H 0.3m). The external and internal stone facing or revetment of the enclosing feature is well preserved and is formed by low upright stones set into the ground. No evidence of an external fosse or entrance feature. The interior of the ringfort rises towards the centre following the natural contour of the ridge on which it is located. Date of upload: 25 June 2014 Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

• WM036-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low hill, in rough pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 18m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by a scarp and external fosse. The scarp is very low and irregular and there are very slight traces of a surrounding fosse. The perimeter of the monument is defined by mature trees indicating that it was reused as a tree ring. The interior rises irregularly towards the centre. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 November 2019

• WM036-041 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low ridge running NW-SE, in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a long pentagonal-shaped tree-lined enclosure. Not depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 November 2019

• WM036-045 Bullaun stone (present location)
  Description

  Standing incorporated into the S field boundary with stream 70m to N. Bullaun stone (WM036-038----) 90m to E. Irregular-shaped conglomerate boulder (0.75m x 0.72m; H 0.5m) with quartz inclusions containing a small circular hollow (diam. 0.08m; D 0.05m). The boulder has been moved from its original location in the field and is now located in the field boundary. Known locally as St. Patrick's knee stone (pers. comm. local farmer), this stone was originally located a few metres to the N of its current location. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 August 2014

• WM036-046 Barrow - pond barrow
  Description

  Situated atop low rise of ground with good views in all directions, bullaun stone (WM036-038----) in same field c. 70m to NE. Circular-shaped sunken area (diam. 17m; D 0.4m) enclosed by a low poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth. 5m; ext. H 0.2m), no entrance feature visible. There has been some dumping of material inside the centre of the possible barrow. See attached Bing Maps aerial photograph taken November 2011 which shows outline of possible pond barrow, taken from www.bing.com/maps/. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 August 2014

Architectural heritage

• Bladderry Bridge, bridge, 1855–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arched railway bridge, built c.1859, carrying road over former Great Southern and Great Western Railway Company’s Portarlington to Athlone railway line. Still in active use. Constructed of coursed rusticated limestone with an ashlar limestone string course at road level, ashlar limestone coping over parapet walls and brick voussoirs to the arch. Piers to either end of parapet walls (north and south). Located to the southwest of Moate.

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 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 Clonydonnin.

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

Name

Clonydonnin · Cluain Uí Dhuinnín

Area

1,537,780 m² (153.78 ha, 379.99 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcleagh, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Castledaly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castledaly electoral division: 774 people in 261 households; 89% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bolyconor, Clonaltra (King), Clonaltra West, Clonmore, Corracullin (Co. Offaly), Esker (Co. Offaly), Hall

Placenames

Clonydonnin 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.