Corrydonnellan

Area

179,560 m² (17.96 ha, 44.37 acres)

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

Corrydonnellan

Planning applications on this parcel

• 23 Sept 2019Conditional

  Erect a 24m multi-user free standing support structure carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated exchange cabinets, fencing and all associated site development works. The development will provide for 3G and 4G wireless data and broadband services for Eir.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196267

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 4 recorded monuments.

• WM006-015 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on low-lying poorly drained pasture-land which rises gently from the site to the E, S and W, with extensive views to the W, N and E. Mill (WM006-073----) 560m to NNE, possible moated site (WM006-019----) 670m to E, church (WM006-062----) and graveyard (WM006-062001-) 70m to SE. Impressive motte consisting of a steep sided flat topped mound (top diam. 22m N-S; base diam. 35m N-S), the base of which is enclosed by a shallow fosse which is waterlogged on N side. The SE face of the mound has some damage where the top sod has been removed revealing the remains of some large stones the surface of which has lime mortar adhering to it. These stones possibly represent the remains of a mortared wall facing acting as a revetment for the earthen mound. The dating of this revetment or wall facing is uncertain. Possible curving ditch of D-shaped bailey to E of motte with second possible bailey area to NE. The land to the NE of the motte is slightly elevated dry land in a field which is wet and marshy elsewhere. Evidence of post-medieval cultivation ridges running NE-SW across surface of D-shaped bailey. Several linear water-filled ditches radiate out from the foot of the motte at NE and SE as visible on aerial photographs taken in 1966 (CUCAP APG087-088). Digital globe aerial photograph taken November 2011 indicates enclosing fosse around base of mound visible from E-S. Drainage ditches and cultivation ridges clearly visible on digital globe aerial photograph to SE of motte. A post 1700 field fence intersects the motte at SW. No trace of a bailey. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map an old laneway skirts past the base of the mound on the N side running NE towards the corn mill. To see a 3D model of this earthwork, visit; https://skfb.ly/oxBGZ Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 January 2017

• WM006-062 Church
  Description

  Situated on level ground. Motte (WM006-015----) 80m to NW. According to the Feilire of Aengus and the Martyrology of Tallaght the feastday of Coeman Breic, of Ross ech [St. Caemhan Brec, Bishop of Ross-Each] also known as Chailli in Ollaim/Caille Fhallamhain [wood of the chief Professor / Fallon's wood] on the 14th of September (O'Hanlon 1875, 372-3; O'Donovan 1847, 182-3). The medieval church of Russagh is depicted on the 1654-9 Down Survey map of Moygoish barony (NLI MS 723-4). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map of Russagh states that there was 'one Church in Russagh' (NLI MS 723-4). The Royal Visitation of 1615 recorded that the vicarage of Ruish (Russagh) had an annual of £4, and that the church was in good condition and listed Leonard Heligh [Helah] as its vicar (Gray 1940, 30, 32). The medieval church is depicted as a rectangular building on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing in the centre of a D-shaped graveyard (WM006-062001-) defined by an earthen bank. On the 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map only a short stretch of the S wall of the church is shown upstanding. Today no surface remains of this church are now visible. The possible outline of the levelled church appears to be visible in the N quadrant of the graveyard on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). Some cut stone from the medieval church has been reused to mark burials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 February 2017

• WM006-062001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on level ground. Motte (WM006-015----) 80m to NW. Rectangular church (WM006-062----) depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as standing in the centre of a D-shaped graveyard defined by an earthen bank. In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). The earthen boundary was replaced by a stone wall between 1837 and 1911 when the revised ed. OS 6-inch map depicts the graveyard as a sub-rectangular shaped area now enclosed by a stone wall. Today the rectangular-shaped graveyard (approx. dims. 46m N-S; 51m E-W) is enclosed by a wall of post 1837 date and appears to have been extended to the S. The graveyard contains memorials dating from the 19th century onwards. Some cut stone from the medieval church has been reused to mark burials in the graveyard. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 February 2017

• WM006-062002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  According to the Feilire of Aengus and the Martyrology of Tallaght the feastday of Coeman Breic, of Ross ech [St. Caemhan Brec, Bishop of Ross-Each] also known as Chailli in Ollaim/Caille Fhallamhain [wood of the chief Professor / Fallon's wood] on the 14th of September (O'Hanlon 1875, 372-3; O'Donovan 1847, 182-3). Possible ecclesiastical enclosure identified by Swan (1988, 14) who recorded that there was evidence of a possible enclosure in the quadrantal form of the boundary wall of the graveyard (WM006-062001-). In 1837 the Ordnance Survey Name Book for Russagh parish recorded that 'only a small portion of one of the side walls of the old parochial church remains, and the graveyard presents nothing of interest but its situation within an earthen rath’ (SMR File). The D-shaped graveyard boundary on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map indicates that the boundary around the graveyard consisted of an earthen bank which may have incorporated part of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure. The earthen boundary was replaced by a stone wall between 1837 and 1911 when the revised ed. OS 6-inch map depicts the graveyard as a sub-rectangular shaped area now enclosed by a stone wall. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 25 August 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).

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.