Coyne

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Coyne, from 81 m² to 175,820 m² (17.58 ha, 43.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Coyne 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.

• 9 Jun 2020Refused

  erection of dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and also the relocation of exiting agricultural entrance to new combined agricultural and domestic entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206137

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 Coyne.

Recorded monuments

• WM025-042 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low, rounded rise, in flat, wet pasture, with good view to E. Annotated ‘Castle Ruin’ on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Levelled monument described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. There is no trace of any wall footings or earthworks which might indicate the presence of a castle in this vicinity. This area is now occupied by a small grove of trees which encloses the remains of an old farmyard. There are two ruined houses and an outbuilding of rubble stone to SW of the castle site. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 September 2019

• WM025-082 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM025-083----) lies c. 12m to E and a souterrain (WM025-151----) lies c. 30m to SSE which was uncovered during the construction of a public road (Glasscock 1974, 230). Ringfort described in 1971 as a large subcircular-shaped area (dims. c. 40-43m) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank (Wth at top c. 2m; overall Wth 4-5m) bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank with causewayed entrance gap at ENE. There is a wide and deep external fosse (max. Wth 5m; D 3.5-5m) defined by steep sides which is visible from WNW-N-E-S-SSW. The external face of the fosse has the remains of modern-looking drystone facing in places. A modern roadside wall abuts the base of the bank from SSW-W-WNW and obscures the fosse around this western arc. There are traces of a very slight outer bank of earth and stone, which has been removed at S due to quarrying and is truncated by the public road around the western arc. The interior has a gentle NE-facing slope and is bisected by a low, linear earth and stone bank running NNW-SSE. There is a gap in the partition bank off-centre to NNW. Two house sites (WM025-082001-/002-) are visible within the interior. The base of a stone wall running roughly NW-SE intersects the outer edge of the fosse at ESE and conjoins this monument to a nearby ngfort (WM025-083----). Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AJQ089/AOY101/102/BDK028) taken 09/07/1964, 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970 respectively. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-082001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In the centre of ringfort (WM025-082----) is a rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 7.3m NW-SE; 6.7m NE-SW) defined by a slight bank (approx. Wth 1.3m). A second house site (WM025-082002-) is visible in SE quadrnt. Two small mounds and a large stone inside the ringfort bank at S may be the remains of a third possible structure, of a lean-to style. Monument is visible as a roughly rectangular-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AJQ089/AOY101/102/BDK028) taken 09/07/1964, 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970 respectively. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-082002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In SSE quadrant of ringfort (WM025-082----) is a rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 7.8m NW-SE; 6.1m NE-SW) defined by a slight bank (approx. Wth 1.3m). A second house site (WM025-082001-) is visible to NW. Two small mounds and a large stone inside the ringfort bank at S may be the remains of a third possible structure, of a lean-to style. Monument is visible as a roughly rectangular-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AJQ089/AOY101/102/BDK028) taken 09/07/1964, 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970 respectively. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-083 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated near the top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM025-082----) lies c. 12m to W and a souterrain (WM025-151----) lies c. 40m to SW which was uncovered during roadworks (Glasscock 1974, 230). Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 23-28m) enclosed by an earth and stone bank visible from S-W-N-E-SE and reduced to a scarp from SE-S. There are slight remains of external stone facing and traces of internal stone facing (max. H 0.5m) at E. Two The bank has several very small disturbance gaps. Old field banks intersect the outer face of the bank at SSE and SSW. The perimeter has been disturbed at WNW where it is overlain by part of a field bank which extends NW from the site and conjoins it to the fosse of a nearby ringfort (WM025-082----). There is no visible trace of an external fosse and the entrance is not recognisable. The interior has a slight ESE-facing slope and is raised (approx. H 1m) above the external ground level. In the centre is a house site (WM025-083001-) and a second house site is visible adjoining to N. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AJQ089/AOY101/102/BDK028) taken 09/07/1964, 12/07/1966 and 14/07/1970 respectively. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-083001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated near the top of a rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In centre of ringfort (WM025-083----) are the remains of a subrectangular-shaped house site defined by a bank of earth and stone. Its entrance is not recognisable, although it may have been in the E side where the bank is much denuded. A possible second house site adjoins to N defined by the remains of a low, irregular mound of earth and stone. Extending from its NE corner is a low, narrow bank of earth and stones which fans out and adjoins the ringfort bank at N. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the E side of a ridge, on low-lying pasture, with good views to SE. Ringfort (WM025-085----) lies c. 120m to SE. Monument described in 1971 as a much disturbed sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. approx. 20m N-S) enclosed by a low bank visible at the NE and SE, which is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The perimeter is obscured by modern walls to SW and NW. There is no visible trace of an external fosse and no entrance visible. The interior has a slight ESE-facing slope and has small field clearance mounds of loose stones. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a small natural terrace, on the NE side of a gentle rise, in pasture with extensive views to NNW and SE. Ringfort (WM025-084----) lies c. 120m to NW. Monument described in 1971 as the remains of a roughly oval-shaped area defined by a bank (H 1.3m) with a slight ramp (Wth at top 1.7m; overall Wth 4.6m) at WSW which may represent the entrance. The interior of the monument is divided into two unequal parts by an earth and stone field fence running NE-SW. On the SE side of the field fence, the monument is a semicircular-shaped area enclosed by a low, steep earth and stone bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. The bank is best preserved at E and elsewhere it is barely visible, having been completely levelled at SSW. There are slight traces of external stone facing. On the NW side of the field fence, the monument is much modified into a very uneven subrectangular-shaped area which is enclosed by a low steep earth and stone bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. The bank curves slightly in towards the dividing field fence at NE and it is not in line with the bank on the SE side of the fence, being approximately 4m to SW of it. The earthwork has no definite trace of a fosse. The interior has a gentle SE-facing slope with an uneven surface and no recognisable structures. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-086 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views, particularly to N. Monument described in 1978 as a hole in the field represents the remains of a displaced roofing slab of a souterrain defined on the surface by a long, rounded mound with a number of boulders at the N end, marking the roof of the first chamber. A roof slab at the S end of a roughly rectangular-shaped chamber has collapsed leaving three substantial lintels in situ. A passage way is visible extending from the N corner of the chamber, where it is then blocked by collapsed material. It is possible that the entrance may be in this area. Near the S end of the E wall of the chamber is a small passage leading into a second long chamber (approx. dims. L 4m x 1.5m Wth). The E end of this chamber narrows into a passage which is blocked by earthen collapse. Field under tillage in 1981 and the souterrain could not be located. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019

• WM025-151 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the grass margin between the old and new public road, c. 30m SSE of ringfort (WM025-082----) and c. 40m SW of ringfort (WM025-083----). Monument described in 1971 as a ‘cave’ that was found near a ringfort (WM025-082----) when realigning the public road (local information). According to Glasscock (1974, 230) a souterrain was found during the construction of a new portion of road near the two ringforts with which it was probably associated. It is described as ‘an entrance, now blocked with boulder, near to the small roadside quarry.’ Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 30 September 2019

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

Name

Coyne

Area

821,927 m² (82.19 ha, 203.1 acres)

Civil parish

Churchtown, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Churchtown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Adamstown, Crissaun, Redmondstown, Rogerstown, Taghboyne

Placenames

Coyne 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.