Creeve

111 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creeve, from 16 m² to 287,875 m² (28.79 ha, 71.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Creeve 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.

• 30 Sept 2024Conditional

  construction of a single dwelling house, domestic garage with septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460367

• 20 Jul 2020Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and a single dwelling treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207105

• 20 Apr 2020Conditional

  To construct a side extension onto our existing dwelling and to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and install a single dwelling treatment system with tertiary unit

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207061

• 5 Feb 2020Conditional

  Construction of a two storey-type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207014

• 18 Nov 2019Conditional

  Construction of a two-storey farmhouse-type dwelling, detached single-storey domestic garage and provision for a new entrance off the public road. The development will also include the installation of a septic tank system and percolation area, landscaping and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197237

• 20 Mar 2019Refused

  Construction of a two-storey type dwelling house with detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, suitable wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197066

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of a single storey dwelling, a detached single storey domestic garage, the installation of an effluent disposal system, percolation area, site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187245

• 8 Jun 2018Conditional

  The development will consist of an new single family dwelling, new entrance, treatment system and percolation area together with associated external works. The proposed development consists of alternations and change of house plans to previously approved development, register reference 15/7071.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187103

• 25 Apr 2018N/a

  The development will consist of modifications to previously approved permission: Registration reference 15/7071: For a new single family dwelling, new entrance, treatment system and percolation area

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 187077

• 7 Jul 2017N/a

  Permission to erect a new dwelling house and domestic garage, and to install a proprietary treatment system and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177123

• 20 Jun 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission for the construction of a new private dwelling, detached garage, installation of proprietary wastewater treatment system & soil polishing filter, a new entrance, and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177109

• 1 Mar 2017Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177035

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 Creeve.

Recorded monuments

• WM023-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise, on a gentle SW-facing slope, in pasture. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 41m) enclosed by a bank, best defined from S-SW-W and has been incorporated into a field boundary from NW-N-NNE. The monument is truncated by a road across the E sector and has been partially quarried away from NE-SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is level and featureless. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 29 July 2019

• WM030-002 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating pasture, overlooked by a small, naturally formed ridge running NE-SW close to W. Depicted as an earthwork on Larkin’s 1808 map of Co. Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580). Not depicted on any ed. OS maps. Site of levelled monument described in 1979 as no surface remains visible. The field has just been ploughed and there are no indications of anything of archaeological interest. Monument is visible today as a faint roughly oval-shaped cropmark (dims. 24m E-W; 22.5m N-S) on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a ridge running E-W, with extensive views to W and N and overlooked by higher ground to E and S. Ringfort (WM030-004----) lies c. 55m to SE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 31m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) enclosed by an earthen bank. The bank is low and fairly poorly preserved surviving only from NNW-N-NNE and from ENE-E-ESE and from S-SSW-WSW and is otherwise reduced to a scarp. The scarp is fairly low and is best preserved from WSW-W-N, where it is much steeper and higher. Some small stones in the scarp at SW may be the remains of external stone facing. There is no sign of an entrance. There is an old quarry depression just outside the perimeter at N. The interior is rather uneven and rises irregularly from the perimeter on the W, N and E, towards the centre. A house site (WM030-003001-) is located in the S quadrant. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-003001 House - early medieval
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a ridge running E-W, with extensive views to W and N and overlooked by higher ground to E and S. In the S quadrant of ringfort (WM030-003----) are the remains of a low subrectilinear mound (dims. 7m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) defined by faint traces of a low bank of earth and stone. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a ridge running E-W, with extensive views in all directions and overlooking ringfort (WM030-003----) which lies c. 55m to NW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 27m E-W; 22m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank, best preserved from NNE-NE-ENE and is poorly preserved elsewhere, almost being reduced to a scarp. The exterior of the bank is higher and steeper from W-NW and has been defaced by livestock from W-NW and at S. The interior has a S-facing slope and has well defined cultivation ridges running N-S. Some stone outcrops are present in the S and W quadrants. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in pasture. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a roughly circular-shaped enclosure. Shown on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a suboval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 45m NE-SW; 41m NW-SE). Not depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped, much disturbed earthwork which is defined by field boundaries from W-N-NE and it is difficult to trace the original embankment from NE-E-S-W. The monument has been quarried across the N and S sector. The interior has an E-facing slope and is partially overgrown with bushes and briars. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a small roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 31m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is of earth and stone and has evidence of disturbance at N and SE. There is a double inner bank at SE which is much lower than the bank which surrounds the remainder of the interior. This double bank may be the result of robbing the original bank of earth and stone. There is a well preserved intervening fosse. The outer bank appears to have been added to when constructing the surrounding field boundary which runs concurrent to it from SW-W-N-E-SE. The outer bank is relatively low from NE-E-S-SW. The interior has a S-facing slope. A house site (WM030-006001-) is visible in the NW quadrant. Monument is visible today as a tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-006001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. In the NW quadrant of ringfort (WM030-006----) is the slight outline of a rectangular house site with entrance at E. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 39m) defined by a low scarp and traces of an external fosse. A field boundary running N-S crosses the monument at E. The earthwork is defined by a public road running ENE-WSW across the S sector. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and the remains of old cultivation ridges running E-W. Monument described in 1979 as levelled and now defined by an irregular band of stony earth from SW-W-N-NE, which appears to represent the line of the perimeter. Monument is visible today as a subcircular-shaped cropmark on OSi aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in wet pasture. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 45m) defined by a low bank of earth and stone and a possible external fosse. The bank is best preserved from SE-S-SW and is reduced to a scarp from SW-W-NW. The remains of a potential fosse are visible from NW-N-NE, however it may be a ditch associated with an old field boundary which runs through the adjoining field. There is a possible entrance at E. The interior is quite uneven and rises gently from the perimeter towards the centre, where there are some slight undulations. The remains of cultivation ridges run E-W across the interior. Monument is visible today as a partially tree-lined suboval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-009001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in a scrubby area of pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building annotated ‘Creeve Castle’ which is situated in the N quadrant of an oval-shaped earthwork (WM030-009002-). Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped structure within a similar earthwork, annotated ‘Creeve Castle (in Ruins)’. According to Pinkman (1945, 38), ‘There was a castle in Creeve in the north of the parish of Ballyloughloe. It is referred to as a stronghold of the Magawleys (Walsh 1955, 30). According to Cox (1972, 156), ‘The remains of a vault and a few stones are all that remain.’ Local tradition claims that the Irish burnt the castle down themselves. Monument described in 1973 as a rectangular-shaped building (dims. 8.5m E-W; 6m N-S) defined by low stone wall footings. There is a small depression near the bank at E and a long depression inside the bank at S. This feature is largely overgrown with briars and is difficult to examine. Castle site is obscured today by scrub vegetation on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-009002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in a scrubby area of pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure surrounding ‘Creeve Castle’ (WM030-00900--) in the form of an earthen bawn or bailey. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork containing ‘Creeve Castle (in Ruins)’. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 34m) defined by a low bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. The interior has a S-facing slope and is cut by a modern field boundary across the E quadrant. The remains of Creeve Castle (WM030-009001-) are visible n the N quadrant. A souterrain (WM030-009003-) is visible in the S quadrant and the bank of the earthwork has been disturbed at S, where a large lintel can be seen projecting from the bank. Monument is visible today as an area of scrub on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-009003 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in a scrubby area of pasture, with commanding views of the surrounding landscape. Not depicted on OS mapping. In the S quadrant of enclosure (WM030-009002-) surrounding Creeve Castle (WM030-009001-) is a depression (H 0.6m; Wth 1.5m) which represents the entrance into a souterrain. The walls are built of drystone and they incline towards the roof which is constructed of large lintels. The bank of the earthwork has been disturbed at S, where a large lintel can be seen projecting from the bank. Monument is obscured today by scrub on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07 November 2019

• WM030-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on S-facing slope of a low ridge running E-W, in undulating pasture, with good views to S, SW and SE. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 47m N-S; 43m E-W) enclosed by a low bank which is almost reduced to a scarp. The bank is very faint and low from W-N-E-S and appears to have been incorporated into a later field bank from S-SW. The exterior of the bank seems to have been steepened at SW when excavating the mill race sometime during the 19th century, as depicted on the 1910 OS map. There are no indications of an entrance. The interior has a SW-facing slope and the remains of an earth and stone field bank running roughly N-S to W of centre. A small, low platform in the W quadrant seems to be due to the presence of natural rock outcrop. Modern field fences run close to W and N of the monument. A post-1700 lime kiln was built into S side of ringfort as depicted on the 1910 OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 07November 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 Creeve with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Creeve

Area

3,945,261 m² (394.53 ha, 974.9 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyloughloe, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Mount Temple, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Belville, Clonrelick, Coolvuck Lower, Coolvuck Upper, Corr, Creevebeg, Fairfield, Fearmore, Killeenatoor, Mount Temple, Twyford, Walderstown

Placenames

Creeve 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.