Cummerstown

127 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cummerstown, from 85 m² to 556,007 m² (55.6 ha, 137.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 56 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 Cummerstown 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.

• 23 Jul 2026Conditional

  to bring the derelict dwelling back to habitable residential use. Permission is sought to repair the existing outbuilding and change use to habitable use, consisting of W/C, to the north of the derelict dwelling. Permission is also sought to join the existing outbuilding to the dwelling by extending (11.4sqm) to the north of the site consisting of a utility. Permission is also sought to install a septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660387

• 15 Jul 2026N/a

  development which will consist of the removal of existing roof and the reconstruction of a new raised roof to accommodate attic conversion to habitable bedrooms, existing chimneys rebuilt, construction of porch, alterations to existing fenestration and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660377

• 8 Feb 2023Conditional

  construction of (1) part two storey, part single storey dwelling (2) detached domestic garage (3) installing a soakpit and proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (4) making a new entrance onto the road (5) and all associated and ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2317

• 24 May 2022Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling comprising new utility room, bathroom, 2 no. bedrooms and kitchen, also new waste water treatment system, percolation area and modifications to existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22276

• 14 Apr 2022N/a

  The development will consist of the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling comprising new utility room, bathroom, 2No. bedrooms and kitchen, also new wastewater treatment system, percolation area and modifications to existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22192

• 8 Sept 2021Refused

  The development consists of construction of part two storey, part single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, making a new entrance onto the road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21498

• 19 Apr 2021Conditional

  Retention permission for existing private dwelling house, retention permission for existing domestic shed, planning permission for new percolation area to serve the existing septic tank and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 150 homes · Westmeath County Council, 21200

• 25 Sept 2019Conditional

  demolish rear single storey utility and WC, construct rear two storey extension, modifications to existing front two storey front porch and upgrade existing septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196269

• 15 Aug 2019Conditional

  for a two storey 4 no bedroom dwelling with a detached garage. Provision for a new entrance off public road, new connection to water mains together with conventional septic tank and percolation area and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196230

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Lene SAC 002121
• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299

Recorded monuments

• WM008-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the E facing slope of a prominent hill with wide views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Lene 400m to S. An oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 41m NW-SE; 32m E-W) enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse and a possible entrance gap (Wth 1.3m) in the inner bank at SE. The outer bank only survives at W & N. The S side of the monument has been quarried into, with some disturbance at W also. The interior slopes from NW-SE. The remains of two rectangular house sites are visible in the W (WM008-008001-) and E (WM008-008002-) quadrants of the interior. They have been disturbed by cultivation ridges which run NW-SE across the interior. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 April 2017

• WM008-008001 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the E facing slope of a prominent hill with wide views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Lene 400m to S. Grass covered wall footings of a rectangular house site are visible in the W quadrant of a ringfort (WM008-008----). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 April 2017

• WM008-008002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on the E facing slope of a prominent hill with wide views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Lene 400m to S. Grass covered wall footings of a rectangular house site are visible in the E quadrant of a ringfort (WM008-008----). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 April 2017

• WM008-026 Water mill - unclassified
  Description

  In 1612 Robert Dillon of Cannorstown was granted 'a castle, a bawn, a mill, 20 houses' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 228) in the townland of Cumerstown. In 1682 Sir Henry Piers of Tristernagh wrote that at the E end of Lough Lene there 'issueth out another considerable stream which in one quarter of a mile turneth a mill at Cummestown' (Vallancey 1786, 10). Depicted on OS 6-inch map probably the result of the levelling of the watercourse or tail race of the Corn Mill depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This post medieval corn mill may have been located on site of the medieval mill. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 6 December 2016

• WM008-027 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated in undulating pasture-land on W facing slope of a low natural ridge, with good views to the NW, NE & S. Post medieval corn mill and millrace possibly built on site of medieval watermill (WM008-026----) 110m to the SSW. Stream used as a millrace located 75m to W. The 1659 Down Survey map of Fore barony depicts a tower house type castle standing beside a stream in this general area (NLI MS 723-4). A sub-rectangular shaped mound of grass covered stones (dims. 15m N-S; 14.6m E-W; max. H 2m), with pieces of limestone masonry bonded with mortar along the perimeter of the mound at W & SSE marks the site of this castle depicted on the 1659 Down Survey map of St. Mary's parish (NLI MS 723-4). Two sub-rectangular shaped depressions (dims 7.8m N-S; 3.5m E-W; 4.8m N-S; 5.8m E-W) are visible on the surface of the mound. The land around the mound shows traces of old cultivation ridges running roughly E-W. There are faint indications of earthworks possibly belonging to a bawn wall to N of mound which are visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

• WM008-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight natural rise in gently undulating pasture-land, with good views from NE-E-S-SW. Ringfort (WM008-037----) 400m to S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 48m N-S; 47m E-W), the E side of the monument intersected by a laneway running N-S. This monument has been almost completely levelled, with only a tree-lined scarp visible from W-NW. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

• WM008-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in well drained undulating pasture-land with good views of the surrounding countryside. Lough Adeel 150m to SE. A sub-triangular shaped area (dims. 44m N-S x 42.4m E-W) enclosed by two low earth and stone banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank is narrow, visible only from N-NE & from ESE-S-WSW, with a wide berm (max. Wth 3m) at S. The outer bank is visible from E-S-W. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and has several slight humps and hollows of unknown significance. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 19 April 2017

• WM008-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight natural rise in undulating grassland. Bog 35m to SW. Lough Adeel 450m to W. A sub-triangular shaped area (approx. dims. 58m NE-SW; 36m NW-SE) enclosed by two earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank has been levelled along the W side of the monument. The outer bank is visible only from S-W. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) and causeway (Wth 3.5m; H 0.5m) across the fosse at S. The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and there are traces of cultivation ridges. A post-1837 field fence running NW-SE intersects the monument from N-NE. Another field fence running N-S intersects the monument at NW & W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 April 2017

• WM008-120 Earthwork
  Description

  In grassland, 140m W of ringfort (WM008-037----) and 160m N of the N shoreline of Lough Adeel. Outline of circular-shaped earthwork with possible wall footings of a building on top that is visible on ASI aerial photograph taken 19/12/2004. See attached ASI aerial photograph Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 May 2023

Architectural heritage

• House, 1760–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey thatched house with loft level, built c.1800, with windbreak porch on semi-circular plan to front façade (north). Hipped thatched roof with decorative rope ridge/scallop work and modern brick chimneystacks. Rubble limestone walls with whitewash render over. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and replacement timber top-hung timber casement windows. Square-headed door with replacement sheeted timber door set within curved projecting porch with continuous roof over. Modern flat-roofed extension to rear (south). Located adjacent to the roadside with mature garden to rear (south). Water pump to east facing side elevation, probably relocated.

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

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.

• Cummerstown, Collinstown9 sales

Name

Cummerstown

Area

4,819,262 m² (481.93 ha, 1,190.87 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mary'S, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Fore East, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aghalasty And Ankersland, Balnavine, Bananstown, Brownstown, Christianstown, Collinstown, Cooleighter, Glenidan, Johnstown, Martinstown, Scurlockstown, Windtown

Placenames

Cummerstown 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.