Dalystown

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dalystown, from 2,657 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres) to 444,707 m² (44.47 ha, 109.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Dalystown 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Dalystown in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Dalystown.

Recorded monuments

• WM017-091 Moated site
  Description

  Situated in generally flat, low-lying pasture, to E of a wet marshy area. Monument depicted as a trapezoidal-shaped earthwork on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described in 1983 as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (dims. 35m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank, which is best preserved along the W side and is almost reduced to a scarp from N, E and S. There are a number of gaps in the bank. There are slight traces of an external fosse, particularly to W and S. A roughly rectangular shaped feature near the centre of the interior may represent a hut site (WM017-091001-). Outlined of levelled monument visible today as a roughly rectangular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2018

• WM017-091001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated in generally flat, low-lying pasture, to E of a wet marshy area. In centre of moated site (WM017-091----) are the remains of a roughly rectangular shaped, raised area (dims. 12m NE-SW; 5.5m NW-SE) defined by a low earth and stone bank, best preserved along SW side. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2018

• WM017-094 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on dry, level land, in pasture. No antiquity depicted at this location on the 1837 OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 OS 25-inch map. Possible enclosure was first identified from an aerial photograph. Site described in 1983 as the remains of a circular-shaped enclosure, possibly a ringfort, defined by a low curvilinear earthen bank visible from SW-W-NW. There are slight indications of a ridge in the field from NE-E, which appear to continue the arc of this enclosure. There are no indications of an external fosse. There are no internal features noted. Curving arc of bank now covered in bushes is visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Doubtful antiquity, earthwork probably associated with adjoining field system and cultivation ridges of post-1700 date. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 24 December 2018

• WM017-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope, in pasture with good views to N and NE. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 31m N-S; 27m E-W) with townland boundary immediately to S. Depicted on the revised 1913 OS 25-inch map as a modified roughly oval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 32.5m E-W; 31m N-S) truncated at N by a post-1837 field boundary running NE-SW across NW quadrant. Described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area enclosed by a substantial earthen bank with a wide shallow fosse, slight counterscarp bank and causewayed entrance at ESE. The bank is reduced to a scarp in places and is very eroded. It has been modified from WNW-N-NNE where it has been straightened slightly to form part of a post-1837 field bank. The fosse is visible from NE-E-S. A gap in the inner bank (basal Wth 1.9m; top Wth 3.6m), a causeway (basal Wth 6m; top Wth 1.8m; H 0.1m) and a corresponding gap (basal Wth 2m; top Wth 4.3m) in the counterscarp at ESE represent a causewayed entrance. The interior has a slight E-facing slope and a modern lean-to hut occupies the SW quadrant. The ground immediately outside the scarp has been quarried away. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 24 December 2018

Architectural heritage

• Dalystown House, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820. Pitched natural slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystacks to either end (north and south) having cut stone coping and terracotta chimney pots over. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows. Central square-headed doorcase with architraved surround having timber panelled door, sidelights and rectangular overlight. Set back from road in mature grounds with complex of stone outbuildings to the rear (west).

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).

No address of the register names Dalystown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Dalystown

Area

1,433,668 m² (143.37 ha, 354.27 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymorin, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Ballymorin, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydavid, Ballymorin, Clonnalynagh, Killeenerk, Rahadorrish, Templepatrick, Tobercormick, Tonlemony

Placenames

Dalystown 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.