Glascarn

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glascarn, from 62 m² to 435,887 m² (43.59 ha, 107.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Glascarn 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.

• 14 May 2026Conditional

  the construction of a bungalow dwelling with treatment system and percolation area and with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660246

• 16 Feb 2026Refused

  Retention Permission for an existing two-storey agricultural storage building (147.6 sqm). The building consists of two storage rooms at ground floor level. The first floor consists of a storage area and with all associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2660052

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  for the renovation and extension of a detached derelict structure, formally a dwelling house. The works will include the removal of the existing roof and the reconstruction of a new raised roof to accommodate a renovated first floor, incorporating associated new window openings. The proposal also includes a new single-story extension to the rear (west) and side (north) elevations of the detached dwelling. The development will also involve the demolition of an existing outbuilding, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system, coco filter and soil polishing filter, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560444

• 10 Jul 2025N/a

  the renovation and extension of an existing detached dwelling. The works will include the removal of the existing roof and the construction of a new raised roof to accommodate a renovated first floor, incorporating associated new window openings. The proposal also includes a new single-storey extension to the rear (west) and side (north) elevations of the detached dwelling. The development will also involve the demolition of an existing outbuilding, the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560351

• 22 Dec 2023N/a

  construction of a dwelling house, detached garage with treatment system & percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360464

• 7 Dec 2021N/a

  to open a new farm entrance with access to my lands of folio WH12867 from county road no L-5236, development shall provide for all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21652

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a one and a half storey rear extension to existing dwelling incorporating a kitchen, living dining utility and WC at Ground Floor and One number bedroom, bathroom and laundry room at first floor, make internal alterations and modifications to existing dwelling, install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to service existing dwelling. Existing septic tank to be decommissioned and sterilized. The development consists of the carrying out of works to a protected structure RPS No.018-012

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206128

• 18 Jun 2018Conditional

  erect a two storey extension of circa 182sqm to the western end of my dwelling house, also the replacement of existing septic tank with a propriety waste water treatment system/percolation area to EPA specifications, a new site entrance and all necessary associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186198

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 Glascarn.

Recorded monuments

• WM018-111 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a rise in gently undulating pasture with good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a square-shaped enclosure shown in dotted outline (approx. dims. 22.5m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) annotated ‘Site of Castle’. Depicted as an oblong-shaped mound (approx. dims. 24m NW-SE; 9m NE-SW) annotated ‘Castle (site of)’ on the revised 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map. No castle depicted in the townland of Glascarn on the Down Survey map of Mullingar parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of this map recorded that in 1641 the lands of Glascarn belonged to Alexander Hope (ibid.). Levelled castle site described in 1980 as a long rectangular-shaped earth and stone mound (approx. L 16m NW-SE; Wth 3m; max. H 4m) running NW-SE which probably represents the grass-covered rubble from the levelled castle. The mound is quite high and steep sided with a generally flat top which is narrow and has a gentle NW-facing slope. The W side of the mound curves inwards slightly where abundant small limestone rubble has been piled up. There is a second pile of limestone rubble to the immediate NW of the mound. There is no clear sign of masonry in the mound, although it would appear that the castle was levelled and the stones from it were neatly piled up, possibly along a ruined wall, although this is inconclusive. There are old cultivation ridges running NE-SW in the vicinity. Monument is visible as an oblong-shaped mound on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 08 February 2019

• WM018-112 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope, in undulating pasture, with fairly good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM018-124----) lies c. 90m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork abutting the public road to ESE. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork truncated by a field boundary to NNE and the public road to ESE. Monument described in 1980 as an oval-shaped enclosure (dims. 34m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse with no entrance gap visible. The low bank of earth and stone is visible from E-S-W-WNW and there is internal stone facing from S-SSE. The bank has been reduced to a low scarp from WNW-N-E. A wide, deep fosse survives from S-W-NW and is shallow from NW-N where it is partially infilled. The fosse is absent from E-S where it is truncated by the public road which runs NE-SW just E of the site. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope. A modern field fence runs roughly NW-SE across the monument just N of centre. Monument visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 08 February 2019

• WM018-113 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on a slight knoll, in pasture, with some modern houses to N. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1983 as a small standing stone (approx. H 0.5m) with a rectangular base which tapers to a pointed top. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 08 February 2019

• WM018-124 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope, in slightly undulating pasture, with fairly good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM018-112----) lies c. 90m to NW. Depicted as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a much modified rectangular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1980 as a roughly subcircular-shaped earthwork (37.5m ENE-WSW; 34m NNW-SSE) enclosed by a bank, an intervening fosse and the remains of an outer bank. There is a large quarry depression which has disturbed the perimeter from SW-W-NW and a large portion of the interior in the SW and W quadrants. The low inner bank of earth and stone is best preserved from NNW-N-NE and E-S, but with a number of small gaps. A wide gap (Wth 5.5m) in the bank at E may represent the entrance, whilst a gap at SSW appears to be relatively modern. The intervening fosse is fairly wide and deep and survives from NNW-N-NNE and from SE-S, where it may have been recut. The outer bank of earth and stones only survives from NNW-N-NNE, where it is slight and from SE-S, where it is more substantial and may have been modified. The interior is much disturbed due to quarrying and the surviving portion slopes from the centre down to the perimeter at NE, E and SE. A modern laneway runs NW-SE just outside the perimeter to SW. Monument is visible as a subcircular-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 February 2019

• WM018-154 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  The outline of a levelled oval-shaped enclosure, possibly a ringfort with levelled field system radiating out from the monument is visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs taken November 2011. Not visible on earlier editions of the OSI aerial photographs and not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 7 April 2016

Architectural heritage

• Bushmills Cottage, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1800, with projecting single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch. Pitched natural slate roof with centrally located rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed entrance to entrance porch with timber sheeted door flanked by three-pane sidelights to either side (north and south). Set back from road with rubble limestone boundary wall to road-frontage having rubble stone piers on square-plan with wrought-iron flat-bar gates. Located along small country road to the southeast of Rathconrath.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, with projecting flat-roofed single-bay entrance porch to front (east). Single-bay single-storey outbuildings/sheds attached to either end (north and south). Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with central rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed entrance to north face of projecting porch with glazed timber door. Square-headed entrances to adjoining sheds. Concrete decoration to parapet over entrance porch. Square-headed entrances attached sheds. Set back at a right angle from the road in own grounds. Site enclosed by rendered wall and rendered gate piers to road edge (north).

• Glascarn House, house, 1840–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1870. Hipped natural slate roof having two rendered chimneystacks to centre with terracotta chimney pots over. Ruled-and-line rendered walls over projecting plinth with raised quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, rendered reveals and replacement windows. Central round-headed door opening having cut stone block-and-start surround. Replacement timber door with replacement fanlight over. Substantial complex of rubble stone outbuildings to rear (west), arranged around a central courtyard, having pitched natural slate roofs, square-headed openings and segmental-headed carriage arches. Set back from road in mature grounds with a tree-lined avenue running away to the southeast. Bounded on road frontage (south) by a dressed limestone plinth wall having limestone coping and cast-iron railings over. Decorative cast-iron gates having cast-iron gate posts to main entrance to the southeast.

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 low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glascarn.

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. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Glascarn

Area

3,666,193 m² (366.62 ha, 905.94 acres)

Civil parish

Mullingar, and its townlands

Barony

Moyashel and Magheradernon

Electoral division

Rathconrath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathconrath electoral division: 400 people in 136 households; 94% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balgarrett, Balleagny, Ballynafearagh, Balrath, Brottonstown, Drumloose, Killahugh, Kilpatrick, Loughan, Nicholastown, Rathconrath, Rathtrim

Placenames

Glascarn on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, 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.