Glomerstown
Townland in the civil parish of Churchtown, barony of Rathconrath, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 120338
- Area
- 74,733 m² (7.47 ha, 18.47 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it, 1,047 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Glomerstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.
- WM025-138 Castle - unclassified
Description
Situated on S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views to E, S and W. Rathdrishoge Castle depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a small square structure with field boundary intersecting the E side of the castle. However on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map the castle is shown as a long rectangular structure, with its long axis aligned ENE-WSW. Castle appears in S quadrant of a large D-shaped enclosure (WM025-138001-). Upstanding remains described in 1971 as the remains of a long rectangular-shaped building (approx. L 36m; Wth 6m) defined by grass-covered wall footings and two short upstanding sections of the SE and SW wall. A portion of the SE wall (L 6m; H 5m) and the centre of the SW wall (L 9m; H 5m) are constructed of rubble stone. The quoin stones visible in the S corner are roughly hewn, and there is no dressed stone visible. Two main subdividing walls which survive as low grass-covered wall footings are noted within the interior. A range of buildings defined by a pair of parallel banks (approx. L 35m; Wth approx. 6-7m) extend at a right angle from the SE end of the NE wall. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments 18/12/1987. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 27 September 2019
- WM025-138001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on S-facing slope, in pasture, with good views to E, S and W. Rathdrishoge Castle (WM025-138-----) stands along SW side of large semi-circular shaped enclosure Bivallate enclosure possibly the remains of an castle bawn described in 1978 as the remains of a large roughly semi-circular-shaped area (approx. dims. 60m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) defined by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and an outer bank. The inner bank is substantial and both it and the outer bank comprise of earth and stone. The perimeter of the earthwork is best preserved along the straight side to SW and from NW-NE. It is quite denuded from NE-E-SE where it is visible as a low, wide grassy bank. This may suggest a possible entrance at this location. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 27 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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 80.1 ha
- 198 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 8,891 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glomerstown, from 679 m² to 184,690 m² (18.47 ha, 45.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Glomerstown 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
1 Sept 2022Conditional
a) renovate existing outbuilding to accommodate 4 no. self-catering units, b) upgrade existing agricultural entrance to serve the existing private dwelling & proposed self-catering units, c) close existing vehicular access, d) install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22440
22 Jul 2022N/a
(a) renovate existing out-building to accommodate 4 no. self catering units, (b) upgrade existing agricultural entrance to serve the existing private dwelling & proposed self catering units, (c) close existing vehicular entrance, (d) install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22381
11 Aug 2020Conditional
2 no bedrooms at first floor level to the rear of their dwellinghouse
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206213
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Glomerstown.
Recorded monuments
- WM025-099 Castle - unclassified
Description
Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views to N, E and S and overlooked by a ridge to SW and W. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a small rectilinear-shaped enclosure, annotated ‘Site of Glomerstown Castle’. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small rectangular-shaped area delimited by a broken line. Levelled castle site described in 1978 as no surface remains visible. A railway line running NE-SW traverses the castle site and no structures or associated earthworks are visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 23 September 2019
- WM025-137 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on NNW-facing slope, on a gentle rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Monument described in 1971 as a roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 39m) enclosed by a substantial earth and stone bank with the remains of an external fosse. A gap (Wth at top 4.3m; basal Wth 2.5m) and a slight causeway (Wth at top 1.7m; overall Wth 4.4m; approx. H 0.2m) at NE represents the entrance. The SE side of the gap has evidence of stone facing. The bank has modern disturbance gaps at SE, S, SW and WNW and the exterior is much denuded by livestock. There are slight fragments of internal stone facing visible from WNW-NW-NNW. Some stones set in a line in the middle of the bank at E which may be later than the original construction of the bank. The fosse is wide and shallow from N-E-S-SSW and becomes very narrow from SSW-W-WNW. A modern-looking fosse filled with stone is visible from WNW-NW-N. The interior has a general NNW-facing slope. There is a mound (max. L 5m; max. Wth 2m; H 1.5m) of earth piled against the bank at SSE and a large prostrate stone inside the bank at S. A small sub-rectangular-shaped house site (WM025-137001-) is located in the W quadrant. A slight bank (L 13.5m) of earth and stone runs WSW-ENE from the SW corner to the ringfort bank at WSW. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 26 September 2019
- WM025-137001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated on NNW-facing slope, on a gentle rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. In the W quadrant of ringfort (WM025-137----) is a sub-rectangular-shaped house site (dims. 8.2m N-S; 7.2m E-W) defined by a low bank (Wth 0.9m) which is reduced to a scarp in places. A slight bank (L 13.5m) of earth and stone runs WSW-ENE from the SW corner to the ringfort bank at WSW. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 26 September 2019
- WM025-153 Ritual site - holy well
Description
'Tober Baoíthen' stands on low lying, rough, rushy pasture, c. 15m S of the Monaghanstown River which forms the townland boundary with Rathcore. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25” map as an irregular-shaped area with outflow to S which drains into the river c. 115m to ESE. A spring well is depicted 30m N of the river on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing in the townland of Rathcore. Monument described in 1978 as a surface spring which rises and flows to N via a drain and into the river. The bank between the well and the river has been breached and the drain deepened to facilitate the flow of the spring directly into the river at this closer point. The well is unenclosed and has no archaeological significance. The well can be seen connected directly to the river at N on Digital Globe aerial photography. 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Glomerstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Glomerstown
- Area
- 800,674 m² (80.07 ha, 197.85 acres)
- Civil parish
- Churchtown, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rathconrath
- Electoral division
- Churchtown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Conranstown, Rathcore, Rathdrishoge, Rathnamuddagh, Redmondstown, Rogerstown
- Placenames
- Glomerstown 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.