Glomerstown
Townland in the civil parish of Churchtown, barony of Rathconrath, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 98816
- Area
- 136,966 m² (13.7 ha, 33.84 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 55 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 3 recorded monuments.
- WM025-086 Souterrain
Description
Situated on a low rise, in pasture, with good views, particularly to N. Monument described in 1978 as a hole in the field represents the remains of a displaced roofing slab of a souterrain defined on the surface by a long, rounded mound with a number of boulders at the N end, marking the roof of the first chamber. A roof slab at the S end of a roughly rectangular-shaped chamber has collapsed leaving three substantial lintels in situ. A passage way is visible extending from the N corner of the chamber, where it is then blocked by collapsed material. It is possible that the entrance may be in this area. Near the S end of the E wall of the chamber is a small passage leading into a second long chamber (approx. dims. L 4m x 1.5m Wth). The E end of this chamber narrows into a passage which is blocked by earthen collapse. Field under tillage in 1981 and the souterrain could not be located. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019
- WM025-087 Standing stone
Description
Situated on the N shoulder of a hill, in pasture, with commanding views to N and wide views to E and S. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument described in 1979 as an upright block of limestone (dims. H 1m; L 0.5m; T 0.34m) which is subtriangular-shaped in elevation. It is set on a very low, stony mound which extends approx. 2m to NW and 1m to SE of the stone. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 September 2019
- WM025-088 Castle - tower house
Description
Situated in low-lying pasture, with reasonable views to W, N and E, although overlooked by gently rising ground to S. Monument described in 1978 as the remains of a rectangular-shaped building (approx. dims. 18m E-W x 9m N-S) defined by the remains of walls to N, E and S. The S wall (approx. H 7m) is the best preserved and parts of those to E and S survive as lower walls, although the NE and SE corners are levelled. The W wall has been completely levelled and its approx. line is marked by rubble fragments. There is a substantial internal wall running N-S roughly 4m from the E wall. The springing of a vaulted roof over the second storey is traceable on the E side of the internal wall. There is no trace of vaulting in the W side. There are no quoin stones or cut stones of any sort visible. There are large mounds of rubble and a scatter of loose stones outside the walls on all sides. There is a line of rubble running roughly N-S approx. 7m to W of the castle ruin, which is more likely to be a bawn wall rather than the original position of the levelled W wall. Toward the N end of this line of rubble and approx. 20m from the castle are the remains of an old well shaft, now almost completely backfilled with stones. Several vernacular stone buildings lie c. 90m to SW of the castle ruin. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 12 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).
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.