Gneevekeel

Area

210,874 m² (21.09 ha, 52.11 acres)

Buildings

7 buildings touch it, 738 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

Gneevekeel

Planning applications on this parcel

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  alterations to an existing dwelling/creche which will entail (i) a change of use of the dwellings existing Kitchen, Dining & Living area to form part of the child care unit to accommodate a full day care service (ii) within the dwelling, change an existing bedroom and walk in wardrobe to an open plan kitchen, dining living space (iii) add additional carparking, connect into existing on-site services and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560462

• 17 Sept 2024Conditional

  retention permission for 2 No. children’s heated outdoor shelters and 02 No. outside toilets connected to existing sewage treatment system all as constructed

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 2460338

• 6 May 2022Conditional

  Retention permission for 1 no. children's outdoor shelter and for an extension to an existing children's shelter including a new front façade to the existing shelter, new southern boundary location and for 2 no. outside toilets connected to existing sewage treatment system

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22233

• 29 Jul 2019Conditional

  Permission for change of use from an existing pre-school to a full day care service and change of use from an existing domestic garage to a children's outdoor shelter area and commercial kitchen, new waste water treatment system and polishing filter. Retention permission for two children's outdoor shelters and a boundary wall to the north as constructed and all associated site works

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 197158

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 5 recorded monuments.

• WM031-084 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 38-9) as following: 'This heavily overgrown barrow was examined and described for the ASI in 1973: A small circular mound, now slightly disturbed & with a depression on top, surrounded by a fosse & with a good bank of earth & stone outside it. The whole monument is covered with furze and briars, making inspection difficult. The diam of the earthwork is approx 26m. The barrow is situated on a ridge with good views of the surrounding countryside, which is fairly well drained pasture land. [SMR file] From this description the monument, with a small mound and substantial bank, appears to be a ringbarrow rather than a bowl-barrow with external bank. The depression on top of mound possibly indicates that it has been ransacked by treasurehunters'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM031-087 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a gravel ridge, in undulating pasture. Annotated ‘Moat’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large earthwork (overall approx. dims. 50m NE-SW; 45m NW-SE) which is bounded by a townland boundary to SE, SW and NW. Not depicted on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map and possibly was levelled during the construction of the Midland Great Western Railway (b. 1845) (Clara Branch opened 1863) which cuts N-S directly across this location. The townland boundary has been adjusted to E of the monument on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. In 1858-8 the Royal Irish Academy purchased antiquities supplied by W. R. Wilde one of which was described as a 'A very beautiful cinerary urn, now numbered 49, in continuation of those in the printed Catalogue. It is of the vase shape, 5½ inches high, 6½ in diameter of mouth, and 7½ in the widest part. Although the material of which it is composed is not of so fine a character as that of many of the other urns in the Museum, the style of ornamentation is unique, and much more complicated than in any other specimen. It was found in a stone chamber at the moat of Sionan, near Horseleap, county of Westmeath, and was purchased from P. Fagan. Four beads, one of vitrified paste, and three of rough coloured glass, purchased along with the former, and now numbered 181 to 184 in Railcase D' (PRIA 1857-61, 128). This may be the 'Moat of Sionan' described by Waddell (1970, 134) as a bowl food vessel which was found ‘in a stone chamber’ suggesting that the ‘stone chamber’ in question may have been a Bronze Age cist that was situated in this earthwork thus confirming it as a type of burial mound or barrow. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. The railway line seems to have cut through a small gravel ridge or hillock at this location. The line has since been lifted and the edge of a gravel ridge is now visible to the immediate E side of it. A laneway adjoins the E side of the residual portion of gravel ridge. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-092 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the edge of a scrub-covered ridge, otherwise in pasture. Barrow (WM031-084----) abuts directly to NW. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Not shown on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled monument is obscured today by scrub vegetation on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-093 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the edge of a high ridge, in pasture, with good views to S, W and N. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims.41m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by a high scarp from S-W-NW which is reduced to the low remains of a levelled scarp from NW-N-E-S-SW. The interior has a W-facing slope and a relatively smooth surface. A field fence running NW-SE cuts across the NE portion of the perimeter. The external ground level falls sharply from the base of the scarp at W. An old field bank runs close to the scarp at this point. Monument is visible today as an oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019

• WM031-117 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated on an elevated sandy knoll with ground falling away in all directions but particularly to the south and west. Human remains were uncovered in the rear garden of a modern bungalow in Corgarve and the site had been initially visited by Laureen Buckley on behalf of the National Museum of Ireland [NMI] who retrieved the skull of an adult female along with portions of a femur and a number of other bones. The human remains were uncovered when the owner of the bungalow was digging a trench running adjacent to a wooden gazebo and located 3m to the NW of the house and 2.8m W of the wall of the bungalow. The site was inspected by Matthew Seaver who extended the small trench to an area of 1.3m by 1.10m to try and ascertain the number and condition of the burials. In his report he recorded the following details; 'The stratigraphy comprised a shallow deposit of humic sand overlying light brown sand. On the northern side of the trench alongside the concrete sill beam of the Gazebo the sand contained cable ties, plastic children’s toys and other modern debris to a depth of 0.54m in depth. This investigation found that Burial 1, 2018:45 was located at 0.45m in depth on the western side of the trench. At this location a mandible and pelvis fragments were located in the same place along with a broken femur fragment. It was concluded that these bones had been disturbed at some point in the past and were removed. Underlying these and running west-east across the trench was an articulated vertebrae. On the southeastern side of the trench a further skull was found immediately below the surface, Burial 2. This discovery confirmed that the site is by definition a small cemetery with an indication that the burials are west-east in orientation but some had been disturbed in the past and that further more extensive licensed fieldwork would be required to uncover its full extent. The trench was subsequently backfilled with sand with markers buried to indicate the location of human remains. The human remains retrieved will be subject to osteological analysis and radiocarbon dating in the near future with appropriate licensing' (Matthew Seaver IA/127/2018 ; NMI Accession No. 2018:45). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on report kindly provided by Matthew Seaver, Assistant Keeper, Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland. Date of upload: 30 August 2018

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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