Joanstown
Townland in the civil parish of Rathaspick, barony of Moygoish, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 108404
- Area
- 570,298 m² (57.03 ha, 140.92 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Joanstown
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
- Special Protection Area: Lough Iron SPA 004046
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Iron 000687
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- WM011-006 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on low lying slightly uneven wet grassland, with views restricted by surrounding gently undulating land. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as an irregular-shaped enclosure and annotated as ‘fort’. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-circular shaped earthwork located immediately N of a laneway leading to a farm building located W of earthwork. No surface remains of levelled earthwork. A sub-rectangular shaped area (approx. diam. 26.5m NW-SE; 39m NE-SW) enclosed by a cropmark of dark vegetation representing the levelled enclosing element. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 12 June 2017
- WM011-007 Castle - unclassified
Description
'Killanhue' (Cullenhugh) Castle is depicted standing on a flat-topped mound or hillock in the N quadrant of the townland close to the E shoreline of Lough Iron on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Leny parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is depicted as standing in 'Killinhue' on the Down Survey map of Corkaree barony. Edmond Walsh is listed in 1641 as an 'Irish Papist' and owner of 248 acres of lands in Killanhue (ibid.). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map of Leny recorded that ‘there are in this parish six castles vizt. at Rathbennett (WM011-060----), Farrow (WM011-055----) Cullanhue Ballinafid (WM011-077----) each one & at Ballinilack two castles (WM006-048----/-049----)’ (ibid.). The medieval castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Cullenhue House was identified by the SMR as a potential site for the medieval castle and this area was visited in 1983. No evidence of any medieval stonework or any other evidence to suggest that the medieval castle was located at this house which dates from the post-1700 period. The castle is shown standing on top of a hillock or rise of ground close to the area where the Inny River enters Lough Iron. A flat topped hillock with steeply scarped sides is located in the area depicted on the Down Survey map. There are possible traces of a building consisting of a sunken area on the top of the hillock and possible bank running along edge of mound which may represent the wall footings of the levelled castle. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 13 July 2017
- WM011-008 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a slight rise on relatively low lying wet grassland. A stream which marks the boundary with Cullenagh townland cuts the W perimeter of the site from N-S. Earthwork (WM011-009----) 155m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped enclosure annotated as ‘fort’. Described in 1972 as a monument hat had been levelled. Present remains consists of a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 37m N-S) visible as a slight scarp enclosed by a dark band of vegetation. Traces of cultivation ridges are visible running N-S across the interior of the monument. The outline of this levelled monument is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Linear earthworks radiating out from levelled ringfort represent the remains of post-1700 drainage ditches. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 June 2017
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
- 569.5 ha
- 1,407 acres
- Land parcels
- 114
- registered freehold, median 5,748 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Joanstown, from 104 m² to 704,790 m² (70.48 ha, 174.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Joanstown 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
23 Apr 2026Refused
(i)to bring the former dwelling back to habitable residential use and to construct an extension to my dwelling to include a kitchen, dining, living, utility, hall, porch, bathroom, hot press, and 4 bedrooms, one with an en-suite and walk in wardrobe and to decommission existing septic tank & percolation area and install a new treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works (ii) Retention permission for gravel area, 9 light poles, wall with piers and front timber fence (iii) permission to close up existing entrance and to construct a new entrance with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660198
4 Dec 2025Refused
development which will consist of the construction of a new 223.26m2 shed, new on site temporary structure consisting of a 45.50m2 mobile/cabin unit and all associated ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560595
10 Feb 2023Refused
construction of a dwelling house & detached garage with treatment system & percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360029
30 May 2017Conditional
existing 30 metre high telecommunications support structure (previously granted permission under reference 11/5074 which was a temporary permission which has expired) carrying antennas and link dishes together with associated equipment unit & security fencing.
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 176164
9 Feb 2017N/a
construct a storey and a half type dwelling, domestic garage and to install 2 no. treatment systems with associated polishing filters, 1 on the proposed site and the other located at the rear of existing dwelling adjacent to the proposed site. Also to decommission the existing septic tank and percolation area on site, to alter existing site entrance to a combined domestic entrance together with closing existing gate located North West of the existing site and for all associated site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176032
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
- Special Protection Area: Lough Iron SPA 004046
- Natural Heritage Area: Lough Garr NHA 001812
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Iron 000687
Recorded monuments
- WM006-027 Castle - motte and bailey
Description
Situated on low lying wet pasture-land, 10m E of the Black River, which forms the boundary with the townland of Corey. Earthwork (WM006-063----) 80m to SE. The whole area is criss-crossed with old field drains. A circular flat-topped mound (dims. 20m N-S; 19m E-W) with slight remains of a fosse at SW. A second arc of an earthen bank and external fosse visible to SW, 15m from the base of the motte. The mound has been impacted by digging in the past, possibly when the course of the river was diverted. The earthwork to the SW may be the remains of a river embankment. However, there seems to be a wide bank visible on the Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011 12m to SE of the motte, which may suggest part of an enclosing element of a bailey. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 January 2017
- WM006-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the NE end of a low ridge running NW-SE in wet partially reclaimed grassland. Bog 70m to NW. Inny River 380m to SE. An oval enclosure (approx. diam. 28m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved fragmentary earthen bank, a deep wide fosse and substantial outer bank, which has been levelled from NE-E, with modern gaps at SE & SW. The interior slopes slightly from SW-NE. In the SW sector of the interior is a sub-rectangular/trapezoidal shaped platform enclosed by a fosse. On the NE side of the monument is a sub-rectangular annexe (approx. dims 37m NE-SW; 33m NE-SW) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp. In the SE sector of the annexe there is a rectilinear platform enclosed by a slight fosse which could be the remains of a hut site but this is uncertain. Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 February 2017
- WM011-168 Crannog
Description
Situated at NE end of Lough Iron 25m W of the E shoreline but now on reclaimed land due to the Inny River drainage scheme of the late 1960s. Possible conjoined crannóg (WM011-167----) 65m to W and second crannóg (WM011-166----) 95m to NNW. Low circular rocky rise (H 0.3m; top diam. 8m N-S x 5.5m E-W) of ground surrounded by rushy land. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 July 2017
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
- Joanstown, Rathowen6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Joanstown
- Area
- 5,695,394 m² (569.54 ha, 1,407.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathaspick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Electoral division
- Glenlough, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballinalack, Cappagh, Corry, Corrydonnellan, Cullenhugh, Kilmacahill Or Caraun, Rathowen, Rathowen (edward), Russagh
- Placenames
- Joanstown 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.