Kilbalraherd

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbalraherd, from 253 m² to 135,466 m² (13.55 ha, 33.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Kilbalraherd 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.

• 17 Jan 2025Conditional

  RETENTION permission to as built extensions to existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560013

• 27 Oct 2024Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling and existing lean to shed to the front of existing dwelling. Permission is also sought to upgrade and extend existing dwelling, including the provision of a new first floor element and to renovate existing shed to the rear of existing dwelling and to upgrade and replace existing septic tank and percolation area to current regulations, to upgrade and alter existing site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460411

• 29 Aug 2024Conditional

  RETENTION for development consisting of attic conversion (42 sq m) consisting of two storage rooms and a WC. Permission is also sought to retain 2 no. dormer windows located on the front (north-east) elevation, and 2 no. skylights located on the rear (south-west) and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460303

• 12 May 2020Conditional

  change of house plans from those that were previously granted under file ref 19/6220 with detached garage and septic tank and percolation area with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206112

• 7 Aug 2019Conditional

  to erect a single storey dwellinghouse, install a septic tank with percolation area to EPA Standards, domestic garage/store, new site entrance, carry out all necessary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196220

• 28 Nov 2017Conditional

  construction of a new replacement bungalow, septic tank and percolation area. Existing semi-detached dwelling to be maintained and used for storage purposes only, existing stables to be relocated and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176334

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 Kilbalraherd.

Recorded monuments

• WM032-051 Enclosure
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'Marked with pencil only on the 1914 ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no visible trace of an antiquity there now. The site has been almost completely quarried away because of road straightening. There are modern deposits of earth (small mounds) at the upper edge of the quarry. The site is on the top of a prominent oval hillock. Excellent views in all directions' (SMR File 24/06/1971). Depicted as an antiquity on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2013

• WM032-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'A large broad oval area (diam. 31m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp with traces of a low bank of earth and stone at its upper edge. Modern field fences run just outside the perimeter on the S and E and the site is thus in the SE corner of a field. The scarp is low but is fairly well preserved all round, stone visible in the face of the scarp on E-S could be the remains of stone facing. The bank is very poorly preserved and is discernible only on the SSE-S-SW. The perimeter has been defaced by cattle in places but a gap on the SE may represent an original entrance. The interior is uneven and rises irregularly steeply from N and more gradually from S towards a central E-W spine on ridge which is at a considerably higher level than the perimeter on the N and on the S. There are 2 semi-rectangular depression, shallow and probably due to disturbance, on the S just inside the perimeter. There are a number of stones visible in the surface of what may be the footing of a stone wall/fence along the N edge of the top of the E-W central ridge, but this is very indefinite. The interior is overgrown with hazel and thorns. The site is on a natural rise in undulating pasture land. There are fairly good views to the N, W and S but the view to the E is blocked by slightly higher ground' (SMR File 22/09/1978). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2013

• WM032-053 Enclosure
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'Marked with pencil by OPW on field surveyors copy of the 1914 ed. OS 6-inch map. There is no visible trace of an enclosure there now. The site, the top of a prominent rise would have been suitable for a rath. The site is surrounded by gently undulating fertile pasture and meadow land. There are extensive views from the site in all directions' (SMR File 25/06/1971). Depicted as a circular enclosure on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2013

• WM032-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Monument surveyed by ASI in 1978 and described as following; 'A roughly circular area (diam. 30m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a low scarp. There are very slight traces of a bank of earth and stone at the upper edge of the scarp and of a possible fosse at its foot. The fosse is only visible on the N and NW and is not discernible elsewhere; it is very faint and indefinite. The scarp is best preserved from N-W-S but it is low all round. The bank is low and defaced and is only really discernible at the S. The perimeter has been defaced in a number of places by cattle and large stones have been dumped on it on the E. However there are traces of what may have been a stone facing to the scarp from N-W-S but it is not clear whether this is an original feature or not. There is no indication of an entrance. The interior is overgrown with thorn trees and the surface has been churned up by cattle. The interior rises slightly from all sides towards the centre. There are a number of stones lying about some of which seem to be set in a straight line running NE-SW just W of centre, a possible wall? There is also a low scarp with stones set on it running NE-SW to the SE of centre. The significance of these walls(?) is not clear. There is no definite plan recognisable and I cannot discern the hut mentioned in the pencilled note on the OS 6-inch map. The entire site is very overgrown with thorn trees and bushes. The site is on a natural rise in undulating pasture land. The site is overlooked by a low ridge to the N and NE but there are good views to the W and S' (SMR File 21/09/1978). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 February 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilbalraherd.

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 Kilbalraherd.

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 Kilbalraherd with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Kilbalraherd

Area

1,104,984 m² (110.5 ha, 273.05 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownkindalen, and its townlands

Barony

Moycashel

Electoral division

Middleton, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Middleton electoral division: 389 people in 125 households; 97% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrennan, Ballynacoska, Benalbit and Derryroe, Dooraheen, Keelbeg, Killinlahan, Kippinduff, Mabrista

Placenames

Kilbalraherd 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.