Knockmorris

Area

302,793 m² (30.28 ha, 74.82 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it, 790 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

Knockmorris

Planning applications on this parcel

• 29 Jan 2018Conditional

  construction of one number dwelling house (bungalow style with two storey to north side, 258.1 sqm), domestic garage (60.3 sqm) and new domestic entrance onto cul de sac. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186019

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.

• WM011-021 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 28) as following: ‘Large, steep-sided, roughly circular mound (Diam. 21.5m N-S x 20.5m E-W) with well-defined edges at base and at junction between sides and upper surface. Upper surface of mound was apparently flat-topped originally (Diam. 12m N-S x 12.8m E-W) but centre has been hollowed out irregularly to a depth of up to 0.75m, possibly by people attempting to find a burial. Mound is composed of earth and stone, visible where animals have worn away parts of the edge. Surrounding the mound is a very broad, shallow, circular ditch, which varies from 11-13m in width and reaches up to 0.40m in depth below external ground level; mound rises up to 2.4m above ditch on NE side. A segment of ditch runs into adjacent field to NW; and, about 9.5m to SSE of mound, line of ditch joins onto, and may even swerve outwards to incorporate, a tiny lake or pool, which is not visible on all OSI aerial photographs and is therefore not always flooded. Given its breadth, the ditch might perhaps be better described as a circular area from which the material for the mound was scraped. Overall diameter of the monument including this ‘ditch’ is 47.5m NNE-SSW. Mound, capped by a trigonometrical station (147m OD), is located at N end of broad, flattish summit of hill which runs in a N-S direction. Also on summit are a platform-barrow (WM011-022----), only 31m to ESE, and a ring-barrow (WM011-026----), at opposite end of summit c. 250m to S. Ground falls away gradually to NE, but flattish summit of hill continues as a spur to NW, before dropping away sharply to W, NW and N. Frewin Hill (WM011-133----) would be visible to SSE but for trees. Barrow at Fulmort (WM011-160----) is prominent on ridge to NE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM011-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Classified as a ringfort in the SMR but McGuinness suggested that this monument should be reclassified as a platform-barrow due to lack of enclosing bank around edge of platform. Surveyed in 2012 and described by McGuinness (2012, 29) as following: ‘Low, circular dished platform (Diam. 38m N-S x 38m E-W), surrounded by ditch varying from 2.5-3.5m in width, giving an overall diameter of 43.5m on the N-S axis where ditch is clearly visible. Dished appearance of platform is most pronounced in SW quadrant, but even here there is no trace of a bank around edge of platform that might justify its classification as a ringfort in the RMP. Ditch is best preserved from SE clockwise to S, after sudden rise in external ground level to SE; and also on N side, due to external ground level being slightly higher than adjacent parts. On SE side, where ditch is well preserved, it reaches a depth of 0.68m below platform. Ground surrounding monument is fairly level on all sides but ESE, where broad summit of hill drops away sharply; on this side the ditch is barely visible, although the platform rises 1.6m above external ground level. According to the landowner, Mr Eddie Tormey, monument was locally known as 'The Holding Fort', dating back to the times of cattle-rustling—a tradition suggestive of the Táin like that recorded by Macalister and Murray (1931-2, 311) at Rathbennett (WM011-056----) about 1km to S. At NW edge of monument are foundations of a rectangular house (10m x 5.5m) with long axis running NW-SE; there is a pile of rubble at its SE end, abutting the platform, which has been heightened here due to disturbance. Mr Tormey remembers this to have always been a ruin, but it was traditionally regarded as a house or hut connected with 'The Holding Fort'. There may be a causeway leading from NW side of platform, just SW of house, roughly in direction of Site 8 (WM011-021----), but this may be the result of disturbance connected with the house. A flat-topped mound surrounded by a ditch (WM011-021---) lies on flattish summit of hill 31m to WNW; a. ring-barrow (WM011-026----) lies at opposite end of elongated summit c. 250m to S. Frewin Hill (WM011-133----) is prominent to S, and barrow at Fulmort (WM011-160----) is prominent on ridge to NE’. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 7 April 2016

• WM011-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on steep SE facing slope of a high hill in grassland with good views to E &S, marshy ground 90m to S. Ringfort (WM011-022---) 90m to W. A circular shaped area (approx. diam. 20m N-S) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank with possible entrance gap (Wth 1.2m) at NE. The bank has several disturbance gaps and is best preserved from SW-N, elsewhere almost completely levelled. The interior has a steep slope from WNW-ESE. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 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).

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.