Lakill And Moortown

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lakill And Moortown, from 14 m² to 248,012 m² (24.8 ha, 61.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Lakill And Moortown 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.

• 12 Feb 2026Conditional

  development which consists of (1) construct single storey extension incorporating roof terrace to front and side of existing premises (2) amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of existing premises (3) construct single storey detached storage shed (4) construct single storey detached structure incorporating sanitary facilities (5) all ancillary and facilitating site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660045

• 28 Feb 2024Conditional

  alterations to previously granted application ref; 07/2009, to construct a single storey linkway to new one & a half storey extension amounting to 229sqm in floor area, to the rear of existing one & a half storey semi detached dwelling. The revised application seeks to replace this proposal with the construction of a one and & half storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling amounting to 103sqm in floor area, that incorporates a kitchen, dining and utility area, with added master bedroom and en-suite. The above works will also allow for the provision of new wastewater treatment system with added percolation area in addition to a new detached single storey garage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 249

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  to retain (a) existing domestic garage (37m²), (b) existing entrance with hardstanding parking area & (c) front boundary fence & hedgerow

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22121

• 25 Feb 2022N/a

  (a) existing domestic garage (37m2), (b) existing entrance with hardstanding parking area and (c) front boundary fence and hedgerow

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2286

• 2 Nov 2021Conditional

  to retain existing storage shed (68m2)

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 21585

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  Permission for a private dwelling house, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21282

• 14 Apr 2021Conditional

  permission to erect a single storey log house, log stables/tackroom, proprietary waste water treatment system with percolation area to EPA standards specifications, new site entrance and all necessary associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21190

• 2 May 2018Conditional

  change use of existing garage/workshop building to new distillery use to incorporate process area, storage area, canteen, office and sanitary accommodation together with display area to existing first floor, carry out alterations and amendments to existing elevations to include for signage, erect new grain storage bin, alter existing site layout to include for car parking and lorry turning areas, install proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area , complete all ancillary site works and associated structures.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186137

• 10 Jul 2017Conditional

  the construction of a three bay cattleshed and lay back area with ancillary facilities, an underground slatted tank, cattle handling facilities and associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176197

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Glore 000686

Recorded monuments

• WM003-097 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Described in 1980 as 'Only the head and base of the cross survive. The head is a plain solid ring (dims. H 0.38; Wth 0.62m; T 0.17m) with 2 surviving arms (L 0.12m; H 0.18m). None of the shaft survives and the cross head is featureless. The base (H 0.19m; L 0.60m) is a damaged block of stone repaired with cement and cemented on top of a slightly larger stone which appears to have been deliberately shaped. It may be the original base, perhaps the cross had a stepped base? The socket (dims 0.2m x 0.24m) cut into the upper surface of the base is damaged and has been repaired with cement. The cross is against a roadside fence beside a modern barnyard gate' (SMR file). The cross was described in 1928 as 'the head and portion of the shaft of a small cross with a plain solid ring; the upper arm is missing. The cros was about 4 ft. 6 in. (1.36m) in height and the socket stone 2ft. (0.6m) by 1 ft. 9 in. (0.52m). It is built into the N fence of the road leading to Castlepollard near the cross roads 1 mile W of Fore; and being covered by the hedge is difficult to find' (Crawford 1928, 61, no. 13). This wayside cross was drawn in the 19th century by George Du Noyer (George Victor Du Noyer, “on road side near Fore. Td. Of Lackill and Moortown, Co. W. Meath. Sheet 3/4. Calvary Cross,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed January 24, 2020, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23414). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 June 2010

• WM003-102 Penitential station
  Description

  Wayside cross (WM003-097----) located 340m to the W. Depicted as ‘Monument’ on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Described in 1983 as, ‘no visible trace of any monument or archaeological feature can be seen on the roadside. A high earthen bank forms the roadside boundary’ (SMR File 1983). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 14 August 2012

• WM004-012 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Described in 1980 as 'The cross is in 4 fragments : (1) the base (L 0.69m; H 0.5m) and the lower part of the shaft (T 0.13m; Wth 0.23m; H 0.26m) which is cemented into it; (2) and (3) two fragments of the shaft ( H 0.36m; Wth 0.21m) with a panel of decoration, these two fragments fit together; (4) the upper part of the shaft (H 0.38m) and part of the head. The base is a carefully shaped block of stone the upper part of which has been shaped to give the base sloping surfaces. The part of the shaft cemented into the base is plain and its edges are chamfered. There is a small circular hole in the top of this part of the shaft and there is a similar hole in the upper part of the shaft, these two pieces were probably joined together in an attempt at repair in the past, however they do not join exactly and originally were not adjacent. The two decorated fragments of the shaft which join together are of rectangular cross section and have chamfered edges. The decoration is in a panel on one face and consists of a geometric design of straight and slightly curving lined carved in relief, possibly an ornate cross. The other face and the sides are plain. The remaining fragment consists of the upper portion of the shaft and most of the head. The two remains arms are short and stubby but are probably damaged but cannot have been very much longer originally. The edges of the shaft and of the head are chamfered. On one face there is a sunken panel with a figure carved in relief in it. The figure, the head of which is weathered and appears to be damaged, this is at the top of the fragment, has its hands crossed over its knees and its feet resting on the bottom of the panel. It is apparently representing a seated figure but this is uncertain. On the other face there is a smaller panel with the lower half of a small figure carved in relief, the top is broken off. This figure appears to be wearing a garment which comes to about its knees and the legs below it appear to be uncovered. The feet are not really discernible and rest on the bottom of the panel. There is a small subtriangular cusp at the base of the back of the arms. The cross is on the roadside NW of the 'Gateway' (WM004-035002-/008-) and WNW of St. Feighins Church (WM004-035004-). It is on the N side of the modern roadway in a patch of briars' (SMR file). Drawn by George du Noyer (George Victor Du Noyer, “Calvary cross. On road side near Temple fanurn Co. W Meath. Sheet 3/4,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed January 27, 2020, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23471) in the 19th century and described in 1928 as 'the lower portion of the head and two pieces of the shaft of a cross with pierced ring and a figure on each side. The fragment of the heads is 1ft. 3in.(0.37m) in length and those of the shaft 1ft. 4in. (0.4m) and 1ft. 1in.(0.32m) the latter having a kind of lattice pattern on the front. The socket stone is about 2ft. (0.6m) square. In the field N of the road to Castlepollard, near the old gateway' (Crawford 1928, 61-2, no. 14). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 June 2010

• WM004-035001 Church
  Description

  Levelled church site depicted as 'Site of Templefeenan' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No surface remains visible. Originally known as Teampall Fionain [Church of Fionain] which was then anglicised as Templefeenan. In 1682 Piers stated that Fore contained the ruins of three churches (WM008-097002-; WM004-035003-) one of which was called Teampall Fionain (Piers 1981, 63). This church was demolished c. 1830 (Stokes 1892, 7-8; Walsh 1957, 60). Writing in 1892 Stokes (1892, 7-8) stated that there 'were till sixty years ago the ruins of three churches at Fore, just as in Sir Henry Piers's time about 1680'. Stokes goes on to state 'that there was another church levelled to the ground in 1830, called Tempull Fionan, outside the Castlepollard gate' (Stokes 1892, 8). According to Bradley (1985, 79) the church allegedly stood outside the North Gate but the unusual curve in the townland boundary at this point may preserve the line of an enclosure and this suggests that it may have been within the wall. Nothing is known of the church apart from its name and location. The dedication to an Irish saint suggests that the site is of pre-Norman origin but Teampall dedications have been shown to be post-1200 elsewhere in Ireland (Hurley 1980, 52-65). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 November 2013

• WM004-035002 Gateway
  Description

  During the later Middle Ages Fore was a frontier town and although documentary references are slight it is clear that it was fortified in the fifteenth century. In 1462-3 Edward IV confirmed an earlier grant of murage by Henry VI, King between 1422 and 1461 (Berry 1914, 25). The north gateway appears to from part of the fifteenth century fortification of the town. The present remains of the North gate consists of a rectangular structure with rounded corners on the north-west and south-east angles. It is built of fairly evenly coursed limestone and is entered through a round arched gate, 2.6m wide, which is blocked by a modern cross wall. The passage is flat-arched and short. Only the ground floor survives and there are no indications of internal chambers. A murder hole above the gate indicates that there was an upper level but all trace of it has been removed and is now replaced by modern repairs. There is a slight batter and a string course on the external west face. There are two large internal recesses in the east and west walls at arch level and these may have held eyes on which the gate was suspended (Bradley et. al. 1985, 76-7). See attached drawing of Fore North Gate taken from Urban Survey of Co. Westmeath. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 November 2013

• WM004-035008 Town defences
  Description

  National Monument No. 220. The town defences of Fore are Anglo-Norman defences, dating from the 14th or 15th century as determined from the murage evidence. The earliest known reference is to a murage and pavage grant of Edward III (1327-77) stipulating a stone wall. In the 1436 a grant of murage to the town was made by Henry VI, believed to be in response to attacks of Irish which resulted in the burning of the priory and of the town. This was subsequently reaffirmed in 1462-3 by his successor Edward IV. The defences were described in the Urban Survey of Westmeath (Bradley 1985, 76-7) as following; 'The exact course of the defences is difficult to trace. Apart from the two gatehouses only the wall foundations survive and these are difficult to distinguish from ordinary field boundaries. Drainage channels have been cut between almost every field and these have formed banks of much the same width and height as the town wall foundations. The SOUTH GATE is a rectangular gatehouse built of fairly evenly coursed limestone. It stands on the south side of the road from Crossakeel opposite the modern St. Feighin’s (R.C.) Church. Only the ground floor survives but the presence of a spiral stair on the west side indicates that there was an upper level originally. The passage is entered through a round arch 2.6m wide. Some of the quoins are re-used stones from the Benedictine priory, and include one section of the cloister arcade. The north-east wall has an added external batter. A bank, c. 1-1.5m high and 1.5m wide, runs south-west from the South Gate up the side of the hill. It is connected to a crossing bank of similar size which skirts the base of the Ben of Fore and turns north-west to link in with the North Gate. These banks have a rubble core and there are traces of stone facing. Further protection appears to have been added on this side by scarping the side of the hill at two levels contiguous with the base of the Ben of Fore. The NORTH GATE is a rectangular structure with rounded corners on the north-west and south-east angles. It is built of fairly evenly coursed limestone and is entered through a round arched gate, 2.6m wide, which is blocked by a modern cross wall. The passage is flat-arched and short. Only the ground floor survives and there are no indications of internal chambers. A murder hole above the gate indicates that there was an upper level but all trace of it has been removed and is now replaced by modern repairs. There is a slight batter and a string course on the external west face. There are two large internal recesses in the east and west walls at arch level and these may have held eyes on which the gate was suspended. There is no sign of defences on the north side of Fore and presumably the wet marsh which occupies this area was regarded as defence enough. The Benedictine priory [WM004-035010-] was protected by its own defences'. In 1837 the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described the town defences as following; the ruins of several square towers, evidently built for defence, round which may be traced the walls of a very considerable town, of which two of the gates are still remaining' (Lewis 1837, 616). Leask stated that 'Fore was fortified on N side by a canal and on S by a mound and ditch…extending from one gate to the other…and still traceable' (Leask 7, quoting OS Letters). The town defences are described in clockwise fashion, commencing with the southern entrance. The South Gate is a rectangular gatehouse built of fairly evenly coursed limestone. It stands on the south side of the road from Crossakeel opposite the modern St. Feighin's Church. Only the ground floor survives but the presence of a spiral stair on the W side indicates that there was an upper level originally. A bank, c. 1-1.5m high and 1.5m wide, runs SW from the South Gate for a distance c.120m. It is connected by a crossing bank of similar size which turns NW for a distance of c.440m. The exact course of this part of the town defences is uncertain but it is probable that it followed a generally direct line. These banks have a rubble core and there are traces of stone facing. Field reports suggest that there was a wide fosse outside. A massive outcropping rock on the W side has a sheer cliff ranging from 6-8m high which is a natural barrier from the W. The defences would appear to run along the townland boundary line, close to the Anchorite's Church, and follow this line as it turns in a NE direction towards the North Gate for a distance of c.100m. The North Gate is a rectangular structure with rounded corners on the NW and SE angles. Only the ground floor survives and there are no indications of internal chambers. There is no visible trace of the defences on the N side of Fore, to the E of the main road, and presumably the wet marsh which occupies this area was regarded as defence enough. The field reports state that, from the NW gate, extending N is a field bank, poorly drained, a natural defence. It would appear, according to Avril Thomas' maps, that the natural defences extend NE for c.200m. It is here that the course of the town defences becomes uncertain. Thomas identifies the course as turning in a SE direction from this point, following the course of a field drain for 420m. According to Thomas, it then turns SW for c.290m where is skirts the boundary of St. Feighin's Church and meet with the South Gate. It has been suggested (by Con Manning and in the Urban Survey) that the priory to the N had it's own defences. It is possible that these were integrated and formed part of the town defences and therefore the course of the town defences would need to incorporate this. The priory is surrounded by a marshy valley with wet ground on all sides except the E. A low hill to the N of the priory, Knocknamonaster, was enclosed by defences - the slope of the Knoll was scarped near it's base to form a platform on the E, N, and E sides. Outside this is a ditch with counterscarp bank. The platform is 5.2m wide in average while the ditch is 4.8m wide at the mouth. The counterscarp bank ranges in height from 1-2m and is 4m wide. The precinct defences probably continues on E side as far as SE gate but these were ploughed out and are not visible. Whether or not the town defences ever extended this far N can only be conjectured. Compiled by: Rachel Barrett Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 27 January 2020

• WM007-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on low rise of ground in undulating pasture-land. Lough Lene 700m to SE. A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014----; WM007-016----; WM007-017----; WM007-018----; WM007-015----; WM007-015001-) approx. 370m to E. Levelled monument which appears as a crop mark on OSI aerial photographs taken 2005 and digital globe aerial photographs taken November 2011. Field boundaries immediately to W of monument as depicted on OS 6-inch maps have also been levelled. Described by the ASI in 1976 as a sub-circular area (approx. diam. 22m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank and slight traces of a fosse from W-NW and at NE. Wide entrance gap at E, possibly widened in recent times. The interior slopes slightly from NW-SE, with traces of cultivation ridges. Modern field fence running alongside monument on the W. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien See attached profile section of levelled monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI in 1976. Date of upload: 11 April 2017

• WM007-013 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 58) as following: ‘By far the largest and most prominent barrow in the cemetery, this partly overgrown monument comprises a bowl-shaped, almost conical mound with steep, gently rounded sides and a distinct rounded apex (Diam. 17.2m N-S x 17.1 E-W), which is surrounded by a ditch (Diam. (overall) 22.4m N-S x 22.2m E-W). On N side, where a measurement could be taken rather than on overgrown NE side where ditch was deepest, mound rises 3.8m above the ditch; where deepest at NE, ditch drops 0.45m below external ground level. Ditch is far better preserved at N than at S, where it is shallow and mostly silted, but the range of widths is fairly narrow: 2.4m (N), 2.6m (E), 2.8m (S), 2.5m (W). Where mound has been poached or otherwise eroded, as at SW, it can be seen to comprise very stony soil. Barrow is located where land begins to slope down gently to N; as such, and possibly to make the monument appear fairly symmetric with respect to the central vertical axis, N side of mound would appear to be more massive and the ditch correspondingly deeper’. Recent drone photograph taken by Peter Nagy shows a small ditch-barrow (WM007-016----; Site C in McGuiness Survey 2015) immediately to the W of the bowl-barrow (pers. comm. Peter Nagy and Anthony Murphy 20/01/2023). See attached drone photograph courtesy of and © Peter Nagy and Figure 36 taken from McGuinness 2015, 57 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1979). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• WM007-014 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 59) as following: ‘Monument comprises a domed or inverted-bowl-shaped mound (Diam. 12.4m N-S x 11.7m E-W) with flattened summit, surrounded by a broad, flat-based circular ditch (Overall diam. 17.9m N-S x 16.7m E-W), now mostly silted up. At NNW, where best preserved, ditch drops 1.80m below summit of mound and 0.13m below external ground level; its range of width measurements is fairly tight: 2.80m (N), 2.8m (E), 2.70m (S), 2.2m (W). Where mound has been poached or otherwise eroded on SE side, it can be seen to comprise very stony soil’. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1979). See attached drone photograph courtesy of and © Peter Nagy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• WM007-015 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 60) as following: ‘An impressive and unusual pair of conjoined mounds (WM007-015001-), the axis along their conjoined diameters running NNE-SSW for a length of 22.5m, with possible traces of a broad shallow ditch around the pair visible on aerial photographs better than on the ground; it should be noted that the ASI account of 14/5/81 is clear that ‘No trace of any fosse is to be seen around either site’ [SMR file], although a more recent plan of the site included in the SMR file clearly shows the discontinuous remains of a ditch surrounding the mounds. Both mounds are dome-or bowl-shaped with distinct summits and a saddle between them, its lowest point rising 2.2m over line of adjacent ditch on W side; the N-most (WM007-015----) is the broader and taller of the two with a diameter of 13.5m NW-SE, a height of 0.85m over the saddle, and a height 3.1m over line of ditch on W side; the S-most (WM007-015001-) has a diameter of 11m, a height of 0.5m over the saddle, and a height of 2.6m over line of ditch on W side. Poaching on E side show the mound to be of very stony earth’. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1979). See attached drone photograph courtesy of and © Peter Nagy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• WM007-015001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 60) as following: ‘An impressive and unusual pair of conjoined mounds (WM007-015----), the axis along their conjoined diameters running NNE-SSW for a length of 22.5m, with possible traces of a broad shallow ditch around the pair visible on aerial photographs better than on the ground; it should be noted that the ASI account of 14/5/81 is clear that ‘No trace of any fosse is to be seen around either site’ [SMR file], although a more recent plan of the site included in the SMR file clearly shows the discontinuous remains of a ditch surrounding the mounds. Both mounds are dome-or bowl-shaped with distinct summits and a saddle between them, its lowest point rising 2.2m over line of adjacent ditch on W side; the N-most (WM007-015----) is the broader and taller of the two with a diameter of 13.5m NW-SE, a height of 0.85m over the saddle, and a height 3.1m over line of ditch on W side; the S-most (WM007-015001-) has a diameter of 11m, a height of 0.5m over the saddle, and a height of 2.6m over line of ditch on W side. Poaching on E side show the mound to be of very stony earth’. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1979). See attached drone photograph courtesy of and © Peter Nagy Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• WM007-016 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Ditch-barrow surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 59) as following: ‘Very low-relief earthwork similar in appearance to Site B [WM007-017----] but even less well preserved, comprising a low roughly circular central mound or platform (Diam. 6.4m N-S x 6m E-W) surrounded by a ditch (Overall diam. 9m N-S x 8.7m E-W); there appears to be no remains of an outer bank, but this could easily have been ploughed out prior to the 1981 ASI account. Ditch reaches a depth of 0.28m below central mound and 0.05m below external ground level at N. Monument is located on more or less level ground 3m SE of Site B [WM007-017----] and just 2m W of Site A [WM007-013----]. Very faint traces of what may be a third ring-barrow are visible 5m SW of this site’. Recent drone photograph taken by Peter Nagy shows a small ditch-barrow (WM007-016----; Site C in McGuiness Survey 2015) immediately to the W of the bowl-barrow (pers. comm. Peter Nagy and Anthony Murphy 20/01/2023). See attached drone photograph courtesy of and © Peter Nagy and Figure 36 taken from McGuinness 2015, 57 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• WM007-017 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 58) as following: ‘Very low-relief earthwork comprising a low central mound or platform (Diam. 7m N-S x 6.7m E-W) surrounded by a ditch (Overall diam. 10.5m N-S x 10.2m E-W); there appears to be no surface traces of an outer bank but this need not be surprising in view of the near-flattened condition of the site. Ditch reaches a greatest depth of 0.4m below central mound at W and 0.35m below external ground level at E. Monument is located on land sloping down gently but clearly from SE to NW, and lies 10.5m NW of Site A [WM007-013----] and 3m NW of Site B [WM007-016----]’. See attached Figures 36 and 38 taken from McGuinness 2015, 57, 58 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 January 2023

• WM007-018 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of seven barrows (WM007-014----; WM007-016----; WM007-017----; WM007-018----; WM007-015----; WM007-015001-). Monument surveyed in 2015 and described by McGuinness (2015, 60) as following: ‘This monument, listed on NMS website as an unclassified-barrow. It appears to be the mound referred to in ASI account of 14/5/81, which specifies that it had been removed in recent years, adding that ‘this however probably related to quarrying (there is a quarry hole nearby) and is not thought therefore to have been an antiquity’ [SMR file]. Given its hilltop location in immediate vicinity of a barrow cemetery, this site must be regarded as a possible mound-barrow or, perhaps more likely, a fifth bowl barrow with shallow ditch. This hilltop cemetery of six barrows overlooks Lough Lene, which lies 0.5km to S. Although not visible, the important early medieval monastery of Fore lies on lower ground only 1.2km to ENE, at foot of group of hills on N side of Lough Lene, of which the present site is on the westernmost hill. On a sketch-map of Fore and other important pre-Norman locations around Lough Lene prepared for the Ordnance Survey Letters in 1837, John O’Donovan marked three barrows (‘na móitínídhe’) on this hill (Herity (ed.) 2011, Fig. 6), which is labelled ‘Cnoc na Caillíghe’ like the analogously named passage-tomb cemetery at Loughcrew (‘Sliabh na Caillighe’) and other sites of hilltop burial cairns linked to the Cailleach Bheara in folklore. On a prominent hilltop across W end of Lough Lene in Ballany, c. 2.2km to SSW of the barrows, is Ráth an Dúin or Dún Doirbhgheis (‘Turgesius’s Fort’), a remarkable monument (WM007-035----) described by John O’Donovan of the Ordnance Survey in 1837 as consisting of ‘one ring of earth which, enclosing the whole apex of the hill and being adapted to its outline (contour) is nearly of an oval shape, being about 160 feet in breadth and 210 in length. It extends east and west’; although traditionally linked with the Viking Turgesius, O’Donovan argued that this naturally and artificially fortified hill was a seat of Irish kings prior to the time of Turgesius, based on similarities with Dún na Sgiath on Lough Ennell (Herity (ed.) 2011, 172-)’. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• WM007-135 Barrow - pond barrow
  Description

  A barrow-cemetery consisting of eight barrows (WM007-014/016/017/018/015/015001-), six of the barrows are still visible with no surface remains visible of the seventh barrow. Possible pond-barrow visible as a sunken circular shaped area (diam. c. 6m) on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 14/05/2020 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 February 2016

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).

No address of the register names Lakill And Moortown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Lakill And Moortown

Area

3,375,220 m² (337.52 ha, 834.04 acres)

Civil parish

St. Feighins, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Fore West, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Carpenterstown, Clonnageeragh, Fore, Loughanavagh Or Newpark, Slieveboy, Srunahella, Windtown

Placenames

Lakill And Moortown 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.