Lisnabin

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Lisnabin, from 105,071 m² (10.51 ha, 25.96 acres) to 105,071 m² (10.51 ha, 25.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Lisnabin 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.

• 3 Jun 2020Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206133

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 Lisnabin.

Recorded monuments

• WM020-085 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on grounds of Lisnabin House. A castle is depicted at Lisnabin on the 1655 Down Survey map of Farbill Barony where it is shown standing on lands belonging to 'Thomas Darcy Esqr. of Lisnabin' in 1641 (NLI MS 723-4). The terrier of this map stated that Lisnabin was one of several 'small ones formerly & now quite Demolished' (ibid.). Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building (dims. 17m NE-SW; 14m NW-SE) annotated ‘Lisnabin Castle’. Castle described in 1983 as being on the site of a castellated 19th century house (Lisnabin House) containing battlements and turrets. There is no apparent trace of an earlier structure in the vicinity. Farm buildings and a walled garden in this complex all appear to be of 19th century origin. According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH), it is possible that some of the medieval fabric of Lisnabin Castle was incorporated into the present structure. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 05 July 2019

• WM020-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in woodland immediately N of townland boundary with Lisnabin Castle (WM020-085----) 300m to W. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork (dims. 31m WSW-ENE; 25m NNW-SSE). Referred to by Adams (1960) as ‘Packenham’s Fort’ and ‘Cup and Saucer’. Monument described in 1970 as a circular-shaped area enclosed by a poorly preserved bank and wide, shallow outer fosse. The bank has been quarried away on the NNE and appears to have been steepened on the interior and exterior in relatively modern times. There is a gap at SW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Monument is visible as a suboval-shaped tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, overlooked by higher ground to E and S, with good views in other directions. A pond lies c. 95m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork and depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a sub-circular-shaped area with an indentation at SSW. Monument described in 1970 as a roughly circular-shaped area (dims. 61 N-S; 54m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank with external fosse. The bank is visible from W-N-E-S, is almost reduced to a scarp from SSW-W and has several modern disturbance gaps. A large quarry hole has been dug into the scarp and extends into the SSW quadrant of the interior. The fosse is wide, steep-sided and flat bottomed from N-E-S-WNW and is filled up from ESE-SE-S and from WNW-NW-N. There is a modern causeway across the fosse at ENE. There are traces of a slight outer bank at E and W; two large stones lie on it at WSW. A gap (Wth at top 3.9m; basal Wth 1.8m) at SSE is the most convincing entrance, yet a gap (Wth at top 5.8m; basal Wth 2.3m) at N could also represent a potential entrance. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter toward the centre and has definite traces of cultivation ridges running WNW-ESE. Monument is visible as a partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-109 Barrow - stepped barrow
  Description

  Situated on a generally level area, in low-lying pasture, which is overlooked by higher, gently undulating pasture to E, S and W where views are restricted. A pond lies c. 45m to N and barrows (WM020-112----/113----/114----) lie c. 240m to SW. Townland boundary with Rathnarrow lies 35m to S. Monument (overall diam. 27m) described in 1970 as a circular-shaped round-topped mound (approx. diam. 8m) defined by a wide berm and a shallow flat-bottomed fosse (Wth at top 3.6m; basal Wth 1.9m; D 0.4m) that is almost filled in at E and from S-W. There is a modern quarry hole on the top of the mound at W. Monument is visible as a roughly circular shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 July 2019

• WM020-152 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed poorly drained grassland. Outline of large circular-shaped area (dims. c. 107m N-S) defined by a fosse visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthophotos Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère Date of upload: 29 October 2021

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

Name

Lisnabin · Lios na Binne

Area

1,231,467 m² (123.15 ha, 304.3 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Huntingdon, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cloncullen, Edmondstown, Hodgestown, Huntingdon, Kerinstown And Balrowan (rowley), Rathbrack, Rathnarrow, Rathwire Upper

Placenames

Lisnabin 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.