Maghera
Townland in the civil parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 92041
- Area
- 79,055 m² (7.91 ha, 19.53 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
- Maghera
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
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 2 recorded monuments.
- WM015-006 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on elevated N-facing slope of rising ground. Ringfort (WM015-007---) 150m to S. A slightly raised circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 38m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse. The bank has been almost completely levelled at N, where the perimeter is intersected by a NW-SE field fence. The interior slopes gently from SW-NE. In the centre of the monument a mound of field clearance stones is visible, with a low bank extending to SW from the W end of this mound towards the ringfort bank. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 September 2018
- WM015-007 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on E facing slope of a hill with wide views of the surrounding countryside from N-E-S. Ringfort (WM015-006---) 150m to N, ringfort (WM015-008---) 100m to SW. A circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 26m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide low bank of earth and stone with a shallow external fosse that is visible only at W and N. There is an entrance gap in the inner bank at E. The interior slopes appreciably from W-E. Field fences intersect the monument at N, E, S and W. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 September 2018
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.
- Area
- 165.1 ha
- 408 acres
- Land parcels
- 66
- registered freehold, median 4,262 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Maghera, from 20 m² to 215,071 m² (21.51 ha, 53.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Maghera 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
7 Dec 2022Conditional
The construction of a new private dwelling and ancillary detached shed, new vehicular entrance, a proprietary wastewater treatment system with a soil polishing filter, and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2260026
18 May 2022Conditional
new dwelling house, new entrance, proprietary septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22262
25 May 2020Conditional
A new dwelling house, new entrance, proprietary septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 207076
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 Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC 000440
- Special Protection Area: Lough Ree SPA 004064
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree 000440
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Maghera.
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
No address of the register names Maghera with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Maghera
- Area
- 1,651,349 m² (165.13 ha, 408.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Noughaval, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilkenny West
- Electoral division
- Doonis, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Annagh (Co. Longford), Cannorstown (chapman), Carrick, Cartroncroy, Clonkeen, Doonis, Kippin
- Placenames
- Maghera 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.