Magheramore

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Magheramore, from 675 m² to 147,606 m² (14.76 ha, 36.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Magheramore 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.

• 24 Mar 2026Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660135

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage and treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560388

• 20 Mar 2019Conditional

  Demolition of existing two-storey dwelling and adjoining farm sheds and replacement on the approximate existing dwelling footprint with a proposed fully serviced two-storey dwelling including a new proprietary effluent treatment system and soil polishing filter and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197069

• 25 Jan 2019Conditional

  Planning permission to construct a new single-storey dwelling with new treatment system and percolation area. the application will also include a domestic garage all associated ground works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197018

• 3 Dec 2018Conditional

  Planning permission to construct a ground floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling house to comprise new utility & wet room and to construct a new ground floor living room to the side of existing dwelling house & to move position of velux window from the rear elevation to side elevation at first floor level & to retain bay window to the front elevation and all associated site works at Maheramore, Moate, Co. Westmeath.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187229

• 23 Oct 2017Refused

  Planning permission to construct a new two storey dwelling with new treatment system and percolation area. The application will also include a domestic garage all associated ground works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177190

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  To construct a single storey extension to the south elevation of existing dwelling. The application will also include all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177018

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 Magheramore.

Recorded monuments

• WM030-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise (314ft /96m OD), in gently undulating pasture. Ringfort (WM030-095----) lies c. 130m to ENE. Annotated 'Fort' n the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as an oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly pentagonal-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 32m N-S) enclosed by a bank and a field wall. A low bank of earth and stone is visible from SE-S-SW-W-N and a gently curving field wall encloses the monument from N-E-S-SE. The interior has a gentle E-facing slope and some small boulders project from the surface. There is a sharp drop in ground level on the exterior of the monument at E. Levelled ringfort is visible today as a curvilinear cropmark from SE-S-SW-WNW and is define by field boundaries elsewhere, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

• WM030-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. Ringfort (WM030-094----) lies c. 130m to WSW. According to O’ Donovan (OSL 1837, 46), this ringfort was known locally as the ‘Cave Fort’ (OSNB 2). Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1973 as a roughly circular-shaped area (diam. 33m) enclosed by a bank. The low bank is constructed of earth and stone and is almost reduced to a scarp. The interior rises from the perimeter towards the centre and has an uneven surface where some boulders project across the S half. Souterrain (WM030-095001-) located in the centre. Outline of monument is visible today as an earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

• WM030-095001 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture. According to O’ Donovan (OSL 1837, 46), the ringfort was known locally as the ‘Cave Fort’ (OSNB 2). Annotated ‘Cave’ beside the ringfort on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. In the centre of ringfort (WM030-095----) is a small depression with an opening on one side leading into an underground passage. The entrance into the souterrain has been backfilled with stones. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

• WM030-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a small rise, in pasture, overlooking rough pasture to E, with views restricted in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an irregular-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a very low bank which is only really visible at SW and is practically reduced to a scarp elsewhere. The scarp is fairly well preserved at E and W and has been completely levelled from SSE-S-SSW. The scarp has traces of drystone facing at E and SW. There are no indications of an entrance. The perimeter is incorporated into a modern field fence from W-NW-N. A short stretch of old field bank intersects the scarp at SSW. The interior rises slightly from the perimeter towards the centre and is scattered with field clearance stones. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

• WM030-099 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the S side of a low ridge running E-W, in pasture, with good views to E, S and W. Ringfort (WM030-099----) lies c. 145m to NE. Site of levelled castle located in the angle between a public road running N-S and a second public road running NW-SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building aligned N-S on its long axis, running parallel to the road. Annotated ‘Cloghawareschal Castle’ on this map. According to Cox (1972, 152) George Magawly was owner of the castle and lands at Clogmarishall in 1640, the name of which means ‘the stone castle of the marshal’ (ibid). Castle site described in 1979 as remains consist of a scarp (H c. 2m; L 5m) running roughly N-S from a modern field fence at S which may be the remains of a wall. There is second possible wall incorporated into the field fence running NW-SE. The scarp continues in an uneven and irregular manner for further 8m to N. The area around the scarps is covered by a number of very large rocks (approx. dims. L 1.5m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.3m) some of which have a regular rectilinear outline and appear roughly hewn. Some of these could be field clearance dumped in the corner of the field, however one on the NW seems to be a large piece of masonry. There are no surface features visible in the field, although the area of the castle is partly overgrown with thorn trees and briars. The field across the road to the E is known locally as the Castle Field. The curving earth and stone field boundary of this field may have acted as a bailey or courtyard boundary for the castle. Area of castle site is obscured today by mature trees along the adjacent field boundaries on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

• WM030-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in pasture, c. 25m to S of the Athlone-Mullingar railway line. Site of Cloghawareschal Castle (WM030-099----) lies c. 145m to SW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork enclosed by a subrectangular-shaped outwork. Monument described in 1973 as a small, roughly circular-shaped earthwork enclosed by a low bank and a shallow external fosse. The earthwork is enclosed by a roughly rectangular-shaped field bank. There is an entrance at E. The interior is entirely overgrown with blackthorn and briars and is impossible to examine. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 09 November 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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).

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

Name

Magheramore

Area

1,089,998 m² (109 ha, 269.34 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyloughloe, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Carn, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycahillroe, Bellanalack, Boyanaghcalry, Clonyegan, Farnagh, Killinroan, Knockdomny, Seeoge

Placenames

Magheramore 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.