Milltown

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 59 m² to 490,954 m² (49.1 ha, 121.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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.

• 18 Dec 2023Conditional

  construction of one number detached single storey dwelling, one number detached single storey garage, to upgrade existing entrance to public road, to install a mini treatment system and polishing filter , to connect to existing public watermain and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360443

• 31 Oct 2023Refused

  erection of a 743 sqm signage and agricultural item storage unit. The development will also provide for a waste water treatment system, revised site entrance and ground works as necessary to develop the site

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 23140

• 2 Sept 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the decommissioning of an existing septic tank and percolation area and the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system, tertiary unit and attenuation layer and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21487

• 2 Sept 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a storey and a half detached dwelling, detached garage, proposed entrance off the public road, proprietary wastewater treatment system and packaged tertiary unit and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21488

• 29 Mar 2021Conditional

  Permission to provide a children's playground facility with all necessary ground works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21152

• 14 Jan 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2111

• 15 Aug 2019Conditional

  revision of dimensions of proposed all-weather pitch from those granted under planning reference 19/6077, all necessary ground development works including additional car parking facilities, flood lighting to pitch and pitch fencing

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196229

• 4 Jun 2019Conditional

  alteration & renovations of existing school and a single storey 3 classroom extension with ancillary accommodations and associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196143

• 20 Mar 2019Conditional

  development of an all weather playing pitch flood lighting to pitch and pitch fencing with all associated site works, also retention permission of an existing hurling wall

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196077

• 18 Feb 2019Conditional

  existing extension to the rear of our existing house which includes a hall, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom with en-suite and permission to extend at the rear of the existing house a living room, construct a chimney, decommission existing septic tank and install a new treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works , retain existing garage and existing entrance.

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196033

• 13 Feb 2019Conditional

  construction of one number detached dwelling, one number detached garage, new entrance to public road, install a septic tank and percolation area, connect to public watermain and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196029

• 21 Feb 2017Conditional

  construct one no. detached dwelling, one no. detached garage, new entrance onto public road, install a septic tank and percolation area, connect to existing public watermain and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 176052

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 Milltown.

Recorded monuments

• WM007-050 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in an area of pastureland on the NE face of a slight rise. Earthwork (WM007-051----) 10m to S. Depicted on the 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘standing stone’. No trace of this standing stone survives. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-051 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Situated on rising ground in pasture-land with fairly wide views of the surrounding countryside. Whitehall R. C. Chapel 180m to E. A large sub-triangular shaped area (approx. diam. 100m N-S; 120m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank (max. H 1m), gapped in places, and wide shallow external fosse. Entrance gap and causeway at SW. A field fence bisects the site from NE-SW. The interior contains cultivation ridges which run E-W in the W half of the site, and N-S in the E half. Remains of a ring-barrow (WM007-051001-) visible in the E quadrant. No visible remains of standing stone depicted on the 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map. A post-1837 field boundary intersects the monument at S, and a modern road curves around the monument from S-ESE. A low oval shaped earthen mound is located in a field to the S. This enclosure may have been used as a children's burial ground which is mentioned in the Schools' Collection for Castlepollard School. The folklore recorded from this school stated that there was a burial ground for unbaptised children in Whitehall which was not in use in the 1930s (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0721, Page 176). See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-051001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on rising ground in pasture-land with fairly wide views of the surrounding countryside. Barely visible ring-barrow (WM007-051001-) consisting of a low flat-topped mound with shallow enclosing ditch standing in the E quadrant of large sub-triangular shaped enclosure (WM007-051---). Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 13 April 2017

• WM007-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in low-lying poorly drained land liable to flooding from Yellow River located 30m to N. Yellow River marks townland boundary with Benison Lodge or Bratty. Ringfort (WM007-053----) 340m to NE, earthwork (WM007-051----) 700m to SW. An oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 17m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank, wide shallow fosse and poorly preserved outer earthen bank. The fosse has been infilled at W. Entrance gap (Wth 4.6m) & causeway (Wth 2.9m; Ht 0.25m) at SE. Interior slopes slightly from E-W, and contains numerous natural humps and hollows. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

• WM007-055 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on the NW face of a ridge that runs NW-SE in an area of pasture-land. Ringfort (WM007-056----) 420m to SE, earthwork (WM007-051----) 635m to NW. Annotated on the 1837 OS Fair Plan as a fort and gravel pit. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-rectangular earthwork with rounded corners at NW and SW with a gravel pit encroaching on the S quadrant of the earthwork. This site has been levelled. No visible trace of a monument here now. Possible faint crop mark of the quarry visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

• WM007-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on low lying wet pasture-land in undulating countryside with stream 12m to NE. Ringfort (WM007-057----) 270m to E. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. dims. 28m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved earthen bank, which has several disturbance gaps, and narrow shallow external fosse. The interior has traces of cultivation ridges. The monument has been planted with trees. The bank and fosse may have been steepened at the time of tree planting. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

• WM007-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on S face of rising ground with good views from E-S-W, overlooked by rising ground to the N and NE. River 180m to SW. Ringfort (WM007-056----) 270m to W. Annotated on the 1837 OS Fair Plan as a sub-rectilinear enclosure with trees on its perimeter. An ASI field report from 1974 described the N portion of the monument as being quarried away, leaving a wide bank and shallow fosse (diam. 40m E-W). The interior sloped from N-S. A second ASI report from 1975 described the monument as being completely levelled. Faint crop mark of levelled enclosure visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 April 2017

• WM007-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on top of a prominent hill with good views of surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM007-090----) 160m to NW. Low denuded monument which is almost completely levelled. Remains consist of a sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 45m E-W), enclosed by a very poorly preserved earthen bank (H 0.3m) mainly reduced to a scarp and external fosse, visible only from WNW—NE (max. Wth 1.2m; D 0.35m). The interior rises slightly towards the centre, and has traces of cultivation ridges. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 April 2017

• WM007-131 Stone head
  Description

  Stone head possibly of medieval date incorporated into fabric of SW gable of outbuildings dating from the late 19th century or early 1900s. According to local landowner the stone head was always in the gable of the outbuildings who thought it was contemporaneous with the outbuildings. It is possible that the stone head may have come from Faughalstown Church (WM007-045----) located 2.4km to the W or from Mortimers Castle (WM007-044---) located 3km to the W. Lichen covered round-shaped face with bulbous eyes, broken nose and thick lipped open mouth. Slight suggestions of grooving on forehead. Stone heads out of context like this carving are very difficult to date based on visual inspection alone as they can date from the Iron Age to the post-medieval period. The stone head possibly dates from the medieval period as it compares well with other stone heads which display grooving on forehead and thick lipped open mouth. The facial expression is very similar to the carved head (DU023-001004-) from Merrion Castle (DU023-001001-), Co. Dublin. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 November 2018

• WM007-132 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on flat poorly drained land, with ringfort (WM007-052---) 210m to N. Outline of egg-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 32m N-S x 28m E-W) clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photographs. A drainage/water channel running E-W cuts across the N quadrant of the enclosure. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Emmet Byrnes Date of upload: 04 January 2019

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Saint John the Baptist, church/chapel, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Roman Catholic chapel on cruciform plan, built c.1830 and renovated c.1970, comprising three-bay nave to the north, two-bay transepts to the west and a shallow chancel to the south. Later single-storey sacristy with flat roof attached to chancel gable (south) Pitched natural slate roofs, projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and wrought-iron Celtic cross finials to gable ends. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course. Pointed-arched window openings having plain surrounds and stained glass windows. Three graded lancet openings to chancel gable having stained glass windows. Pointed-arch doorcase with plain surround having rendered surrounds, replacement segmental-headed timber double doors with figurative mosaic insets over. Freestanding cast-iron belfry adjacent to the south, standing in modern graveyard. Cut stone font built into exterior wall to the north, probably taken from an earlier church site. Located to the south of Castlepollard adjacent to rural road junction. Monument to interior commemorating Rev. Michael Lynch, died 1845.

• Post box, 1910–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron post box, c.1915, with 'Post Office' in raised lettering to the letter flap. No cipher or insignia. Makers name appears at base in raised lettering 'T. Allen & Co. London'. Built into rubble limestone wall to the immediate north of Whitehall Roman Catholic chapel and adjacent to rural cross road junction.

• House, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with an enclosed two-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the centre of the front façade (west). Double-pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls, with exposed rubble limestone walls to the north side elevation having brick dressings to openings walls. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor openings and replacement windows to ground floor openings. Square-headed window openings to porch having rendered reveals with timber casement windows having diamond pattern to top lights. Square-headed door opening with timber door to south face of porch. Set back from road with a chamfered plinth wall to road frontage having wrought-iron hooped railings over, cast-iron posts and a wrought-iron hooped gate. Rubble limestone wall to north facing side elevation. Single-storey outbuilding adjoining to south. Located to the south of Whitehall Roman Catholic chapel, adjacent to rural road junction.

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).

• Milltown, Castlepollard7 sales

Name

Milltown

Area

3,120,490 m² (312.05 ha, 771.09 acres)

Civil parish

Faughalstown, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Faughalstown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Benisonlodge Or Bratty, Curraghboy, Derrynagarragh, Faughalstown, Gillardstown, Grangestown, Ringstown, Streamstown

Placenames

Milltown 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.