Moneen
Townland in the civil parish of Kilcleagh, barony of Clonlonan, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 125620
- Area
- 203,561 m² (20.36 ha, 50.3 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it, 730 m² on the ground
- 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
- Moneen
Planning applications on this parcel
4 Aug 2021Conditional
Erection of a dwelling house, new well, new site entrance, installation of septic tank and percolation system and all ancillary works on site
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21434
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 3 recorded monuments.
- WM036-018 Castle - tower house
Description
Clonlonan Castle ruins stands in pasture, adjacent to a modern farm complex. A horizontal water mill (WM036-020----) lies c. 140m to ESE and a bullaun stone (WM036-019----) lies c. 190m to E. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building to N and W of a farm complex with its long axis orientated N-S. According to Cox (1972, 33-34) this was a chief seat of the O’Melaghlin clan around 1548 which was taken by the Baron of Delvin and the English of Athlone in 1553. Poorly preserved ruins of Clonlonan Castle described in 1979 as a rectangular-shaped building defined by the ivy clad remains of the W wall (approx. H 25ft / 8m) with traces of a short return on the NW corner. The W wall is quite thick and there are traces of a low foundation plinth. The masonry comprises of large and small stones and is generally of poor quality. The quoin stones have been robbed out. There is a window opening at first floor level. Castle ruins are not clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019
- WM036-020 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
Description
Horizontal watermill located on wet marshy land with bullaun stone (WM036-019---) 20m to NE and castle (WM036-018---) 150m to WNW. In 1980 the following was recorded about this horizontal mill it was ‘found in a field-drainage operation in 1965, the drain being enlarge on the edge of marginal land on the slightly rising ground towards Moate. This must at one time have been a small rivulet or stream with a relatively small flow of water. Nothing now remain of the mill at the original find-spot. Some 20m away in the next field is a bullaun stone (WM036-019----) to the NE. Thus the mill may be associated with a church site as in so many other cases. The side-beams from the site have been removed for use as a field-fence in the next field. One of these is 2.7m long, and is squared 0.3m x 0.28m. This is of oak. Another plank from the floor of the wheelhouse is 1.7m long, 30cm wide and 10cm thick. Both are of oak. The plank was taken for dating by dendro-chronological examination. In the corner of the field where the mill was found, half of the upper stone of the mill was recovered. It has a fine raised lip around the central hole, and is a millstone grit type of rock’ (SMR File 07/10/1980). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 July 2015
- WM036-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated in rough pasture, which is overlooked by higher ground. Monument described in 1977 as a roughly circular-shaped raised area (diam. 34m) defined by a scarp and external fosse. The scarp is very gradual in slope and is best preserved at SE, however is poorly defined from SSE-S-SSW. The external fosse is best preserved from NNE-NE-ENE. The interior is fairly level and has no obvious features. A field fence runs WNW-ESE across the S quadrant. Partial outline of levelled monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
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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
- 77.4 ha
- 191 acres
- Land parcels
- 61
- registered freehold, median 4,148 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneen, from 178 m² to 110,066 m² (11.01 ha, 27.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Moneen 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
5 Aug 2025Conditional
to construct a milk silo tank and all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560393
8 Jul 2025N/a
permission to construct a milk silo tank and all ancillary site works.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560345
13 May 2022Conditional
application for Retention permission for single storey sunroom extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, sitting room extension to the side, Conversion of attic space to living accommodation, attached garage with first floor storage area, detached double car port to the rear and realignment of site boundaries.
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22248
1 Apr 2022N/a
for retention permission for single storey sunroom extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, sitting room extension to the side, conversion of the attic space to living accommodation , attached garage with first floor storage area, detached double car port to the rear and realignment of the site boundaries at Moneen, Moate, Co Westmeath
Retention · Westmeath County Council, 22157
14 Jun 2017Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, installation of septic tank, percolation area, site entrance and landscaping, all with associated works and alterations
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177105
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Moneen.
Recorded monuments
- WM036-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a very slight rise, in low-lying rough, wet pasture, with restricted views to N and S. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a suboval-shaped earthwork cut by a trackway running N-S across the E sector. Monument described in 1973 as a fairly circular-shaped area (dims. 34m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a low bank and shallow external fosse best preserved where it is relatively deep from NE-E-SE and is incorporated into part of the field boundary. The interior has the remains of cultivation ridges running E-W and a trackway running N-S cuts across the E sector. Monument is visible today as a roughly circular-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 28 November 2019
- WM036-049 Earthwork
Description
Outline of rectangular shaped mound or platform (approx. dims. 51m N-S x 26m E-W) visible on OSI aerial photograph. Rectangular shaped monument depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch. Depicted as a rectangular-shaped mound intersected at S by a field boundary running E-W. Outline of monument barely visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken 20/03/2018. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Ed O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 April 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moneen.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Moneen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Moneen
- Area
- 774,320 m² (77.43 ha, 191.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcleagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clonlonan
- Electoral division
- Moate, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Agharevagh East, Attimurtagh, Ballynakill, Clonlonan, Hall, Lowerwood
- Placenames
- Moneen 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.