Mooretown
Townland in the civil parish of Castletowndelvin, barony of Delvin, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 89026
- Area
- 173,737 m² (17.37 ha, 42.93 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
- Mooretown
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 1 recorded monument.
- WM013-026 Crannog
Description
Located on a marshy promontory on the NE shore of Johnstown Lough, a small lake in the Dysart Lake complex along the River Deel. This crannóg was described by O'Sullivan (2004, 55-6) as following; 'a circular mound (diam. 23m; H 0.8m) of stone, earth, sand and charcoal, on the marshy eastern shore of Johnstown Lough. It is heavily overgrown by alders, willows and rushes today and is totally invisible. The middle of the crannóg was constructed of small stones, within a perimeter of clay and soft, sandy silt. There were vertical wooden posts (birch and alder, 10-5cm diameter, spaced at 80cm intervals), on the SW and S edges, These were in two concentric rings, with the two rows 2-2.5m apart. There was no trace of horizontal planking The mound was probably placed directly on soft silt and ringed with posts. It is situated on a marshy promontory in the lake, being surrounded by deep water to N, W and SW. It is separated from the immediately adjacent dry-land to the E and NE by a marshy strip 10-15m wide'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aidan O'Sullivan. Date of upload: 6 March 2017
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
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
- 152.2 ha
- 376 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 4,799 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mooretown, from 899 m² to 235,265 m² (23.53 ha, 58.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mooretown 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
4 Jun 2024Conditional
development which will consist of, 1. Renovation of and extensions to the side and rear of an existing vacant and derelict single storey dwelling house with minor alterations to existing front and rear elevations. 2. New detached domestic garage/store. 3. new septic tank and percolation area & other ancillary site development works. The site does not abut the public road but benefits from a private Right of Way over adjacent land
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460192
29 Jan 2024Conditional
development which will consist of construction of a four-bedroom bungalow dwelling house. The proposed development will also include a new site entrance, boundary fence, waste water treatment system and percolation area, soakaway and all associated site works and services and landscaping
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460023
15 Jan 2020N/a
for conversation of garage (ref no 08/2037) to granny flat and connection to existing septic tank on site and permission to remove condition no 3 of planning ref 08/2037.
Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206004
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: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Mooretown.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mooretown.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Mooretown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Mooretown
- Area
- 1,522,455 m² (152.25 ha, 376.21 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castletowndelvin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Delvin
- Electoral division
- Delvin, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynaskeagh, Clonyn, Dryderstown, Glackstown, Johnstown, Killadoughran, Printinstown
- Placenames
- Mooretown 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.