Parcellstown

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Parcellstown, from 3,239 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres) to 666,741 m² (66.67 ha, 164.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Parcellstown 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.

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  Amendments to the design of an approved solar farm development on lands within the townlands of Parcellstown, Shanonagh, Clondardis, Co. Westmeath (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 22/113). The proposed amendments include an extension of the red line boundary to provide for access from the approved Clondardis solar farm to the east (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 20/6132); Minor revisions to access tracks throughout the site; Revised perimeter fencing; Inclusion of a new perimeter gate; A new bridge crossing an existing arterial drain within the site; Underground power and communication cables and ducts; An optimised Solar PV Panel configuration within the same areas of the site as the previously permitted solar farm to comprise 238,362 square meters of solar panels; Solar panel array height increase from 3m to 3.2m; Rerouting of the permitted access track within the northern parcel; Revised hardstanding and electrical skid provision; Removal of on-site substation; Removal of storage container; Minor red line boundary revisions and all other associated ancillary development. Permission is also sought to extend the life span of the consented development from 35 years to 40 years.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560201

• 23 Feb 2024Conditional

  development which will consist/consists of: a 10-year permission for the development of a solar farm on a site of 140 hectares consisting of the following: 781,578sqm of solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted steel frames; 17 hardstanding locations for the installation of electrical skids; new internal access tracks; underground power and communications cables and ducts, including along the L-5802, R-393, L-5913, L-1811 and the L-5808 public roads; a new access point and an upgrade to an existing access point along the R-393 public road and a new access point along the L-5808 public road; landscaping and biodiversity enhancement measures; boundary fencing; and all associated ancillary development, site works and services. The solar farm will be operational for 40 years

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460050

• 19 Sept 2022Conditional

  retain the storey and a half domestic extension (66.6 sq m) located at the side of the dwelling originally granted under planning ref: 06/5092. Retention permission is also sought for the store shed (50 sq m) located to the rear of the dwelling and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22462

• 14 Mar 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy Development with a total site area of 42.06 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, inverter substations, modules, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, a temporary construction compound, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm will be operational for 35-years.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22113

• 11 Feb 2022N/a

  The development will consist of planning permission for a period of 10 years to construct and complete a Solar PV Energy development with a total site area of 42.06 hectares, to include a single storey electrical substation building, inverter substations, modules, solar PV ground mounted on support structures, a temporary construction compound, internal access tracks, security fencing, electrical cabling and ducting, CCTV and other ancillary infrastructure, drainage, additional landscaping and habitat enhancement as required and associated site development works. The solar farm will be operational for 35 years

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2258

• 26 Aug 2020Conditional

  Construction of a new two storey extension to the rear of an existing residential dwelling, upgrading proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206225

• 2 Jun 2020Conditional

  Amendment of the design of the approved development (Westmeath County Council Planning Reg. Ref. 17/6239 & An Bord Pleanala Reg, Ref. PL25M.301116) which comprises consent for the development of a ground mounted solar photvoltaic (PV) farm consisting of the following; up to an area of 139,520 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames within a site area of 46.3 hectares; a fenced electricity substation compound to include 1 no. electricity control building and hardstands for ancillary electrical equipment; 12 no. inverter/transformer stations; underground cable and ducts; internal access tracks and hardstanding areas; boundary security fence; CCTV and all associated site services and works, 2 no. new site access points from the public road, one for construction / decommissioning traffic purposes only, and one for operational traffic. Amendments proposed are optimised Solar PV Panel configuration located within the same areas of the site as previously permitted with the exception of a reduced buffer distance under the existing 110Kv lines from c.56m to c.46 m to comprise up to 252000 square meters of solar panels to allow for solar panel array height increase from up to 2.8m to 3.2m. Modifications and enlargement to the onsite substation and substation compound. The substation will increase in size from c.55 m2 as permitted to c.150 m2 and the substation compound will increase in size from c.700 m2 as permitted to c.1081 m2. Omission of 2 no. inverter/transformer hard standing areas and minor changes of position of hardstanding from the permitted solar development to allow for a total of 10 hardstanding areas which will provide the base for 20 no. inverter and transformer units housed in sound pression containers, Permission is also sought to amend the life span of the consented development from 25 years to 30 years.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 206132

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of a ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm consisting of the following; up to an area of 139,520 m2 of solar panels on ground mounted steel frames within a site area of 46.3 hectares; a fenced electricity substation compound to include 1 no. electricity control building and hardstands for ancillary electrical equipment; 12 no. inverter/transformer stations; underground cable and ducts; internal access tracks and hardstanding areas; boundary security fence; CCTV and all associated site services and works, 2 no. new site access points from the public road, one for construction/decommissioning traffic purposes only, and one for operational traffic. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176239

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 Parcellstown.

Recorded monuments

• WM018-067 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on the highest point of a ridge running NE-SW, with good views in all directions, directly overlooking a marshy valley to SE. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1983 as a rectangular-shaped slab (approx. H 1.5m) which is rectangular in plan (approx. dims. c. 8cm x 6cm) at the base. It is worn by cattle using it as a scratching post, and a chunk has cracked out of the N side, giving the top a pointed appearance. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-073 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in slightly undulating pasture (OD 91m/300ft), c. 125m to WNW of Slanemore Lodge. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped tree-ring or landscape feature and not as an antiquity. Annotated 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a modified oval-shaped, tree- ring and not as an antiquity. Monument described in 1980 as a roughly oval-shaped hillock (32m E-W; 24m N-S) with steep sides and a flat top enclosed by the remains of a low, slight bank and a narrow external drain at the foot. This naturally formed hillock has been modified whereby the upper edge appears to have been scarped as a landscape feature, probably when planted with trees. The scarp seems to have been defaced by digging at NW. There is a low mound of earth and stones within the W quadrant. There is no evidence that this was an earthwork prior to the planting of the trees. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted feature on Digital Globe aerial photography. The annotation of 'Fort' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map may suggest that this was an antiquity reused as a tree-ring in the post-1700 period. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-074 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a natural hillock, on the N side of a public road running NW-SE which truncates the monument at SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork, which is truncated by the public road at SW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a modified oval-shaped earthwork which has been truncated by the public road running across the SW quadrant. Monument consists of the remains of a raised roughly semicircular-shaped area (diam. 28m) defined by a low, earthen bank running roughly N-S at W and a second earthen bank (approx. H 1m; Wth 1m) running NE-SW across the NW side. At the NE end of the northern bank is a partially tree-lined curvilinear scarp visible from N-E-SE. The monument has been cut by the public road across the SW quadrant. The interior is highest at the centre and slopes gradually downwards in all directions. There is a shallow depression at the base of the slope at N. There is a depression in this field to E and another, larger semicircular-shaped depression, in the field opposite the public road, to S, which appear to be disused quarries. The presence of quarry holes in the vicinity of this monument may suggest that it was quarried and backfilled in antiquity to form the present much modified perimeter. Monument is visible as a roughly semi-circular-shaped partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached sketch plan of monument drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a slight rise, in relatively low-lying pasture, surrounded by gently undulating terrain. This area appears to have been liable to floods prior to drainage in the 1970s. A possible barrow (WM018-076----) lies c. 10m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a much smaller oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1975 as an oval-shaped area (29m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank is low and rises slightly above the interior but is higher on the exterior. The fosse is wide and shallow. The outer bank is also low and slight. No entrance is recognisable. Monument is visible as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-076 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on the SE side of a slight rise, in relatively low-lying pasture, surrounded by gently undulating terrain. This area appears to have been liable to floods prior to drainage in the 1970s. Ringfort (WM018-075----) lies c. 10m to NW. Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument described in 1975 as a penannular-shaped area (approx. dims. 18m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) defined by an inner fosse, an outer bank and open to SE. The inner fosse is wide, shallow and U-shaped and evident from SW-W-N-NE. The outer earthen bank is low, broad and grass-covered and also visible from SW-W-N-NE. There is no trace of an entrance. There are several drainage depressions and banks of possible drainage material in the vicinity. Monument is visible as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is undefined to SE, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the W edge of the summit of a large ridge running N-S, with extensive views in all directions. Rectangular-shaped enclosure (WM018-084----) lies c. 190m to SW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a well-formed oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1980 as a roughly circular-shaped area (34m NNE-SSW; 32m WNW-ESE) enclosed by an inner bank which is reduced to a scarp and a berm in places. A broad low earthen inner bank is present from NE-E-SE which is reduced to a scarp from SE-S-W-N-NNE. This inner scarp is higher and steeper from SSW-W-NW-NNW. A gap (approx. Wth 6m) in the bank at the NE may represent the original entrance. An outer berm-like feature is visible from SW-W-NW-NNW, having a flat top and a low scarp at its outer edge. There is no indication of a fosse. The interior rises irregularly towards the centre and is steepest to E and W. There are traces of old cultivation ridges running roughly E-W across the interior and similar ridges can be seen in the surrounding field. Monument is visible as a roughly circular-shaped earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-084 Moated site
  Description

  Situated on the W edge of the summit of a large ridge running N-S, with extensive views in all directions. Ringfort (WM018-077----) lies c. 190m to NE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular-shaped earthwork truncated by public road at SE. Annotated ‘fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Monument described in 1980 as the much modified remains of a roughly rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 57m NE-SW; 41m NW-SE) enclosed by a scarp which is incorporated into field fences along the NW, where it is best preserved and on the NE side. The monument is defined by a public road along of the SE side. The perimeter has been levelled to SW. A modern house is built within the W quadrant. The remainder of the interior has been ploughed to form the garden of the house plot. A low scarp runs NW-SE across the centre of the interior and is much disturbed. The site is no longer recognisable as an antiquity. Monument is visible as a much modified subrectangular-shaped earthwork occupied by a house plot, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), 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.

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

Name

Parcellstown

Area

2,929,627 m² (292.96 ha, 723.93 acres)

Civil parish

Templeoran, and its townlands

Barony

Moygoish

Electoral division

Portloman, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Clondardis, Coolnahay, Gaddrystown, Kildallan, Shanonagh, Slane Beg, Slane More

Placenames

Parcellstown 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.