Rathconrath

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathconrath, from 16 m² to 417,743 m² (41.77 ha, 103.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Rathconrath 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.

• 29 Feb 2024Conditional

  development which will consist of the demolition of existing timber sheds, change of use of the existing Garage to 1 bed community dwelling, alteration of external windows and door to existing garage, new ramp access for the new dwelling, new timber fencing outside existing garage, new Waste Water Treatment System, retention of existing timber fence to road boundary wall and ancillary works to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460055

• 19 Jun 2023Refused

  demolition of existing timber sheds, change of use of the existing garage to 1 bed dwelling, alteration of external windows and door to existing garage, new ramp access for the new dwelling, new timber fencing outside existing garage, new waste water treatment system. RETENTION of existing timber fence to road boundary wall and ancillary works to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2393

• 24 May 2023Conditional

  a Racing Stables & Yard at Rathconrath House, a "Protected Structure". The proposed development will consist of the following elements: 1) The demolition of existing, derelict and semi-derelict outbuildings and part of the garden wall. 2) The refurbishment of existing Carriage House and two agricultural sheds to its rear, including the partial re-roofing of Carriage House, opening of blocked-up apertures and installation of new, door and window joinery and conservation roof lights. Two agricultural sheds to be re-roofed in profiled, steel cladding to match existing slate roofs in colour. Carriage House and sheds to continue in their existing agricultural ancillary use. 3) The refurbishment, (re-pointing and weathering) of the wall of the Walled Garden. 4) The erection of two new stable blocks, comprising 24 stables, two Wash Bays, two Loose Boxes, a Feed Store, Tack Room, Haybarn, a 20m diam Horse-walker, 6 Isolation Loose Boxes. 5) Water Harvesting Tanks. 6) 15 Day Sealed, Effluent Tank. 7) Serviced Dungskip with run-off to sealed Effluent Tank. 8) Surface Water Soakpits. 9) New public road entrance and gateway. 10) Structured Stabilisation and weather protection of existing derelict Gatelodge and Field Cottage. 11) Re-planting of existing beech trees to be felled and creation of new, shelter belt with native Irish species. The proposed development will not involve any works or alteration to the existing domestic dwelling

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2375

• 30 Mar 2023N/a

  for a Racing Stables & Yard, a "Protected Structure". The proposed development will consist of the following elements: 1) The demolition of existing, derelict and semi-derelict outbuildings and part of the garden wall. 2) The refurbishment of existing Carriage House and two agricultural sheds to its rear, including the partial re-roofing of Carriage House, opening of blocked-up apertures and installation of new door and window joinery and conservation roof lights. Two agricultural sheds to be re-roofed in profiled steel cladding to match existing slate roofs in colour. Carriage House and sheds to continue in their existing agricultural ancillary use. 3) The refurbishment, (re-pointing and weathering) of the wall of the Walled Garden. 4) The erection of two new stable blocks, comprising 24 stables, two Wash Bays, two Loose Boxes, a Feed Store, Tack Room, Haybarn, a 20m diam Horse-walker, 6 isolation Loose Boxes. 5) Water Harvesting Tanks. 6) 15 Day Sealed, Effluent Tank. 7) Serviced Dungskip with run-off to sealed Effluent Tank. 8) Surface Water Soakpits. 9) New public road entrance and gateway. 10) Structured Stabilisation and weather protection of existing derelict Gatelodge and Field Cottage. 11) Re-planting of existing beech trees to be felled and creation of new shelter belt with native Irish species. The proposed development will not involve any works or alteration to the existing domestic dwelling

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2340

• 24 May 2021N/a

  Permission for a single storey pitched roof extension to the rear of the existing dwelling totalling 23sqm in area. The change of use of the existing domestic shed to use as a one bedspace community dwelling including associated alterations to the existing south and west facades. Alterations to the existing stone Northern boundary wall along the public road comprising the increase in height of an 18m long section from approx. 1.4m to 1.7m above road leave. Any site works associated with the above mentioned development

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 21284

• 4 Mar 2020Conditional

  To retain the demolition of the pre existing dwelling and associated outbuildings together with permission to retain the construction of the replacement dwelling and domestic garage as per constructed on site, permission is also sought to retain the construction of stone pillars and associated front boundary wall as per constructed on site and for all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206040

• 15 Aug 2019N/a

  of alterations carried out from that previously granted planning permission under file reference no 07/5393. Retention permission consists of the following (a) permission to retain the rear extension together with the additional floor area and rear porch all as per constructed on site. (b) to retain the renovations carried out to the outbuildings now used for domestic storage building. (c) to retain the revised number of windows on all elevations and (d) to retain the height of the stone pillars and walls as per constructed.

  Retention · Westmeath County Council, 196227

• 27 Jun 2019Conditional

  renovate existing cottage and to construct a storey and a half type extension located to the rear. Proposed renovations consist of replacing roof structure and to alter existing window design, Permission is also sought to upgrade existing site access and to install a waste water treatment system and associated soil polishing filter together with permission ot demolish existing front porch and for all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 196175

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 Rathconrath.

Recorded monuments

• WM018-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a prominent rise, in pasture, with excellent views to NW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped enclosure (dims. 29m N-S; 26.5m E-W) to S of Police Barracks with second building immediately to N. A circular-shaped earthwork is depicted on an estate map of Rathconrath dating from 1776 (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (026) ). Described in 1956 as a yard or garden possibly associated with the building depicted on the 1837 OS map (OPW Report 09/02/1956). Site of ringfort possible described in 1970 as no surface remains visible. Levelled ringfort visible as a D-shaped tree-planted area on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 24 January 2019

• WM018-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views except where limited SE-S-SW due to higher ground. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped bivallate enclosure (dims. 29m N-S; 26.5m E-W) with a structure or house site shown in the centre. A circular-shaped earthwork is depicted on an estate map of Rathconrath dating from 1776 (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (026) ). Bivallate ringfort described in 1970-72 as a roughly circular-shaped area (37m NW-SE; 31m NE-SW) enclosed by two substantial banks with intervening fosse. The inner bank is of earth and stone and has internal stone facing. The intervening fosse is wide and deep with a flat base. There are three large boulders in the fosse at SSE. The outer bank is of earth and stone and has evidence of internal and external stone facing. A gap (Wth at top 7m; basal Wth 3m) in the inner bank, a corresponding gap (Wth at top 3.6m; basal Wth 2m) in the outer bank and a causeway over the fosse at E represents the entrance. The outer gap is partly blocked by two large stones. The causeway appears to have been defined either side by a bank of earth and stone. The interior has a gentle ENE-facing slope. A house site (WM018-100001-) and a possible souterrain (WM018-100002-) are located within the SW quadrant. The remains of a linear bank of earth and stone are visible running N-S from the NE corner of the house site which represents an internal division. There are also vague traces of a similar bank running E-W from the NE corner of the house site toward the entrance of the ringfort. Monument visible today as a well preserved bivallate ringfort with house site and entrance feature clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-100001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views except where limited from SE-S-SW due to higher ground. In SW quadrant of ringfort (WM018-100----) are the remains of a large subrectangular-shaped area (dims. 11m NE-SW; 10m NW-SE) defined by a low earth and stone bank. Monument is visible as a grass covered house site on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-100002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views except where limited SE-S-SW due to higher ground. In SW quadrant of ringfort (WM018-100----) between the inner bank and a house site (WM018-100001-) are the remains of a subrectangular depression which may represent a collapsed souterrain. It may also be a small quarry, owing to a heap of up-cast at its SE side. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off summit of prominent hillock on W facing slope. No surface remains visible of levelled monument. No surface remains visible of levelled monument on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 05 February 2019

• WM018-150 Cist
  Description

  Cahill and Sikora (2011, 522-40) record that ‘in March 1990 a short cist containing a vessel and a cremation was discovered during ploughing near Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. The large capstone was displaced by the plough, revealing the chamber. The vessel was removed from the cist by the landowner for safekeeping and the find was reported to the NMI. A rescue excavation was carried out by Raghnall Ó Floinn and Stella Cherry. During the excavation, a second large stone, also displaced by ploughing, was noticed. It transpired that this was the capstone of a second cist, which was excavated the following week. The cist was located on a low rise in a field known as 'Racepark' in the townland of Rathconrath, mid-Co. Westmeath. According to the landowners, the Gibson-Brabazon family, the field had not been ploughed in living memory. The surrounding area is rich in early Bronze Age burials. Just over lkm to the south-west, in the townland of Glascarn, an early Bronze Age cist burial containing a cremation, an inhumation and a vase was excavated by Fionnbarr Moore in 1986. The cemetery at Sonnagh Demesne, excavated by Breandán Ó Ríordáin (Cahill and Sikora 2011,552-9), is just 5km to the north-east, and some 2.5km north-west of the site, in the townland of Davidstown, a number of inhumation burials were excavated by Eamonn P. Kelly in 1976 (Cahill and Sikora 2011, 201-3). Grave 1 The cist was trapezoidal in plan and its long axis was aligned south-east/north-west, with the wider end at the south-east. Internally it measured 0.94m long by 0.56m wide by 0.41m high. It was constructed of four slabs set on edge. The trapezoidal plan was exaggerated by the fact that the western side stone had been displaced by the action of the plough, as had its accompanying padstone. Padstones composed of smaller slabs were laid flat along each side, either overlapping or abutting the side stones. Two padstones were found laid diagonally across the southern and northern corners of the cist. The floor of the cist consisted of a single large slab, which had subsequently split in two, dipping towards the centre of the cist. This appears to have been placed in position before the side stones were put in place as it ran under the eastern side stone. The cist had originally been sealed by a tight-fitting capstone large enough to prevent spoil from slipping into the cist chamber. The capstone was suboval in shape, measuring 1.68m long by 1.14m wide. It bore two sets of grooves running roughly at right angles on its upper surface, probably made by ploughshares on previous occasions. At the time of excavation, the capstone lay to the south of the cist, partly covering the padstones on the southern side of the cist. There was no indication of the edge of the pit dug to receive the cist, but it appears that the pit walls lay under the padstones, which were not removed in the course of the excavation. The pit had been dug into a fine, dark grey sandy gravel (visible in the floor of the pit), and this, mixed with boulder clay, was found behind the side stones and under the padstones, where excavated. The cist contained the cremated remains of two adults, one male, and cremated animal (1991:142), accompanied by a tripartite bowl. According to the finders, the vessel was mouth upwards on the floor of the cist midway along the northern end. The cremation was untouched and no spoil had spilled into the chamber. The cremation consisted of an oval spread of burnt bone, placed centrally, measuring about 0.4m by 0.3m by 0.1 m in maximum height. The larger bones lay on top while the smaller were underneath, being concentrated in side of the spread. Some of the bone had fallen into the central crack in the floor The remains were examined by Laureen Buckley and found to represent a minimum of two individuals, both apparently adult, at least one being an older adult male. Grave 2 About 5m north-east of grave 1 a flat stone, less massive in size, had been displaced. According to the landowner, Mr Gibson-Brabazon, this was aligned roughly east/west, i.e. at right angles to the first cist. Investigation of an area measuring c.1.8m by 1.9m around its original position revealed a second stone, 3m of grave 1, with roughly the same orientation. This was revealed to be a second capstone of the cist, which had been undisturbed prior to excavation. The cist was rectangular in plan, with its long axis aligned east-north-east/west-south-west. Internally it measured 0.84m long by 0.51 m wide by 0.48m high. It was constructed of four main edge-set slabs, one forming each wall. The end stones inclined inwards from the base and were fitted neatly between the side stones. All the main slabs appeared to be of sandstone. The western end stone did not extend the full width of the cist, and three smaller stones, one above the other, filled the gap at its southern end. The floor was paved with a number of slabs, which had cracked and were sloped downwards towards the centre of the cist. There was a notable slope in the floor of the cist from north to south. The cist was apparently covered with two capstones, one above the other. The uppermost indicated the presence of the cist. This was suboval in shape, measuring 1.46m long by 1.08m wide. Below this was the second capstone, which measured lm long by 0.7m wide. Fragments of a large padstone were discovered resting on its upper surface at the north-eastern end, but these may have been disturbed on discovery. The cist contained the cremated remains of a young adult male and a juvenile (1991:144) accompanied by a bowl. As in the case of grave 1, no soil had infiltrated the chamber. The burial deposit consisted of two piles of cremated bone placed along the central axis, forming a figure of eight spread 0.7m long by 0.3m wide. Some of the cremated bone had fallen into the cracks in the paved floor of the cist. Some large pieces of charcoal were visible resting on top of the eastern concentration of bones. Further smaller pieces of burnt bone and dust had been washed through to the base of the deposit. Some of the bones in the western concentration were resting in a vertical position, others at an acute angle as if poured onto the floor of the cist from a container. The fragments of bone were much larger than those found in grave 1 and seemed to represent an adult. Each pile of bones was removed and bagged separately. The westernmost deposit contained the complete cremation of an adult male, while the eastern area consisted of the remains of an older juvenile or adolescent. The human remains from this site have not been dated, but the bowl from grave 1, on the basis of form and decoration, would be considered as a tripartite (variant) bowl. This unusual vessel is very similar to an unlocalised vessel illustrated by Ó Ríordáin and Waddell (1993, 212, no. 268). The bowl from grave 2 is a very typical tripartite bowl of similar style to those which Brindley (2007, 172-3) places in stage 1 of the development of bowl tradition pottery. This phase is dated to 2160-1980 BC. The bowl from grave 1 is most similar to vessels of Brindley's stage 3 series (2007, 174-5, 248-9) such as Lug, Co. Offaly, and Baggotstown, Co. Limerick. Stage 3 vessels are dated to 1980-1930/20 BC. A small quantity of animal bone was found in the cremation deposit from cist 1. This may represent the remains of the last meal of the interred or a symbolic offering to accompany the spirit on its final journey'. Date of upload : 13 August 2012

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. 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 Rathconrath with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Rathconrath · Ráth Conarta

Area

589,863 m² (58.99 ha, 145.76 acres)

Civil parish

Rathconrath, and its townlands

Barony

Rathconrath

Electoral division

Rathconrath, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlug, Ballyglass, Glascarn, Killahugh, Loughan, Rathtrim

Placenames

Rathconrath 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.