Rathmore

Area

352,563 m² (35.26 ha, 87.12 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it, 379 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

Rathmore

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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.

• WM011-118 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, surrounded by grassland with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Ringfort (WM011-117---) 350m to NW. Ringfort (WM011-119----) 380m to NE. A large, raised roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam 46m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank and a wide external fosse. The inner bank has several disturbance gaps, and the fosse is best preserved at S & E. There is an entrance gap at NE and causeway (Wth 5.7m; H 1m) across the fosse. The interior rises towards the centre, where a hay-shed has been built and occupies most of the NW side interior which is clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. A large perforated stone is visible in the SE quadrant. Field fences intersect the monument at NNW & S. See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 August 2017

• WM011-119 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight natural rise surrounded by gently undulating grassland. Ringfort (WM011-118----) 380m to SW. Nunnery (WM011-121---) 135m to SE. A slightly raised sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 30m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by a two poorly preserved earthen banks and intervening fosse. The inner bank has several disturbance gaps and has dry-stone walling on its inner face at ESE, and the outer counterscarp bank is fragmentary also. There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) in the inner bank at S, a causeway (Wth 4.4m; H 0.3m) across the fosse and corresponding entrance gap (Wth 1.4m) in the outer bank. There is another possible entrance gap at E (Wth 1.4m). The interior rises towards the centre where an ESB pole has been erected, and a low mound which has been partially dug away exposing some small loose stones. Earthworks of uncertain date visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011 to S & N, although the S earthworks may be an extension of the earthworks around castle (WM011-120---). See attached profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 August 2017

• WM011-121 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on low-lying undulating grassland, 30m E of Balroe Bridge. Ringfort (WM011-119---) 135m to NW. Laragh Castle (WM011-120----) 200m to SW. Ringfort (WM011-122---) 75m to NE. The Royal canal is 50m to E with stream immediately to W. Depicted as a rectnaguar shaped building aligned E-W on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and annotated as a ‘Nunnery’. On the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map only the E gable of the 'Nunnery' is depicted as upstanding suggesting that most of the building was levelled between these two dates. In 1978 the site was described as consisting of a rectangular shaped area defined by grass-covered wall footings (approx. diam 6m N-S; 16m E-W). An ASI site report from 1980 recorded that this site has been levelled, with pieces of masonry lying against a nearby field fence. A farm road now crosses the site which is visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 August 2017

• WM011-122 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent hillock surrounded by gently undulating grassland with extensive views. Ringfort (WM011-119----) 210m to W and Nunnery (WM011-121---) 75m to SW. The Royal Canal and Balroe Bridge is 40m to W. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a large circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. 40m) but not depicted on the revised 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. This site has been substantially levelled. Monument no only visible as a raised scarp curving from SSW- W and from NE-E, enclosed by a wide shallow fosse and outer bank. The interior has depressions caused by quarrying. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 August 2017

• WM018-001 Penitential station
  Description

  Monument located beside the crossroads of Laragh, overlooking Kilmacnevan Church (WM011-115----) and graveyard (WM011-115001-) 550m to the W. Situated on the Hill of Laragh with commanding views in all directions. Penitential station located beside road with access for public via steps built into the roadside wall at SSE. Roughly rectangular-shaped flat-topped grass-covered mound of earth and stones with stone revetment or facing clearly visible on SE side. Stone chair (dims. 0.45m x 0.5m x 0.4m) built into SE face of mound known locally as 'St Patrick's Chair' (ASI Field Report). Statue of St. Patrick standing inside concrete shelter located 8m to SE. Earthworks in field to E appear to be the result of post-1700 quarrying. According to the Estate Records of William Meade Smythe there was a local tradition that, 'St. Patrick when on his journey to Usnagh crossed this hill, and when he reached the top or highest summit he rested. There is a resemblance of a rude chair, where he seated himself. I have heard it stated that people used to visit this chair and seat themselves in it to obtain a cure for pain or hurted back. I was told by a man now long dead that there was a cross erected here just beside the chair he told me he saw portion of the cross' (http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/westmeath/land/legends.txt). Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 66) as following: 'Roughly pointed-oval or eye-shaped mound (10m x 5.5m), its long axis running ENE-WSW, revetted by slabs of stone and dry-walling up to 1m in height, possibly ancient, with a roughly constructed stone chair at edge on SE side. Central part of mound rises slightly above revetment. A small modern statue of St. Patrick in a concrete shelter stands a short distance to SSE. Stone chair is named after St. Patrick and resembles a rough stone chair constructed beside a mass-rock in Rathduff townland about 1km to S. Mound lies at cross-roads and road clearly curves around it on N side, indicating its presence here when the infrastructure was developed. Although this mound cannot be classified as a prehistoric barrow on the basis of its current appearance, and has clearly functioned in and been shaped by recent pilgrimage tradition, it is nonetheless located near the summit of the prominent Hill of Laragh 1km to NW of a genuine mound-barrow or cairn (WM018-004---) and conceivably represents an altered or reused burial mound'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

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 10 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.

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