Rathmore
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacnevan, barony of Moygoish, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 115744
- Area
- 76,481 m² (7.65 ha, 18.9 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 430 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
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.
- WM018-002 Ringfort - rath
Description
Levelled ringfort situated on SW-facing slope of a gently sloping hill, in pasture with good views to S, SW and W. A ringfort (WM017-003----) lies c. 80m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 42m N-S; 37m E-W) intersected at WNW by a townland boundary running NE-SW. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped enclosure with a small circular feature outlined by a scarp at the centre, which may represent a house site (WM018-002001-). Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is open to E. Upstanding monument described in 1963 as an 'old farmyard. Rather nondescript enclosure (43 paces across NW-SE) on ground falling to SW. Upper (NE) end is undefined but lower end (SW) is banked up (with small field stones, etc) to make a level space. Foundations of small approximately square building (9-10 paces each way) in the middle' (OPW Field Report 30/03/1966). Monument levelled between 1966 and 1970 when it was described as a completely levelled circular earthwork (approx. diam. 30m) defined by a clayey band (Wth 2.5m) of differential growth which contrasts with the surrounding pasture and is likely to represent a backfilled fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. Parts of the interior have been skimmed away. Fragments of charcoal and bones are visible in the disturbed soil. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019
- WM018-002001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Levelled ringfort situated on SW-facing slope of a gently sloping hill, in pasture with good views to S, SW and W. A ringfort (WM017-003----) lies c. 80m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map as a circular shaped enclosure (WM018-002-----) with a small circular feature outlined by a scarp at the centre, which may represent a house site. No surface remains visible of levelled square-shaped house site inside levelled ringfort. Upstanding monument described in 1966 as an 'old farmyard. Rather nondescript enclosure (43 paces across NW-SE) on ground falling to SW. Upper (NE) end is undefined but lower end (SW) is banked up (with small field stones, etc) to make a level space. Foundations of small approximately square building (9-10 paces each way) in the middle' (OPW Field Report 30/03/1966). Monument levelled between 1966 and 1970 when it was described as a completely levelled circular earthwork defined by a clayey band of differential growth which contrasts with the surrounding pasture and is likely to represent a backfilled fosse. Fragments of charcoal and bones are visible in the disturbed soil. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 2019
- WM018-003 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on SW facing slope of a ridge running NW-SE, in pasture with extensive views to S, W and NW, overlooked by higher ground to NE and E. A ringfort (WM017-002----) lies c. 80m to NW. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork located within a small, roughly square-shaped field. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a penannular-shaped earthwork which is open to SE and enclosed by field boundaries to NW, NE and SE. Described in 1980 as a roughly broad oval-shaped enclosure (dims. 33m E-W; 27.5m N-S) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and berm-like feature, an intervening counterscarp and an outer scarp. The enclosing elements have been levelled from SE-S-SW. The inner bank is low, poorly preserved and reduced to a scarp which is quite high and steep from WSW-W-N-E yet has been reduced to a very faint, low scarp, where levelled out from ESE-S-WSW. A flat, intervening fosse is present from WNW-N-E-SE and appears to have been backfilled to form a berm-like feature from SW-W-WNW. A low intervening counterscarp is also present outside the berm from SW-W-WNW. An outer, more irregular scarp is present from SW-W-NNE and may be an old field bank. There is no obvious sign of an entrance. A gap (Wth at top 4.50m; basal Wth 1.8m) in the bank at N is due to modern disturbance. The interior has a gentle S-facing slope and has an uneven surface. Modern field walls are located just outside the perimeter to NW, NE and SE. Monument is visible today as a tree-lined penannular-shaped earthwork, which is open to SE, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 January 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
- 82.8 ha
- 205 acres
- Land parcels
- 5
- registered freehold, median 105,979 m² (10.6 ha, 26.19 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmore, from 9,459 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres) to 422,453 m² (42.25 ha, 104.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathmore 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
No planning application touches the townland of Rathmore 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.
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 Rathmore.
Recorded monuments
- WM011-116 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise, overlooked by a high hill to the E, in gently undulating grassland, with good views to NW & S. An oval shaped area (diam. 25m NW-SE; 27m NE-SW) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4m). Both the inside and outside of the bank have remains of dry stone masonry and slabs laid on edge or upright. There is a possible entrance gap at S (Wth 2.3m). The interior slopes from NE-SW and has traces of cultivation ridges which run NNW-SSE. A circular house site (WM011-116001-) is visible in the centre. A low bank extends from the N side of this house site towards the perimeter of the monument, and a second fragmentary bank extends to S from the hut. Low sub-circular platform (WM011-172----) in field 40m to WSW which may be the remains of an archaeological monument or could be associated with old quarry depression immediately adjacent to the platform. A second low sub-circular shaped earthwork (WM011-171----) in field 30m to SSW may be the remains of a levelled ringfort. Compiled and revised by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 21 November 2017
- WM011-116001 Hut site
Description
Situated on a slight natural rise, overlooked by a high hill to the E, in gently undulating grass-land, with good views to NW & S. In the centre of a ringfort (WM011-116---) are the grass-covered wall footings of a horseshoe-shaped hut site (approx. int. dims. 5.2m N-S) defined by a bank of earth and stones (Wth 2m; H 0.5m) extending in an arc from SE-W-NNE. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 28 August 2017
- WM018-158 Earthwork
Description
Situated on low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Ringforts (WM011-116----; WM018-159----) 38m to E and 35m to SSE respectively. Kilmacnevan church (WM011-115---)and graveyard (WM011-115001-) 90m to NW. Roughly oval-shaped platform (approx. diam. 14m) defined by a low bank mainly reduced to a scarp with slight remains of an external fosse. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 December 2017
- WM018-159 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on low rise of ground with good views in all directions. Ringfort (WM011-116----) 30m to N, earthwork (WM018-158----) 35m to NW. Kilmacnevan church (WM011-115----) and graveyard (WM011-115001-) 150m to WNW. Roughly circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m) defined by a scarp and slight remains of an external fosse which is intersected at SE by field boundary running NE-SW. Possible remains of a levelled ringfort. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 December 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmore.
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 Rathmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmore
- Area
- 827,773 m² (82.78 ha, 204.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacnevan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moygoish
- Electoral division
- Sonna, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintue, Calliaghstown, Davidstown, Irishtown, Kilmacnevan, Laragh, Rathduff
- Placenames
- Rathmore 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.