Rattin

247 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rattin, from 27 m² to 530,513 m² (53.05 ha, 131.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 12 Mar 2026Refused

  change of use and modifications to previously granted (Planning file ref: 21/654) partially constructed domestic garage to one-bedroom residential accommodation and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660112

• 27 Feb 2026N/a

  a change of use of an existing previously granted (planning file ref: 21/654) partially constructed domestic garage to a converted one-bedroom habitable accommodation and all associated ancillary site services

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660081

• 2 Dec 2025Conditional

  a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2560594

• 25 May 2023Conditional

  a 26m2 extension to rear of my existing property. Revised design to existing bay window to front elevation. Revised design to existing front entrance door and canopy. Existing windows to be replaced with high performance windows with anthracite grey frames. All existing rainwater goods to be replaced. Envelope of dwelling to be wrapped in high performance insulation with render finish. 2no additional windows to west elevation. 1no additional window to east elevation. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360144

• 9 Dec 2021Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a dormer bungalow detached dwelling, detached garage, upgraded existing agriculture entrance off public road, proprietary tertiary treatment system and infiltration treatment area and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21654

• 21 Jul 2021Conditional

  Permission to construct a single storey extension to provide ancillary living area (71m2) to western side of existing dwelling and to construct a domestic garage and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21412

• 25 Jun 2019Conditional

  a 10 year permission for the construction of a Solar Farm PV Energy Development comprising installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field boundaries; underground cabling and ducting including along the R446, the L1007 and the L5008; 40 No. inverter/transformer units; 1 No. customer control building; 1 No. communications and storage building; site perimeter (stock-proof) security fencing; CCTV security cameras; new construction site entrance and road crossing point on the L5008, upgraded access points and internal site access tracks; section of asphalt road widening along the L5008 north of the R446 to facilitate construction access; landscaping including screen planting; and all associated site development works. A number of temporary construction compounds will also be provided

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196168

• 21 Nov 2018Conditional

  construction of a dormer type dwelling house, a detached domestic garage/fuel store, installation of an effluent treatment system/polishing filter and any associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186349

• 17 Sept 2018N/a

  construction of a dormer type dwelling house, a detached domestic garage/fuel store, installation of an effluent treatment system/polishing filter and any associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186285

• 7 Sept 2018Refused

  relocation of existing agri-store service from Kinnegad Town, the construction of a new agri-store building, new agri-store car-park and agri-store storage yard and construct new entrance to public road. Convert and upgrade existing agricultural yard and agricultural building to general agri-store storage yard and agri-store storage building and all associated works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 186276

• 29 Aug 2017Conditional

  construction of a walled silage pit and associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176238

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 Rattin.

Recorded monuments

• WM027-066001 Graveyard
  Description

  This graveyard was described in 1976 as 'Within the small graveyard enclosure only a portion of the S wall of the church (WM027-066005-) remains standing' (SMR file). This site was described in 1981 as 'A small D-shaped enclosure surrounded by a stone wall. Within is the S wall of a church, segment only survives to a height of 3m high, plain doorway and within a raised area gives the outline of the church. There are a number of modern grave slabs within the enclosure and there is also beside the gateway to the south the head and part of the shaft of a broken High Cross (WM027-066003-)' (SMR file). The site of Clonfad monastery (WM027-067001-) is marked on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map 235m to the NE. However it is possible that the graveyard may be located on the site of the monastery of Clonfad founded around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 December 2009

• WM027-066002 Cross - High cross
  Description

  Described by Harbison (1992, vol. 1, 47) as following; 'There are the remains of two crosses (WM027-066003-) on the site of the old monastery of Clonfad. The head and part of the shaft of a sandstone cross, 1.47m high and 1.02m across the arms. The shaft has a maximum thickness of 26cm. The north arm, which is broken, has been re-attached in modern times, and the south arm shows that the cross had a ring. There is a roll moulding around the edges, and a narrower raised rib inside it. The top of the cross is not symmetrical, and the triangular cap sits so easily upon it that it may not have belonged to the cross originally. The cross stands on a base which measures about 95cms by 85cms'. This high cross stands in the S quadrant of a graveyard (WM027-066001-). The site of Clonfad monastery (WM027-067001-) is marked on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map 235m to the NE. However the graveyard (WM027-066001-) may be located on the site of the monastery rather than in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. Date of upload: 3 December 2009 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

• WM027-066003 Cross - High cross
  Description

  Described by Harbison (1992, vol. 1, 47) as following: 'There are the remains of two crosses (WM027-066002-/3-) on the site of the old monastery of Clonfad. Close to the cross-fragment (WM027-066002-) is the lichen-covered shaft of a smaller cross, 52cm high, 27cm wide and 16cm thick. There is a panel of interlace on the south side, roll mouldings at the corners, and two holes on the north side'. An earlier site inspection carried out in 1976 records that this cross shaft is 'probably the 'standing stone' as marked' on the OS 6-inch map (SMR file). This high cross is located on the S side of a modern road to the S of a graveyard (WM027-066001-) and high cross (WM027-066002-). A monastery was founded here around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church (WM027-066005-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably located on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure (WM027-067001-) marked as ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 December 2009

• WM027-066004 Burial
  Description

  Described in 1980 as 'A small modern rectangular enclosure outlined by a modern wall of concrete blocks. This enclosure is open on the S side at the roadway and there is a smaller enclosure. There is a modern ringed cross erected in the enclosure at the junction of the larger and smaller. The stone cross has rope mouldings at the angles of the shaft. The stone base has an inscription on its S face - THIS CROSS MARKS THE SITE OF THE BISHOPS GRAVE A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE FROM EARLY TIMES ST ETCHEN BURIED IN THE CEMETERY FOUNDED THE MONASTERY OF CLONFAD HE ORDAINED ST COLMBKILLE TO THE PRIESTHOOD HE DIED 11TH FEB 577 THE MONASTERY WAS DESTROYED BY THE DANES IN THE 10TH CENTURY' (SMR file). The site of Clonfad monastery (WM027-067001-) is marked on the 1910 edition of the OS 6-inch map located c. 170m to the N and a church (WM027-066005-) high cross (WM027-066002-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) are located c.95m to the west. Clonfad monastery was founded here around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church (WM027-066005-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably built on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure marked as ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map.

• WM027-066005 Church
  Description

  The outline of a small rectangular building presumably a church standing in the centre of the graveyard (WM027-066001-) is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. This church was described in 1976 as 'Within the small graveyard (WM027-066001-) enclosure only a portion of the S wall (L 10m; Wth 5m; T 0.85m) of the church remains standing. This contains a S doorway of late segmental type arch. Doorway jambs rebated on W. This wall has been repaired and secured by the Co. Council? Traces of footings now mounded over and other walls can be seen. No further dressed stone can be seen'(SMR file). This building was described in 1981 as 'A small D-shaped enclosure surrounded by a stone wall. Within is the S wall of a church, segment only survives to a height of 3m high, plain doorway and within a raised area gives the outline of the church' (SMR file). Clonfad monastery was founded here around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably located on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure (WM027-067001-) marked as ‘Monastery’ c. 220m to the NNE on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Date of upload: 3 December 2009 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

• WM027-066006 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  The sub-circular form of the graveyard (WM027-066001-) possibly indicates the presence of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure (Swan 1988, 21). It is possible that the graveyard may be located on the site of the monastery of Clonfad founded around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 October 2015

• WM027-067001 Moated site
  Description

  This monument is annotated as ‘Monastery’ and depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a long rectangular building (WM027-067002-) aligned N-S standing in the centre roughly rectangular-shaped enclosure with damage to the enclosing element on the E side. A field boundary running N-S intersects the SE angle of the enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The monastery of Clonfad was founded in this townland around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church (WM027-006005-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably built on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure marked as ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. ‘Bishop’s Grave’ (WM027-066004-) 145m to the SSW. Church (WM027-066005-), graveyard (WM027-066001-) and two high crosses (WM027-066002-/003-) 225m to SW. In pasture on low natural rise of ground with good views in all directions. Square-shaped area (dims. 42m N-S; 43m E-W) defined by a substantial earthen bank with no visible traces of an external fosse. A large portion of the ENE end of the monument has been quarried away as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No visible entrance feature. No visible trace of any masonry in the enclosing bank. The four angles of the enclosure have high rounded corners similar to a moated site. Shallow depression in the NW corner of the enclosure may be the remains of quarrying. The grass-covered wall footings of the building (overall int. dims. c. 18.4m N-S; 4m E-W) depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map are visible off centre to the E. This building is aligned on a N-S axis and was divided internally by a wall now visible as a grass-covered bank at N end. This smaller chamber at the N end of the building measured internally 4.2m N-S by 4m E-W; the S chamber measured 14,2m N-S by 4m E-W. Although depicted as a ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map this earthwork may be the remains of a moated site or the enclosing earthwork of a medieval secular building (WM027-067002-) that is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 09 August 2013

• WM027-067002 Building
  Description

  This monument is annotated as ‘Monastery’ and depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a long rectangular building aligned N-S standing in the centre roughly rectangular-shaped enclosure (WM027-067001-) with damage to the enclosing element on the E side. A field boundary running N-S intersects the SE angle of the enclosure on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. The monastery of Clonfad was founded here around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen (Cogan 1870, 553). The church (WM027-006005-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) was probably built on the site of the monastery rather than the square-shaped enclosure marked as ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. ‘Bishop’s Grave’ (WM027-066004-) 145m to the SSW. Church (WM027-066005-), graveyard (WM027-066001-) and two high crosses (WM027-066002-/003-) 225m to SW. In pasture on low natural rise of ground with good views in all directions. Square-shaped area (WM027-067001-) defined by a substantial earthen bank with no visible traces of an external fosse. A large portion of the ENE end of the monument has been quarried away as depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. No visible entrance feature. No visible trace of any masonry in the enclosing bank. The four angles of the enclosure have high rounded corners similar to a moated site. Shallow depression in the NW corner of the enclosure may be the remains of quarrying. The grass-covered wall footings of the building (overall int. dims. c. 18.4m N-S; 4m E-W) depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map are visible off centre to the E. This building is aligned on a N-S axis and was divided internally by a wall now visible as a grass-covered bank at N end. This smaller chamber at the N end of the building measured internally 4.2m N-S by 4m E-W; the S chamber measured 14,2m N-S by 4m E-W. Although depicted as a ‘Monastery’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map this earthwork may be the remains of a moated site or the enclosing earthwork of a medieval secular building that is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 09 August 2013

• WM034-007 Earthwork
  Description

  Good level pasture with good views in all directions. Rattin Castle (WM034-008----) located 800m to E. No surface remains visible of any archaeological monument in area marked on 6-inch OS map. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Possible archaeological earthwork marked in this location on William Larkin's 1808 map of County Westmeath. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• WM034-008 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Rattin Castle was the residence of the D'Arcy family and in 1600 the castle was in the possession of Thomas Darcy Fitz Walter. A branch of this family lived in Hyde Park House, Killucan, Co. Westmeath, located 7.3km to the NE. The castle stands on elevated rising grassland with good views to the N and E with limited views to the W due to rising ground. Poorly drained peatland lies 650m to the S and W, with well drained grassland to the NW through N to E, Kinnegad River 280m to the N. Rattin (Raitin/unenclosed land, common?) Castle stands in the parish of Killucan, in the barony of Farbill, Co. Westmeath. It stands in the SE corner of Co. Westmeath, 700m N and 900m E of the border with Co. Westmeath. The town of Kinnegad lies 4.7km to the ENE and Milltown Pass lies 4km to the W. The village of Killucan, lies 8km to the N. Clonfad Monastery (WM027-067----) founded around the middle of the 6th century by St. Etchen and graveyard (WM027-066001-) stands 2.2km to the N. Clonfad Mill (WM034-037----) stands 1.4km to the NW. In the year 1600 a Crown pardon was granted to ‘Tho[mas]. Darcye fitz Walter, of Ratin, co. Westmeath’ (Nicholls 1994, Fiant No. 6397). No castle is depicted on the 1654 Down Survey map of Farbill barony, the terrier of the Down Survey Barony map stated that; 'There are likewise in this Barony the Castles of Heathestowne, Ballaguter Rattin Lisnabin and Clunicully being very small ones formerly and now quite demolished' (NLI MS 723-4). On the 1654 Down Survey map these lands belonged in 1640 to Nicholas Darcy of Platin Castle (ME027-003002-), Co. Meath. In 1671, Nicholas Darcy of Platin Castle, petitioned King Charles II stating; ‘that in consideration of his merits and sufferings, the King ordered his acquittal from the new quit-rents imposed on his estate by the Act of Explanation, and that by a mistake of the Auditor-General in drawing up a particular of the estate, the lands of Ballyeighter, Ballyoughtor, and Rattin in West Meath and Commonstown, being part of Plattin, also Moullaghtillin in Meath, were left out, so that the new quit-rent thereof, amounting to £27. 7s. 5d., was not included in the order of remittal, and praying supplemental orders for freeing the petitioner from the said quit-rent and the arrears thereof (Calendar of State Papers: Of the Reign of Charles II, 256-7). Ten years later in 1681 Nicholas Darcy leased the ‘castle-town, and lands of Rattin’ to James Clarke (Anon 1701, 120). In 1703 Ephraim Dawson of Dublin bought from the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates the town and lands of Clonfad containing 581 plantation acres profitable land and 114 plantation acres of bog, (941 plus 189, total 1,130 statute); Ratteen or Rattin 277 plantation acres profitable land and 154 plantation acres unprofitable, (449 plus 252, total 701 statute); Ballyoughter (Balloughter or Hightown) 474 plantation acres profitable land and 305 acres unprofitable (768 plus 494, total 1,262 statute); for £3,490; it was the estate of Nicholas D’Arcy of Platten, Co Meath, attainted. Nicholas D'Arcy of Platten was in the Jacobite army where he served in Lord Dongan's Dragoons, he was wounded in Derry and attainted in 1691 (D'Alton 1855, 158). In 1902 the castle was drawn by the Reverend William Falkiner, The Rectory, Killucan, County Westmeath (https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000154094). In this drawing the NW wall of the castle is shown to be intact with a tall diagonal-shaped chimney stack of 17th-century appearance rising from the top of the SW wall of the castle. Only the lower courses of this chimneystack survives today. An ITA photograph from 1942 of Rattin Castle (https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000577675) shows the intact chimneystack rising from the SW wall of the castle indicating that the N corner of the castle along with the tall chimneystack collapsed sometime after 1942 (NLI, NPA ITA 1535 (Box VIII)). The castle was described by Casey and Rowan (1993, 368-9) as a; 'Massive and imposing tower house. One of the largest and plainest isolated towers in Midhe [Meath], now ruinous, with little or no surviving cutstone detail. Four storeys rise from a battered base and the thick walls are honeycombed with mural chambers, stairs and passages, especially on the E side, where a number of separate and substantial long vaulted rooms remain. Here some traces of wickerwork centering survive. By the c17 the castle was in the hands of Nicholas D'Arcy of Platten in Co. Meath. The manor of Rathwire (WM020-125001-) had been granted to John D'Arcy of Platten in 1336, and the lands of Rattin may well have been part of the same grant; so the castle may be of the mid-c 14, though whether it was built by the D'Arcys or by their Westmeath tenants is not clear' (Cal. Patent Rolls Edw. III, 1334-8, 94). According to Wheelock (2008); 'Sir John D’Arcy, 1st Baron D’Arcy de Knayth was the first of the family to be granted lands in Ireland. He was a loyal servant of the crown having fought at Halidon Hill (1333) and Crecy (1346), and acted as Justiciar of Ireland between 1332 and 1344. He was granted lands by Edward III, including the Manor of Rathwire in county Westmeath; the lands had formally been held by Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl March. The D’Arcy family of Hyde Park were descended from Sir John and his second wife Joan de Burgh, widow of Thomas Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Kildare'. Rattin Castle was described by Salter (2004, 154) as; ‘originally built probably in the 15th century this tower measured 9.9m square over walls 1.6m thick except on the NE side where a thickness of 2.2m was required to accommodate a stair rising up from an entrance doorway facing SE. There were five storeys, the third level being a low loft under an unusually wide vault, now gone. In a 16th century remodelling the tower was given a new battered base and extended at the SE to provide a tier of mural chambers there and a new entrance, thus increasing its basal dimensions to 13.8m by 11m. In the 17th century the castle was held by Nicholas D'Arcy of Platten but it may originally have been built by a tenant of the D'Arcy family’. Present remains consist of a square-shaped 4-storey high 14th/15th century castle (int. dims. 6.45m NE-SW; 6.75m NW-SE; wall T 1.6m) aligned SE-NW with rounded corners that was extended to the SE possibly during the second half of the 16th century or early 17th-century. The S and E corners of the extended castle are square-shaped while the N and W angles of the castle are rounded. A straight joint is visible off centre to the S in the SW wall of the castle where the tower was extended to the SE. Most of the external window surrounds have been robbed out as well as the cut and dressed quoin stones on the S and E angles at ground level only. From first floor level upwards the alternating long and short quoins are intact on the S and E angles only. The walls stand to nearly their full height and are constructed with random rubble. The earlier NW section of the castle has rounded corners with no base batter while the SE end of the castle has square-corners with a prominent high base batter visible. The tower is entered through a broken out doorway located near E end of SE wall, door surrounds missing, which leads into a lobby area with remains of a murder hole directly above entrance into castle and stone-vaulted guard-chamber off lobby to S. The vaulted guard-chamber is lit by a broken out window ope located off centre to S in the SE wall. A second window directly opposite in the NW wall of the guard-chamber provides a view into the main chamber of the ground floor. A small wall niche or cupboard is visible in the W corner of the SW wall of the guard-chamber. Wicker centring visible on vault over the guard-chamber. The SE side of the castle stands four storeys high with a stone vault over the ground floor of this wing of the castle which was an extension to the earlier castle in the 16th-17th century. The main chamber

• WM034-008001 Bawn
  Description

  In elevated rising grassland with good views to the N and E with limited views to the W due to rising ground. Poorly drained peatland lies 650m to the S and W, with well drained grassland to the NW through N to E, Kinnegad River 280m to the N. Rattin (Raitin/unenclosed land, common?) Castle stands in the parish of Killucan, in the barony of Farbill, Co. Westmeath. No castle is depicted on the 1654 Down Survey map of Farbill barony (NLI MS 723-4). On the 1654 Down Survey map these lands belonged in 1640 to Nicholas Darcy. In 1681 Nicholas Darcy leased the ‘castle-town, and lands of Rattin’ to James Clarke (Anon 1701, 120). Rectangular 4-storey high 15th century tower house (WM034-008----) aligned SE-NW with rounded corners that was extended to the SE possibly during the second half of the 16th century. A geophysical survey carried out in 2009 identified the sub-surface remains of a possible levelled bawn wall enclosing Rattin Castle (Gibson & O’Rourke 2009). According to the findings of the survey a deep trench marks the outline of the levelled bawn wall and a small (dims. 12m x 16m) rectangular shaped anomaly located at N side of the bawn ditch may be the remains of a gatehouse guarding the entrance into the levelled bawn of the castle. An earlier site inspection from 1976 recorded the presence of earthworks to the E of the castle and the remains of a double-banked causeway to the N running from W-E (SMR File). This double-banked causeway feature represents the remains of the old road depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map which is visible on the 2011 aerial photographs on Bing Maps (www.bing.com/maps/). In 1837 the Ordnance Survey recorded the local belief that this road was known as an ‘old military road’ (SMR File). On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map an old road was depicted running in the field to the N of the castle, this road has been re-aligned and a new road runs E-W to the S of the castle. The earthwork of this old road can be seen on Bing Maps aerial photographs taken between 06/07 November 2011 (www.bing.com/maps/). See attached screenshots of the 3D model of Rattin Castle created by Ian McAuley. 3D model of the castle can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at : https://skfb.ly/6oCEE See attached Geophysical results showing outline of bawn around Rattin Castle courtesy of Gibson & O’Rourke 2009 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2013

• WM034-023 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A single stake (L 0.36m; diam. 0.04m) set at 70°. It has a degraded wedge point and SMR WM034-024---- lies 2.4m to the SW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-024 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Twenty pieces of mixed brushwood (Wth 1.52m; D 0.43m). The majority of the pieces are parallel and closely set. Six pieces are scattered at a lower level. The wood is in poor condition and there is a single metal-cut toolmark evident. The main body of the site lies within poorly humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. The lower elements sit in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. SMR WM034-023---- is located 2.4m to the NE and SMR WM034-025---- lies 3.6m to the SW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-025 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A deposit (Wth 1.01m; D 0.27m) of irregularly laid light brushwood, occasional twigs and a possible peg. The peg is located to the NE of the main deposit and is set at 85°. The wood is in poor condition and there is a metal-cut toolmark on the end of the roundwood. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with pockets of Eriophorum. SMR WM034-024---- lies 3.6m NE and SMR WM034-026---- lies 4.6m SW of this site. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-026 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Four pieces of mixed brushwood and two light roundwoods (Wth 0.88m; D 0.18m). The elements are closely set and parallel. The wood is in moderate condition and lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat. This site is 0.15m above the NE extent of SMR WM034-030---- and SMR WM034-025---- lies 4.6m to the NE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-028 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  The site (Wth 0.55m; D 0.07m) is orientated E-W and consists of fourteen pieces of mixed brushwood and occasional twigs. The elements are closely and regularly laid. The wood is in poor condition and there is a single metal-cut chisel point. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-029 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A deposit (Wth 1.02m; D 0.1m) of light brushwood and occasional twigs. The brushwood is closely spaced and regularly laid. Most of the elements run NE-SW but one piece is perpendicular to these. Directly beneath this material is a lens of gravel (Wth 0.4m; D 0.06m). The wood is in very poor condition and lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-030 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  The site (Wth 1.8m; D 0.3m) is orientated E-W and consists of a dense, compact deposit of light brushwood, twigs and one roundwood. The majority of the brushwood is longitudinally laid with the twigs occurring both in small beds and scattered throughout the deposit. The site slopes downwards to the NE where a number of irregularly laid, outlying pieces of brushwood are present. Amongst the wood species identified are alder, birch, ash and willow. The wood is in moderate condition and lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat. SMR WM034-026---- is 0.15m above the NE extent of this site. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-031 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  The site (L 3.74m min.; Wth 1.23m min.; D 0.1m) is orientated NE-SW and consists of a hurdle panel of approximately twenty transverse sails (diam. 0.015-0.05m) which occur in groups of two or three. Woven around the sails are approximately ten rods (diam. 0.02-0.04m). The site rises slightly at its SW extent where there are a further six possible sails. The wood is in moderate condition and there are a number of metal-cut toolmarks present. Nineteen pieces were identified as hazel. This site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. Radiocarbon dated to 2113-1740 cal. BC (UCD0207). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-032 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  The site (L 2.62m min.; Wth 1.09m; D 0.06m) is orientated E-W and composed of six closely spaced, longitudinal roundwoods (diam. 0.07-0.13m). The wood is in good condition and there is a single chisel point evident. The site lies in poorly humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-033 Structure - peatland
  Description

  An irregular deposit (Wth 0.78m; D 0.12m) of mixed brushwood and occasional twigs. The elements are closely laid but have no clear orientation or structure. The wood is in poor condition and lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum and ericaceous remains. This site lies 0.38m below SMR WM034-034----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-034 Structure - peatland
  Description

  A deposit (Wth 1.44m; D 0.18m) of mixed brushwood and occasional twigs. The brushwood is closely spaced and regularly laid in two separate groups orientated NE-SW and N-S. Irregularly laid brushwood and twigs are interspersed between these groups. The wood is in very poor condition and lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with ericaceous remains. This site lies 0.38m above SMR WM034-033----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-035 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Four pieces of light brushwood and four light roundwoods (L 2.2m min.; Wth 1m; D 0.35m). The elements are closely laid and predominantly parallel, although two pieces of brushwood and one roundwood run perpendicularly to these. The wood is in good condition and lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum. This site lies 4.1m SW of SMR WM034-036----. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 July 2013

• WM034-037 Mill - corn
  Description

  Unlocated corn mill in the townland of Rattin that is mentioned in the terrier of the 1659 Down Survey map of Farbill Barony. The terrier of the 1659 Down Survey barony map records that there was in 'Clonafad [Clonfad] one Cornmill' (NLI, MS 723-4). On the Down Survey map of Farbill barony the present townland of Rattin is depicted as Clonfad. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map there is a Corn Mill depicted in an area annotated as 'Clonfad' located 835m SW of Clonfad church (WM027-066005-) and graveyard (WM027-066001-) and 1.4km NW of Rattin Castle (WM034-008---). It is possible that this building may have been the corn mill mentioned in the 1659 Down Survey or that this mill marked in the area of 'Clonfad' was built on the site of an earlier mill. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 August 2013

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 Rattin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.

Name

Rattin · Raitin

Area

6,187,869 m² (618.79 ha, 1,529.06 acres)

Civil parish

Killucan, and its townlands

Barony

Farbill

Electoral division

Griffinstown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Baltigeer (Co. Meath), Cappaboggan (Co. Meath), Clonfad, Derryhinch (Co. Meath), Griffinstown, Killaskillen (Co. Meath), Lowtown Or Balleighter, Monganstown, Pass Of Kilbride

Placenames

Rattin 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.