Ringstown

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ringstown, from 2,291 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres) to 799,331 m² (79.93 ha, 197.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Ringstown 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.

• 18 Jul 2024Conditional

  construction an agricultural slatted shed (1021sqm), loading pen (160sqm), cattle crush (24.5sqm) and silage pit (1737sqm) and all associated site works at the above address

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2460257

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  demolition of 71sqm rear extension and construction of 412sqm two storey extension to side and rear elevations to create 6 bedroom dwelling. Including new septic tank and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22310

• 30 May 2022N/a

  demolition of 71sqm rear extension and construction of 412sqm two storey extension to the side and rear elevations to create 6 bedroom dwelling. Including new septic tank and associated site works.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 22290

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Derravaragh SPA 004043
• Natural Heritage Area: Lough Derravaragh NHA 000684

Recorded monuments

• WM007-085 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on the E shoreline of Lough Derravaragh, immediately W of the townland boundary with Streamstown, in the S corner of the townland of Ringstown. Depicted as a circular shaped earthwork (diam. c. 38m) on the 1st. ed. OSi 6-inch map, but not indicated on subsequent editions of the OSi historic maps. Faint outline of cropmark of circular-shaped earthwork visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 21 November 2022

• WM007-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  There is no paper file in the ASI archive for this monument. In poorly drained grassland with ringfort (WM012-020----) 360m to W. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 30m). Outline of levelled or degraded monument visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 August 2023

• WM007-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture on SE facing slope of rising ground with ringfort (WM007-092----) 160m to ESE. A sub-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 26m N-S; 29m E-W) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank mainly reduced to a scarp and external fosse visible from SE-S-W-N. Ringfort intersected by a field fence and drain from N-E-SE which forms townland boundary with Milltown. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 April 2017

• WM007-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture-land on SE facing slope of a steep hill. Ringfort (WM007-092----) 275m to N. Lough Derravaragh 800m to SW. A circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 50m N-S) enclosed by an almost completely levelled earthen bank (H 0.2m) from SW-N-E. A post-1837 trackway bisects the site from NW-SE. A field fence running ENE-WSW which marks the townland boundary with Streamstown intersects the site at S. A roadway running N-S , which also marks the townland boundary with Streamstown intersects the site at SE. It is likely that the enclosing element of the ringfort at S and SE extended beyond the townland boundary. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 April 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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).

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

Name

Ringstown

Area

971,419 m² (97.14 ha, 240.04 acres)

Civil parish

Faughalstown, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Faughalstown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Faughalstown, Milltown, Streamstown

Placenames

Ringstown 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.