Shanonagh

Area

695,436 m² (69.54 ha, 171.85 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it, 517 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

Shanonagh

Planning applications on this parcel

• 3 Oct 2024Conditional

  construction of a single storey dwelling (199.9sq m), domestic garage (45.3sq m) and new domestic entrance onto public roadway. Permission is sought for the installation of a secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2460369

• 5 Aug 2020Conditional

  construct a two storey dwelling house and upgrade existing agricultural entrance to facilitate new domestic entrance onto the public roadway. Permission is also sought for the installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 206199

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 5 recorded monuments.

• WM018-133 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 63-4) as following: 'Roughly conical tumulus (Diam. 10.4m N-S x 8.9m E-W) with flattened summit and fairly well defined edge, up to 1.40m in height on N side; traces of a much-silted ditch are visible on the S and SE sides where it is up to 2.8m in width. Flattish summit of mound slopes down to NE, although the overall impression when seen from the SW end of the ridge is that the upper surface of the mound has been kept level in spite of the widely varying micro-topography. Mound is located on NE summit of striking glacial landform comprising a NE-SW running ridge with high points at NE and SW ends and a saddle between, the overall feature appearing like a small steep hill rising from the broad summit of a larger hill. Faint curvilinear earthworks on SW summit, 38m from the mound-barrow, appear to indicate the presence of one or two barrows (WM018-146----). The entire basal perimeter of this landform has been delimited by a low bank, scarp or step, outside which is a much-silted ditch, best preserved on the SE side where it is 2.5m in width. The enclosure thus formed is roughly D-shaped (c. 100m NE-SW x c. 80m NW-SE). A low bank, with a possible ditch on its uphill SE side, runs in a SW direction from a point 4.2m NW of mound-barrow obliquely down the slope of NW side of ridge; where best preserved, near its ENE end, this is c. 2.4m in width and rises c. 0.35m above the ‘ditch’. Clearest for a 37m stretch, this appears to terminate before reaching the perimeter of the D-shaped enclosure, but at its NE end aerial photographs on the OSI website suggest that it might continue past the mound-barrow, partly clipping off a sector of the D-shaped enclosure on the NW side. Running from midway along the best-preserved stretch of this bank towards the mound-barrow, but not connected to either, is another stretch of low bank, best seen on OSI aerial photographs. Material has been removed from various parts of the ridge for sand or top-dressing, leaving large hollows. Monument is located on hilltop in lush pastureland, and but for trees the view would be extensive in all directions. On a low hilltop in Ballynaclin townland c. 1km to NE, across the valley through which the Royal Canal passes, is an enormous hengiform or barrow-like monument (WM018-134----) with a mound and other internal features (McGuinness 2012, 36-7). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM018-133001 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  A natural glacial hillock the base of which has been scarped to form a possible D-shaped enclosure with two or three barrows (WM018-133----/146----) located in the NE and SE quadrant. Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 63-4) as following: 'Roughly conical tumulus (WM018-133----) with flattened summit and fairly well defined edge, up to 1.40m in height on N side; traces of a much-silted ditch are visible on the S and SE sides where it is up to 2.8m in width. Mound is located on NE summit of striking glacial landform comprising a NE-SW running ridge with high points at NE and SW ends and a saddle between, the overall feature appearing like a small steep hill rising from the broad summit of a larger hill. Faint curvilinear earthworks on SW summit, 38m from the mound-barrow, appear to indicate the presence of one or two barrows (WM018-146----). The entire basal perimeter of this landform has been delimited by a low bank, scarp or step, outside which is a much-silted ditch, best preserved on the SE side where it is 2.5m in width. The enclosure thus formed is roughly D-shaped (c. 100m NE-SW x c. 80m NW-SE). A low bank, with a possible ditch on its uphill SE side, runs in a SW direction from a point 4.2m NW of mound-barrow obliquely down the slope of NW side of ridge; where best preserved, near its ENE end, this is c. 2.4m in width and rises c. 0.35m above the ‘ditch’. Clearest for a 37m stretch, this appears to terminate before reaching the perimeter of the D-shaped enclosure, but at its NE end aerial photographs on the OSI website suggest that it might continue past the mound-barrow, partly clipping off a sector of the D-shaped enclosure on the NW side. Running from midway along the best-preserved stretch of this bank towards the mound-barrow, but not connected to either, is another stretch of low bank, best seen on OSI aerial photographs. Material has been removed from various parts of the ridge for sand or top-dressing, leaving large hollows. Monument is located on hilltop in lush pastureland, and but for trees the view would be extensive in all directions. On a low hilltop in Ballynaclin townland c. 1km to NE, across the valley through which the Royal Canal passes, is an enormous hengiform or barrow-like monument (WM018-134----) with a mound and other internal features (McGuinness 2012, 36-7). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 12 February 2019

• WM018-136 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in low-lying pasture, 115m NE of Tuitestown Lough. Tuitestown Castle depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building aligned N-S on its long axis standing in a small woodland. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as the outline of a rectangular-shaped with a short stretch of wall running E-W located 6m to the S of the SE corner of the castle. No castle is depicted in the townland of Tuitestown on the 17th century Down Survey map of Mullingar parish (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1641 the lands of Tuitestown belonged to Edward and Thomas Tuite who are both described as 'Irish papists' (ibid.). In 1662 after the Restoration Edward and Thomas Tuite opposed the claim of Lord Wharton to his claim on 'the castle, town and lands of Tuitestown' (Anon. 1871, Appendix 1, PRI rep. DK, 164). Poorly preserved remains of Tuitestown Castle described in 1980 as consisting of a long, rectangular-shaped area (approx. dims. 15m N-S x 7m E-W) defined by low sod-covered stone wall footings with evidence of internal dividing walls. A linear mound (approx. dims. 24m E-W; 11.5m N-S) of earth and stone to the immediate SE, represents the remains of a collapsed wall belonging to a possible bawn wall or some internal garden wall feature. The mound is of earth and stone with the corner of a wall constructed of carefully selected limestone laid in regular courses and bonded with mortar. To NW of the castle are the remains of another rectangular-shaped structure defined by low grass-covered wall footings. The remains of other walls and banks can be seen in the immediate vicinity. Salter described the castles as following; 'Base of tower with evidence of staircase to SE of footings of range with dividing walls. Base of third building to NW' (Salter 2004, 158). These three structures are enclosed within an uneven area which is defined by sod-covered wall footings and a wide, deep fosse to W and N. The NE corner of this enclosure is raised to form a small steep-sided mound. The precise route of the fosse is difficult to follow on the W side because of the presence of a possible field drain at this location. The curvilinear E side of the enclosure is formed by a modern drain or stream running down to Tuitestown Lough to S. There is a causeway entrance at N. There is a complex series of old banks and fosses in the fields to W and N which may be an old field system associated with the castle. The remains of the castle and field system with cultivation ridges and other earthworks are clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 February 2019

• WM018-136001 Bawn
  Description

  Situated in low-lying pasture, 115m NE of Tuitestown Lough. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a rectangular-shaped building aligned N-S on its long axis standing in a small woodland. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as the outline of a rectangular-shaped with a short stretch of wall running E-W located 6m to the S of the SE corner of the castle. Poorly preserved remains of Tuitestown Castle (WM018-136----) described in 1980 as consisting of a long, rectangular-shaped area defined by low sod-covered stone wall footings with evidence of internal dividing walls. A linear mound (approx. dims. 24m E-W; 11.5m N-S) of earth and stone to the immediate SE, represents the remains of a collapsed wall belonging to a possible bawn wall or some internal garden wall feature. The mound is of earth and stone with the corner of a wall constructed of carefully selected limestone laid in regular courses and bonded with mortar. To NW of the castle are the remains of another rectangular-shaped structure defined by low grass-covered wall footings. The remains of other walls and banks can be seen in the immediate vicinity. These three structures are enclosed within an uneven shaped area defined by sod-covered wall footings and a wide, deep fosse visible to W and N. The NE corner of this enclosure is raised to form a small steep-sided mound. The precise route of the fosse is difficult to follow on the W side because of the presence of a possible field drain at this location. The curvilinear E side of the enclosure is formed by a modern drain or stream running down to Tuitestown Lough to S. There is a causeway entrance at N. There is a complex series of old banks and fosses in the fields to W and N which may be an old field system associated with the castle. The remains of the castle and field system with cultivation ridges and other earthworks are clearly visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 12 February 2019

• WM018-146 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Possible ring-barrow described in 1981 as following; 'About 35m to the south of the bowl barrow (WM018-133----) and near the southern edge of the ridge is a low ring-barrow, consisting of a low flat central platform surrounded by a shallow fosse with a low bank outside. This barrow is sub-circular in outline and measures approx. 20m NW-SE by approx. 16m NE-SW. Small areas at the edge of the ridge at NE and SW have been quarried away' (SMR File). Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 64) as following: 'Very low relief, roughly circular earthworks 38m from a mound-barrow (WM018-133---) on SW summit of a striking and anciently embanked glacial landform, itself rising dramatically from a hilltop, appear to indicate the presence of one or two barrows. The northernmost example, which would be the smaller of the two (Diam. c. 5.5m), comprises a bank surrounding a hollowed area, as in a pond-barrow. The southern one is similar (Diam. c. 12.5m NE-SW) but with a possible low mound at the centre. In the absence of other visible evidence, other readings of these features are possible. It is worth noting that two separate ASI fieldworkers, who examined the site in 1980 and 1981, saw only a single oval barrow at this location, measuring c. 20m NW-SE x c. 16m NE-SW. The first account is given here: This is a small oval area outlined by the remains of a shallow and narrow fosse with a low outer bank of earth. The bank is rather poorly preserved but is visible from W-NNW & from NNE-E-S & from SE-E-W. It is situated on the top of the natural slope. The fosse is shallow & rather poorly preserved but is discernible all round. The interior is not raised above the ground outside & appears somewhat defaced. This appears to be a poorly preserved ring-barrow [SMR file]. The present writer examined the Tuitestown complex of earthworks on a single visit before having read these ASI accounts. As with other low visibility earthworks, further visits may force him to revise his interpretation'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

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).

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