Shurock

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shurock, from 265 m² to 332,587 m² (33.26 ha, 82.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Shurock 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.

• 29 May 2026Conditional

  proposed change of house design from a Two Storey dwelling house which was previously granted full planning permission under Planning Reference No. PL23/60347 to a single storey dwelling House, detached Garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660287

• 8 May 2026N/a

  Proposed Change Of House Design From A Two Storey Dwelling House Which Was Previously Granted Full Planning Permission Under Planning Reference No. PL23/60347 To A Single Storey Dwelling House, Detached Garage, Entrance, Boundary Fence/Wall, Septic Tank With Percolation Area And All Ancillary Site Works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660233

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360352

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, detached garage, entrance, boundary fence/wall, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2360347

• 4 Feb 2023Refused

  a 525 square meter mechanical workshop & bus storage facility, wash-down and waste storage area, and all other associated site works, landscaping, and drainage

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360022

• 23 Jan 2023N/a

  Permission is being sought to retain existing vehicular entrance. The application will also include a 525 square meter mechanical workshop & bus storage facility, wash-down and waste storage area and all other associated site-works, landscaping and drainage.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360009

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a single storey dwelling and garage. The application will also include an effluent treatement unit, percolation area, revisions to existing entrance and all associated site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 22133

• 6 Oct 2021Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 21551

• 5 May 2020Refused

  Construction of a three-bedroom dwelling with garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area, new entrance, and all associated site works and drainage.

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 207071

• 16 Oct 2019N/a

  Erection of a dwelling house, new well, installation of an effluent waste water treatment system including a percolation system and all ancillary works on site

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197217

• 21 Mar 2019Refused

  Construction of a three-bedroom dwelling with garage, including an effluent treatment unit, percolation area, new entrance, and all associated site works and drainage

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197073

• 22 Jan 2019Conditional

  Construct a four bedroom dwelling with garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment unit, percolation area, revised entrance, and all associated site works and drainage.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 197015

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 177019

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: Ballynagarbry 001713

Recorded monuments

• WM030-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in pasture. A ringfort (WM030-055----) lies c. 130m to NW. Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small circular-shaped earthwork. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a small circular-shaped earthwork which is defined by a field boundary from E-S-SW. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-076 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on the summit of an esker ridge, in undulating pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork at a spot height of 356ft/109m OD. Not depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Monument is obscured by woodland on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a small rise, in undulating pasture, with good views to N, E and SE, overlooked by ridges to W and NW. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a roughly oval-shaped area (dims. 28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an inner bank and an outer scarp. The inner bank is present from SE-S-W-NW and is reduced to a scarp from NW-N-E-SE. It may have been straightened from NE-E-SE when the perimeter of the monument was cut by a public road running NNW-SSE. A short portion of a low stone outer bank is present from SE-S and this continues as an outer scarp from S-W-N. This outer scarp has traces of a rough dry-stone facing in places which may be a later feature. There are quarry depressions outside the perimeter at S and SE. There is no sign of an entrance. The interior is uneven and appears to have been disturbed in the relatively recent past. Monument is visible as a partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the upper S-facing slope of a ridge, in pasture, with good views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped tree-lined enclosure. Monument described in 1979 as a much disturbed oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank and external fosse with a later field boundary. The outer fosse survives from SW-W-N-NE but is much disturbed by a later field fence which encloses the perimeter all around. A laneway is located outside the field fence from NE-E. There are some trees on the edge of the perimeter indicating that the ringfort was modified into a much later tree-ring. The interior has a steep S-facing slope and there are traces of cultivation ridges running N-S across the W portion. The surface is very uneven and appears to have been quarried in the E and SE quadrants. There is a good deal of stone scattered on the surface of the perimeter including a sod-covered deposit dumped just inside the bank at SSE. Monument is visible today as a tree-planted earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on N-facing slope of a low ridge running E-W, in pasture, with good views to N. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as a slightly irregular D-shaped enclosure. Monument described in 1979 as a D-shaped area (dims. 37m NE-SW; approx. 26m NW-SE) defined by a curvilinear bank and by a field fence and laneway along the straight side to E. The bank is visible from SW-W-N-NNE and is best preserved where highest from NW-N. The bank is reduced to a scarp from SSE-S-SW. A modern field bank intersects the perimeter at NW. There is no sign of an original entrance, although there is a modern entrance gap at SW. The interior is level and featureless. Levelled monument is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-129 Architectural feature
  Description

  Shurock House now a ruinous building was the property of the Homan family who acquired this estate in the second half of the 17th century. An unusually tall three storey high ivy-covered tower standing in the middle of the S range of outbuildings to E of Shurock House contains three pointed windows incorporated into a single window embrasure at second floor level in the N and S faces of the tower. This tower appears to predate the range of outbuildings into which it is incorporated but does not appear to be medieval in date. It is possible that the tower and the windows may date from the 17th century but examination of the windows is impossible due to the dense cover of ivy on the building. The windows may be medieval in date and may have been taken from a nearby medieval church (WM030-045001-) at Labaun now Mount Temple. An Early Christian cross-inscribed slab (WM030-046----) had been taken from Labaun and temporarily kept at Shurock before being returned to the graveyard (WM030-045----) at Labaun. In the mid 1900s Harold Leask described this tower as 'between two ranges of farm building is an old tower which is portion of an old castle' (SMR file). It is possible that this tower was part of a late 17th century bawn which was later replaced by Shurock in the 18th century. However the upstanding remains of the tower do not appear to be any earlier than the late 17th century and are more likely to date from the 18th century. The windows are impossible to examine due to the dense cover of ivy. According to Leask they were a 'three light window of rough work and no cut stone' (SMR File). See attached sketch of tower and window drawn by Harold Leask taken from SMR file. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 05 August 2014

Architectural heritage

• Shurock House, country house, 1750–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey country house, built c.1760, with a later single-storey Gothic wing to the west having two-storey Gothic towers to either end (east and west), built c.1810. Now ruinous and largely overgrown with ivy. Roof now collapsed, probably originally pitched. Lime roughcast rendered walls having square-headed window openings to single-storey section, now boarded up. Rubble limestone construction to later Gothic wing having pointed-arched openings and clasping buttresses with quatrefoil motifs. Square-headed doorcase to the centre of the original building having a limestone surround with heavy architraves with a projecting keystone with fish-scale detail. Cut stone cornice over with pulvinated frieze. Quadrant walls run away from later Gothic block having pointed-arched niches. Complex of ruinous outbuildings to the east and west and former main entrance to the north (15403021). Located to the north of Moate.

• Shurock House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance gates originally serving Shurock House (15403020), erected c.1800, having four rubble limestone gate piers (on square-plan) comprising a central carriage entrance flanked to either side (north and south) by pedestrian entrances. Piers support wrought-iron gates. Sections of rubble limestone walling (on quadrant-plan) run away to the north and south. Located to the northwest of Shurock House and to the north of Moate.

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

Name

Shurock

Area

1,039,775 m² (103.98 ha, 256.93 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyloughloe, and its townlands

Barony

Clonlonan

Electoral division

Bellanalack, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydoogan, Ballynagarbry (mullock), Cappaghauneen, Cooleen, Dunegan, Dunlom West, Killachonna (clibborn)

Placenames

Shurock 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.