Slane Beg

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Slane Beg, from 1,166 m² to 187,642 m² (18.76 ha, 46.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Slane Beg 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.

• 13 Feb 2026Refused

  The development will consist of permission to construct a single-storey dwelling (91.65 sq m) and to upgrade the existing agricultural entrance to a domestic vehicular entrance. Permission is also sought for the installation of a wastewater treatment system and associated polishing filter, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 2660049

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  construction of (I) Cubicle shed with slatted tank (ii) Loose shed extension and all associated site works. Permission for retention of office building

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2560275

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  construct a milking parlour with drafting/collecting yard, cubicle shed with slatted tank , silage slab and over ground slurry tower and all associated site works

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 196298

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 Slane Beg.

Recorded monuments

• WM018-016 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Surveyed in 2013 and described by McGuinness (2014, 61) as following: 'Severely eroded tumulus, once circular or oval as marked on the OS 6” map but now dramatically eaten away to expose deep soil on all sides, apparently by grazing animals and subsequent weathering, giving the appearance of a berm surrounding a central column of soil, preserved only due to the shelter and root-support afforded by thorn trees. Intact central part of mound rises up to 2m above berm on SW side; overall height of central part of mound over external ground, that is to say ground level beyond the berm, is 2.6m on N side. On account of its current state, diameter of mound is unobtainable but can be estimated as 16m+. Where it has been damaged and its material exposed, it can be seen to be predominantly earthen with some small stones. Outer edge of mound and surrounding berm is best defined on E half; on NW side of mound and partly eating into its perimeter is an irregular shaped pit (13m x 12m), possibly an old quarry. Monument is located on a low hilltop in pastureland with excellent view to N and NE, Frewin Hill being prominent to NE; views to E, S and W are currently blocked by trees. A long fence comprising a bank and ditch, the line of which can be traced for over 2km on the OS 6” map, runs NW-SE past SW side of mound and from OS 6” map appears to have originally clipped or passed over edge of mound, although poor current state of mound precludes knowledge of its original extent on this side. This fence forms the townland boundary with Parcellstown to S and was presumably oriented on the tumulus when laid out'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David McGuinness. Date of upload: 23 February 2015

• WM018-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise, in undulating pasture with extensive views toward Frewin Hill to N and to W, limited towards Slane More Hill to E and S. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped earthwork, having a straight side to NW. Depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork. Described in 1980 as a circular-shaped area (diam. 29m) enclosed by a bank and traces of a fosse. The earth and stone bank has been defaced by quarrying from ESE-SE-SSE and at S. There are a number of disturbance gaps in the bank at the NW, NNE and NE, none of which can be identified as an original entrance. The bank is reduced to a scarp in places, which is best preserved at S and SW. The very faint remains of a fosse are traceable from NNE-E. A drain and a modern field fence run NE-SW along the base of the scarp from SSE-S-SSW. There is an old quarry depression cutting into the scarp from ESE-SE-SSE. There is a naturally formed ridge running NW-SE across the interior and the ground rises irregularly from the perimeter at NNE and SSE toward it. Monument is visible today as a partially tree-lined earthwork abutting a field boundary to SSE, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 January 2019

• WM018-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on S-facing slope of a small ridge, in undulating pasture with extensive views in all directions. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval-shaped enclosure, with a townland boundary and a field boundary adjacent to E and S, respectively. Annotated ‘fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map where it is depicted as a large roughly rectilinear-shaped earthwork. Not depicted on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described in 1980 as a large roughly rectangular-shaped area (dims. 51m E-W; 44m N-S) enclosed by a bank and an external fosse with no sign of an entrance feature. The bank is best preserved from SW-W-NW, but is barely discernible where it is reduced to a low scarp from N-E-SE-S-SW. A shallow fosse is visible from SW-W-NNW and its outer edge has been defaced by old cultivation ridges running roughly E-W to W and N. The interior has a very steep SE-facing slope, with the exception of a relatively level area in the NE quadrant. There are remains of old cultivation ridges running N-S within the W quadrant. A modern field fence runs just outside the perimeter to E and S. The field fence shown running roughly E-W to the immediate N of the site on OS mapping has been removed along with field fences further to W and NW. Monument appears to have been levelled between 1980 and recent times as only the faintest outline of a levelled earthwork is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 11 January 2019

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

Name

Slane Beg

Area

1,250,459 m² (125.05 ha, 309 acres)

Civil parish

Dysart, and its townlands

Barony

Moyashel And Magheradernon

Electoral division

Portloman, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboy, Johnstown, Kildallan, Lugnagullagh, Parcellstown, Slane More, Sonna Demesne

Placenames

Slane Beg 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.