Sraneeg
Townland in the civil parish of Castletownkindalen, barony of Moycashel, Co. Westmeath
Parcel 101082
- Area
- 100,912 m² (10.09 ha, 24.94 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Sraneeg
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 3 recorded monuments.
- WM032-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
Depicted as a large oval-shaped ringfort on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Ringfort visible on 2005 OSI aerial photographs where the enclosing bank of the monument has been levelled from NNW through N to NNE, elsewhere the enclosing bank is visible as an earthen bank which has been incorporated into a field boundary enclosing a roughly circular area (diam. c. 59m E-W; 55m N-S). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 2013
- WM032-039 Castle - motte
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI in 1977 and described as following; 'The site is an oval earthen embankment. The embankment is quite high with steep sides and a flat top. The long axis of the platform (diam. 13m NE-SW; 10.5m NW-SE) lies NE-SW. There is no evidence for a bank or fosse or any other features associated with the site. The sides have been defaced by animals at all points, and there are rebbot burrows on the SE. The top is flat and no features are visible. The sides are overgrown with thorn bushes on the NE and W and there are young thorn bushes growing on the top. The site is on a small rise in good pasture land. It is overlooked by higher ground to the N and NE but there are extensive views to the NW, W, S and SE. Views of Slieve Bloom Mountains to the SW and ringfort (WM032-028----) 250m to the W. There is a modern electric fence on small stakes running roughly E-W past the site on the N. A number of small boulders and stone - field clearance, have been dumped against the site on the SW-S-E '(SMR File 13/09/1977). Ringfort (WM032-040----) located 250m to the SSW. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 2013
- WM032-040 Ringfort - rath
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI and described in 1977 as following; ‘A roughly circular enclosure (diam. 52m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) bounded by a bank of earth and stone with an external fosse and an outer bank of earth and stone. The outer bank is best preserved from the NNW-W-S and it is absent from the N-E-SE. The fosse is best preserved from the NNW-W-S where it is wide and flat-bottomed but it is narrower and shallower from the N-E-SE probably as a result of the outer bank being leveled into it. The inner bank is best preserved on the N and NE and it is fainter elsewhere. Modern field fences run into the fosse on the E and W and the inner bank on the S is incorporated into a field fence. The fosse has been used as a dump for stones on the E and to a lesser extent elsewhere and there is a large pile of stones piled on the outer bank on the WNW. There is a causeway (Wth 3.5m) across the fosse on the NNW with gaps (Wth 5.5m) in both banks at either end of it, this is probably an original entrance. The end of the inner bank on the W side of the entrance has been defaced by recent digging, and its inner edge has been removed along with approx. half of the bank for c. 4m from the entrance. The interior is uneven and it rises from the perimeter towards the centre from the N, NE, E and SE. The W half of the interior is fairly level. No features are visible. The site is on fairly level ground, with pasture to the N, NE, NW and SW, with tillage to the E and SE. The site is overlooked by a large NW-SE ridge to the E with motte (WM032-039---) 190m on the height to the NE. There are good views to the NW, W and S ’ (ASI File 13/09/1977). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 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).
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 107.4 ha
- 265 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 19,065 m² (1.91 ha, 4.71 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sraneeg, from 81 m² to 390,552 m² (39.06 ha, 96.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Sraneeg 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 May 2026N/a
a private dwelling house, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2660269
13 May 2023N/a
renovation of existing two storey farmhouse to include on ground floor living area, hall, w.c., Kitchen & dining area and on first floor two bedrooms and a bathroom and to convert existing shed at the side to a utility and storage area and to install a treatment system with percolation area with all ancillary site works
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 2360131
9 Feb 2018Conditional
private dwelling house, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services.
Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 186039
2 Feb 2017Refused
a private dwellinghouse, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176024
26 Jan 2017N/a
private dwelling house, proprietry effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services.
Permission · Westmeath County Council, 176015
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Sraneeg.
Recorded monuments
- WM031-071 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on an irregular-shaped rise (300ft/91m OD) in undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM031-072----) conjoined to NE. Annotated 'Forts' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as one of a pair of conjoined oval-shaped earthworks. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled ringfort is visible today as a small hillock with a vague cropmark of an earthwork, on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019
- WM031-072 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on an irregular-shaped rise (300ft/91m OD) in undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. Ringfort (WM031-071----) conjoined to SW. Annotated 'Forts' on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and depicted as one of a pair of conjoined oval-shaped earthworks. Annotated ‘Rathbane’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a roughly oval-shaped earthwork with a small rectangular-shaped structure (WM031-071001-) in NE quadrant. Levelled monument described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled ringfort is visible today as a small hillock with vague traces of a cropmark on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 2019
- WM031-072001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated on an irregular-shaped rise (300ft/91m OD) in undulating pasture, with good views of the surrounding landscape. In the NE quadrant of conjoined ringfort (WM031-072----), a rectangular-shaped structure or building is depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Levelled ringfort described in 1973 as no surface remains visible. Levelled house site possible is not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 22 November 201922
- WM032-031 Enclosure
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'Almost completely demolished. According to the 1914 ed. OS 6-inch map it was rectilinear and a small portion of a steep earth and stone scarp (H 1.8m) survives just inside the modern road side fence on the E side, elsewhere, the scarp has been levelled. The original entrance way is not recognisable. The interior area rises appreciably towards the centre. There are small irregular undualtions on the site which are probably due to the uneven spreading of the material of the enclosure. The site is on the top of a natural rise which is steep on the N, W and S side. The site is overlooked by a higher adjacent ridge on the SE. There are excellent views to the SW and W’ (SMR File 12/07/1971). The enclosure is not depicted as an antiquity on the first ed. OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2013
- WM032-035 Enclosure
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI in 1971 and described as following; 'Completely demolished. The site is divided by a modern NE-SW stone wall. The site is covered with very slight undulations. The perimeter cannot be traced. The site is a slight natural rise on the WSW side of a high hill of average to good pasture. Excellent views to the SE, S and W' (ASI File 12/07/1971). Depicted as a D-shaped enclosure on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map and annotated as 'fort' on the OS Fair Plan (2019 Pt. 1) (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 15 February 2013
- WM032-036 Ringfort - rath
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI and described in 1971 as following; ‘A small D-shaped enclosure bounded by a slight earth and stone bank with very slight remains of an external fosse. The site has a general uneven slope from ENE-WSW. The slight fosse is visible from N-S-SE. It is completely filled up elsewhere. A modern NE-SW field fence extends just outside and roughly parallel with the straight side of the ‘D’ on the NW. The bank is disturbed in several places by cattle and scrub roots. There is a wide relatively modern gap in the bank on the NNE. A gap (Wth 2.3m) on the S represents the entrance. Abutting against the inside of the bank on the E side of the entrance is a small sub-rectangular depression with slight remains of an earthen bank on its upper edge. Extending WSW from the inside of the bank on the ENE is a slight earthen bank with small stones visible in it. It is 8.2m long. Near the centre of the Rath is a large stone which is probably in its natural position. To the W of it is a very slight mound of earth and stones in which some whitethorn bushes grow. This mound was probably raised by the roots of the bushes’(SMR File 12/07/1971). The monument was revisited by the ASI in 1977 when the monument was described as ‘been destroyed’ and ‘there is now no indication of the site. The field has been tilled and is under barley. No features are visible. The site was on a rise overlooked by slightly higher ground to the E, with extensive views to the N, W and S. Slieve Bloom Mountains visible to the SW’ (ASI File 12/09/1977). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 2013
- WM032-037 Ringfort - rath
Description
Monument surveyed by ASI and described in 1977 as following; ‘This site has been destroyed. It was marked on the 1912 ed. OS 6-inch map as an oval embankment with a field fence running N-S through it. The site has been completely leveled on both sides of the field fence and all that remains is a small oval knoll with no trace of any artificial scarping or banks or fosses. The fields on both sides of the fence have been tilled and that to the E of the fence is now under barley while that to the W is under barley and cabbage. It is not now possible to say what form the site took originally but it was probably a ringfort. No features are now visible. The site was on a hill on the W slope , N of the summit of a large N-S ridge. It was overlooked on the E by higher ground but there are very extensive views to the NW, W and SW’ (ASI File 12/09/1977). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 16 February 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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Sraneeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Westmeath.
The townland
- Name
- Sraneeg
- Area
- 1,074,376 m² (107.44 ha, 265.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castletownkindalen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moycashel
- Electoral division
- Castletown, the unit of the census
- Placenames
- Sraneeg 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.