Tullaghanshanlin

Area

566,478 m² (56.65 ha, 139.98 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it, 1,689 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

Tullaghanshanlin

Planning applications on this parcel

• 1 Jun 2021Refused

  Six 4-bedroom dwellings and 12 three-bedroom townhouses, adjustments to internal road network and also construction of associated car parking, public open space, provision of waste water treatment plant and associated polishing filter and demolition of an agricultural building, connection to existing storm water drainage and all associated siteworks, landscaping and drainage

  Permission, 18 homes · Westmeath County Council, 21310

• 14 Nov 2018Conditional

  1. Proposed side single storey extension. 2. Proposed rear single storey extension with replacement balcony at first floor level. 3. Internal and External modifications to existing dwelling.

  Permission, 1 home · Westmeath County Council, 187216

• 21 Dec 2017Conditional

  Planning Permission to construct 2 no dwelling houses with domestic garages and 2 no single dwelling treatment systems with percolation areas and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Westmeath County Council, 177230

• 9 Mar 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of the addition of a new entrance lobby to the south, alterations to the windows and doors, new windows to the east and changes to the internal layout

  Permission · Westmeath County Council, 177043

• 10 Jan 2017N/a

  Permission to construct 2 no dwelling houses with domestic garages and 2 no single dwelling treatment systems with percolation areas and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Westmeath County Council, 177002

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 14 recorded monuments.

• WM030-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a small hill, in undulating pasture, with extensive views to N, E and W and overlooked by higher ground to S. Annotated ‘Grinan Fort’ on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Monument described in 1979 as a subcircular-shaped area (dims. 26m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earth and stone scarp with a steep natural slope beyond it. The scarp is well preserved from NE-E-S-W-N and is poorly preserved from N-NE. There are no indications of an external fosse or an entrance. A modern field fence runs roughly NE-WS along the outer edge of the monument at SE. The interior rises gently from the perimeter to the centre and the surface is very uneven. There is a large irregular-shaped disturbance depression occupying most of the S half. Monument is visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography as a roughly oval-shaped tree-planted earthwork. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The monument was inspected in 1982 and described as follows: ‘Situated on the shoulder of a hill. The ground falls off steeply to E. What appears to be an ancient field fence defined by a low earthen bank runs NE-SW. It joins the ringfort bank on N side. It extends down the hill to ENE for a considerable distance. The land is good and there are good views in all directions. This site is not indicated on any edition of the OS map nor does it appear to have been previously noted. The remains consist of a low circular shaped area (diam. 32m E-W), raised slightly above the surrounding field surface. There are traces of a slight bank around the edge of the platform and traces of a possible ditch on the W. These consist of a shallow depression. The interior is level and clear of vegetation’ (SMR File 1982). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 March 2014

• WM030-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The monument was inspected in 1982 and described as follows: ‘Situated on the slope of a hill, with good views in all directions. Although it is clearly a ringfort and is visible from the road, this site is not indicated on any edition of the OS maps and does not appear to have been noted previously. It is a small but clearly defined ringfort. The remains consist of a circular enclosure (diam. 22m E-W) defined by a low bank (H c. 0.5m) which is quite worn in places. There are considerable amounts of small stone visible in the bank. There are no indications of an external ditch. The bank os lowest on the W side. Externally it is quite steep on E, because it is built against the slope of the hill. It is over 1m high from the outside at this point. There is some rock outcrop in the interior and a slight mound in the NW quadrant. This does not appear to be a house foundation and is probably a natural feature’ (SMR File 1982). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 March 2014

• WM030-035 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Site of abbey indicated on OS 6-inch map with holy well known as ‘Fooran Well’ located 60m to SW. Castle (WM030-038----) located 430m to SE. In 1837 O’Donovan recorded in the OS memoranda that this monument consisted of the ‘site of a small abbey not far from castle (WM030-038----)’ and that at this time there were ‘no remains of any walls’ (SMR File). On the Ordnance Survey Fair Plan map the monument is annotated as ‘Old Abbey’ and depicted as a long rectangular-shaped area delimited by a broken line. No upstanding remains of a building are indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The site of this ‘Old Abbey’ was inspected in 1976 and described as following: ‘To the NE of the well (WM030-036----) is a mounded stony area covered with scrub. It contains what might be called collapsed rubble masonry and there are slight indications of an outer facing on W side. This site corresponds to the position marked on the OS sheets as the Abbey (site of)’. No earthworks. According to Gwynn and Hadcock this may be the location of one of the very few Poor Clare foundations in Ireland’ (SMR File). The site was revisited in the 1982 and described as following: The are indicated consists of very bumpy and uneven ground with many ridges, hollows and hillocks. There are also many clumps of bushes etc. This makes it difficult to determine features with any accuracy. However there are what appears to be foundations of a rectangular building in the position indicated. The structure is badly overgrown with bushes and undergrowth. It consists of the foundations of stone walls. It measures approx. 15m E-W x 8m N-S. There is a spread of collapsed stone around the structure’ (SMR File). It also appears to have a good deal of collapse in its interior. It is situated on the shoulder of a slight ridge. The ground slopes steeply towards a stream to E. The general surface in the vicinity is pitted with ridges and depressions. These do not form a definable pattern’ (SMR File). In 1985 the site of this abbey was damaged when land reclamation works caused the levelling of the earthworks and the clearance of scrub vegetation in the field containing the ecclesiastical site (SMR File). No abbey is indicated in this townland which was then called 'Grynan' on the 1656-9 Down Survey map of Ballyloughloe Parish (NLI p.7384). On the Down Survey map the adjoining townland to the N was called 'Monktowne' which may have been related to the presence of this abbey. This townland now forms part of the modern townland of Mount Temple. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 March 2014

• WM030-036 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Natural spring well known as ‘Fooran Well’ located 60m to SW of site of Abbey (WM030-035----). The monument was inspected in 1973 and described as follows: ‘A small well enclosed by natural rocks & overhung by some low bushes. A small stream runs out of the well. The well is situated on a slope’ (SMR File). In 1982 the well was revisited and described as follows: ‘a circular depression in the ground. This is now simply a dry circular hollow. However it is the only feature in the area which might have been “Fooran Well”’ (SMR File). There is no evidence to suggest that this natural spring well was the site of a holy well. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 04 March 2014

• WM030-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a large ridge running E-W, in pasture, with extensive views in all directions. Depicted on the revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oval-shaped earthwork. Bivallate ringfort described in 1979 as an oval-shaped area (dims. 28m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse and a possible outer bank. The inner bank is high and steep on the exterior where it is best preserved from SSE-S-W-N-NNE and is almost reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A V-shaped intervening fosse survives from NNW-N-NNE and is infilled elsewhere. A short stretch of a low, broad earthen outer bank is present from NNW-N-NNE and may be a later feature. The bank has been eroded by livestock at SW and W and a gap at SW seems to be due to disturbance. The site has suffered considerable disturbance during relatively recent land clearance works. A number of large limestone boulders have been deposited around the perimeter at NNW and from NNE-E-S-SSW. The perimeter has been badly defaced by these deposits at E. There is no sign of an original entrance. The interior has a N-facing slope and the surface is quite uneven. There is a house site (WM030-037001-) in the SE quadrant and a low sod-covered mound on the interior of the bank at SW, which is of unknown significance. Monument is visible today as a roughly oval-shaped scrub-covered earthwork in the grounds of Mount Temple Golf Course on Digital Globe aerial photography. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-037001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated on top of a small hill, in undulating pasture, with extensive views to N, E and W and overlooked by higher ground to S. In SE quadrant of ringfort (WM030-037----) are the remains of a square-shaped house-site (dims. L 5m) which is defined by a low bank of earth and stone. The bank has been disturbed at E, although this could be partly due to the presence of a doorway. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-038 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Medieval McGawley castle site depicted as ‘a Castle in repaire’ on the 1656-59 Down Survey map of Ballyloughloe parish (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map the castle is shown standing in the SE corner of ‘Grynan’ townland which in 1640 was the property of Henry McGawley. This townland was later incorporated into the present townland of Mount Temple. A lake depicted as ‘Loch Luatha’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map is located immediately to the N of the castle. It is this lake which gave its name to the local area and to the parish of Ballyloughloe. On the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map the upstanding remains of a castle building are depicted standing to the NW of 'Mount Temple Old Ho.'. However no castle building is depicted on the revised 1910 edition of the OS 25-inch map where the location is depicted as 'Castle Site of' indicating that the castle had been levelled after 1837. In 1837, O'Donovan recorded the condition of the castle in the OS memoranda where he recorded that there was 'no remains but one vault' (SMR File). The monument site was inspected in 1982 and described as follows: ‘No trace of this castle now survives. It was located near the village of Mount Temple, a short distance NW of the motte (WM030-047----). The area where it is indicated consists of a natural knoll. This is now occupied by a farmyard. In the fields to the E, there are a number of ridges etc. which appear to be the remains of some earthworks (WM030-039----). These do not extend as far as the site of the castle’ (SMR File). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 March 2014

• WM030-039 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Situated in undulating pasture. Not depicted on OS mapping. Motte (WM030-047----) lies c. 50m to S and castle (WM030-038----) lies c. 150m to W. Monument described in 1982 as a large number of ridges and depressions in a field to N of the very large motte at Mount Temple. They do not appear to form any clear pattern although some platforms can be traced. These earthworks could either be associated with the motte or the castle and may represent the remains of a settlement cluster. Monument is visible as a series of linear and rectilinear earthworks on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP APH058-060) taken 17/07/1966. Levelled earthworks are not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography and the area has been incorporated into Mount Temple Golf Course. A well is depicted at the location of these levelled earthworks on the 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien. Date of upload: 08 November 2019

• WM030-045 Graveyard
  Description

  The remains of an unclassified castle site (WM030-038----) possibly Ballyloughloe Castle are located 270m to the N and an Anglo-Norman motte and bailey castle (WM030-047----) is located 80m to the E. A lake known as Lough Luatha from which the placename Ballyloughloe is derived is located immediately N of the castle site (WM030-038----). The graveyard in the townland of Labaun is known today as Mount Temple graveyard and was formerly known as Ballyloughloe graveyard, it was described in 1983 as following: ‘The remains of a roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 64m N-S; 95m NE-SW), enclosed by a poorly preserved stone wall. Within the graveyard are many 19th and 20th century grave stones. The entire interior of the graveyard is very badly overgrown with undergrowth and vegetation, nettles etc. Part of the remains of a collapsed post-medieval C of I church (Holy Trinity) can be made out, though it is badly obscured by vegetation cover. A short section of the N wall of the levelled medieval church remains upstanding 9m to the S of the ruins of the C of I church. The graveyard also contains an Early Christian cross-inscribed slab (WM030-046----) with a Goidelic inscription that has been incorporated into the S face of the N wall of the medieval church (WM030-045001-). Mount Temple House and farmyard are the adjoining property which forms the boundary with the graveyard along SW side. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 6 March 2014

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Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

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