Photo: Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.01 archaeological site in Belmont
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records no building in Belmont. Since 2011, Belmont has added 2.9% of its homes, against 5.8% in the typical town.
A look at historic Belmont
Only 33rd Lock has a photo so far; more of Belmont awaits one.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Archaeology in Belmont
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
1 archaeological site inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Castle - unclassified1 record |
Just outside Belmont: 17
| Belmont BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Belmont Mills (mill (water))Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Killagally ParkRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
| 33rd LockRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Belmont House (country house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Belmont House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Belmont Mills (office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Belmont Mills (mill manager's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Belmont CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Belmont House (demesne walls / gates / railings)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m outside the town |
| Belmont Mills (store / warehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Belmont and Cloghan Railway Station (signal box)Regional rating (NIAH) · 600 m outside the town |
| Belmont and Cloghan Railway Station (store / warehouse)Regional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Belmont and Cloghan Railway StationRegional rating (NIAH) · 700 m outside the town |
| Weir, Ballingowan Glebe, Bellmount Or LisdergRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m outside the town |
| Store, Ballingowan GlebeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Post box, HighstreetRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Belmont’s building boom came from 1946 to 1980: 40% of its homes
More of Belmont’s homes than usual date between the wars: 12%, against 3.9%. Against a typical 25%, only 12% of Belmont’s homes went up in the 2000s. Homes from before 1919 make up 4.4% of Belmont’s housing; the typical town has 3.4%.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
Belmont and its neighbours
Belmont in brief
More of Belmont’s homes are old than in most places: 4.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has an archaeological site.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Belmont’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Belmont?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Are there archaeological sites in Belmont?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 1 archaeological site inside Belmont.
How old are the homes in Belmont?
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).