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Six plots of land on Cavan/Meath Border up for auction

Calling all farmers in the Cavan/Meath Border area: if you have been in the hunt for small plots of grazing land for some time in this highly desireable region, then you will have your chance at a public auction in the Headfort Arms on Wednesday, July 27 at 3pm.

Six lots of land on the instructions of the administrator of the Keegan Estates at Clonasillagh and Ballyhist, Carnaross, Kells will be offered for sale on the day by Sam Armstrong, auctioneer with an office at Market Street in Kells.

All six plots are in grass and there is also potential for building dwelling houses on each, subject to planning permission.

The six lots add up to a combined total of 42 acres and there is an old residence which could be restored to a high standard. It also features a yard and has frontage onto the River Blackwater.

Each of the lots have good road frontage with the exception of lot six at Ballyhist, which contains 10.1 acres.

Auctioneer Sam Armstrong told The Anglo-Celt this week that he hopes that there will be enough interest in the land to ensure all plots are sold on the day.

"I think the lots are small enough to be within the reach of what most local farmers can afford. The fact that they are in a good location should generate additional interest from local farmers to buy the farming lots", he said.

Mr Armstrong said the house on the six acres may well prove of interest to someone that is seeking a house in the country to restore with a glorious view onto the beautiful River Blackwater.

There is a tin roof on the house at present and more than likely it would have been a well preserved thatched cottage in its former glory days.

A residence in a tranquil and picturesque location like this does not come on the market that frequently, so this may well offer prospective buyers with a creative restoration side a unique opportunity that should be seized.

The six individual lots contain, - 6.6 acres, 2.7 acres, 1.8 acres, 9.4 acres, 11.3 acres and 10.1 acres respectively.

Some of the lots offer the prospect of good grazing land while others are on more raised areas and would be described as reasonable.