A holding of over 88ac in three blocks is on the market near Athlone, Co Westmeath. It is being sold by joint auctioneers Colliers and Francis Kearney Auctioneer and goes for auction in lots on Wednesday, 24 July.

The largest block is 45.3ac at Warren High, Athlone East. It has a two-storey vacant residence which has plenty of potential. There is a traditional farmyard with a three-bay hayshed with lean-to and former piggery.

The land is in grass with some woodland. However, there are deposits of sand and gravel under most of this land, about 35ac, according to the agents. These deposits are understood to be significant and there is already a gravel pit in the vicinity. This could make it of interest to commercial buyers. With this in mind, the guide price for this lot is in excess of €1m.

This is the 45.3ac at Warren High, Athlone East.

Great location

Next is 37ac at Bawnoges, Moate. Its highlight is its location – close to Junction 6 where the old Dublin to Athlone road (R446) has access on to the M6 motorway. It has 450m of frontage and four access gates on to the old main road, plus 200m of frontage on to the link road to the motorway.

The land is in grass and there is a round roofed shed with lean-to.

This block is being offered in lots. Lot 1 is the shed on c34ac. Lot 2 is c3ac and Lot 3 is the entire. The guide price is region of €20,000/ac.

The third block is 15.6ac at Baylin, Athlone East. There is c8.5ac of good quality grazing land and c5.8ac of rough grazing. The guide price is €8,000/ac to €10,000/ac.