# Mapastown, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Mapastown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth; in Irish Baile an Mhápasaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 903,940 m² (90.39 ha, 223.37 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Mapastown, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/mapastown.md
- Barony: Ardee
- Electoral division: Ardee Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 3,009 people lived in 1,003 households in the Ardee Rural electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33477
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140410
- Centre: latitude 53.896194, longitude -6.499627 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mapastown, from 26 m² to 287,625 m² (28.76 ha, 71.07 acres); 7 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1116919: 287,625 m² (28.76 ha, 71.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1116919.md
- Parcel 2707707: 255,698 m² (25.57 ha, 63.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2707707.md
- Parcel 1094487: 184,124 m² (18.41 ha, 45.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1094487.md
- Parcel 5697777: 140,241 m² (14.02 ha, 34.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5697777.md
- Parcel 1104384: 6,346 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1104384.md
- Parcel 2474672: 3,935 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2474672.md
- Parcel 1131793: 3,556 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131793.md
- Parcel 1132230: 3,430 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1132230.md
- Parcel 1131170: 2,096 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1131170.md
- Parcel 1103395: 1,136 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1103395.md
- Parcel 1134251: 789 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1134251.md
- Parcel 1129188: 266 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1129188.md
- Parcel 1128686: 26 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1128686.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Mapastown in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

5 applications, newest first.

- 26 Sept 2023, Meath County Council 2360296: Conditional. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Veldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Hallstown, Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormanstown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. Five (5) temporary construction compounds and associated access routes are located in the townlands of Knockmooney, Slane, Rath, Flemingstown and Tuiterath. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator ha. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360296/0
- 31 Aug 2023, Louth County Council 2360325: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intend to apply to Louth County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth –Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 23 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and approximately 38.5 km is within the functional area of Meath County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Meath County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Louth County Council is located in the townlands of Monavallet, Carnalughoge, Tullycahan, Priorstate, Artoney, Lowrath North, Rathbrist, Mullacrew, Kilcroney, Glydefarm, Corbollis, Bogtown, Dowdstown, Cudderstown, Scogganstown, Stickillin, Hoathtown, Baltrasna, Hacklim, Millockstown, Anaglog, Belpatrick, and Collon. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Louth will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; • the strengthening of up to 26 no. tower foundations; • the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various locations; • the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers at all structure locations; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts / piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including temporary guard poles, construction compounds, the installation of silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protection mats and temporary watercourse crossings. This application includes a Natura Impact Statement (NIS). File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360325/0
- 31 Aug 2023, Meath County Council 2360249: N/a. Permission. EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360249/0
- 9 Aug 2021, Louth County Council 21995: Refused. Outline permission, 1 home. Outline permission sought for a new dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system, associated percolation area, driveway and all associated site works including access through existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21995/0
- 21 Jun 2021, Louth County Council 21771: N/a. Outline permission, 1 home. Outline permission for development that will consist of New dwelling, garage, waste water treatment system, associated percolation area, driveway and all associated site works including access through existing entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/21771/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mapastown.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LH014-021: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-021----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave'.
- LH014-022001: Castle - motte and bailey, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-022001-. Situated on a slight rise at the S side of the River Glyde not far N of Mapastown church (LH014-023001-) and consisting of an almost circular, flat-topped mound (diam. at base c. 22m; at summit c. 5.5m, H 4-6m) with traces of a possible crescentic bailey (c. 26m E-W) defined by slight scarping at the W and N. There are possible slight remains of a fosse between the mound and the possible bailey. At the SE side of the summit of the mound there are traces of a stone structure (LH014-022002-), possibly a later fortification built by a regiment in the army of William III under the command of Colonel Bellingham when he held Mapastown bridge. (Dolan 1905, 50; Davies 1943, 207) The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 July 2007
- LH014-022002: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-022002-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2012 Situated at the SE side of the summit of motte and bailey (LH014-022001-). Traces of a stone structure, possibly a later fortification built by a regiment in the army of William III under the command of Colonel Bellingham when he held Mapastown bridge. (CLAJ 1905, 50)
- LH014-023001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-023001-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Undivided nave and chancel (int. dims. 4.2m by 4.8m) built of rough uncoursed limestone rubble and greywacke. E gable and N wall are completely destroyed down to their foundation courses. W gable has a double-splayed ope with slab lintels. S wall is featureless except for a doorway c. 4.5m from W gable. The doorway is 0.9m wide and has a reveal at each side. The double-splayed W window and the reveals on the doorway indicate a church of late medieval date. This site is adjacent to a possible motte (LH014-022001-). (CLAJ 1943, 207)
- LH014-023002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-023002-. Marked 'Grave Yd. (Disused)' on the 1908 OS 6-inch map and indicated as a sub-rectangular shaped enclosure (map dims. c. 50m E-W; 20m N-S). Remains of a late medieval church (LH014-023001-) at NE. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 30 May 2012
- LH014-024: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH014-024----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Air-vent of a souterrain discovered in 1965 in field immediately to S of graveyard (LH014-023----). Now inaccessible.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Mapastown Bridge, bridge, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 13901417, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LH&regno=13901417. Single-arch stone road bridge over River Glyde, built c. 1820. Ashlar limestone walling to parapet, rock-faced limestone string course, tooled limestone coping. Segmental-headed arch, rock-faced voussoirs, prominent keystone; arch flanked by rock-faced piers, finely tooled limestone caps. Rubble stone flanking wall to south-east and north-west, finely tooled coping to north-west. Modern tarmacadamed roadway.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Mapastown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mapastown.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/louth/mapastown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/mapastown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/mapastown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Mapastown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Bogtown: https://everytownland.com/louth/bogtown.md
- Corbollis: https://everytownland.com/louth/corbollis.md
- Derrycammagh: https://everytownland.com/louth/derrycammagh.md
- Dowdstown: https://everytownland.com/louth/dowdstown.md
- Gainstown Upper: https://everytownland.com/louth/gainstown-upper.md
- Irishtown: https://everytownland.com/louth/irishtown.md
- Lambtown: https://everytownland.com/louth/lambtown.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/louth/mapastown
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/mapastown