Baltigeer

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baltigeer, from 59 m² to 359,240 m² (35.92 ha, 88.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Baltigeer in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 the townland of Baltigeer.

Recorded monuments

• ME046-001 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  Located at the E edge of Derryhinch bog, which is largely in Co. Westmeath. In 1932 a section of a N-S togher about 90 feet (c. 27m) long was exposed at a maximum depth of 8 feet (c. 2.45m), and investigated. It had a similar construction of five haphazard layers of re-used oak planks laid down alternatively across and along the line of the road. This was topped by a gravel layer and birch rods or brushwood pinned in position and forming a roadway c. 12 feet (c. 3.65m) wide, although the underlying timber structure was wider. A socketed spearhead was found amongst the planks, although not during the excavation, but a Late Bronze Age date is indicated. (Macalister 1932) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 12 August 2019

• ME046-002 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. Just W of the ecclesiastical enclosure of Templeavy church (ME046-003----) three relict field banks and drains radiate from its perimeter and this field system covers a surviving area of 4 acres (c. 1.6ha). There is a possible bullaun stone (ME046-003003-) protruding through one of these banks. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 April, 2015

• ME046-003 Church
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape, with a small SSE-NNW stream that flows into the Kinnegad River flowing through it. This is an early church site called Templeavy by Cogan (1862-70, 2, 396) and it is still known locally as Timpeall La Eeva. For local names see this web-page accessed on 27 March 2015: http://www.meathfieldnames.com/ The name is derived from Liadhain, a daughter of Eacha, who was descended from Laoighre, a son of the mythical Niall Nóighialach (of the nine hostages) (Ó Rian 2011, 396). However, there are no historical references that can be connected with the church and it does not feature in the medieval lists of churches. The remains of a rectangular building (int. dims 12m E-W plus; 5.3m N-S) is covered with dense growth, and only the E wall with evidence of a small window and an external base-batter survives together with portions of the long walls towards the W end. There are some 19th century headstones near the church and a broken millstone (diam. 1m; H 0.2m) is just E of it, but no perimeter for a graveyard is present. The church is within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 145m N-S; c. 110m E-W) defined by a fosse that is best preserved S-W-N (at W: Wth of top 7-8m; int. D 1.4m; ext. D 0.8m) but is still traceable throughout its extent. A S-N field bank and hedge with an accompanying drain, which forms the townland boundary with Cappaboggan to the E, divides the enclosure unequally with the greater part in Baltigeer, and this boundary bifurcates to ENE and SW towards the S edge of the enclosure. Just W of the enclosure three relict field banks and drains radiate from its perimeter and this field system (ME046-002----) covers a surviving area of 4 acres (c. 1.6ha). There is a possible bullaun stone on one of these banks, which is a piece of rock outcrop (dims c. 1m x c. 1m; H 0.8m) with one hollow (diam. c. 0.3m; D 0.3m) at one edge of the stone, but this could be a solution-hole. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 April, 2015

• ME046-003001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape, with a small SSE-NNW stream that flows into the Kinnegad River just to the E. There are some 19th century headstones near the church (ME046-003----) and a broken millstone (diam. 1m; H 0.2m) is just E of it, but no perimeter for a graveyard is present. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015

• ME046-003002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape, with a small SSE-NNW stream that flows into the Kinnegad River flowing through it. The church of Templeavy (ME046-003----) and its graveyard (ME046-003001-) are within an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 145m N-S; c. 110m E-W) defined by a fosse that is best preserved S-W-N (at W: Wth of top 7-8m; int. D 1.4m; ext. D 0.8m) but is still traceable throughout its extent. A S-N field bank and hedge with an accompanying drain, which forms the townland boundary with Cappaboggan to the E, divides the enclosure unequally with the greater part in Baltigeer, and this boundary bifurcates to ENE and SW towards the S edge of the enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015

• ME046-003003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  There is a possible bullaun stone on one of the banks of the field system (ME046-002----), and it is located c. 35m W of the perimeter of the ecclesiastical enclosure of Templeavy (ME046-003----). It is a piece of rock outcrop (dims c. 1m x c. 1m; H 0.8m) with one hollow (diam. c. 0.3m; D 0.3m) at one edge of the stone, but this could be a solution-hole. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015

• ME046-020 Road - class 3 togher
  Description

  In Derrynich bog. A tertiary togher (ME0BLR 002/DHH 0019a) orientated NW-SE on the field surface. The site consists of over twenty pieces of light brushwood and four pieces of heavy brushwood. It is possible that this material is the remains of a hurdle panel of double sail construction. The light brushwood is very closely set and laid longitudinally. Running transverse to these are two pairs of heavier brushwood set 0.26m apart. Two longitudinally laid pieces of light roundwoods bound this material on each side. The wood is in poor condition and there is a single metal-cut toolmark present. Ten pieces were identified as Corylus. This site lies in well-humified Sphagnum peat with Eriophorum.

• ME046-020001 Structure - peatland
  Description

  Two pieces of light brushwood on the field surface. The pieces are in poor condition and both elements have degraded chisel points. This site lies in moderately humified Sphagnum peat with pockets of Eriophorum. Recorded by the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit (University College, Dublin) in 2001. The evidence is not sufficient to warrant its acceptance as the remains of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 05 March 2009

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Baltigeer.

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).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Baltigeer.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. 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.

No address of the register names Baltigeer with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Baltigeer

Area

1,839,180 m² (183.92 ha, 454.47 acres)

Civil parish

Castlejordan, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Upper

Electoral division

Ballyboggan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyboggan electoral division: 567 people in 171 households; 88% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baltinoran, Cappaboggan, Derryhinch, Rattin (Co. Westmeath)

Placenames

Baltigeer on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. 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.