Baltrasna

259 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baltrasna, from 3 m² to 118,689 m² (11.87 ha, 29.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 206 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 79 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C3E1/E3 - Strategic Employment Zones (High Technology Uses)/ Warehousing & Distribution (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Jun 2026N/a

  New Drive-thru car wash with glazed screens. 2 No jet-wash bays with inclosing screens and ancillary equipment cabinet, Wash Store building to serve car washes, New Paladin fencing to rear boundary. New signage provision for associated washes. Realignment of car parking with defined HGV parking to rear of premises. Associated drainage system including new wash separator. Alterations to existing site kerbing, with new concrete and asphalt hard standing areas

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660795

• 11 Jun 2026N/a

  Drive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of premises and associated drainage system located at existing Maxol Store Ratoath Road

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660709

• 11 Jun 2026Conditional

  revisions to existing permission (REF: 2560649) to include revised dwelling size, with revised elevations, internal modifications and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660720

• 27 May 2026N/a

  Drive Thru car wash system with jet wash facilities, New improved parking layout to rear of premises and associated drainage systems located at the existing Maxol Store located at Baltrasna, Ratoath, Co. Meath, A84 XH04, Ireland. The development will consist of the addition of a rollover car wash with entrance and exit laneways. Addition of 2 jet wash lance bays with added canopy covering both bays. Updated site layout with additional parking added, HGV parking provision added to the rear of the site. Added paladin fencing to the site boundary. Removal of existing boundary block wall for proposal. Associated drainage and attenuation system added. Incorporating all associated elevational alterations and site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660644

• 23 Feb 2026N/a

  permission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom part double/part single storey dwelling, new waste water treatments system for each dwelling, revised vehicular access and boundary treatments and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660207

• 27 Jan 2026N/a

  permission is sought for extension and refurbishment of existing bungalow, and erection of a new 4 bedroom part double/part single storey dwelling, new waste water treatments system for each dwelling, revised vehicular access and boundary treatments and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660098

• 21 Dec 2025N/a

  PERMISSION FOR A 4-BED, 2-STOREY DWELLING, PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, SOIL POLISHING FILTER, ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND VEHICULAR ACCESS OFF MAIN ROAD.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660015

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A DWELLING AND GARAGE WITH A SUITABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561371

• 12 Dec 2025Conditional

  The proposed development consists of 71 no. 2 storey houses, comprised of 3 no. 2 bed, 63 no. 3 bed and 5 no.4 bed, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses. Access to the proposed development will via the adjoining permitted residential development to the north (under Ref. 23/873) which has a permitted vehicular entrance off the Dublin Road. The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, above & below ground, public open space, hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatments, surface car parking, bin & bicycle storage, ESB Sub-station & public lighting etc., all on an overall application site area of c.2.1 hectares.

  Permission, 71 homes · Meath County Council, 2561359

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  a 4 bed, 2 storey dwelling (HOUSE 2), proprietary wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, ancillary site works, new boundaries and vehicular access off main road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560648

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  a 4 bed, 2 storey dwelling (HOUSE 1), proprietary wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, ancillary site works, new boundaries and vehicular access off main road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560649

• 20 Jun 2025N/a

  a 4 bed, 2 storey dwelling (HOUSE 1), proprietary wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, ancillary site works, new boundaries and vehicular access off main road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560635

• 20 Jun 2025N/a

  a 4 bed, 2 storey dwelling (HOUSE 2), proprietary wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter, ancillary site works, new boundaries and vehicular access off main road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560636

• 13 Jun 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) to demolish a detached domestic garage on the site, (2) to construct a development of 2 no detached dwelling houses consisting of: House Type (A) one and a half storied, 3 bedrooms; House Type (B) one and a half storied, 3 bedrooms. (3) to instal 2 no proprietary wastewater treatment units and percolation areas to serve each house separately, (4) to construct a 2-meter high capped and plastered wall to the rear and side of the existing dwelling on the site, Eircode A84 HX56. (5) to use the existing entrance to the site with a new driveaway to the rear to serve the proposed dwellings, (6) to connect the new dwellings to the mains water supply along with all other ancillary site development works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 2560603

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the following (1) Retention of single storey utility to rear of existing single storey dwelling, (2) Retention of single storey annex to side of existing single storey dwelling (3) Planning permission for single storey extension which will link main dwelling to annex to the side (4) Planning permission for amendments and use for habitable use of previous annex to side of existing dwelling (5) Decommission existing septic tank and construction of new sewerage treatment unit and percolation area (6) All ancillary site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560572

• 28 Feb 2025Conditional

  (i) new front porch with sloped roof (ii)Ground floor flat roofed extension to rear and side (iii) raising the existing dwelling roof and walls to accommodate 3 bedrooms at first floor level including new windows to front and rear elevations and new skylights (iv) upgrade of existing septic tank and percolation area to a new DWWTS

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560199

• 10 Feb 2025Conditional

  a two-storey rear extension connecting the cottage to the existing barn, demolition of the front porch entrance, relocation of the driveway and pedestrian access from Ratoath Road to Hickey's Lane, and the construction of a garage at the rear of the property, including all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560122

• 11 Oct 2024Conditional

  for a Large-Scale Residential Development - the proposed development comprises 18no. 2-storey houses (6no. 3-bedroom end-terrace, 6no. 3- bedroom mid-terrace, 4no. 3-bedroom semi-detached, 2no. 3-bedroom detached) in lieu of 9 no. apartments and 2 no. houses permitted under ABP-314550-22 and includes the incorporation of an adjoining site (0.2 Ha) not part of the development permitted under ABP-314550-22; all ancillary site development and landscape works including hard & soft landscaping; private open space; public lighting; 36no. surface car parking spaces; bin storage. The proposed amendments take place within a development area of c. 0.42 Ha, at Cherry Lane, Dublin Road, Ashbourne, County Meath. The proposed development forms part of the wider overall development here and would result in an increase of 7no. dwellings from 503no. dwellings to 510no. dwellings overall. This applicaIon for proposed amendments to consented Strategic Housing Development (ABP. Ref. 314550-22) is a Large-Scale ResidenIal Development (LRD) as defined under Section 2 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended and may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.ashbourneshdamendments.com

  Permission, 18 homes · Meath County Council, 2460848

• 29 Aug 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the demolition of the existing residential dwelling and garden room on site (c. 524.94 sq.m) and the construction of 51 no. residential units as follows: I. 23 no. houses consisting of: 19 no. 2-storey houses, comprising 17 no. 3-bedroom semi-detached and 2 no. mid-terrace 2-bedroom units and 4 no. 2 and a half storey, semi-detached 4-bedroom houses; ii. 28 no. apartment units in 1 no. 4-storey and 3 no. 3-storey buildings comprising 4 no. 1-bedroom apartment units, 21 no. 2-bedroom apartment units and 3 no. 3-bedroom apartment units, all with private amenity space/balcony; iii. Provision of c.2,766 sq.m of Public Open Space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment) and c.427 sq.m of Communal Open Space; iv. Vehicular access will be provided from the existing site entrance on the Ratoath Road (R125) to the south of the site and provision of a pedestrian access and footpath from the Dublin Road (R135) to the north of the site to tie in with existing footpath; v. Provision of 101 no. car parking spaces and 92 no. bicycle parking spaces and all internal roads and footpaths; vi. Surface water attenuation measures, connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure to Irish Water specifications including provision of foul sewer along the Dublin Road for c.485m to tie into existing foul infrastructure manhole and all associated site development and landscaping works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 63 homes · Meath County Council, 2460684

• 22 Apr 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of alterations to previously approved planning reference 21/330 consisting of (1) modifications to the fenestration of the front, side, and rear elevations of the dwelling, (2) the increase in the floor area to the back elevation family room and bedroom at ground level (3) the change of use of the first-floor storage room to a bedroom with additional floor area including an increase in ridge height, (5) the installation of a proprietary wastewater treatment system with percolation area and all associated ancillary site work such as the construction of a proposed soakaway system to BRE Digest 365 and in compliance with previously approved planning reference 21/330

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460272

• 31 Jan 2024Conditional

  (1) to construct a one and half-storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, (2) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, (3) to make a new entrance onto the road and to construct entrance walls, gates and piers, (4) all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2432

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  construction of a new detached storey and a half dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and percolation area, storm water percolation area, with new vehicular access off Harlockstown Lane. The application will also include a flood risk assessment. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360506

• 10 Dec 2023N/a

  Construction of a new detached storey and a half dwelling house, waste water treatment plant and percolation area, storm water percolation area, with new vehicular access off Harlockstown Lane. The application will also include a flood risk assessment

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360459

• 19 Sept 2023Conditional

  minor amendments and layout changes to house number 2. Granted planning permission under Planning Registry Reference 22/70 consisting of a detached, two storey, dwelling house, proprietary wastewater unit and polishing filter, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. The detached garage previously granted to be omitted

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23901

• 8 Sept 2023Conditional

  the proposed development consists of 70 no. dwellings, comprised of 40 no. 2, 3 and 4 bed, 2 storey, terraced and semi-detached houses, and 30 no. 1, 2, and 3 bed apartments/duplex units, accommodated in 2 no. 3 storey blocks. Access to the proposed development will via a new vehicular entrance off the Dublin Road. The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, above & below ground, public open space, including hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatments, car parking, bin & bicycle stores, public lighting etc., all on an overall application site area of c.1.9 hectares

  Permission, 40 homes · Meath County Council, 23873

The 25 most recent of 83 applications.

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 Baltrasna.

Recorded monuments

• ME045-006 Burial ground
  Description

  March 1963 human remains were discovered in digging the foundation trenches for a house (Feeley 2001, 30-2, No. 6). The field in which the burials occurred has a curvilinear boundary on its E side, and it is possible that this was the original boundary of a cemetery. A small excavation (E001128) was undertaken by E. Prendergast in 1963. Portions of a number of in situ burials were visible in the section faces of the foundation trenches. All of these burials were extended and aligned W-E. At least seven individuals, four males and three females were identified (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 385-387). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 march 2013 Amended: 13 December 2021

• ME045-014 Mound
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. This is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) and described as a ‘Mound’ in gothic script on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is delineated as a small D-shaped hachured feature representing the W quadrant of a circle with connecting trenches on the straight NE and SE sides on the 1908 edition. This barrow is reduced to its W quadrant and in 1969 (SMR file) it was a grass-covered D-shaped mound (dims of base 17m NE-SW; 14.5m NW-SE; H 1m) with a ditch (Wth of top 8m) at NE and another (Wth of top 4m; D 1.8m at NW; 1m at SW) at SE where there was an outer bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.3m). Its visible profile had been removed by 2012 (OSAP). (Feeley 2001, 32, No. 7) 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 upload: 10 July 2007 Amended: 17 December 2021

• ME045-026 Souterrain
  Description

  Located at the NE end of a slight NE-SW ridge in a gently undulating landscape. A souterrain came to light in the spring of 1986 as the result of ploughing, but it is now closed. It consists of a straight-sided and lintelled SE-NW passage (Wth 0.9m; L 2.3m) which is blocked at the SE end and widened (Wth 1.3m) towards the NW where there is a trapdoor (dims 1m x 1m) in the floor. This leads into a short SE-NW passage (Wth 1m; H 1m; L 2.3m) roofed with two large lintels which enters an oval or subtriangular beehive chamber (dims c. 2.5m N-S; c. 2.5m E-W; H 2.2m) that has a corbelled roof and a single large capstone. From this chamber a short passage (Wth 0.9-1.1m; H 1.1m; L 1.5m) extends SW and enters a circular beehive chamber (diam. 3.3m N-S; 3.3m E-W; H 2.3m). The capstone of this chamber is cracked and the entrance has a large lintel (Wth c. 1.2m; H c.0.4m) supported on jambs that have four stones each. See the attached drawing by Muiris de Buitlear 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: 10 July 2007 Amended: 17 December 2021

• ME045-030 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on low ground at the bottom of a slight N-facing slope in a gently undulating, low-lying landscape, with a palaeo-channel (Wth c. 12m) c. 20m to the NW. Archaeological testing (03E1361) by D. Bonner identified two burnt mounds in Area 15 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass (excavations.ie 2003:1361), which were completely excavated by C. Murray under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1179). This is a subcircular area of broken and burnt stone (dims 8.15m N-S; 6.3m E-W; T 0.2-0.25m) associated with a large, flat-bottomed oval trough (dims 1.8m NW-SE; 1.35m NE-SW; max. D 0.45m) and a small pit (dims 0.66m x 0.45m; D 0.34m) 2.1m S of the trough. The trough was filled with silts mixed with burnt stones, charcoal and scorched alder. A sample from the wood produced a C14 date of 2140-1940 cal. BC. (Murray 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-031 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on low ground in a gently undulating, low-lying landscape with a spring c. 6m to the SW. Archaeological testing (03E1361) by D. Bonner identified two burnt mounds in Area 15 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass (excavations.ie 2003: 1361) which were completely excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1179) by C. Murray under the same licence. This is a circular trough (diam. 1.2m x 1.2m; max. D 0.3m) with a hearth 1.15m to the NE visible as a spread of oxidized clay (dims 3.75m x 2.03m) outside the oval mound (dims 6.1m E-W; 4.5m; max. T 0.13m) of broken and burnt stone. The basal fill of the trough was a silty sand with burnt stone beneath the remains of a wooden plank. A covering of clay (T 0.08m) sealed the mound and formed the upper level of the trough. No artefacts were recovered. The fulacht fia (ME045-030----) is 43m to the NE. (Murray 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-033 Field boundary
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (03E1354) by S. Halliday in Area 17 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass (excavations.ie 2003:1362) recorded two ditches of a field system that was further excavated by D. Fallon between January and March 2004 under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004: 1178). The two primary ditches ran N-S (L 19.8m plus; max. Wth 2.4m; max. D 0.9m) and WNW-ESE (L 50m plus; max. Wth 2.4m; max. D 1m), and would have met off the excavated area to the S. A sample of ash charcoal from the primary fill of the latter ditch yielded a C14 date of 1030-1220 cal. AD. Seed grains from the fills intimate the proximity of grain processing, and pottery from the ditches suggests a thirteenth century date as does a silver penny of Edwards I dating from 1280-83 that was recovered from the topsoil. (Fallon 2009, 34-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-033001 Well
  Description

  After the high medieval field ditches (ME045-033----) became largely silted, and probably sometime during the fourteenth century, four large pits were dug, the largest of which cut one of the silted ditches. The earliest pit (dims 5.5m x 3.06m; max. D 1.32m), filled with silts that produced a few sherds of Dublin-type fine ware, was cut on its N side by the largest pit (diam. 7m) that had steep sides (D 1.75m) except at SE where there was a gentler ramp. This pit was filled with silts that had a high organic content at the base where three stakes were secured with packing stones. A fragment of a wooden vessel in the form of a mether with only one surviving handle was recovered from the pit and produced a C14 date of 1270-1400 cal. AD. A radiocarbon date of 1420-1500 cal. AD was provided by a sample from a tertiary fill of this pit. Evidence of wheat, barley and oats was found as well as cattle, sheep and pig bones. The skeletal remains of a cat and at least one dog as well as owl bones were also recovered from upper fills. Another large pit (dims 6m x 3.5m; D 1.87m), 17m to the W had a flat bottom and was filled with silts that had a high organic content and produced medieval ceramics from the tertiary fills. An oval pit (dims 9.2m E-W; 2.3m N-S; max. D 1m) 13m further N had a single highly organic fill, produced one sherd of Leinster cooking ware, and yielded a C14 date of 1280-1400 cal. AD. These medieval waterholes had prehistoric predecessors (ME045-033005-) c. 30m to the N. (Fallon 2009, 40-44) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-033002 Field system
  Description

  The high medieval field ditches (ME045-033----) were succeeded by late medieval or early modern fields of smaller dimensions (Wth c. 20-25m E-W) which were defined by now silted ditches that extended off to the S. A substantial E-W boundary ditch (L 64m plus; max. Wth 6m; max. D 1.5m) and its continuation to the E (L 23m plus; max. Wth 3.7m; D 1.5m) formed the N edge of the system that drained to the NW but extended E and W beyond the excavation limits. The ditches tended to be straight-sided and flat-bottomed with very sterile fills. Four slighter drains (Wth c. 2.7-3.4m; D 1.1-1.4m) with similar profiles and fills extend S from the E-W boundary ditch. They produced evidence of wheat, barley, oats, vetch, peas, and rye, as well as a wide variety of weeds and wild species such as elder, wild parsnip, blackberry, knotgrass, sedge, fat hen, buttercup and wild cherry. At the W edge of the excavated area two slighter open S-N drains (L 13-15m plus; Wth 1.14-2m; D 0.7-0.9m) flanked either side of a metaled surface (Wth 3m) which could be the surface of the S-N lane depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No dateable artefacts were recovered from the road or its gullies, although finds from the silts above it suggest that the road and the fields might have become defunct during the eighteenth century. A single sherd of North Devon gravel-tempered ware and the base of a glass bottle of early eighteenth century date were recovered from the primary and secondary fills of the large E-W boundary ditch, but they could be intrusive or evidence of a re-cut. The two corn-drying kilns (ME045-033003-) fit neatly into these fields and their late medieval dates suggest a similar origin for the fields. It is possible that the farmhouse c. 100m to the S, which is the focus of both the high medieval and the late medieval field systems and their associated activities, is the successor of a medieval one, perhaps one of the four houses recorded at Baltrasna in the Civil Survey (1654) (Simington 1940, 102). (Fallon 2009, 45-52) See the attached plan from Fallon (2009, fig. 18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 December 2021

• ME045-033003 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  After the silting of the original field drains (ME045-033----), large pits (ME045-033001-) were dug at one point, but further E two corn-drying kilns were established close together. A keyhole kiln (dims 3.47m x 1.98m; D 0.31m) with a large bowl (diam. 2m) at N had two charcoal-rich fills but no evidence of in situ burning. There was evidence of wheat, barley and oats, and a sherd of Frechen Stoneware in the secondary fill indicates a sixteenth or seventeenth century date, although this sherd might be intrusive from the topsoil. Just 8m to the W and in a separate early modern field (ME045-033002-), was a second kiln, an oval pit (dims 3.52m E-W; 0.9m N-S; D 0.4m) with a well-defined firing bowl and evidence of in situ firing at the E end. A shallow cut (diam. 0.9m; D 0.3m) with three fairly sterile fills was attached to the S edge of the pit at the centre, but a sample from an ash twig from this yielded a C14 date of 1490-1660 cal. AD. Each of the kilns had a small pit (dim. 0.4-0.9m; D 0.08m) c. 2-2.5m to the S. (Fallon 2009, 45-8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-033004 Habitation site
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (03E1354) by S. Halliday in Testing Area 18 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass exposed an area of stone cobbling (excavations.ie 2003:1362) that was excavated by D. Fallon (excavations.ie 2004:1178) under the same licence between January and March 2004. The truncated remains of a stone platform (dims 5.87m E-W; 1.85m N-S) set in a shallow cut (D 0.3m) was recorded c. 2m N of a second floor (dims 2.5m NE-SW; 1.4m NW-SE) also set in a cut (D 0.25m). There was a stone-built box-drain (L 3m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.25m) running NE-SW 2.5m W of the smaller floor that drained S into a mapped field boundary. About 500 sherds of medieval pottery, including Leinster cooking ware and Dublin type wares, were recovered at what is probably a badly eroded house site, although there were no post-holes or hearths evident. Finer Dublin type wares suggests it dates to the thirteenth century. (Fallon 2009, 37-40) See the attached plan from Fallon (2009, fig. 16) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-033005 Well
  Description

  Located towards the top of a gentle N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (03E1354) by S. Halliday in Area 17 of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass recorded two ditches of a field system of rectangular fields (excavations.ie 2003:1362) that were further excavated by D. Fallon under the same licence when earlier features came to light (excavations.ie 2004:1178). The earliest feature is a shallow pit (dims 1.3m x 0.8m; D 0.3m) filled with clays containing charcoal that produced a C14 date of 1260-930 cal. BC and burnt stone material. Three sherds from the same cordoned urn were recovered from this pit that was slightly cut by a larger subrectangular pit (dims 4.4m x 2.5m; D 1.4m) just to its S. This achieved its greatest depth at S with a gentle slope down from the N and was filled with silts or slumped material with some animal bone, and a piece of iron slag was in the top fill. A sample from a primary fill yielded a C14 date of 170 cal. BC – 90 cal. AD. It was probably a waterhole as was a larger pit (diam. 8.5m; D 1.5m) just to its W that had a gently sloping ramp down from the NE and was deepest at SW. A large post-hole or pit bottom (diam. 0.6m; D 0.3m) was present on the ramp. The pit was filled with slump material and silts with organic material, and a sample from the basal deposit yielded a C14 date of 410-200 cal. BC. Apart from the pottery sherds no artefacts were recovered. (Fallon 2009, 31-4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-045 Ring-ditch
  Description

  The cropmark of a small ring-ditch (diam. c . 8m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Bing aerial images (2013). Ring-ditch (ME045-046----) is just to the NE. It was first identified by Tom Condit. See the attached view from Digital Globe (2013) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013

• ME045-046 Ring-ditch
  Description

  The cropmark of a small ring-ditch (diam. c . 8m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Bing aerial images (2013). Ring-ditch (ME045-045----) is just to the SW. It was first identified by Tom Condit. See the attached view from Digital Globe (2013) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Baltrasna, Ashbourne8 sales

Name

Baltrasna · An Baile Trasna

Area

1,845,075 m² (184.51 ha, 455.93 acres)

Civil parish

Ratoath, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Ratoath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ratoath electoral division: 11,894 people in 3,639 households; 84% of households own their home; 58% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Donaghmore, Fleenstown Great, Fleenstown Little, Harlockstown, Killegland, Kilrue, Milltown

Placenames

Baltrasna 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.