Bective

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bective, from 4 m² to 272,545 m² (27.25 ha, 67.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 · 112 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 31 Jul 2026N/a

  Upgrades to the existing vehicular entrance serving Bective Mill House and its junction with local road L4010, including: (i) the provision of build-outs on either side of the existing entrance to improve vehicular access and road safety; (ii) the installation of a STOP sign and associated STOP road marking; (iii) the installation of YIELD signs and associated YIELD road markings to the northwest and southeast of Bective Bridge; and (iv) all associated site works necessary to facilitate the improvements. The development relates to works within the curtilage of protected structures, RPS no. 91127 (Bective Bridge Saw Mill) and RPS No. 91130 (Bective Bridge).

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660965

• 27 Mar 2026Refused

  the development will consist of permission to revise the red line site boundary to address condition 4(b) from that granted under previous planning permission planning reference number 24/60887

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660346

• 24 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of permission for a new 4 bedroom two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, new entrance arrangement, waste water treatment system and all associated site works on this site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460887

• 5 Dec 2022Conditional

  The development will consist of minor modifications to the architectural treatment of the previously permitted development for reinstatement and change of use of the derelict South Lodge to office\gate lodge (Meath County Council Planning Register No. 21/395), and will include change of use of the South Lodge and ancillary buildings to office/gate lodge, repairs and reinstatement of building fabric including replacement of roofs and new conservation grade rooflight in rear roof of main gate lodge building. The proposed development also encompasses alterations to and reinstatement of the existing twentieth century extension at the back of the main South Gate Lodge structure, which alterations will include: (i) demolition of part of the back room (3 sqm) of the extension and outhouse; (ii) replacing the (now collapsed) roof to the extension, with a new gabled roof; (iii) raising the floor level by 300mm to match the level at the front of the building; (iv) altering the existing window and door openings including blocking two existing windows in the northwest wall and providing one new window in the northeast wall; (v) providing external insulation to the existing walls of the twentieth century extension only and {vi) internal alterations to accommodate a new accessible bathroom and kitchen in the altered twentieth century extension including forming a new doorway between the front room and the extension.. Car parking and drainage facilities will be developed as permitted per Planning Register No. 21/395, and including previously permitted proprietary waste water treatment system and soil polishing area. (The permission granted per Meath County Council Planning Register No. 21/395, inter alia, includes reinstatement and change of use of the derelict South Lodge to office\gate lodge, demolition of non-original additions of 6.6 sqm, ancillary parking and a new package waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter area). All on a site of (1,260 sqm) with amended site boundaries at the South Gate Lodge (Bective Townland), Bective House and Demesne, Navan, Co. Meath (a Protected Structure: 91131). A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221582

• 30 Sept 2022N/a

  the retention of the existing dwelling as a home office, the demolition of the existing barn, the construction of a two storey dwelling with integral garage, the installation of a new septic tank system, a new site access and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221292

• 6 Sept 2022N/a

  the retention of the existing dwelling as a home office, the demolition of the existing barn, the construction of a two storey dwelling with integral garage, the installation of a new septic tank system, a new site access and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221163

• 11 Aug 2022Conditional

  retention permission for the existing gate entrance at the Protected Structure

  Retention · Meath County Council, 221053

• 27 Jul 2022N/a

  retention permission for the existing gate entrance

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22997

• 8 Mar 2021N/a

  the construction of a two storey replacement dwelling with integral garage, new site access and associated site works, and the demolition of the existing house and barn

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21451

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  the proposed development includes re-instatement and change of use of the derelict Bective House (Protected Structure) and ancillary structures, demolition of two extensions to the rear and the addition of new extensions to the rear, to form a hotel with 104 bedrooms. The development also includes reinstatement of the derelict South Lodge gate lodge (part of the Protected Structure) and upgrading of the south access driveway and a road bridge (Protected Structure) over the Clady River. Existing farming and equine industry activities will remain in situ in the overall land holding of 71.39 ha. The development includes: reinstatement and change of use to hotel accommodation of Bective House including ancillary court yard structures (currently in partly ruinous condition) - related alterations to interior, additional access to hotel via courtyard, demolition of two number two storey (total 238.6m2) extensions to rear (two storey flat roof extension within courtyard and two storey early Twentieth Century extension to rear of main block), construct new glazed link block, in lieu of demolished early Twentieth Century extension, connecting to concourse of proposed new three storey hotel buildings to the rear (North East), containing bedrooms, restaurant, kitchen, back of house services, spa, gymnasium and swimming pool over part basement ( 2 number), bedroom block in landscaped inner walled garden, one storey multi-functional centre, with one storey ancillary accommodation containing bedrooms over, in landscaped outer walled garden, replacement single storey, mono-pitched roofed greenhouse in outer walled garden, new single storey orangery/café in inner walled garden, ancillary three storey hotel services block and service yard, with new service road access to rear of proposed hotel complex, electricity switch room and transformer room, standby generator, new foul water pumping station together with a new wastewater treatment system on-site to serve hotel development, discharging via underground rising main to sand polishing filter and percolation area, a bored well (existing), water supply with new water treatment and underground water storage facilities, including for firefighting, re-instatement (including of roof) and change of use of the South Lodge to office/gate lodge, including demolition of ancillary non original additions (6.6m2) and ancillary parking etc. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21395

• 3 Feb 2021N/a

  the construction of a two storey replacement dwelling with integral garage, new site access and associated site works, following the removal of existing house and barn

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21184

• 26 Jan 2021Conditional

  development will consist of a side and rear two storey extension and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21138

• 14 Jan 2021N/a

  the construction of a two storey replacement dwelling with integral garage, new site access and associated site works, following the removal of existing house and barn

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2151

• 22 Dec 2020N/a

  development will consist of a side and rear two storey extension and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA202057

• 25 Mar 2020Conditional

  1. change of use of ground floor of existing dwelling to use as a cafe, construction of a new single storey, glazed seating area extension for new cafe to South and West elevations of existing dwelling; 2. construct a new one-and-a-half-storey domestic extension to the East of the existing dwelling; 3. construct 6 no. A - Frame camping huts along with general tent camping area for occasional use and toilet/ shower building to West of Bective Mill (a protected structure); 4. install new wastewater treatment system to serve all existing and proposed development on site; 5. new car parking and associated site works along with provision of traffic signals at existing entry and Bective Bridge (a protected structure) in conjunction with the Local Authority; 6. removal of a number of unauthorised structures from site. Part of application lies within a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area, a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been carried out and is being submitted with the Planning Application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA200404

• 10 Mar 2020N/a

  1. change of use of ground floor of existing dwelling to use as a cafe, construction of a new single storey, glazed seating area extension for new cafe to South and West elevations of existing dwelling; 2. construct a new one-and-a-half-storey domestic extension to the East of the existing dwelling; 3. construct 6 no. "A - Frame" camping huts along with general tent camping area for occasional use and toilet/ shower building to West of Bective Mill (a protected structure); 4. install new wastewater treatment system to serve all existing and proposed development on site; 5. new car parking and associated site works along with provision of traffic signals at existing entry and Bective Bridge (a protected structure) in conjunction with the Local Authority; 6. removal of a number of unauthorised structures from site.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA200319

• 29 Aug 2019Refused

  (A) Planning permission the construction of a two storey detached family farm dwelling house, accessed via the existing entrance gateway and access road, new gate, piers and side walls to existing entrance. New septic tank and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. (B) Planning permission for a Dungstead and associated soiled water tank. (C) Retention planning permission for retention of the existing single storey cabin building structure and planning permission for its reuse as a farm office, utility and storage building and connection to the proposed septic tank.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA191118

• 16 Aug 2019N/a

  (A) the construction of a two storey detached family farm dwelling house, accessed via the existing entrance gateway and access road, new gate, piers and side walls to existing entrance. New septic tank and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. (B) Planning permission for a Dungstead and associated soiled water tank. (C) Retention planning permission for retention of the existing single storey cabin building structure and planning permission for its reuse as a farm office, utility and storage building and connection to the proposed septic tank.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA191076

• 17 Jul 2019N/a

  the proposed development will consist of: 1. change of use of ground floor of existing dwelling to use as a cafe, construction of a new single storey, glazed seating area extension for new cafe to South and West elevations of existing dwelling; 2. Construct a new one-and-a-half-storey domestic extension to the East of the existing dwelling; 3. Construct 6 no. "A-Frame" camping huts along with general tent camping area for occasional use and toilet/shower building to West of Bective Mill (a protected structure); 4. Install new wastewater treatment system to serve all existing and proposed development on site; 5. New car parking and associated site works along with provision of traffic signals at existing entry and Bective Bridge (a protectd structure) in conjunction with the local Authority; 6. Maintenace work to Bective Mill (a protected structure) to arrest deterioration; 7. Removal of a number of unauthorised structure from site. Part of the application site lies within a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area, a Natura Impact Statement has been carried out and is being submitted with the planning application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA190938

• 20 May 2019N/a

  the proposed development will consist of: 1. change of use of ground floor of existing dwelling to use as a cafe, construction of a new single storey, glazed seating area extension for new cafe to South and West elevations of existing dwelling; 2. construct a new one-and-a-half-storey domestic extension to the East of the dwelling dwelling; 3. construct 6 no. "A-Frame" camping huts along with general tent camping area for occasional use and toilet/shower building to West of Bective Mill (a protected structure); 4. install new wastewater treatment system to serve all existing and proposed development on site; 5. new car parking and associated site works along with provision of traffic signals at existing entry and Bective Bridge (a protectd structure) in conjunction with the local Authority; 6. maintenace work to Bective Mill (a protected structure) to arrest deterioration; 7. removal of a number of unauthorised structure from site. Part of the application site lies within a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out and is being submitted with the planning application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA190629

• 7 Mar 2017N/a

  for planning permission for development and planning permission to retain development at Bective Mill, Bective, Navan, Co. Meath. The proposed development consists of the change of use of ground floor of existing dwelling to use as a cafe, construction of a new single storey glazed seating area extension for new cafe to south and west elevations of existing dwelling, construct new two storey domestic extension to east of existing dwelling, provide 6 no. "A - Frame" camping huts along with general tent camping area for occasional use and toilet/shower building to west of Bective Mill, new wastewater treatment system to serve all development on site, car parking, landscaping and all associated site works along with provision of traffic signals at existing entry and Bective Bridge (a Protected Structure) in conjunction with the Local Authority. The proposed development also includes maintenance work to Bective Mill (a Protected Structure) to arrest deterioration and the removal of a number of unauthorised structures from site. The development it is proposed to retain consists of the retention of 1 no. mobile home, 1 no. gazebo. Part of the application site lies within a SCA and a SPA, an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been carried out and is being submitted with the planning application. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA170233

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME031-009 Souterrain
  Description

  The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Length of passage discovered during ploughing in 1980. Both ends collapsed.

• ME031-018 Souterrain
  Description

  Located towards the top of a N-facing slope which is at the N tip of a S-N spur between as S-N section of the Clady River c. 40m to the W and a S-N section of the River Boyne c. 65m to the E. This is a Z-shaped souterrain that had been recently discovered c. 1850 (Wilde 1850, 114-5) and was described in detail by Orpen (1890-1). A roofless entrance passage (L 3.2m) sloping steeply downwards to the N and then E (L c. 5.8m) led through a drop-hole (D c. 1m) into a lintelled passage that continued E (L c. 2.9m) to the southern (int. diam. c. 2.65m) of two chambers connected by a short SSE-NNW passage (L c. 2.6m). The north corbelled chamber (int. diam. c. 2.9m) was undamaged. The two unroofed outer passages are still visible but the rest of the souterrain is sealed. 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: 14 January 2015

• ME031-019 Church
  Description

  Located on relatively low ground at the N end of a SSW-NNE spur, with a S-N section of the River Boyne c. 30m to the E. A SSW-NNE section of the W-E Clady River is c. 50m to the W, crossed by the bridge (ME031-019001-), and the confluence with the Boyne is c. 70m to the NE of the church. This church could be a Capella ante Portas or church for the lay brothers of Bective Cistercian Abbey (ME031-026----), which is c. 1km to the S. As such it would not be listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 256-7). The rectory of Bective is amongst the possessions of the abbey at the Suppression in 1537 (White 1943, 269). Ussher (1622) describes the church as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxxvi). Dopping (1682-5) describes it as a small chapel that was not enclosed, while the Royal visitation (1693) describes it as a long time ruined and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary (Ellington 1972, 13). The remains consist of the foundations of an E-W building (int. dims 14.5m E-W; 5.2m N-S), now obscured with undergrowth. The W gable is complete to a belfry. A S transept was added, perhaps to display two arches of the cloister arcade (ME031-019003-) thought to have come from Bective Abbey (ME031-026----) and which is now completely obscured (Moore 1961, 63). The church is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 15m E-W at S to c. 30m E-W at N) defined by masonry walls at S and W and earthen banks at N and E. A font described by Wilde (1850, 95-6) is probably the font now in the Roman Catholic church in Robinstown (ME031-070----) c. 1.7km to the W. The souterrain (ME031-018----) is c. 40m SW of the graveyard. 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/revision: 9 January 2015

• ME031-019001 Bridge
  Description

  A narrow stone bridge (Wth 1.4m; L 13m) of two round arches that has no parapets crosses a SW-NE section of the W-E Clady River c. 80m from its confluence with a S-N section of the River Boyne and c. 25m N of Clady church (ME031-019----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015

• ME031-019002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on relatively low ground at the N end of a SSW-NNE spur, with a S-N section of the River Boyne c. 30m to the E. A SSW-NNE section of the W-E Clady River is c. 50m to the W, and the confluence with the Boyne is c. 70m to the NE. Clady church (ME031-019----), which is a Capella ante Portas or church for the lay brothers of Bective Cistercian Abbey (ME031-026----), which is c. 1km to the S, is within a neglected subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 50m N-S; c. 15 E-W at S to c. 30m E-W at N) defined by masonry walls at S and W and earthen banks at N and E. A font (ME031-019003-) described by Wilde (1850, 95-6) as being in the graveyard is probably the font now in the Roman Catholic church at Robinstown (ME031-070----) c. 1.7km to the W. The souterrain (ME031-018----) is c. 40m SW of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015

• ME031-019003 Font
  Description

  A font described by Wilde (1850, 95-6) as being a plain octagon 'two feet five inches in diameter (c. 0.7m)' in the graveyard just N of Clady church (ME031-019----) is probably the font now in the Roman Catholic church in Robinstown (ME031-070----) c. 1.7km to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015

• ME031-019004 Architectural feature
  Description

  A S transept was added to Clady church (ME031-019----), perhaps to display part of the cloister arcade thought to have come from Bective Abbey (ME031-026----) and which is now completely obscured (Moore 1961, 63). It consists of two cinquefoil arches from the cloister arcade (Wilde 1850, 95). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January, 2015

• ME031-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The following 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. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Circular raised area defined by scarp (diam. 56m) with external fosse and traces of outer bank NE-E and S-NW. Entrance may be at E.

• ME031-026 Religious house - Cistercian monks
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a broad bend of the River Boyne with a SW-NE section of the river c. 150m to the SE. The Cistercian abbey known as the Beatitudes and which was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin was founded by Marchad O'Maeil Sheachlainn, king of Meath c. 1150. It was the first daughter-house of Mellifont (LH023-007002-) and as it was within the Pale was able to remain in contact with it until both were suppressed in 1537-40. The abbey was endowed by Hugh de Lacy, and although he died in 1186, his body was buried here in 1195 after a dispute with the Augustinians at St Thomas’ abbey in Dublin (DU018-020051-), who got his head. The abbot was a lord of the realm, and in 1488 abbot James Castlemartin was pardoned for supporting the pretender to the throne, Lambert Simnel. There was a religious community at Bective up to the end (Hogan 1976). At the Suppression in 1537 the timbers of the church roof were used to repair a mill at Trim. A hall and a cloister ‘roofed with tiles’ are also mentioned in the description of the precinct. There was 280 acres of demesne land together with a weir and a mill. Five tenants, with plots of 30-40 acres in the Grange of Bective, leased 175 acres, while there were four cottiers and 20 acres of commonage. There were other farms leased to tenants of a similar size with a compliment of cottiers: Balgyll (Balgill/Gillstown - 144 acres), Balbradok (Balbradagh - 155 acres), Dyellogh (Dunlough - 104 acres), Cloncoillen (Cloncullen - 120 acres) and Balbreyth (Balbrigh - 144 acres), which taken together comprise the parish of Bective (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 383-4; White 1943, 267-9). After the Suppression the estate was first leased by Thomas Agard, a vice Treasurer of the Mint, and it was purchased from the Crown by Andrew Wyse in 1552. Possession passed through his granddaughter to Sir Bartholomew Dillon of Riverstown (ME031-031----) and ultimately by purchase in 1638 to Sir Richard Bolton, which family retained it into the 19th century (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 116-20). The abbey was vested in OPW in 1894 and conserved soon afterwards. It is now a National Monument (Harbison 1970, 179-80) that is usually open, but only the cloister and church are accessible. There is a carpark at the roadside c. 80m to the W, but archaeological testing (99E0095) here produced no related material (Sweetman 2000). The surviving remains are complex and four phases of construction are represented (Leask 1916), but fabric dating from the foundation of the abbey is not present (Stalley 1987, 242-3). The S nave wall of the church with its quatrefoil clerestory windows at the top, the surviving fragments of the transepts, and the chapter house at the ground floor in the E range all date from the late 13th century. In the 15th century the N and S aisles of the church were lost and the S nave arcade built up in a blank wall into which two three-light multi-cusp windows under square hood mouldings were set. The nave was foreshortened at the W end and a new, smaller cloister garth (dims 11.3m N-S; 11.3m E-W) was built. The fine arcade of its walk survives on the S and W sides. Each side consists of three bays of three multi-cusp arches (Wth 0.73m; H 1.6m) separated by buttress-piers. The refectory was built over the S range, over-sailing the S cloister walk, and a dormitory similarly over-sails the cloister walk on the W side. The cloister arcade is typical of 15th century work, and two of the arches were moved to the S transept of Clady church (ME031-019004-), c. 1km to the N. One of the piers in the S range has an image of an abbot, and another pier with an image of a bishop is now displayed in the tower of Johnstown Roman Catholic church (ME025-041002-) in Navan. In a later phase a fortified tower house (ext. dims c. 11m E-W; c. 10m N-S) was built at the SW angle of the cloister over the vaulted chambers of the 15th century on the ground floor. There were three upper floors, each with large rectangular but now plain window openings on the S and W walls and fireplaces in the N and E walls. The entrance is a lintelled doorway in the projecting tower at the SE angle at the first floor, and a newel stairs in the projecting tower at the SW angle communicated between the floors. Sometime in the later 16th century, after the Suppression, the buildings were transformed into a U-shaped house, adapting the first floor of the E, S and W ranges as accommodation. The tower house was incorporated into the design and the W range was extended northwards into the W end of the now defunct church. A new entrance was provided on the S front at the first floor, reached by a grand stone staircase. The old chapter house was converted into a kitchen with a large oven in the adjacent chamber to the N. The other vaulted chambers of the ground floor were used for storage, and a stairs to the first floor was inserted in the S range, accessed from the old cloister walk. The most distinctive features of this phase are the large chimney stacks that are particularly visible, two on the N wall of the S range and one on the N gable of the E range. The first floor and an attic survive here with large rectangular windows of two or three lights under rectangular hood mouldings. It might have continued in occupation until Bective House was built around 1790 (Bence-Jones 1978, 35) c. 1.5km to the NNE, and it is depicted as a ruin by Grose (1791, 2, 16-7) and Wilde (1850, 91-4). (Leask 1916; Stout 2017) Archaeological testing (E003200) W and SW of the remains confirmed the existence of archaeological features (Larsson 2009). Low earthwork banks are in the area around the masonry remains, particularly to the S and W where a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 56m x c. 53m) appears to underlie the masonry remains and might therefore relate to the original foundation of the abbey. Excavation (E004028) in 2009 demonstrated that the enclosure was 17th century in date but it sealed a corner of a building with an outer drain that is enclosed within a medieval ditch. This building is interpreted as an infirmary that was isolated outside the SW angle of the monastic complex (Stout 2012). Further work in 2010 immediately S of the S range recorded a stone-lined corn-drying kiln. A rectangular enclosure S of this could be interpreted as a kitchen garden since environmental samples produced evidence of herbs and vegetables including cabbage, mustard, dock, sorrel, radishes, pulses and elderberries. For the 2010 season see this web-page accessed on 8 January, 2015: http://www.excavations.ie/report/2009/Meath/0021722/ 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. See the attached aerial view from NW (015), NE (037), W (047) and N (065). See the abbot from the cloister arcade (054), and a general view from NE (106). This is a National Monument in state guardianship, No. 187. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 15 January 2015

• ME031-026001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a broad bend of the River Boyne with a SW-NE section of the river c. 150m to the SE. The Cistercian abbey of the Beatitudes (ME031-026----) was suppressed in 1537 when the estate was leased by Thomas Agard, a vice Treasurer of the Mint, and purchased from the Crown by Andrew Wyse in 1552. At some stage a fortified tower house (ext. dims c. 11m E-W; c. 10m N-S) was built at the SW angle of the cloister over the vaulted chambers of the 15th century on the ground floor. There were three upper floors, each with large rectangular but now plain window openings on the S and W walls and fireplaces in the N and E walls, The entrance is a lintelled doorway in the projecting tower at the SE angle at the first floor, and a newel stairs in the projecting tower at the SW angle communicated between the floors. (Leask 1916, 55-6) 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. This is a National Monument in state guardianship, No. 187. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 15 January 2015

• ME031-026002 House - 16th century
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a broad bend of the River Boyne with a SW-NE section of the river c. 150m to the SE. The Cistercian abbey of the Beatitudes (ME031-026----) was suppressed in 1537 when the estate was leased by Thomas Agard, a vice Treasurer of the Mint, and purchased from the Crown by Andrew Wyse in 1552. Sometime in the later 16th century, after the Suppression, the buildings were transformed into a U-shaped house, adapting the first floor of the E, S and W ranges as accommodation. The tower house was incorporated into the design and the W range was extended northwards into the W end of the now defunct church. A new entrance was provided on the S front at the first floor, reached by a grand stone staircase. The old chapter house was converted into a kitchen with a large oven in the adjacent chamber to the N. The other vaulted chambers of the ground floor were used for storage, and a stairs to the first floor was inserted in the S range, accessed from the old cloister walk. The most distinctive features of this phase are the large chimney stacks that are particularly visible, two on the N wall of the S range and one on the N gable of the E range. The first floor and an attic survive here with large rectangular windows of two or three lights under rectangular hood mouldings. It might have continued in occupation until Bective House was built around 1790 (Bence-Jones 1978, 35) c. 1.5km to the NNE. (Leask 1916) 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. This is a National Monument in state guardianship, No. 187. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 January 2015

• ME031-042 Bridge
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-063 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photographs (GB89.M.19 & 22) show a complex cropmark enclosure probably coinciding with the site of the souterrain (SMR ME031-009---). The cropmark consists of an irregular curvilinear enclosure, with internal divisions, defined by a fosse and with a contiguous rectilinear field. Cropmarks indicative of a more extensive field system can also be seen in the small patches of ripening crop (yellow on the a/p). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

• ME031-064 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.M.16) shows cropmark of a ring-ditch (one of three cropmark sites in close proximity). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

• ME031-065 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.M.16) shows an incomplete curvilinear enclosure defined by two concentric fosses ditch (one of three cropmark sites in close proximity). Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

• ME031-066 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.M.15) shows cropmark of an incomplete circular enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

• ME031-072001 Enclosure
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This enclosure is c. 31.4m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072002 Enclosure
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This enclosure is c. 20.7m in diameter and contains a ring-ditch (ME031-072003-) (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072003 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 7.3m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072004 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 12.7m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072005 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 9.7m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072006 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 12.7m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072007 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 12.9m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072008 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 9.4m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-072009 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-) are visible on an aerial photograph. This ring-ditch is c. 12.4m in diameter (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-073 Ring-ditch
  Description

  A trivallate ring-ditch (overall diameter c. 35m) is visible as a crop-mark on an aerial photograph (SMR file; pers. comm. T. Condit). To the west is a complex of crop-marks comprising at least two enclosures (ME031-072001-; ME031-072002-) and seven ring-ditches (ME031-072003-; ME031-072004-; ME031-072005-; ME031-072006-; ME031-072007-; ME031-072008-; ME031-072009-). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 September 2015

• ME031-080 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level, low-lying landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). It has a wide entrance (Wth c. 8-10m) at E. The ring-ditch (ME031-080001-), a circular feature (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single fosse feature, is in the interior a little SW of the centre). It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell, and the features are also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013), and OSI images (2018). See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 March, 2019

• ME031-080001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level, low-lying landscape. A small circular feature (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth image (14/07/2018) in the interior of enclosure (ME031-081----) a little SW of the centre. It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell, and the features are also visible on Google Earth (12/07/201) and OSI images (2018). See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 March, 2019

• ME031-081 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of an oval enclosure (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2017). The ring-ditch (ME031-081001-), a small circular feature (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature, is just inside the perimeter at NE. It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell. See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2017) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 March, 2019

• ME031-081001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. A small circular feature (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single continuous fosse feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018) inside the perimeter of enclosure (ME031-081----) at NE. It was first reported by Ciaran McDonnell. See the attached view from Google Earth (14/07/2018) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 March, 2019

• ME031-089 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope with a small canalised WSW-ENE stream c. 130m to the S. The cropmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by a single continuous and fairly wide fosse (Wth c. 3m) is visible only on Aerial Premium (2013-18). There is a single pit at the centre. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Aerial Premium (2013-18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 February 2022

Architectural heritage

• Mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached T-plan five-storey mill, built c.1800, now disused. Replacement pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble stone walls with some dressed quoins. Brick dressing to segmental-arched window openings. Remains of mill wheel to south gable. Former mill house to site.

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

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred). Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Bective with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Bective · Beigthigh

Area

2,186,555 m² (218.66 ha, 540.31 acres)

Civil parish

Bective, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Upper

Electoral division

Bective, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,177 people lived in 387 households in the Bective electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balbradagh, Balbrigh, Balgill, Ballina or Bective, Balsoon, Dunganny, Gillstown, Rathnally, Trubley

Placenames

Bective 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.