# Berrillstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Trevet, barony of Skreen, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,356,473 m² (135.65 ha, 335.19 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,600 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Trevet, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/trevet.md
- Barony: Skreen
- Electoral division: Skreen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,673 people lived in 561 households in the Skreen electoral division. 86% 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. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38039
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160231
- Centre: latitude 53.548095, longitude -6.562218 (WGS 84)

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

32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Berrillstown, from 45 m² to 638,448 m² (63.84 ha, 157.76 acres); 16 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 158155: 638,448 m² (63.84 ha, 157.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158155.md
- Parcel 151604: 221,118 m² (22.11 ha, 54.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151604.md
- Parcel 2516439: 65,148 m² (6.51 ha, 16.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516439.md
- Parcel 214001: 58,879 m² (5.89 ha, 14.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214001.md
- Parcel 161350: 51,059 m² (5.11 ha, 12.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161350.md
- Parcel 151925: 50,958 m² (5.1 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151925.md
- Parcel 135532: 48,439 m² (4.84 ha, 11.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135532.md
- Parcel 187410: 43,658 m² (4.37 ha, 10.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187410.md
- Parcel 201268: 36,006 m² (3.6 ha, 8.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201268.md
- Parcel 2587660: 27,642 m² (2.76 ha, 6.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2587660.md
- Parcel 2762830: 26,796 m² (2.68 ha, 6.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762830.md
- Parcel 2516438: 19,752 m² (1.98 ha, 4.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516438.md
- Parcel 2762482: 10,569 m² (1.06 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762482.md
- Parcel 190890: 9,393 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190890.md
- Parcel 5017412: 7,048 m² (0.7 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5017412.md
- Parcel 205228: 6,069 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205228.md
- Parcel 205904: 5,132 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205904.md
- Parcel 158520: 4,947 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158520.md
- Parcel 142651: 4,674 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142651.md
- Parcel 153009: 3,242 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153009.md
- Parcel 5094066: 3,185 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5094066.md
- Parcel 3092109: 2,364 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3092109.md
- Parcel 181727: 2,297 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/181727.md
- Parcel 170890: 2,213 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/170890.md
- Parcel 165356: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/165356.md
- Parcel 202310: 1,489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202310.md
- Parcel 211215: 1,405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/211215.md
- Parcel 152247: 1,392 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152247.md
- Parcel 138184: 1,202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/138184.md
- Parcel 2516441: 198 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516441.md
- Parcel 173097: 87 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/173097.md
- Parcel 2516440: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516440.md

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

- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 48 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

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

7 applications, newest first.

- 24 Aug 2026, Meath County Council 2661064: N/a. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of: 1. New dwelling and detached garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661064/0
- 31 Jul 2026, Meath County Council 2660974: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of : A) a single story 78sqm granny flat extension to the North and East elevations of Existing house ref NA100954 , comprising of 1 bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Utility, Sitting Rm B) and minor internal alterations to existing dwelling to incorporate Sitting room and bedroom into the same Granny Flat landscaping and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660974/0
- 19 Dec 2025, Meath County Council 2660005: Refused. Permission, 1 home. The development will consist of: 1. New dwelling and detached garage. 2. New domestic entrance. 3. Wastewater Treatment system with Percolation area. 4. Landscaping & all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660005/0
- 2 Dec 2025, Meath County Council 2561314: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. the development consists / will consist of retention of existing 2 storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, stables & roadside vehicular entrance, all as constructed (varied from previous granted permissions Ref. No. 98/1340 & NA/40164) together with permission for proposed installation of new polishing filter to serve existing wastewater treatment system, manure pit & soiled water storage tank and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561314/0
- 30 Sept 2022, Meath County Council 221288: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a new detached, 2-storey dwelling 2. Construction of a new garage 3. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area 4. Existing agricultural entrance to be closed and new agricultural entrance to be formed in new location 5. New vehicular entrance to dwelling off relocated agricultural lane 6. All associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221288/0
- 5 Aug 2021, Meath County Council 211501: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. a single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new well and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211501/0
- 1 Nov 2019, Meath County Council AA191452: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a bungalow, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA191452/0

Applicants are not shown.

## 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 Berrillstown.

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

- ME038-068: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME038-068----. Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. A penannular ring-ditch with pits to the W and E was identified at the W edge of the route of the M3 motorway in a gradiometer survey (00R0064) by GBS Prospection (2001, 9). This was confirmed in archaeological testing (04E0417) by J. Dempsey of Testing Area 3, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie: 2004:1184) when the E part of the ring-ditch was sampled. The broad, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.42m; D 0.59m) enclosed a circular area (int. diam. c. 17.65m; ext. dims c. 30m N-S) but it has a wide opening (Wth c. 18m) at W. Where excavated the fosse had been cut into bedrock and had four fills of clayey silts. Fragments of animal bone together with seven sherds of pottery including a rim-sherd of Beaker were recovered from an upper fill. The only internal feature was a spread (dims 0.97m x 0.71m plus) of clayey silt with burnt stone, flecks of charcoal and fragments of burnt and unburnt bone. An animal tooth from the same level as the Beaker sherd returned a modern date of 1770-1950 (BETA 226218), so the stratigraphy of the sampled ditch is contaminated (Rathbone 2009, 3). (Dempsey 2004, 13-15) See the attached plan from the gradiometer report by GBS Prospection (2009, fig. A53) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April 2022
- ME038-068001: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME038-068001-. Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The penannular ring-ditch identified by GBS Prospection (2001, 9) was confirmed in archaeological testing (04E0417) by J. Dempsey when testing Testing Area 3, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie: 2004:1184). The remaining area within the road corridor was completely excavated (E003062) by S. Rathbone as Berrilstown 1 in November 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1510). Twenty six pits and a corn-drying kiln were excavated around the E edge of the ring-ditch, the pits being more dispersed with distance from the ring-ditch. Apart from two linear examples (dims 1.36m x 0.8m; D 0.19m: 1.5m x 0.42m; D 0.18m) the pits were circular and small (max. diam. 1m; max. D 0.36m). Fourteen of the pits had inclusions of charcoal or burnt bone, but cereal grains dominated by barley were recovered in only one pit. A fragment of metal slag was found in another, and the only artefact was a fragment of a lignite bracelet. Samples from three of the pits produced C14 determinations of 338 cal. BC to 2 cal. AD (BETA 246982), 386-183 cal. BC (BETA 246983), and 565-666 cal. AD (BETA 246984). (Rathbone 2009, 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April, 2022
- ME038-068002: Kiln - corn-drying, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME038-068002-. Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The penannular ring-ditch identified by GBS Prospection (2001, 9) was confirmed in archaeological testing (04E0417) by J. Dempsey (2004) when testing Testing Area 3, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie: 2004:1184). The remaining area within the road corridor was completely excavated (E003062) by S. Rathbone as Berrilstown 1 in November 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1510). Twenty six pits and a corn-drying kiln were excavated around the E edge of the ring-ditch, the pits being more dispersed with distance from the ring-ditch. The keyhole-shaped kiln (dims 3.8m E-W; 1.8m N-S; max. D 1.08m) was c. 6m NE of the ring-ditch. It had evidence of in situ burning and six fills of silty or sandy clay with charcoal and burnt stone and bone fragments. There were also barley grains, but no dating is available. (Rathbone 2009, 3-4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 April, 2022
- ME038-069: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME038-069----. Situated on a slight S-facing slope. This was first identified in archaeological testing (04E0417) by J. Dempsey of Testing Area 3, Contract 2, prior to the construction of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie: 2004:1184). It presented as a pit (diam. 1.48m E-W; 1.28m N-S; D 0.23m) filled with heat-shattered stones in a black matrix. It was completely excavated (E003063) as Berrilstown 2 by S. Rathbone in August 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1511) when nine small pits (dims 0.97m x 0.9m; D 0.17m to 1.8m x 1.2m; D 0.3m) were uncovered in a NW-SE line (L c. 20m), although none of the pits could be positively identified as a trough. Three of the pits contained some burnt stone material but charcoal was present in all. Only one had some bone and this also had small quantities of barley grain and a piece of flint debitage. Charcoal from this pit produced a C14 date of 2285-2030 cal. BC (BETA 246985). One post-hole and a few stake-holes were also present. An E-W drainage ditch with medieval ceramics in its upper fill crossed the area, and three pieces of flint and a quartz core were recovered in the topsoil. (Rathbone 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 20 April, 2022

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)

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

## 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 Berrillstown, about 1 in 20 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Berrillstown.
- 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/meath/berrillstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/berrillstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/berrillstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Clowanstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/clowanstown-160437.md
- Garretstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/garretstown.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/meath/glebe-160787.md
- Killeen: https://everytownland.com/meath/killeen.md
- Smithstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/smithstown-161492.md
- Trevet: https://everytownland.com/meath/trevet.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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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.

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