Bey More

132 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bey More, from 46 m² to 571,865 m² (57.19 ha, 141.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 156 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 9 Jul 2026Conditional

  retention for a Waste Water Treatment System, Percolation Area and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660856

• 16 Jun 2026N/a

  retention for a Waste Water Treatment System, Percolation Area and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660740

• 14 Jan 2026Refused

  a detached shed to rear of existing dwelling / site with associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660053

• 10 Jul 2025Conditional

  the Development consists of new agricultural entrance from public road to agricultural lands and All Associated Site development Works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560719

• 7 Jun 2025N/a

  the development will consist of a two-storey dwelling house, with an ancillary detached garage, wastewater treatment plant and percolation area. The proposed development also provides for a new vehicular access off the Cooperhill Road (R108) and all associated site development works including landscaping and boundary treatments

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560576

• 15 Jul 2024Conditional

  formation of a new vehicular entrance, to include recessed gate & fencing, and associated siteworks, to a field to replace the existing unauthorized entrance, which will be closed

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24304

• 4 Aug 2023Conditional

  planning permission for a replacement dwelling, proprietary effluent treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works. The existing dwelling house on the site is to be demolished

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23778

• 20 Jul 2023N/a

  planning permission for a replacement dwelling, proprietary effluent treatment system with percolation area and all ancillary site works. The existing dwelling house on the site is to be demolished

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23729

• 24 Apr 2023Conditional

  the development will comprise of a Living/Dining/Kitchen Area, four bedrooms and ancillary accommodation. The development will also include a new vehicular access from Beamore Road, and a new septic tank for foul and soakaways surface water disposal. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23442

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  proposed dry agricultural storage sheds, covered yard and all associated works at existing farm complex

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23432

• 25 Jan 2023N/a

  the development will comprise of a Living/Dining/Kitchen Area, four bedrooms and ancillary accommodation. The development will also include a new vehicular access from Beamore Road, and a new septic tank for foul and soakaways surface water disposal

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2366

• 25 Jan 2023Conditional

  single storey house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system & soil polishing filter area, landscaping, domestic entrance off public road, & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2367

• 5 Oct 2022Conditional

  alterations to dwelling and for two storey extension to rear of dwelling and for waste water treatment system to replace septic tank

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221310

• 23 Mar 2022Conditional

  (a) retention of existing single storey extension to the rear of the house (b) permission for a proposed single storey extension to the rear and east side and all ancillary works. All to existing 2 storey detached house

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22367

• 18 Feb 2022N/a

  alterations to dwelling and for two storey extension to rear of dwelling and for waste water treatment system to replace septic tank

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22212

• 14 Sept 2020Conditional

  conversion of attic space to storage space and new 26sq M prefabricated structure for art studio use to side of existing dwelling aswell as all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, LB201273

• 30 Aug 2019N/a

  a 2 storey dormer roof extension over existing first floor consisting of Bedroom, Bathroom and study and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB191135

• 28 Dec 2017Conditional

  demolition of existing single storey extension to the rear (East) of existing dwelling and construction of a new single storey extension in its place. Attic conversion with new dormer window & 4 no new rooflights, all to the rear. 1 no new first floor window to existing gable wall on side / North elevation. 1 no new first floor window to existing gable wall on side /South elevation, and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, LB171544

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 Bey More.

Recorded monuments

• ME020-022 Mound
  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 Flat-topped mound containing an ice-house (diam. of top 6m, diam. of base 20m, H 3.5m).

• ME020-031 Building
  Description

  The French Cistercian abbey of de Bello Becco in Normandy established a grange or out-farm about 5 km outside Drogheda at Bey More that came to be known as Beaubec. The foundation date is not known, but sometime after 1225 Walter de Lacy granted lands at Gillekeran to the church of SS Mary and Laurence of Beaubec. The name Gillekeran – servant of Kieran – suggests it may be on an older ecclesiastical foundation or on Church land. In 1259 Geoffrey de Geneville granted further land to Beaubec at Kells, and Beaubec was valued at almost 30 shillings in 1304-06. After 1303 its abbots lived abroad and it was run by attorneys until in 1332 Beaubec was transferred to the Cistercian abbey of Furness in Lancashire. This abbey already had land in the area and continued to export grain to the motherhouse throughout the fourteenth century. The right of Furness to Beaubec was challenged but confirmed in 1380, An extent of the manor of Colp in 1408 describes Beaubec as having the largest holding of 4 carucates or townlands as well as two carcuates held in burgage. Furness retained Beaubec and its lands until it was suppressed in the 1530s, and In 1538 Edward Becke of Mornington received the lands of Furness including 400 acres at Bey More. Through the marriage of his daughter Mary to Henry Draycott the property passed to this English family but in 1640 their descendent John Draycott, described as an Irish papist, owned 640 acres in Bey More and Bey Beg where there was a stone house and some outhouses and cabins (Simington 1940, 3-4). Thereafter the property passed to the Talbot family, and in 1723 the land was sold to Thomas Pearson of Athboy who landscaped the grounds (D’Alton 1844, 453-4). (Stout 2018, 194-8) The medieval masonry remains consists of a rectangular tower (int. dims c. 4.8m NW-SE; c. 2.2m NE-SW) with lights in the NE and SE walls at the ground floor. There is a blocked doorway in the NW wall and a modern entrance in the SW wall. A wall (L 8.3m; H c. 7m) with a buttress at its far end extended NE from the N angle of the tower. Archaeological excavation (97E0046) uncovered a cobbled surface overlying the foundations of a wall (Wth 1m; L 8m plus) extending NW from and bonded with the tower, demonstrating that the tower was attached to a larger structure (Murphy 1997, 1997a). A geophysical survey (Leigh 2016) identified areas of high resistivity immediately SW of the standing remains that can be interpreted as a large building (L c. 35m NE-SW). Another area of high resistance is c. 30m SSW of the standing remains is interpreted as a structure that has its walls aligned with the current field boundaries. This structure was extant on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The foundations of the NW and SW sides of what might be a medieval grange are still likely to be extant, and a gradiometry survey confirmed activity in the same areas. (Stout 2018, 198-202) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 January 2020

• ME020-065 Enclosure
  Description

  The outline of a sub-circular enclosure feature (estimated diam. c. 25m) is visible on an OSI aerial photograph (1995) as a soil mark (SMR file). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 27 July 2012

• ME020-076001 Enclosure
  Description

  Geophysical prospection undertaken in September 2007 indicated the remains of possible enclosures and an associated field system (SMR file). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 27 July 2012

• ME020-076002 Field system
  Description

  Geophysical prospection undertaken in September 2007 indicated the remains of possible enclosures (ME020-076001-) and an associated field system (SMR file). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 27 July 2012

• ME020-091 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 40m ENE-WSW; c. 40m NNW-SSE) defined by single fosses or moats (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on images recorded on a drone-mounted camera by Anthony Murphy on 30 July 2021. Its sides are parallel with the ENE-WSW road c. 50m to the N and the cropmark of an unmapped field drain c. 25m to the S. See the attached image courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August 2021

• ME020-092001 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible on images recorded from a drone-mounted camera on 30 July 2021 by Anthony Murphy. A rectangular enclosure (ME020-092002-) is c. 10m to the S and an unmapped field system (ME020—092003-) is associated with both enclosures. See the attached image (front) courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August 2021

• ME020-092002 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a subrectangular area (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 20m N-S) defined by single fosses (Wth c. 1-3m) is visible on images recorded from a drone-mounted camera on 30 July 2021 by Anthony Murphy. The circular enclosure (ME020-092001-) is c. 10m to the N and an unmapped field system (ME020—092003-) is associated with both enclosures. See the attached image (centre) courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August 2021

• ME020-092003 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmarks of a field system covering about 1.75 ha (c. 4 acres) are visible on images recorded from a drone-mounted camera on 30 July 2021 by Anthony Murphy. The fields, defined by single drains (Wth c. 1-2m), are rectangular (dims c. 50m x c. 20-50m), and they probably post-date the circular enclosure (ME020-0092001-) as a drain from the fields cuts the enclosure. See the attached image courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August 2021

• ME020-093 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single narrow fosse (Wth c. 1m) is visible on images recorded on a drone-mounted camera by Anthony Murphy on 30 July 2021. See the attached image courtesy of Anthony Murphy Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 August 2021

• ME020-094 Ring-ditch
  Description

  The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 12m; ext. diam. c. 25m) defined by two fosses is only visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. There is a gap (Wth c. 7m) in the outer fosse at SSE. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020

• ME020-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the E-facing spine of a small and low W-E spur. The faint cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 48m N-S; c. 42m E-W) defined by a single slight fosse is most clearly visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021) but is also visible on Apple Maps (2018). It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August 2021

• ME020-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the spine of a low and broad ENE-WSW ridge or rise. The cropmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 35m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by a single fosse (Wth c. 2-3m) is visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). There is a wide gap (Wth c. 15m) in the perimeter at NW. Elements of a field system (ME020-096001-) extend off to the N but are not directly connected with this rath. The enclosure is also faintly visible on Apple Maps (2018) and was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August 2021

• ME020-096001 Field system
  Description

  Located on a slight N-facing slope, and these features are only visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). The cropmark ditches of fields extend off to the N of rath (ME020-096----), although not actually connected with it. The ditches cover an area of about 7 acres (c. 3 ha) and form rectangular fields (dims c. 35m x c. 40m) with rounded corners. There are some narrow passages or roads (Wth c. 5-10m) between some of the fields but no houses or structures can be distinguished. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August 2021

• ME027-063 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. A circular area (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on the aerial OSI series of aerial images (1995). It was first noted by Colin Byrne. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 August, 2016

• ME027-113 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape. The faint cropmark of a subcircular or D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a continuous fosse (Wth c. 2-4m) is visible on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. It is also visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013), and it was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020

• ME027-117 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 10m) defined by a continuous fosse (Wth c. 1-2m) is only visible on Apple Maps which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 February 2020

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

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

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3114 (ZIP).

Flooding

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

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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

Name

Bey More · Béibeac Mór

Area

3,264,378 m² (326.44 ha, 806.65 acres)

Civil parish

Colp, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

St. Mary's, the unit of the census

Census 2022

St. Mary's electoral division: 16,403 people in 5,342 households; 81% of households own their home; 66% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bey Beg, Bryanstown, Calliaghstown, Crufty, Kilsharvan, Platin, Shallon

Placenames

Bey More 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.