Boyerstown

114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boyerstown, from 1 m² to 138,126 m² (13.81 ha, 34.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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 · 137 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 May 2023Conditional

  agricultural planning application for planning permission at Commons & Boyerstown, Navan, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the construction of a slatted cubicle shed for the accommodation of livestock, along with other associated ancillary site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360023

• 10 May 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of a change of house type from that previously granted under PI Ref: NA170742 to a redesigned single storey dwelling, associated carport & domestic garage together with all associated site development works. All associated works remain as per previously granted under PL Ref: NA170742

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22596

• 18 Feb 2022Refused

  the demolition of existing unfit for use commercially rated workshop/store and for the construction of new un-serviced storage unit site security fencing and upgraded gated entrance. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22206

• 1 Dec 2020Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling including attached carport, effluent treatment system and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA201838

• 7 Feb 2019Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and form new vehicular entrance with piers from public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA190118

• 8 Feb 2018Conditional

  construction of a part storey & a half and part single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, minor changes to the front elevation, widening of the existing site entrance, upgrading proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA180114

• 27 Jun 2017Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. NA/120850 - detached dwelling, detached garage and wastewater system and all associated development works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA170742

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 Boyerstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME025-087 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on a general N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 of Contract 3 of the M3 works identified a burnt mound that was set aside for resolution as Boyerstown 8 (excavations.ie 2004:1190) and which was fully excavated (E003110) by L. Clarke (2008) over two weeks in July – August 2006 (excvatioins.ie 2006:1522). During resolution a mound was not identified, apart from two small spreads (dims 2.2m; x 0.8m; D 0.16m: 0.88-0.9m; T 0.22m) of broken and burnt stone, but a rectangular trough (dims 1.75m x 0.85m; D 0.17m) with three stake-holes in the base and six pits (dims 0.46-0.5m; D 0.13m to 34m x 1.5m; D 0.45m), all filled with broken and burn stone, were recorded. The largest pit (3.4m x 2.2m; D 0.4m) was just N of the trough, from which a sample of ash charcoal provided a C14 date of 2840-2480 cal. BC (Beta 241322). Three ditches were identified but only one (Wth 1m; D 0.6m) related to the archaeological features, curving in a U-shape (L 20.6m) through them and it contained a modest amount of burnt stone material. See the attached plan from Clarke (2008, fig. 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 April 2023 Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 8, Co. Meath. Licence: E003110. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 11, Ardbraccan, County Meath. Licence: 04E0584. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a small N-S ridge in a gently undulating landscape. A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088006-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088003-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088004-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. FILEDS: The field system consists of two large rectangular enclosures or fields. Filed 1 (int. dims 60m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) is defined by ditches (Wth c. 2.4m; D 0.5m) with an entrance at the centre of the NW side and possible entrances in the NE and SE sides. The defining ditches were sometimes re-cut and that at NE cut an earlier L-shaped ditch outside it that produced a C14 date of 436-649 cal. AD (BETA 219210). This field had three slighter internal NW-SE ditches (Wth 0.88-1.8m; D 0.23-0.7m) dividing it into four smaller plots (Wth 4-22m NE-SW), and the scarcity of internal features together with a cache of charred seeds at one point that included by oats, hulled barley and wheat suggests that they were devoted to cereal production. A small D-shaped annexe (dims 11.4m x 9.7m) attached to the N end of the SE side had traces of slag in the fills of its ditches and provided a C14 date of 598-767 cal. AD (BETA 219007). The full extent of this annexe is not certainly known as it may have looped around the NE side of Field 1. Another annexe may have extended even further N in a loop until it meets the NE-SW modern ditch. Animal bone from this annexe provided a determination of 635-774 cal. AD (BETA 219009) intimating that the annexes were added to the N end of the original fields. (Clarke 2009, 2-7) Some of the ditches of Field 1 were re-cut, and its defining ditch on the SE side was cut by the continuous ditches of Field 2 that is attached to it on this side. This rectangular enclosure (int. dims 43m NE-SW; 22m NW-SE) is defined by substantial ditches (Wth 1.96m; D 0.42m) on each side, which also cut the ditches of two annexes attached to the NE of Field 1. It has no entrance causeway and its ditches were never re-cut. The charcoal samples from this enclosure were dominated by hazel, oak, cherries, apple and ash, and an animal bone from the base of the ditch at N produced a C14 date of 687-937 cal. AD (BETA 219008). There were a few internal pits at SW and at N, and some features including a structure outside the ditch at SW are contemporary with it. (Clarke 2009, 7-10) Other ditches appear to be associated with post-medieval drainage. Three large NE-SW relict ditches are parallel with the open ditch dividing the excavated area into two. They are 32m to 44m from each other and many lesser relict ditches debouch into them. This is particularly so at the N extent of Area 2. These features are likely to be post-medieval in date but confuse the depiction of earlier features (ibid. 26). There were pits throughout the excavated area but few produced any diagnostic artefacts. Their fills might have some cremated bone or oxidised clays with charred plant remains. One small pit (diam. 0.44-0.48m; D 0.11m) produced sherds from two Bronze Age vessels of bipartite and vase type. (Clarke 2009, 21-5) See the attached images from Clarke (2009, figs 10, 12, 13, 21, 22, Pl 154): _01 Site plan; _02 fields 1 and 2; _03 later fields; _04 Field 1; _05 Field 2; _06 Aerial view from SW Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088004-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088003-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. RATH: Situated on a local height on a slight N-S ridge. In Area 2 a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 22m) defined by a single fosse was detected in the gradiometer survey and it is largely preserved outside the road-take but a section (L 10m) of the fosse (Wth 1.8m; D 0.8m) was excavated at E. It had three layers, each with animal bone and cremated bone. A piece of charcoal from a deposit of cremated bone in the basal deposit yielded a C14 date of 434-644 cal. AD (Beta 247211). The fosse was cut by two linear features, both with cremated bone. (Clarke 2009, 18-19) See the attached plan from Clarke (2009, figs 11, 18) _01 site plan; _02 excavated portion of ditch; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 April 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy

• ME025-088002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a small N-S ridge in a gently undulating landscape. A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088003-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088004-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. RATH: Within Area 2 were the remains of a circular enclosure (int. diam. 21.1-22.1m) defined by a continuous fosse (Wth 1.27m; D 0.64m) which was truncated by the NE-SW modern field drain separating Archaeological Areas 1 and 2. The uncut entrance (Wth 2.5m) was at NE, and the fosse produced animal bone, cremated bone, a knife blade and some iron slag but the quantities of charcoal were low. A cow jawbone from the basal fill provided a C14 date of 650-806 cal. AD (Beta 241317). Three pits and fifteen curved linear features were in the interior but it is a moot point whether any are necessarily contemporary with the utilisation of the enclosure. Almost centrally placed within the enclosure two arcs of trenches form an oval enclosure (dims c. 9m NW-SE; c. 7m NE-SW) albeit with wide gaps at NW (Wth c. 4.5m) and SE (Wth c. 3m). A large pit (diam. 2.1-2.15m; D 0.25m) occupies the NW gap and linear trenches create something like a porch at E. A rectangular pit with corner posts is attached externally to one of the slot-trenches, and it is suggested that it may have been used to bend steam-softened timbers. Cremated bone is a recurring element in the fills of these features. (Clarke 2009, 16-18) See the attached plans from Clarke (2009, figs 10, 17) _01 site plan; _02 rath plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a small N-S ridge in a gently undulating landscape. A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088003-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088004-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. ENCLOSURE: Structure 1 (int. diam. 9.3-9.4m) is situated in the obtuse angle between ditches of Fields 1 and 2 from the field system. It is defined by a slot-trench (max. Wth 0.37m; max. D 0.53m) with no post or stake-holes in the trench, although some are in the interior where a hearth or charcoal-pit is slightly off-centre. Some sherds of middle to late Bronze Age pottery were recovered from a post-hole near this hearth but they must be residual. The structure has a wide entrance gap (Wth c. 3.3m) at N with two stake-holes at its centre, perhaps indicating a double-leaf gate. A sample of oak charcoal from the slot-trench provides a C14 date of 650-806 cal. AD (Beta 247109). A figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.25m x 1.23m; D 0.28) with an oxidised base cuts the slot-trench at NE. A larger figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.6m x 1.2m; D 0.31m) with three layers of varying amounts of oxidized material was within the structure. A sample of apple charcoal from its topmost fill yielded the C14 date of 685-892 cal. AD (Beta 247108). A line of E-W post and stake-holes just S of this kiln divides the interior into two unequal parts. Features outside the entrance including a hearth mediate the space between this structure which probably supported a wattle hoarding and the rectangular fields. (Clarke 2009, 10-13, 43-4) See the attached plans from Clarke (2009, figs 9, 14) _01 location; _02 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 11 April 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088004 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Situated on a small N-S ridge in a gently undulating landscape. A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088003-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088004-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. KILNS: A figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.25m x 1.23m; D 0.28) with an oxidised base cuts the slot-trench of Enclosure (ME025-088003-) at NE. A larger figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.6m x 1.2m; D 0.31m) with three layers of varying amounts of oxidized material was within the enclosure. A sample of apple charcoal from the topmost fill yielded the C14 date of 685-892 cal. AD (Beta 247108) (Clarke 2009, 11-12). A figure-of-eight kiln (dims 2.7m x 1.48m; D 0.4m) c. 22m N of the preserved enclosure (ME025-088001-) had an oxidized base and four fills with either charred seeds or oxidized clays. A charred barley grain provided a C14 date of 565-666 cal. AD (Beta 247395). Another figure-of-eight kiln with a stone-lined flue provided a date of 662-869 cal. AD (Beta 247396) from an upper fill. It was located c. 15m SE of Field 2 of the field system. (Clarke 2009, 25-26, 42-5) See the attached plans from Clarke (2009, figs 14, 19) _01 Enclosure with two kilns; _02 kiln plans Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088005 Enclosure
  Description

  A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088003-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088004-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. PALISADED ENCLOSURE: The small hut-site (ME025-088006-) is in low-lying ground c. 18m E of the SE edge of the field system and it does not relate directly to other excavated features. Externally, a line of eighteen post-holes extend E from a point c. 2m N of the hut-site, curving northwards (L c. 13m). A sample of alder charcoal from one of the post-holes provided a C14 date of 1734-1515 cal. BC (Beta 247110). Whether this arc of a palisade was ever complete is not known with certainty but an arcing line of eight post-holes (L c. 10m) further S suggests that the two formed a circular (diam. c. 25m) palisaded enclosure. A pit burial (diam. 0.44-0.48m; D 0.11m) was outside the enclosure c. 10m NW of the hut-site, and sherds from Early Bronze Age vessels of bipartite and vase type were recovered from another isolated pit (diam. 0.5-0.56m; D 0.26m). A section of a N-S metalled surface (Wth c. 2.2m; L 23m), part of the system of post-medieval road surfaces, sealed two post-holes of the arc as well as the pit with domestic pottery. (Clarke 2009, 13-16, 22-3, 47-8) See the attached plans from Clarke (2009 figs 9, 15) _01 location; _02 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-088006 Hut site
  Description

  A geophysical survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) in advance of the M3 motorway noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as archaeological features (excavations.ie 2004:1190). A large area of 3.2 ha was fully resolved (E003107) within the road-take by L. Clarke and T. Connell jointly over ten months beginning in June 2006 as Boyerstown 3 (excavations.ie 2006:1518; 2007:1269) as two archaeological areas separated by a NNE-SSW current field bank and drain, Area 1 to the SE and Area 2 to the NW. The principal findings are a series of subrectangular fields with rounded corners dating from the seventh to ninth centuries AD that are associated with a circular enclosure (ME025-088001-) which was almost completely outside the excavated area at W and is probably a rath. The remains of a second circular enclosure (ME025-088002-), also probably a rath, were within the excavation but it was so truncated that its context is difficult to establish. A small circular structure (ME025-088003-) outside the fields at S and four cereal-drying kilns (ME025-088004-) are closely contemporary but a Bronze Age hut-site (ME025-088006-) in a palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-) are also recorded outside the field system at SE. HUT-SITE: This hut-site is in low-lying ground c. 18m E of the SE edge of the field system and it does not relate directly to other excavated features. It is a circular area (int. diam. c. 7m) defined by a slot-trench (max. Wth 0.36m; max. D 0.18m), with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) marked by seven post-holes at E, but a large gap (Wth 2m) at S is probably from the slot-trench shallowing out. Five post-holes just outside the slot-trench at the entrance emphasise this feature and could have formed a porch. Six sherds from the same domestic cordoned urn dating from the Middle Bronze Age were recovered from the slot-trench. Three pieces from a coarse bucket-shaped vessel were recovered from a pit 6.5m NW of the entrance. Eight post-holes c. 1.5-2m inside the slot-trench could provide roof-supports but there is no internal or external hearth. Externally, a line of eighteen post-holes extend E from a point c. 2m N of the hut-site, curving northwards (L c. 13m). A sample of alder charcoal from one of the post-holes provided a C14 date of 1734-1515 cal. BC (Beta 247110). Whether this arc of a palisade was ever complete is not known with certainty but an arcing line of eight post-holes (L c. 10m) further S suggests that the two formed a circular (diam. c. 25m) palisaded enclosure (ME025-088005-). A pit burial (diam. 0.44-0.48m; D 0.11m) was outside the enclosure c. 10m NW of the hut-site, and sherds from Early Bronze Age vessels of bipartite and vase type were recovered from another isolated pit (diam. 0.5-0.56m; D 0.26m). A section of a N-S metalled surface (Wth c. 2.2m; L 23m), part of the system of post-medieval road surfaces, sealed two post-holes of the arc as well as the pit with domestic pottery. (Clarke 2009, 13-16, 22-3, 47-8) See the attached plans from Clarke (2009, figs 9, 15) _01 location: _02 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Clarke, L. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 3, Co. Meath. Licence: E003107. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-089 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a small canalised W-E drain which is c. 3m to the N, Archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn of Testing Area 7 of Contract 3 in advance of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1190) that was fully resolved (E003109) by L. Clarke (2008, 2-3) in a week at the end of July 2006 as Boyerstown 5 (excavations.ie 2006:1520). It consisted of a black charcoal-stained spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 9.4m E-W; 8m N-S; T 0.2m) overlying a layer (dims 9.4m E-W; 8m N-S; T 0.2m) of grey/brown silty clay with less burnt stone that sealed a flat-bottomed rectangular trough (dims 1.9m x 1m; D 0.48m). The trough was filled with broken and burnt stone and a sample of hazel charcoal from its fill provided a C14 determination of 2010-1760 cal. BC (Beta 241319). Charred grains of oats and barley were also in the fill. The base of the trough retained fragments of alder planks. A single pit (dims 1.6m x 0.9m; D 0.33m) outside the mound to the SW was also filled with burnt mound material. (Clarke 2008) See the attached plan from Clarke (2008, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 5, Co. Meath. Licence: E003109. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-090 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E0581) by N. Fairburn of Testing Area 8 of Contract 3 in advance of the M3 motorway identified two potential archaeological monuments, Boyerstown 6 and 7 (excavations.ie 2004:1157). No. 6 was resolved at the time (Fairburn 2004, 8) and consisted of two pits c. 14m apart. A large pit (diam. c. 3m; max. D 0.34m) was filled with a loose peaty clay with silt, charcoal and heat-shattered stones. The E pit (diam. 1.6m; D 0.2m) was filled with loose peaty clay mixed with silt, charcoal and heat-shattered stone. They are not troughs but are from a burnt mound. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 8, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0581. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-091 Burnt mound
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E0581) by N. Fairburn of Testing Area 8 of Contract 3 in advance of the M3 motorway identified two potential monuments, Boyerstown 6 and 7 (excavations.ie 2004:1157). No 7 was a burnt mound that was fully resolved (E003112) by L. Clarke (2008, 2-3) in August 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1521) when it proved to be a cut (dims 8m x 3.8m; D 0.7m) in the subsoil that was filled with a spread of burnt mound material (dims 4.2m x 2.4m; T 0.7m). This was partly overlain by a layer of brown/grey clay with occasional inclusions of charcoal and burnt stone (diam. 3.6-3.7m; T 0.5m). A sample of ash charcoal from this provided the C14 date 2287-2035 Cal. BC (BETA 241321). Three pits (dims 1.7m x 1.3m; D 0.12m: dims 1.35m x 0.23m; D 0.11m: diam. 0.65-0.68m; D 0.15m) in the vicinity, none of which could be described as troughs, were filled with silty clays with some burnt stone. There were also two post-holes and a short channel (L 4.5m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.08m). No artefacts were recovered. (Clarke 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 7, Co. Meath. Licence: E003112. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092 House - medieval
  Description

  INTRODUCTION: Located on a slight SE-facing slope, and on the SE side of the NE-SW N51 Athboy to Navan road. A geophysical Survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could confirm (excavations.ie 2004:1190). Thereafter, an extensive area of about 0.7 ha was set aside as Boyerstown 1 for full resolution (E003105) by K. Martin in a year beginning in May 2006 as two adjacent archaeological areas lying on the SE side of the road (excavations.ie 2006:1516). The remains consist of two drystone-built structures (ME025-092----; ME025-092001-) and associated metalled surfaces with drains together with portions of fields (ME025-092002-) and a single kiln (ME025-092003-) (excavations.ie 2006:1516). The walls of the structures had collapsed onto the metalled yard. Four water-holes or cisterns (ME025-092004-) were also recorded as well as one burial (ME025-092005-) and other human remains, and there was even the remains of a prehistoric fulacht fia (ME025-092006-). INTERPRETATION: The remains are those of a small high medieval farmstead dating from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, probably that of a tenant on the manor of Ardbraccan which was held by the bishop of Meath. The tenant may have been quite prosperous from the quantity of pottery recovered, although imports are relatively scarce. There were also decorative pieces of metalwork which included two brooches dating to the thirteenth century and the later Middle Ages, copper alloy buckles and a mount, together with a silver crucifix-pendant. Twenty nine coins were also recovered, mostly from the topsoil, but seven date from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries while the majority, including three of the four from secure contexts, date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (Martin 2009, 42, 45-7) HOUSE 1 (int. dims 12m NE-SW; 5.5m NW-SE) was the larger of two structures aligned with the present road. It was defined by drystone-built walls (Wth 0.6-1.07m; H 0.2m) surviving up to two courses and built directly on the natural subsoil or a layer of soft, grey silty sand with charcoal inclusions, although the original walls are likely to have been much wider (Wth c. 1.2m) with flush faces. No trace of its NE gable or the N part of its NW wall survived but its outline is preserved in the straight edge of the metalled surface surrounding it. There is an entrance (Wth 1.1m) on the long SE wall which allows the metalled surface to spread into the interior. There are no internal post-holes but it is likely that roof supports would have stood on stone pads. The long axis of the house is parallel with the present N51 Athboy to Navan road and the metalled surfaces associated with it probably melded into the original road. House 2 is just 1m to the SW. (Martin 2009, 26-7) The interior held habitation deposits from which numerous sherds of medieval pottery were recovered. A charred wheat grain from one of the higher layers, and probably from a second phase of occupation, returned a C14 date of 1270-1400 cal. AD (Beta 247101) which accords well with the associated ceramic evidence. At the centre a single hearth (diam. 1.25-1.3m; T 0.05m) with a scorched base was in the upper levels of the habitation. Its N edge was cut by a pit and there were other pits in the floor as well as stake-holes which may have been related to the hearth. A large pit (dims 4.4m x 2.5m; D 0.7m) pre-dating the house and partly underlying the SW gable of this house and the NE gable of House 2 was connected by an S-shaped drainage channel (L 5.5m; Wth 0.65m; D 0.25m) to the entrance area in the SE wall of the house. From the large quantity of nails recovered it is suggested that the roof might have been provided by shingles rather than slates or thatch (Martin 2009, 9-11). About 3m outside the house to the S, a pit (dims 2.55m x 1m; D 0.83m) abutted the S edge of the metalled area. It produced sherds of glazed and unglazed pottery but a fragment of human cranium returned a C14 date of 1260-1390 cal. AD (Beta 217100) and both the material and the date matches the results from inside the house. (Martin 2009, 25) METALLED SURFACES: The metalled surfaces around the houses were in two areas - between the houses and the road (max. dims 34.2m NE-SW; 9.25m NW-SE) and just outside the doorway in the SE wall of House 1, spreading NE and SE (dims 8.9m NE-SW; c. 7.25m NW-SE; T 0.13m). Fragments of walling around the edges of this area suggest it was enclosed (dims c. 7m NE-SW; c. 7m NW-SE) and walls within intimate further that it might have had an outhouse. A number of pits with ceramic fragments were cut into its surface, and drains extended SE from it keeping it dry. The larger area NW of the houses could have merged into the road and it had some drains and sumps. A large NW-SE drainage ditch c. 5m NE of House 1, pre-dated the laying of this surface as the metalling extended into its fill. This surface was cut by a NW-SE drain that was just NE of House 1, and it is undoubtedly the same surface as that attached to the road further SW in Area 2 (total L c. 65m). Numerous artefacts were recovered from the surface, including some post-medieval ceramics and it is likely that it remained functional into that period. (Martin 2009, 16-20, 38-9) Two major NW-SE ditches, 50m apart, enclosed the two houses and might be primary features. The drain NE of the houses pre-dated the metalled area NW of the houses, but there were many other slighter drains and gullies on the same general alignment extending from the road and its metalled margin or the houses into the fields to the SE. A gilded copper alloy brooch with a flower motif was recovered from the drain c. 15m SW of House 2 which also produced post-medieval pottery that is probably intrusive, caused by the insertion of a stone drain (L 17.5m). This ditch was re-cut in the post-medieval period, and the metalled surface (Wth c. 7m) extending SE from the main road is associated with this re-cut. (Martin 2009, 20-23) See the attached plans from Martin (2009, figs 10, 11, 16) _01 location; _02 plan, _03 pit under Houses 1 and 2; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092001 House - medieval
  Description

  HOUSE 2 (int. dims 6m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) is just 1m SW of House 1 and was of similar construction. Its walls (Wth 0.5-0.9m; H 0.2m) only partially survive and the NW wall was entirely absent, although its outline could be traced by the edging of the surrounding metalled surfaces. The walls were built on a sandy clay which may have formed the original floor and the walls would originally have been wider. A good quoin or corner-stone was present at the S angle. A gap (Wth 1.1m) at the NE end of the SE wall is probably the entrance. There were a number of occupation deposits in the interior but there were no post-holes, although post-pads could have been provided for any roof-supports. A central hearth (dims 1.8m x 0.9m; T 0.1m) with a reddened base provided a charred wheat grain that yielded a C14 date of 1280-1400 cal. AD (Betas 247102). This makes it contemporary with House 1 and this conclusion is supported by the ceramic evidence. Wall collapse completed the deposits, and included a fragment of a quernstone. A large pit (dims 2.65m E-W; 0.85m N-S; D 0.64m) was cut into the centre of the floor after the walls had been built. It was aligned with the doorway and contained plenty of pottery, mostly Leinster cooking ware and fine Dublin ware. It was probably open while the house was in use but was itself cut by a narrow channel (L 2m; Wth 0.47m; D 0.2m). The large pit (dims 4.4m x 2.5m; D 0.7m) pre-dating both houses produced some glazed and unglazed medieval pottery. Its base had numerous stake-holes and there were clusters of stake-holes around its edges. (Martin 2009, 11-15) See the attached plans from Martin (2009, figs 10, 11, 16) _01 location; _02 plan, _03 pit under Houses 1 and 2; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092002 Field system
  Description

  Most of the drainage channels extend NW-SE perpendicularly from the road. Outside the metalled area furrows extended SE. Outside the core area and its defining ditches three small fields or paddocks were identified NE of House 1. Plot 1 (20m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE) was adjacent to the road. Its SW side was formed by the metalled area around House 1. Plot 2 (dims 30m NE-SW; 10m NW-SE) was attached to the SE of Plot 1, and Plot 3 (dims c. 14m NE-SW; c. 12m NW-SE) was attached to the SE of Plot 2. All were comparatively free of internal features. In a second phase the plots were foreshortened at NE by a drain on the same alignment as the original boundary here but placed c. 5-6m to the SW. An articulated human supine burial was excavated from the silts at the bottom of this ditch which must have been inserted. It was in poor condition but was the remains of an adult male aged 26-35 years at the time of death, and provided a C14 date of AD 1420-1490 cal. AD (Beta 250960), demonstrating that the ditch was at least partially closed by the fifteenth century. (Martin 2009, 27-31, 59-60) See the attached site plan from Martin (2009, fig. 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092003 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  A single cereal-drying kiln was just outside the NE side of Plot 1. It is an oval (dims 2.12m x 1.84m; D 0.14m) pit with a fire-reddened base and had four fills that were rich in charcoal. Food grains dominated by oats were present, but a sample of charred oat grain from its base provided a C14 date of 1650-1950 cal. AD (Beta 247105) and is probably a genuine post-medieval date. This is one of the last activities in the area although its location indicates that the plots were still in use. (Martin 2009, 29) See the attached site plan from Martin (2009, fig. 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092004 Cistern
  Description

  In Area 1 two wells or cisterns are associated with the houses, and the large pit pre-dating them might also have served as a cistern. A large pit (dims 4.7m x 2.8m; D 1.8m) was c. 20m SE of House 2 and at the NW edge of an area with furrows. It had stepped sides and marl layers in the base beneath silts. It was filled with silts and clays with a stone dump at one point, and both glazed and unglazed medieval wares were recovered from it. A rough stone paving was provided at the S edge to provide firmer access, but a sample from the bottom returned a modern date of 1650-1950 cal. AD (Beta 247106). A second well (diam. 1.75m; D 0.97m) with vertical sides was 7m to the NW. This well had a stone lining around the sides of the base and it was truncated by a drain. This well was filled with brown and grey silty layers. Very little organic material was recovered from either well. (Martin 2009, 23-25) In Area 2, at least 60m SW of the houses, three large pits are interpreted as cisterns or water-holes. One (diam. 3.9-4.1m; D 0.7m) had a flat base and vertical sides and cut a large ditch. It was re-cut as a smaller feature (dims 2.5m x 2m; D 0.75m) with a metalled edge and the earlier phase cut a NE-SW drain. Two other cisterns (dims 4.5m x 2.33m; D 1.56m: dims 3.7m x 2.4m; D 0.9m) were close together, with metalling between them while the shallower one was fed by two ditches approaching from the NW and SW. The ditch from the NW had two sumps in its base. A sample of charred wheat from the base of the deeper cistern provided a C14 date of 1060-1270 cal. AD (Beta 247107). (Martin 2009, 36-7) See the attached site plan from Martin (2009, fig. 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092005 Burial
  Description

  An articulated human supine burial was excavated from the silts at the bottom of a ditch defining the plots associated with the houses and it must have been inserted. It was in poor condition but was the remains of adult male aged 26-35 years at the time of death, and provided a C14 date of AD 1420-1490 cal. AD (Beta 250960), demonstrating that the ditch was at least partially closed by the fifteenth century. A fragment of a human skull from a pit closer to the houses yielded a C14 date of 1260-1390 cal. AD (Beta 247100). This had probably been accidently disturbed from a formal burial and included in the pit fill, and disarticulated human bones were in the topsoil. (Martin 2009, 25, 59-60) See the attached site plan from Martin (2009, fig. 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-092006 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In Area 2 A layer of light grey – brown sandy clay with moderate charcoal flecks overlay a small spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 4.1m x 2.4m; T 0.15m) which covered a subrectangular trough (dims 1.55m x 1.44m; D 0.28m) and a circular pit (diam. 0.85m; D 0.27m), both with flat bases but only the trough had a burnt stone element in its fill. No stratigraphic relationships can be established with the medieval material in the vicinity and no radiocarbon date is available. (Martin 2009, 40-1) See the attached site plan from Martin (2009, fig. 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Fairburn, N. 2004 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 7, Boyerstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0580. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Martin, K. 2009 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003105. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-093 Burnt mound
  Description

  A geophysical Survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as what appeared to be a burnt mound (excavations.ie 2004:1190). It was fully resolved (E003106) by L. Clarke over one week in July – August 2006 as Boyerstown 2 (excavations.ie 2006:1517). It consisted of a subcircular layer (dims 7m x 6m; T 0.15m) of fire-cracked sandstone and charcoal-stained clay that was the topmost layer within a large triangular cut (dims 6.5m N-S; 6m E-W; max. D 1.5m) that was a cistern (ME025-091001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003106. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME025-093001 Cistern
  Description

  A geophysical Survey by Bartlett-Clark (2002) noted anomalies which targeted archaeological testing (04E0580) by N. Fairburn (2004) at Testing Area 7 could identify as what appeared to be a burnt mound (excavations.ie 2004:1190). It was fully resolved (E003106) by L. Clarke over one week in July – August 2006 as Boyerstown 2 (excavations.ie 2006:1517) when it proved to be a burnt mound (ME025-091----) overlying this cistern. The cistern had a ramp entrance from the S that approached the deepest part (diam. c. 0.85m; D 0.3m) at NW in four steps around the E side of the cut. There were two stake-holes in the base of the deepest portion. There were also two shallow pits (dims 1.97m x 0.9m; D 0.3m: diam. 1.5m; D 0.09m), both filled with burnt mound material, 2.7m and 1m to the NW of the cut respectively but there was no feature that could have been a trough. A sample of charred elm from the closing layer provided a C14 date of 1200-930 cal. BC (BETA 241315) and a sample of cherry from the larger external pit returned a date of 1190-920 cal. BC (BETA 241316). One animal bone with evidence of cut-marks was recovered. (Clarke 2008) See the attached plan and cross-section from Clarke 2008 (figs 8, 9) _01 plan; _02 cross-section Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 April, 2023 Clarke, L. 2008 M3 Clonee-North of Kells. Contract 3 – Navan Bypass. Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Boyerstown 2, Co. Meath. Licence: E003106. Final Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Architectural heritage

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

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 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_2644 (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.

• Boyerstown, Navan5 sales

Name

Boyerstown · Baile Bháigh

Area

1,760,018 m² (176 ha, 434.91 acres)

Civil parish

Ardbraccan, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Lower

Electoral division

Ardbraccan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardbraccan electoral division: 2,363 people in 757 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardbraccan, Commons, Curraghtown, Duncansland, Hanlonstown, Knockumber, Mullaghmore or Allerstown, Parkboy

Placenames

Boyerstown 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.