Cakestown Glebe

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cakestown Glebe, from 15 m² to 140,188 m² (14.02 ha, 34.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 · 101 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 27 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of a new proposed single storey dwelling and detached garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to the site and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661077

• 23 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development consists of: 1. Change Of Use permission of the existing domestic garage to provide two separate, self-contained one-bedroom units; and 2. Decommissioning the existing septic tank and installing a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area, together with minor internal and external alterations to the garage and all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661060

• 1 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development consists of: 1. Change Of Use permission of the existing domestic garage to provide two separate, self-contained one-bedroom units; and 2. Decommissioning the existing septic tank and installing a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area, together with minor internal and external alterations to the garage and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660976

• 10 Oct 2023Conditional

  To construct a two storey dwelling and detached domestic garage, as amendments to previously approved application no. 21/302, treatment plant, percolation area, upgrade existing entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360325

• 1 Jun 2023Conditional

  Application for planning permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site at Cakestown Glebe, Kells.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360073

• 18 Feb 2022Refused

  a storey and a half style dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade existing entrance to adjoining dwelling house and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22217

• 18 Feb 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the following (1) to demolish a habitable dwelling house on the site and to construct a replacement two-storied dwelling house along with a detached domestic garage (2) to close up and de-commission an existing septic tank and soak pit and to install a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (3) to upgrade the existing entrance onto the road to serve the new development to include entrance gates, wing walls and piers and front boundary wall (4) all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21302

• 2 Jun 2020N/a

  a storey and a half detached dwelling, single storey detached domestic garage, single storey stables, effluent treatment system, new site entrance, connection to existing site services all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200674

• 14 Nov 2019N/a

  (1) To demolish a habitable dwelling house and to construct a replacement two-storied dwelling house along with a detached domestic garage. (2) To close up and de-commission an existing septic tank and soak-pit and to install a new proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (3) To upgrade the existing entrance onto the road to serve the new development. (4) All ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191511

• 17 Dec 2018N/a

  a two storey detached dwelling, single storey detached domestic garage, single storey stables, effluent treatment system, upgrading of existing site entrance, connection to existing site services all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181513

• 2 Jun 2017Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. KA/120147 - revisions to previous Grant of Permission Ref. No. KA/70612, to change of dwelling design from dormer type to two-storied, change of domestic garage design, revised site layout with all ancillary site works and to include the submission of Site Characterisation Report in accordance with EPA 2009: Code of Practice. Significant further info/revised plans submitted on this application

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA170631

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

• ME017-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a hillock in a fairly level, low-lying landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.5m E-W; 31.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (at N: Wth 1.5m; H 0.65m; at W: Wth 2.2m; H 0.75m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. It had become overgrown by 1995 (OSAP). 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: 12 April 2019

• ME017-053 Cross-slab (present location)
  Description

  A cross-slab which was found in the graveyard of Dulane church (ME011-037----) c. 1980 was moved to the locked sacristy of the Roman Catholic church of the Sacred Heart at Mullaghey, c. 1.25km to the SE, for safety. It is probably made from schist and was damaged at the top were it now comes to a rough point. The stone has a slight rebate at its left front edge. It has a perfectly executed latin cross (H 0.44m; span 0.3m) incised with double lines. It has expanded square terminals, a ring and hollow angles. There may be the beginning of a fret pattern at its base. Over the cross is the inscription: ÓR DO ANAM / CHAID – Pray for Anmchaid. Anmchaid is a name that occurs amongst the southern Uí Neill (pers. com. Con Manning, S Ó Riain). An Anmchaid or Anmchaidh occurs amongst the descendants of Niall Noígiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages) within five generations (Ó Muraíle 2003, vol. 1, 381). However, that Amchaid would be too early to have had a cross-slab like this, which is probably ninth or tenth century in date. Closer in time is the Anmchaidh, Bishop of Cill-dara, who died in AD 980. (AFM). See the attached image Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 29 June 2018

• ME017-072001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located in a gently undulating landscape in the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link-road that was fully excavated (E003158) by P. Lynch (2010) in February - March 2007 as Cakestown Glebe 2 when 3325 square metres were opened. A ring-ditch, two hut-sites and a structure, together with evidence of Mesolithic habitation were recorded (excavations.ie 2007:1273). The upper levels of almost all features were cut by NE-SW post-medieval furrows. Situated at the W edge of the excavated area and c. 25m WSW of the closest structure (1) was a ring-ditch consisting of a circular area (int. diam. 12.5m; ext. diam. 16.5m) defined by a continuous round-bottomed ditch (Wth c. 2m; D 0.7-1m) with a basal fill of grey stony clay beneath a loose stony mix with pebbles and sand. There were no internal features but a small quantity of cremated bone was recovered from the ditch at E. The ditch also produced two small fragments of copper alloy and four pieces of flint. Amongst the charred plant remains hazel was dominant followed by prunus, and two samples of the latter provided C14 dates of 380-110 cal. BC (SUERC 29337) and 28-128 cal. AD (UBA 12069). (Lynch 2010, 17-18) See the attached site plan from Lynch (2011, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

• ME017-072002 Hut site
  Description

  Located in a gently undulating landscape in the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link-road that was fully excavated (E003158) by P. Lynch (2010) in February - March 2007 as Cakestown Glebe 2 when 3325 square metres were opened. A ring-ditch, two hut-sites and a structure, together with evidence of Mesolithic habitation were recorded (excavations.ie 2007:1273). The upper levels of almost all features were cut by NE-SW post-medieval furrows. This consists of an arc of stakeholes (diam. 3.5m) S-W-N that was open to the E, three hearths and several pits or postholes. It is located c. 6m W of Structure 2. An oval hearth (dims 1.6m x 0.9m; D 0.4m) is within the arc of stakes at NW where added stakeholes are present. The hearth had an uneven base and was filled with a loose grey/black silty sand. The second hearth (dims 1.1m x 0.75m; D 0.4m) had a charcoal enriched black and red clay, and would have been located outside a putative E edge of the structure where most of the six or so postholes or pits were located but no pattern was discerned amongst them. The third hearth (dims 0.63m x 0.38m; D 0.08m) was at the NE edge of the area, but oak appears to have been the principal fuel of the larger hearths. A sample of burnt bone from the largest hearth yielded a C14 date of 993-838 cal. BC (UBA 12942). A posthole just to its W provided a C14 date of 1122-939 ca. BC (UBA 12071). The largest pit (dims 3.1m NW-SE; 1.6m NE-SW; D 0.37m) at the N edge of the area was filled with a grey/brown sandy silt and produced a small stone with hollows like cup-marks and much of the pottery of a coarse Late Bronze Age domestic variety. The rest of the pottery was derived from a single vessel that was deposited in a posthole just S of the largest hearth and this posthole also provided fragments of a clay mould for a straight-sided blade. The area was covered by a layer of charcoal enriched silty clay (dims 8.2m x 7.5m; T 0.1m) from which most of the flint, consisting mostly of flakes and blades, was recovered. (Lynch 2011, 8-12) See the attached site plan from Lynch (2011, fig. 5) and hut-site plan (fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

• ME017-072003 Hut site
  Description

  Located in a gently undulating landscape in the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link-road that was fully excavated (E003158) by P. Lynch (2010) in February - March 2007 as Cakestown Glebe 2 when 3325 square metres were opened. A ring-ditch, two hut-sites and a structure, together with evidence of Mesolithic habitation were recorded (excavations.ie 2007:1273). The upper levels of almost all features were cut by NE-SW post-medieval furrows. Structure 2 is located c. 6m E of Structure 1. It consists of a concentration of postholes (diam. c. 5m) but its lay-out is not entirely clear as no slot-trench is present. However, there may have been an entrance (Wth 2m) at NE, inside which and within clearings of the postholes in the interior were two hearth deposits (dims 1.24m x 1.1m; D 0.08m: 1.4m x 1.02m; D 0.18m), both with associated stakeholes. Some Late Bronze Age domestic pottery was recovered from a small pit, and small quantities of calcined bone was retrieved from some of the postholes. A sample of hazel charcoal from a posthole provided a C14 date of 1251-1013 cal. BC (UBA 12072), which is an appropriate date but a sample hazel charcoal from another posthole provided a date of 5220-4990 cal. BC (SUERC 29339) and must have been contaminated with Mesolithic material in the area. (Lynch 2011, 12-17) See the attached site-plan (fig. 5) and hut-site plan (fig. 6) from Lynch (2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

• ME017-072004 Structure
  Description

  Located in a gently undulating landscape in the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link-road that was fully excavated (E003158) by P. Lynch (2010) in February - March 2007 as Cakestown Glebe 2 when 3325 square metres were opened. A ring-ditch, two hut-sites and a structure, together with evidence of Mesolithic habitation were recorded (excavations.ie 2007:1273). The upper levels of almost all features were cut by NE-SW post-medieval furrows. This is Structure 3 and consists of a rectangular structure (dims 4.6m NW-SE; 4.4m NE-SW) defined by a line of three postholes on the SW side and four on the NE sides with a single posthole providing the E corner. The posts at the N and S angles are strengthened by single stakeholes, and it was probably a flat-roofed structure open on all sides. Oak was identified in one of the stakeholes and in one of the postholes, and a sample of oak sapwood from the posthole provided a C14 date of 2280-2020 cal. BC (SUERC 29338). (Lynch 2011, 6-7) A large pit (dims 2.45m x 1.7m; D 0.57) just SE of hut-site 1 might be contemporary with Structure 3. It had a lining of stones over much of its base but much of its fill was a loose brown silty sand that had a cremated burial inserted in it. Probably the complete remains of an individual of indeterminate age and sex were present and a sample returned a C14 date of 2141-1981 cal. BC (UBA 12943), but no pottery or other artefacts were present. A posthole and some stakeholes in the vicinity of the pit may have been relevant to the burial, but it is not known how long the pit had been closed before the burial was inserted. (ibid. 2011, 7-8) See the attached site plan and monument plan from Lynch (2011, figs 5, 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

• ME017-072005 Hearth
  Description

  Located in a gently undulating landscape in the valley of the NW-SE River Blackwater, with a NW-SE section of the river c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link-road that was fully excavated (E003158) by P. Lynch (2010) in February - March 2007 as Cakestown Glebe 2 when 3325 square metres were opened. A ring-ditch, two hut-sites and a structure, together with evidence of Mesolithic habitation were recorded (excavations.ie 2007:1273). The upper levels of almost all features were cut by NE-SW post-medieval furrows. This was located at the SE edge of the excavation and consisted of two adjacent hearths (dims 1.38m x 0.88m; D 0.22m: dims 1.05m x 0.86m; D 0.15m), both with oxidised reddish brown clays in their fills indicating burning, and the smaller and more northerly of the two has four postholes associated with it that might have supported spits. A modified butt-trimmed flake, diagnostic of the Later Mesolithic, was recovered from the fill of the smaller hearth. A piece of oak charcoal from the larger hearth returned a C14 date of 4489-4356 cal. BC (UBA 12070), but old wood could be a factor here. (Lynch 2011, 5-6; Delaney 2021, 44) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

Terrain model

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

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 Cakestown Glebe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Cakestown Glebe

Area

900,791 m² (90.08 ha, 222.59 acres)

Civil parish

Kells, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Ceanannas Mór Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ceanannas M�r Rural electoral division: 4,980 people in 1,700 households; 75% of households own their home; 47% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Archdeaconry Glebe, Dulane, Headfort Demesne, Maudlin, Mullaghey, Whitecommons, Williamstown

Placenames

Cakestown Glebe 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.