Castlefarm

1,319 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlefarm, from 5 m² to 275,432 m² (27.54 ha, 68.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 69 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1,088 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 129 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 77 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1C1 - Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4A2 - New Residential (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jun 2026Conditional

  planning permission for attic conversion with the additional 2 no. Bedrooms and ensuite with window to front and rear of gable roof, Dormer to side, and Roof windows to sides with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660773

• 12 Jun 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 23/580 with the approved name of ‘Rooske Gardens’. It is proposed to change the location of the permitted below ground surface water attenuation tank from its permitted location north of the permitted units to an area within the permitted central courtyard. The proposed development also includes landscaping and all associated ancillary and site development works to include modification to the layout of pipes, conduits and associated works. No changes are proposed to the permitted buildings. All on a total site area of approx. 1.19ha. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure (Dunboyne Castle)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660715

• 4 Mar 2026N/a

  the proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing single-storey cottage and associated outbuildings, and the construction of a new two-storey dwelling house. The proposed dwelling will comprise kitchen/dining/living area, lounge area and master bedroom at ground floor level, with three bedrooms provided at roof level. The development will also include the provision of a single-storey temporary modular accommodation unit to the rear of the site to provide family living accommodation for the duration of construction of the proposed dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660250

• 3 Mar 2026N/a

  permission for retention of 2 No. apartments with minor internal and external alterations which differs from that previously granted under 23220 and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660243

• 23 Feb 2026Conditional

  permission for the retention of double garage

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2673

• 21 Feb 2026Refused

  retention of the existing dormer window at attic floor level to the front of the existing two storey mid-terraced dwelling

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660204

• 16 Jan 2026N/a

  permission for a 10-year approval for development at this site consisting of up to approximately 23.99 kilometres (km) of 38 kilovolts (kV) underground cable (UGC) and all associated site and development works at various locations in County Meath with a total site area of c. 25.71 ha. The proposed development consists of the following elements: •Installation of 3no. new 38 kV underground cable routes or cable route sections and all associated site and development works within the administrative area of Meath County Council (MCC) as outlined below and illustrated on the maps herein: •The proposed Coolmine cable route section in MCC is approximately 3.42 km in length crossing the townlands of Hilltown, Jarretstown and Walterstown from east to west. • The proposed Leixlip cable route section in MCC is approximately 4.08 km in length crossing the townlands of Moor of Meath, Walterstown, Rathleek, Cappaghcreen and Milestown from south to north. • The proposed Macetown cable route is wholly within MCC and is approximately 16.49 km in length crossing the townlands of Cappaghcreen, Walterstown, Milestown, Rathleek, Oranstown, Castlefarm, Dunboyne and Bennetstown from south to north. The primary purpose of the proposed underground cables is to provide electrical power to the Dart+ West Railway project as granted under the DART+ West Railway Order (ACP Ref. 314232). The proposed underground cable routes will incorporate the following elements: • Communication links and fibre optic cables between all substations in the same trench as the UGC; • Joint bays and communication chambers along the UGC alignment; • Temporary construction laydown and work areas with ancillary staff facilities and parking, temporary access tracks, passing bays and water and utility crossings; • All associated and ancillary above and below ground site development works, including works comprising or relating to permanent and temporary construction and roadworks and excavation (including HDD) and vegetation clearance. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Assessment (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660066

• 25 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a first floor extension (c. 21.0msq.) to the rear of the existing two storey detached dwelling, internal alterations, new ground floor bay window, alterations to the existing main entrance porch, new rear rooflights, alterations to the existing elevations with the provision of additional windows and alterations to the front boundary involving the erection of new brick piers and dishing of the existing kerb to provide off street vehicular parking along with all other associated ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561279

• 23 Nov 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of single storey extension to front and rear, dormer extension to rear with attic conversion to non habitable storage space, rooflight to front elevation, internal alterations to existing including all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561268

• 14 Aug 2025Conditional

  Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - the development will comprise amendments to the permitted development as per Large-scale Residential Development permission reference 23/849 which comprises 517no. apartment units, 44no. duplex units,155no. 2storey houses, a creche and associated site works. The proposed development incorporates the following amendments: (I) Reconfiguration of apartment block B1 with reduction of associated basement parking and provision of ground level parking in lieu of same. Apartment block B1 is amended with omission of 3no. 2 bed apartments to comprise a total of 67 apartments in lieu of 70 apartments as granted. (II) The omission of the Creche from apartment block B1 with a new two storey creche to be provided. (III) Revised phasing and associated site works. (IV) Reconfiguration of apartment block B2 with reduction of basement parking and provision of ground level parking in lieu of same. Apartment block B2 unit mix is amended with omission of 5no. 1 bed apartments and 3no. 2bed apartments to comprise 69 apartments in lieu of 77 apartments as granted. (V) The reduction in basement parking provision and overall parking provision will be amended by the provision of additional spaces at ground level. Revisions to bicycle storage provision are also proposed. (VI) Amendments to the design of duplex units (unit type D) comprising revised facades and roof designs to incorporate provision of a mono-pitch roof in lieu of previously approved pitch roofs. (VII) The amendment of 44no. duplex units from 1bed and 2bed units to now incorporate 2bed and 3bed units; (no change in overall duplex unit numbers proposed). (VIII) The overall residential unit numbers will decrease to 506no. apartment units, 44no. duplex units and 155no. dwelling houses (705 residential units in lieu of 716 units as granted). (IX) A revised phasing proposal with the creche provided in phase 1B. (X) Reconfiguration of public open space and communal space and associated site works.A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application

  Permission, 211 homes · Meath County Council, 2560854

• 22 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of amendments to the previously approved permission granted under the planning registry reference 23/515 and will consist of the construction of single storey detached dwelling house, with single storey, detached garage, accessed via a new recessed entrance gate, setting back and replanting of the hedgerow to the north of the new entrance, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, and landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2570

• 28 Mar 2025Refused

  the development will consists of 1. Roof Raise, Extension & Shed: The existing roof will be raised and converting the attic space into a habitable floor. The conservatory will be removed, and the house will be extended to full height in the same direction, covered by the new roof. A shed will also be constructed next to the main house for storage. 2. Granny Flat: A detached granny flat will be built in the rear yard, intended for use as additional family accommodation

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560308

• 9 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following; (A) Construction of a new dormer style roof providing a second floor extension to the existing house (B) Internal refurbishment and external elevational changes to existing house (C) Extension to the rear of the house (D) Refurbishment and extension to the existing external garage structure and (E) Works including hard and soft landscaping and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560228

• 22 Oct 2024Conditional

  the development will consist/consists of 1. Demolition of the existing single storey hipped roof rear extension. 2. Construction of a two storey rear extension to consist of a kitchen and living room at ground floor and bedroom at first floor, both extensions to be served with flat roofs’. 3. General remodel and upgrade of the existing dwelling at both floor levels to suit the proposed layouts. 4. All drainage, structural and associated site works to be implemented

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460878

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  a 10 year Planning Permission of a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site of approx 21.9 ha in total and 15.74 ha net developable area respectively, at Lands at Station Road (L2228) and Old Navan Road (R147), Dunboyne, Co. Meath in the townlands of Dunboyne, Clonee, Castle Farm and Loughsallagh. The principle application site is generally bounded by Station Road (L2228) to the south, Dunboyne Train Station and the Iarnród Éireann rail line to the West, a cluster of detached houses to the south east, greenfield lands to north and east. The application includes also modifications to 2 no. roundabouts on the Old Navan Road, (R147). Development comprises: - a) Construction of 853 no. residential units as follows: 1) 398 no. Apartment Units in 3 no. 1-6 storey blocks (A-C) consisting of 121 no. 1-bedroom apartments; 258 no. 2-bedroom apartments; and 19 no. 3-bedroom apartments. All apartment units will be provided with private open space areas in the form of balconies/terraces. 2) 112 no. Duplex Units in 6 no. 2-4 storey blocks (D-H) consisting of 60 no. 2-bedroom units, 52 no. 3-bedroom units. All duplex units will be provided with private open space areas in the form of balconies/terraces. 3) 343 no. 1-3 storey houses consisting of 4 no. 2-bedroom units, 308 no. 3-bedroom units, 31 no. 4-bedroom units. ....TBC

  Permission, 810 homes · Meath County Council, 2460709

• 5 Sept 2024Conditional

  the construction of a two storey detached, replacement dwelling, the partial demolition of the existing dwelling to be replaced, existing ground floor kitchen/dining area to be reutilized (change of use) as farm kitchen and dining with minor elevational changes, existing ground floor utility and plant room to remain, first floor farm office to remain unchanged, new wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter to replace the existing septic tank and percolation area, all accessed via the existing vehicular entrance gateway and existing internal access road, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24368

• 25 Jul 2024Conditional

  the development consists of permission to demolish existing shed and to construct a garage at a new location and all associated site development works at Castlefarm, Dunboyne, Co. Meath.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460563

• 11 Jul 2024Conditional

  the development consists of permission to close off an existing agricultural entrance and permission to construct a new agricultural entrance onto the public road at a new location and all associated site development works at

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460512

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  development, on a site area of c.2.14Ha, located at Station Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, in the townland of Castle Farm, south and east of the existing Castle Farm residential development. The proposed development consists of 76 no. dwellings, comprised of 42 no. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom apartments and duplex units, accommodated in 4 no. 2-3 storey buildings, and 34 no. 2, 3 and 4 bedroom, 2 & 3 storey, terraced, semi-detached and detached houses. Permission is also sought for a creche (c. 324sq.m) located on the ground floor of Block L, which will replace the creche permitted (under Ref. RA/180561) in the adjoining phase of the Castle Farm development. Access to the development will be via the constructed access road to Castle Farm, directly off Station Road. The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, above & below ground, public and communal open spaces, including hard & soft landscaping and boundary treatments, car & bicycle parking, bin stores, public lighting etc. The effect of the proposed development will result in a modification to an extant permission under Ref. RA/180561. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 76 homes · Meath County Council, 2460468

• 10 May 2024Conditional

  the retention and completion of a single storey shed (c. 19.1m2), to the rear of the main dwelling along with all other associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460332

• 29 Jan 2024Conditional

  the proposed road development comprises of: • Construction of a new carriageway (c.1.46km) between Navan Road and Station Road (L2228); • Construction of a carriageway featuring 1 no. 3-3.5m wide lane of traffic in each direction; • A proposed design speed of 50 km/h; Provision of 2m wide cycle lanes on both sides of the corridor; • Provision of 2m wide footpaths on both sides of the corridor; • 3m landscaped verges to provide a buffer between the proposed cycle facilities and vehicular traffic. These verges could be converted into a potential bus lane in the future; • Construction of a new bridge over the existing railway line including embankments, bridge length c 22.5 m without embankments, height of a bridge underpass c 5.5 m; • Provision of 11 no. new priority junctions off the Eastern Distributor Road to provide a new access to Dunboyne Rail Station, to serve future residential development lands and lands zoned as 'G1- Community Infrastructure' to the east of the subject site. These junctions will be provided as raised tables to ensure priority for pedestrians and cyclists; • Provision of a new signal-controlled junction including a right turn lane off Navan Road in continuation of Dunboyne Business Park Road at the northern end of the proposed distributor road; • Provision of a new signal-controlled junction including turning lanes off Station Road aligned opposite to an already constructed segment of a distributor road (entrance to Castle Farm Residential Development); • Removal of the existing train station car park entrance road from Station Road and its replacement with a new access road off the proposed distributor road. It will also include ancillary works: • Drainage works; • Public lighting; • Traffic signals; • Road marking and signage; • Associated landscaping works; • Miscellaneous ancillary works above and below ground level including soil stabilisation works. Temporary areas necessary for construction phase include: • Provision of 2no. temporary construction compounds necessary for construction phase; • Provision of 2no. temporary storage areas for excavated spoil material with maximum capacities of c.25,000m3 and c.8,000m3; • 5m buffer area at identified locations along the proposed development. This planning application is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460063

• 2 Nov 2023Refused

  the development of a four/five storey building to accommodate a total of 32 no. apartments (23 no. 1 bedroom units and 9 no. 2 bedroom units) on a site (0.2ha) at the south-western corner of the junction of Station Road and Rooske Road in Dunboyne, Co. Meath. The private open space for the residential units will comprise terraces at ground floor level and balconies on the upper floors on the north-west elevation of the building. Pedestrian access will be from Station Road. Vehicular/Cycle access will be sited on the south-western boundary of site facing the Castleview estate. The proposed development will also include provision for 17no. surface car parking spaces; 99 no. bicycle parking spaces; bin storage facilities; photovoltaic panels on the roof, communal open spaces; landscaping, boundary treatment and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 231026

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  for a 10-year permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development at this site in the Townlands of Castle Farm, Ruskin and Clonee, Dunboyne, County Meath on lands generally bound to the east and south by agriculturally zoned lands, to the west by the larnr6d Eireann rail line, and to the north by the residential development permitted under Meath County Council (MCC) Reg. Ref. RA180561, agricultural lands and the L2228 (Station Road/Clonee Road). Alterations to two no. roundabouts on the R147 (Old Navan Road) is also proposed and these are located on lands in the townlands of Loughsallagh and Clonee, Dunboyne, County Meath. The proposed development is on a site of approximately 16.92Ha overall and consists of 716no. dwellings in a mixture of terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, duplexes and apartments as follows: • 517no. apartment units are accommodated in 8no.buildings of 4-7 storeys in height comprising: l0no. 1-bed apartments, 202no. 2-bed apartments and 24no. 3-bed apartments accommodated in 4no. 4-6 storey apartment blocks (Blocks Al, A2, A3 and A4); 55no. 1-bed apartments, 80no. 2-bed apartments and 12no. 3-bed apartments accommodated in 2no. 6-7 storey apartment blocks (Blocks Bl and B2); 36no. 1-bed apartments, 78no. 2-bed apartments and 20no. 3-bed apartments accommodated in 2no. 4-5 storey apartment blocks (Blocks Cl and C2)……………….. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application.

  Permission, 209 homes · Meath County Council, 23849

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of (i) the provision of new single storey detached toilet facilities at the south-eastern corner of the Dunboyne GAA Castle Pitches, (ii) new single storey, detached toilet facilities at the south-eastern corner of the Dunboyne GAA Academy Pitches and (iii) a new single storey detached storage unit at the south-western corner of the Dunboyne GAA Academy Pitches and All associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23847

• 26 Aug 2023Conditional

  Retention of a single storey porch (c.2.5m.sq) to the front of the existing dwelling at 74 Castle View, Dunboyne, Co. Meath

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360239

The 25 most recent of 89 applications.

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 Castlefarm.

Recorded monuments

• ME050-021005 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape, with the WNW-ESE Castle River c. 100m to the N. Following Hugh de Lacy’s grant of Dunboyne to William le Petit the latter established a ringwork castle (ME050-021007-), perhaps adapting an older rath, on the S side of the stream, but this would not suffice for very long and may have been rebuilt at some stage in stone. A stone castle was mandated in 1475-6 when Edward IV ‘Purposes by the grace of God to commence to erect a castle anew at Dunboyne’ to be completed in one year (Connolly 2002). This was probably a tower house and possibly located on a new site. One stone house owned by Lord Dunboyne is recorded in the Civil Survey (1654), and the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map depicts a two storey gabled and probably then roofless structure on the S bank of the stream. The present Dunboyne Castle was built by the tenth or eleventh Baron of Dunboyne in the 1770s or 1780s with further work conducted in the 1830s (Bence-Jones 1988, 114). Archaeological testing (01E0875) by S. Johnston on the N side of the eighteenth century house recorded modern disturbance over a cobbled surface that is probably associated with the eighteenth century building. Beneath the cobbles mixed layers produced seventeenth century gravel-tempered wares and beneath these was the base of a NNE-SSW wall (Wth 1.8m; max. H 1.6m) with an associated stone floor on its W side. The wall is likely to be medieval, and probably from the castle mentioned in the Statute Rolls. Archaeological testing (04E1040) by C. Cotter uncovered another building (ME050-021009-) outside the medieval enclosure at E. (Johnston 2001) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 29 October 2021

• ME050-021007 Castle - ringwork
  Description

  )Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape, with the WNW-ESE Castle River c. 100m to the N. Following Hugh de Lacy’s grant of Dunboyne to William le Petit the latter established this ringwork castle, perhaps adapting an older rath, on the S side of the stream as the caput or centre of the manor of Dunboyne. It was replaced by the stone tower house (ME050-021005-) built after 1475. Archaeological testing (01E0875) by S. Johnston in the area S of the eighteenth century house uncovered evidence of a wide, water-logged ditch (Wth of top 5m plus; D 2.5m plus) SE and SW of the house. It was filled with silts and clays that produced some animal bone but no dateable artefacts. The inner edge of this feature was not exposed but it was sealed by layers containing post-medieval wares and was centred on a point around the SW angle of the house. (Johnston 2001) Further archaeological testing (04E1040) by C. Cotter managed to sample a section of the U-shaped ditch at SW (Wth of top 8m; D 4.5m) that was filled with waterlogged silt deposits, including layers of brushwood and worked and unworked timbers at its base. These were beneath dried out silt and clay layers with coarse ceramics suggesting a twelfth or thirteenth century date. The topmost fill was similar although with less pottery, but it was cut by numerous pits and trenches. The interior of the enclosure appears to have been fairly large with habitation deposits that were severely truncated by the digging of cellars associated with the eighteenth century house. A metal-detection survey (04R0143) of the soils from the fosse recovered 180 metal object, mostly iron nails, but stick pins, keys, a metal mount and metal tools were also recovered (excavations.ie 2004:1230; 1231). . Further work by C. Cotter during 2005 in monitoring a sewer pipe extending E from the enclosure identified a prehistoric ring-ditch (ME050-021008-) in the interior of the enclosure, and this was fully excavated. The ditch of the medieval enclosure at E was equally large (Wth of top 8.5m; D 4.5m) and U-shaped but a wooden structure in the interior, 1m inside the inner edge of the fosse, with four corner posts and linking timbers might have formed a gatehouse or boxed sections of an earthen bank. Two phases separated by a layer of yellow boulder clay 1.5m from the top were identified in the fosse at E, with wood, including four ash bowls, in the basal layer but mortar and rubble was evident throughout both phases. While pottery from the fosse at S was largely local, at E there was a large proportion of exotic imports, largely French. From the pottery the ditch could have been completely backfilled by the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century. The inner face of the fosse has a stone revetment with a battered slope W-N, and a recess in this face at NW could be the mouth of a garderobe chute, or a postern gate. The revetment was truncated by cellars at W but at N it returned towards the interior, and the revetment does not seem to have encompassed all the enclosure. A few sherds of Leinster cooking ware and Dublin fine ware, dating to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, is associated with the revetment. Some features from the occupation of the enclosure were also recorded on the N side of the eighteenth century house where the fosse of the enclosure was identified but not excavated. Features inside the enclosure at W that could date from the early or high medieval period include a kiln, a circular structure and a structure with four corner posts. The kiln was oval (dims 1.3m x 0.98m; max. D 0.25m) with a flue extending on the S side. Its base was burnt at S and its fill contained frequent charred seeds. The circular structure consists of two rings of stake-holes with 24 surviving in the inner (diam. 3.2m) and 31 in the outer ring (diam. 7m), but no entrance or internal features were present. The rectangular structure (dims 4m x 2.3m) had a large post-hole at each angle and might have supported a raised feature like a granary. At other points in the interior five trenches (D c. 0.6m) filled with rubble mortar may have provided foundations for masonry structures. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 November 2021

• ME050-021008 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape, with the WNW-ESE Castle River c. 100m to the N. Further work in monitoring (04E1040) a sewer pipe extending E from the medieval ring-work castle (ME050-021007-) identified a ring-ditch in the N part of its interior. It was c. 4m from the N edge of the medieval enclosure fosse and may have been preserved by being under its bank. It is a circular area (int. diam. c. 6m) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.05m; max. D 0.96m) that had been removed by medieval activity at N, and it was fully excavated (excavations.ie 2005: 1175). The fosse was filled with fairly sterile orange to grey and brown clays and silts. The remains of a compacted cordoned urn was in the ditch at E and sherds of pottery were found in other parts of the ditch, but there was no evidence of any internal features. (Cotter 2008, 289-90) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 29 October 2021

• ME050-021009 Building
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape, with the WNW-ESE Castle River c. 100m to the N. Archaeological testing (04E1040) by C. Cotter during 2005 uncovered the foundations of this structure just outside the outer edge of the fosse of the medieval ring-work castle (ME050-021007-) at E (excavations.ie 2005:1175). Parts of the W and S walls (Wth 1m) with the NW and SW angles of a rectangular building (ext. dims 8.65m plus E-W; c. 8m N-S) were recorded. The battered base of the W wall (H 0.6m) extended into the top of the enclosure fosse but it was not properly aligned with the ditch edge, indicating that the latter was fully backfilled when the wall was built. A blue/white jug, imported from the Low Countries and dating from the sixteenth century at the earliest is associated with this building as were two mid-sixteenth century coins. (Cotter 2008, 291) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 October 2021

• ME050-048 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). SUMMARY: The monument consists of a large bivallate enclosure with a small D-shaped annexe (ME050-048005-) attached to the S of the outer fosse at SW. The enclosure and annexe were later incorporated together into a large rectangular enclosure. Stratigraphic relationships are difficult to establish outside the fosses of the enclosures themselves but an early feature is a ring-ditch (ME050-048001-). Twelve burials (ME050-048006-) and ten wells or water-holes (ME050-048002-) were also recorded in addition to two corn-drying kilns (ME050-048003-) and evidence of metalworking (ME050-048004-). The monument was deeply truncated by later ploughing and only the lowest levels of features survived, largely in the space between the inner and outer fosses of the large enclosure. The bases of 21 pits in the interior and 25 pits between the fosses were also recorded but positive evidence of houses is lacking. However, the artefacts and the environmental evidence recovered indicates a settlement, perhaps with a burial ground, and house structures may survive in the unexcavated E portion of the interior. Although some Neolithic flints were present and a concentration of early pits occurs inside the inner enclosure, the earliest structure was one of the water-holes dating from the Early Bronze Age followed by the Iron Age ring-ditch, which together constitute PHASE 1, but the inter-related complex of enclosures dates from the beginning of the fifth century AD to the end of the eleventh, and its form evolved in Phases 2 to 6. PHASE 2: The enclosure was established by digging the inner ditch around a large D-shaped area (int. dims c. 85m ENE-WSW; c. 58m NNW-SSE) with the straight side at N, although only the W half of the enclosure was within the road-take and the excavation. This is Phase 2, and the E part was recorded in a gradiometer survey (06R0038) which noted additional entrances in the outer fosse at N and SE (Nicholls 2006). The inner fosse is most massive (Wth of top 2m; D 1.35m) E of the entrance causeway (Wth 3.2m) at SW, and it is narrowest (Wth of top 1-1.4m; D 0.4-0.8m) where it was cut through a stonier boulder clay W of the causeway. The ditch E of the causeway had three fills, all of which had accumulated gradually, and had a plentiful supply of animal bone. A sample from the primary fill produced a C14 date of 434-640 cal. AD and numerous artefacts were recovered from the top fill, including a bone knife handle with ring and dot decoration, iron knife blades, a copper-alloy spiral-ringed pin, bone pins, iron ring-pins and an iron sewing needle. There was also charcoal, burnt bone, clay and metal slag, which might all be connected with a smithing hearth 18m W of the inner enclosure ditch. West of the causeway the ditch had 14 contexts, most of which accumulated gradually at the base of the ditch, but two consisted largely of redeposited boulder clay at the inner edge of the ditch and may be from a levelled inner bank. The remains of a young adult male were extended E-W in the supine position at the top of the fill, but the head was missing. A sample from the left tibia yielded a C14 date of 428-607 cal. AD. Significant amounts of animal bone were present in many of the layers and, although artefacts were fewer, metal slag was also present. The first recut of the inner enclosure followed the original line of the fosse but was not as deep and left the SW causeway in place. East of this feature the cut (Wth of top 1.5-2.4m; D 0.3-1m) had two fills that were naturally accruing but with some dumped material. It produced a wide range of artefacts and a large amount of animal bone. A sample from the primary fill had a radiocarbon date of 653-750 cal. AD. West of the causeway the first recut (Wth of top 0.8-1.55m D 0.2-0.8m) was not as deep as the original ditch. Most of the thirteen fills were natural accumulations but four consisted of redeposited boulder clay at the inner edge of the ditch. It produced a wide range of artefacts and had a plentiful supply of animal bone. A large oval pit (dims 4.5m NW-SE; 2.42m NE-SW; max. D 0.94m) cut through the ditch at N and was filled almost entirely with animal bone, but metal slag and a bone pin were also retrieved from it. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 9-10) A second recut (Wth 0.6-1.5m; D 0.12-0.53m) W of the retained causeway at SW was limited (surviving L 24m) and had 13 naturally accumulating fills with the same range of artefacts although with the addition of a bone comb and a quernstone fragment. There was a significant amount of animal bone, and the remains of an adult female (25-30 years old at death) was in a W-E supine position with the head at W in the fosse. A sample from the right femur produced a C14 date of 668-870 cal. AD. East of the causeway a second recut (Wth of top 0.9-2.2m; D 0.3-0.76m) was also limited (surviving L 33m) and produced the same range of artefacts with the addition of a spindle whorl and more fragmented iron objects including nails. A sample of charcoal from the primary fill of this recut yielded a C14 determination of 678-774 cal. BC. There was a third recut (Wth 0.5-0.8m; D 0.42-0.5m) in Phase 6 limited (L 11.5m) to an area 13m NW of the causeway. It had three dumped layers and produced copious amounts of animal bone, but metal slag, burnt clay and charcoal were more prevalent in its primary layer. Six sherds of high medieval pottery, thought to have come from the original ditch in this area, may be from this recut. A little more than half the animal bones recovered in the excavation were retrieved from this ditch and its recuts, and the age of slaughter amongst cattle indicates a dairy economy. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 11-12) PHASE 3: An outer fosse was added in a second phase of the large enclosure’s development. Around the E and S of the monument it is separated by a narrow berm (Wth c. 1-2m) from the inner fosse, but S-W-NE a wider berm (Wth 7-18m) intervenes and the outer fosse encloses a larger area (dims 110m E-W; 90m N-S). A D-shaped annexe (int. dims c. 28m E-W; c. 25m N-S) was subsequently attached to the W end of the S side, constituting PHASE 4. However, the outer enclosure ditch and that of the annexe were re-cut together in PHASE 5 with the result that the original outer enclosure ditch (Wth of top 2-2.75m; D 0.75-0.95m) of Phase 3 only survives in its original form (L 37m) where the annexe is attached. Its 16 fills included two compacted stony dumped layers in a limited area (Wth of top 1.5m) that could have formed a causeway into the annexe. The usual range of artefacts was recovered but also a baluster-headed pin and an iron omega-headed pin dating from the seventh to the tenth centuries. A small amount of slag and some animal bone were also recovered, and a sample from the basal fill produced a C14 date of 720-875 cal. AD. Six pits and a kiln cut or partially cut the backfilled ditch, and two burials, of an infant and a juvenile aged c. 6-8 years, were inserted into the topmost fills, perhaps the remnants of a childrens’ burial ground. (ibid. 12-14) The re-cutting of the outer ditch of the large enclosure incorporated the annexe and created an even larger enclosure (dims 115m N-S; 100m E-W) defined by a fosse with a likely SE entrance and constitutes PHASE 5. The original ditch (D 1.2-1.8m) of this phase varied in width and depth and drained aw

• ME050-048001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). The monument consists of a large bivallate enclosure with a small D-shaped annexe (ME050-048005-) attached to the S of the outer fosse at SW. The W part of a ring-ditch was within the excavated area, and it was just inside the inner fosse of the concentric enclosure at S. The ditch (Wth 1.6-2m; D 0.6-0.8m) with five fills of varying character enclosed a circular area (int. diam. c. 3.6m). No artefacts were recovered but bone was present in all of the fills, and while some is human dog is the only species positively identified. A charcoal sample from the primary fill produced a C14 date of 781-417 cal. BC while a sample from the final fill provided a date of 161 cal. BC – cal. AD 68. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 5-6; O'Connell 2009a) See the attached image of the post-excavation plan from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Connell, A. 2009a Excavations at Castlefarm: director’s first findings. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 43-56. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5. O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME050-048002 Well
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). The monument consists of a large bivallate enclosure with a small D-shaped annexe (ME050-048005-) attached to the S of the outer fosse at SW. Ten wells or water-holes are located between the inner and outer fosses of the large enclosure in the W-N area. Water-hole 1 is a circular pit (diam. 3m; max. D 2.28m) with straight sides and a flat base that draws water, and it happens to be situated between the inner and outer fosses of the large enclosure. Three layers with a large silt content filled the bottom two thirds of the pit. No artefacts were recovered but charcoal from the second lowest fill produced a C14 date of 2131-1886 cal. BC. Its upper fills contained some burnt stone, and an adjacent pit (diam. 1.5-1.75m; max. D 0.68m) with similar material may be the trough and the last remnant of a fulacht fia. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 4-5) The remaining water-holes are medieval in date and are located in the W-N area between the inner and outer fosses of the large enclosure. No. 9 (dims 1.8m x 1.7m; D 0.54m) with a C14 date of 668-870 cal. AD was truncated by the fosse of the outer enclosure that was dug right over it. The water-holes generally produce radiocarbon dates between the end of the seventh century and the end of the ninth century AD. They are normally circular to oval (dims 2.95m x 2.2m; D 1.7m: to 4.64m x 4.1m; D 2.21m) in form, are usually water-logged at the bottom, and above the basal silt their fill will include some redeposited boulder clay slumped from the sides and other dumped material. Three of the water-holes have single steps of unexcavated boulder clay at one side of the funnel-shaped pits. As the basal deposits are waterlogged they preserve wooden and leather artefacts and also provide copious environmental samples. No. 4 is perhaps the largest (dims 4.7m E-W; 2.7m N-S; max. D 2.35m) with a step (D below top 1.05m) at its W point. This well is also unique in having four large post-holes straddling its mouth that may have formed a superstructure to assist in raising heavy water-filled vessels. Water-hole 8 (dims 4.2m x 3m; D 1.56m) was just outside the line of the outer enclosure at W and produced the earliest medieval radiocarbon date amongst the wells of 400-570 cal. AD. It may be contemporary with the establishment of the inner fosse of the large enclosure in Phase 2. (O'Connell 2009; O’Connell and Clark 2009, 23-29) See the attached images: _1 Post-excavation plan of the large enclosure from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) _2 Plan of the water-holes from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 21) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. 2009 Excavations at Castlefarm: director’s first findings. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 43-56. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5. O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME050-048003 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). The monument consists of a large bivallate enclosure with a small D-shaped annexe (ME050-048005-) attached to the S of the outer fosse at SW. Only two features that can be described as kilns were identified. One from the NE part of the excavated area was between the inner and outer fosses of the large enclosure. It was of figure-of-eight form (dims 2.54m E-W; 0.56-0.87m; D 0.24m) cut into the subsoil. The fire-reddened W pit had three fills which produced charred samples of barley, oats, rye and wheat and a C14 date of 662-885 cal. AD. The second kiln cut the top of the outer enclosure ditch at S and was also of figure-of-eight form (dims 1.5m x 1m; D 037m). Its seven fills included two with clay lining and two oxidized layers while the uppermost had four sherds of high medieval pottery, a stick pin and a sewing needle. (O'Connell 2009; O’Connell and Clark 2009, 29) See the attached image: _1 Post-excavation plan of the large enclosure from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. 2009 Excavations at Castlefarm: director’s first findings. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 43-56. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5. O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME050-048004 Metalworking site
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). Three bowl furnaces, one inside the inner fosse of the large enclosure at N, the others between the two fosses at SW and WNW, were recorded. The furnaces (dims 0.36m x 0.34m; D 0.06m to 0.99m x 0.96m; D 0.13m) had fills of oxidised clays and charcoal, and a sample of charcoal provided a C14 date of 565-666 cal. AD. (O'Connell 2009; O’Connell and Clark 2009, 30) The product of the charcoal-making pit, located just inside the inner fosse of the large enclosure at NW, would have been used in metalworking, but this example is later in date than the bowl furnaces recovered. The pit (dims 3m x 1.07-1.4m; D 0.28-0.37m) had an oxidised base and was filled with alternate layers of ash and charcoal covered by three backfilled deposits. A sample of charcoal provided a C14 date of 1035-1225 cal. AD (ibid. 30-31). See the attached image: _1 Post-excavation plan of the large enclosure from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. 2009 Excavations at Castlefarm: director’s first findings. In Deevy, M. and Donald Murphy 2009 Places Along the Way, 43-56. NRA Scheme Monographs: 5. O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME050-048005 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). A D-shaped annexe (int. dims c. 28m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined by a fosse was attached to the W end of the S side of the outer fosse of the large enclosure, constituting PHASE 4 in the development of the monument. Two compacted stony dumped layers in a limited area (Wth of top 1.5m) of the outer fosse of the large enclosure at one point could have formed a causeway into the annexe. However, the ditch of the annexe was re-cut with that of the outer fosse of the large enclosure in Phase 5 with the result that the original annexe ditch (Wth of top 0.5-1.75m; D 0.47-0.85m) only survives in a short section (L 9.8m) at NW, in the angle created between the Phase 3 and Phase 5 ditches. It had five fills from which some animal bone and a fragment of iron was recovered, and it is thought that the annexe might have functioned as a cattle enclosure. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 14-15) See the attached image: _1 Post-excavation plan of the large enclosure from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME050-048006 Burial
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Centre-line testing (04E0485) by R. O’Hara (2004) of two fields in Testing area 1 of the Dunboyne link road (R157) to the M3 (excavations.ie 2004:1198) confirmed the presence of archaeological features where magnetic susceptibility and gradiometer surveys (06R0038) by J. Nicholls (2006) had already identified numerous anomalies. The area within the road-take was completely excavated (E003023) by A. O’Connell (O’Connell and Clark 2009) who uncovered a complex of monuments dating from at least the Early Bronze Age up to the high medieval period (excavations.ie: 2005: AD5; 2006:1525). The monument consists of a large bivallate enclosure with a small D-shaped annexe (ME050-048005-) attached to the S of the outer fosse at SW. Twelve burials were recorded, of which five impinge on ditches associated with the development of the large enclosure, its annexe, or the extended enclosure, which provide termini post quem for those interments. All except two are located in the area between the inner and outer enclosures of the large enclosure at SW and they are well spaced, being up to 10m apart. They were all supine and oriented W-E with the head at W, and some with flexed arms may have been in shrouds. One burial produced a C14 date of 410-576 cal. AD, contemporary with Phase 1 of the large enclosure. (O’Connell and Clark 2009, 22-3) See the attached images: _1 Post-excavation plan of the large enclosure from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 63) _2 Plans of individual burials from O'Connell and Clark (2009, fig. 19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021 O’Connell, A. & Clark, A. 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final report on the Archaeological Excavation of Castlefarm 1, Co. Meath. Licence: E003023. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services O’Hara, R. 2004 M3 Clonee- North of Kells. Contract 1 Clonee-Dunshaughlin. Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 1, Castlefarm, County Meath. Licence: 04E0485. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Architectural heritage

• Dunboyne Railway Station, water tower, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-stage water tower, built c.1862, surmounted by cast-iron water tank. No longer in use. Rock-faced limestone walls with ashlar limestone cornice and red brick quoins. Pair of timber battened doors with fanlight above, set in round-headed opening with red brick dressings. Circular opening with red brick dressings and timber louvers.

• Dunboyne Castle, gate lodge, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan two-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1870, with porch to recessed bay. Now in use as a private house. Hipped slate roof with corbelled eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-arched timber sash windows with stone sills. Segmental-arched timber panelled door. Cast-iron railings and gate to front.

• Dunboyne Castle, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1760–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Entrance to Dunboyne Castle, built c.1764, comprising channelled ashlar gate piers surmounted by ball finials with Greek key motifs. Set in rendered curved walls having inset square-headed pedestrian entrances. Rendered quoins, cornices and segmental-arched voussoirs to pedestrian entrances. Replacement single and pair of gates.

• Dunboyne Castle, country house, 1760–1765 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay three-storey country house, built c.1764, and incorporating fabric of earlier house, c.1720. Roof hidden behind parapet with carved stone urn finials. Channelled ashlar to ground floor with string course above, ashlar limestone to upper floors with quoins. Walls now rendered. Timber sash windows with channelled surrounds to ground floor openings, pediments to first floor openings, and carved architraves to second floor. Tripartite pedimented doorcase with panelled timber door and side lights flanked by Tuscan columns. Four-bay single-storey extension to west. Stone outbuildings ranged around courtyard to south-west.

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 20 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; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2967 (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.

• Castlefarm, Dunboyne6 sales

Name

Castlefarm

Area

3,231,251 m² (323.13 ha, 798.46 acres)

Civil parish

Dunboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Dunboyne

Electoral division

Dunboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunboyne electoral division: 10,698 people in 3,434 households; 78% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonee, Colliersland South, Dunboyne, Grange, Hamwood, Loughsallagh, Milestown, Oranstown, Rush

Placenames

Castlefarm 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.