Castletown

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 145 m² to 546,828 m² (54.68 ha, 135.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 52 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 109 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 28 Mar 2025Refused

  the development will consist of: New Agricultural Machinery storage shed & all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560315

• 1 Aug 2024Conditional

  a) Demolition of existing silage pit and small storage shed b) Construction of a milking parlour, dairy and ancillary rooms, drafting & handling area, waiting yard, straw bedded area with feeding passage and underground slatted soiled water storage tank c) Construction of livestock cubicle shed with feed area and underground slatted slurry storage tanks. d) Erection of an external milk silo, meal bin and water storage tank. e) Construction of 2 no. silage pits and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460594

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  a new detached two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance and driveway. The development will include the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221721

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  an application to construct a bungalow dwelling house, a domestic garage, an entrance from an existing lane, leading to the public road, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, provision of a water well, together with all works ancillary to the overall development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211720

• 18 Dec 2020Refused

  development will consist of an application to construct a dwelling house, a domestic garage, an entrance from an existing lane, leading to the public road, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation, provision of a water well, together with all works ancillary to the overall development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201991

• 7 Dec 2020Refused

  the development will consist of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, entrance and driveway. The development also includes the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201875

• 20 Nov 2020N/a

  development consists of construction of a storey and a half granny flat gable extension to existing dwelling, waste water treatment system and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201759

• 17 Nov 2020N/a

  the construction of a two storey house, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA201730

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of demolition of existing single storey flat roof extension to front of existing dwelling, part demolition of existing store shed to rear of dwelling and demolition of garage to side of dwelling. The development also includes construction of a 2 storey extension to the rear of the dwelling, modificaitons to existing 2 storey extension to the north east side of the dwelling and construction of a single storey extension on the south west side of the dwelling together with modifications to existing elevations, upgrading existing septic tank to a proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA170321

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

Recorded monuments

• ME042-003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  A castle at Castletown (24) in Rathmoline parish and Moyfenrah barony is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony and parish maps as an elaborate structure consisting of two three storey towers connected by a wing (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Dr. Bramhall, who is described as ‘Bishop of Derry, Protestant Delinquent’ owned 500 acres there in 1640 including a castle (Simington 1940, 177). In fact the bishop owned all the land in the parish, apart from about 800 acres (ibid. 176-80). The monument, which looks from its representation like a seventeenth century house, is not indicated on any ed. of the OS 6-inch map, but it is marked as a ruin on MS map 21 F 15 (35) in NLI. Two walls built against rock outcrop survive, but these are likely to relate to quarrying and a lime-kiln that was in the vicinity. 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: 9 June 2016

• ME042-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Castletown: Enclosure: Situated in an undulating landscape. A large rectangular enclosure (dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 50m NW-SE) is visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: V306/19) from the 1940s and (GSIAP: N 301/302) from the 1970s. It appears to have been defined by earthen banks and external fosses. Cropmarks of ditches can be seen on OSAP (1995), and it may be a large field. 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: 9 August 2019

• ME042-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a small hill in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by two closely-spaced fosse features is visible on aerial photographs (ME042-038_1 to _4) taken in July 2018. See the attached view courtesy of Noel and Conor Murphy Compiled by Michael Moore based on details provided by Noel and Conor Murphy. Date of upload: 7 August, 2018

• ME042-040001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The parch-mark in grass of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by one darker continuous feature is visible on Google Earth (14/07/2018). The ring-ditch (ME042-040002-) is c. 55m to the ENE. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère. See the attached view from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019

• ME042-040002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The parch-mark in grass of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by one darker continuous feature is visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018; 14/07/2018). The ring-ditch (ME042-040001-) is c. 55m to the WSW. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillère. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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

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

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

Name

Castletown

Area

2,797,916 m² (279.79 ha, 691.38 acres)

Civil parish

Rathmolyon, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Rathmolyon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rathmolyon electoral division: 1,660 people in 534 households; 87% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brannockstown, Cherryvalley, Moat, Moneymore, Newtownmoynagh, Rathflesk, Rathmolyon, Tromman

Placenames

Castletown 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.