Clonee

407 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clonee, from 2 m² to 464,863 m² (46.49 ha, 114.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 59 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 126 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 112 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (Variation 02 - Made on 13/05/2024), Meath · 84 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 · 68 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2/E3 - General Enterprise and Employment/ Warehousing and Distribution (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2RS - Residential (Existing residential)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB - Green Belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G4OS - Open Space (Active open space)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4A2 - New Residential (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1GE - General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of a change of two storey house type to a revised design to that previously granted planning permission under Register Reference No. 2560131, and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661087

• 29 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of proposed revisions to elevations to two storey house type only, & all other works are to that as previously granted planning permission under Register Reference No. 2660194

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2661089

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist/consists of 2 no. Steel Storage sheds with the following approximate dimensions (i) 6ft wide x 10ft long x 8ft high, (ii) 6ft wide x 7ft long x 8ft high. Both shall be located beside each other in the corner of the existing carpark near the practice wall. They shall be situated above the existing carpark tarmac. Colour shall be neutral to the location (e.g. grey, brown, black, dark green)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 26190

• 1 Aug 2026N/a

  Relocation of existing entrance with associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660982

• 8 Jun 2026N/a

  Retention Permission for 1) The construction of an extension to the rear of our existing cottage consisting of a single storey, flat roofed link corridor, leading to a one and a half storey barrelled shaped roof as built. The original permission was granted under planning register number: RA200700. The floor areas as granted remain unchanged with the main deviations as follows: a) the metal sheeting to the roof was shown as red in colour whereas a black colour sheeting was used. b) the metal sheeting was shown covering the top sections of the vertical walls, this has now been replaced with a sand/cement smooth render finish. c) the timber cladding finish shown on the western elevation has been replaced with a sand/cement smooth render finish. d) the slated finish to the lean-to roof on the southern elevation has been replaced with a rubberised sheeting membrane. e) various window and door locations and sizes have been altered as is highlighted on our submitted drawings. All of the above on our site at Stirling Road, Clonee, Co Meath. A86DT85 The

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660702

• 20 Feb 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of a change of two storey house type to a revised design & position on site, and relocation of plot entrance to that previously granted planning permission under Register Reference No. 2560131, & DA/40501 and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660194

• 28 Nov 2025N/a

  Permission for development at Lidl and the former Windsor Clonee Premises, Main Street, Clonee, Co. Meath (D15 X409 and D15 EW01 respectively), comprising: the expansion of car parking to serve the existing Lidl store, to include the existing (front) car sales / parking forecourt area, reconfiguration of elements of existing Lidl car park, including relocation of trolley bay, cycle parking, footpaths / pedestrian routes and hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, public lighting, surface water drainage and utilities (including provision of electric vehicle charging facilities), reconfiguration of existing vehicular access to former motor sales / garage premises, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561302

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of a two storey extension to rear & side of existing two storey house being grannyflat, single storey sunroom to rear & all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560961

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of single storey detached garden room & open roofed area to side of existing house, & all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560922

• 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

• 24 Jul 2025Conditional

  A two-storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling, along with a dormer attic conversion that includes a new bedroom with ensuite and all ancillary site works. Internal modifications to provide a new kitchen, pantry, and scullery at ground floor level, with storage and ensuite bathrooms at first floor level. Elevational changes include brick treatment to the front and rear elevations, a projecting dormer window to the front, rooflights to the side and rear, and replacement of the existing timber balustrade at the first-floor balcony with a metal balustrade. The total floor area of the proposed works is 126 square metres

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560767

• 3 Jul 2025Conditional

  decommission existing septic tank and install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560685

• 27 Jun 2025N/a

  A two-storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling, along with a dormer attic conversion that includes a new bedroom with ensuite and all ancillary site works. Internal modifications to provide a new kitchen, pantry, and scullery at ground floor level, with storage and ensuite bathrooms at first floor level. Elevational changes include brick treatment to the front and rear elevations, a projecting dormer window to the front, rooflights to the side and rear, and replacement of the existing timber balustrade at the first-floor balcony with a metal balustrade. The total floor area of the proposed works is 126 square metres.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560668

• 18 Jun 2025N/a

  planning permission to decommission existing septic tank and install an effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560617

• 13 Feb 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of 3 no. two storey, & part single storey to rear, detached dwellings, on three sites totalling c.0.39Ha, on existing developed sites, previously granted under planning permission reg. ref. DA40501, & all ancillary site works

  Permission, 3 homes · Meath County Council, 2560131

• 20 Dec 2024Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION RA180228 - a three storey pitched roof mixed use building to the front of the site, consisting of a ground floor retail unit (100sqm) and two number 2-Bed duplex apartments on the upper floors. To the rear of the site there will be two number semi-detached two- storey houses (2 bed) with rear gardens, 8 parking spaces will be provided with the development. Site boundary walls, bin stores and all associated site and landscape works included. Total development floor area is 454sqm. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24477

• 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

• 12 Jul 2024N/a

  retention of an amendment to a previously permitted residential development under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. RA/191224 as amended by Reg. Ref. 22/1322. The proposed amendment relates to the retention of the as constructed southern boundary at House No. 9, The Gallops, Williamstown Stud, Clonee, Co Meath at a location to the north of the as permitted location

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24300

• 11 Jul 2024Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO: RA/180228 - a three storey pitched roof mixed use building to the front of the site, consisting of a ground floor retail unit (100sqm) and two number 2-Bed duplex apartments on the upper floors. To the rear of the site there will be two number semi-detached two- storey houses (2 bed) with rear gardens, 8 parking spaces will be provided with the development. Site boundary walls, bin stores and all associated site and landscape works included. Total development floor area is 454sqm. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24298

• 20 Jun 2024Conditional

  Signage in the form of a 2no. Installation Notice Board, measuring 1200mm x 750mm. 2no windstocks (2.13 in lenght), upon 6m high galvanised masts. The works have been erected to comply with the requirements of a Camus-wide Industrial Emissions Licence from the Environmental Protection Agency. The works to be retained are at the entrances to the existing buildings onsite, namely Buildings 1-3 (Eircode D15 NN9V and Buildings 5-6 (Eircode D15 TP6X).

  Retention · Meath County Council, 24275

• 7 Jun 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of: 1. Demolition of existing vacant Public House, Outbuildings & and any associated existing structures. 2. Construction of a new part 4 storey & part 5 storey mixed use building to accommodate. 3 no. commercial/retail units & 36 no apartments, with the breakdown per floor as follows: a) On ground floor 3 no. new commercial/retail units, 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment & public plaza/hard landscaped area fronting onto the main street. b) On first floor 5. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. c) On second floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. d) On third floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. e) On fourth floor 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment with associated private amenity spaces & a rooftop terrace communal amenity spaces for the building residents. 3. New parallel parking spaces at the main street. 4. New private carpark and bicycle parking to the rear of the building with new development entrance. 5. Provision of a new foul sewer connection to the adjoining public foul sewer network. 6. Provision of storm water drainage and connection to adjoining public storm water network. 7. Provision for a new water connection to the building from the adjoining public water main. 8. Provision of public lighting throughout the development site. 9. Provision of bin storage. 10. All associated site development works & services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460410

• 15 May 2024N/a

  the development will consist of: 1. Demolition of existing vacant Public House, Outbuildings & and any associated existing structures. 2. Construction of a new part 4 storey & part 5 storey mixed use building to accommodate 3 no. commercial/retail units & 36 no apartments, with the breakdown per floor as follows: a) On ground floor 3 no. new commercial/retail units, 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment & public plaza/hard landscaped area fronting onto the main street. b) On first floor 5. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. c) On second floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. d) On third floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. e) On fourth floor 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment with associated private amenity spaces & a rooftop terrace communal amenity spaces for the building residents. 3. New parallel parking spaces at the main street. 4. New private carpark and bicycle parking to the rear of the building with new development entrance. 5. Provision of a new foul sewer connection to the adjoining public foul sewer network. 6. Provision of storm water drainage and connection to adjoining public storm water network. 7. Provision for a new water connection to the building from the adjoining public water main. 8. Provision of public lighting throughout the development site. 9. Provision of bin storage. 10. All associated site development works & services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460343

• 20 Mar 2024Conditional

  the proposed development is for a 2-5 storey mixed use building on the former Joe Molloy’s Bookmakers site, Main Street, Clonee, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing building and site clearance (Derelict Site No. DS-1044); the construction of 3 no. ground floor level retail units with frontage onto Clonee Main Street (R147), the Lucan Road (R149) and at the Main Street / Lucan Road Junction (R147 / R149 Junction); 37 no. apartments (1 no. studio unit, 17 no. 1 bed units and 19 no. 2 bed units) at upper floor levels, including private amenity spaces; a raised communal landscape deck at first floor level, together with landscaped communal roof terraces at 2nd and 4th floor levels; 37 no. car parking spaces (including. 1 no. accessible space), 76 no. bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. communal bin stores at ground floor/surface level with access onto the Lucan Road (R149); and all associated and ancillary site and development works. The proposed development incorporates works to the public realm along the frontage of the site onto Clonee Main Street (R147), the Lucan Road (R149) and at the Main Street / Lucan Road Junction (R147 / R149 Junction). These proposed works include the provision of a concrete footpath (2.5m in width) along the Lucan Road (R149) frontage of the site; the provision of a bituminous macadam cycle path (1.75m in width) along Clonee Main Street (R147) and Lucan Road (R149) frontage, integrating with existing cycle paths; and, the provision of a loading bay for commercial vehicles only (2.5m x 7m) along Clonee Main Street (R147), adjoining and integrated with existing on-street parallel parking spaces. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460197

• 15 Dec 2023Conditional

  a first floor extension to the existing garage to the side of the existing dwelling for the provision of a gym room, consisting of additional floor area of approximately 37 sq metres

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 231135

• 15 Nov 2023N/a

  The development will consist of the proposed amendment to existing approved permission references RA190648 & ABP306842-20 and the development will consist of: 1. Demolition of existing Public House, Outbuildings & and any associated existing structures. 2. Construction of a new part 4 storey & part 5 storey mixed use building to accommodate 3 no. commercial/retail units & 36 no apartments, with the breakdown per floor as follows: a) On ground floor 3 no. new commercial/retail units, 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 1 no. 2 bedroom apartment & public plaza/hard landscaped area fronting onto the main street. b) On first floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. c) On second floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. d) On third floor 6. No 1-bedroom apartments & 4 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated balconies/private amenity spaces. e) On fourth floor 2 no. 2 bedroom apartments with associated private amenity spaces & a rooftop terrace communal amenity spaces for the building residents. 3. New parallel parking spaces at the main street. 4. New private carpark and bicycle parking to the rear of the building with new development entrance. 5. Provision of a new foul sewer connection to the adjoining public foul sewer network. 6. Provision of storm water drainage and connection to adjoining public storm water network. 7. Provision for a new water connection to the building from the adjoining public water main. 8. Provision of public lighting throughout the development site. 9. Provision of bin storage (integrated into the building at ground floor level). 10. All associated site development works & services.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360410

The 25 most recent of 92 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 Clonee.

Recorded monuments

• ME051-007 Church
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape within Clonee village, with a W-E section of the NW-SE Tolka River c. 70m to the N. A chapel at Clonee in the large parish of Dunboyne does not occur in the ecclesiastical lists, but it is amongst nine chapels in the parish recorded by Cogan (1862-70, 1, 190). He says that this church had been removed together with its graveyard, which was partly occupied by a police station. The church may have been dedicated to a St Mell, perhaps St Meal of Ardagh, Co. Longford, as in describing the bounds of Clonee in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1940, 122) it states ‘…with the river Tollochyne (Tolka) betwixt it and part of the lands of Portan with a bridge passing over it to St Melles his Chapell on the west..’. The police station is marked on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although the precise location of the chapel is uncertain. Inhumations dating to the 18th or 19th century were recovered in the vicinity in 1965 (NMI file). Archaeological testing (01E0808) by G. Scally just W of the possible site of the church and graveyard produced no related material (excvations.ie 2001:950), and testing (04E0409) by M. E. Byrne just to the E and S had a similar result (excavations.ie 2004:1208). 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: 10 April, 2015

• ME051-007001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape within Clonee village, with a W-E section of the NW-SE Tolka River c. 70m to the N. A chapel at Clonee in the large parish of Dunboyne is amongst nine chapels in the parish recorded by Cogan (1862-70, 1, 190). He says that this church had been removed together with its graveyard, which was partly occupied by a police station. The police station is marked on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, although the precise location of the chapel is uncertain. Inhumations dating to the 18th or 19th century were recovered in the vicinity in 1965 (NMI file). Archaeological testing (04E0409) by M. E. Byrne in the area immediately to the E and S of the likely church site, on the possible location of the graveyard, produced no related material (excavations.ie 2004:1208). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 April, 2015 Amended: 21 July 2021

• ME051-010 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located on a level landscape on the N bank of a W-E section of the Tolka River, with the canalised stream c. 20m to the S. Archaeological testing (02E1406) by G. Dehaene identified a spread of broken and burnt stones (dims 2.4m x 1.5m plus; T < 0.12m) in one trench. The mound was sectioned but its full extent was not exposed, and it is still in situ (excavations.ie 2002:1439). (Dehaene 2002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 November 2021

• ME051-013 Burial
  Description

  Located on the S side of the Main Street of Clonee village. In July 1965 human remains were discovered on a building site. There was no evidence for stones that might have formed the grave lining and the graves appeared to be simple dug graves. A number of clay pipe stems were found in the fill. They were thought to be post-seventeenth-century in date (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 283-284) but may be connected with the medieval chapel (ME051-007----) and its graveyard (ME051-007001-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 March 2013

• ME051-040 Well
  Description

  Located on the S-facing slope of a slight rise in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 220m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (McCarthy and Mitchell 2008; excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, another (ME051-043----) is to be preserved in situ, and the other three were fully resolved (08E0840) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2008:944). In Area 2 a large pit or water-hole (dims 6.6m E-W; 6.2m N-S; max. D 1.65m) has a rounded base (Wth c. 0.5m) that was partly cut into the shale bedrock. The sides were steep, and the bottom was covered by a grey silty clay, the lowest of eight layers, that was impossible to excavate completely. However, a fragment from the wall of a wooden vessel (H 0.23m plus) with two lugs and an internal groove for the base was recovered from the black peaty clay above the basal layer. This alder bucket provided a C14 determination of 349-43 cal. BC. In all 49 pieces of wood were preserved in this layer, all the worked wood being alder. The upper fills of silty clays, with evidence of slumping of the sides of the pit, yielded no artefacts but there were some animal bones. About 10m N of the water-hole was a similar structure (dims 2m x 1.3m) with three corner postholes, one of which produced a sherd of pottery. Although there is no evidence of a fourth post-hole, it probably formed a shelter or platform like a more certain structure (dims 2.5m x 2.4m) with four corner post-holes that was just 2m N of the waterhole. A line of stake-holes, curving in a slight arc, ran through the interior of this structure. A hearth, evident as a fire-reddened patch of subsoil (dims 0.8m x 0.7m) within a small circular structure (diam. 2.7m) defined by seven post-holes was c. 4m NE of the waterhole but it is not known whether it related to the use of the waterhole or the fulacht fia (ME051-042001-) in the same area. (McCarthy et al. 2009, 31-39, 43-4) See the attached plan from McCarthy et al. 2009, fig. 14 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-040001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on the S-facing slope of a slight rise in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 220m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (McCarthy and Mitchell 2008; excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, another (ME051-043----) is to be preserved in situ, and the other three were fully resolved (08E0840) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2008:944). Around the waterhole (ME051-040----) were some pits filled with soils that have traces of broken and burnt stone, and a rectangular, flat-bottomed pit (dims 1.95m NW-SE; 1.9m NE-SW; max. D 0.26m) at the SE edge of the waterhole has a post-hole at each corner. It undoubtedly served as a trough as it was filled with broken and burnt stone. A gully (L 13m plus; Wth; max. D 0.25m), originating in a pit (dims 0.93m x 0.65m; D 0.25m) c. 3m N of the trough, extended E and both features were filled with burnt mound material. However, only two small spreads (dims 0.5; 1.15m) of the burnt mound itself were in evidence c. 10m NE of the trough and 2-3m NE of the hearth. (McCarthy et al. 2009, 39-45) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-041 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Located in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 100m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (McCarthy and Mitchelll 2008; excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, another (ME051-043----) is to be preserved in situ and the other three were fully resolved (08E0840) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2008:944). In Area 4 a SW-NE medieval boundary ditch with feeder drains was encountered, and it could be traced across the area to the SW where a medieval ditch (Wth c. 1.25m; D c. 0. 0.4m) on a NNE-SSW alignment and with feeder-drains but in the vicinity of the waterhole (ME051-042----) could be a continuation of it (McCarthy et al. 2009, 27-30). Four phases of medieval drainage works are associated with this section in Area 4 where the flat-bottomed boundary ditch (Wth 2.8-3.4m; D 0.8-1.2m) was open and drained NE into the Tolka. An organic-rich silt (T 0.1-0.2m) at the bottom was beneath re-deposited subsoil (T 0.5m) which is a deliberate attempt to close it. The pottery from the back-fill dates from the twelfth to the fourteenth century and was probably derived from a bank on the NW side of the ditch as the subsidiary drains (Wth 0.9-1.6m D 0.4-0.85m) all joined it from the SE. The remains of a child were found on top of the subsoil at the N end of the boundary ditch on its W side but a grave-cut was not discernible and it may have been beneath a bank associated with the drain. A fragment from the skull returned a C14 date of 1162-1252 cal. AD. (ibid. 50-63). There was a metalled surface close to the junction of the ditch and one of the drains. A pit (dims 3.6m x 2.13m; D 0.9m) had been filled with re-deposited subsoil and gravel that had a drystone revetment on the N side and stones on the upper surface. It may have served as a threshing floor and a deposit of carbonised chaff and cereal grains partly covered it. The floor was in an acute angle between the ditch and a drain, and was itself enclosed by a small ditch (L 16.9m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.2-0.3m) connecting both of these features. This ditch had three silt layers that produced medieval pottery (ibid. 50-63). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-042 Well
  Description

  Situated on the S-facing slope of a slight rise in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 400m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (McCarthy and Mitchell 2008; excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, another is preserved in situ and the other three were resolved (08E0840) by the same archaeologist (excavations.ie 2008:944). In Area 1 a water-hole (dims of top 7.8m x 5.4m; D 1.6m) with a fairly flat base (diam. c. 1.6m) has a ramp on the W side leading to the bottom. The basal fill of black silt (T 0.6m) had organic remains with a layer of compact clay and stones, some burnt, above it, and grey and orange silts above that. A distinct lens of charred wood, identified as alder, was within the lowest of these silts. No artefacts were recovered from the waterhole but a sample of hazelnut shell from its base produced a C14 determination of 1385-1212 cal. BC. There were numerous post-holes and pits beyond the edge of the waterhole, including a cluster of seven post-holes on the W side, although no pattern was discerned. They contained some bones, and were filled with silty, charcoal-flecked clays but only two sherds of pottery were recovered from them. One is a worn and probably intrusive residual sherd from a carinated bowl dating to the Neolithic while the other equally worn sherd is a coarse ware dating from the Middle Bronze Age. A NNE-SSW medieval field ditch (L c. 58m; Wth c. 1.25m; max. D 0.4m) with a terminus at its N end and two feeder drains was c. 20m to the W. There was an isolated burial of a young adult male in the supine position NE-SW at the N end of the ditch, but the skull, which was at NE, had been removed by a modern stone-filled drain. (McCarthy et al. 2009, 18-30) See the attached plan from McCarthy et al (2009, fig. 9) compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-043 Kiln
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope in the flood-plain of the NW-SE Tolka River which is c. 300m to the N. Archaeological monitoring (08E0605) by C. McCarthy of topsoil stripping over an extensive area (max. dims c. 450m N-S; c. 350m E-W) identified five areas with archaeological deposits and features (excavations.ie 2008:943). One was post-medieval, and three of the others were resolved under a different licence (08E0840) by the same archaeologist. This is Area 5, which is preserved in situ under the re-constituted ground (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 35m E-W) where extensive archaeological deposits were uncovered. Numerous features such as pits, linear features, cereal-drying kilns and furrows were identified overlying deeper deposits. A large spread of charcoal-rich soil is probably related to a kiln and there were thick spreads of silty clay containing charcoal, animal bones and pottery. Three possible kilns were identified as figure-of-eight spreads (dims 2.5m x 0.7m to 5.5m x 1.5-2.9m) with high volumes of charred material including nuts and seeds. Some post-medieval furrows and drainage ditches run NNE-SSW across the area, but three large ditches (Wth 2.5m; D 0.95m plus; Wth 4.5m; D 0.75m plus; Wth 3.9m; D 1m plus) with plentiful large stones were also sampled. The complex is probably medieval in date, and a smaller area of drainage ditches further to the S was also encountered. (McCarthy and Mitchell 2008, 16-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-044 Field system
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E1383) by A. Hayden on a large development site of about 8 hectares (c. 20 acres) uncovered evidence of furrows at its N limit, and more complex evidence of medieval fields at its SW edge (Hayden 2004). Further excavation under the same licence (Hayden 2005) recorded a NE-SW boundary ditch with furrows relating to it on the NW side where a rectangular stone-walled structure (ME051-044001-) and kiln (ME051-044002-) pre-dated the furrows. South-west of the boundary a drainage ditch extended SW, and the remains of a small sod-walled structure (ME051-044003-) survived (excavations.ie 2004:1207). The boundary was visible as a relict surface feature further NE but at SW it had no surface trace. Excavation revealed a ditch (Wth of top 5m; max. D 1.4m) filled with silts and loams and containing medieval pottery. It originated at an amorphous wet boggy hollow (D c. 0.5m) at SW, and a ditch (Wth 3-4m; max. D 1.1m) bifurcating into two drains (Wth 1-1.2m; max. D 0.4m) extended from this to the SW. North-west of the boundary there was evidence of two cultivation systems, both of which were later than the building and kiln. The earlier consisted of lazy-bed trenches (max. Wth 0.2m; max. D 0.1m) placed c. 2-3m apart and aligned E-W. The second system comprised furrows (Wth 0.2-0.5m; D 0.1-0.3m) placed closer together and aligned NW-SE. These were within a plot (dims 30m NE-SW; 26m plus NW-SE) bounded by the NE-SW boundary drain at SE, by a double drain (Wth 1.8-2m; max. D 0.4m) at NE, and a single gully (Wth c. 1m; D 0.3-0.5m) at SW. (Hayden 2005, 2-5, 9) See the attached plan from Hayden (2005, fig. 3) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-044001 Building
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E1383) by A. Hayden on a large development site of about 8 hectares (c. 20 acres) uncovered evidence of furrows at its N limit, and more complex evidence of medieval fields at its SW edge (Hayden 2004). Further excavation under the same licence (Hayden 2005) recorded this rectangular stone-walled structure, a kiln and a sod-walled structure (excavations.ie 2004:1207). Part of a rectangular stone-footed but clay-bonded building (int. dims 3.9m NW-SE; 2.8m NE-SW) was built at the SW corner of a rectangular cutting (dims 10m NE-SW; 6.5m NW-SE, max. D 0.45m) that had no other features. The SE and SW walls were stone-facings of the cutting but the other walls (Wth 0.75-0.8m) were free-standing and double-faced. The entrance may have been at the W angle since the SW wall-facing continued beyond the NW end of the building, perhaps forming an external porch. A small fire was lit on the subsoil before the laying of a clay floor (D 0.14m) which included two defleshed horse skulls and an animal leg bone in its composition. Over this floor was a grey silty clay (T 0.03m) beneath a compacted yellow clay (T 0.03-0.04m) which morphed into a slightly oxidised clay (T 0.03m) with charcoal flecks, but there was no hearth. No pottery was recovered from within the structure. The bases of two pits outside the SE wall were equally unrevealing, but the building was overlaid by the two systems of medieval furrows in the field system (ME051-044----). (Hayden 2005, 6-8) See the attached plan from Hayden (2005, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-044002 Kiln
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E1383) by A. Hayden on a large development site of about 8 hectares (c. 20 acres) uncovered evidence of furrows at its N limit, and more complex evidence of medieval fields at its SW edge (Hayden 2004). Further excavation under the same licence (Hayden 2005) recorded a rectangular stone-walled structure, this kiln and a sod-walled structure. (excavations.ie 2004:1207). The kiln is located c. 4m NW of the stone-footed building (ME051-044001-), and outside its cutting. This is a subrectangular pit (dims 3.2m N-S; 1.2m E-W; max. D 0.45m) with an oxidised base at its S end. It was filled with stony cultivation soil with patches of charcoal and oxidized clay. (Hayden 2005, 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-044003 Structure
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E1383) by A. Hayden on a large development site of about 8 hectares (c. 20 acres) uncovered evidence of furrows at its N limit, and more complex evidence of medieval fields at its SW edge (Hayden 2004). Further excavation under the same licence (Hayden 2005) recorded a rectangular stone-walled structure, a kiln and this sod-walled structure (excavations.ie 2004:1207). This house (ext. dims 10.1m N-S; 5.8m E-W; int. dims 6.5m N-S; 4m E-W) was constructed with clay walls (Wth up to 1.1m at E and W and up to 1.7m at N and S) laid directly on subsoil. There was no clear entrance but it may have been in the E wall where the wall material was thinnest and an external drip-gully (Wth up to 0.4m; max. D 0.1m) was present. The clay floor was partly oxidised and there were two small post-holes. Dublin glazed wares are associated with the building. (Hayden 2005, 4-5) See the attached plan from Hayden (2005, fig. 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 November 2021

• ME051-045 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a rectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 45m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) with rounded corners is defined by a wide fosse or moat (Wth c. 4m) separated by a berm (Wth c. 4m) from an outer fosse or drain (Wth c. 2m). It is visible only on Apple Maps, and the features are only visible in the NW half of the enclosure. The monument may be a moated site, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 February 2022

• ME051-077 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 10 excavation (16E0403) by D. Bayley recorded (excavations. ie 2016:534) three intercutting pits in a small area (dims 1.6m x 0.75m). The three pits had the same fill of a brown/grey clay with moderate inclusions of charcoal. Pit 1 (dims 0.65m x 0.2m) was truncated by a ditch to the SW, and Pit 2 (dims 0.9m, x 0.5m) had a concentration of charcoal on its NW side. Pit 3 (dims 0.5m x 0.25m) was truncated on the SE side by a ditch. No artefacts were recovered and no dating is available. (Duffy et. al. 2021, 35) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

• ME051-078 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 13 a burnt mound was excavated (16E0417) by D. Bayley (excavatioins.ie 2016:537). It presented as a spread (dims 15m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; max. D 0.25m) of broken and burnt stone in a black clay matrix that was just S of a small canalised NW-SE stream which forms the townland boundary with Portan to the NE, and it had been truncated by medieval and post-medieval drains and furrows. Four pits with animal bones from domestic waste including deer antler, cattle, sheep/pig and horse bones together with a post-hole at the W extent of the excavation were sealed by the mound material and probably pre-date the active use of the monuments. The mound (dims 9.5m x 8.2m; max. D 0.3m) was intermixed with layers of topsoil at the top and silts at the base and extended beyond the excavation to the NW. The mound overlay four troughs and several pits, but two separate fulachta fia are probably entwined. Three troughs (dims 1.35m x 1.26m; D 0.48m to 2m x 1.05m; D 0.34m) close together but not intercutting at the W edge probably formed one mound originally while a smaller trough (diam. 0.9m; D 0.32m) c. 12m to the SE was not immediately covered by any mound, although all the troughs were filled with burnt mound material over silt. A trough from the W edge provided a C14 date of 2439-2144 cal. BC (FTMC-HR36-12) from a fruitstone charcoal sample. The small trough is amongst nine pits (diam. 0.46-0.53m; D 0.21m to dims 1.22m x 0.97m; D 0.12m) that are generally isolated but most of them are on slightly higher ground to the E of the trough where one of the pits had a slot-trench (L 1.1m) on its E side, perhaps for a wind-break. A possible hearth (dims 2.55m x 1.2m; D 0.25-0.35m) had a grey/black silty clay fill, from which a sample of hazel charcoal provided a date of 2015-1774 cal. BC (FTMC-HR36-7), while a pit W of the small trough provided a date of 2121-1896 cal. BC (FTMC-hr36-11) from a sample of hazel charcoal. The small trough itself yielded a radiocarbon determination of 2456-2204 cal. BC (FTMC-HR36-9) from hazel charcoal and the dates place the fulachta fia in the Early Bronze Age, but not all features dated to this period as an early medieval charcoal-making pit (ME051-078001-) was also present. (Duffy et. al. 2021, 8-12) See the attached site plan from Duffy et al. (2012, fig. 13) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

• ME051-078001 Charcoal-making site
  Description

  Excavated (16E0417) by D. Bayley as part of Site 13, this was located on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape amongst features associated with a large Early Bronze Age fulachta fia mound (ME051-078----). A charcoal-making clamp (dims 1.2m x 1m; D 0.14m) amongst the pits at the E edge of the excavation had four fills with oxidise red/orange clays and charcoal, from which a sample of fruitstone charcoal returned a C14 date of 588-655 cal. AD (FTMC-HR36-10), while a sample of hazel charcoal from an isolated pit (dims 0.66m x 0.46m; D 0-09-0.11m) in the same area provided a date of 706-888 (FTMC-HR36-8 ). (Duffy et. al. 2021, 24-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

• ME051-079 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 9, excavated (16E0118) by D. Bailey (excavations.ie 2016:533), a small pit (diam. 0.6m; D 0.08m) had a single fill of mid to dark grey clay with a high level of charcoal that was dominated by alder with some fruitwood. A fragment of alder charcoal provided a C14 date of 1053-1263 cal. AD (FTMC-HR36-4). (Duffy et. al. 2021, 30) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: d26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

• ME051-080 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 29 a single isolated pit (diam. 1.12-1.26m; D 0.44m) with five layers of silty clays that had varying amounts of charcoal was excavated (16E0494) by D. Bayley (excavatioins.ie 2016:556), but inclusions of wood and burnt bone were confined to the upper three fills. The bone was largely undiagnostic but is likely to be faunal. There were low levels of ash and hazel charcoal and a sample of the latter from the basal fill provided a C14 date of 2127-1897 cal. BC (FTMC-BD08-1), placing it in the Early Bronze Age. (Duffy et. al. 2021, 17) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

• ME051-081 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological monitoring (15E0577) by P. Duffy, D. Bayle and J. Whitaker of topsoil stripping over a large area (c. 92 ha.) conducted intermittently between Dec. 2015 and October 2018 uncovered 37 locations of potential archaeological importance (excavations.ie 2016:051). Each of these was further investigated by the same archaeologists under different licences. At Site 7, excavation (16E0092) by P. Duffy recorded (excavations.ie 2016:560) a small pit (diam. 0.6-0.65m; D 0.08-0.17m). It had two fills of grey clay and stones, with plentiful charcoal that was largely oak with some hazel in the upper fill. No artefacts were recovered but a sample of hazel charcoal provided a C14 date of 1045-1225 cal. AD (FTMC-HR36-2). (Duffy et. al. 2021, 29-30) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 April, 2023 Duffy, P., Fairhead, S. & F. Fleeshouven 2021 Final Excavation Report for Sites 3-37, Clonee, Portan, Gunnocks, Co. Meath. Multiple licences, Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded shaft, fluted neck, fluted cap with finial, spout and curved pumping handle.

• Clonee Bridge, bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch road bridge, built c.1860, with curved cutwaters to upstream side of bridge. Snecked limestone walls with dressed limestone voussoirs. Segmental-arches to upstream side of bridge and round-arches to downstream side. Ashlar support additions to downstream side carrying cast-iron pipe.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Semi-detached three-bay two-storey house, c. 1820. Rubble stone walls with lime render. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimneystack located centrally to roof. Small square-headed openings with replacement windows and sills. Rubble stone gate piers on round plan to immediate east. Connected to two outbuildings to create an L-shaped plan. Outbuilding to north has three bays. All openings to this outbuilding have brick surrounds. Loopholes to first floor indicate that this may originally have been an outbuilding.

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3000 (ZIP).

Flooding

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

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

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

Name

Clonee · Cluain Aodha

Area

3,329,406 m² (332.94 ha, 822.71 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

Barnhill (Co. Dublin), Castaheany (Co. Dublin), Castlefarm, Damastown (Co. Dublin), Ellickstown, Gunnocks, Hansfield or Phibblestown (Co. Dublin), Hilltown, Loughsallagh, Portan, Rush

Placenames

Clonee 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.