Cookstown

838 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cookstown, from 1 m² to 351,236 m² (35.12 ha, 86.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 55 neighbouring parcels touch it.

• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 728 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 112 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 17 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1C1 - Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.2B2 - Retail Warehouse Park (Retail warehouse)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5D1 - Tourism (Tourism and related)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 1 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development comprises: 1. retention permission for a rear ground-floor extension to the kitchen/dining area; and 2. full planning permission for an attic room with W.C., rear projecting dormer windows, a front Velux window, minor internal alterations, conversion of the existing hipped roof to a gable roof, a new glazed front porch, and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660977

• 25 Jun 2026Conditional

  planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front , Gable window to side with associated ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660791

• 18 Dec 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of a new 2-storey side extension, single-storey rear extension and dormer roof extension to rear of existing dwelling, including all ancillary site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561392

• 14 Jul 2025Conditional

  amendments to the development permitted under Reg Ref: 2460086. The development will consist of the removal of the mezzanine floor in its entirety, together with associated ground floor alterations including the removal of the internal staircases and the re-configuration of the internal layout to provide a single-level, open-plan retail warehouse unit. No changes to the external elevations or the permitted retail warehouse use of the unit are proposed

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560734

• 7 Jun 2025Conditional

  PLANNING PERMISSION SOUGHT FOR ATTIC CONVERSION INCORPORATING REMOVAL OF HIPPED ROOF TO SIDE AND REPLACING WITH NEW “A” ROOF, TOGETHER ROOFLIGHTS TO FRONT AND REAR

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560578

• 22 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of Construction of a dormer extension at the rear with rooflights to the front; Change the existing hip roof to gable roof with attic conversion; internal alterations; and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560290

• 22 Sept 2024Conditional

  Current Use The subject building is used for the storage, cleaning and repair of goods from flood/fire damaged structures The structure comprises offices, mezzanine floor level and warehouse area Proposed Change of use for Mezzanine Level The proposed change of use applies only to the Mezzanine level. It is proposed that the mezzanine level will be used as a Yoga Space which essentially is an open space. It is proposed to provide Yoga Classes in the mezzanine area. Unlike a gym a Yoga space does not use any equipment, except for yoga mats, foam/cork bricks, bolsters (firm cushions), belts and foldable chairs that are stored neatly away 95% of the time. The timetable for the Yoga Space would be mostly evenings. Key times for activities would usually be 6 to 9pm And maybe 1 x1 hour class each morning around 10am All classes are usually Mon-Thurs. So approximately 16 hours a week. There would be possibility of weekend workshop for 2-3 hours, but this would probably be 1-2 sessions per month. The mezzanine floor is spacious enough to hold 4 -12people, but the average class would probably be 6-8 people. Office \ Warehouse Areas The proposed Yoga Space will have no impact upon the office and warehouse areas of the premises. The Yoga space will use the same entrance but will be segregated from the other areas. As the classes will be held predominately outside of the business hours of the remainder of the building then there will be little or no cross over. Water \ Waste Water The proposed Yoga Space would have minimal impact on the use of water at the premises. Parking The proposed Yoga Space would have minimal impact on parking. There are spaces available at the premises and adjacent environs within The Court. Further, activities would be outside the operating hours of adjacent units.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460770

• 16 Jul 2024Conditional

  retention planning permission for refurbishment of existing storage unit onsite including new roof and cladding to elevation (Ciara. 300m2). Retention of single storey storage unit (Ciara 146m2). Upgraded site access and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention · Meath County Council, 24305

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  Conversion of Attic area to storage room which incorporates the gable wall being raised, a change of roof type from hipped to gable finish with a new window to the side gable, 2no. of roof-lights to front elevation, with internal modifications and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460517

• 9 Jul 2024N/a

  retention planning permission for refurbishment of existing storage unit onsite including new roof and cladding to elevation (circa. 300m2), retention of single storey storage unit (circa 146m2), upgraded site access and associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 24295

• 29 Jun 2024N/a

  Conversion of Attic area to storage room which incorporates the gable wall being raised, a change of roof type from hipped to gable finish with a new window to the side gable, 2no. of roof-lights to front elevation, with internal modifications and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460483

• 13 Jun 2024N/a

  retention planning permission for 1. Refurbishment of existing storage unit onsite including new roof and cladding to elevation (Ciara. 300m2). 2. Retention of single storey storage unit (Ciara 146m2). 3. Upgraded site access and associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 24263

• 14 Feb 2024Conditional

  an amendment to permission Reg.Ref.23/60184 for development of an Electric Vehicle Charging station at Ashbourne Retail Park, Ballybin Road, Ashbourne, Co Meath the development will consist of 5 no. EV charging stations, each serving 2 no. vehicle charging bays, a total of 10 no. charging points, 1 no. 8 bay canopy structure incorporating circa. 105 sqm of roof mounted solar panels. The use of existing retail park access / egress and all associated above and below ground ancillary works. The proposed amendment to the development involves the relocation of the proposed vehicle charging bays and the substation

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460100

• 7 Feb 2024Conditional

  a change of use from vacant Argos catalogue store and storage area to retail warehouse use at Unit 7 in the Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. It is also proposed to remove part of the mezzanine floor to provide a new stairs connecting the ground floor with the mezzanine floor. The proposed development will result in a total gross floor area of 1,538.5 sq.m., a reduction of 67.5 sq.m. There are no changes to the elevations as part of the proposed development for the subject unit. The development includes all ancillary works to facilitate the development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460086

• 26 Jan 2024Conditional

  planning permission for an attic conversion for storage purposes to the existing at 73 Johnswood Drive, Ashbourne, Co. Meath (A84C859). The development will consist of the gable wall being raised and the roof changing from a hip roof to a dutch style hip roof

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2428

• 20 Dec 2023Conditional

  Pargo Properties One Ltd. intend to apply for planning permission for a change of use from vacant café/restaurant to retail warehouse at Unit 17 and from storage area to retail warehouse in the Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. It is also proposed to amalgamate Unit 17 and the storage area with Unit 18 to form one larger retail warehouse unit. The proposed development includes for a new fire exit door to the rear of the unit and internal alterations to the existing floor layout to provide for the proposed amalgamated retail warehouse unit. The proposed development will result in a total gross floor area of c. 850.5 sq.m. There are no changes to the front elevation as part of the proposed development for the subject unit. The development includes all ancillary works to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360504

• 19 Oct 2023Conditional

  the development consists of permission to carry out alterations to walls and roofs and retain the remainder of structures listed below including all associated ancillary site development works above and below ground. The structures for which permission and retention permission will be applied for are: (1) a single storey enclosed covered lean-to storage area along the side of our existing two storey semi-detached dwelling, (2) a single storey lean-to covered area to the rear of our existing two storey semi-detached dwelling and (3) a single storey shed in the rear garden

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23989

• 28 Sept 2023N/a

  the development consists of permission to carry out alterations to walls and roofs and retain the remainder of structures listed below including all associated ancillary site development works above and below ground. The structures for which permission and retention permission will be applied for are: (1) a single storey enclosed covered lean-to storage area along the side of our existing two storey semi-detached dwelling, (2) a single storey lean-to covered area to the rear of our existing two storey semi-detached dwelling and (3) a single storey shed in the rear garden

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23935

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  retention of a converted attic space to store space, roof windows to front & rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23863

• 26 Jul 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of 5 no. EV charging stations, each serving 2 no. vehicle charging bays, a total of 10 no. charging points, 1 no. 8 bay canopy structure incorporating circa. 105 sqm of roof mounted solar panels. The proposed development also incorporates 1 no. ESB substation, the use of existing retail park access / egress and all associated above and below ground ancillary works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360184

• 7 Jun 2023Conditional

  alterations to existing hip roof to create half hip dutch gable roof to side to accommodate attic stairs to allow conversion of attic into non habitable storage and window to side of half hip dutch gable with roof windows to front roof all with associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23594

• 31 May 2023N/a

  alterations to existing hip roof to create half hip dutch gable roof to side to accommodate attic stairs to allow conversion of attic into non habitable storage and window to side of half hip dutch gable with roof windows to front roof all with associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23570

• 25 May 2023Conditional

  the refurbishment of a single storey house and construction of a single storey extension to the side and single storey extension to the rear at 188 Rathlodge, Ashbourne, County Meath. The proposed development will consist of the construction of a single storey flat roof extension to the side (south) of the existing house to house a bedroom, ensuite and walk-in wardrobe with 2 rooflights over bathroom and a pitched roof extension with 3 rooflights to the rear (west) to house a living space. The proposed ground floor extensions measure 38 m2 (total gross house area including existing house is 126 m2). The proposed development will also consist of removal of walls and reconfiguration of the layout to allow for the relocation of bedrooms from the rear to the front of the house and an open plan living, dining and kitchen space opening to the rear garden to the west and all associated site, drainage and landscaping works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23553

• 24 May 2023Conditional

  to erect a single storey rear extension measuring 40.5m.sq & in addition an attic conversion to habitable space with 4 panel rear dormer

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23546

• 2 Sept 2022Conditional

  permission for placement of a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for the acceptance of residual and food waste and a pay-to-use portable compactor for mixed dry recyclables. This activity requires the developers to possess a waste certificate of registration

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221155

The 25 most recent of 95 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 Cookstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME039-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a knoll which is on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a small NNW-SSE stream c. 200m to the SW. This was first identified in a geophysical survey (01R0058) in advance of the N2 Finglas – Ashbourne road and by-pass (GBS Prospection 2001). Archaeological testing and excavation (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck (2009) at Site 25 between January and May 2004 confirmed the presence of a rath at the edge of the road-take, and c. 20% of it was excavated as well as other features (excavations.ie 2004: 1211). The enclosure (ext. diam. 54m) was defined by a fosse (Wth 3.2-5.5m; D c. 1.2m) with an entrance causeway (Wth 4m) at ENE. The causeway had a lower step off its S side, perhaps to reach water in the fosse. The fosse was only excavated N-SE and there were no internal features in the excavated area. Early medieval fills of sandy clays interspersed with silts are probably slip from an internal bank, but these are separated by iron-panning from high medieval fills, and the ditch does not seem to have been finally closed until the 13th or 14th century when clays, probably from the remains of the bank, were used. A ringed pin dating from the 9th century AD and portion of another were recovered from the lower levels of the fosse. After the abandonment of the rath its fosse may even have been re-cut to act as a field boundary, especially at NE. A rectangular annexe (ME039-009003-) was attached to the E, but it is a feature dating to the high medieval period. Subsequently, archaeological testing (21E0190) by Y. Whitty (2021) c. 130m to the SE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2021:038). (Clutterbuck 2009, vol. 1, 26-9) See the attached plans from Clutterbuck (2009, vol. 1, figs 15, 17) _2 Annotated site plan; _3 Rath plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May 2020

• ME039-009001 Burial
  Description

  Located on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a small NNW-SSE stream c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological excavation (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck between January and May 2004 at Site 25 in advance of the N2 Finglas – Ashbourne road and by-pass excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1211) a crouched inhumation amongst other scattered prehistoric features. A shallow grave-cut (dims 0.85m x 0.65m; D 0.06m) had been badly damaged by ploughing and was cut by a pit (dims 0.47m x 0.23m; D 0.15m) that contained a flint flake and blade and two joining sherds of coarse Beaker pottery. The grave retained some of the remains of an adolescent or young adult lying on their left side in a crouched position with the head at N, but there were no grave goods directly associated with it. Nor was it possible to derive a radiocarbon date from the remains but a sample of wheat grain from the fill of the grave yielded a date of 0-130 cal. AD (Wk-18213), testifying to the disturbed nature of the deposit, while a charcoal sample from the truncating pit produced a more reliable if wide date of 2900-2250 cal. BC (Wk-17938). (Clutterbuck 2009, vol. 1, 15-17) See the attached images from Clutterbuck (2009, vol. 1, 9, 17) ME039-009_2 Annotated site plan; ME039-009001-_1 Burial; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• ME039-009002 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Located on a rise on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a small NNW-SSE stream c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological excavation (03E1252) at Site 25 by R. Clutterbuck between January and May 2004 in advance of the N2 Finglas – Ashbourne road and by-pass completely excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1211) a number of prehistoric pits (dims 0.2m x 0.13m to 4.5m x 1m; D 0.34m) as well as five cereal-drying kilns of Early Iron Age date and one that was early medieval. A primary kiln (dims 2.68m x 0.2m; D 0.12m) filled with clay that had an ash and burnt animal bone content was cut by a smaller pit (diam. 0.7-1m; D 0.2m) with fills of burnt clay, a charcoal-rich clay that had barley grains and an upper fill with charcoal which produced a C14 date of 170-0 cal. BC (Wk-18210). Three further intersecting pits with similar fills were in the area, and it is thought that all were corn-drying kilns. Another kiln (dims 1.48m x 0.86m; D 0.23m) with 6 fills including charcoal and barley grains was located c. 50m SSW of the others and it produced a C14 date of 20-220 cal. AD (Wk-18211). An early medieval corn-drying kiln was located c. 53m NE of the rath and c. 50m N of the group of early kilns. It consisted of a circular pit (diam. 1.1-1.3m; D 0.35m) with a flue (Wth 0.25-0.5m; L 2.2m plus) extending NE. The base of the cut was burnt and the single fill had frequent wheat and barley inclusions with occasional oats and other cereal grains. Blackthorn charcoal from the fill produced a C14 date of 410-600 cal. AD (Wk-17939). (Clutterbuck 2009a, 26) (Clutterbuck 2009, vol. 1, 19-20, 25-6; Clutterbuck and Lyons 2012, 35-7) See the attached images from Clutterbuck (2009 figs 17, 11, 14) ME039-009_2 Annotated site plan; ME039-009002-_1 Early kilns; ME039-009002-_2 Early medieval kiln; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• ME039-009003 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a small NNW-SSE stream c. 200m to the SW. This was first identified in a geophysical survey (01R0058) in advance of the N2 Finglas – Ashbourne road and by-pass (GBS Prospection 2001). Archaeological testing and excavation (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck at Site 25 between January and May 2004 confirmed the presence of a rath at the W edge of the road-take, together with this enclosure and other features (excavations.ie 2004: 1211). A rectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 50m ENE-WSW; c. 40m plus NNW-SSE) defined by fosses or drains (Wth 3m; D 1.1-1.7m) is just E of the rath (ME039-009----), one drain attaching to the fosse of the rath at S. This annexe has a narrow entrance gap at the SE angle, and wide, shallow furrows cross the E part of the interior in a cross-hatch system. It dates to the high medieval period and is associated with the settlement cluster (ME039-009004-) rather than the original occupation of the rath. Layers with high medieval wares covered parts of the rath and a hearth in the upper levels of the rath’s fosse is associated with Leinster cooking ware. (Clutterbuck 2009, 1, 36 – 42; 2009a, 32) The plot may have continued in use into the late Middle Ages but in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries new ditches were dug which produced imported pottery from Staffordshire as well as German stonewares. In the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century a stone-walled cabin (Structure V) was built on the N side of the road. It was rectangular (ext. dims 7.3m x 4.1m) with stone walls (Wth c. 0.5m) on three sides but open on the N. The interior was deepened with the removal of material that was banked against the outside of the walls. The beaten earth floor had a number of hearths, and a drain exited through a doorway at W. This structure was only occupied for a short time, perhaps one year, and was not depicted on any map. The demolition phase contained modern ceramics and glass as well as clay pipe fragments. (Clutterbuck 2009, 1, 46-8; 2009a) See the attached annotated plan from Clutterbuck (2009, fig. 17) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May, 2022

• ME039-009004 Settlement cluster
  Description

  In 1291 the church of Ratoath was granted to the Augustinian Abbey of St Thomas in Dublin (DU018-020051-), and its register of deeds records a William Cocus (Cook), from whom the townland is named. In 1333 Philip FitzWilliam held three carucates in Kokeston (Orpen 1921, 76). At the suppression of the monastery in 1540 James Baret and Thomas Stephyns are mentioned in relation to Cokestown (White 1943, 32, 35). According to the Civil Survey (1656) David Russel owned 146 acres at Cookstown in 1641 and on the premises was a ‘stone house, houses of office and cabins’ (Simington 1940, 97), but they are not represented on the Down Survey (1656-8) maps. Later in the century Cookstown was owned by Sir Anthony Molady, and Richard Morgan was the leaseholder (Loeber et al. 2001, 80), but Molady forfeited the property because of his support for King James II in 1691 and it passed to a Thomas Carter, whose family held it into the 19th century. The stone house of the Civil Survey may have been c. 100m to the W of the excavation where the only farm cluster in the townland is represented on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and which still functions as the centre of an operating farm. The excavated structures were probably part of the ancillary buildings of this property and consist of a house, a forge and another building. (Cluterbuck 2009a, 30-5) A medieval settlement developed around a WNW-ESE section of a lane that is marked on the 1836 and later editions of the OS 6-inch map running to a farmstead c. 100m to the W and into fields further W where it extends off to the NW. Three structures were excavated (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck between January and May 2004 on the S side of the extant lane (excavations.ie 2004:1211), all of which were frame-built with slot-trenches to accommodate the sill-beams. Structure I is identified as a forge (dims 8.5m NW-SE; 5m plus NE-SW) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at the centre of the SW side. It was truncated by a 17th century drain at NE and it might not have been roofed as there is little evidence of roof supports. The floor was suffused with trodden-in charcoal, slag and sherds of Leinster cooking ware, but there was no hearth or furnace bottoms. At the centre was an area (dims 1.5m x 1.3m) with four post-holes and stake-holes surrounded by a doughnut-shaped pit (diam. 2.5-3m; D 0.3m) which may have been a quenching trough around a central bench. Iron slag and scale from iron-working was found in the trough and in the slot-trenches. The bench was replaced at a later stage by a slighter though similar structure. (Clutterbuck 2009, 29-33; 2009a 31-2) Structure II was attached to the NW of the forge and consisted of an earthfast building (dims 9.5m NW-SE; 3.5m NE-SW) defined by slot-trenches (Wth 0.5-0.6m; D 0.22-0.3m), with an entrance (Wth 1.1m) in the centre of the SW wall. A line of four post-holes extends out SW and then SE from the doorway, which may have acted as a windbreak, and internally there is a short cross-wall attached to the NE wall, dividing it into two rooms. It is interpreted as a workshop for the forge. A shallow ditch (Wth 2.1m; D 0.6m), whose fills held sherds of Leinster cooking ware and coarse Dublin ware, separated Structure II from Structure III further to the W. The latter (int. dims 6m plus N-S; 4m E-W) was defined by slot-trenches (Wth 0.57-0.7m; D 0.2-0.4m) packed with stones, and it was truncated at N by a later manifestation of the laneway. At the centre were 18 stake-holes, which may have supported a table or bench, but there was no evidence of a hearth or an entrance, which must have been in the destroyed N wall. Externally, the slot-trenches for the walls were separated by a berm (Wth 0.5-2m) from a drainage channel (max. Wth 1.7m; max. D 0.65m) on the W side, and this channel is fed from the WSW by a channel (Wth 1.3m; max. D 0.9m; L 35m) running from the interior of the rectangular annexe that is attached to the relict rath. This channel did not function long as it is cut by the drain defining the E edge of the annexe. Between the channel and the lane and c. 10m W of Strucutre III a small rectangular area (int. dims 6m x c. 5.4m plus) defined by a wide fosse (Wth 1m; D 0.27m) seems to have been a raised garden plot. Leinster cooking ware and coarse Dublin ware are present in the primary fills of these drains, but the upper layers include fragments of clay pipes as well as Devon gravel-tempered ware, indicating a final closing in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. The structures, however, where defunct by the end of the fourteenth century. (Clutterbuck 2009, 33-6) See the attached illustrations from Clutterbuck (2009, figs 17, 18, 19) ME039-009_2 Annotated site plan; ME039-009004-_1 Structures I, II; ME039-009004-_2 Strucutre III

• ME039-009005 Forge
  Description

  A medieval settlement developed around a WNW-ESE section of a lane that is marked on the 1836 and later editions of the OS 6-inch map running to a farmstead c. 100m to the W and into fields further W where it extends off to the NW. Three structures were excavated (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck between January and May 2004 on the S side of the lane (excavations.ie 2004:1211), all of which were frame-built with slot-trenches to accommodate the sill-beams. Structure I is identified as a forge (dims 8.5m NW-SE; 5m plus NE-SW) with an entrance (Wth 0.6m) at the centre of the SW side. It was truncated by a 17th century drain at NE and it might not have been roofed as there is little evidence of roof supports. The floor was suffused with trodden-in charcoal, slag and sherds of Leinster cooking ware but there was no hearth or furnace bottoms. At the centre was an area (dims 1.5m x 1.3m) with four post-holes and stake-holes surrounded by a doughnut-shaped pit (diam. 2.5-3m; D 0.3m) which may have been a quenching trough around a central bench. Iron slag and scale from iron-working was found in the trough and in the slot-trenches. The bench was replaced at a later stage by a slighter though similar structure. (Clutterbuck 2009, 29-33; 2009a 31-3) Structure II was attached to the NW of the forge and consisted of an earthfast building (dims 9.5m NW-SE; 3.5m NE-SW) defined by slot-trenches (Wth 0.5-0.6m; D 0.22-0.3m), with an entrance (Wth 1.1m) in the centre of the SW wall. A line of four post-holes extends out SW and then SE from the doorway, which may have acted as a windbreak, and internally there is a short cross-wall attached to the NE wall, dividing it into two rooms. It is interpreted as a workshop for the forge. A shallow ditch (Wth 2.1m; D 0.6m), whose fills held sherds of Leinster cooking ware and coarse Dublin ware, separated Structure II from Structure III further to the W. (Clutterbuck 2009, 33-4) See the attached plans from Clutterbuck (2009, figs 17, 18) ME039-009_2 Annotated site plan; ME039-009005-_1 Structures I and II; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• ME039-023 Enclosure
  Description

  Located at the crest of a SW-facing slope down to a small meandering NNW-SSE stream that is c. 40m distant. The cropmark of a small subrectangular enclosure (dims. c. 25m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) defined by single fosses or ditches is visible only on Google Earth (21/07/2021). The fosses are most clearly visible on SW and NW sides and there is a small entrance gap in the SW side. It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 January 2022

• ME039-024 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a gentle SW-facing slope, with a small NNW-SSE stream c. 200m to the SW. Archaeological excavation (03E1252) by R. Clutterbuck between January and May 2004 at Site 24 in advance of the N2 Finglas – Ashbourne road and by-pass completely excavated (excavations.ie 2004:1211) a ring-ditch that consisted of two fosses. There were a number of prehistoric pits (dims 0.2m x 0.13m to 4.5m x 1m; D 0.34m) in the area as well as kilns (ME019-009003-) of later prehistoric date. The inner area (diam. 6.6m) was defined by a fosse (0.4m; D 0.27m) separated by a berm (Wth c. 3.5m) from the outer fosse (Wth 0.54m; D 0.45m) (ext. diam. 15m). The lowest fill in the outer fosse had some animal bone and some cereal grains. The outer fosse was partly covered by a more compact sandy soil at SSW which may have been introduced to make an entrance (Wth 1.7m). The inner ditch had five fills, and an area (L 1.5m) at SSE had a more compact sandy fill that could have formed a secondary entrance. Two sherds of pottery and a brown glass bracelet with a D-shaped cross-section were recovered from the primary fill of the outer fosse, and a single sherd, two flints and two pieces of a cast penannular ring, were in the final fill of the inner fosse. Two charcoal samples from the final fill of the inner fosse produced C14 dates of 360-50 cal. BC (Wk-16313) and 360-160 cal. BC (Wk-16314). Three pits (dims 1.42m x 0.68m; D 0.1m to 1.52m x 1m; D 0.32m) with evidence of burning in the base and charcoal inclusions in the fill of each appear to have been deliberately positioned outside the outer fosse at N, SE and SW. Blackthorn charcoal from the N pit produced a C14 date of 0-230 cal. AD (Wk-17940). (Clutterbuck 2009, 20-5; Clutterbuck and Lyons 2012, 37-44) See the attached site plan from Clutterbuck 2009 (fig. 12) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 May 2022

• ME045-001 Church
  Description

  Situated in a small dip at the bottom of a slight SW-facing slope, and there is a small NW-SE stream immediately outside the churchyard to the S that feeds into the Broadmeadow River c. 2.3km to the ESE. A church at Cookstown is first mentioned in Ussher (1622) where the church and chancel are said to be ruined and it is described as a chapel-of-ease to Ratoath (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxii). According to Dopping (1682-5) the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Cookstown was a chapel-of-ease to Greenoge (ME045-018----) (Ellison 1971, 37). The grass-covered foundations of an E-W building (int. dims c. 14m E-W; c. 5m N-S) with a structure attached to the W end, probably the foundations of a tower, were visible in 1970, but the perimeter of the subcircular churchyard (diam. c. 45m) defined by an earthen bank and ditch (SMR file, 1940) was gone by 1970 and no evidence of burial was visible. By 2000 visible traces of the church were absent, but archaeological testing (01E0091) identified the ditch (Wth 1.2m; D 1m plus) at two points on the perimeter at N, although no burials were recorded in the N part of the graveyard (Miles 2003). Further limited testing (02E1689) identified the bank and external ditch at two points on the W side during the widening of a minor N-S road from Ashbourne to Ratoath, but again no burials were identifiied (O’Connor 2004). (Feeley 2001, 36-7, No. 16) 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: 7 April, 2015

• ME045-001001 Churchyard
  Description

  Situated in a small dip at the bottom of a slight SW-facing slope, and there is a small NW-SE stream immediately outside the churchyard to the S that feeds into the Broadmeadow River c. 2.3km to the ESE. The chapel-of-ease at Cookstown (ME045-001----) is within an enclosure which is depicted as a subrectangular area (dims c. 38m E-W at N to c. 52m E-W at S; c. 38-46m N-S) with a NE-SW road on the W side on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped area (dims c. 48m N-S; c. 45m E-W) with the straight side at W on the 1909 ed. of the map. Archaeological testing (01E0091) identified a defining ditch (Wth 1.2m; D 1m plus) at two points on the perimeter at N, although no burials were recorded in the N part of the enclosure (Miles 2003). Further limited testing (02E1689) identified the bank and external ditch at two points on the W side during the widening of a minor N-S road from Ashbourne to Ratoath, but again no burials were identifiied (O’Connor 2004). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 April, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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).

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

Name

Cookstown

Area

1,569,763 m² (156.98 ha, 387.9 acres)

Civil parish

Cookstown, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Kilbrew, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybin, Hammondtown, Killegland, Rath, Sutherland

Placenames

Cookstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.