Cookstown Great

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cookstown Great, from 53 m² to 705,676 m² (70.57 ha, 174.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 89 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Oct 2023Conditional

  the development consists of the Retention of extended rear lounge wall in line with the utility room (Lounge to become kitchen) also with first floor bedroom above with dormer window on front elevation also a block built garden shed & a galvanised built shed and with all associated site development works. (Previous Planning Reference no. KA 50064) NOTE: The site is located within the townlands of Cookstown Great & Nugentstown

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2360373

• 19 Oct 2023N/a

  The development consists of the Retention of extended rear lounge wall in line with the utility room (Lounge to become kitchen) also with first floor bedroom above with dormer window on front elevation also a block built garden shed & a galvanised built shed and with all associated site development works. (Previous Planning Reference no. KA 50064) NOTE: The site is located within the townlands of Cookstown Great & Nugentstown

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360353

• 29 Sept 2023Conditional

  a calf housing unit and all associated site work

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23937

• 18 Oct 2022Conditional

  planning permission on previously approved site Reg. Ref. KA/200677 for the construction of a 1.5 Storey detached dwelling including waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. KA/200677

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221370

• 26 Aug 2022Conditional

  an over ground steel slurry storage tank and all associated site work

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221123

• 30 Oct 2020Conditional

  a new entrance gate to access my land. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA201587

• 2 Jun 2020Conditional

  construction of new single storey detached dwelling with proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200677

• 1 Nov 2019Conditional

  the retention consists of an attached Garage (35.7sqm), Shed (4.9sqm) & Utility Room(2.4sqm) to an existing 3 bed house

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA191445

• 30 Sept 2019N/a

  the retenion consists of an attached Garage (35.7sqm), Shed (4.9sqm) & Utility Room (2.4sqm) to an existing 3 bed house

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA191286

• 11 Apr 2019Conditional

  extension to rear of existing house comprising kitchen, utility, bedroom, hall porch, change of front access and all associated site development

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA190426

• 15 Aug 2018Conditional

  construction of a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, BAF waste water treatment system polishing filter percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA180919

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 Great.

Recorded monuments

• ME017-089001 House - Neolithic
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0918) by D. Nelis (2005) in Testing Area 9 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1213) identified archaeological material that was excavated (E003139) by G. McLoughlin (2010) as Cookstown Great 3 during February and March 2007 when an area of 8200 square metres was opened and six phases of activity were recognized (excavations.ie 2007:1292). This is part of the complex of prehistoric structures recorded in three excavations at Kilmainham 1, the centre of which was c. 300m to the N. In Cookstown Great there were two rectangular Early Neolithic houses within 8m of each other, and two circular Early Bronze Age hut-sites were also placed close together. These were associated with a burnt mound (B), and there was another burnt mound (A) from the Early Iron Age. Some pits date to the Early Medieval period, and all features were damaged to some extent by post-medieval furrows. The two Neolithic houses were situated at the top of a slight N-facing slope. Structure A (int. dims 6.8m E-W; 5m N-S) was just E of Structure B and was defined by a slot-trench which was most substantial (Wth 0.46m; D 0.35m) at the E side. The trench turned inwards at the S end of the E and W sides but most of the S trench was absent. Much of this can be attributed to two intrusive features, a pit and a NNW-SSE ditch, but it is possible that there were two wide entrances on this side of the house and there is another large gap (Wth 1.75m) at the W end of the slot-trench at N. A small amount of Early Neolithic pottery and some flints were recovered from the slot-trench which had plenty of stones for packing but only one posthole was present at the centre of the E wall and this produced a sherd of a carinated bowl. A charred hazelnut shell from the slot-trench produced a C14 date of 3702-3536 cal. BC (UBA 11089) which closely matches a date of 3651-3526 cal. BC (UBA 11090) from a small internal pit N of the centre that may have been a hearth but which also produced sherds of a carinated bowl. Some external pits that produced Neolithic pottery may be contemporary but there were also medieval pits in the area. (McLoughlin 2010, 5-8) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin (2010, figs 5, 7) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089001-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089002 House - Neolithic
  Description

  The two Neolithic houses were situated at the top of a slight N-facing slope. Structure B (int. dims 7.2m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) was just W of Structure A and was defined by a slot-trench which was most substantial (Wth 0.48m; D 0.2m) at the NE side but there was no evidence of it on the SE side. It was filled with a light brown clayey silt with numerous packing stones. There were postholes in the trench at the W, N and E angles and in addition there were external postholes at the W and N angles. The trench was shallowest on the SW side where there is a gap (Wth 1m) that might have been an entrance. There was one fairly central but shallow posthole and another equally slight posthole towards the S angle, but two large, shallow pits or hollows (dims 2m x 1m; D 0.21m: 3.4m x 0.8m; D 0.14m) on the inner side the NE slot-trench respected that trench and are probably contemporary with it although they produced no dating material. No artefacts were recovered and the little charcoal from environmental samples was oak. While no direct dating is available its form and location beside Structure A mandate a Neolithic date. (McLoughlin 2010, 8-11) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2010 (figs 5, 9) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089002-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089003 Hut site
  Description

  Structure C, located just 5m S of Structure D, is an arc of postholes (diam. c. 4m) defined by seven postholes S-W-N with no evidence of postholes on the E side, but the structure was extremely truncated with only the bases of postholes (D 0.05-0.1m) present. The charcoal from one of the postholes was a mix of alder, ash and cherry with one piece of oak, and a fragment of alder charcoal returned a C14 date of 2023-1886 cal. BC (UBA 11093). There was an internal hearth (dims 1.5m z 1.05m; D 0.07m) with an oxidized base, and a sample of alder charcoal from this provided a C14 date of 2109-1892 cal. BC (UBA 11094). (McLoughlin 2010, 11-12) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2010 (figs 5, 11) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089003-_ 1 plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089004 Hut site
  Description

  Structure D, located just 5m N of Structure C, is a D-shaped arc (dims c. 4m N-S; c. 3m E-W) of 12 post and stakeholes associated with a subcircular roasting pit (dims 1.14m x 0.92m; F 0.36m) that has oxidized edges and a basal fill of burnt soil and charcoal mixed with yellow silty clay. The main fill was a black sandy silt with frequent charcoal and heat-affected stones beneath black silty sand which was sealed with a layer of flat stones. This was beneath a layer of brown silty sand with burnt bone fragments. A sample of alder charcoal from the roasting pit provided a C14 date of 1923-1756 cal. BC (UBA 11096). The roasting pit is at the W edge of a D-shaped structure defined by an arc of stakeholes N-E-S with rather formless postholes that may have been re-used many times just N and S of the roasting pit, and two internal stakeholes. One pit (0.58m x 0.4m; D 0.12m) was on the line of the perimeter at S and another (dims 0.68m x 0.62m; D 0.18m) was c. 1m outside the structure at SE. This produced two sherds of pottery in the vase urn tradition and a sample of ash charcoal provided a C14 date of 1948-1776 cal. BC (UBA 11095). The radiocarbon determinations place this structure slightly later than Structure C but contemporary with fulacht fia B, c. 30m to the NW. (McLoughlin 2010, 13-15) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2010 (figs 5, 11) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089004-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089005 Burnt mound
  Description

  This is burnt mound B where there were numerous pits cut into the subsoil, but one oval pit (dims 2.2m x 1.5m; D 0.72m) with a basal fill of a charcoal-rich soil and heat affected stones is thought to be a trough or water-hole. There is a posthole and a stakehole at opposite edges, and a fragment of alder charcoal from the fill returned a date of 1912-1742 cal. BC (UBA 11097). A shallow scoop (dims 1.7m x 1.5m; D 0.25m) just to the W is probably a natural hollow and was filled with a charcoal-rich soil that had heat-affected stones. Three subcircular pits (dims 1m x 0.83m; D 0.35m: dims 1.38m x 1.25m; D 0.35m: dims 1.34m x 1.24m; D 0.5m) and a subrectangular (1.4m x 1.23m; D 0.36m) one, all within 4m of the water hole and with fills of black silty sand beneath burnt mound material might have been troughs, but none has any associated stakeholes or postholes. Other irregularly-shaped pits (dims 3.53m x 1.63m; D 0.23m: dims 2.8m x 1.4m; D 0.35m) filled with redeposited natural, silt and heat-affected stone are thought to be the result of root action. Numerous spreads of broken and burnt stone in a black matrix extended (dims 18m N-S; 2-5m E-W; D 0.04-0.13m) over the features but two of the possible troughs were outside it to the E. (McLoughlin 2010, 15-18) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2020 (figs 5, 13) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089005-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089006 Burnt mound
  Description

  At Burnt mound A a large oval pit (dims 3.3m x 2.6m; D 0.84m) has a shallower ramp-like adjunct (dims 2.63m N-S; 1.12m D 0.32m) at S. Its basal fill is silts but slippage of burnt mound material forms the upper fill of the pit and ramp. About 5m to the SW is a smaller water-hole (dims 2.3m x 1.95m; D 1m) with a more gently sloped upper edge that had a single fill of clayey silt. A sample of burnt bone from the fill provided a C14 date of 791-541 cal. BC, placing it in the Iron Age. There were six smaller pits (dims 1m x 1m; D 0.5m to 2.16m x 1.4m; D 0.35m) with silt fills that are interpreted as possible cooking troughs but one deeper oval one (dims 1.72m x 1.05m; D 1.05m) with a flared opening might also have been a water-hole. There are no postholes or hearths associated with the features and only three small spreads (dims 0.6m x 0.6m; T 0.05m to dims 2.2m x 1.94m; T 0.16m) survived of the burnt mound. (McLoughlin 2010, 18-20) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2020 (figs 5, 15) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089006- Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-089007 Pit
  Description

  There was a cluster of three intercutting pits (dims 1.2m x 0.85m; D 0.19m to 1.7m x 1.42m; D 0.48m) c. 12m E of Neolithic house A. The fills were sands and clays and a tanged knife blade of 11th to 13th century date, an iron ring and a sherd of Meath-type ware was recovered from one of them. A C14 date from this pit returned a date of 1015-1157 cal. AD ((UBA 11091). A gully (Wth 0.7m; D 0.28m; L 9.5m plus) extended NE from the largest pit, and a shallow pit (dims 1.8m x 1.4m; D 0.17m) c. 9m to the W produced a piece of slag and so is probably related, although no metalworking features were identified. (McLouoghlin 2010, 20-22) See the attached plans adapted from McLoughlin 2010 (figs 5, 17) ME017-089_1 Location; ME017-089007-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-090001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape, with a canalized N-S stream c. 50m to the E. Archaeological testing (04E0918) by D. Nelis (2005) in Testing Area 9 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1213) that was excavated (E003138) by G. McLoughlin (2010) as Cookstown Great 2 during January and February 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1291) when an area of 9600 square metres was opened and three prehistoric phases were identified. Two isolated pits (dims 1.48m x 1.27m; D 0.21m: 1.2m x 0.73m; D 0.16m) that were filled with heat-affected stones are interpreted as possible troughs, and a sample of hazel charcoal from one provided a C14 date of 2337-2144 cal. BC (UBA 11083). Although there is no burnt mound surviving and no other features are associated with the pits, this is probably the remains of a fulacht fia dating to the Early Bronze Age. (McLoughlin 2010, 5-6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 23 March 2022

• ME017-090002 Cremation pit
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape c. 55m WNW of a fulacht fia and with a canalized N-S stream that changes direction to W-E c. 45m to the E. Archaeological testing (04E0918) by D. Nelis (2005) in Testing Area 9 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1213) that was excavated (E003138) by G. McLoughlin (2010) as Cookstown Great 2 during January and February 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1291) when an area of 9600 square metres was opened and three prehistoric phases were identified. An elongated pit (dims 2.42m E-W; 1.14m N-S; D 0.25m) had a basal deposit of black charcoal-rich soil with six sherds from a cordoned urn, some of which had line-impressed decoration, and a flint blade. There were also calcined animal bones. A fragment of hazel charcoal from this deposit produced a C14 date of 1607-1450 cal. BC (UBA 11088), placing what was probably a cremation pit in the Middle Bronze Age. (McLoughlin 2010, 6-7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-090003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope down to a canalized N-S stream that changes direction to W-E c. 30m to the N. Archaeological testing (04E0918) by D. Nelis (2005) in Testing Area 9 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1213) that was excavated (E003138) by G. McLoughlin (2010) as Cookstown Great 2 during January and February 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1291) when an area of 9600 square metres was opened and three prehistoric phases were identified. Most of the material related to this Late Bronze Age fulacht fia. A waterhole (dims 3.9m x 2.95m; D 0.84m) with a flared mouth was filled with black sandy silts and stones, from which a fragment of ash charcoal yielded a C14 date of 1186-932 cal. BC (UBA 11087). The waterhole could have provided water for three possible rectangular troughs (dims 1.6m x 1.18m; D 0.23m: dims 2.05m c 1.4m; D 0.25m: dims 1.64m x 1.24m; D 0.2m) within 12m and all with burn stone in their fills but truncated to various degrees. Seven pits (dims 0.9m x 0.4m; D 0.17m to 2.53m x 1.78; D 0.45m), largely filled with silty clays, are thought to be associated with it, although the largest is c. 25m to the SW and a sample of oak charcoal from an adjacent pit provided a C14 date of 1209-1012 cal. BC (UBA 11085). Five other irregularly-shaped pits are thought to be the result of root activity. The main burnt mound (dims 19m N-S; c. 12m E-W; T 0.2m) extended S from the water-hole and covered most of the features although post-medieval artefacts were recovered from it. Two large rectangular pits (dims 3.8m N-S; 2.85m E-W; D 0.48m: dims 7.4m E-W; 5.3m N-S; D0.6m) were W of the water-hole and post-dated the fulacht fia, but provided no absolute dating material. Both pits were cut by a SSW-NNE drain and the mound was cut by an associated NW-SE drain that is part of a post-medieval field system. (McLoughlin 2010, 7-14) See the attached plan from McLoughlin (2010 fig. 6) ME017-090003-_1 Plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

• ME017-091 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on a slight W-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0918) by D. Nelis (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified burnt mound material (excavations.ie 2004:1213) that was excavated (E003137) by P. Lynch (2010) as Cookstown Great 1 during September to November 2006 in an area of 948 square metres (excavations.ie 2007:1291). A spread of charcoal-rich soil with heat-affected stones (dims 9m NW-SE; 3.2m NE-SW; T 0.2m) that contained fragments of at least four carinated Neolithic pottery vessels with everted rims is associated with four pits cut in the subsoil and a hearth, but nothing like a trough was identified. A sample of hazel charcoal from the burnt spread yielded a C14 date of 4227-3978 cal. BC (UBA 12113), confirming the pottery evidence of an Early Neolithic date. The burnt mound filled a teardrop-shaped cut (dims 6m NW-SE; 3m NE-SW; D 0.2m) and extended beyond it at NW. Two shallow pits (dims 1m x c. 0.35m; D 0.1m: dims 0.95m x 0.4m; D 0.05m) and a posthole were in the upper surface of the spread. Four small pits (dims 0.83m x 0.8m; D 0.11m to 2.21m x 1.53m; D 0.08m) filled with clayey silts and with oak charcoal present were within 10m of the burnt spread. A sample of charred bedstraw seeds from one of the pits returned a C14 date of 768-521 cal. BC (UBA 11134) in the Late Bronze Age, suggesting that these features are unconnected with the burnt mound. A large area of burning (dims 4.2m x 2.4m; D 0.3m) that had an oxidized base and red silt and stones in the fill was 5.75m S of the burnt mound and is interpreted as a hearth. Some furrows ran through the area and one of them supplied a further fragment of a carinated bowl. (Lynch 2010, 5-8) See the attached plan from Lynch (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 March 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cookstown Great.

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

Name

Cookstown Great · Baile an Chócaigh Mór

Area

2,341,480 m² (234.15 ha, 578.59 acres)

Civil parish

Balrathboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Balrathboyne, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Balrathboyne electoral division: 643 people in 209 households; 82% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cookstown Little, Cortown, Febog, Gardenrath, Grangegoddan Glebe, Kilmainham, Milltown, Nugentstown

Placenames

Cookstown Great 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.