Corstown

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corstown, from 18 m² to 366,380 m² (36.64 ha, 90.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 49 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 97 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  planning permission for construction of steel portal frame building to serve as storage of agricultural machinery together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2566

• 8 May 2023Conditional

  changes during construction to what was previously granted under planning register no KA180951, Including changes to all elevations, change from attached garage to a hobby room, and to retain a portion of the original barn structure as a storage area ancillary to the dwelling, and all ancillary and associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23490

• 2 Jun 2021Conditional

  planning permission for 1. Demolition of derelict dwelling and out build within farm complex and Construction of proposed new two storey dwelling. 2. Replacement of existing on site septic tank with new proprietary wastewater treatment system, require percolation area together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211055

• 5 Oct 2018Conditional

  retention for the development consists of the construction of a single storey steel frame agricultural building to accommodate livestock, site drainage and all other associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA181172

• 21 Aug 2018Conditional

  conversion of an existing agricultural barn to a dwelling house and attached domestic garage, the works will incorporate changes to the existing internal layout and all elevations, also a new proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated and ancillary site works incorporating site boundaries and entrance onto public road.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA180951

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Corstown Loughs 000552

Recorded monuments

• ME003-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a level, low-lying landscape, it is described as ‘Carnagillagh Fort’ on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a raised, subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims c. 40m ENE-WSW; c. 32m WNW-ESE) defined by a scarp (H 1.8m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. 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: 3 September 2018

• ME003-026 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a level, low-lying landscape. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'Crockannashangan Fort', and it is depicted as a D-shaped feature on the 1908 map. It is situated on the N side of an E-W drainage trench, and is now an overgrown mound (diam. c. 25m; H c. 2m) covered in spoil from drainage, and the original profile of the monument cannot be described. It might be a crannog. 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: 3 September 2018

• ME003-029 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a slight NE-SW rise in a low-lying area with the canalised N-S Gara River c. 70m to the W. Two parallel ditches (Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.7-0.9m) separated by a berm (Wth 4m) run NW-SE across the rise with earthen banks (Wth 2.5-3m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) on the outer sides (L 26m). At the N end the features stop 5m short of an E-W ditch (Wth of base 1m; D at S 0.5m; D at N 0.7m) with a bank (Wth 2.7m; ext. H 0.7m) on the N side (L c. 30m). The double ditches with outer banks could be a section of roadway, but spoil from land clearance was deposited on the area. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 August, 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2781 (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 Corstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Corstown

Area

2,447,382 m² (244.74 ha, 604.76 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcondra, and its townlands

Barony

Slane Lower

Electoral division

Drumcondra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumcondra electoral division: 1,376 people in 491 households; 83% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonbartan, Coole (Co. Louth), Glack (Co. Louth), Kearntown, Mooneystown, Rathtrasna, Stormanstown (Co. Louth), Townparks (Co. Louth)

Placenames

Corstown 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.