# Deenes, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Duleek, barony of Duleek Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,471,283 m² (147.13 ha, 363.56 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,398 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Duleek, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/duleek.md - Barony: Duleek Lower - Electoral division: Ardcath, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38340 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160573 - Centre: latitude 53.636069, longitude -6.436122 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Deenes, from 271 m² to 352,849 m² (35.28 ha, 87.19 acres); 32 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 190900: 352,849 m² (35.28 ha, 87.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190900.md - Parcel 138377: 192,516 m² (19.25 ha, 47.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138377.md - Parcel 151056: 138,500 m² (13.85 ha, 34.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151056.md - Parcel 203955: 95,682 m² (9.57 ha, 23.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203955.md - Parcel 203547: 88,780 m² (8.88 ha, 21.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203547.md - Parcel 5682079: 86,470 m² (8.65 ha, 21.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5682079.md - Parcel 206540: 85,651 m² (8.57 ha, 21.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206540.md - Parcel 172343: 71,258 m² (7.13 ha, 17.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/172343.md - Parcel 154840: 71,113 m² (7.11 ha, 17.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154840.md - Parcel 4647683: 51,962 m² (5.2 ha, 12.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4647683.md - Parcel 181257: 50,021 m² (5 ha, 12.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/181257.md - Parcel 193658: 46,568 m² (4.66 ha, 11.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193658.md - Parcel 208479: 36,764 m² (3.68 ha, 9.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208479.md - Parcel 194713: 9,268 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194713.md - Parcel 157911: 8,556 m² (0.86 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157911.md - Parcel 211308: 4,380 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211308.md - Parcel 137859: 4,217 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137859.md - Parcel 169112: 4,154 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169112.md - Parcel 208642: 4,097 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208642.md - Parcel 5219486: 3,622 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5219486.md - Parcel 5266997: 3,547 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5266997.md - Parcel 5558682: 3,446 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5558682.md - Parcel 136962: 3,401 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136962.md - Parcel 146834: 3,394 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146834.md - Parcel 178700: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/178700.md - Parcel 5366652: 3,170 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5366652.md - Parcel 159103: 3,129 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/159103.md - Parcel 156249: 2,473 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/156249.md - Parcel 196942: 2,235 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196942.md - Parcel 194575: 2,174 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/194575.md - Parcel 3187152: 2,156 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3187152.md - Parcel 196524: 2,151 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196524.md - Parcel 200294: 2,047 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200294.md - Parcel 201391: 2,011 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201391.md - Parcel 136136: 1,898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/136136.md - Parcel 150464: 1,880 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150464.md - Parcel 198347: 1,863 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/198347.md - Parcel 159750: 1,612 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/159750.md - Parcel 159323: 1,536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/159323.md - Parcel 158221: 1,411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/158221.md - Parcel 638247: 1,405 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/638247.md - Parcel 170795: 1,387 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/170795.md - Parcel 3568381: 1,226 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3568381.md - Parcel 153534: 1,111 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/153534.md - Parcel 152639: 638 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/152639.md - Parcel 195355: 271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/195355.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 78 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 18 Feb 2026, Meath County Council 2660184: N/a. Permission. THE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF: Creation of 14 no. temporary access points along public roads. These access points are proposed where the pipeline corridor intersects the public road along the routing of the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the townland of Deenes trunk water main and the Staleen Water Treatment Plant to the Donore Reservoir trunk water main. Upon completion of construction, testing and commissioning of the proposed trunk mains, all temporary access locations will be reinstated to their original condition using native Irish hedgerow species. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.00p.m. Monday to Friday (Bank Holidays and Public Holidays excepted). A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660184/0 - 30 Oct 2020, Meath County Council AA201590: Refused. Permission, 1 home. development will consist of the construction of a storey and half residence, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA201590/0 - 28 Oct 2020, Meath County Council AA201565: Refused. Permission, 1 home. The development consists of the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, a new waste water treatment plant and percolation area including new site entrances and all associated site works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA201565/0 - 2 Oct 2020, Meath County Council AA201400: Refused. Outline permission, 3 homes. 3 number residences on 3 number local needs sites including proprietary waste water treatment systems, domestic garages, entrances and all associated site development works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA201400/0 - 10 May 2019, Meath County Council AA190577: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance from public road. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA190577/0 - 5 Jul 2017, Meath County Council AA170774: Conditional. Permission. proposed storey and a half extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house, new roof to existing dwelling house, demolition of existing rear extension, proposed domestic garage, treatment system and polishing filter, upgrading existing garden vehicular entrance to new domestic vehicular entrance and associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170774/0 - 26 Apr 2017, Meath County Council AA170448: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect a storey and a half style dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system & percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170448/0 - 3 Feb 2017, Meath County Council AA170097: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development consists of the construction of a revised house type from previously approved house type planning reference AA161026 and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/AA170097/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Deenes. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME027-106: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-106----. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with a relict meandering S-N course of the Nanny River c. 50m to the E. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he identified this feature in Deenes townland. This is a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 50m) defined by one, or possibly two, fosse features, which are only visible E-S-W. There may be two conjoined features (diam. c. 5-10m) in the centre. See the attached aerial view taken from the E courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August 2018 - ME027-107001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-107001-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with a relict and meandering S-N course of the Nanny River c. 50m to the E. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he identified this feature in Deenes townland. This is a circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by a wide fosse feature, which is only visible NW-E-S. The ring-ditch (ME027-107002-) is attached to the perimeter at NE. See the attached view taken from the E courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME027-107002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-107002-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with a relict meandering S-N course of the Nanny River c. 50m to the E. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he identified this feature in Deenes townland. This is a circular area (int. diam. c. 5m) defined by a wide fosse feature, which is attached to the NE of an enclosure (ME027-107001-). See the attached aerial view taken from the E courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108001-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This feature is on a rise and is a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a slight fosse, and a number of pits can be seen inside the perimeter. The enclosure is depicted as a tree-ring on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map and the pits are probably maculae left by the tree roots. See the attached aerial view taken from the W, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108002: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108002-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This is a circular enclosure (diam. c. 5m) defined by a single fosse feature. See the attached aerial view taken from the SW, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108003: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108003-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This central feature is a barrow (int. diam. c. 5m; ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by three fosse features. It is surrounded by three ring-ditches outside its perimeter SE-SW. See the attached aerial view (at back) taken from the SW, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August 2018 - ME027-108004: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108004-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This ring-ditch (int. diam. c. 8m) is defined by a single, very slight fosse feature, and it is situated just SW of (ME027-108003-). See the attached aerial view (left foreground) taken from the SW, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August 2018 - ME027-108005: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108005-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This is a small ring-ditch (int. diam. c. 3m) defined by a single fosse feature situated just SW of (ME027-108003-). See the attached aerial view (centre foreground) taken from the SW, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 15 August 2018 - ME027-108006: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108006-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This is a circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a single slight fosse feature. It is immediately S of (ME027-108003-). Internally, it has a smaller ring-ditch, displaced to the S, which suggests that it is an unrelated feature. See the attached aerial view (right foreground) taken from the SW, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108007-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) is defined by a single fosse feature and has a large pit or quarry in the centre. It is also depicted as a tree-ring on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and on the W side it is connected with a N-S relict NNE-SSW stream or drain. See the attached aerial view taken from the N, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108008: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108008-. Situated on a slightly undulating landscape with, with a W-E section of the Nanny River on the S side of a collection of barrows and enclosures but the river turns NNE to the E of the area. From 2016 Noel Meehan has been recording cropmark enclosures in the Keenoge area on a drone-mounted camera, and he has identified this concentration of barrows and enclosures in Deenes townland. This ring-ditch is defined by a single fosse feature (int. diam. c. 5m) which might have a central pit defined by a wide fosse feature (Wth c. 2-4m). See the attached aerial view taken from the NE, courtesy of Noel Meehan Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 15 August, 2018 - ME027-108009: Linear earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME027-108009-. Situated on a slightly raised rib running roughly parallel with a SSW-NNE section of the River Nanny on its W bank. What might be a narrow roadway (Wth c. 3m) or a field bank defined by parallel ditch features on either side is c. 30-90m distant from the river, the distance being greater at the S end. The road can be seen (L c. 220m) on Google Earth (12/072013) and on OSI images (1995). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 August, 2018 - ME033-043: Ring-ditch, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME033-043----. An aerial photograph (1995) shows cropmark evidence for a sub-circular ring-ditch (pers. com. Colin Byrne, 7 October 2008). ME033-043----_01.jpg. Extract from aerial photograph (OSi) showing the cropmark. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 November 2015 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Deenes. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Deenes, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Deenes. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/deenes.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/deenes.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/deenes.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Deenes with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Abbeyland: https://everytownland.com/meath/abbeyland-160002.md - Athcarne: https://everytownland.com/meath/athcarne.md - Balsaran: https://everytownland.com/meath/balsaran.md - Boolies Little: https://everytownland.com/meath/boolies-little.md - Commons: https://everytownland.com/meath/commons-160453.md - Garballagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/garballagh.md - Gaskinstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/gaskinstown.md - Keenoge: https://everytownland.com/meath/keenoge-160917.md - Prioryland: https://everytownland.com/meath/prioryland.md - Reask: https://everytownland.com/meath/reask-161408.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/deenes - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/deenes