Derver

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Derver, from 16 m² to 284,915 m² (28.49 ha, 70.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 98 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Jun 2021Refused

  the development consists of a Kitchen Diner/Sun Room Extension and a rear bedroom extension & a front porch (62.1 sqm) also to upgrade & enlarge the existing entrance and with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211228

• 13 Nov 2019Refused

  (a) Construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Construction of double recessed entrance, (d) Installation of treatment system and percolation area. (e) All associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191507

• 30 Oct 2019N/a

  (a) Construction of a storey and a half type dwelling house, (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Construction of double recessed entrance, (d) Installation of treatment system and percolation area. (e) All associated site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191434

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  construction of a 200m2 dry agricultural store to a pre-existing agricultural yard

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180164

• 22 Nov 2017Conditional

  retention permission for: (A) An attached domestic garage constructed to south-east gable of two-storied dwelling along with minor elevational changes and revisions to the internal layout of the dwelling, previously granted under Planning Ref. KA/40177. (B) Revisions to the site layout along with revised site boundaries in variance to those granted under Planning Ref. KA/40177 and 01/686 along with all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA171351

• 28 Mar 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of constructing a detached domestic garage with an attic storage area overhead, along with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA170319

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME010-019 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated at the highest point of a broad NW-SE ridge. A circular enclosure is depicted on a manuscript map (21 F 14 (44)) of 1802 in NLI, and it is represented as a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 25m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) with a curved edge SW-NW, perhaps the last remaining quadrant of a rath, on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is now within a farm complex. 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: 22 February 2019

• ME010-020 Earthwork
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of an E-facing slope. A circular enclosure is depicted at this point only on a manuscript map (21 F 14 (44)) of 1802 in NLI. This is a slightly raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. of top 27m) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.3m). 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: 22 February 2019

• ME010-021 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Located on a rise in the valley of the River Blackwater with a WSW-ENE section of the stream c. 20m to the S. The motte is a circular, grass and scrub-covered, flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of top 12m E-W; diam. of base 45m E-W; H 8.7m at E to 11m at W) defined by a fosse (at W: Wth 6m; ext. D 0.5m), largely removed by quarrying N-E-S, and with a counterscarp bank (at W: Wth c. 3m; ext. H 1.5m) S-W-N. There is a raised rectangular, grass and scrub-covered bailey (dims 44m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by scarps (at E: Wth 7m; H 3.5m) attached to the E. 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 June 2016

• ME010-022 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope. A circular enclosure is depicted at this point only on a manuscript map (21 F 14 (44)) of 1802 in NLI. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture, and nor is one visible on any aerial image. Archaeological testing (03E0337) by R. Meenan on the site of a single house c. 150m to the SE at the closest point identified no related material (excavations.ie 2003:1382).     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: 22 February 2019 Amended: 14 October 2025

• ME010-023 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. A circular enclosure is depicted at this point only on a manuscript map (21 F 14 (44)) of 1802 in NLI. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture, and nor is any feature visible on any aerial image. 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: 22 February 2019

• ME010-048 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Located on a steep S-facing slope of the River Blackwater, with a WNW-ESE section of the stream c. 500m to the S. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features in a limited area (dims c. 20m x c. 12m) that were completely excavated (E003187) by S. Rathbone in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1294) as Derver 1. It consisted of a hearth (dims 0.47m x 0.4m; T 0.12m) with a fire-reddened base, two small pits (dims 0.34m; x 0.22m; D 0.14m: 0.42m x 0.4m; D 0.08m) and a larger pit (dims 2.65m x 1.18m; D 0.38m) with largely sterile fills that had some charcoal flecking. A small cut (dims 0.61m x 0.48m; D 0.15m) produced 33 fragments of Beaker pottery dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, 19 of which came from the same vessel, but no radiocarbon date was obtainable. There were also two shallow hollows, one of which (diam. 0.7m; D 0.12m) contained the skeleton of a lamb and may be recent. (Rathbone and Ginn 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March 2022

• ME010-049 Hearth
  Description

  Located on a steep S-facing slope of the River Blackwater valley, with a WNW-ESE section of the stream c. 370m to the S. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features that were completely excavated (E003186) by S. Rathbone in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1295) as Derver 2. It consisted of two pits (dims 1.2mx 1.04m; D 0.3m: 0.85m x 0.72m; D 0.07m) that were 8m apart, each filled with dark sandy clay with occasional small stones and frequent charcoal inclusions. A small part of the base of one pit was fire-reddened and they may have been hearths, although no artefacts were recovered and no radiocarbon dates are available. (Rathbone and Ginn 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March 2022

• ME010-050 Hearth
  Description

  Located on a steep S-facing slope of the River Blackwater valley, with a WNW-ESE section of the stream c. 200m to the S. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features in a limited area that was completely excavated (E003185) by S. Rathbone in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1296) as Derver 3. It consisted of a single shallow hearth (dims 1.46m x 1.04m; D 0.08m) with a primary fill of a firm, orange-brown, burnt sandy clay with occasional stones beneath a soft black-grey, sandy clay with occasional stones and frequent charcoal inclusions. No artefacts were recovered and no radiocarbon date is available. (Rathbone and Ginn 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March 2022

• ME010-051 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the valley of the River Blackwater, with a NNW-SSE section of the stream c. 5m to the SW. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features in a limited area that were completely excavated (E003184) by D. Gallagher in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1297) as Derver 4. It consisted of a circular hut-site (diam. 9.3m) and associated pits. The structure is defined by an arc of post-holes (diam. c. 0.28m; D 0.16m) placed c. 0.3m apart NW-E-SSE but post-holes are absent on the W side, probably because of flooding from the river. There are some internal post-holes but no hearth or entrance is identified. A group of post-holes (dims c. 2.6m x c. 2.4m) just to the E is interpreted as an annexe, but a slot-trench is not associated with either structure. A flint flake was the only artefact recovered but radiocarbon dates derived from hazel charcoal from four of the post-holes varied from 732-372 cal. BC to 392-203 cal. BC, providing a firm date in the Early Iron Age. Other features were some irregularly-shaped pits (dims 0.9m x 0.45m; D 0.18-0.2m to 3.1m x 1.1m; D 0.28m) c. 4m NW of the hut-site and isolated deposits and pits within 10m of it, one of which returned a C14 date of 795-421 cal. BC but another provided a date of 877-1024 cal. AD. There was also some burnt mound material but no trough is identified. (Gallagher and Ginn 2008) See the attached plans from Gallagher and Ginn (2008, Figs 7, 8) _1 Site plan; _2 Hut-site; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022

• ME010-052 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the valley of the River Blackwater, with a WNW-ESE section of the stream c. 50m to the S. Archaeological testing (04E1060) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 9 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features in a limited area (dims c. 25m x c. 15m) that were completely excavated (E003183) by D. Gallagher in January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1298) as Derver 5. Three pits (dims 1.1m x 0.4m; D 0.3m to 1m x 0.9m; D 0.18m), a linear feature (dims 4m x 1.1m; D 0.15-0.3m) and a spread (dims 3.46m x 3.3m; T 0.1m) of mottled brown-grey clayey silt with some charcoal inclusions were excavated. The pits were filled with clay that had some heat-affected stone and charcoal. Samples of charred hazel from a pit produced a C14 date of 43 cal. BC – 126 cal. AD (Beta 247195), while a sample of hazel charcoal from the upper fill of the linear feature yielded a date of 1734-1515 cal. BC (Beta 247194). No trough or mound was identified and no artefacts were recovered but the presence of a burnt mound of two different periods of use is indicated. (Gallagher and Kelleher 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022

• ME010-058 Pit
  Description

  Located on a SW-facing slope. Archaeological testing (E003594) by S. Rathbone (2007) of an area of almost 4 hectares required for the M3 development identified and excavated two small pits that could be hearths (excavations.ie 2007:1300). One is oval (dims 0.86m NW-SE; 0.44m NE-SW; D 0.15m) with a soft pink/brown silty clay layer that has small stones and pieces of charcoal over a soft black silty clay with frequent charcoal. About 50m to the SW was a second subcircular feature (dims 0.76m N-S; 0.66m E-W; D 0.06m) with a single fill of a soft black silty clay with frequent pieces of charcoal and small stones. No artefacts were recovered. Archaeological monitoring of soil-stripping over the remainder of the area by the same archaeologist under the same licence produced no further material. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 January 2023 Rathbone, S. 2007 M3 Clonee – North of Kills Motorway Scheme. Proposed Borrow pit at Derver. Licence: E003549. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Derver, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Derver.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Derver with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Derver

Area

2,154,710 m² (215.47 ha, 532.44 acres)

Civil parish

Loughan or Castlekeeran, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Loughan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

471 people lived in 160 households in the Loughan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balgree, Edenburt (Co. Cavan), Fartagh (Co. Cavan), Killyconny (Co. Cavan), Pottlebane, Pottlereagh, Rahendrick

Placenames

Derver 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.