# Drumgill Lower, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Drumcondra, barony of Slane Lower, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,344,705 m² (134.47 ha, 332.28 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,765 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Drumcondra, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/drumcondra.md
- Barony: Slane Lower
- Electoral division: Drumcondra, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,376 people lived in 491 households in the Drumcondra electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/37615
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160632
- Centre: latitude 53.865558, longitude -6.695934 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumgill Lower, from 984 m² to 405,236 m² (40.52 ha, 100.14 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 191977: 405,236 m² (40.52 ha, 100.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191977.md
- Parcel 137252: 373,834 m² (37.38 ha, 92.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137252.md
- Parcel 149348: 224,951 m² (22.5 ha, 55.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149348.md
- Parcel 191976: 188,030 m² (18.8 ha, 46.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191976.md
- Parcel 191974: 65,075 m² (6.51 ha, 16.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191974.md
- Parcel 191975: 26,769 m² (2.68 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191975.md
- Parcel 5489112: 21,605 m² (2.16 ha, 5.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5489112.md
- Parcel 191973: 9,133 m² (0.91 ha, 2.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191973.md
- Parcel 203653: 4,765 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203653.md
- Parcel 141342: 4,765 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141342.md
- Parcel 199260: 3,907 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199260.md
- Parcel 211654: 3,377 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211654.md
- Parcel 144841: 3,306 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144841.md
- Parcel 3381004: 3,037 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3381004.md
- Parcel 138891: 2,270 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138891.md
- Parcel 167099: 2,242 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167099.md
- Parcel 168586: 1,345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/168586.md
- Parcel 4953653: 984 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4953653.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; 44 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 25 Jul 2023, Meath County Council 2360182: Conditional. Permission. the creation of a new farm entrance to access lands, internal forest road, suitable for forestry purposes. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360182/0
- 27 Jan 2021, Meath County Council 21153: Refused. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of construction of two storied single dwelling, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21153/0
- 17 Dec 2020, Meath County Council KA201971: N/a. Permission, 1 home. development will consist of construction of two storey single dwelling, sewage treatment system and ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA201971/0
- 27 Jul 2020, Meath County Council KA201001: Conditional. Permission. the development will consist of new 4 bay slatted shed to incorporate cubicle accommodation, slatted areas and underground slurry tanks on existing farm yard and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA201001/0
- 30 Jun 2020, Meath County Council KA200832: N/a. Permission. the development will consist of new 4 bay slatted shed to incorporate cubicle accommodation, slatted areas and underground slurry tanks on existing farm yard and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA200832/0
- 6 Dec 2017, Meath County Council KA171410: Refused. Outline permission, 1 home. outline planning permission for construction of dormer style dwelling over proposed lower level basement area which is to serve as domestic garage with lower level site access. Installation of proprietary wastewater treatment system, required percolation area, associated site works and entrance onto public road. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA171410/0

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## 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 Drumgill Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- ME003-016: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME003-016----. Located towards the SE end of a NW-SE ridge. This is a raised circular and grass-covered platform (diam. 28.5m N-S; 25m E-W; H 2.8-3.6m) that slopes down to the S (H 1.2m) separated by a fosse (at NNW: Wth of top 13.5m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 3m) that survives W-N-S from an overgrown outer bank (at NNW: Wth of base 7.7m; ext. H 1.6m) that is only evident NNW-E and it is incorporated in a NE-SW field bank NW-NNW. There is a ramp entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) at SSE. The SW quadrant has been quarried in the past and the edge of the platform together with the fosse and outer bank are missing here. 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 Amended: 14 December 2022
- ME003-027: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME003-027----. Situated on the flat top (diam. c. 45m) of a hill. Archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping in connection with a gas pipe-line during 1991 identified a curving fosse (Wth 0.5-0.9m; D 0.2-0.9m) that was sampled (E000636) in three places but produced nothing apart from charcoal-flecked soil. A large pit (diam. 2.3m; D 0.9m) filled with boulders and charcoal-flecked soil produced some pig and sheep bones and a sherd of coarse pottery. A smaller pit (L 1. 7m; D 0.2m) produced three similar sherds, thought to be souterrain ware. A few other pits produced no artefacts apart from flecks of charcoal, but the features can be interpreted as the remains of a rath. (Walsh 1991, 1992) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 August, 2016
- ME006-005: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME006-005----. Situated in a little W-E valley with a small canalised NW-SE stream turning E c. 40m to the S. This is a large granite stone (dims of base 0.9m x 0.9m) that widens (dims 1.6m NW-SE; 1.2m NE-SW) c. 1-2m over the ground before coming to a blunt point (H 2.6m). It is roughly oriented NW-SE. Archaeological testing (06E1072) by C. Cotter c. 15m to the SW at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2006:1550). 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 October 2018 Amended: 25 February 2021

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 Drumgill Lower.

## 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 Drumgill Lower, about 1 in 5 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Drumgill Lower.
- 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/drumgill-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/drumgill-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/drumgill-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Drumgill Lower 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)

- Ballymacolgan: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballymacolgan.md
- Cloghreagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/cloghreagh.md
- Drumgill: https://everytownland.com/meath/drumgill-160630.md
- Drumgill Upper: https://everytownland.com/meath/drumgill-upper.md
- Largy: https://everytownland.com/meath/largy.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.

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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.

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