# Dunheeda, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Enniskeen, barony of Morgallion, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 810,212 m² (81.02 ha, 200.21 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,949 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Enniskeen, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/enniskeen.md - Barony: Morgallion - Electoral division: Ardagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 682 people lived in 243 households in the Ardagh electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 15% 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/38049 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160655 - Centre: latitude 53.887081, longitude -6.751092 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunheeda, from 730 m² to 280,972 m² (28.1 ha, 69.43 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 209012: 280,972 m² (28.1 ha, 69.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209012.md - Parcel 5040236: 163,359 m² (16.34 ha, 40.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5040236.md - Parcel 208298: 150,605 m² (15.06 ha, 37.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208298.md - Parcel 208088: 100,278 m² (10.03 ha, 24.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208088.md - Parcel 5547754: 60,881 m² (6.09 ha, 15.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5547754.md - Parcel 638495: 12,993 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/638495.md - Parcel 638493: 5,542 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/638493.md - Parcel 149343: 4,261 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149343.md - Parcel 139100: 4,102 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139100.md - Parcel 5040224: 3,902 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5040224.md - Parcel 207282: 3,349 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207282.md - Parcel 135461: 2,550 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135461.md - Parcel 145355: 2,314 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/145355.md - Parcel 155184: 2,192 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/155184.md - Parcel 189903: 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189903.md - Parcel 160593: 2,001 m² (0.2 ha, 0.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160593.md - Parcel 193937: 1,961 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/193937.md - Parcel 184061: 1,737 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/184061.md - Parcel 205173: 1,637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205173.md - Parcel 208118: 953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/208118.md - Parcel 155188: 910 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/155188.md - Parcel 638496: 730 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/638496.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; 46 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) 7 applications, newest first. - 29 May 2025, Meath County Council 2560544: Conditional. Retention. to retain two existing single storey detached stable blocks, two existing single storey detached agricultural sheds and one existing single storey detached cabin and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560544/0 - 19 May 2025, Meath County Council 2560502: N/a. Retention. planning Permission sought by Barry Smith & Louise Weldon to retain two existing single storey detached stable blocks, two existing single storey detached agricultural sheds and one existing single storey detached cabin and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560502/0 - 15 Jan 2024, Meath County Council 2460028: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a single storey dwelling house and detached garage, wastewater treatment system and new vehicular entrance onto L74032.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460028/0 - 30 Nov 2023, Meath County Council 2360438: N/a. Permission, 1 home. permission for the construction of a new single storey house, detached garage, new vehicular entrance, treatment plant and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360438/0 - 12 Feb 2021, Meath County Council 21266: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to construct a single storey extension onto the side of existing single storey semi-detached dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling, demolition of existing shed and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21266/0 - 28 Jan 2021, Meath County Council 21151: N/a. Permission, 1 home. to construct a single storey extension onto the side of existing single storey semi-detached dwelling, alterations to existing dwelling and associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21151/0 - 24 May 2019, Meath County Council KA190649: Conditional. Retention. the retention of pitched roof over rear extension, door to side of dwelling, minor internal amendments, revised site boundary and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA190649/0 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 Dunheeda. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME002-022: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME002-022----. Situated just SE of the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge, it is described as ‘Dunheeda Fort’ in gothic lettering on the OS 6-inch maps. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6.6-7m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 2.3m at N to 3.5m at S) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.3-6.3m; Wth of base 1.5; ext. D 0.6m at N to 1.8m at S). The entrance (Wth of base 2m) and causeway are at E but the causeway is partly destroyed by NE-SW field bank that attaches to the rath at this point. 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: 31 August 2018 - ME002-058: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME002-058----. Situated towards the SE end of an NW-SE drumlin ridge. A stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.5-0.7m NW-SE; 0.65-0.7m NE-SW) has a blunt pointed top (H 1.2m) and is roughly aligned NW-SE. 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 upload/revision: 31 August 2018 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 Dunheeda. ## 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 Dunheeda, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Dunheeda. - 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/dunheeda.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/dunheeda.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/dunheeda.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Dunheeda 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) - Ardagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/ardagh.md - Carrickleck: https://everytownland.com/meath/carrickleck.md - Cloghreagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/cloghreagh.md - Cornahoova: https://everytownland.com/meath/cornahoova.md - Corratober: https://everytownland.com/meath/corratober.md - Meath Hill: https://everytownland.com/meath/meath-hill.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/dunheeda - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/dunheeda