Geehanstown

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Geehanstown, from 227 m² to 251,489 m² (25.15 ha, 62.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 · 49 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Feb 2020Conditional

  construction of a new storey and a half dwelling and a domestic garage, with an O'Reilly Oakstown EN Certified septic tank and percolation area and new site entrance, with all associated site works and landscaping. Significant Further Information /Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA200242

• 23 Jan 2020N/a

  construction of a new storey and a half dwelling and a domestic garage, with an O'Reilly Oakstown EN Certified septic tank and percolation area and new site entrance, with all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA200060

• 23 Dec 2019N/a

  construction of a new storey and a half dwelling and a domestic garage, with an O'Reilly Oakstown EN Certified septic tank and percolation area and new site entrance, with all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191818

• 3 Apr 2019Conditional

  the retention of an existing single storey opened sided shed

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA190381

• 20 Dec 2018N/a

  the retention of an existing single storey opened sided shed

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA181545

• 7 Dec 2018N/a

  an existing single storey open sided shed.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181464

• 17 May 2018Conditional

  a detached house and garage, a new proprietary effluent treatment system and gravity fed soil polishing filter (percolation area) and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA180499

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Geehanstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME022-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise in an undulating, low-lying landscape. This is a D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 18.5m N-S; 18m E-W) with an uneven surface defined by a low bank or an external scarp (at W: Wth 3m; H 1.4m). There is no visible fosse or entrance. The perimeter is truncated by an E-W field drain and bank at S, and another N-S filed bank clipped the E edge. Some relict field banks cordon off the SE quadrant. The external field banks had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). 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: 10 January 2019

• ME022-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the NW end of a NW-SE ridge. This is a subcircular or subrectangular and domed (H 2m to E; 4m to W) grass and scrub-covered area (dims 52m E-W; c. 35-45m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.3m) and an overgrown outer fosse (Wth of top 4-6m; Wth of base 1.5m; int. D 1.3m; ext. D 1.5m) NE-SE across the ridge, and by an overgrown scarp (at W: H 0.5m) that blends into the slope elsewhere. There is an entrance causeway (Wth of top 1m; H 1.1m) at E. The perimeter at N and S has evidence of old quarry excavations. 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: 10 January 2019 Amended: 23 March 2023

• ME022-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock in an undulating low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 27m NE-SW; 24m NW-SE) that slopes down to the NE (H 1m). It is defined by a low grass-covered earthen bank (Wth of base 3.5-4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1m), with traces of an outer fosse (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.3m) SW-W. The original entrance is not identified, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a NE-SW field bank at 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 revision: 10 January 2019

• ME022-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a hillock in an undulating low-lying landscape. This is a subcircular, domed and overgrown area (dims 33m E-W; 29m N-S) defined a scarp (at SE: Wth 2.5m; H 1.3m) with an entrance ramp (Wth of base 2.2m) at E. Just E of the centre is a rectangular house site (int. dims 4.5m ENE-WSW; 3.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m) with an entrance at E. It remains unplanted in a coniferous forest since before 2005 (OSAP). 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: 10 January 2019

• ME022-016001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Just E of the centre of rath and at the summit of its domed interior is a rectangular, overgrown house site (int. dims 4.5m ENE-WSW; 3.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.45m) with an entrance at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 January, 2019

• ME022-022 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated on a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is truncated by a curving N-S field bank on the 1912 edition and is not evident W of this feature. The area is now grass-covered (dims 39m E-W; 33m N-S) with old quarries and their grass-covered upcasts, but a portion of an earthen bank (Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) survives at N (L 10m) with an entrance gap (Wth of base 1.6m). It might be a rath. 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: 10 January 2019

• ME022-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located just S of the summit of a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 27m NW-SE; 19.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) W-N and SE-S, and a scarp (Wth 4.5-7m; H 1.6-2m) elsewhere. The original entrance is not identified. 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: 11 January 2019

• ME022-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located just NE of the summit of a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 44m WNW-ESE; 40.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m) with some bushes separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7.5-9m; Wth of base 2-4; ext. D 1.2-1.9) from an outer earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 6m; ext. H 0.3m), which is particularly massive where it is incorporated into a field bank W-N. A straight NW-SE field bank (Wth of base 5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.4m) with a ditch ext. Wth of top 1.5m; D 0.5m) on the SW side cuts through the outer face of the outer bank at NE. The interior is uneven, probably from old quarries, and the original entrance is not identified. 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: 11 January 2019 Amended: 23 March 2023

• ME022-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock in an undulating landscape with a NW-SE canalised stream c. 60m to the SW. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40.5m NE-SW; 28m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth of base 8.5-9m; int. H c. 0.9m; ext. H 1.9-2.4m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7.5-8; ext. D 0.7-0.9m) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3.3m at NE to 7m at SW; ext. H 0.3m at NW to 0.9m at SW), which is missing ESE-S. There is an entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 2.5m) and a causeway (Wth of top 2.7m; H 0.5m) at SSE (ext. diam. 62m NE-SW). 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: 11 January 2019 Amended: 23 March 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Geehanstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Geehanstown

Area

2,172,439 m² (217.24 ha, 536.82 acres)

Civil parish

Killallon, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Killallon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killallon electoral division: 315 people in 116 households; 91% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Archerstown (Co. Westmeath), Clongowny, Kilgar (Co. Westmeath), Kingsmountain, Loughanbrean, Monennican, Mulliganstown (Co. Westmeath), Rathbrack, Sranaboll

Placenames

Geehanstown 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.