Grange

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Grange, from 346 m² to 205,625 m² (20.56 ha, 50.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 50 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 121 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Jul 2025Conditional

  construction of two storey dwelling (2) Domestic garage / store (3) Sewerage treatment system and percolation area (4) Entrance area walls and piers (5) All ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560722

• 22 May 2025N/a

  retention permission for existing extension to sides & rear of existing cottage, existing garage conversion to habitable rooms, existing domestic storage shed, existing domestic garage, 2 no. existing domestic sheds & home sauna including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2598

• 30 Sept 2024Conditional

  for the installation of a Ground Mounted 100KWH PV array system, adjacent to the existing Toll Plaza Building to supplement its current energy use, works will include PV mounting system, PV Array, Security fencing and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460803

• 11 Sept 2024N/a

  planning permission for the Installation of a Ground Mounted 100KWH PV array system, adjacent to the existing Toll Plaza Building to supplement its current energy use, works will include PV mounting system, PV Array, Security fencing and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460729

• 14 Jun 2024Conditional

  the change of house type and domestic garage from those which was previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. 21/453

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24269

• 8 Jun 2024Refused

  the development will consist of the construction of an agricultural machinery store and hay store and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460417

• 14 May 2024N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of an agricultural machinery store and hay store and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460342

• 9 Feb 2024Conditional

  to construct extension to rear of existing dwelling, replace existing wastewater treatment system with proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area and retention permission for existing extension to rear of original dwelling including all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2445

• 2 Feb 2024N/a

  to construct extension to rear of existing dwelling, replace existing wastewater treatment system with proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area and retention permission for existing extension to rear of original dwelling including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2436

• 31 May 2022Conditional

  planning permission to construct proposed single storey private residence, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto cul-de-sac, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22712

• 16 Aug 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, to consist of two new bedrooms and interior alterations, with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211589

• 25 Jan 2021Conditional

  the proposed development will consist of the construction of a detached single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, new entry onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21126

• 23 Jul 2020Conditional

  constructing a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the cul-de-sac laneway along with all ancillary site development works. The proposed entrance will be part of a combined entrance which will also serve an adjoining site which is the subject of a separate planning application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA200975

• 23 Jul 2020Conditional

  constructing a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the cul-de-sac laneway along with all ancillary site development work. The proposed entrance will be part of a combined entrance which will also serve an adjoining site which is the subject of a separate planning application.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA200976

• 19 Jun 2020N/a

  constructing a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the cul-de-sac laneway along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA200775

• 19 Jun 2020N/a

  constructing a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the cul-de-sac laneway along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA200777

• 21 Jun 2019Conditional

  the construction of a new single story dwelling & domestic garage, with packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and new site entrance, with all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA190813

• 9 May 2018Conditional

  proposed development and for retention permission of development on site. A) Permission is sought to construct a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, private use four bay stable block with manure dungstead and associated effluent storage tank. Permission is also sought to install a new domestic treatment system and associated polishing filter. B) Permission for commercial retention development consists of an existing shed of 260 sqm and gravel yard used for the storage of touring circus vehicles for two-three months of the year. C) Permission for domestic retention consists of retaining existing site entrance as constructed on site with access drive, for permisison to decommission unauthorised treatment system and percolation area together with removing unauthorised screening fence and to replace with semi-mature screening hedgerow and for all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA180462

• 31 Jan 2018Conditional

  change of house type from that previously granted under planning reg. ref. NA110988 & NA170551 from a storey and a half style dwelling to a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system, a new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA180085

• 31 Oct 2017Conditional

  to retain 4 no. velux type roof lights and roof gable to rear elevation (previous granted permission under reference 95/284)

  Retention · Meath County Council, NA171261

• 17 May 2017Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. NA/110988 - one off house

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA170551

• 2 May 2017N/a

  proposed development and for retention permission of development on site. Permission is sought to construct a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, four bay horse stable block with manure dungstead and associated effluent storage tank. Permission is also sought to install a new domestic treatment system and associated polishing filter. Permission for retention development consists of an existing agricultural shed on site consisting of 260 sqm and to retain the existing site entrance as constructed on site with access road and gravel yard together with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA170469

• 7 Apr 2017N/a

  for permission for proposed development and for retention permission of development on site. Permission is sought to construct a two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, four bay horse stable block with manure dungstead and associated effluent storage tank. Permission is also sought to install a new domestic treatment system and associated polishing filter. Permission for retention development consists of an existing agricultural shed on site consisting of 260 sqm and to retain the existing site entrance as constructed on site with access road and gravel yard together with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA170374

• 16 Mar 2017Conditional

  proposed single storey extension to rear of existing cottage, amendments/additions to external windows and doors, installation of proposed percolation area and retention permission for existing wastewater treatment tank, including all ancillary site works. Significant Further Information /Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA170278

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 Grange.

Recorded monuments

• ME024-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m ) on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped hachured feature (ext. dims c. 52m NW-SE; c. 50m NE-SW) on the 25-inch map, it is located on a gently undulating landscape. This is a square, grass-covered area (dims 42m NW-SE; 42m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks, with no visible entrance or fosses, or any indication of an internal structure. It is probably 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 upload/revision: 20 June, 2014

• ME024-008 Church
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This may be the church site referred to by Cogan (1862, vol. 2, 258-60) as Killeenagolach - the burial ground of weeping, which was ‘dug up and the tombstones taken away’ until it was reduced to an oval mound ‘fifty yards by forty six (c. 45m x c. 42m), which has an extensive view from the summit’. One straight section of a grass-covered earthen bank (L 51m; Wth 7m; H c. 1m) forms the SE side of a square enclosure (dim. c. 55m NW-SE) which has slight traces of a bank at SW and which is visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP: N 281) from the 1970s. 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: 20 June, 2014

• ME024-008001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This may be the church site (ME024-008----) referred to by Cogan (1862, vol. 2, 258-60) as Killeenagolach, which was ‘dug up and the tombstones taken away’ until it was reduced to an oval mound ‘fifty yards by forty six (c. 45m x c. 42m), which has an extensive view from the summit’. One straight section of a grass-covered earthen bank (L 51m; Wth 7m; H c. 1m) forms the SE side of a square enclosure (dim. c. 55m NW-SE) which has slight traces of a bank at SW and which is visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP: N 281) from the 1970s. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 June, 2014

• ME024-033001 Pit-burial
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003125) by P. Lynch (2010) as Grange 1 in late July/August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1320) when a possible pit burial, a corn-drying kiln and metalled surfaces were recorded in an area of just over 1500 square metres. This pit (dims 0.38m x 0.34m; D 0.1m) was filled with a charcoal-enriched soil (50%) and burnt bone (25%). The only bone identified is possibly sheep/goat, and a sample provided a C14 date of 1613-1459 (UBA 12939). (Lynch 2010, 5) See the attached site-plan adapted from Lynch (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-033002 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003125) by P. Lynch (2010) as Grange 1 in late July/August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1320) when a possible pit burial, this cereal-drying kiln and metalled surfaces were recorded in an area of just over 1500 square metres. The area was divided by a NE-SW ditch with the cereal-drying kiln just to its W. This was of the figure-of-eight form (dims 2.2m x 1m; D 0.18m) and had three fills consisting of an oxidized base of red/orange clay and heat-shattered stones beneath a dark brown charcoal-enriched soil and a brown/grey silty clay. The charred grain remains were dominated by barley, and a sample provided a C14 date of 428-549 cal. AD (UBA 11129). (Lynch 2010, 5-6) See the attached site-plan adapted from Lynch (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 24 March 2022

• ME024-033003 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003125) by P. Lynch (2010) as Grange 1 in late July/August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1320) when a possible pit burial, a cereal-drying kiln and these metalled surfaces were recorded in an area of just over 1500 square metres. The area was divided by a NE-SW drain (L 33m plus; Wth 2m; D 0.7m) that was undated but is parallel with the mapped field bank c. 15m to the E and probably post-medieval in date. Four metalled surfaces (dims 4.8m x 2.5m; T 0.08m: dims 7m x 2.5m; T 0.05m: dims 6m x 3.75m; T 0.12; dims 3m x 3m; T 0.2m), each consisting of a single layer of small stones, were dispersed about the excavated area, one over a drain (L 5m; Wth 1.7m; D 0.4m) that fed into the main ditch and so post-dates it. A flint flake and six sherds dating from the 13th to the 18th century were recovered from the topsoil, and the features may be medieval or post-medieval in date. (Lynch 2010, 6-9) See the attached site-plan adapted from Lynch (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 Marhc 2024

• ME024-034001 Pit
  Description

  Situated at the N end of a NW-SE ridge (L . 300m) and at its highest point. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003124) by A. Kelly (2011) as Grange 2 in late June/July 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1321) when two Neolithic pits, a small burial ground, and evidence of metalworking were recorded in an area of just over 800 square metres. A subcircular pit (dims 0.65m x 0.47m; D 0.14m) had two fills of brown silty clays that produced six sherds from at least two Early Neolithic carinated bowls. A sample of carbonized hazelnut shell provided a C14 date of 3654-3527 cal. BC (UB 12074). A circular pit (diam. 0.7m; D 0.5m) 4m to the N is thought to be related as both were within the Late Iron Age cemetery. This pit was lined with stones and was filled with a brown silty clay but the only artefact recovered was a flint flake. (Kelly 2011, 5,6) See the attached site-plan from Kelly (2011, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-034002 Metalworking site
  Description

  Situated at the N end of a NW-SE ridge (L . 300m) and at its highest point. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003124) by A. Kelly (2011) as Grange 2 in late June/July 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1321) when two Neolithic pits, a small burial ground, and evidence of metalworking were recorded in an area of just over 800 square metres. Two pits (dims 1.05m x 0.9m; D 0.1m: 0.65m x 0.6m; D 0.1m), the first just 4m SE of the burial ground, the second 7m to the N had fire-reddened bases and were filled with charcoal-rich soils, although with no slag. Nevertheless, they are thought to be furnace bottoms and a sample of hazelnut shell from the smaller returned a C14 date of 396-202 cal. BC (UB 12078). Other charcoal-rich pits (dims 0.4m x 0.2m; D 0.9m to 0.89m x 0.53m D 0.11m) are thought to be related to the late Iron Age metalworking. One pit produced a blue glass bead, and a sample of ash charcoal from this context provided a C14 date of 46 cal. BC – 56 cal. AD (UB 12075). (Kelly 2011, 6-8) Further metalworking was conducted c. 5m SW of the S furnace bottom. A large furnace pit (dims 2.2m NE-SW; 1.6m NW-SE; D 0.88m) undercut a furnace bottom (diam. c. 0.3m; D c. 0.3m) at its SW end. The furnace had three fire-reddened clay layers around it, and a slag-tapping arch in its base. The undercutting pit was deepest at NE end and may have been adapted from a corn-drying kiln. A sample of barley from a basal charcoal-rich layer at the NE end yielded a C14 date of 427-554 cal. AD (UB 12079). Above these the pit was filled with layers of iron slag and charcoal interleaved with layers of sandy clays. A lens of charcoal consisting solely of oak returned a radiocarbon determination of 257-554 cal. AD (UB 12077) which is thought too early and is probably a manifestation of old oak (ibid. 8-12). Three other large pits (dims 2.5m x 2.2m; D 0.15m: dims 3.25m x 1.72m; D 0.18m: dims 1.9m x 0.9m; D 0.29m) cannot be connected to other features through stratigraphy but all had some animal bone. A knife blade and two pieces of slag were recovered from one of these pits (Kelly 2011, 12-13). Dee the attached site-plan from Kellly (2011, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-034003 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated at the N end of a NW-SE ridge (L c. 300m) and at its highest point. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003124) by A. Kelly (2011) as Grange 2 in late June/July 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1321) when two Neolithic pits, a small burial ground, and evidence of metalworking were recorded in an area of just over 800 square metres. Eight grave-cuts, each containing a single extended supine W-E inhumation with the head at W, were arranged in a limited area (dims c. 6m c. c. 7m) without intercutting. The two best preserved graves, a probable young adult male with some stone lining the grave and an adult female with a child, also have stones marking the heads of the graves. Two other graves have some stone-lining. The other skeletal remains were very fragmentary representing two adults and two adolescents, while one grave only provided tooth enamel and one produced no evidence of a burial although one would have been present. Samples of bone from the female and the male returned C14 dates of 431-571 cal. AD (UBA 13957) and 424-568 cal. AD (UBA 13958) respectively. This is supported by a determination of 432-591 cal. AD (UBA 12076) from a carbonized hazelnut shell from one of the less complete burials. There was a single posthole just W of the burials and another c. 3.5m to the E and these may have provided limits to the burial ground. (Kelly 2011, 8-10) See the attached site-plan and a group of the burials from Kelly (2011, figs 6, 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated towards the NW end of a slight NW-SE ridge. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003123) by A. Kelly (2011) as Grange 3 between June 2006 and January 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1322) when just over 21,000 square metres were opened and numerous features were recorded. Amongst these were two Middle Bronze Age hut-sites and their associated metalled work-floors at the SE end of the area. Four pits with cremated bone dating to the Late Bronze Age were dispersed over a wide area, and elements of a Late Bronze Age field system were in the centre of the excavated area. Ten pits interpreted as furnace bottoms post-date the hut-sites and date to the Early Iron Age while four early medieval corn-drying kilns were also recorded in the same general area. At the NW edge of the excavated area was a Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age ring-ditch incorporating a four-post structure and an early medieval rectangular enclosure that is probably the annexe of a rath that would have lain outside the road-take to the NE. The ring-ditch is a circular area (int. diam. 9.5m; ext. diam. 16.5m) defined by a ditch (max. Wth 4m; max. D 1.3m). Four pits or postholes (diam. 0.32-0.56m; D 0.14-0.49m) were in the interior and these could have formed a rectangular structure (dims c. 4.3m E-W; c. 2.5m N-S) but no other internal features were present. The postholes contained no bone but a sherd of Middle Bronze Age pottery was recovered from one. There were two clear phases in the ditch, and its lower fills contained large amounts of animal bone dominated by red deer and deer antler. A sample of hazel charcoal from this level returned a C14 date of 1372-1131 cal. BC (UBA 12054) placing the ring-ditch’s construction in the Middle Bronze Age. A re-cut of the ditch was provided with a stone layer at its base that also had a plentiful supply of animal bones dominated by cattle. A sample from a horse tibia yielded a C14 date of 974-828 cal. BC (UBA 12053), indicating a date in the Late Bronze Age for this phase. A small amount of carbonised cereal grains were in the later fill of the ditch and a small quantity of iron slag was recovered from its top fill but this is thought to post-date the use of the ring-ditch that had no diagnostic artefacts. The S part of the ring-ditch is cut by an E-W ditch (Wth 3m; D 0.7m) which produced a large amount of animal bone, but the only artefact from it, a bone pin, suggests an early medieval date. This ditch is most likely associated with the early medieval rectangular enclosure just to the E. A cluster of four pits (dims 0.37m x 0.55m; D 0.25m to 1.75m x 1.4m; D 0.3m), three postholes and a stakehole on a slight rise c. 25m to the S of the ring-ditch may also have been associated with it, and although no diagnostic artefacts were recovered from them the features were truncated by furrows from which fragments of Middle Bronze Age ceramics were recovered. (Kelly 2010, 24-28, 41-2) See the attached plans adapted from Kelly (2010, figs 6, 10) ME024-035_1 Site plan; ME024-035001-_1 Monument plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035002 Enclosure
  Description

  A substantial ditch (Wth 3.5m; D 1m) describes a U-shape (int. dims 37m NW-SE; 32m plus NE-SW) and extends outside the excavated area to the N. A copper alloy pin was found in its upper layer but most of its fill was sterile clay and contained very little animal bone. The faunal remains were dominated by cattle meat bones and peripheral waste, indicating that they may have been slaughtered nearby. A sample of a cow bone from the lower fill recorded the C14 date of 669-772 cal. AD (UBA 15476). The E arm of the ditch has a smaller parallel ditch (L 8.6m plus; Wth 0.96m; D 0.27m) just outside it that contained burnt human bone and this was the only context on the excavation where recognizable human remains were recovered. Just to the W an E-W ditch cuts the ring-ditch and N-S ditches connected with this could form another rectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 18m N-S; c. 13m E-W). A fragment of a bone needle and the faunal remains that were dominated by cattle suggest that it might also be early medieval in date, but there is no stratigraphic connection with the U-shaped enclosure. The W arm of the U-shaped enclosure cut an E-W ditch (L 35m; Wth 3m; D 1m) that tapered off at its E end, perhaps near an entrance gap. It produced a large quantity of animal bone that was dominated by cattle (68%) followed by equal amounts of sheep/goat (14%) and pig (14%). The age of the cattle at 2-3 years suggests that they were raised for meat and were probably slaughtered nearby. Bones of domestic fowl, goose, crow and teal, a wild duck species, were also present. The head of an iron ring-pin that can be dated to the 7th to 9th centuries AD was found in upper fill of this ditch. There was very little grain present and it consisted entirely of barley, a sample of which provided a C14 date of 617-666 cal. AD (UBA 12055). There are some pits N of the E-W ditch including a corn-drying kiln, and these, together with the amount of animal bone present in the ditch indicate that an early medieval settlement enclosure could survive outside the excavated area to the N. Kelly (2010, 35-41) See the attached plans adapted from Kelly (2010, figs 6, 11) ME024-035_1 Site plan; ME024-035002-_1 Monument plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035003 Field boundary
  Description

  Two parallel NE-SW ditches (Wth 0.5m; D 0.18m: Wth 0.55m; D 0.24m) cross the excavated area (L 67.4m plus) about 2.7-5m apart and extend beyond it at either end. A third ditch (Wth 0.55m; D 0.3m) extends from one of them to the SE (L 26.5m). The parallel ditches may have been on either side of a field bank. No diagnostic artefacts were recovered from any of them but they were cut by a modern NNE-SSW ditch and one of them was cut by a figure-of-eight kiln, indicating a pre-medieval date. Analysis of the charcoal recorded small quantities of hazel, ash and a pomaceous fruitwood, and a sample of the latter provided a C14 date of 1090-840 cal. BC (SUREC 29329), placing the features in the Late Bronze Age. (Kelly 2010, 28-29) See the attached site plan adapted from Kelly (2011, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035004 Hut site
  Description

  Structure 1 is just 9m N of Structure 2. It is a circular area (ext. diam. c. 8m) defined by a series of twelve pits within which was a circle of ten postholes spaced c. 2m apart (diam. c. 5.2m). There is an entrance porch (L c. 1.3m; Wth c. 0.7m) at ESE formed by two pits, but the pits (diam. 0.41m; D 0.3m to dims 2.5m x 0.65m; D 0.25m) were largely absent SW-NW. The pits had evidence of burning, probably marking its abandonment, and one (dims 1.6m x 1.2m; D 0.3m) contained a large polished stone axe (L 0.23m), a saddle quern, a grinding stone and a rubbing stone, while seven sherds of pottery came from other pits. Only a small quantity of cereals were noted in the charcoal samples that were dominated by hazel, and a sample of hazel from one of the external pits returned a C14 date of 1520-1310 cal. BC (SUREC 29331) that was corroborated by a fragment of burnt bone from another of 1499-1415 cal. BC (UBA 12937). The only internal feature was a cluster of nine stakeholes inside the perimeter at S and there was no internal hearth although a burnt pit (dims 1.4m x 0.58m; D 0.1m) c. 6m to the S and about 2m N of the other hut-site could have been a hearth and been relevant to both structures. The porch opened onto an area with four small metalled surfaces (diam. 0.5m; T 0.25m to diam. 1.4m; D 0.15m) and eight larger ones (dims 3.3m x 1.4m; D 0.13m to diam. 3m; T 0.1m) which were largely concentrations of a widespread stony surface that was filling hollows and the porch itself had a stone surface. The external surfaces were working areas and fragments of two querns were in the surfaces and some pottery sherds were also recovered from them. There was a concentration of some postholes and stakeholes at one point but the area also had some unassociated pits that may have been relevant, including one (dims 2.28m x 1m; D 0.1m) with Middle Bronze Age pottery sherds. Some features pre-dated the surfaces, including a small pit (diam. 0.2m; D 0.03m) that had a perforated stone with a milled edge that is interpreted as a spindle whorl. The hut-site was cut by a N-S post-medieval ditch (Wth 0.9m; D 0.55m) that also cut the other hut-site. (Kelly 2010, 6-15) See the attached plans adapted from Kelly (2010, figs 6, 8) ME024-035_1 Site plan; ME024-035004-_1 Monument plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035005 Hut site
  Description

  Structure 2 is just 9m S of Structure 1. It is a circular feature formed by an interrupted circle (ext. diam. c. 8m) of nine pits (dims 0.59-0.77m; D 0.47m to 2.2m x 0.61m; D 0.2m) that sometimes intercut each other and within which were seven stake or postholes placed c. 1m apart (diam. c. 4m). The pits were absent SE-SW and an entrance porch (L c. 2.3m; Wth 1m) defined by pits is at W. There were no internal features but the pit on the S side of the porch and that (dims 1.9m x 1.08m; D 0.23m) connecting with it at the SW had a clutch of postholes in their bases. The pit at SW produced four sherds of Middle Bronze Age pottery that could be connected with sherds from its associated metalled working surface. No cereals are noted in the charcoal samples that are dominated by hazel and ash, and a sample of hazel from one of the pits provided a C14 date of 1540-1390 cal. BC (SUREC 29332) that closely matches the date of 1408-1296 cal. BC (UBA 12058) provided by a sample of ash from another pit. A pit (dims 2.03m x 0.52m; D 0.22m) inside the entrance porch contained seven sherds of a domestic cordoned urn and a single sherd of the same type was recovered from one of the postholes. The same N-S post-medieval ditch (Wth 0.9m; D 0.55m) that damaged hut-site 1 also cut this structure. A large metalled surface (dims 7.2m x 3.9m; T 0.08m) and its extension (dims 3.2m x 2m; T 0.08m) to the SW was just 1.5m SE of the hut-site, and a smaller one (dims 3m x 1.2m) was just to the NE. Eighty sherds of domestic mid to late Bronze Age date wares were recovered from the larger surface or its associated layers, together with 224 pieces of chert and 35 pieces of flint, largely debitage, and all derived from the mid-brown sandy clay covering the work surface. A small quantity of carbonised barley grain provided a C14 date of 433-611 cal. AD (UBA 12052), but the sample must have been contaminated, possibly by the same N-S post-medieval ditch that had damaged structures 1 and 2. Other pits and postholes not directly related through stratigraphy, particularly to the SW could be contemporary, especially when sherds of a domestic cordoned urn were recovered from one of them. (Kelly 2010, 15-24) See the attached plans adapted from Kelly (2010, figs 6, 9) ME024-035_1 Site plan; ME024-035005-_1 Monument plan; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035006 Pit-burial
  Description

  Four pits (dims 0.33m x 0.26m; D 0.27m to 0.8m x 0.57m; D 0.12m) dispersed about the SE end of the excavated area had fills of charcoal-enriched soils which produced calcined bone that cannot be positively identified as human and in two cases certainly contains some animal bone. One of the pits contained six sherds of mid to late Bronze Age pottery and a hammer-stone. The charcoal was dominated by wild fruitwoods, and samples of bone from two returned C14 dates of 1420-1294 (UBA 12942) and 971-807 cal. BC (UBA 15475), suggesting a Late Bronze Age date for the practice. The pits are more than 30m apart and if they are pit-burials there can have been no intention to create a cemetery. Two other isolated burnt pits that did not have burnt bone could be tentatively added to these. (Kelly 2010, 29-30) See the attached site plan adapted from Kelly (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035007 Metalworking site
  Description

  Ten pits scattered about the SE end of the excavated area are interpreted as furnace bottoms where iron smelting and smithing was conducted. They are shallow cuts that are usually subcircular (dims 0.5m x 0.39m; D 0.09m; to dims 1.39m x 1.16m; D 0.24m) but linear forms (dims 2.85m x 0.53m; D 0.31m) might be possible. They are rich in charcoal and burnt clay, and are c. 20-30m apart, although two are placed adjacent to each other at one point and placings about 8m distant do arise. One furnace cut through the metalled surface associated with hut-site 1 and another cut through one of the pits surrounding hut-site 2. The smallest furnace was used for smelting and three others have iron slag but all can be confidently described as furnaces based on their morphology and contents. Four radiocarbon dates (UBA 12056, 12057: SUREC 29330, 29333) fall within a tight range of 390 cal. BC to 30 cal. AD. Two other burnt pits (dims 5.45m x 1.5m; D 0.7m: dims 2.1m x 0.48m; D 0.22m) might be considered as furnaces but a sherd of Middle Bronze Age pottery was found in the larger. (Kelly 2010, 30-33) See the attached site plan adapted from Kelly (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-035008 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  A figure-of-eight kiln (dims 1.75m x 0.61m; D 0.4m) had a lower fill of charcoal and upper of burnt red silty clay. A small adjacent pit (diam. 0.57m; D 0.2m) had a lower fill of compact red burnt clay beneath a loose grey brown silt, and a compact spread (dims 2.8m x 1.8m; T 0.28m) of red baked clay have similar material links it with the kiln. No cereals were recovered, but the charcoal was dominated by oak, a sample of which returned a C14 date of 2460-2210 cal. BC (UBA 12059) placing it in the Early Bronze Age (Kelly 2020, 5,6). Three other figure-of-eight kilns (dims 2.35m x 1.1m; D 0.49m: 2.63m x 1.32m; D 0.29m: 2.6m x 1.1m; D 0.8m) were identified through their form, intense burning and charcoal-rich fills. Two of the kilns were within 5m of each other at the centre of the excavated area while the third was within an early medieval enclosure at the N of the area. Two were aligned N-S while the third was NW-SE. The cereals were dominated by barley followed by wheat and oats while hazel was the dominant wood used in firing the kilns followed by oak, ash and willow. A charred barley grain from one of them provided the C14 date of 427-570 cal. AD (UBA 12073) and the other two are probably from the same era. (Kelly 2010, 34-5) See the attached site plan from Kellly (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 March 2022

• ME024-036001 Pit
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003122) by C. Duffy (2010) as Grange 4 in June to August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1323) when just over 2,100 square metres were opened and two Neolithic pits, a curved ditch and a concentration of pits, postholes and stakeholes were recorded, but the features are not contemporary. A large pit (dims 2.35m NW-SE; 1.65m NE-SW; D 0.55m) with an irregular base had four fills of grey/brown silts and clays from which nine sherds of Early Neolithic ware representing at least four vessels, two possible stone beads, five pieces of chert and one of quartz were recovered. A smaller pit (dims 1.26m x 0.82m; D 0.18m) cut the larger at its S end but only produced one sherd of pottery. An examination of the plant remains indicated only oak. A pit (dims 0.94m x 0.85m; D 0.14m) was 2m to the SE of the large pit and a posthole and stakehole were 2m to the NW. These features probably played some role in relation to the large pit. (Duffy 2010, 5-7) See the attached plans from Duffy (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March 2022

• ME024-036002 Structure
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003122) by C. Duffy (2010) as Grange 4 in June to August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1323) when just over 2,100 square metres were opened and two Neolithic pits, an arc of a ditch and this concentration of pits, postholes and stakeholes were recorded, but the features are not contemporary. This is a cluster of postholes, stakeholes and three pits in a confined area (dims c. 4m NE-SW; c. 4m NW-SE) where two stakeholes, two postholes and a pit form a NE-SW line with a second line extending SE from its centre composed of two postholes, two pits and a stakehole. Three postholes could form another NE-SW line at its S end centred on the largest pit (dims 0.86m x 0.33m; D 0.2m), creating a H-shaped feature. Seven sherds of Early Neolithic pottery from the same vessel were recovered from one of the pits and a single sherd came from one of the postholes that also provided a C14 date of 2574-2474 cal. BC (UBA 11128), which is too late for the pottery. A sample of hazel from another of the postholes yielded a determination of 1493-1326 cal. BC (UBA 11127), so the possible structure is not from a single period and the discerned pattern may be illusory. (Duffy 2010, 6-9) See the attached plans from Duffy (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March 2022

• ME024-036003 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003122) by C. Duffy (2010) as Grange 4 in June to August 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1323) when just over 2,100 square metres were opened and two Neolithic pits, this arc of a ditch and a concentration of pits, postholes and stakeholes were recorded, but the features are not contemporary. A single curving ditch (L 6.8m; Wth 0.8-1.2m; D 0.2m) forms an arc (Chord 5m E-W) that tapers at either end and is open to the N. It was filled with two layers of brown silty clay with a greater amount of charcoal in the upper layer, but no artefacts were recovered. The environmental evidence showed the presence of barley and oats as well as hazel and alder, and it may have been the waste of corn-drying operations. A small pit (diam. 0.7m; D 0.15m) on the line of the continuation of the E arm of the ditch provided a C14 date of 666-772 cal. AD (UBA 11126), but it is not directly related to the ditch as is the case with another small pit and posthole in the area. (Duffy 2010, 9-11) See the attached plan from Duffy (2010, fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March 2022

• ME024-037 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (04E0925) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 2 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified archaeological material (excavations.ie 2004:1245) that was excavated (E003121) by A. Kelly (2010) as Grange 5 in November 2006 (excavations.ie 2007:1324) when just over 850 square metres were opened. Five pits, two possible posthloles and two curving ditches were recorded. Three pits (dims 0.82m x 0.52m; D 0.27m to 1.31m x 1.07m; D 0.13m) had similar fills of charcoal-rich silts, and a fragment of ash charcoal from one provided a C14 date of 2335-2148 cal. BC (UBA 11100), placing them in the Early Bronze Age. Two pits (dims 1m x 0.84m; D 0.12m: 0.82m x 0.76m; D 0.32m) with fire-reddened bases and fills of red and yellow burnt clays with heat-shattered stones and charcoal were 4m apart and were probably corn-drying kilns. Barley and oats were dominant in the environmental samples from these and a barley grain returned a C14 date of 424-541 cal. AD (UBA 11099) from one of them. A ditch (L 35.5m plus; Wth 0.7m; D 0.35m) ran N-S, parallel with a mapped field bank c. 5m to the E and curved W across the S part of the excavated area before petering out. Another ditch (L 11.75m plus; Wth 0.9m; D 0.38m) met it on the curve and extended away to the SE. Each ditch had a single layer of silty clay, but the only artefact recovered was a flint flake, undoubtedly redeposited, and the ditches remain undated. (Kelly 2010, 5-8) See the attached site plan from Kelly (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 March 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Grange.

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

Name

Grange

Area

2,000,528 m² (200.05 ha, 494.34 acres)

Civil parish

Ardbraccan, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Lower

Electoral division

Ardbraccan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ardbraccan electoral division: 2,363 people in 757 households; 91% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardbraccan, Castlemartin, Durhamstown, Faughanhill, Phoenixtown, Tankardstown

Placenames

Grange 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.