# Kilbeg Upper, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbeg, barony of Kells Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish An Chill Bheag Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,264,025 m² (126.4 ha, 312.35 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,258 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbeg, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/kilbeg.md - Barony: Kells Lower - Electoral division: Newtown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,032 people lived in 337 households in the Newtown electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 60% of homes were built since 2001. 5% 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/38283 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160932 - Centre: latitude 53.777735, longitude -6.815847 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilbeg Upper, from 41 m² to 325,690 m² (32.57 ha, 80.48 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 199094: 325,690 m² (32.57 ha, 80.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199094.md - Parcel 160469: 243,222 m² (24.32 ha, 60.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160469.md - Parcel 150603: 140,895 m² (14.09 ha, 34.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150603.md - Parcel 191605: 95,081 m² (9.51 ha, 23.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191605.md - Parcel 152383: 80,182 m² (8.02 ha, 19.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152383.md - Parcel 204909: 63,920 m² (6.39 ha, 15.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204909.md - Parcel 189409: 63,376 m² (6.34 ha, 15.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189409.md - Parcel 211772: 58,377 m² (5.84 ha, 14.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211772.md - Parcel 211582: 50,240 m² (5.02 ha, 12.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211582.md - Parcel 205116: 48,721 m² (4.87 ha, 12.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205116.md - Parcel 151684: 34,730 m² (3.47 ha, 8.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151684.md - Parcel 636838: 7,518 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/636838.md - Parcel 198292: 6,984 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198292.md - Parcel 197596: 6,582 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/197596.md - Parcel 137621: 4,785 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137621.md - Parcel 147821: 4,722 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147821.md - Parcel 136563: 3,795 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136563.md - Parcel 200832: 3,376 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200832.md - Parcel 135679: 3,029 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135679.md - Parcel 135122: 2,950 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135122.md - Parcel 636882: 2,331 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/636882.md - Parcel 144085: 2,294 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/144085.md - Parcel 2674415: 2,280 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2674415.md - Parcel 146359: 2,179 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146359.md - Parcel 142268: 2,152 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142268.md - Parcel 168623: 2,119 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168623.md - Parcel 199389: 1,448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/199389.md - Parcel 202359: 1,261 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202359.md - Parcel 204286: 779 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/204286.md - Parcel 146239: 275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/146239.md - Parcel 154531: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/154531.md - Parcel 199309: 41 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/199309.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; 61 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) 1 application, newest first. - 17 May 2022, Meath County Council 22635: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (1) the retention of a domestic garage for the storage of a camper van, garden and household equipment (2) a domestic shed for the storage of solid fuel (3) all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/22635/0 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 Kilbeg Upper. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME011-019: Castle - motte and bailey, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-019----. Situated on the remnant of an esker ridge that extends off to the NE. The motte is a subcircular, flat-topped and grass-covered earthen mound (dims of top 14m NNE-SSW; 8m WNW-ESE; dims of base 44m NNE-SSW; 26m 37m WNW-ESE; H 7m at NE to 12m at SW) with a fosse surviving (at NNW: Wth of top 7m; ext. D 1.3m) W-NNW. The motte is connected by a causeway to a raised circular bailey (diam. 14m NE-SW) to the NE defined by scarps (H 2.5m at W to 4m at NE). The parish church of Kilbeg ME011-020----) is c. 70m to the ENE. 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 Amended: 15 December 2022 - ME011-020: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-020----. Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with a small NW-SE stream c. 50m to the N. A church at Kilbey is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 260). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel at Kilbegge as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, xc). According to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-3) the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kilbeg had been in disrepair since 1641, although it was enclosed (Ellison 1973, 8). The medieval parish church is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a slight bank (int. H c. 0.1 0.4m; ext. H 1 1.4m) that is retained by an external stone-cladding NW-E-SW. The original perimeter is absent SW-NW where the graveyard has been extended (dims c. 40 45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) to a N-S public road. The church is represented by the foundations of an undivided nave and chancel structure (ext. dims 15m E-W; 7.97m N-S; int. dims 12.84m E-W; 5.7m N-S) reduced to the foundations (Wth 0.9-1.25m; H 0.2-0.4m) of clay-bonded walls. The E end of the S wall is re-built inside its original line creating a narrower E end (int. dim. 4.5m at E). No features are visible, not even an entrance. There is a sandstone cross-slab (dims 0.46m x 0.13m; H 1.08m) with a ringed cross in relief occupying its E face in the graveyard. The design is composed of raised double lines (Wth of shaft, arms 11-12cm) with the double lines of the ring (ext. diam. 0.26m; int. diam. 0.16m) connecting the arms and shaft. There is a record of a sundial (dims c. 0.42m x 0.35m) from the graveyard made by G. Du Noyer (1817-1869) that is probably older than the inscription that is fitted awkwardly around it. The inscription reads: (PR)AY FOR TERRENCE BENNET 1706, and his sketch of the church shows it with a nave and chancel. See this web-page accessed on 14/06/2022: https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020741/object_DP_17481837 The motte and bailey (ME011-019----) is c. 70m to the WSW. Archaeological testing NW of the graveyard produced some trenches (Wth of base 0.4-0.6m) cut into the subsoil overlain by a substantial wall with a shallow ditch on its N side. A large amount of slag and medieval pottery was recovered. (Meenan 1991) 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 December, 2014 - ME011-020001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-020001-. Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape with a small NW-SE stream c. 50m to the N. The medieval parish church of Kilbeg (ME011-020----) is within a D-shaped graveyard (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 45m E-W) defined by a slight bank (int. H c. 0.1-0.4m; ext. H 1-1.4m) that is retained by an external stone cladding NW-E-SW. The original perimeter is absent SW-NW where the graveyard has been extended (dims c. 40-45m E-W; c. 30m N-S) to a N-S public road. The cross-slab (ME011-020002-) is in the graveyard and there is a record by G. Du Noyer (1817-69) of a sundial (ME011-020003-) that is no longer present. Archaeological testing (E000622) by R. Meenan (excavations.ie 1991:103) NW of the graveyard produced evidence of some trenches (Wth of base 0.4-0.6m) cut into the subsoil overlain by a substantial wall with a shallow ditch on its N side. A large amount of slag and medieval pottery was recovered. (Meenan 1991) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 May, 2014 Amended: 30 July, 2014, 14 June 2022, 1 August 2023 - ME011-020002: Cross-slab, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-020002-. Located in the graveyard of Kilbeg parish church (ME012-020----). This is a sandstone cross-slab (dims 0.46m x 0.13m; H 1.08m) with a ringed cross in relief occupying its E face. The design is composed of raised double lines (Wth of shaft, arms 11-12cm) with the double lines of the ring (ext. diam. 0.26m; int. diam. 0.16m) connecting the arms and shaft. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 July, 2014 - ME011-020003: Sundial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-020003-. There is a record of a sundial (dims c. 0.42m x c. 0.35m) from the graveyard made by G. Du Noyer (1817-1869) and the inscribed sundial is probably older than the inscription that is fitted awkwardly around it. The inscription reads: (PR)AY FOR TERRENCE BENNET 1706. See this web-page accessed on 14/06/2022: https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020741/object_DP_17481837 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 June 2022 - ME011-021: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-021----. Situated on a fairly level landscape. This feature is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 687 / 8) and on later images (OSAP: 2005). This is a raised, circular and grass-covered platform (diam. of top 26m N-S) defined by a steep scarp (at W: H 2m) with a tail extending to the E and a ramp on the W side. Archaeological testing (11E0040) by C. Duffy partly over the area produced no archaeological material, leading to the conclusion that it might be natural (excavations.ie 2011:484). 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: 9 April 2019 Amended: 14 October 2025 - ME011-023: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-023----. Situated on a broad low hill in an undulating landscape. There is local knowledge of the discovery in digging house foundations of deposits of black silty clay (Wth c. 1.5m; D c. 1.5m) beneath a hard-packed clay at two points. 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 July 2007 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 Kilbeg Upper. ## 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 Kilbeg Upper, 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 low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilbeg Upper. - 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/kilbeg-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilbeg-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilbeg-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Kilbeg Upper 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) - Ardlonan: https://everytownland.com/meath/ardlonan.md - Carlanstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/carlanstown.md - Farranalcock: https://everytownland.com/meath/farranalcock.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/meath/glebe-160793.md - Glenrath: https://everytownland.com/meath/glenrath.md - Gravelstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/gravelstown.md - Kilbeg Lower: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilbeg-lower.md - Staholmog: https://everytownland.com/meath/staholmog.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/kilbeg-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/kilbeg-upper