Killegland

More than 2,000 parcels touch this townland: too many to draw here.

• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• P1RU - Rural (Agriculture)
  The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029, Fingal The zoning objective in the plan
• M1C1 - Mixed Use (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan
• C3E1 - Strategic Employment Zones (High Technology Uses) (Office, business/technology park and related)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  the development, which will represent an extension to the existing Primeline Logistics campus at Ashbourne Business Park, will comprise the construction of 1 No. warehouse (Unit 12G) with ancillary offices and staff facilities, with a maximum height of 15.95 metres with a gross floor area of 13,869 sq m comprising warehouse area (13,184sq m), ancillary office area (232 sq m) and staff facilities (453 sq m). The development will also include: provision of HGV access/egress, HGV yard with 8 No. HGV parking spaces; independent car parking access/egress with 75 No. car parking spaces, covered bicycle parking; smoking shelter; gates; dock levellers; signage; public lighting; sprinkler tank; pump house; noise barrier; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661127

• 26 Aug 2026N/a

  planning permission for the retention of a single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2661075

• 21 Aug 2026N/a

  the development, which will represent an extension to the existing Primeline Logistics campus at Ashbourne Business Park, will comprise the construction of 1 No. warehouse (Unit 12G) with ancillary offices and staff facilities, with a maximum height of 15.95 metres with a gross floor area of 13,869 sq m comprising warehouse area (13,184sq m), ancillary office area (232 sq m) and staff facilities (453 sq m). The development will also include: provision of HGV access/egress, HGV yard with 8 No. HGV parking spaces; independent car parking access/egress with 75 No. car parking spaces, covered bicycle parking; smoking shelter; gates; dock levellers; signage; public lighting; sprinkler tank; pump house; noise barrier; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; and all associated site development works above and below ground

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661051

• 18 Aug 2026N/a

  the construction of 68 no. ”Age Friendly” (Independent living for over 55’s) residential units to include: Block A – 4 storey apartment block consisting of a total of 35 units comprising 17No 1 bedroom units , 18No 2 bedroom units, ESB Switch room, plant room , laundry room , storage room, secure bicycle storage and communal bin store. Block B – 5 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 33 units comprising 13No 1 bedroom units, 20No 2 bedroom units, Communal day room , kitchen, management office, storage room, plant room , secure bicycle storage, communal bin store, community care room , GP on-site consultation room and for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling house and all associated site works to include for permission for alterations to existing roadside boundary and associated footpath to accommodate the subject development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661041

• 15 Aug 2026N/a

  the proposed development consists of constructing a projecting dormer window to the front elevation, joining it to the existing projecting dormer window to form one larger dormer, together with alterations and amendments to the existing dwelling’s first floor plans and elevations, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661029

• 6 Jul 2026N/a

  planning permission for a new demountable ancillary storage shed (10.0m wide x 15.0m long x 5.2m to eaves & 6.88m to ridge), with a total floor area of 150sq.m. complete with new 4.86m wide x 4.5m high roller shutter & 1.0m wide x 2.0m high personal access door within front / S.West Elevation. New shed to be constructed with profiled single skin wall cladding, semi translucent insulated twin skin plastic coated / inflated roof membrane, all on a high grade 4 channel aluminium portal frame, fixed to new concrete floor slab, & all associated site works, positioned within existing rear storage yard

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660838

• 16 Jan 2026Conditional

  planning permission for alterations to previously approved planning permission – (Reg. Ref: 25/6021 (a) a ground floor extension to the front with flat roof over (b) removal of existing pitched roof over existing ground floor extension to the front to be replaced with flat roof over (c) a first-floor extension to the side with hip roof over (d) a new first floor window to the rear bathroom (e) 2no. new rooflights to the rear pitched roof (f) all associated alterations to the existing fenestration and (g) all associated site works) consisting of the addition of a first floor extension to the front with hip roof over and a new dormer window to the rear pitched roof to serve attic storage space and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660062

• 16 Jan 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of change of use from retail unit to restaurant, comprising of indoor seating with licensed bar and outdoor seating area with retractable awning

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660065

• 15 Jan 2026Conditional

  planning permission for the construction of a one and a half storey extension to the Front, side and rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660056

• 15 Jan 2026Conditional

  the development consists of the retention of rear and side extensions, internal alterations and stairs to attic store room, the addition of two roof windows at the rear, and all associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2611

• 5 Nov 2025Conditional

  a) the construction of a ground floor porch to the front, b) the removal of part of the existing roof structure and the construction of a new first floor extension over the existing ground floor, c) 1 no. new rooflight to the east roof & 3no. new roof lights to the south roof, d) alterations to the existing facades to include modifications to the existing fenestration , including removal of bay windows, rendered external insulation and addition of a stainless steel flue to stove, e) a new PV solar panel array to the south and west roofs, f) the construction of a single storey garage to the rear garden, and g) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561197

• 19 Sept 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for: 1. Construction of a first floor extension over the existing ground floor side structure. 2. Addition of a rooflight to front of dwelling over the new roof 3. All associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560996

• 1 Aug 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the installation of sustainable energy compounds to host 1 no. LPG tank and 6 no. modular heat pumps, and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560811

• 26 Jul 2025Conditional

  The proposed development will consist of the construction of 3no. grass GAA pitches to the west of existing GAA club facilities. Included in the development will be associated pitch drainage, 18m high LED floodlighting to all pitches, 15m high ball stops to rear of each goal, 2.4m boundary fencing and all associated site and development works to facilitate construction.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560786

• 23 Jul 2025Conditional

  internal modifications, amendments to elevations and construction of a single storey extension to the rear existing dormer bungalow dwelling with demolition of existing shed/garage and construction of new garden gym/office associated landscaping & site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560771

• 23 Jun 2025Refused

  new first-floor pitched roof extension over existing ground floor, converting the dwelling to two storeys. New fenestration at first-floor level to the front and side elevations, including a rooflight to the front roof slope. New single-storey flat roof extension to the side with three rooflights and a new door into new utility. Additional rooflight to the side-facing roof slope above the existing single-storey extension. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560640

• 16 Jun 2025Conditional

  a.) The demolition of 2 non-habitable dwellings and other derelict structures on the site. b.) The construction of a 4-storey building comprising 2 No. retail units and 1 No. office unit at ground floor level, and 36 apartments including 21 x 1-bed units and 15 x 2-bed units at first, second and third floor levels including private balconies and patios, with some private balconies facing Bridge Street (R135) and Bachelors Walk. c.) Car parking at an undercroft parking area at ground floor level with vehicular access from Bachelors Walk, bin storage, bicycle parking, and communal open space at a landscaped courtyard at first floor level. The development also provides for all associated site development works including alterations to ground levels, lighting and site services

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560600

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional

  The development will consist/consists of RETENTION PERMSSION FOR A) CONVERSION OF GROUND FLOOR GARAGE TO BEDROOM WITH ENSUITE, WINDOW NORTH FACING SIDE ELEVATION AND BAYWINDOW TO FRONT FACING WEST ELEVATION B) CONSERVATORY TO REAR EAST FACING ELEVATION AND C) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560590

• 10 Jun 2025Conditional

  Enclosed front porch and garage conversion to a habitable room at an existing dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560583

• 22 May 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of planning permission for (a) a ground floor extension to the front with flat roof over (b) removal of existing pitched roof over existing ground floor extension to the front to be replaced with flat roof over (c) a first-floor extension to the side with hip roof over (d) a new first floor window to the rear bathroom (e) 2no. new rooflights to the rear pitched roof (f) all associated alterations to the existing fenestration and (g) all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560521

• 21 May 2025Conditional

  construction of a two storey extension to the fore & side with single storey to the rear with associated landscaping & site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560515

• 20 May 2025Conditional

  THE RETENTION APPLICATION CONSISTS OF A CONVERTED GARAGE TO A STUDY & TOILET TO THE SIDE OF THE DWELLING, FOR THE EXTENDED KITCHEN TO THE REAR OF THE CONVERTED GARAGE AND FOR A SHED IN THE REAR OF THE GARDEN OF THE DWELLING

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2560508

• 26 Mar 2025Conditional

  a new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling with internal modifications and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560303

• 21 Feb 2025Refused

  the construction of 68 no. ”Age Friendly” (Independent living for over 55’s) residential units to include: Block A – 4 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 35 units comprising 16 No. 1-bedroom units, 19 No. 2-bedroom units, ESB Switch room, plant room, laundry room, storage room and communal bin store. Block B – 5 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 33 units comprising 9 No. 1-bedroom units, 20 No. 2-bedroom units, 4 No. studio-units, communal day room, kitchen, management office, storage room, plant room, secure bicycle room, communal bin store, community care room, GP consultation room and for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling house and all associated site works to include for permission for alterations to existing roadside boundary and associated footpath to accommodate the subject development. Signifiant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560170

• 18 Feb 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of: •Part demolition of existing single storey extension to side and rear; •Construction of a single storey extension to the rear (including rooflight) and a first floor extension to provide a two storey extension to side and rear; •Addition of a rooflight to main side hipped roof; •All associated demolition, internal layout alterations, associated site, landscaping and drainage works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560149

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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 Killegland.

Recorded monuments

• ME045-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a gently undulating landscape, and now located just W of a N-S section of the N2 bypass of Ashbourne. The cropmark of a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a single fosse is visible only on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDP 031) from 1970 (Feeley 2001, 52, No. 46). A geophysical survey (02R0051) conducted by GBS Prospection in connection with the N2 bypass of Ashbourne confirms the presence of the enclosure ditch, with a possible entrance at S. Other features are indicated in the interior, including a smaller enclosure, and two small L-shaped features that could be souterrains. Other features (ME045-037----) were indicated in the surrounding area. (McGowan 2009, 4) 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: 10 July 2007 Amended: 13 December 2021

• ME045-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 50-55m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on an oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AID054) from 1963. It is also partially visible on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995, 2005) and Bing images (c. 2011-13), where arcs of the fosse feature are visible NE-SE and WSW-NW, probably where it is crossing a slight ridge. It is also visible on Google Earth (12/07/2013). (Feeley 2001, 52, No. 45) See the attached view from Google Earth (12/07/23013) Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013 Amended: 11 August, 2014, 13 December 2021

• ME045-004 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape, with the fold of a small S-N steam just to the E, and the stream itself is c. 20m distant. Killegland was called Ceall Dumha Ghlúin – church of the mound of the knee – and a St Mogheanóg, a putative brother of Patrick, could be associated with it (Ó Riain 2011, 478-9). A more likely derivation of the name is from Cill Dhéalgáin through the assimilation of the ‘l’ and the following ‘d’ (pers com. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich, 22/11/2019), although all local knowledge of a connection with St Declan of Ardmore (WA040-008001-) is long gone. A church at Killeglan is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire., 5, 254). The parish church of Killeglan was amongst the possessions of St Thomas’ Augustinian abbey (DU018-020051-) at its suppression in 1540 (White 1943, 36). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, lxxii). According to the Dopping (1682-5) and Royal (1693) visitations the walls of the church of St Eglan (derived from Déalglán) and its chancel were standing but unrepaired since 1641, and the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellison 1971, 37). Cogan (1862-70, 2, 383) describes the church as measuring ’70 feet by 20 feet and 10 inches (c. 21.35m x c. 6.35m).’ Although the church is not marked on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6" map the enclosure is described in italic lettering as a 'Grave Yard' and in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. The church is a nave (int. dims 13.5m E-W; 4.7m N-S) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.6m) with entrance gaps towards the W end of the N (Wth 1.8m) and S (Wth 1.5m) walls, and chancel (int. dims 6.2m E-W; 4.1m N-S) defined by reconstructed walls (H c. 0.5m) at N and S. The reconstructed E wall (H 2m) has an embrasure (Wth 1.85m) which may be original but it is now foreshortened and displaying the heads of three ogee-headed windows with plain spandrels. The church is within a subcircular graveyard (dims 47m N-S; c. 43m E-W) defined by a masonry wall that has an entrance gate and stile at E. The few headstones date mostly from c. 1900 to the present, but a headstone lying prone in the chancel has the date 1724. Inside the perimeter of the graveyard is a rath (ME045-004002-), identifiable as a subcircular area (dims 39m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-5.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) that is most intact NW-NE and ESE-SW but no fosse or entrance can be identified. A souterrain (ME045-004003-) was recorded inside the graveyard in 1982, and during development works around the graveyard during 2005-06 two further souterrains (ME045-004005-; ME045-004006-) as well as the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME045-004004-) were exposed. These features are now preserved in a fallow area (radius c. 30m) around the graveyard 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: 8 April, 2015 Amended: 22 December 2021

• ME045-004001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape, with the fold of a small S-N steam just to the E, and the stream itself is c. 20m distant. Although the parish church of Killegland (ME045-004----) is not marked on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6" map the enclosure is described in italic lettering as a 'Grave Yard' and in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. The graveyard is a subcircular area (dims 47m N-S; c. 43m E-W) defined by a masonry wall that has an entrance gate and stile at E. The few headstones date mostly from c. 1900 to the present, but a headstone lying prone in the chancel of the church has the date 1724. Inside the perimeter of the graveyard is the rath (ME045-004002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April, 2015

• ME045-004002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape, with the fold of a small S-N steam just to the E, and the stream itself is c. 20m distant. Although the parish church of Killegland (ME045-004----) is not marked on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6" map the enclosure is described in italic lettering as a 'Grave Yard' and in gothic lettering as a 'fort'. Inside the perimeter of the graveyard (ME045-004001-) is a rath, identifiable as a subcircular area (dims 39m N-S; c. 35m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-5.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) that is most intact NW-NE and ESE-SW. No fosse or entrance can be identified.A souterrain (ME045-004002-) that probably relates to the use of the rath was recorded in 1982. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 April,, 2015 Amended: 22 December 021

• ME045-004003 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a level landscape, with the fold of a small S-N steam just to the E. A souterrain was discovered during a clean-up of the graveyard in 1982 and was recorded by M. Clinton. The original entrance was in the bank of the rath (ME045-004002-) at N, and from here the N-S corbelled and lintelled passage (L c. 4m; Wth of base c. 0.8m; H c. 1m) proceeds S and curves slightly to the W as it enters an oval corbelled chamber (dims c. 3.5m NW-SE; c. 2.5m NE-SW; H 2.8m). This was closed by a single large capstone (dims 1.8m x 1.1m; T 0.2m) which was removed in 1982 when entry was gained. However, the capstone was damaged at that time and the souterrain is now sealed in concrete. (Feeley 2001, 53-4, No. 47) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-004004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated in a fairly level landscape that slopes down to small S-N stream, and surrounding Killegland church site (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features, some of which were investigated by the same archaeologist under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496). The features encountered in this area, designated Site 1, were further sampled by J. Kavanagh, and probably relate to the early church rather than to the rath that is visible inside the graveyard (excavations.ie 2006:1499). The features are now preserved in a fallow area (radius c. 30m) around the graveyard. The principal feature is a wide, round-bottomed and steep-sided fosse (L c. 80m; Wth of top 3.4-5m; D c. 1.95m) which was sampled at five points W of the graveyard. Although it appears in straight sections, they are centered on the graveyard and they can be interpreted as an ecclesiastical enclosure that might be rectangular rather than circular (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 100m plus N-S). The fosse (Wth of top 3.4-5m; max. D 1.9m) was filled with mid to dark brown silts and clays, from which no artefacts were recovered although there were some animal bones. There is an unexcavated causeway (Wth 3.8m) that is edged with stones on either side at NW (Halliday 2007, 18-22). The interior was cut by numerous ditches and gullies but there were also some corn-drying kilns and two souterrains. There were also numerous lengths of various ditches and pits. Recovered artefacts including bone combs, lignite bracelets, pins, iron knives, bone needles and unidentified iron objects suggest a date in the 8th to 11th century AD. Outside the ecclesiastical enclosure to the N numerous ditches intimate elements of a field system, and high medieval pottery, iron slag and fire-spots occurred over these silted features (ibid. 2007 23-26). A souterrain (ME045-004005-) is inside the ecclesiastical enclosure at its SW extremity, sitting neatly inside the angle where the fosse approaching from the S changes direction from ESE-WNW to SSW-NNE. It consisted of a passage (L c. 9.3m N-S; Wth 0.76-1m) which had a circular beehive chamber (int. diam. 3.2m) at the S end. Only the basal courses of the passage (max. H 0.68m) and chamber (max. H 1.32m) survived (ibid. 18-19). A second souterrain (ME045-004006-) was recorded by J. Kavanagh (excavations.ie 2006:1499) that was located to the SE of the first. A rectangular chamber (dims 4.2m x 3.4m) consisting of only the basal courses (max. H 0.4m) has a cross-wall (L 2.2m). It led to the slightly curving passage (L 17.4m) extending ESE, of which only the basal courses (H 0.3-0.9m) survived, but it had a metaled floor surface where it ran over an earlier silted ditch. The passage was roughly parallel with the S ditch of the ecclesiastical enclosure, and at the E end was a circular beehive chamber (int. diam. 3.2m) with drystone walls (max. H 1.7m). See the attached plan of the ecclesiastical enclosure from Kavanagh and Quine (2007, fig. 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-004005 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in a fairly level landscape and c. 40m SW of Killegland graveyard (ME045-004001-). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496). The area was further investigated (06E0871) by J. Kavanagh (excavations.ie 2006:1499) who sampled some of the features including this souterrain at the SW angle of the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME045-004004-). It is sitting neatly inside the angle where the fosse of the enclosure, approaching from the S changes direction from ESE-WNW to SSW-NNE. The souterrain consists of a passage (L c. 9.3m; Wth 0.76-1m) aligned N-S which had a circular beehive chamber (int. diam. 3.2m) at the S end. Only the basal courses of the passage (max. H 0.68m) and chamber (max. H 1.32m) survived. It is now preserved in the fallow area (radius c. 30m) around the graveyard. (Halliday 2007, 18-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 January 2022

• ME045-004006 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in a level landscape S of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday of Site I in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (exscavations.ie 2006:1496). The area was further investigated (06E0871) by J. Kavanagh (excavations.ie 2006:1499) who sampled some of the features. This souterrain was located c. 25m S of the graveyard. A rectangular entrance chamber (dims 4.2m x 3.4m) consisting of only the basal courses (max. H 0.4m) has a cross-wall (L 2.2m) with an opening on the N side. This chamber was probably always visible on the surface. It led to the slightly curving passage (L 17.4m) extending ESE, of which only the basal courses (H 0.3-0.9m) survived, but it had a metaled floor surface where it ran over a silted ditch. The passage was roughly parallel with the S ditch of the ecclesiastical enclosure (ME045-004004-), and at the E end was a circular beehive chamber (int. diam. 3.2m) with drystone walls (max. H 1.7m). No artefacts were recovered from the souterrain, but It is now preserved in the fallow area (radius c. 30m) around the graveyard. (Halliday 2007, 18-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-005 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated on a slight bluff on the flood-plain of the Broad Meadow River with a W-E section of the stream c. 30m to the N, and Killegland parish church (ME045-004----) is c. 340m to the S. The castle is at a ford (ME045-005002-) of the river, described as ‘stepping stones’ on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The castle is thought to have been built by a member of the Walter Wafre family who may have held Killegland from the early thirteenth century. The church had been granted to the Augustinian abbey of St. Thomas’ (DU018-020051-) by Hugh de Lacy, and this was endorsed in later grants up to the early thirteenth century (Gilbert 1889, 8, 11, 26, 45-6), one of which, probably from the 1190s, mentions a mill and fish stocks. The church was still in the possession of St Thomas’ at its suppression in in 1540 (White 1943, 36). The castle is thought to have been built by a member of the Wafre or Wafer family. In 1427 the castle and manor of the Wafres passed to Patrick Segrave through marriage with the heiress Mary Wafre. When he died, or was murdered, in 1453 his son Richard inherited Killegland and Baltrasna after a struggle. Richard died in 1494 and the property passed to his son John (ob. 1532). Then John’s younger son, Richard, held the property until his death in 1543. Richard married firstly Elizabeth Dowdall but his second wife, Jannet Eustace, held land in Cabragh, Co. Dublin, and this established a second branch of the family there. The Killegland property passed to Richard and Elizabeth’s son Patrick (ob. 1571) who was married to a Joan Begge. Their only son Richard (ob. 1598) was reckoned one of the great gentlemen of the county, by which Dublin is probably intended. This Richard was also married twice, but his son Patrick (born 1577) from his first marriage to Beale Stokes, inherited Killegland. Richard had been a lawyer, as was Patrick who was briefly imprisoned and dismissed from the Exchequer in 1603 for illegal land deals (plus ca change). Patrick was also married twice, firstly to Mary, a daughter of Sir Robert Dillon of Riverstown (ME031-031001-), which ended in divorce. However, his son Richard from this union having pre-deceased his father in 1598, the Killegland property passed to Richard’s son Patrick when his grandfather died in 1633. This younger Patrick was Sheriff of Meath in 1627 and, as a prominent Catholic, he took part in the 1641 rebellion. He fled abroad after the Battle of Kilsallaghan in 1642, and Killegland castle was then taken by Royalists (Gilbert 1973, 2, 281-3). Patrick’s son, Luke, failed to regain possession of any of his father’s property, which was held by Henry Cromwell, the fourth son of Oliver and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1657-59, during the Commonwealth. At the Restoration in 1660 Killegland was granted to the King’s younger brother, the Duke of York and the future King James II. After the Battle of the Boyne Killegland was owned by a Thomas Carter. (Segrave and Sadlier 1936, 76-84, 202-08, 220-28; Frazer 2008, 10-12) According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the small parish and town of Killeglan consisted of 360 acres owned by Patrick Segrave of Killeglan in 1640, and on the premises were ‘a castle, a stone house with outhouses, a church, a mill and divers cabins’ (Simington 1940, 98). Patrick also owned 280 acres at Ballybin and had a share in land at Milltown and Harlockstown (ibid. 100, 102). The castle is depicted as a tower with a chimney stack, probably representing a tower house, on the S side of the W-E Broad Meadow River on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Ratoath, and as a small square feature (dims c. 5m x c. 5m) described as ‘Killegland Castle’ on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. In 1990 it was described (SMR file) as a circular, grass-covered mound (diam. c. 16m; H 0.5m at S to c. 2.5m at N) with a broad hollow (Wth c. 5m; D 0.5m) on the E side curving around to the N side of the mound as a berm, which probably represents quarrying. There was no visible evidence of a masonry structure. Archaeological testing (02E0708) by W. O. Frazer identified a double-faced wall (Wth 2m) with a cobbled surface on its E side that is probably the SW wall of the castle (O’Donovan and Frazer 2002, 14). Further testing (05E0423) by W. O. Frazer under the road just S of the castle site produced evidence of a drainage channel running N to the river W of the castle, a metaled area at the castle and a revetment E of it, which suggests that the castle may have had an enclosure (Kavanagh 2007, 11-13). Further archaeological testing (17E0335) by J. Stirland (2017) discovered that a great deal of disturbance had occurred in the vicinity since 2002 with the introduction of soil including builders’ waste (excavations.ie 2019:686). However, a demolition layer of the castle in the form of mortar and slates was found at several places overlying paved or cobbled surfaces. In addition fragments of mortared rubble-core faced walls (Wth 0.8-1m) were encountered at various points, and their distribution suggests that they may have been from a rectangular enclosure or bawn (dims c. 20m NE-SW; c. 15m NE-SW) around the castle. What might be the base of a protruding rectangular tower at the N angle was partially uncovered. Archaeological testing (05E0423) by W. O. Frazer (2005) in Area C of a road-improvement scheme and later excavation by J. Kavanagh with the same licence just to the SW of the castle recorded a number of large pits (diam. 2.5-4.2m; D 0.35-1.1m) that were filled with limestone from its construction. One pit had an oxidized base from the production of lime (excavations.ie 2005:1124; 2006:1495). See the attached image of Killegland Castle from the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map (N at bottom), courtesy of the National Library of Ireland 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; 10 July 2007 revision: 13 July 2013; amended: 13 December 2021

• ME045-005001 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on a slight bluff on the flood-plain of the Broad Meadow River with a W-E section of it c. 30m to the N, and Killegland parish church (ME045-004----) is c. 340m to the S. The castle is at a ford (ME045-005002-) of the river, described as ‘stepping stones’ on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Archaeological testing (02E0708) by W. O. Frazer identified a double-faced wall (Wth 2m) with a cobbled surface on its E side that is probably the SW wall of the castle (O’Donovan and Frazer 2002, 14). A bawn is not mentioned in any of the sources but further testing (17E0335) by J. Stirland discovered a demolition layer of the castle in the form of mortar and slates found at several places overlying paved or cobbled surfaces. In addition fragments of mortared rubble-core faced walls (Wth 0.8-1m) were encountered at various points and their distribution suggests that they may have been from a rectangular enclosure or bawn (dims c. 20m NE-SW; c. 15m NW-SE) around the castle. What might be the base of a protruding rectangular tower at the N angle was partially uncovered. (Stirland 2017) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 December 2021 O’Donovan, E. and Frazer, W. O. 2002 Phase II – Archaeological Assessment Ashbourne Town Centre Development, Killegland, Co. Meath. Licence: 02E0708. Unpublished report, Margaret Gowen & Co.

• ME045-005002 Ford
  Description

  Located in the valley of the meandering W-E Broad Meadow River, on a SW-NE portion of the stream and c. 40m NW of Killegland castle (ME045-005----). The castle would have been located here to overlook the crossing point of the river, which is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a narrow causeway and described as ‘Stepping stones’. Archaeological testing (03E1902) by F. O’Carroll for a sewer pipe at the river crossing identified a layer of stone cobbling (Wth 6m plus; T 0.1m) beneath silt and modern backfill (excavations.ie 2003:1347). The cobbling was built around larger boulders embedded in the subsoil and there were fifteen contexts above the cobbling. The bases of two rough stone piers were found on the cobbling on the S side of the river, and these would constrict access to the ford. Evidence of the cobbling was also found on the N bank of the river but its full extent in every direction was not revealed, although a SW edge might be represented by a line of boulders. Finds were few but included a flint scraper, what is probably a musket ball, a clay pipe stem and modern material, but it is thought that the cobbling is medieval and related to the use of the castle. (O’Carroll 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 December 2021 O’Carroll, F. 2004 Archaeological assessment in advance of the development of the proposed Ashbourne Sewerage Scheme, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Licence No. 03E1902. Unpublished report, CRDS

• ME045-040 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Located at the crest of the S-facing slope down to the valley of the W-E Broad Meadow River. Archaeological testing and monitoring (02E0266) exposed what might be a kiln which was visible as a small hollow (dims 0.74m x 0.55m) filled with layers of burnt clay with charcoal in a spread (dims 1.8m x 1.5m; T 0.15m) of re-deposited subsoil (excavations.ie 2002:1415). Unfortunately, it was destroyed before a licence to excavate (02E0529) could be effected (excavations.ie 2002:1415). (Frazer 2002) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021

• ME045-041 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope down to the W-E Broad Meadow River and partly incorporated into a field bank which is c. 15-50m from the stream. A mill and related works pertaining to fish are recorded at Killegland in land grants from the late twelfth to the early thirteenth century (Gilbert 1889, 45-6, 50). The messauge of Hugo the tenant miller is also mentioned in these documents. According to the Civil Survey (1654) a mill was still on the property in 1641 (Simington 1940, 98). A topographical survey identified the mil-race (visible L 100m plus), and three depressions between it and the stream at its W end are likely to be the fish-ponds (ME045-041001-). Archaeological testing (02E1728) by W. Frazer confirmed the mill-race as a straight-sided ditch (Wth 3-3.4m; max. D 1.5m at S), with the upcast forming a low earthen bank (Wth of base 4.05m; H 0.3m) on its S side (excavations.ie 2003:1346). There is a shallow drainage ditch (Wth of top c. 2m; D 0.3m) on the S side of this bank. The primary fill of the shallow ditch and the S side of the bank were covered by a dense silt layer (D 0.15m), indicating at least one serious inundation from the river. The mill-race was not stone-lined and therefore this section was probably not close to the mill house, although the enclosed messauge (ME045-072----) on the N side at the E edge of the development area may have been the miller’s house. Medieval pottery was recovered from the primary silts at the W end of the mill-race but most of the pottery recovered is post-medieval, indicating that it was open into the eighteenth century. The mill-race was also sampled (04E1213) by Frazer (excavations.ie 2004:1167) at the centre of the Killegland settlement (ME045-071----) confirming these findings (Frazer 2007, 47-50). Further E the fill of the mill-race contained a stone-filled drain but the silt flooding layer covered the outer ditch and the S face of the bank. (Frazer 2004; 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December, 2021

• ME045-041001 Fish-pond
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope on the N bank of the Broad Meadow River and c. 15m from the stream. The church at Killegland (ME045-004----) had been granted to the Augustinian abbey of St. Thomas’ (DU018-020051-) by Hugh de Lacy, and this was endorsed in later grants up to the early thirteenth century (Gilbert 1889, 8, 11, 26, 45-6), one of which, probably from the 1190s, mentions a mill and fish stocks. The ponds are depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. A topographical survey identified three connected hollows in an ENE-WSW line this area. At the W end a rectangular depression (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) is fed by a broad leat (Wth c. 5m) from the river approaching from the SW. About 5m to the E and fed by a leat from the W pond is a larger rectangular pond (dims c. 15m x c. 15m) that merges into the third pond (dims c. 45m ENE-WSW; c. 15m NNW-SSE), which connects with the stream again. (Frazer 2007, fig. 7) See the attached plan from Frazer (2007, fig. 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021

• ME045-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (dims c. 50m E-W; 45m N-S) defined by a single fosse is visible on OSI aerial images (2005). It is also partly visible on Google Earth (24/06/2018), and it was first reported by Steven McGlade. See the attached enhanced view from OSI images (2005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 January 2021

• ME045-070 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on the N bank of the W-E Broad Meadow River at a point where the stream runs briefly SW-NE. It is adjacent to the ford (ME045—005002-), but at an earlier period the stream was wider and extended further N. Archaeological testing (05E0423) by W. O. Frazer (excavations.ie 2005:1142) in advance of the building of a new road bridge and roundabout identified burnt mound material which was later completely excavated by J. Kavanagh (excavations.ie 2006:1495) under the same licence. The burnt mound deposit (dims 5.1m N-S; 2.55m E-W; T 0.05-0.42m) was on layers of sand, gravel, silt and clay from the bed of the river. Three smaller deposits (diam. c. 0.45-0.6m) were detached from it, and the burnt stone material was covered by two compacted layers of mottled clayey silt. A pit (dims 1.72m E-W; 0.55m N-S) filled with similar burnt mound material was just o the N but it had a large stone protruding from it. No trough was identified, and no artefacts were recovered. (Frazer 2005; Kavanagh 2006) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21 December 2021

• ME045-071 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Situated on a bluff on the N bank of the Broad Meadow River with a W-E section of it c. 30m S of the settlement. The castle of Killegland (ME045-005----) is on the S bank commanding a ford (ME045-005002-) while the church (ME045-004----) was further south. The ford communicated with the N bank where a millrace (ME045—041----) and houses were situated. The Wafre family may have held Killegland from the early thirteenth century when Walter Wafre endorsed the grant of the church to St Thomas’ Augustinian abbey (DU018-020051-) (Gilbert 1889, 50). St Thomas’ still held the church at the abbey’s suppression in in 1540 (White 1943, 36). The Wafre estate passed through marriage to the Segrave family in the early fifteenth century. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the small parish of Killeglan consisted of 360 acres owned by Patrick Segrave of Killeglan in 1640, and on the premises were ‘a castle, a stone house with outhouses, a church, a mill and divers cabins’ (Simington 1940, 98). After the disturbed conditions of the 1640s and 1650s the population was reduced to 38 adults in 1659 (Pender 1938, 486) and it was probably abandoned by the end of the century. By the nineteenth century the village of Ashbourne, named after Frederick Bourne who built the new line road (N 2) from Finglas to Ashbourne, became a post-town on the coach-road to Slane and Derry (Lewis 1839, 1, 79). The new village was centred on Frederick Street, around the new line servicing the coaches, which is c. 350m E of the castle. Archaeological excavations have identified the ford (ME045-005002-) near Killegland castle (ME045-005----) and the mill-race (ME045—041----) on the N bank of the stream. Another excavation (04E1213) by W. O. Frazer recorded poor housing along the course of the mill-race that was occupied from the late sixteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, forming a small community on the N bank of the river. Five houses, an oven and a kiln from this community were identified and partially excavated. Much of the walls of the structures had been robbed of stone, and the settlement is likely to have extended further W. The houses are some of the ‘diverse cottages’ recorded in the Civil Survey (1654) and they were abandoned c. 1700 based on coin evidence. The settlement is located on a S-facing slope at the W end of the recorded mill-race and it overlooked the medieval fishponds that were probably defunct by this time and the river. The largest house (1) is just S of the mill-race and it is on level ground that had been built up prior to its construction. About 15m E of the large house are three adjacent houses (3-5) placed c. 6-7m from each other, with a corn-drying kiln abutting the E wall of the most easterly. House 2 is on the N side of the mill-race from House 3, with the oven c. 15m to its NW. A drainage ditch (Wth 1.47m; D 0.56m) separates the houses on the S from the mill-race, and the rectangular enclosure (ME045-072----) with its substantial house is c. 60m further E on the N side of the mill-race, although this had been abandoned by the fifteenth century and the area was being used for cultivation. The houses have unmortared stone wall bases but the upper walls would have been of clay or turf with wooden frames. They have only one storey, perhaps with lofts, and the roofs were thatched and had smoke-holes rather than chimneys in many cases. The clay floors were often damp-proofed by in situ burning prior to use. The houses are only partially excavated and therefore are not fully resolved, but it was possible to elucidate a lot about their use and to preserve them in situ beneath introduced soils and the new development. Most of the features in this core area (dims c. 70m E-W; c. 25m N-S) of the settlement were in use from the late 16th century to c. 1700 AD, based largely on the artefacts recovered including coins dating 1682-1696 for the abandonment. The large house (int. dims 13.85-14.84 x 5.8-6.9m) has a metaled or cobbled area (dims 17.5m x 2.75m; T 0.25m) outside the slightly off-centre doorway in the S wall and cobbling also abuts the NW corner and the E wall. Its E end is separated off as what might be a forge and has its own doorway in the N wall. This E end of the building has a stone footing for a fireplace and a large adjacent pit may have served as plunging pit for heated metals (Frazer 2007, 17-34, 108-111) Houses 2 (int. dims c. 4.8m N-S; c. 3m E-W) on the N side of the mill-race has an external drain at N and E that diverted water around it to the mill-race. A metaled area S of the house was levelled up and became the foundation of an E-W extension (int. dims 7m plus E-W; c. 3m N-S). (ibid. 36-47, 111-12) Houses 3 (int. dims 3.5m plus x c. 4m ) and 4 (int. dims 6.35m x 4.3m) are close neighbours and are of similar construction with drystone or clay-bonded and double-faced bases to the walls and timber-framed clay walls above and thatched roofs. Both have drains and were probably dwellings (ibid. 36-47, 112-13). In addition House 4 has a central threshold in its W wall, a cobbled floor and a hearth against the E wall which had a smoke hood supported on short projecting walls. Externally, two metaled terraces with kerbed edges extended down the slope to the S from the houses. Three intercut pits in the space between houses 4 and 3 appear to run under their walls and probably pre-date the construction of these houses. (ibid. 50-67; 113-14) House 5 (int. dims 7.3m E-W; c. 5.5m N-S) was on the S side of the mill-race at the E end of the excavated area. An external cobbled surface at S extends beneath its S wall. It might have a S-facing threshold with a porch, and an internal U-shaped foundation could be the support of a smoke-hood, in which case it might have a lobby entrance. It also has a drain exiting under the NE corner. The corn-drying kiln is immediately E of House 5 and utilised its E wall as part of the structure, suggesting that the house was defunct when it was in use. Only elements of the flue and part of the kiln floor with deposits of used fuel and kiln waste survive. (ibid. 67-73; 114-15) The 16th to 17th century oven is a large circular earth-cut pit (diam. 3.2m; D 1m) with a flue (L 5m) extending E, and samples indicate that it was used for cooking and baking. It was probably used commonly by the community, and two phases were evident, the first with three fills resulting from two separate firings. The second phase consists of an E-W trench that truncated the flue and may represent a robber trench. (ibid. 35-6, 107) The houses were constructed in the late sixteenth century, based on artefacts, although the pottery, including Leinster cooking ware and Dublin type wares, is generally medieval in character. (Frazer 2007) See the attached plans from Frazer (2007) _1 general plan (fig. 9) _2 House 1 (fig. 10) _3 House 2 (fig. 12) _4 Houses 3 & 4 (fig. 13) _5 House 5 (fig. 14) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-072 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on slight S-facing slope c. 50m from the N bank of a W-E canalised section of the Broad Meadow River, and immediately on the N side of the mill-race (ME045-041----) at the E extremity of its recorded extent. Archaeological excavation (04E1252) by W. Frazer recorded a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by the mill-race at S and by open ditches at W (Wth c. 1.6-2m; D c. 1m) and N (excavation.ie 2004:1167). It was an open yard with a roughly metaled surface that was established at the same time as the mill-race, but it is cut by the defining drains at N and W. It was utilised in two successive phases. Little remained of two or three buildings from the first phase but more substantial remains of the second phase of Structure 3 (dims 11m N-S; 5.5m E-W) survived. This was a house with a drystone base to the walls and clay upper walls, and it probably had a thatched roof. The enclosure was occupied in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, and after its abandonment it was robbed of stone and was cut by lazy bed cultivation ridges in the seventeenth century when Killegland settlement (ME045-071----) further to the W was occupied. Over 30 artefacts and c. 600 sherds of pottery were recovered, including an almost complete Leinster cooking ware jar. (Frazer 2005) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-073 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope down to a canalised W-E section of the Broad Meadow River which is c. 30m to the N. Archaeological testing and excavation (02E0708) by W. Frazer revealed a ring-ditch and associated features (excavation.ie 2004:1167). The ring-ditch is a circular area (int. diam. 7m; ext. diam. 10.35m) defined by a U-shaped fosse (Wth of top 1.5-1.85m; max. D 0.54m) which contained some flints and pottery sherds where it was sampled. There was no entrance through the fosse but it did cut some earlier pits. The ditch had been deliberately filled in, perhaps with material from a central mound, but no burial or cremated remains were found in the interior. However, 11m to the SE was a single pit burial (dims 0.49m x 0.42; D 0.15m) with some fragments of burnt human bone, which produced a C14 date of 1500-1260 cal. BC. After its abandonment the ring-ditch was used for metalworking (ME045-073001-), but much of the ring-ditch is preserved beneath the playground developed over the area. (Frazer 2008) See the attached plan from Frazer (2008, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-073001 Metalworking site
  Description

  Situated at the crest of a N-facing slope down to a canalised W-E section of the Broad Meadow River which is c. 30m to the N. Archaeological testing and excavation (02E0708) by W. Frazer revealed a ring-ditch (ME045-073----) and associated features (excavation.ie 2004:1167). After the abandonment of the ring-ditch a hearth (dims 1.2m x 0.63m; D 0.2m) and a small pit for smelting were built in the interior, the latter producing a C14 date of cal. BC 180-140 cal. AD. A second campfire (dims 0.65m x 0.61m; D 0.16m) which was cut into the upper fill of the ring-ditch fosse at SE produced a C14 date of 230-410 cal. AD. Four shallow pits (dims 0.7m x 0.5m; D 0.07 to 0.93 x 0.88m; D 0.12m) with burnt grain that are placed in an E-W line c. 6m apart and c. 5m S of the ring-ditch at the closest point are high medieval in date and yielded a C14 date of 1260-1400 cal. AD (55% probability). These were overlain and cut by later cultivation ridges, and a N-S drainage ditch (Wth of top 2.7-2.9m; D 0.75m) that was c. 2m E of the ring-ditch. (Frazer 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-074 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) identified archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) that were further excavated (06E0782) by the same archaeologist when part of an enclosure was recorded (excavations.ie 2006:1498). It is a circular area (diam. c. 45m) defined by a ditch or fosse (Wth of top 1.7-2.8m; D 1-1.6m) that was recut at least once. The ditch was filled with brown silty or sandy clays, but only the S edge of this enclosure was sampled as it extends outside the development area into a football pitch. An area of metaling (dims 3.5m x 1.2m) extended from the interior over the top fill of the fosse. Artefacts recovered from the fosse include a copper needle, carved stones, and a fragment of a millstone. The monument was probably a rath. (Halliday 2008, 16-17) A subrectangular enclosure (int. dims c. 32m WNW-ESE; c. 16m plus NNE-SSW) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 2.6m; D 0.8-1.8m) is located to the SE, but its centre is also outside the development area to the N. Its ditch has similar fills to that of the circular enclosure, but this is thought to be the earlier enclosure, and another more amorphous enclosure with its centre N of the development area was further W (ibid. 18-19). Six kilns were also excavated in this area. They were situated within the enclosures and outside them. They were usually figure-of eight type, appearing as oval features (dims 2.1-4.1m x 0.84-1.48m; D 0.13-0.35m) with distinct bowls and shallower flues and fire-reddened bases. Their particular use is not yet determined and their relationships with the enclosures are uncertain, but in at least one case the flue of a kiln cuts the outer edge of the fosse of the circular enclosure. (ibid. 21-23) See the attached site plan from Halliday (2008, fig. 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December, 2021

• ME045-074001 Kiln
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) identified archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) that were further excavated (06E0782) by the same archaeologist when parts of a circular and a subrectangular enclosure were recorded (excavations.ie 2006:1498). Six kilns were also excavated in this area, within the enclosures and outside them. They were usually of figure-of eight type, appearing as oval features (dims 2.1-4.1m x 0.84-1.48m; D 0.13-0.35m) with distinct bowls and shallower flues and had fire-reddened bases. Their particular use is not yet determined and their relationships with the enclosures are uncertain, but in at least one case the flue of a kiln cuts the outer edge of the fosse of the circular enclosure. (Halliday 2008, 21-23) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a large bivallate ring-ditch (C), with a line of ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. This is a circular area (int. diam. 31m E-W; 29.5m N-S) defined by a V-shaped ditch or fosse (Wth 1.7-1.8m; D 0.5-0.8m) that was re-cut at E to correct its alignment here and improve the symmetry of the enclosure. An uncut causeway (Wth 1.1m) at SSW is slightly truncated by a later ditch and was originally wider. The fosse is filled with sandy silts and clays, some of which have flecks of charcoal. A linear deposit (L 2.6m; Wth 0.36m) at the base of the ditch on the N side with charcoal, ash and traces of oxidized clay could contain cremated bone. An inner enclosure (int. diam. 17m N-S; 16.5m E-W) is defined by a smaller ditch or fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.4-0.6m) with a primary fill of mid-brown silty clay. Two shallow deposits of charcoal-rich sandy silts overlay this and there was a deposit with oxidized clay but no bone. A thumbnail scraper and two flint cores were recovered from the inner ditch. There is an entrance gap in the inner ditch at NNE that has two small pits (diam. 0.7m: D 0.05m; dims 0.7m x 0.35m; D 0.15m) filled with yellow-brown charcoal-flecked sandy clay just outside it. There was an urn burial between the ditches at SW. It was represented by a mass of burnt bone (diam. 0.45m) surrounded by fragments of coarse pottery in a pit (dims 1.2m x 1m; D 0.55m) that was closed with mottled yellow clay. Another urn burial was at the centre of the enclosures in a pit (dims 1.26m x 1.1m; D 0.62m) and consists of a charcoal-flecked sandy clay (diam. 0.43m) surrounded by the remains of the urn beneath a mottled orange-yellow clay. A third Urn burial was 1.3m to the NNW of this in an elongated pit (dims 1.9m N-S; 0.5m E-W; max. D 0.45m) with a central fill of charcoal-flecked sandy clay and pottery sherds throughout the deposit. A pit (diam. 0.85m; D 0.17m) just to the NW had evidence of in situ burning and some burnt bone but no ceramics. All the pottery appears to be in the collared urn tradition. There were some later pits in the vicinity. A circular pit (diam. 0.82m; D 0.62m) cut the outer fosse at SE. It was filled with brown charcoal-flecked silty clay that contained some burnt bone and the tip of a flint arrowhead. A metaled surface (dims 17m NW-SE; 15m NE-SW) with a thumbnail scraper and a flint core are associated with it was partially over the outer fosse at W. Extending S from this large ring-ditch are five structures that might be hut-sites or ring-ditches, all of which are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes, which suggests that all of them might be barrows. The most northerly of these features is a slight, curving trench (L 3.5m; Wth 0.32m; D 0.12m) filled with a charcoal-flecked sandy silt that cuts the fill of the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. Just S of this is a circular feature (int. diam. 4.2-4.4m) defined by a slight ditch (Wth 0.37m; D 0.17m) which is exhausted at SE but cuts the ditch of the structure just to its S. This is a smaller feature (int. diam. c. 2-3m), open at the E and cut by the ditches of the features to the N and S. The fourth feature (int. dims 5.1m N-S; c. 3.5m E-W) has a U-shaped ditch (Wth 0.56m; D 0.16m) and an entrance may have been at the SE, although the ditch peters out on the E side. There were three shallow pits filled with silty clay in the interior but no artefacts were recovered. The most southerly structure (int. diam. c. 9m) is defined by a rounded ditch (Wth 0.64m; D 0.55m) which cuts the ditch of the structure to the N and has an uncut entrance causeway (Wth 1.2m) at E. The ditch has a primary fill of clay/silt with some charcoal flecking, and an upper fill with large quantities of charcoal on the N side. Two pits, one (dims 1.8m x 1.3m; D 0.14m) with in situ burning and a charcoal-flecked sandy silt fill with a small amount of burnt bone, are within the enclosure. The other (dims 2m x 0.63m; D 0.35m) was filled with a grey, charcoal-flecked sandy clay and was partially truncated by the enclosing ditch. An isolated pit (dims 0.84m x 0.74m; D 0.16m) with a charcoal-flecked silty clay fill and burnt bone was 6.5m NW of the most southerly structure. (Kavanagh 2007) See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a bivallate ring-ditch (ME045-075----), with a line of five smaller ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. These structures might be hut-sites or barrows, and all of them are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes, which suggests that all of them might be barrows. The most northerly of these features is a slight, curving trench (L 3.5m; Wth 0.32m; D 0.12m) filled with a charcoal-flecked sandy silt that cuts the fill of the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a bivallate ring-ditch (ME045-075----), with a line of five smaller ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. These structures might be hut-sites or barrows, and all of them are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes, which suggests that all of them might be barrows. Just S of the ring-ditch (ME045-075001-) is a circular feature (int. diam. 4.2-4.4m) defined by a slight ditch (Wth 0.37m; D 0.17m) which is exhausted at SE but cuts the ditch of the structure just to its S (ME045-075003-). See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075003 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a bivallate ring-ditch (ME045-075----), with a line of five smaller ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. These structures might be hut-sites or barrows, and all of them are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes. This is a small feature (int. diam. c. 2-3m), open at the E and cut by the ditches of the features to the N (ME045-075002-) and S (ME045075004-). which suggests that all of them might be barrows. See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075004 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a bivallate ring-ditch (ME045-075----), with a line of five smaller ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. These structures might be hut-sites or barrows, and all of them are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes, The fourth feature (int. dims 5.1m N-S; c. 3.5m E-W) has a U-shaped ditch (Wth 0.56m; D 0.16m) and an entrance may have been at the SE, although the ditch peters out on the E side. There were three shallow pits filled with silty clay in the interior but no artefacts were recovered. See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-075005 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located towards the top a gentle NW-facing slope c. 125m W of Killegland church (ME045-004----). Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features (excavations.ie 2006:1496) some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) later by J. Kavanagh (2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site III consists of a bivallate ring-ditch (ME045-075----), with a line of five smaller ring-ditches touching edge to edge and extending S from this large feature. These structures might be hut-sites or barrows, and all of them are truncated slightly on the W side by a later N-S ditch that turns W at its N end as it encounters the outer ditch of the large ring-ditch. The E edges of the structures also tend to disappear through plough action. Although no burials are associated directly with these features neither are there any hearths or post-holes, The most southerly structure (int. diam. c. 9m) is defined by a rounded ditch (Wth 0.64m; D 0.55m) which cuts the ditch of the ring-ditch to the N (ME045-075004-) and has an uncut entrance causeway (Wth 1.2m) at E. The ditch has a primary fill of clay/silt with some charcoal flecking, and an upper fill with large quantities of charcoal on the N side. Two pits, one (dims 1.8m x 1.3m; D 0.14m) with in situ burning and a charcoal-flecked sandy silt fill with a small amount of burnt bone, are within the enclosure. The other (dims 2m x 0.63m; D 0.35m) was filled with a grey, charcoal-flecked sandy clay and was partially truncated by the enclosing ditch. An isolated pit (dims 0.84m x 0.74m; D 0.16m) with a charcoal-flecked silty clay fill and burnt bone was 6.5m NW of the most southerly structure. (Kavanagh 2007) See the attached plan from Kavanagh (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-076001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise at the tip of a low SE-NW spur and with the meandering W-E Broad Meadow River c. 150m to the W and N. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) by J. Kavanagh (Kavanagh and Quine 2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site I consists of two ring-ditches, and they might survive partially in a green area. Ring-ditch A is a circular area (int. diam. 18.26m; ext. diam. 22.5m) defined by a U-shaped ditch or fosse (max. Wth 1.52m; D c. 0.5m) that has an uncut causeway (Wth 5.25m) at S. The ditch was cut at SE by the ditch of the second ring-ditch (ME045-076002-), which is centered further SE, but the ditch of ring-ditch A has a primary layer of sterile brown clay with some silt. One sherd of pottery, flint debitage, and a possible hammer stone were recovered from it. This layer was overlain by a charcoal-rich layer only on the N side. The single central pit (diam. 0.67m; D 0.22m) was filled with clay that had minimal charcoal but no bone. Four pits (dims 1.5-1.8m; D 0.25m) filled with charcoal-rich silty clay and traces of oxidized clay were 13-20m distant from the ring-ditches but produced no artefacts. (Kavanagh and Quine 2007) See the attached plan from Kavanagh and Quine (2007, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-076002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise at the tip of a low SE-NW spur and with the meandering W-E Broad Meadow River c. 150m to the W and N. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) in advance of a housing development identified numerous archaeological features some of which were investigated under the original licence (excavations.ie 2006:1496), but others, numbered Sites I and III, were resolved (excavations.ie 2006:1499) by J. Kavanagh (Kavanagh and Quine 2007) under a different licence (06E0871). Site I consists of two ring-ditches, and they might survive partially in a green area. Ring-ditch B is a circular area (int. diam. 19.2m E-W; 18.5m N-S) defined by a V-shaped ditch or fosse (max. Wth 1.2m; max. D 0.32m) that has an uncut entrance causeway (Wth 2.4m) with a metaled surface at S. The stone metaling extends off to the S (L 6.4m) and there was a shallow deposit of charcoal-flecked silty clay and burnt bone partially over the metaling in the E terminus of the fosse. The fosse was filled with charcoal-flecked silty clay from which sherds of coarse decorated pottery and flint flakes were recovered. An inner fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.6m) is U-shaped in plan (int. dims 9.4m N-S; 8.9m E-W) with a wide opening (Wth 6.6m) at NW that is probably due to the shallowness of the ditch running out in this area. There were no internal features, and ring-ditch A is just to the NW but its fosse is cut by the outer fosse of this ring-ditch. Four pits (dims 1.5-1.8m; D 0.25m) filled with charcoal-rich silty clay and traces of oxidized clay were 13-20m distant from the ring-ditches but produced no artefacts. (Kavanagh and Quine 2007) See the attached plan from Kavanagh and Quine 2007, fig. 5 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

• ME045-077 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope. Archaeological testing (05E1321) by S. Halliday (2007) identified archaeological features that were further excavated (06E0779) by the same archaeologist when a ditch (Wth of top 2.53-2.8m; D 0.72-0.8m) curving to the N at either end (L c. 16m) and extending beyond the development area was recorded (excavations.ie 2006:1497). If the ditch completed a circle (diam. c. 40m) much of it is preserved in a green area within the development. The ditch is gently rounded with clayey fills containing some animal bone together with crushed and unbroken shell in some layers that had slumped in from both sides. The ditch was re-cut in at least one point. Some medieval pottery was recovered from the ditch, which cuts some slight N-S linear features. The enclosure ditch was overlain by three pathways that probably ran between the church (ME045-004----) to the S and the ford (ME045-005002-) on the Broadmeadow River c. 150m to the N. The paths were partly cut by some pits from which medieval ceramics were recovered. A final post-medieval phase is represented by two field drains. (Halliday 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 December 2021

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, church/chapel, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted church, built c.1882. Five-bay side elevations to nave, and apse to south-west with sacristy to south. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge cresting and ashlar limestone bellcote to entrance gable. Snecked rock-faced stone walls with ashlar limestone buttresses, eaves dentils, string course and dressings. Stained glass windows set in pointed-arched openings with limestone dressings. Timber battened double doors set in carved limestone doorcase with flanking marble columns. Extended to the north-west c.1981.

• Ashbourne Parish Hall, school, 1880–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey national school, built c.1882, with gabled porch. Pitched slate and artificial slate roof with copper vents and red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with render plinth and render plaque. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Octagonal granite gate piers with pair of cast-iron double gates, set in cast-iron railings.

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; parts are made ground and water.

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.

• Killegland, Ashbourne6 sales

Name

Killegland · Cill Dhéagláin

Area

2,896,093 m² (289.61 ha, 715.64 acres)

Civil parish

Killegland, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybin, Ballymadun (Co. Dublin), Baltrasna, Cookstown, Dunreagh, Harlockstown, Milltown, Rath, Raystown

Placenames

Killegland on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.