Leshemstown

81 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leshemstown, from 170 m² to 265,337 m² (26.53 ha, 65.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 112 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 16 Feb 2024Conditional

  the development consists of an extension to the rear of existing dwelling, demolition of existing conservatory to the rear, external insulation to dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460116

• 9 Jun 2023Conditional

  a granny flat extension to side of existing dwelling

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23606

• 31 Mar 2020N/a

  a single storey extensions to front, side and rear, amendments to existing roof pitch and all associated site works on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA200439

• 29 Aug 2019Conditional

  retention of the extension to my dwelling

  Retention · Meath County Council, RA191115

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  1. New detached dwelling and garage. 2. Existing agricultural entrance to become shared entrance for proposed dwelling and field. 3. Landscaping & associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190660

• 24 May 2019Conditional

  1. New detached dwelling and garage 2. New entrance for proposed dwelling 3. Landscaping & associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190664

• 3 May 2019N/a

  1. New Detached dwelling and garage. 2. Existing agricultural entrance to become shared entrance for proposed dwelling and field. 3. Landscaping & assocaited site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA190542

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  the proposed extension to the existing dwelling will consist of a single storey bedrooms extension of 98.5 square metres to the front of the existing dwelling, alterations to existing layout, alterations and additions to existing elevations, modifications and additions to the existing roof, the relocation of existing gate piers and vehicular entrance and all associated site works. The existing development to be retained consists of an existing single storey family flat of 32.0 square metres and a single storey garden shed of 9.0 square metres to the rear of the existing dwelling including all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA190470

• 28 Feb 2019Conditional

  a new two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, connection to mains services and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, RA190206

• 14 Sept 2018Conditional

  changes made during construction: removal of rear wall of existing dwelling and construction of new rear wall set back 1.4 metres further to the rear increasing the footprint at ground floor (20sqm), reduction in length of front elevation by 0.6 metres and use of attic space of annex as study, changes from that granted under planning ref RA/160111 including all minor internal changes and ancillary site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA181073

• 3 Apr 2018Conditional

  alterations to previously approved grant of planning permisison Ref. 98/1612 and Ref. 99/1144 consisting of increase in size of ground floor and first floor of house and associated alterations to elevations, increase in size of garage including loft space and associated changes to elevations

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA180325

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 Leshemstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME038-057 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in a slight hollow on a level landscape, and on the N bank of the meandering SE-NW Skane River. It was identified during testing (04E1499; excavations.ie 2004: 1236) by R. Tobin in advance of a sewage pipe between Dunshaughlin and Tara, and was subsequently fully excavated (05E0398) by L. McGowan. The earliest feature is a stake-built shelter represented by two lines (L 0.5m plus) of N-S stake-holes, 1.2m apart which was cut into natural silts and extends beyond the excavation at S. Two samples from the stake-holes produced identical dates C14 dates of 1880-1680 cal. BC. Two mounds of broken and burnt stone (W: diam. 5m; T 0.1m: E: diam. 2m; T 0.03m) succeeded almost immediately, and some animal bone was recovered from these. The two mounds were covered with silt, and after an interval a series of burnt mound deposits interspersed with silts related to a wood-lined trough (dims 1.5m x 0.95m; D 0.27m) at its N limit that had been inserted through silts and the lower burnt mounds. A C-shaped clay mound mixed with some burnt stones (dims 7.5m x 2m; H 0.4-0.5m) that produced some animal bones was created on its N side. It curved around the trough, probably to divert hillwash. The flat base of the trough was lined with alder roundwoods and two planks, and there were stake-holes in the corners. The base was covered with clay in an effort to waterproof the trough. Two small pits filled with burnt stones 1.5m (diam. 0.74m; D 0.55m) and 8m (diam. 0.57m; D 0.37m) to the S were probably to collect water. The trough and pits were covered by three layers of broken and burnt stone creating a single large mound (dims 11.5m x 6.4m; max. H c. 0.5m). An oval pit (dims 1.05m N-S; 0.8m E-W; max. D 0.35m) was cut into the second layer of the burnt mound and contained the remains of a crouched adult female aged 25-35 with her head at N and laid on her right side. There were no grave goods. A sample from the primary fill of the trough yielded a C14 date of 1220-1000 cal. BC while a bone from the burial had a nearly identical date of 1260-1020 cal. BC. (McGowan and Fallon 2010) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 March 2021

• ME038-057001 Burial
  Description

  Situated in a slight hollow on a level landscape, and on the N bank of the meandering SE-NW Skane River. The fulacht fia (ME037-057----) was completely excavated (05E0398) by L. McGowan and during the main period of its use the mound consisted of three layers of broken and burnt stone. An oval pit (dims 1.05m N-S; 0.8m E-W; max. D 0.35m) was cut into the second layer of the burnt mound and contained the remains of a crouched adult female aged 25-35 with her head at N and laid on her right side. There were no grave goods. A sample from the primary fill of the fulacht fia trough yielded a C14 date of 1220-1000 cal. BC while a bone from the burial had a nearly identical date of 1260-1020 cal. BC. (McGowan and Fallon 2010, 12, Appendix 9) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 16 March 2021

• ME044-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight S-facing slope with a NE-SW section of the Skane stream c. 70m to the S. This is a raised circular grass-covered platform (diam. 25m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 5-6.8m; int. D ½-1.5m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m) SW-NE but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) SE-SW, A berm (Wth 6.8-8m) separates this fosse from an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.1-0.2m) SW-N. There is no visible entrance and the perimeter is truncated by a N-S stream NE-SE. Archaeological testing (16E0203) by P. D. Sweetman c. 180m to the NNE produced no related material (excavations.ie 2016:661). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 January 2018 Amended: 9 April 2021

• ME044-050 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0480) by T. O’Neill at Testing Area 18 prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a spread of burnt mound material (excavations.ie: 2004:1282) that was fully excavated (E003047) by H. Schweitzer (excavations.ie 2006:1598) as Leshemstown 1 in January 2006. A large spread of broken and burnt stone (dims c. 9m E-W; c. 8m N-S; T 0.05-0.2m) and several smaller related spreads are related to a subrectangular trough (dims 1.96m x 1.58m; max. D 0.52m) filled with five fills, largely the same mix of burnt stone as the mound, some pits and a metaled surface. There was no lining in the trough but a sample of alder charcoal from a primary fill yielded a C14 date of 2130-1890 cal. BC. Seven pits (dims 0.5-0.55m; D 0.04m to 1.17m x 1.02m; D 0.22m), largely to the W of the trough are filled with the burnt mound material, and five intercutting pits 2.2m SW of the trough are filled with silty clays with varying amounts of burnt stone. The largest pits (dims 2.4m x 1.1m; max. D 0.47m: 2.3m x 0.94m; D 0.32m) were E of the trough and are associated with a metaled surface (dims 1.7m N-S; 1.6m E-W) just to their S. A sample of elm charcoal from one of the pits produced a C14 date of 1970-1740 cal. BC. A few flints were the only artefacts recovered. (Schweitzer and Ginn 2008) See the attached plan from Schweitzer and Ginn (2008, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 December 2021 O’Neill, T. 2004 M3 Clonee - North of Kells, Contract 1 Clonee – Dunshaughlin. Final Report on Archaeological Assessment at Testing Area 18, Leshemstown, County Meath. Licence: 04E0480. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Leshemstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Leshemstown

Area

1,952,001 m² (195.2 ha, 482.35 acres)

Civil parish

Dunshaughlin, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunshaughlin electoral division: 8,517 people in 2,904 households; 82% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clowanstown, Drumree, Johnstown, Knockmark, Knocks, Readsland, Roestown

Placenames

Leshemstown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.