Loughcrew

88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughcrew, from 82 m² to 895,552 m² (89.56 ha, 221.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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 · 113 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 23 Dec 2025Refused

  the development will consist of Planning Permission for the Retention of a flat roofed double modular type unit and Planning Permission to convert this unit into a dwelling along with fenestration changes to the elevations and the addition of external timber cladding and a new flat roof side extension to form entrance and all associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660040

• 27 Nov 2025N/a

  The development will consist of the Planning Permission for Retention of a flat roof modular type unit for use as ancillary 3 bed family accommodation and Planning Permission for revisions to the external elevations window openings and an external timber cladding finish to the modular unit and all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561289

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  the development consists of to construct football pitch lighting, surrounding existing football pitch and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24137

• 3 Aug 2023Conditional

  the development shall consist of (1) Internal amendments and alterations to the existing ground floor plan (2) Amendments and alterations to existing Southern, Eastern, Western, and Northern elevations (3) Amendments, alteratiions and extension of existing single-story structure "A" incorporating the addition of a first floor storage area (4) Alterations, amendments and extension to roof structure over existing single-story structure "B" and (5) All ancillary and facilitating sitye works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23776

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  construction of a revised walking track design surrounding Moylagh Football Pitch from that previously granted under planning permission reference number KA/181199 and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221708

• 12 Oct 2018Conditional

  (1) Construction of walking track surrounding facility (2) place lighting surrounding walking track (3) Place Lighting surrounding existing football pitch (4) construct all weather astro pitch along southern boundary (5) Construct additional car parking spaces and complete all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181199

• 5 Oct 2018N/a

  (1) construction of walking track surrounding facility (2) place lighting surrounding walking track (3) place lighting surrounding existing football pitch (4) construct all weather astro pitch along southern boundary (5) construct additional car parking spaces and complete all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA181163

• 24 May 2017Conditional

  permission to renovate & extend existing gate lodge building, the works involved are (a) demolish existing non-original rear single storey extension, (b) construct a single storey side extension to the east & (c) install a proprietary wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site development works. The development consists of the carrying out of works to a protected structure

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA170580

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 Loughcrew.

Recorded monuments

• ME015-003011 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The passage tomb cemetery often referred to as Loughcrew is dispersed between three of the summits of the ENE-WSW Slieve na Calliagh ridge. It escaped attention during the making of the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and almost the first notice occurs in 1864 when E. A. Conwell published an account of the cairns in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and in subsequent papers (1866, 1873, 1879). From the west the principal hilltops are known as Carnbane West, Carnbane East, also called Slieve na Calliagh, and Patrickstown. In the folk tradition as recorded by John O’ Donovan in the 1830s (Herity 2001, 38) the cairns were created when a witch, the Calliagh Bhéarra (Beara peninsula, Co. Cork) was performing a magic ritual by jumping eastwards from hilltop to hilltop, depositing stones from her apron. The leap from Patrickstown was too strenuous and she slipped and died on the hillside. She is reputed to be buried on the S side of that hill. Conwell had been digging the cairns since 1863 with the support of J. L. W. Napper, a local landowner and savant who owned most of the land at Carnbane East and West, while Patrickstown was owned by E. Crofton Rotheram, also an antiquary. Conwell’s descriptions are invaluable and are still used, while his scheme for identifying the tombs by letter, sometimes with additional numbers, is still adhered to today. Apart from an article published in Scotland (Frazer 1892-3) with drawings by du Noyer, and inclusion in Borlase’s work on the dolmens of Ireland (1897) little attention seems to have been paid to the discoveries at the time. There were smaller excavations by Coffey (1897) and Rotheram (1895, 1897), and Morris (1930), misled by Conwell’s belief that the cemeteries might be part of the location of the great fair of Tailtean, speculated further along those lines. These various investigations have revealed the internal structures and the art of many of the tombs, and most of the artefacts recovered during them are now in the National Museum of Ireland. Since the late nineteenth century there was little further notice of the cairns, apart from an investigation and restoration of Cairn H in 1943 by Joseph Raftery of the National Museum of Ireland and passing references in general prehistories, until Professor Herity’s work on Irish Passage Tombs (1974). This drew together the results of all the previous work, catalogued the artefacts recovered, and highlighted the tombs and the great wealth of prehistoric art they contain. Since then they have hardly been out of the public eye, with academic studies (McMann 1991; Shee Twohig 1981) as well as popular guides (McMann 1993). Herity’s survey and Shee Twohig’s work on the art are the most comprehensive to date, and their records form the core of these descriptions. More recently attention has switched to theorising about the development of the tombs and the cemeteries (Sheridan 1985/6; Cooney 2000, 158-63), researching the solar events that can be observed at cairns on Patrickstown Hill (O’Sullivan et al. 2010) and Carnbane East (McCormick 2012), and recording the rock art that can be found on the lower slopes of the hills (Shee Twohig et al. 2010). The cairns are distributed between the hilltops of Carnbane West in Loughcrew and Newtown townlands (14) together with at least three standing stones, on Carnbane East in Corstown townlnad (7) with a standing stone, and at Patrickstown (4). There are other cairns (6), a ring-barrow, and standing stones in the col between the first two hills. Today only the monuments at Carnbane East and Patricktown, which are all National Monuments, can be visited. In his first communication Conwell (1864, 47-8) stated that 21 cairns in Thomastown townland on the S side of Patrickstown Hill, of which (ME015-111----) is probably the last survivor, were being removed at that very time. This is located at the crest of the S-facing summit of Carnbane West and c. 50m SW of Cairn D (ME015-003008-). It has been designated A3 by Conwell (1866, 360; 1873, 49) and it consists of a large circular and grass-covered cairn (diam. of base 33.5m E-W; 33.6m N-S; H 2.5m at N to 3.5m generally) which has had an old grass-covered quarry dug in its surface at N diam. c. 15m; max. D 8m). Another large and now grass-covered quarry is in the SE quadrant which may have extended the spread of this cairn here. No structural stones are visible and only one possible kerbstone is visible at W. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-003012 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  The passage tomb cemetery often referred to as Loughcrew is dispersed between three of the summits of the ENE-WSW Slieve na Calliagh ridge. It escaped attention during the making of the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and almost the first notice occurs in 1864 when E. A. Conwell published an account of the cairns in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and in subsequent papers (1866, 1873, 1879). From the west the principal hilltops are known as Carnbane West, Carnbane East, also called Slieve na Calliagh, and Patrickstown. In the folk tradition as recorded by John O’ Donovan in the 1830s (Herity 2001, 38) the cairns were created when a witch, the Calliagh Bhéarra (Beara peninsula, Co. Cork) was performing a magic ritual by jumping eastwards from hilltop to hilltop, depositing stones from her apron. The leap from Patrickstown was too strenuous and she slipped and died on the hillside. She is reputed to be buried on the S side of that hill. Conwell had been digging the cairns since 1863 with the support of J. L. W. Napper, a local landowner and savant who owned most of the land at Carnbane East and West, while Patrickstown was owned by E. Crofton Rotheram, also an antiquary. Conwell’s descriptions are invaluable and are still used, while his scheme for identifying the tombs by letter, sometimes with additional numbers, is still adhered to today. Apart from an article published in Scotland (Frazer 1892-3) with drawings by du Noyer, and inclusion in Borlase’s work on the dolmens of Ireland (1897) little attention seems to have been paid to the discoveries at the time. There were smaller excavations by Coffey (1897) and Rotheram (1895, 1897), and Morris (1930), misled by Conwell’s belief that the cemeteries might be part of the location of the great fair of Tailtean, speculated further along those lines. These various investigations have revealed the internal structures and the art of many of the tombs, and most of the artefacts recovered during them are now in the National Museum of Ireland. Since the late nineteenth century there was little further notice of the cairns, apart from an investigation and restoration of Cairn H in 1943 by Joseph Raftery of the National Museum of Ireland and passing references in general prehistories, until Professor Herity’s work on Irish Passage Tombs (1974). This drew together the results of all the previous work, catalogued the artefacts recovered, and highlighted the tombs and the great wealth of prehistoric art they contain. Since then they have hardly been out of the public eye, with academic studies (McMann 1991; Shee Twohig 1981) as well as popular guides (McMann 1993). Herity’s survey and Shee Twohig’s work on the art are the most comprehensive to date, and their records form the core of these descriptions. More recently attention has switched to theorising about the development of the tombs and the cemeteries (Sheridan 1985/6; Cooney 2000, 158-63), researching the solar events that can be observed at cairns on Patrickstown Hill (O’Sullivan et al. 2010) and Carnbane East (McCormick 2012), and recording the rock art that can be found on the lower slopes of the hills (Shee Twohig et al. 2010). The cairns are distributed between the hilltops of Carnbane West in Loughcrew and Newtown townlands (14) together with at least three standing stones, on Carnbane East in Corstown townlnad (7) with a standing stone, and at Patrickstown (4). There are other cairns (6), a ring-barrow, and standing stones in the col between the first two hills. Today only the monuments at Carnbane East and Patricktown, which are all National Monuments, can be visited. In his first communication Conwell (1864, 47-8) stated that 21 cairns in Thomastown townland on the S side of Patrickstown Hill, of which (ME015-111----) is probably the last survivor, were being removed at that very time. This is located on a little shoulder at the crest of the S-facing summit of Carnbane West, and just SE of Cairn A3 and c. 55m SW of Cairn D (ME015-003008-). It is designated C by Conwell (1866, 360; 1873, 49) and is a slightly raised grass-covered area (diam. 6m E-W; 5.5m N-S; H c. 0.1-0.5m) with four large kerbstones remaining. About 8m to the N is the standing stone (ME015-003016-). This tomb is not accessible to the public at the moment. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-003013 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The passage tomb cemetery often referred to as Loughcrew is dispersed between three of the summits of the ENE-WSW Slieve na Calliagh ridge. It escaped attention during the making of the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and almost the first notice occurs in 1864 when E. A. Conwell published an account of the cairns in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and in subsequent papers (1866, 1873, 1879). From the west the principal hilltops are known as Carnbane West, Carnbane East, also called Slieve na Calliagh, and Patrickstown. In the folk tradition as recorded by John O’ Donovan in the 1830s (Herity 2001, 38) the cairns were created when a witch, the Calliagh Bhéarra (Beara peninsula, Co. Cork) was performing a magic ritual by jumping eastwards from hilltop to hilltop, depositing stones from her apron. The leap from Patrickstown was too strenuous and she slipped and died on the hillside. She is reputed to be buried on the S side of that hill. Conwell had been digging the cairns since 1863 with the support of J. L. W. Napper, a local landowner and savant who owned most of the land at Carnbane East and West, while Patrickstown was owned by E. Crofton Rotheram, also an antiquary. Conwell’s descriptions are invaluable and are still used, while his scheme for identifying the tombs by letter, sometimes with additional numbers, is still adhered to today. Apart from an article published in Scotland (Frazer 1892-3) with drawings by du Noyer, and inclusion in Borlase’s work on the dolmens of Ireland (1897) little attention seems to have been paid to the discoveries at the time. There were smaller excavations by Coffey (1897) and Rotheram (1895, 1897), and Morris (1930), misled by Conwell’s belief that the cemeteries might be part of the location of the great fair of Tailtean, speculated further along those lines. These various investigations have revealed the internal structures and the art of many of the tombs, and most of the artefacts recovered during them are now in the National Museum of Ireland. Since the late nineteenth century there was little further notice of the cairns, apart from an investigation and restoration of Cairn H in 1943 by Joseph Raftery of the National Museum of Ireland and passing references in general prehistories, until Professor Herity’s work on Irish Passage Tombs (1974). This drew together the results of all the previous work, catalogued the artefacts recovered, and highlighted the tombs and the great wealth of prehistoric art they contain. Since then they have hardly been out of the public eye, with academic studies (McMann 1991; Shee Twohig 1981) as well as popular guides (McMann 1993). Herity’s survey and Shee Twohig’s work on the art are the most comprehensive to date, and their records form the core of these descriptions. More recently attention has switched to theorising about the development of the tombs and the cemeteries (Sheridan 1985/6; Cooney 2000, 158-63), researching the solar events that can be observed at cairns on Patrickstown Hill (O’Sullivan et al. 2010) and Carnbane East (McCormick 2012), and recording the rock art that can be found on the lower slopes of the hills (Shee Twohig et al. 2010). The cairns are distributed between the hilltops of Carnbane West in Loughcrew and Newtown townlands (14) together with at least three standing stones, on Carnbane East in Corstown townlnad (7) with a standing stone, and at Patrickstown (4). There are other cairns (6), a ring-barrow, and standing stones in the col between the first two hills. Today only the monuments at Carnbane East and Patricktown, which are all National Monuments, can be visited. In his first communication Conwell (1864, 47-8) stated that 21 cairns in Thomastown townland on the S side of Patrickstown Hill, of which (ME015-111----) is probably the last survivor, were being removed at that very time. This is located at the crest of the S-facing summit of Carnbane West and c. 60m SE of Cairn D (ME015-003008-). It has been designated A by Conwell (1866, 360; 1873, 48) who describes it as circular (diam. c. 6.4m) but with only four kerbstones remaining, all of which are now removed, and its precise location is not certain. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-003014 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The passage tomb cemetery often referred to as Loughcrew is dispersed between three of the summits of the ENE-WSW Slieve na Calliagh ridge. It escaped attention during the making of the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and almost the first notice occurs in 1864 when E. A. Conwell published an account of the cairns in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy and in subsequent papers (1866, 1873, 1879). From the west the principal hilltops are known as Carnbane West, Carnbane East, also called Slieve na Calliagh, and Patrickstown. In the folk tradition as recorded by John O’ Donovan in the 1830s (Herity 2001, 38) the cairns were created when a witch, the Calliagh Bhéarra (Beara peninsula, Co. Cork) was performing a magic ritual by jumping eastwards from hilltop to hilltop, depositing stones from her apron. The leap from Patrickstown was too strenuous and she slipped and died on the hillside. She is reputed to be buried on the S side of that hill. Conwell had been digging the cairns since 1863 with the support of J. L. W. Napper, a local landowner and savant who owned most of the land at Carnbane East and West, while Patrickstown was owned by E. Crofton Rotheram, also an antiquary. Conwell’s descriptions are invaluable and are still used, while his scheme for identifying the tombs by letter, sometimes with additional numbers, is still adhered to today. Apart from an article published in Scotland (Frazer 1892-3) with drawings by du Noyer, and inclusion in Borlase’s work on the dolmens of Ireland (1897) little attention seems to have been paid to the discoveries at the time. There were smaller excavations by Coffey (1897) and Rotheram (1895, 1897), and Morris (1930), misled by Conwell’s belief that the cemeteries might be part of the location of the great fair of Tailtean, speculated further along those lines. These various investigations have revealed the internal structures and the art of many of the tombs, and most of the artefacts recovered during them are now in the National Museum of Ireland. Since the late nineteenth century there was little further notice of the cairns, apart from an investigation and restoration of Cairn H in 1943 by Joseph Raftery of the National Museum of Ireland and passing references in general prehistories, until Professor Herity’s work on Irish Passage Tombs (1974). This drew together the results of all the previous work, catalogued the artefacts recovered, and highlighted the tombs and the great wealth of prehistoric art they contain. Since then they have hardly been out of the public eye, with academic studies (McMann 1991; Shee Twohig 1981) as well as popular guides (McMann 1993). Herity’s survey and Shee Twohig’s work on the art are the most comprehensive to date, and their records form the core of these descriptions. More recently attention has switched to theorising about the development of the tombs and the cemeteries (Sheridan 1985/6; Cooney 2000, 158-63), researching the solar events that can be observed at cairns on Patrickstown Hill (O’Sullivan et al. 2010) and Carnbane East (McCormick 2012), and recording the rock art that can be found on the lower slopes of the hills (Shee Twohig et al. 2010). The cairns are distributed between the hilltops of Carnbane West in Loughcrew and Newtown townlands (14) together with at least three standing stones, on Carnbane East in Corstown townlnad (7) with a standing stone, and at Patrickstown (4). There are other cairns (6), a ring-barrow, and standing stones in the col between the first two hills. Today only the monuments at Carnbane East and Patricktown, which are all National Monuments, can be visited. In his first communication Conwell (1864, 47-8) stated that 21 cairns in Thomastown townland on the S side of Patrickstown Hill, of which (ME015-111----) is probably the last survivor, were being removed at that very time. This is located at a crest of a S-facing slope below the summit of Carnbane West and c. 120m S of Cairn D (ME015-003008-). It has been designated A2 by Conwell (1866, 359; 1873, 48). It is a low grass-covered cairn (diam. of base 13m E-W; 11.8m N-S; max. H 0.2m) with some structural stones visible at the centre, and there is a standing stone (ME015-003017-) c. 1m outside the line of the kerb at W. There are some mature deciduous trees on the perimeter at S. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-003016 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated in a little fold on the summit of Carnbane West c. 8m N of passage tomb A1 (ME015-003012-). This stone is a sandstone (dims of base 0.95m x 0.3m; H 2.1m) with a roughly pointed top but it is now lying prone and roughly aligned NE-SW with the top at SW. Conwell (1866, 360; 1873, 49) says that it once stood on its narrow end but there is no evidence that it ever stood upright. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-003017 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated at the crest of a S-facing slope below the summit of Carnbane West and c. 1m outside the line of the kerb of cairn A2 (ME015-003014-). This is an upright stone (dims 1.1m x 0.2-0.35m; H 1.35m) with a flat top, which has no art. This monument is not accessible to the public at the moment. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 January 2019

• ME015-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise towards the bottom of the SW-facing slope of the ENE-WSW ridge of Slieve na Calliagh. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 44m NE-SW; 42m NW-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4-5m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-1m) with some bushes separated by a break of slope or a berm (at SE: Wth 1m) from a fosse (Wth of top 3.3m at SE to 6.6m at NW; Wth of base 1-2m) from an outer earthen bank (at SE: Wth of base 6.5m; ext. H 1.5m). The original entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.1m) and outer (Wth of base 2.5m) banks with a causeway (Wth of top 4.3m; h 0.45m) is at SSE. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-026 Castle - motte
  Description

  Located at the S foot of Carnbane. This is a flat-topped, grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of top 16m; diam. of base 40m; H 5-6m) with in the gardens of Loughcrew House. A bailey may have existed to the SE, evident as a scarp approaching the motte from the SW, although it may represent landscaping. 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. Date of upload: 10 July 2007

• ME015-027 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise at the SW foothills of the E-W Loughcrew Hills. A church at Lougherew is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 259) but traditionally, the parish church was built by Christopher Plunkett c. 1520, and it was added to by John, who died in 1588 and was the father of St Oliver Plunkett (O’Reilly 1958). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as ruined (Erlington 1847-64, 1, cxix). According to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) the church and chancel were repaired and the graveyard was walled (Ellison 1975, 10). The church is depicted as roofed on a map of 1788 in NLI (Hanly 1965, Pl. 2), and it continued to be used for Protestant services into the 1830s (Lewis 1837, 2, 313). The church was dedicated to St. Kieran (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 334) or Caomhán Breac, the local saint, whose church at Clonabreany (ME015-056001-) is c. 5km to the ESE. The motte (ME015-026----) is c. 200m to the W, and the remains of the 17th century house (ME015-119003-) of the Naper family and its walled garden (ME015-119001-) together with the reconstructed gateway from the house (ME015-119002-) are c. 100-200m to the NW. All the features are within the restored gardens of Loughcrew and there may be an entry charge. See this web-page accessed on 11 December, 2014: http://loughcrew.com/loughcrew-gardens/ The church is a fortified church consisting of an undivided nave and chancel (ext. dims 20.5m E-W; 6.5-7m N-S), with a fortified tower (ext. dims 8.2m E-W; 7.1m N-S) incorporated into the W end of the nave and a S transept (ext. dims 4.27m N-S; 4.87M E-W) placed about half way along the S wall of the church. It is situated in a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 54m E-W; c. 43-50m N-S) defined by masonry walls. The church was adapted in the 18th century and no original features survive, except the base of a doorway (Wth 0.7m) in the W wall of the transept and the remains of a two-light window in its S wall. Four large round-headed windows (Wth c. 1.3m) were placed in the N wall, the two central being only half as tall as the others, and two were placed in the S wall. The E wall is provided with three tall round-headed windows, and a lintelled doorway, now blocked, was inserted in the W end of the N wall. The church has a residential tower (ext. dims 8.2m E-W; 7.1m N-S) of three storeys attached at the W end, with a pointed doorway at W (Wth 1.2m; H 2m) that has punch-dressed decoration. A lintelled doorway at E communicates with the W end of the church. Apart from the doorways the ground floor is featureless, and its ceiling was supported on rebates on the four walls. An added stone stairs against the N wall now leads to the first floor, which has blocked single-light windows in the N and W walls with seats in the embrasures. The embrasure and window in the S wall were widened. Two corbels in the E wall would have supported the ceiling, with help from others, not now in evidence. A lintelled doorway, now blocked, at the S end of the E wall leads to a garderobe, while a lintelled doorway at the N end of the E wall would have communicated with a gallery at the W end of the church, although there is no other evidence of a gallery. A mural stairs in the E wall emerges through a lintelled doorway at the S end of the E wall to the second floor of the tower where there are single lights on the N and S walls, but the window on the W wall has been enlarged. A lintelled doorway at the N end of the E wall leads to a garderobe, while outside the entrance doorway a lintelled doorway leads to the wall-walk of the church, now removed. From the SE angle of the tower the stairs becomes a newel stairs, emerging onto the S battlements of the tower, which only partly survive. A machicolation on the S wall is a false feature as there is no fireplace in the tower or doorway beneath it, but masonry rising over the E wall of the tower, consisting of four piers, may be a belfry. An armorial crest is inserted over the S window of the transept under a square hood-moulding. This may have come from another site as the complicated crest includes bearings of the Naper family, who were awarded the Plunkett lands in the 1650s, and what may be Barnwell. There is a graveslab (dims 1.5m x 0.84m) of Mrs Elizabeth Duddel dated 1676 in the tower, but a memorial (dims 1.88m x 0.8-0.9m) of Philip Tuite from Drumsawry with the date 1692 (Ball-Wright 1908-09)was removed to St. Kaernan's Church of Ireland church (ME015-022----), c. 700m to the NW (O’Reilly 1958, 52) until that church was sold in the 1990s when the memorial was moved to St. Bridget’s church in Oldcastle (ME009-018003-). 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. See the attached images of the W doorway (028) and general view from the SW (033). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 12 December, 2014

• ME015-027001 Graveyard
  Description

  The parish church of Loughcrew (ME015-027----) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 54m E-W; c. 43-50m N-S) defined by masonry walls (H c. 3m) and, according to Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) the church and chancel were repaired and the graveyard was walled at that time (Ellison 1975, 10). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 May, 2014

• ME015-027002 Graveslab
  Description

  On the ground inside the W doorway of the residential tower at the W end of the parish church of Loughcrew (ME015-027----) is the graveslab (dims c. 1.5m x 0.8m) of Elizabeth Duddel dated 1676 with an inscription in false relief (Moore c. 1975, 13). The inscription reads: HERE _IETH THE BOD / YE OF MRS ELIZ_BE__ DVDD / EL WI_ _ TO / _ _ _ HARD D _ _ _EL OF LOGH C / REW WITH HER CH / ILDREN SHE DI / ED THE 7 OF NO / VEMBER AN DOM / 1676 See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 12 December, 2014

• ME015-027003 Graveslab
  Description

  The memorial of Philip Tuite from Drumsawry dated 1692 (Ball-Wright 1908-09), which was in the church at Loughcrew, was moved to St Kaernan's church c. 700m to the NW c. 1840 (O'Reilly 1958, 52). When that church was closed c. 1990 it was moved to St Bridget's Church of Ireland church at Oldcastle (ME009-018003-) where it is now set into the inside of the N wall of the tower at the ground floor. It is a sandstone slab (H 1.88m; Wth 0.8-0.9m) with the Latin inscription incised in roman lettering under a shield in relief that is quartered and retains traces of blue and red colours.  From Ball-Wright (1908-09): Monumentum Philippi Tuite, Dni de Fermor / & Newcastle quod in aeternam Patris sui / Memoriam Jacobus Tuite defuncti filius / proprio sumptu construxit et hoc carmine / inscribendum curavit. Anno Domini 1692 Hic jacet indigna consumptus morte Philippus / quem nimis ante diem sors inimica tulit, / quem vulgi obscuros virtus superextulit orbes / virtutisque comes non inhonora fides / quem labor et constans cunetis vigilantia rebus / principibus similem saepe dedere viris. / Filius Is tanti patris post fata superstes / struxerat impensis ista sepulchra suis / obit … 1688 aetatis suae 48. Translation (by the late Sir Edmund T. Bewley) The monument of Sir Philip Tuite, lord of Fermor and Newcastle, which James Tuite, son of the deceased, erected at his own expense in perpetual memory of his father, and caused to be inscribed with the following lines. AD 1692. Here lies Philip, cast down by cruel death, whom too unfriendly fate carried off before is time: whom valour exalted above the obscure realms of the common herd, and faith, the not unworthy associate of valour: whom labour and never ceasing watchfulness in all things oft-times put on a par with the highest in the land. He, the son of so great a father, and the survivor of this calamity, erected this tomb at his own expense. He died … 1688, aged 48 years. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 12 December 2014

• ME015-027004 Armorial plaque
  Description

  An armorial crest is inserted over the S window of the transept of Lough Crew church (ME015-027----) under a square hood-moulding. This may have come from another site as the complicated crest includes bearings of the Naper family, who were awarded the Plunkett lands in the 1650s, and what may be Barnwell. It is probably 17th century in date. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME015-028 Souterrain
  Description

  Discovered c. 1824 'by a labourer who was trenching the ground and came upon one of the large flags on top' (Conwell 1864, 48). The original entrance has been disturbed and reconfigured by 19th century landscaping. The souterrain consists of an entrance passage which runs SW and incorporates a trap-door feature short of mid-way along its length (overall L c. 14m). The passage terminates in a T-junction. The right-hand passage runs NW and turns W in a dog-leg that incorporates another trap-door feature: this leads via a further passage to a beehive chamber (diam. 4m; H 2.6m). The left-hand passage runs SE for 14m and terminates in a beehive chamber (diam. 5.15m - 5.6m; H 2.9m). (Moore 1987, 53, No. 437; Clinton 1993) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 6 November 2012

• ME015-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a shelf towards the top of the W-facing slope of a prominent hill. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 31m N-S; 30m E-W) that slopes down to the SW. It is defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse (at E: Wth of top c. 3m; int. D c. 1.2m; ext. D c. 1.5m) from an outer bank (at E: Wth c. 2m; ext. H c. 1m), which was incorporated into a field bank SW-NW but was removed by 2000 (OSAP). There are breaks in the inner bank at W and N but the original entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.6m) and outer (Wth of base 1.4m) banks with a slight causeway (Wth of base 4.8m; H 0.2m) is at S. There is a subrectangular house site (int. dims 6.7m NE-SW; 5.3m NW-SE) defined by an earth bank (Wth of base 2-2.8m; H 0.3m) with a wide gap (Wth 3.8m) at SW inside the inner bank of the rath at NE. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-036001 Hut site
  Description

  Inside the inner bank of rath (ME015-036----) at NE. This is a subrectangular grass-covered area (int. dims 6.7m NE-SW; 5.3m NW-SE) defined by an earth bank (Wth of base 2-2.8m; H 0.3m) with a wide gap (Wth 3.8m) at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a shelf towards the top of the SE-facing slope of a prominent hill. It is depicted on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 17.3m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4.5m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m), and a slight outer fosse or drain (Wth of top 3.3-4.2m; ext. D 0.1-0.3m) NE-E-SW. There is no visible original entrance. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in a fairly low-lying undulating landscape. It was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered area (diam. 27.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m at N to 1.3m at S). There was no visible fosse but there was an external berm (Wth 4m) at S. The entrance (Wth of base 4.4m) was at NNE. There was a possible house-site just NW of the centre visible as a slightly sunken grass-covered area (int. dims 9.7m NW-SE; 6.2m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.25m) that was largely missing at SW and NW but which had a gap (Wth of base 1.4m) at SE. Visible evidence of the rath had been removed by 2000 (OSAP) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 January 2019

• ME015-039001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Just NW of the centre of rath (ME015-039----) a possible house site was visible in 1969 as a slightly sunken grass-covered area (int. dims 9.7m NW-SE; 6.2m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.25m) that was largely missing at SW and NW but which had a probable entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) at SE. Visible evidence of the monument had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). (SMR file) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 8 January 2019

• ME015-040 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on the lower SE-facing slope of a hill and at the crest of a NE-facing slope. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a low grass-covered area (diam. 6.5m E-W; 6m N-S) defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 3.5-4.8m; int. D 0.1m at SSW to 0.5m at NNE; ext. D 0.3-0.4m) and an outer bank (Wth of base 3-3.5m; ext. H 0.7m), which was missing WSW-NW. An entrance was not identified (max. ext. diam. 17.5m NNE-SSW). Visible evidence of this monument had been removed by 1995 (OSAP). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 January 2019

• ME015-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the highest point of a NW-SE ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 31.5m WNW-ESE; 27m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2-1.4m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5-5m; Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.2-0.5m), and the remains of an outer bank (Wth c. 3m; ext. H 0.3m) SE-W-NNW. The entrance (Wth of base 4m) is at S. In the interior are two conjoined hut-sites aligned NNE-SSW. Inside the bank at NE is subcircular (int. dims 8.2m WNW-ESE; 6.7m NNE-SSW) and defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m). It might have an entrance gap at SE. The SSW hut-site is a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 8.5m WNW-ESE; 6.8m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 1.9-2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) with an entrance (Wth of base 1.7m) at SSW. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-041001 Hut site
  Description

  Located on the highest point of a NW-SE ridge. In the interior of rath (ME015-041----) are two conjoined hut-sites aligned NNE-SSW. Inside the bank at NE is subcircular grass-covered area (int. diam. 8.2m WNW-ESE; 6.7m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2.3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m). It might have an entrance gap at SE. Hut-site (ME015-041002-) is attached to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-041002 Hut site
  Description

  Located on the highest point of a NW-SE ridge. In the interior of rath (ME015-041----) are two conjoined hut-sites aligned NNE-SSW. The SSW hut-site is a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 8.5m WNW-ESE; 6.8m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 1.9-2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) with an entrance (Wth of base 1.7m) at SSW. Hut-site (ME015-041001-) is attached to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock at the base of the W-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge with the N shore of a small lake c. 50m to the SW. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 259, 260) and later series. This is raised subcircular and grass-covered platform (dims 26.4m ENE-WSW; 22.2m NNW-SSE) defined by a scarp (Wth 3-4m; H 1.4-1.6m) with a berm (Wth 2.2-3m) at its base S-W-NE. The ramp entrance (Wth of base 3.5m) is at SSE. There is a rectangular house site (dims 9m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) at the centre defined by scarps (H 0.4m) but the NW side melds into the ground surface. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-042001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  There is a rectangular house site (dims 9m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) at the centre of rath (ME015-042----). It is a grass-covered platform defined by scarps (H 0.4m) but the NW side melds into the ground surface. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January, 2019

• ME015-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in deciduous woodland at the crest of the S-facing slope of the NNW-SSE Carrigawaddy ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area defined by an earthen bank separated by a fosse from an outer bank which does not survive NE-SE. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.8m) bank and a causeway (Wth of top 3.2m; H 0.4m) across the fosse are at E. There is a possible hut-site just N of the centre of the rath visible as a circular area (int. diam. 6m NNW-SSE; 5.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2m; max. H 0.4m), which has a likely entrance (Wth of base 1m) at ESE. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-043001 Hut site
  Description

  Located in deciduous woodland at the crest of the S-facing slope of the NNW-SSE Carrigawaddy ridge. There is a possible hut-site just N of the centre of rath (ME015-043----) visible as a circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 6m NNW-SSE; 5.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 2m; max. H 0.4m), which has a likely entrance (Wth of base 1m) at ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on the NE-facing slope of the NNW-SSE Carrigawaddy ridge. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 40.5m NW-SE; 36m NE-SW) that slopes down to the E. It is defined by an earth and stone bank with evidence of inner stone facing which is separated by a fosse from a slight outer bank with some bushes that is missing W-ENE. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.5m) bank and a causeway (Wth of base 7.8m; H 0.2-0.4m) are at ESE, the lowest point of the interior. There is a possible hut-site visible as a sunken grass-covered area (diam. c. 10-11.5m; D 0.5m) defined by fragments of a bank at N, SE and SW which is located inside the inner bank at N, and there are some relict field banks surviving in the S interior of the rath. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 8 January 2019

• ME015-044001 Hut site
  Description

  There are traces of a possible hut-site in the N interior of rath (ME015-044----). It is visible as a sunken grass-covered area (diam. c. 10-11.5m; D 0.5m) defined by fragments of a bank at N, SE and SW. There are some relict field banks surviving in the S interior of the rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-046 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a rise towards the bottom of the SE-facing slope of the NNW-SSE Carrigawaddy ridge, with lower ground to the NE. It is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a small subrectangular grass-covered enclosure (dims 15m N-S; 14.5m E-W) that slopes down to the NE (H 1.4m). It is defined by low earthen banks (at W: Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.2m) but the E side is reduced to a scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.7m). There is no visible fosse or entrance but there are E-W cultivation ridges in the interior and it is probably a post-medieval garden. 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: 8 January 2019

• ME015-119001 Walled garden
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope on the SW foothills of the Lough Crew Hills. The Plunkett land at Loughcrew was acquired by the Naper family in the 1650s, and they built a house (ME015-119003-) close to the church (ME015-027----). A walled garden was also built and is marked on a map of 1778 where it is divided into four sections (Hanly 1965, Pl. 2). On the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map it is divided into small rectangular and triangular sections, probably for vegetables. It is now a grass-covered rectangular area (dims c. 140m N-S; c. 140m E-W) defined by high masonry walls (H c. 4m). When the Naper house was removed after 1778 a gateway from the house was built into the centre of the S side of the garden as an ornamental gateway, and was in place by 1836. It has recently been restored with the gardens. It is a rounded limestone arch (Wth 1.66m; H c. 3m) with two mouldings on the arch that do not descend to the ground but stop c. 2m over it. On either side rectangular piers are attached to the wall (H c. 2m) and these support columns with Ionian capitals, which in turn support a frieze that is surmounted by a stone with the date 1673. Outside the pillars there are two recesses in the wall of the garden. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME015-119002 Gateway (present location)
  Description

  When the Naper house (ME015-119003-) was removed after 1778 a gateway from it was built into the centre of the S side of the garden as an ornamental gateway, and was in place by 1836. It has recently been restored with the gardens. It is a rounded limestone arch (Wth 1.66m; H c. 3m) with two mouldings on the arch that do not descend to the ground but stop c. 2m over it. On either side rectangular piers are attached to the wall (H c. 2m) and these support columns with Ionian capitals, which in turn support a frieze that is surmounted by a stone with the date 1673. Outside the pillars there are two recesses in the wall of the garden. See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME015-119003 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated in a local hollow at the SW foot hills of the Lough Crew Hills. The Plunkett land at Loughcrew was acquired by the Naper family in the 1650s, and they built a house close to the church (ME015-027----), which is c. 100m to the SE. A walled garden (ME015-119001-) was also built just to the NW and both are marked on a map of 1778 where the house is depicted as a long narrow structure divided in two by an entrance passage (Hanly 1965, Pl. 2). By 1836 when the 1st ed. of the OS 6-inch map was made the house had been removed. The outline of the house was revealed below the surface in reconstituting the Lough Crew gardens in the 1990s. The cobbled surface of an E-W road (Wth 4.8m; L c. 50m) with a drain (Wth 0.3m) and outer path (Wth 0.9m) at the S side are on the S side of the house, which remains grass-covered and is evident as a two-roomed structure (dims 23.3m E-W; 6m N-S) on the W side of a cobbled passage (Wth 2.5m) with other rooms on the E side (dims c. 14m E-W; 6m N-S). The gateway (ME015-119002-) now in the walled garden may have adorned this passage. An area of cobbling in a diamond pattern is exposed at one point in the E structure. It is composed of panels (dims c. 0.75m x 0.75m) outlined by upright stones and in-filled with smaller cobbles. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 December, 2014

• ME015-129 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on the S-facing slope of the Slieve na Caillighe ridge. A raised sub-rectangular feature (dims of top c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) is visible on Digital Globe (c. 2013) and on Google Earth (05/10/2009). It was first reported by Liam Kenny. See the attached view from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 September 2020

Architectural heritage

• Loughcrew House, country house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of country house, built c.1780, with giant Ionic limestone portico supporting remains of pediment. Remains of ashlar blocks to the site.

• Loughcrew House, stables, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached nine-bay single-storey over basement former stables, built c.1780, with projecting porches, now in use as country house. Carved limestone piers enclose central five bays between porches. Hipped slate roof. Ashlar limestone walls with string courses and dressings. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber glazed double doors with fanlight and sidelights. Limestone kerbing to site.

• Loughcrew House, worker's house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached six-bay two-storey former estate workers houses, built c.1780. The pair back on to a single-storey stable range. Hipped slate roof with ashlar limestone chimneystacks. Ashlar limestone walls with string courses. Timber sash windows with limestone sills.

• Loughcrew House, steward's house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former estate manager's house, built c.1780, flanked by recessed bays, with pedimented gables. Hipped and pitched slate roofs with ashlar limestone parapets and chimneystacks. Ashlar limestone walls with string courses. Timber sash windows. Round-arched openings to ground floor with paired timber glazed doors.

• Loughcrew House, stables, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three ranges of multiple-bay single-storey stable buildings, built c.1780, set around a central courtyard with integral carriage arches. Hipped slate roofs with ashlar limestone chimneystacks. Ashlar limestone walls. Timber sash windows with limestone sills. Timber battened double doors to carriage arches. Cobbled central courtyard with stone gutters.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted gate lodge with recessed flanking bay, built c.1780, with carved limestone Doric portico, set on a raised plinth. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with ashlar limestone chimneys. Ashlar limestone walls, channelled to lower level with string course above. Paired timber glazed doors and timber sash windows. Ashlar limestone steps to site, with flanking plinth walls having cast-iron railings.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1700–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard, with medieval interments, having eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stone grave markers. Remains of medieval church to site. Segmental-arched opening set in graveyard boundary walls. Rubble stone boundary walls with octagonal gate piers and cast-iron double gates.

• Loughcrew House, garden, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Remains of formal garden, c.1840, with ornamental water channels and pools, rustic folly and related outbuildings. Remains of seventeenth-century house to site. Doorcase of seventeenth-century house incorporated into nineteenth-century walled garden.

• Loughcrew House, walled garden, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, c.1840, with segmental-arched carriage arch and square-headed pedestrian gate. Ashlar limestone dressings to openings with single and pair of cast-iron gates.

• Saint Kaernan's Church (Loughcrew), graveyard/cemetery, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Dressed limestone church, c.1840, with chancel added c.1904, now vacant. Set in graveyard with stone grave markers from c.1840. Rubble stone boundary walls with octagonal gate piers and cast-iron double gates.

• Loughcrew House, worker's house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey over basement head gardener's house, built c.1840. Hipped and pitched slate roof with ashlar limestone chimneystack. Rendered walls with timber sash windows. Four-bay two-storey extension attached to east elevation, with single-storey extensions to the north elevation. Rubble limestone boundary walls and outbuildings to the site.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1880, with lean-to extension, now disused. Hipped slate roof with rusticated stone chimneystack. Rendered and stone walls with rock-faced stone plinths. Timber sash windows set in rusticated stone surround. Cast-iron railings and gates to site.

• Gate lodge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1880, with return to the rear, now in use as private dwelling. Pitched tile roofs with ashlar limestone chimneystack. Snecked limestone walls. Dressed stone outbuildings to the site. Bounded by rubble stone boundary walls.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c.1840, with gabled central breakfront, now disused. Pitched tile roofs. Rendered blank arcades to ground floor with inset square-headed openings. Arcade comprises of rusticated stone piers, with brick dressings to arches. Brick walls to first floor. Remains of timber windows, with bay window over entrance door.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c.1880, with lean-to extension to rear, now disused. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Dressed limestone walls with limestone string courses. Timber sash windows with stone sills and lintels. Rubble stone boundary walls to site.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey gate lodge, built c.1880, with projecting porch to south elevation and with a gabled bay to the east gable. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Rubble stone walls with remains of render. Cast-iron windows set in openings with ashlar limestone surrounds. Ruins of stone outbuilding to site.

• Loughcrew House, gate lodge, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former gate lodge, built c.1840, with lean-to bays flanking gabled central bay and having three-bay two-storey block to the rear. Pitched slate roofs with ashlar chimneystacks. Rendered walls with limestone quoins. Timber sash windows set in ashlar limestone surrounds with hood mouldings above.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Loughcrew · Loch Craobh

Area

5,036,534 m² (503.65 ha, 1,244.55 acres)

Civil parish

Loughcrew, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Moylagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Moylagh electoral division: 423 people in 166 households; 87% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynamona, Carnbane, Drumone, Galleastown, Knockbrack, Knocklough, Milltown, Mullagh, Newtown, Rahaghy

Placenames

Loughcrew 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.