# Moat Town, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kildalkey, barony of Lune, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile an Mhóta. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,082,225 m² (208.22 ha, 514.53 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,029 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kildalkey, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/kildalkey.md - Barony: Lune - Electoral division: Kildalkey, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,363 people lived in 435 households in the Kildalkey electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 57% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39077 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161128 - Centre: latitude 53.557939, longitude -6.864209 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moat Town, from 464 m² to 401,842 m² (40.18 ha, 99.3 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 3122451: 401,842 m² (40.18 ha, 99.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3122451.md - Parcel 142843: 363,426 m² (36.34 ha, 89.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/142843.md - Parcel 3071790: 256,673 m² (25.67 ha, 63.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3071790.md - Parcel 143213: 253,349 m² (25.33 ha, 62.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/143213.md - Parcel 195005: 231,147 m² (23.11 ha, 57.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/195005.md - Parcel 208810: 154,018 m² (15.4 ha, 38.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208810.md - Parcel 200058: 90,637 m² (9.06 ha, 22.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200058.md - Parcel 158393: 89,964 m² (9 ha, 22.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/158393.md - Parcel 150814: 60,137 m² (6.01 ha, 14.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150814.md - Parcel 201155: 59,612 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201155.md - Parcel 208332: 24,978 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208332.md - Parcel 201254: 23,719 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201254.md - Parcel 5257645: 15,332 m² (1.53 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5257645.md - Parcel 149066: 7,923 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149066.md - Parcel 170876: 5,196 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/170876.md - Parcel 215340: 4,048 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215340.md - Parcel 5714393: 4,029 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5714393.md - Parcel 3304879: 3,716 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3304879.md - Parcel 201799: 2,972 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201799.md - Parcel 3307546: 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3307546.md - Parcel 188516: 2,584 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/188516.md - Parcel 161519: 2,355 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161519.md - Parcel 201463: 2,224 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/201463.md - Parcel 140021: 2,170 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/140021.md - Parcel 206761: 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206761.md - Parcel 149040: 2,144 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149040.md - Parcel 202424: 2,050 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/202424.md - Parcel 187214: 1,584 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/187214.md - Parcel 205211: 1,520 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205211.md - Parcel 5257673: 1,390 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5257673.md - Parcel 147831: 1,160 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/147831.md - Parcel 144944: 746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/144944.md - Parcel 148892: 464 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/148892.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 54 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 6 applications, newest first. - 11 Jun 2025, Meath County Council 2560588: Conditional. Permission. renovation works to existing dwelling, a single storey extension to rear, upgrade and relocation of waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560588/0 - 20 Mar 2025, Meath County Council 2560279: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of demolition of existing garage and the construction of new garage and upgrade existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560279/0 - 17 Dec 2021, Meath County Council 212371: Conditional. Permission. the construction of an extension to side and rear of dwelling and all associated services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212371/0 - 18 Sept 2020, Meath County Council TA201297: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, the installation of a wastewater disposal system, new site entrance along with all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA201297/0 - 6 Dec 2019, Meath County Council TA191658: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. retention permission from previously granted permission under planning reference no. TA30443 for the following (a)Existing domestic driveway and entrance (b)Modifications to elevations on dwelling house, (c)Revised site boundaries (d)Detached domestic garage with loft storage area. The development also includes planning permission for new front porch and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA191658/0 - 8 May 2019, Meath County Council TA190571: Conditional. Retention. retention of A) front porch and single storey rear extension to two storey refurbished dwelling B) detached single storey sheltered carport structure, and C) detached single storey shed used for domestic use, and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/TA190571/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC, site code 002299, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002299 - Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA, site code 004232, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004232 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME036-001: Castle - motte, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME036-001----. Situated on a rise in a fairly level landscape. Raised subcircular, flat-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of top 21 NW-SE; 18m NE-SW; diam. of base 36m NW-SE; H 3.5m) with some trees defined by a slight fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; ext. D 0.3-0.4m). 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 revision: 2 June 2016 - ME036-084: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME036-084----. Situated on a fairly level landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) defined by a single fosse feature and with a possible entrance gap (Wth c. 5m) at SE is visible on Google Earth (29/06/2018; 14/07/2018). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached image from Google Earth 14/07/2018 Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 June 2019 Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Moat Town. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Moat Town, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2528, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2528.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-town.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-town.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-town.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Moat Town with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballaghtalion: https://everytownland.com/meath/ballaghtalion.md - Bellewstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/bellewstown-160222.md - Clonylogan: https://everytownland.com/meath/clonylogan.md - Greatfurze: https://everytownland.com/meath/greatfurze.md - Kilnagross: https://everytownland.com/meath/kilnagross.md - Lady Island: https://everytownland.com/meath/lady-island.md - Tremblestown: https://everytownland.com/meath/tremblestown.md - Woodtown (Abbott): https://everytownland.com/meath/woodtown-abbott.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/moat-town - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/moat-town