Muckerstown

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muckerstown, from 61 m² to 699,191 m² (69.92 ha, 172.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 40 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 75 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Jul 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the renovation of existing 90sq.m bungalow, demolition of 1sq.m entrance porch, construction of new 87sq.m extension including new front porch, demolition of 48sq.m existing outbuildings, along with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660878

• 18 Oct 2022Conditional

  permission to amend the design of the approved development (Planning Reference AA181386) which comprises consent for a ten-year planning permission for a photovoltaic solar farm proposed amendments include an increase in CCTV Cameras from 2 to 23; the introduction of 3 new Weather Stations; Minor changes to internal access tracks and panel tables relocated

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221368

• 26 Nov 2021Conditional

  the development consists of (A) renovation and extending existing single storey derelict cottage with the construction of single storey extension to the side and rear (B) construction of sewerage treatment unit and percolation area (C) construction of domestic store (D) modifications of existing internal drive landscaping (E) and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212241

• 5 Aug 2021Refused

  planning permission for a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works at this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211513

• 5 Aug 2021Refused

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211514

• 5 Aug 2021Refused

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works at this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211515

• 5 Aug 2021Refused

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211516

• 23 Jul 2021N/a

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211404

• 23 Jul 2021N/a

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211412

• 23 Jul 2021N/a

  a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works at this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211413

• 23 Jul 2021N/a

  planning permission for a detached storey and a half dwelling house complete with a single storey detached garage, a new shared vehicular entrance onto public road, an on-site wastewater treatment system, and all associated site works at this site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211414

• 9 Sept 2020Conditional

  retention of the single storey extension to the side and the single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201246

• 21 Aug 2020N/a

  retention of the single storey extension to the side and the single storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, AA201129

• 21 Nov 2018Conditional

  a ten year planning permission for a solar farm at this site in the townland of Muckerstown, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the construction operation and decommissioning of a photovoltaic solar farm comprising photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames, a 38kv DNO/Customer substation, GRP cabinet, inverter stations, switchgear substations, field transformers, auxillary transformer, monitoring house communications building, single storey storage shed, Battery containers, WC, Fencing, temporary construction compound, internal access tracks, CCTV Cameras, improvements to the existing entrance, underground cabling, landscaping, and all ancillary development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA181386

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 Muckerstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME045-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. This is represented as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 65) abutting a N-S field bank at E on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as ‘Muckerstown Fort’ in gothic lettering and as a more irregularly shaped hachured feature on the 1908 edition. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 42.5m NNW-SSE; 34m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 8-9m; int. H 0.4m at NNW to 0.7m at SSE; ext. H 1.3-1.4m), and an outer fosse best preserved (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. H 0.4m) SE-SW. The straight side (L 40m) is at W and topsoil may have been removed from parts of the interior. There are gaps in the bank at NE (Wth 5.7m), S (Wth 4.3m) and WSW (Wth 2.3m). (Feeley 2001, 57-8, No. 56) 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: 17 December 2021

• ME045-027 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a broad low NW-SE ridge in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (03E1328) by S. Halliday identified archaeological features in Areas 12/13A of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass scheme (excavations.ie 2003:1481) which were subsequently excavated by D. Fallon (excavations.ie 2004:1294) under the same licence. A large area was opened on the W side of the existing old N-S Donaghmore to Kilbride road. The SW end of a shallow depression with a gully at its base produced 50 sherds of medieval pottery dominated by Dublin-type wares, and this is interpreted as the W edge of what might be the yard of a medieval property fronting onto the road. The depression was sealed by a metaled surface from which was recovered more pottery and a plough pebble. West of these features a silted ditch (Wth of top 3.7m; max. D 1.47m; L 70m plus N-S) containing sherds of post-medieval pottery in the upper levels formed the E boundary of a system of small plots close to and to the NW of the postulated yard. The plots (dims c. 50m x c. 30m) are defined by two ditches meeting at a right-angle which divide the area into four plots. One of the plots is further sub-divided by further slighter gullies into smaller plots (dims c. 15m x c.15m) which are described as garden plots. Some animal bones were recovered from sampling the ditches and gullies and the pottery suggests that while it might have been established in the thirteenth or fourteenth century it could have continued in use into the post-medieval period. (Fallon 2009) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

• ME045-028 Well
  Description

  Situated on a slight SE-facing slope in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological testing (03E1331) by S. Halliday identified archaeological features in Area 13B of the N2 Finglas to Ashbourne road and bypass (excavations.ie 2003:1424) which were subsequently excavated by C. Moore under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1293). The earliest feature was a ditch (Wth of top 1.6m; D 0.75m; visible L 3.4m) at the S edge of the excavated area that was truncated by later features. Phase 2 consisted of the digging of two large pits, at SW (dims of top 10.8m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW; max. D 2.45m at SE), and at SE (dims of top 11.6m NE-SW; 6.1m NW-SE; max. D 2.5m at SW). Each of the pits has straight sides on three sides and is gently sloping or stepped at the fourth side. The SW pit had a platform of timbers a step above the final base of the pit and a wooden panel, possibly fallen in from retaining the sides of the pit, at another point. The SE waterhole had a metaled surface at its shallower NE end and an additional pit (diam. 2.1m; D 1.2m) at the same end. The deep ends of both pits are at S and are only c. 5m apart. The large pits can be interpreted as waterholes deliberately created to collect rainwater. Both were filled with waterlogged clays that contained organic material, and deposits of worked roundwoods. The SE pit also had 131 bundles of twigs, each bound with light withies. One of these produced a C14 date of 1520-1310 cal. BC. Phase 3 is represented by surface works including interrupted sections of a C-shaped (int. diam. 8.9m NE-SW) slot-trench (Wth c. 0.3m; D < 0.3m) which was open to the SE and had two internal post-holes placed c. 1.5-2.5m from the slot-trench. The slot-trench was located in the acute angle between the large Phase 2 pits, and it is probable that the rest of this hut-site has been truncated by later agricultural activity. Extensive burning sealed the large pits and the features of Phase 3. Phases 4 and 5 represent two post-abandonment series of furrows and drainage features. Fourteen undiagnostic flints were recovered, but there were few other finds, apart from medieval pottery from the furrows. (Fallon 2007; 2008) See the attached plan of the water-holes (_1) from Fallon (2008, fig. 6) See the attached plan of the wooden platform from the SW water-hole (_2) from Fallon (2008, fig. 15) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 December 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Muckerstown.

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

Name

Muckerstown

Area

1,451,688 m² (145.17 ha, 358.72 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmore (Dunshaughlin Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Donaghmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Donaghmore electoral division: 14,217 people in 4,598 households; 75% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bullstown, Dardistown, Donaghmore, Fleenstown Great, Fleenstown Little, Wotton

Placenames

Muckerstown 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.