# Nevinstown, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Navan Lower, Co. Meath; in Irish Baile Naoimhín.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 974,295 m² (97.43 ha, 240.75 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 30,092 m² (3.01 ha, 7.44 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): O1 WL - White Lands, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Donaghmore, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/donaghmore.md
- Barony: Navan Lower
- Electoral division: Navan Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Navan Rural electoral division: 31,940 people in 10,373 households; 70% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 4% 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/38546
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161212
- Centre: latitude 53.663538, longitude -6.708678 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nevinstown, from 22,485 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres) to 480,029 m² (48 ha, 118.62 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 145061: 480,029 m² (48 ha, 118.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/145061.md
- Parcel 211496: 95,386 m² (9.54 ha, 23.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211496.md
- Parcel 185780: 89,922 m² (8.99 ha, 22.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/185780.md
- Parcel 193742: 67,279 m² (6.73 ha, 16.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193742.md
- Parcel 208784: 50,389 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208784.md
- Parcel 135106: 31,002 m² (3.1 ha, 7.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135106.md
- Parcel 161087: 29,182 m² (2.92 ha, 7.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161087.md
- Parcel 205301: 28,706 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205301.md
- Parcel 215460: 28,584 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215460.md
- Parcel 167776: 26,373 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167776.md
- Parcel 169266: 24,960 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169266.md
- Parcel 211445: 22,485 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211445.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- O1 WL - White Lands (Strategic reserve, White land): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 9 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- S5 G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 7 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- N1.2 R1 - Rail Corridor (Rail): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan
- G3 H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/meath-adopted-county-development-plan

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 20 Oct 2017, Meath County Council NA171232: Conditional. Permission. the development works will consist of the resumption of underground mining in the Nevinstown orebody. The Nevinstown orebody being the closest section of the Navan orebody to surface. Previously planning permission was granted by An Bord Pleanala, ref PL17.204034, in January 2004; said permission has expired. Ore reserves will be mined sequentially over the lifetime of the operation. The resultant tailings waste will be accommodated in the existing tailings facility. Mining will follow a cyclic pattern resulting in the removal of ore from underground, hoisting to surface for processing followed by the filling of the extraction voids using cemented backfill. The surface characteristics and features of the Nevinstown townland will not be altered by mining activity. There will be no additional above ground structure/infrastructure associated with the development. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the development will be submitted to Planning Authority with the planning application. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the development has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. The proposal will be within the scope of Industrial Emissions License (IEL) (P0516-03); currently under review by the Environmental Protection Agency. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/NA171232/0

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## 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)

- ME025-004: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME025-004----. Situated in a fairly level landscape. The passage (L c. 12m) and beehive chamber of a badly robbed souterrain was excavated (E000164) by M. Cahill in 1977 as Site III in advance of proposed mining works (excavations.ie 1977-79:059). No artefacts were recorded from the souterrain, although two pieces of a saddle quern were recovered from a surface pit. There was no evidence of an enclosure associated with the souterrain. 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 Revised: 29 March 2023
- ME025-013: Cross - Wayside cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME025-013----. Situated on a level landscape, it was once beside an old SE-NW road from Navan to Rathaldron Castle (ME025-011----) c. 700m to the NW that fell out of use (Moore 1899). The highly decorated cross shaft (dims 0.24m x 0.19m; H 1.26m) stood on a plain base (dims 0.74m x 0.7m; H 0.22m) and had been set up in 1588 by Margaret Dexter and her Cusack husband, according to its inscription (Wilde 1850, 133-4; Crawford 1920; King 1984, 110). Excavation in 1977 revealed a plinth of two steps made from cut limestone blocks (dims of base 2.5m x 2.5m). The remains of 8 infants and young children were recovered in the vicinity, confirming local traditions of its use as a Childrens Burial Ground (ME025-059----) (Cahill 1987-8). The cross is now on display in the Meath County Library in Navan (ME025-067----) and has been described by King as: A shaft fragment rectangular in section set in an undecorated rectangular base. The shaft has rounded edges, an inscription, floral motifs and an heraldic shield in false relief. 1st: The lower part of a shield with the Cusack (per pale or and azure a fess counterchanged) and Dexter (argent a cross fleury gules between four parrots vert) arms impaled and the letters M.C. M.D. 2nd: An inscription in contracted Gothic Latin. [C]USA / ARMIG / ER I ET / MARGA[R] / RETAE DE / XTER UX / ORIS EJU /S AC HE / REDU EO / RM QUE/ HANC C/RUC FECE / RUT A. . /DNI 1588 / QUORU / ANIMA / BUS P[RO/PICIET] U [R / DEUS]. 3rd: Has a stiff undulate band of eight tulips. 4th: Has a vertebrate band of seven tulips growing from a vase. The date and patrons of this cross are evident from the inscription: ‘Cusack Knight and Margaret Dexter his wife and their heirs who had this cross made A.D. 1588 on whose souls may God have mercy.’ 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: 16 April, 2015
- ME025-043001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME025-043001-. Situated at the SW edge of a low-lying plateau, and at the crest of a steep slope down (H c. 10m) to a NW-SE section of the Blackwater River which is c. 60m distant. An enclosure (int. diam. c. 25m) defined by three ditches was excavated (E000162) by M. Cahill in 1977 in advance of mining operations that didn’t materialise (excavations.ie 1977-79:0059). The inner ditch was U and V-shaped (max. D 2.5m at N). The middle ditch was slighter and confined to the E-S area where the approaches were easiest, although its S end was incorporated into the outer ditch and its E end ran into the inner fosse. The outer fosse was almost complete even though it petered out at W where the slope was steepest, but it did enclose the other two ditches. An entrance is not noted, but the three ditches contained large quantities of animal bones. Three phases of activity are noted in the interior, although they might not be widely separated in time. The interior has numerous post-holes, probably representing several structures, all of which appear to have been burnt. A platform (dims c. 3m x c. 2m) that was paved with large limestone slabs had kerbing at its E edge and may have been used as a work-area as in its vicinity were an iron bloom and large quantities of slag as well as two iron knives. In the final phase the area was raised by the introduction of completely sterile soil. Artefacts recovered from the occupation included a skeuomorphic pin, a kidney-ring, a single-sided comb with iron rivets, two bone needles, an iron shears, a barrel-lock, a blue glass bead and two jet bracelets. There were also sherds of locally manufactured pottery and a date in the late twelfth or thirteenth century is suggested for this phase. The pit-burial (ME025-043001-) was in the S interior of the enclosure, and activity from the later occupation is probably responsible for truncating the urn it contained. 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 Revised: 29 March 2023
- ME025-043002: Pit-burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME025-043002-. Situated at the SW edge of a low-lying plateau, and at the crest of a steep slope down (H c. 10m) to a NW-SE section of the Blackwater River which is c. 60m distant. In the course of excavating a tirvallate early medieval enclosure (ME025-043001-) M. Cahill recorded a pit burial at the S edge of the innermost enclosure. The pit (max. diam. 0.63m) contained an encrusted urn and a bipartite vase, both inverted over cremated remains of an adult male and a child that were largely in the urn but had been shared with the vase. The base of the urn had been damaged but it has a decorative running chevron and bosses with incised panels of lines below. The vase, with its everted rim and all-over incised decoration, was complete, and both can be dated stylistically to c 2000-1830 BC. (Cahill 2011) See the attached drawings from Cahill (2011, fig. 3.141) of the urn (_01) and Food Vessel (_02) 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 Revised: 29 March 2023 Cahill, M. 2011 3:61 Nevinstown, Co. Meath, E000162. In Cahill and Sikora 2011, vol. 1, 371-77. Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves – reports on the excavattions of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006. 2 vols, Wordell in association with the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- ME025-059: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME025-059----. Located in the vicinity of the plinth of the wayside cross (ME025-013----). The remains of eight infants and young children were recovered around the plinth, confirming local traditions of its use as a Children's Burial Ground (Cahill 1987-8). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Cahill, M. 1987-8. Nevinstown: Site IV, Wayside Cross and Killeen. Journal of Irish Archaeology, 4, 59, 76

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 Nevinstown.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2671, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2671.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/nevinstown.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/nevinstown.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/nevinstown.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Nevinstown 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)

- Abbeyland: https://everytownland.com/meath/abbeyland-160001.md
- Abbeyland South: https://everytownland.com/meath/abbeyland-south.md
- Knockumber: https://everytownland.com/meath/knockumber.md
- Rathaldron: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathaldron.md
- Whistlemount: https://everytownland.com/meath/whistlemount.md
- Windtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/windtown-161622.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.

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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.

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