Patrickstown

64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Patrickstown, from 413 m² to 669,854 m² (66.99 ha, 165.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 41 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 · 105 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To construct a single storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage. (2) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (3) To upgrade an existing field entrance onto the Cul-de-Sac roadway and construct gates, walls and piers to serve the development. (4) All ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 26106

• 13 Apr 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the following : (1) Renovations and conversion of existing single storey vernacular buildings consisting of farm sheds and part dwelling house, all for residential use (2) to demolish a link roof and part of an adjoining agricultural building (3) to construct a single storey link extension along with the renovations and conversion (4) to install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660410

• 22 Sept 2023Refused

  the development consists of (1) Renovation of existing derelict single storey structure/dwelling, (2) Construction of single storey extension to the side of existing structure, (3) Installation of sewerage treatment unit and percolation system, (4) And all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23919

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  development will consist of (A) Replace existing hipped roof structure with new gable roof structure, (B) Retain & Complete extension to the east of existing dwelling, currently at foundation level, (C) Construct new split level two storey extension to the south of existing dwelling, (D) Decommission existing septic tank and replace with new effluent treatment system and percolation area, (E) All associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212360

• 20 Feb 2019Conditional

  the construction of a two storey dwelling with a single storey living and lounge area to the south west, associated domestic garage, open new vehicular entrance to site, new EN certified septic tank and percolation area, new private water well, together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA190168

• 1 Sept 2017Conditional

  the development consists of retention of (1) single storey (basement type) domestic garage, (2) rear access lane and entrance to public road (3) single storey extension to rear of existing single storey dwelling (4) and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA171016

• 11 May 2017N/a

  the development consists of retention of (1) site entrance and site layout, (2) house elevations and floor plans (3) domestic garage elevations and floor plans and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA170513

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Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Patrickstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME009-066 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a gentle NE-facing slope of a SE-NW valley. This is a limestone with a rectangular cross-section (dims 1.2m x 0.4m) aligned NW-SE and a blunt pointed top (H 1.8m). Archaeological testing (10E0325) by D. Finn c. 140m to the W at the closest point produced no related material (excavations.ie 2010:533). 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: 1 November 2018 Amended: 16 March 2021

• ME009-071001 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 cairn (X1) is on a shelf towards the bottom of the W-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill and just above the col between it and Carnbane East (Conwell 1866, 375; 1873, 68). It is a circular area (int. diam. 10.2m NE-SW; ext. diam. 12m NE-SW) with nine kerbstones in position, including a low one at SW which is thought to mark the entrance to the passage and has art on its outer face. The cairn was investigated by Rotheram, who is thought to have found the ‘remains of a cremation and some artefacts’ (Coffey 1897, 36). Finds from this tomb are three fragments of Carrowkeel Ware, a small pestle pendant, two fragments of bone pins, and a flint flake (Herity 1974, 243-4). At the centre is a stone aligned NE-SW with a design known as a sun ray on its NW face, although it is now almost worn away (Shee Twohig 1981, 220). If the passage was undifferentiated the setting sun at the Winter solstice could light this decorated face obliquely. While surveying to confirm this phenomenon, a motif of passage grave art in the form of four arced grooves backing onto the top of the outer face of the entrance stone was recorded (O’Sullivan et al. 2010).   A detailed gradiometer survey (09R0233) carried out on behalf of the OPW by J. M. Leigh (2009) of the area (c. 0.2 ha) around tombs X1, X2 and X3 recorded numerous pits or stone sockets (diam. c. 0.5-2m). Those around site X1 formed a rectangular pattern (dims c. 14m NW-SE; c. 6-8m NE-SW). The possible stone sockets may have supported associated stones, while the pit features within and outside the cairn appear unrelated to the circular stone remains of X1. A large curvilinear trend encompasses X1, but it does not appear directly associated with the site either, suggesting multi-period activity. See the attached view of the decorated passage stone by du Noyer 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: 1 November 2018, 13 October 2025

• ME009-071002 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 cairn (X2) is the central tomb of three on a shelf towards the bottom of the W-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill and just above the col between it and Carnbane East (Conway 1873, 68). It is a circular cairn (int. diam. 12m NW-SE; ext. diam. 13.7m NW-SE) and has two stones from its chamber lying prone at the centre. Six kerbstones form the SW part of the perimeter, but the NE side of the kerb and any stones from a passage do not survive. According to Coffey (1897, 36) Rotheram dug this tomb, and amongst the artefacts recovered were a sherd of Carrowkeel Ware, three pestle-shaped pendants, two steatite beads, an antler pin, and three stone implements (Herity 1974, 244). The tomb remains unchanged since it was planned by du Noyer in the mid-nineteenth century, but about 30 cup-marks have been identified of one of the kerbstones (Shee Twohig 1981, 220).   A detailed gradiometer survey (09R0233) on behalf of the OPW by J. M. Leigh (2009) of the area (c. 0.2 ha) around tombs X1, X2 and X3 recorded numerous pits or stone sockets (diam. c. 0.5-2m). A large curvilinear trend encompasses X2, but it does not appear directly associated with the site, suggesting multi-period activity. 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: 1 November 2018, 13 October 2025

• ME009-071003 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 cairn (X3) is on a shelf towards the bottom of the W-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill and just above the col between it and Carnbane East (Conwell 1873, 68-9). This is the most southerly of three cairns and its S side is off the shelf on which it is located and c. 1.3m lower than the N side. Conwell (1866, 376) describes it as having seven stones. Now there are four upright stones around a patch of brambles that could be kerb-stones demarking the limits of this monument (int. diam. c. 18m N-S). It is the same now as when it was planned by de Noyer in the mid nineteenth century (Herity 1974, fig. 41), but there is no record that it had been investigated by any of the antiquarians.   A detailed gradiometer survey (09R0233) by J. M. Leigh (2009) of the area (c. 0.2 ha) around tombs X1, X2 and X3. Some pit features or stone socket features follow a rough ENE-WSW line through the site of X2, and appear aligned with two extant stones of X3.  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: 1 November 2018, 13 October 2025

• ME009-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the steep N-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill. This is a D-shaped area (dims 26m E-W; 25m E-W) that remains unplanted in a forest and slopes down to the N. The perimeter is defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth of base 3-4m; int. H 0.2m at N (downslope) to 0.8-0.9m normally; ext. H 1.2-1.5m). There is a drain (Wth of base 1m; ext. D 0.4m) outside the straight W side, which has probably been straightened. There are entrance gaps at ENE and SSW but the original entrance is not identified. There is an internal E-W scarp down to the N (Wth 0.8m; H 0.6m) N of the centre. 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: 1 November 2018

• ME009-073 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 cairn (Y) is on a rise of the fairly broad summit of Patrickstown Hill. It had already been removed when Conwell (1864, 376; 1873, 23) described it as the most conspicuous of the entire cemetery. It had a diameter of 33 yards (c. 30m) but its stone was used by the owner, E. Crofton Rotheram, in building field walls. Although Rotheram had antiquarian interests this cairn was not investigated prior to its removal. The monument is now an irregularly oval area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1.16m), the irregular shape and form of which suggests that it might be quarry spoil. There is no evidence of any stones in an original position. It remained unplanted but overgrown within a coniferous forest that was harvested c. 2015. 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: 1 November 2018

• ME009-074001 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a rise of an E-facing slope overlooking a col between Patrickstown Hill to the W and a lower hill c. 300m to the E. The standing stone (ME009-074002-) is at the W edge of this rectangular grass-covered area (dims 16m E-W; 12.8m N-S) that remains unplanted in a coniferous forest. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5-1.8m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3-06m) on the W and N and a scarp at E (H 0.5m) and S (H 0.3m). There is no visible fosse or entrance and it was probably built to protect the standing stone. Conwell (1873, 69) was of the view that the enclosure contained the dead of a local battle between the Plunkets and the O'Reillys. Archaeological monitoring (E004363) by C. Flynn of works connected with the forest track just to the S produced no related material (excavation.ie 2011:493). 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: 19 January 2015 Amended: 19 March 2021

• ME009-074002 Standing stone
  Description

  Situated on a rise of an E-facing slope overlooking a col between Patrickstown Hill to the W and a lower hill c. 300m to the E. A green-coloured porous stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.6m x 0.15-0.3m; max. H 1.7m) is oriented NNE-SSW and leaning to the E. It is towards the W edge of enclosure (ME009-074001-), which might have been built to protect it. 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: 19 January 2015

• ME009-075 Cross - Wayside cross
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope overlooking a col between Patrickstown Hill to the W and a lower hill c. 300m to the E, and c. 20m S of the road from Kells to Oldcastle. The rectangular base of a cross is within a rectangular surround. The stem of a cross with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.3m x 0.21m; total H 1.13m) is in three portions. The inscription is illegible now but the letters TM….SSON….WROHT might be made out. It is thought to commemorate a Margaret Plunkett and to have been moved from Ballinvally burial ground (ME009-061----) by the antiquary E. Crofton Rotheram (O’Reilly 1958, 51), but since the stone is described in italic lettering as a ‘Stone’ on the E side of the road on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map, it is more likely that it was just moved across the road. 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: 1 November 2018

• ME015-016 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on the lower SE-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill. It has always been regarded as one of the Slieve na Calliagh cairns, being designated Z by Conwell (1866, 376-7; 1873, 69), but there is no indication of an earlier feature here. This is a flat-topped, grass-covered mound (diam. of top 12m; diam. of base 35m; H 5-7m) defined by wide fosse on the up-slope side SE-W-N, with the remains of an outer bank at NW. The top of the motte is quarried and spoil from this may have been dumped in the fosse at NW. There are slight traces of a bailey (dims 31m ENE-WSW; 24m NNW-SSE) to the SE defined by a possible bank 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. Date of revised upload: 8 January 2019

• ME015-017 Concentric enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight rise at the bottom of the S-facing slope at the E end of the Slieve na Calliagh ridge. This is a raised circular and grass-covered platform (diam. 37m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.2m at NE to 2-2.2m generally) and an outer fosse (Wth of base c. 1.8-2m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m). This is separated by a berm (Wth 8.8m at NW to 18m at SE) from an outer fosse. There is an entrance (Wth of base 6m) through the bank of the inner enclosure and a causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.35m) across its fosse at NE, and there is a causeway (Wth of top 5m; H 0.3m) across the outer fosse at NE (max. ext. dims c. 80m NW-SE; c. 75m NE-SW). 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 2018

• ME015-018001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just S of the summit of a low ridge, which is at the bottom of the S-facing slope at the E end of the Slieve na Calliagh ridge, in an area known as Knockrath. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 29.5m E-W; c. 27.5m N-S) defined by a widely spread earthen bank (Wth of base 10.5-12m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m at E to 1.7m at W) and an outer fosse (at W: Wth of base 4m; ext. D 0.2m) that is largely reduced to a berm (at E: Wth 7m). The entrance might be a slight ramp (Wth 3.7m) at W. The entrance to souterrain (ME015-018002-) is on the perimeter of the rath 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

• ME015-018002 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain has been open since the nineteenth century (Rotheram 1893, 306-07). The entrance is in the bank of rath (ME015-018001-) at SSE, and it may be close to the original entrance. A corbelled and lintelled passage runs NW (L 6.2m) and curves slightly around to the N (L 6. 55m) where it is most commodious (Wth 0.8-0.9m; H 1.4m) before entering a beehive chamber (dims 4.1m NW-SE; 3.8m NE-SW; max. H 2.3m) closed by one large stone at the top. The passage (total L 12.3m) slopes down gently from the entrance and the doorway to the chamber has vertical jamb-stones on either side. 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

• ME015-120 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a knoll of rock outcrop rising from the SW-facing slope of Patrickstown Hill. Grass-covered subcircular area (dims 28m NE-SW; 23m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.3m int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; ext. D 1m) N-E, on the upslope side and by the steep slopes of the outcrop (H 1m at NW to c. 5m at SW) elsewhere. There is no identifiable entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 May, 2016

• ME015-121 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular shaped mound or enclosure measuring c. 30m in diameter visible on Digital Globe aerial photograph. Earthwork not visible on earlier aerial photographs. See the attached view from Digital Globe Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details kindly provided by Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 10 April 2018

• ME015-128 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of the ENE-WSW Slieve na Callaigh ridge. A D-shaped grass-covered feature (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 24m E-W) with the straight side (L c. 20m) at N is visible on Google Earth (17/001/2020). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (2020) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 June 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Patrickstown, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Patrickstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Patrickstown · Baile Phádraig

Area

4,262,854 m² (426.29 ha, 1,053.37 acres)

Civil parish

Diamor, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Knocklough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

211 people lived in 73 households in the Knocklough electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinlough Big, Ballinvally, Balrath, Belview, Drumlerry, Stonefield, Thomastown

Placenames

Patrickstown 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.