# Rathstephen, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Moynalty, barony of Kells Lower, Co. Meath. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 942,511 m² (94.25 ha, 232.9 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,414 m² (2.44 ha, 6.03 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Moynalty, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/moynalty.md - Barony: Kells Lower - Electoral division: Newcastle, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Newcastle electoral division: 447 people in 154 households; 94% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 11% 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/38269 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161395 - Centre: latitude 53.808538, longitude -6.887298 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathstephen, from 971 m² to 177,595 m² (17.76 ha, 43.88 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 146296: 177,595 m² (17.76 ha, 43.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146296.md - Parcel 4090024: 115,072 m² (11.51 ha, 28.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4090024.md - Parcel 189655: 114,056 m² (11.41 ha, 28.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189655.md - Parcel 196275: 67,464 m² (6.75 ha, 16.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196275.md - Parcel 157788: 51,907 m² (5.19 ha, 12.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157788.md - Parcel 196274: 47,279 m² (4.73 ha, 11.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196274.md - Parcel 157790: 45,922 m² (4.59 ha, 11.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157790.md - Parcel 157789: 43,527 m² (4.35 ha, 10.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157789.md - Parcel 196283: 43,032 m² (4.3 ha, 10.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/196283.md - Parcel 157800: 41,357 m² (4.14 ha, 10.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157800.md - Parcel 157787: 32,688 m² (3.27 ha, 8.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157787.md - Parcel 160346: 30,534 m² (3.05 ha, 7.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160346.md - Parcel 163820: 29,021 m² (2.9 ha, 7.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/163820.md - Parcel 200678: 26,946 m² (2.69 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200678.md - Parcel 157532: 21,881 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157532.md - Parcel 152791: 13,132 m² (1.31 ha, 3.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152791.md - Parcel 157533: 10,541 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/157533.md - Parcel 138972: 5,331 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138972.md - Parcel 137863: 4,440 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137863.md - Parcel 2582253: 4,114 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2582253.md - Parcel 168402: 3,772 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168402.md - Parcel 135664: 2,939 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/135664.md - Parcel 203605: 2,613 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203605.md - Parcel 153261: 2,292 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153261.md - Parcel 169054: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/169054.md - Parcel 153275: 2,121 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153275.md - Parcel 200388: 1,019 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200388.md - Parcel 153031: 971 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/153031.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, Meath; 43 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 7 May 2026, Meath County Council 26129: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. the development will consist of the construction of a one and half storey dwelling, a domestic garage, a well, a septic tank and percolation area to the EPA recommendation, and an entrance to the public road, together with all other works ancillary to the overall development. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/26129/0 - 12 Mar 2021, Meath County Council 21469: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new single storey dwelling, associated detached double garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21469/0 - 12 Mar 2021, Meath County Council 21470: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the development will consist of a new two-storey dwelling with single storey living area to the south, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site, new private water well and septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21470/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathstephen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME005-059: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME005-059----. Located on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a raised and circular grass-covered area (diam. 56m E-W; 54.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 3.5m) at N but it is largely reduced to an overgrown scarp (at S: Wth 6.5m; H 3.5m), with an outer stone facing SE-SW. The bank is separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 11-12m; ext. D 2-2.6m) from an outer overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 8-9m; ext. H 0.8-1m), which is incorporated into a field bank ESE-WSW (max. ext. diam. 86.5m N-S). The entrance through the inner bank (Wth of base 2.4m) and a causeway (Wth of top 2.3m; H 0.6m) are at SE but the outer bank has been disturbed in this area. 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: 5 September 2018 - ME005-073: Earthwork, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME005-073----. Located on a shoulder on the S-facing slope of Mullacreevan Hill. It is described as a ‘Mound’ in gothic lettering on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map, and it is known locally as a ‘Fort’. This is a grass-covered earthen bank (Wth c. 5m; ext. H 1.7m) planted with trees curving SW-N around an old quarry. 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: 5 September 2018 - ME005-074: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME005-074----. Located on the S-facing slope of Mullacreven Hill. It is depicted as an arc of hachures truncated by an E-W field bank at S only on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. An arc of an earthen bank (Wth of base 6m; Wth of top 1.2m; int. H 1.9m; ext. H 1.45m) survives NW-NE (L c. 20m) but its E end is quarried. The interior slopes down steeply to the S where it is truncated by an E-W field bank. It was probably a 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: 5 September 2018 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 Rathstephen. ## 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. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2479, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_2479.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/rathstephen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathstephen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathstephen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathstephen 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) - Carrickspringan: https://everytownland.com/meath/carrickspringan.md - Feagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/feagh.md - Glebe: https://everytownland.com/meath/glebe-160792.md - Quigelagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/quigelagh.md - Rathbane: https://everytownland.com/meath/rathbane.md - Walterstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/walterstown-161596.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/rathstephen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/rathstephen