Raynestown

89 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raynestown, from 17 m² to 116,661 m² (11.67 ha, 28.83 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 · 108 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Sept 2023Conditional

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Veldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Hallstown, Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormanstown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. Five (5) temporary construction compounds and associated access routes are located in the townlands of Knockmooney, Slane, Rath, Flemingstown and Tuiterath. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator ha

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360296

• 31 Aug 2023N/a

  EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Weldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormastown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator hardware, earthwire hardware, anti-climbing guards and bird warning spheres at various9 no. locations;; ? the replacement of suspension clamps and vibration dampers

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360249

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  retention & commissioning of a new Kingspan Environmental BA Biodisc waste water treatment unit coupled with a twin set of Kingspan modular reedbeds and tertiary treatment provided by a constructed integrated filter bed which replaces the original waste water treatment system along with any associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212367

• 8 Sept 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a storey and a half style dwelling, upgrading of existing single entrance to a shared entrance serving the proposed site and the adjacent family home to the north, new wastewater disposal system serving the new dwelling, new wastewater disposal system for the existing family home to the north to replace the existing septic tank to be decommissioned and for all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211753

• 13 Jan 2021Conditional

  a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter & percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plan submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2142

• 8 Jan 2021Conditional

  permission to construct a two-storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2122

• 17 Aug 2020Conditional

  retention of Existing Slatted Slurry Storage Tank and all site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, RA201110

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  the development consists of a Cattle Housing Unit, Concrete Apron, Revised Site Boundaries and all site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA200851

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  the construction of a new storey and a half style dwelling, proprietary wastewater treatment system, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA181522

• 8 Oct 2018Conditional

  new slatted shed and new cattle crush on existing farm yard and all associated ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA181178

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 Raynestown.

Recorded monuments

• ME044-022 Moated site
  Description

  The following 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 upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Raised rectangular area defined by scarps (dims. 35m WNW-ESE, 32m NNE-SSW) with wide external fosse. Outer fosse at E side and stream adjacent to W. No visible entrance.

• ME044-070 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0472) by E. Cotter of Testing Area 11 of Contract 1 prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified archaeological features (excavations.ie: 2004:1333) that were fully excavated (E003039) by S. D. Elder as Raynestown 2 in July-August 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1631). A total of 16 pits (dims 0.52m x 0.24m; D 0.08m; to 3.3m x 2m; D 0.32m), five post-holes and a stake-hole were excavated in a concentrated area (dims c. 12m x c. 9m) of the subsoil, with some outlying pits. The pits were circular or oval, but one rectangular pit (dims 1.78m x 1.2m; D 0.24m) could have served as a trough. It cut the edge of a circular pit (dims 2.02m x 1.66m; D 0.56m) just to its SE, while a short channel (Wth 0.77m; D 2m; L 1.32m) connected it with another oval pit (1.5m x 1.14m; D 0.56m) to the SW. The lower fills were usually silty or sandy while the upper fills contained substantial quantities of burnt stone and charcoal flecks. A sample of hawthorn charcoal from one of the other pits produced a C14 date of 2343-2041 cal. BC, placing it at the start of the Early Bronze Age. One artefact, a bipolar flint flake, was recovered together with some bones of cattle and pig. Although no mound of broken and burnt stone is present the occurrence of this material in the fills of the pits is sufficient to identify this as a truncated fulacht fia. (Elder 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 December 2021

• ME044-071 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a natural gravel rise in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0472) by E. Cotter (2004) at Testing Area 11 of Contract 1 prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a small enclosure (excavations.ie: 2004:1333) that was fully excavated (E003038) by S. D. Elder as Raynestown 1 (Elder et al. 2009) in July-September 2006 together with nearby kilns (ME044-071001-) and evidence of habitation (ME044-071002-) (excavations.ie 2006:1630). The enclosure is a double ring-ditch consisting of an inner area (int. diam. 5.6-6.1m) defined by a V-shaped ditch (Wth of top 1.55-1.8m; max. D 0.45m) separated by a berm (Wth c. 3.5m) from an outer V-shaped ditch (Wth of top up to 3m; max. D 1.5m) with no causeways (ext. diam. 22.3m E-W; 21.7m N-S). There was little evidence of silting in the ditches and none of slumping, while both ditches underwent major partial re-cuts twice and many lesser ones. Nor was there evidence of a central pit or even a central mound. There was no evidence of upstanding banks, although gravel concentrations at the outer sides of both ditches suggest that an outer bank accompanied each ditch. The concentrations of material in some contexts within the ditches suggests that the monument was probably the focus of short sporadic periods of use. A large quantity of animal bone was recovered from the ditches, and there were deposits of charcoal and cremated bone in the final re-cut of the outer ditch in the E quadrant, and discrete cremated deposits were also recovered from the inner ditch. Fragments of unburned human skulls were found at three points in the outer ditch. Artefacts included flint waste, a piece of a bronze pin, unidentifiable iron fragments, and sherds of Late Bronze Age pottery, although one piece of an Early Bronze Age Vase Urn is also present. There was also an antler handle, and a piece of antler with a groove. A C14 date of 1880-1630 cal. BC was derived from the bottom of the inner ditch, while a date of 780-410 cal. BC was returned from its top, which is more akin to the dates from the outer fosse that produced a range of 1000-810 cal. BC from three samples in its central deposits. (Elder et al. 2009, 2-11) Over 1200 sherds of pottery were recovered, three quarters of which were from the outer fosse. The pottery was generally well-fired domestic ware of flat-bottomed type, although some large heavy vessels were present. Some sherds had faint lines of burning around the rim, suggesting they may have had lids. Many of the sherds were cleanly broken, intimating it had happened on site, as would be the case with two smashed vessels from the W part of the inner ditch that were almost completely present. The animal bone assemblage is dominated by cattle followed by pig and smaller quantities of red deer and sheep, and almost three quarters of the identifiable bones were cranial. (Elder et al. 2009) See the attached plan from Elder et al. (2009, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 December 2021

• ME044-071001 Kiln
  Description

  Situated on a natural gravel rise in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0472) by E. Cotter (2004) at Testing Area 11 of Contract 1 prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a small enclosure (excavations.ie: 2004:1333) that proved to be a ring-ditch (ME044-071----) and was fully excavated (E003038) by S. D. Elder as Raynestown 1 (Elder et al. 2009) in July-September 2006 together with these nearby kilns and evidence of habitation (ME044-071002-) (excavations.ie 2006:1630). Located c. 40m SE-S of the double ring-ditch (ME044-071----) two features are thought to be kilns. A circular pit (diam. 2.5-2.6m; max. D 0.44m) had 22 fills consisting largely of sandy clays with decayed stone, charcoal flecks and burnt clay. It was cut by a possible hearth (dims 1.15m x 0.65m; D 0.19m) of reddish brown oxidised clay with charcoal flecks and burnt clay. Adjacent was a second cut (diam. 3.22m x 3.13m; max. D 0.4m) with 24 fills that had charcoal flecks and decayed stone throughout, and it was re-cut once (dims 0.81m x 0.6m; D 0.25m) with a fill of silty clay that had charcoal and iron flecks. A pit (dims 1.05m x 0.5m; D 0.32m) with similar fills also cut this feature. Five post-holes are associated with the kilns. About 10m SW of the kilns was further evidence of habitation (ME044-071002-). (Elder eat al. 2009, 12) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 December 2021

• ME044-071002 Habitation site
  Description

  Situated on a natural gravel rise in a gently undulating landscape. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E0472) by E. Cotter (2004) at Testing Area 11 of Contract 1 prior to the construction of the M3 motorway identified a small enclosure (excavations.ie: 2004:1333) that proved to be a ring-ditch (ME044-071----) and was fully excavated (E003038) by S. D. Elder as Raynestown 1 (Elder et al. 2009) in July-September 2006 together with nearby kilns (ME044-071001-) and this evidence of habitation (excavations.ie 2006:1630). A large pit (diam. 2.42-2.57m; D 0.28m) has eight spaced post-holes cut in its base and there are other smaller pits in the area. All the pits are filled with soils that contain charcoal flecks and burnt clay as well as decayed stone, but all the features may have been devoted to the production of charcoal. Just SW of the pits were concentrations of post-holes where five possible structures might be identified. Four of these are circular hut-sites overlapping each other and extending in a line NW-SE. Five post-holes may have formed a circular structure (diam. 3.25m) designated A, although many post-holes may have been removed by the second structure (diam. 3.25m), from which eight post-holes can be identified. A third structure (diam. c. 5-5.5m) has five post-holes including a central one. A fourth structure (diam. 7.5m) has a recognisable entrance porch (Wth c. 0.6m) at SE, but only five other post-holes might have been incorporated in it. The fifth structure (dims 2m NE-SW; 1.75m NW-SE) was a setting of four post-holes just S of the largest hut-site. No hearths are present and no artefacts seem to have been recovered from this area, apart from a possible hone-stone. (Elder et al. 2009, 13-15) See the attached plans from Elder et al. (2009, figs 8, 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 13 December 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Raynestown.

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

Name

Raynestown

Area

1,521,734 m² (152.17 ha, 376.03 acres)

Civil parish

Rathbeggan, and its townlands

Barony

Ratoath

Electoral division

Dunshaughlin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunshaughlin electoral division: 8,517 people in 2,904 households; 82% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derrockstown, Growtown, Powderlough, Rathbeggan, Rathregan

Placenames

Raynestown 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.