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

Townland in the civil parish of Loughan or Castlekeeran, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,384,504 m² (138.45 ha, 342.12 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 8,383 m² (0.84 ha, 2.07 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Loughan or Castlekeeran, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/loughan-or-castlekeeran.md
- Barony: Kells Upper
- Electoral division: Castlekeeran, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 513 people lived in 169 households in the Castlekeeran electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38126
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161629
- Centre: latitude 53.750133, longitude -6.974014 (WGS 84)

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

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Woodpole, from 14 m² to 389,064 m² (38.91 ha, 96.14 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 160782: 389,064 m² (38.91 ha, 96.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160782.md
- Parcel 160785: 193,825 m² (19.38 ha, 47.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160785.md
- Parcel 160783: 172,447 m² (17.24 ha, 42.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160783.md
- Parcel 204082: 76,430 m² (7.64 ha, 18.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204082.md
- Parcel 214690: 67,405 m² (6.74 ha, 16.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/214690.md
- Parcel 161882: 61,965 m² (6.2 ha, 15.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161882.md
- Parcel 200314: 42,727 m² (4.27 ha, 10.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200314.md
- Parcel 160784: 39,986 m² (4 ha, 9.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/160784.md
- Parcel 167260: 37,628 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/167260.md
- Parcel 190974: 35,839 m² (3.58 ha, 8.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190974.md
- Parcel 149571: 31,447 m² (3.14 ha, 7.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/149571.md
- Parcel 150003: 21,666 m² (2.17 ha, 5.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150003.md
- Parcel 2587442: 15,893 m² (1.59 ha, 3.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2587442.md
- Parcel 5511562: 13,910 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5511562.md
- Parcel 138827: 13,834 m² (1.38 ha, 3.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/138827.md
- Parcel 2587463: 13,462 m² (1.35 ha, 3.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2587463.md
- Parcel 2887786: 13,176 m² (1.32 ha, 3.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2887786.md
- Parcel 203602: 12,747 m² (1.27 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203602.md
- Parcel 4843245: 11,709 m² (1.17 ha, 2.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4843245.md
- Parcel 2681315: 10,500 m² (1.05 ha, 2.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2681315.md
- Parcel 3695597: 10,399 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3695597.md
- Parcel 4843249: 10,193 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4843249.md
- Parcel 148427: 6,573 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/148427.md
- Parcel 3588999: 6,453 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3588999.md
- Parcel 203463: 5,832 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203463.md
- Parcel 5822967: 4,030 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5822967.md
- Parcel 150177: 4,007 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150177.md
- Parcel 205358: 3,812 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205358.md
- Parcel 4565440: 3,732 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4565440.md
- Parcel 2887762: 3,172 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2887762.md
- Parcel 187003: 2,985 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/187003.md
- Parcel 3695737: 2,617 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3695737.md
- Parcel 2974383: 2,517 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2974383.md
- Parcel 4933593: 2,342 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933593.md
- Parcel 202356: 1,447 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/202356.md
- Parcel 2516340: 1,353 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2516340.md
- Parcel 4843251: 1,062 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4843251.md
- Parcel 3194243: 942 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3194243.md
- Parcel 3695877: 783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3695877.md
- Parcel 184532: 781 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/184532.md
- Parcel 205034: 563 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205034.md
- Parcel 4843247: 382 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4843247.md
- Parcel 145475: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/145475.md
- Parcel 2887724: 14 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2887724.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 (As Varied), Meath; 78 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

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

5 applications, newest first.

- 18 Nov 2022, Meath County Council 221506: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. development will consist of the following (1) To construct a part single storied, part one and a half storied type dwelling house (2) To convert an existing derelict vernacular type dwelling on the site for use as a home office, gym and domestic garage. This will include additional door opes and revision to an exisitng one (3) To close up 2 no. existing entrances to the site and to modify an existing entrance to form a combined entrance to serve the proposed development and also an adjacent site and development which is the subject of a seperate planning application (4) To install a properietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221506/0
- 18 Nov 2022, Meath County Council 221507: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. development will consist of the following (1) To construct a part single, part two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) To close up an existing entrance to the site and to modify and existing entrance to form a combined entrance to serve the proposed development and also an adjacent site and development which is the subject of a seperate planning application (3) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) and all ancillary site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221507/0
- 6 Jul 2021, Meath County Council 211294: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the proposed development will consist of; construct a storey and a half dwelling and detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211294/0
- 4 Jun 2021, Meath County Council 211094: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. the proposed development will consist of; construct a storey and a half dwelling and detached domestic garage, form new entrance from public road, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/211094/0
- 1 Apr 2020, Meath County Council KA200447: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. provision of a two storey house with proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, a stand alone domestic garage, a vehicular entrance to the site and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA200447/0

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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)

- ME010-037: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME010-037----. Situated in a col between slightly higher ground c. 100m to the N and c. 50m to the SW with lower ground to the NW and SE. It is depicted as a small embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a D-shaped hachured feature (dims c. 45m N-S; c. 25m E-W) truncated by a N-S field bank at E on the 1912 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was recorded in 1968 (SMR file) as a subcircular overgrown area (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 23m E-W) defined by a scarp (at W: Wth 1.8m; H 0.5m). The visible monument had been removed by 2000 (OSAP). 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: 22 February 2019
- ME010-043: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME010-043----. A short cist was discovered in October 1997 while landscaping a garden. The cist was disturbed but the original structure (dims c. 66m x c. 64m; H 0.3m) was constructed of at least four side-slabs with an oval capstone (dims 0.75m x 0.45m; T 0.1m), and it had a hard pebble clay floor. The contents of the cist had been disturbed and only a small quantity of cremated bone representing an adult female and a neonatal were recovered in addition to 15 fragments of a shouldered bowl with poorly executed comb-impressed decoration. (Cahill 2011) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 22 February 2019
- ME010-057: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME010-057----. Situated on an E-facing slope with the NW-SE Blackwater River c. 200m to the E. Archaeological testing (E003641) by S. Rathbone (2007) of about 3 hectares required for the M3 development identified a burnt mound (excavations.ie 2007:1419) together with a pit and a gully which are within c. 30m of it. The mound (diam. c. 8m; T 0.2m) consisted of a spread of broken and burnt stone in a matrix of black clay and appeared in only one trench. About 30m to the S a single pit (diam. 1.1m) was filled with broken and burnt stone, and c. 10m further S a section of an E-W gully (L 10m; Wth 0.3m; D 0.07m) came to light which was also filled with broken and burnt stone. All the features are preserved in situ by being excluded from the works. (Rathbone 2007) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 January 2023 Rathbone, S. 2007 M3 Clonee – North of Kills Motorway Scheme. Proposed Borrow pit at Woodpole. Licence: E003641. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

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)

- Jack's Bridge, bridge, 1860–1870, Regional interest, registry number 14307008, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14307008. Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1863, now disused. Snecked rock-faced limestone ashlar walls and parapet. Segmental-arch opening with ashlar limestone voussoirs.
- Woodpole National School, school, 1830–1870, Regional interest, registry number 14307009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14307009. Detached five-bay single-storey former national school, built c.1850, now derelict. Roughcast rendered walls. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Projecting porch with timber battened door, timber barge boards and timber plaque. Some interior features remain. Bounded by roughcast rendered boundary walls with limestone copings.
- Woodpole National School, teacher's house, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 14307010, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14307010. Detached five-bay single-storey former teacher's house, with attic accommodation, built c.1860, now derelict. Rendered walls. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystack and carved timber bargeboards to gable ends. Timber sash windows with render surrounds and stone sills. Projecting porch with cornice and timber panelled door flanked by sidelights. Some interior features remain. Stone outbuilding to site. Bounded by rendered walls having stone gate piers with cast-iron gates.
- Woodpole National School, school, 1840–1880, Regional interest, registry number 14307011, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14307011. Detached five-bay single-storey former national school, built c.1860, now derelict. Rendered rubble limestone walls, with some ashlar quoins visible. Pitched slate roof with timber eaves board and carved timber bargeboards to gable ends. Square-headed opening with stone lintels and sills. Timber sheet door with ashlar limestone surround.
- Woodpole Bridge, bridge, 1860–1870, Regional interest, registry number 14307012, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME&regno=14307012. Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1863, now disused. Snecked rock-faced limestone walls and parapet. Segmental-arch with ashlar limestone to arch ring.

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

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Woodpole, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Woodpole.
- 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/woodpole.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodpole.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodpole.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Woodpole 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)

- Carnaross: https://everytownland.com/meath/carnaross.md
- Castlekeeran: https://everytownland.com/meath/castlekeeran.md
- Killaconin or Jonesborough: https://everytownland.com/meath/killaconin-or-jonesborough.md
- Meenlagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/meenlagh.md
- Pottlebane: https://everytownland.com/meath/pottlebane.md
- Rahendrick: https://everytownland.com/meath/rahendrick.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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