Augherskea

130 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Augherskea, from 90 m² to 341,882 m² (34.19 ha, 84.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 61 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 191 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 20 Oct 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of: Retention for a 12.5sqm Sun room on the Rear South facing Elevation, 3 Velux windows on the rear South facing pitch of Roof, Connection of previously granted garage to house extension planning Ref 941308 with a change of use to games room and Window configuration, 13.2sqm Storage Shed in the Rear garden, Balmoral CAP6 wastewater Treatment system and landscaping and all associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2561124

• 8 May 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the importation and insertion of 197,468 tonnes of inert soil and stone as a non-waste by product over a ten-year period, not exceeding 25,000 tonnes/annum, to improve 5.33 hectares of agricultural lands where. •The further use of the soil and stone is certain and will be used to recontour and improve the agricultural lands. •The soil and stone can be used directly without further processing. •The soil and stone will be an integral part of a production process i.e. soil will be excavated, moved to facilitate site development in accordance with Article 27 by a material producer or with the expressed written consent of a material producer and will be notifiable to the EPA as a by - product prior to its use on lands. •The proposed further use of the soil and stone fulfils all relevant product, environmental and health protection requirements for the specific use and will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. On site equipment includes: •Existing Onsite wheel wash; •Existing Site Office, Welfare Facilities & Weighbridge; •Existing Hardstanding, Inspection and Quarantine Area. There is no planned removal of hedge line vegetation on the perimeter of the site

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560457

• 19 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the retention of existing detached Gym to the right of existing dwelling, retention of existing carer’s bedroom & office in attic of existing garage and permission for the conversion of the ground floor of the existing garage to a Granny Flat with connection to existing dwelling. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560402

• 2 Oct 2024Conditional

  a Change of Use of existing residential house to a children’s home for residential care

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460809

• 24 May 2024Conditional

  permission to erect new dwelling house, using an existing farm entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460378

• 18 May 2024N/a

  permission to erect new dwelling house, using an existing farm entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460352

• 2 Nov 2023Refused

  permission to erect new dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360384

• 31 Jan 2023Conditional

  the developoment will consist of 1) single storey, pitched roof extension (57.8m2), including 2 no. Velux type rooflights, to side of existing house; 2) single storey, flat roof extension (11.5m2) rooflight to rear of existing house; 3) 1 no. new Velux type rooflight to front, and all associted site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2385

• 20 Jan 2023N/a

  the developoment will consist of 1) single storey, pitched roof extension (57.8m2), including 2 no. Velux type rooflights, to side of existing house; 2) single storey, flat roof extension (11.5m2) rooflight to rear of existing house; 3) 1 no. new Velux type rooflight to front, and all associted site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2340

• 22 Dec 2022N/a

  (1) single storey, pitched roof extension (57.8 m2) including 2 no. velux type rooflights to side of existing house (2) single storey flat roof extension (11.5 m2) with rooflight to rear of existing house (3) 1 no. new velux type rooflight to front and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221722

• 27 Jun 2022Refused

  planning permission for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, ew entrance onto public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22836

• 8 Jun 2022Conditional

  the development consists of land recovery operation (being) reclamation of agricultural land and all associated site works comprising of the importation of natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and which comes within the meaning of inert waste, through deposition for the purposes of the improvement or development of land Class 5 of the waste management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007-2008. A 5 year planning permission is requested and during the duration of this period 62,490 tons of inert soil and stone will be imported for the purpose of land reclamation. Entrance to the site will be via the existing farm road on adjoining site the subject of current Planning RA/170057 and WFP-MH17/0006/01

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22752

• 23 Dec 2020Refused

  the development consists of land recovery operation (being) reclamation of agricultural land and all associated site works comprising of the importation of natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and which comes within the meaning of inert waste, through deposition for the purposes of the improvement or development of land Class 5 of the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration), regulations 2007-2008. A 5 year planning permission is requested and during the duration of this period 99,898 tonnes of inert soil and stone will be imported for the purpose of land reclamation. Entrance to the site will be via the existing farm road on adjoining site the subject of current planning RA/170057 and WFP-MH17/0006/01. The above application relates to a development for the purpose of an activity requiring a waste licence

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, RA202101

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  a domestic extension to the north and south elevation of the existing dwelling and the demolition of an existing garage and construction of a new replacement domestic garage and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA190513

• 26 Jan 2017Conditional

  development consists of land recovery operation (being) reclamation of agricultural land and E.I.S. is being submitted as part of application and all associated site works comprising of the importation of natural materials of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and which comes within the meaning of inert waste, through deposition for the purpose of the improvement or development of land Class 5 of the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007-2008. The above application relates to a development for the purposes of an acitivity requiring a Waste Licence

  Permission · Meath County Council, RA170057

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 Augherskea.

Recorded monuments

• ME043-049 Burial ground
  Description

  The monument (1A/23/1) was partially excavated (02E1229) after pipe trench insertion had truncated it. Complementing the excavation, a geophysical survey (Licence no. 02R 143) and a detection device programme (Licence no. 02R 133) of the surrounding area were carried out. The site is situated on the lowest terrace (along the 90m contour line) of the south-facing slopes of the valley of the Derrypatrick River. The excavation was characterised by three major elements, the burial ground, abutted by agricultural features to the east and evidence for habitation to the west. The burial ground was delineated by ditches had a maximum EW dimension of c.63m. The earliest feature on site was a NS V-shaped linear ditch cut into natural subsoil. Radicarbon dating of a charcoal sample resulted in a date range of 660-870 AD (1280+/- 40BP). It contained a total of 16 burials. Inclusions of charcoal, shell, and animal bone and the presence of oat, barley, indeterminate cereal grains, weeds and hazelnut shells and two fragments of smithing hearth bottoms were recorded. A total of 187 burials were excavated, the substantial majority (40%) of which can be aged to the 36-45 year and over 46 years categories. A total of four burials had been subject to weapons trauma. Two males were decapitated and a further two the victims of attempted decapitation. Two of these males were buried in a double grave with an intrusive neonate. Another had suffered a series of blows to the head from an axe and post mortem mutilation with a sharp knife. Agricultural deposition (22.50m EW xy 5m) to the east of the burial ground was characterised by a series of drainage ditches and gullies cut by cultivation furrows. Radiocarbon analysis dated the furrows to the period 890-1160 A.D. Habitation evidence to the west of the burial ground comprised a series of ditches, gullies and pits. At least three smithing hearth bottoms, smithing slag and charcoal as fuel were recovered. A series of intercutting pits of indeterminate function were excavated. A sub-rectangular circular pit (3m diam. 2.4m deep) produced a radiocarbon date of between 760 -980 A.D. This date range was corroborated by dendrochronological analysis of wood taken from the fill which had a felling date of late 836 A.D. or early 837 A.D. The organic nature of the basal fills suggested cesspit material. Plant analysis identified including blackberry/bramble, hemp-nettle, cabbage/turnip/mustard, mint and pink seeds. A range of artefacts recovered included fragments of lignite bracelet, blades of whittle tang knives, a socketed gouge, a bone pin and a composite fragment of a D2 double sided bone comb. (Baker 2004; 2007; 2010) Compiled by: Christine Baker

Architectural heritage

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

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 Augherskea, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Augherskea, Drumree6 sales

Name

Augherskea · Eachaire Sceach

Area

2,650,925 m² (265.09 ha, 655.06 acres)

Civil parish

Knockmark, and its townlands

Barony

Deece Lower

Electoral division

Killeen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,283 people lived in 418 households in the Killeen electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baronstown, Bedfanstown, Culmullin, Cultromer, Kilcooly, Knockmark, Merrywell, Merrywell, Mooretown, Tullaghmedan, Warrenstown

Placenames

Augherskea 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.