Castletown Tara

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown Tara, from 123 m² to 465,692 m² (46.57 ha, 115.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 48 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 · 122 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Jun 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the redevelopment of existing Driving Range Facility to comprise 9 No. new covered bays with flood lighting and associated site works. Permission is also sought for 3 No. covered Golf Buggy parking structures comprising of 48 No. spaces with roof mounted PV Solar Panel and flood lighting with associated site works. Permission is also sought to retain & relocate to new position a ball storage, washing & dispensing unit

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660679

• 11 Dec 2025Refused

  The development will consist of (a) 5 no. 1 bed detached glamping units each with private amenity space together with a communal amenity space to include open pergola and outdoor sauna unit. (b) 7 no. car parking spaces (c) Bicycle parking for 8 no. bicycles, (d) Service building with reception / office and utility room (e) Proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, (f) BRE 365 attenuation area (g) Entrance, driveway and walkways together with all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561353

• 27 Nov 2025N/a

  The development will consist of (a) 5 no. 1 bed detached glamping units each with private amenity space together with a communal amenity space. (b) 7 no. car parking spaces (c) Bicycle parking for 8 no. bicycles, (d) Service building with reception / office and utility room (e) Proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, (f) Entrance, driveway and walkways together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561294

• 25 Jul 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a first-floor extension to existing dwelling including 4 No. dormer windows to the front elevation & 2 No. to the rear elevation and all associated site works and landscaping. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560784

• 24 Jun 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the conversion of an existing garage into a home office / gym area, incorporating new windows and doors positionings, with the addition of 3 No. rooflights and all associated site works and landscaping

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560645

• 11 Jun 2025Conditional

  planning permission to construct revised house design and revised detached domestic garage from that granted planning permission under planning register reference no. 23520, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 25111

• 27 May 2025N/a

  planning permission to construct revised house design and revised detached domestic garage from that granted planning permission under planning register reference no. 23520, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 25101

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  planning permission for renovation and revised design of extension to existing gate lodge and convert same to additional 1 no. tourist unit from that granted planning permission under 22/1725, including all ancillary site works at Castletown Farm, Castletown, Tara, Navan, Co. Meath. (Note: the proposed works are located on an archaeological site which is a recorded monument (ME 031-016). Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is submitted

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24468

• 21 Oct 2024N/a

  planning permission for renovation and revised design of extension to existing gate lodge and convert same to additional 1 no. tourist unit from that granted planning permission under 22/1725, including all ancillary site works at Castletown Farm, Castletown, Tara, Navan, Co. Meath. (Note: the proposed works are located on an archaeological site which is a recorded monument (ME 031-016).

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24416

• 24 Aug 2024Conditional

  (1) Construction of an agricultural storage shed to incorporate bulk grain, straw and machinery storage areas and (2) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated structures

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460671

• 25 Apr 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of: single story 33sqm extension to the South Facing side of the existing dwelling, some minor internal alterations, Existing double door to balcony to be replaced with a dormer style window on the West side of dwelling, retention for a BAF Waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460285

• 19 Apr 2024N/a

  the development will consist of: single story 33sqm extension to the South Facing side of the existing dwelling, some minor internal alterations, Existing double door to balcony to be replaced with a dormer style window on the West side of dwelling, retention for a BAF Waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and all associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460267

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  this is for variations to planning granted under Ref. No. AA/201354 and include the following: (1) Revised storey and a half roof details to front of dwelling and also additional windows and roof detail instead of vertical and sloped roof lights to the front of the house at first floor level (2) Revised windows layout to the front elevation and revisions to front entrance door area (3) Revised window layout to the rear of the house instead of vertical and sloped roof light (4) and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 23850

• 16 May 2023Conditional

  to construct proposed private residence, detached domestic garage, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, install new entrance onto main road, proposed pedestrian access to existing farm yard including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23520

• 8 May 2023N/a

  to construct proposed private residence, detached domestic garage, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, install new entrance onto main road, proposed pedestrian access to existing farm yard including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23491

• 22 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) the construction of a new single storey type dwelling, (2) installation of a new wastewater treatment system, (3) completion of all associated and ancillary site works. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23309

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  to construct 4 no. agricultural based tourist/holiday units, renovate and extend existing gate lodge and convert same to additional 1 no. tourist/holiday unit to alter and revise existing agricultural entrance to serve development, associated car parking, service road, installation of proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, demolition of existing agricultural structures, construct services building, including all ancillary site works at Castletown Farm, Castletown, Tara, Navan, Co. Meath. (Note: the proposed works are located on an archaeological site which is a recorded monument (ME031016). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will accompany this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221725

• 8 Dec 2022N/a

  to construct 4 no. agricultural based tourist/holiday units, renovate and extend existing gate lodge and convert same to additional 1 no. tourist/holiday unit to alter and revise existing agricultural entrance to serve development, associated car parking, service road, installation of proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, removal of existing agricultural structures, including all ancillary site works at Castletown Farm, Garlow Cross, Navan, Co Meath (Note: the proposed works are located on an archaeological site which is a recorded monument ME031016

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221604

• 16 Nov 2022Conditional

  the construction a two storey residence, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221496

• 11 Nov 2022N/a

  the construction a two storey residence, proprietary waste water treatment system, domestic garage, new entrance and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 221466

• 7 Nov 2022Conditional

  the installation of 950m2 (200kW) ground mounted and roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary work

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221449

• 13 Oct 2022N/a

  the installation of 950m2 (200kW) ground mounted and roof mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and all associated ancillary work

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221345

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of alterations, extensions, refurbishment and part demolition of the existing two storey dwelling house within the existing building complex, addition of a two storey extension to the north east with first floor terrace and attached covered carport, demolition of the two storey section to the north east and the existing attached two storey outbuilding, conversion of the attached two storey building to the south west to a home office and gym, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area in lieu of the existing septic tank, demolition of the existing detached agricultural shed, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211491

• 3 Jun 2021Refused

  planning permission to construct proposed private residence, detached domestic garage, install proposed wastewater treatment system and percolation area, install new entrance onto main road, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211071

• 25 Sept 2020Conditional

  construction of proposed private residence, new entrance onto main road, installation of wastewater treatment system and percolation area, proposed detached domestic garage, including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201354

The 25 most recent of 33 applications.

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 Castletown Tara.

Recorded monuments

• ME031-014 Souterrain
  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 Cross-section of backfilled passage visible in quarry face (JKAS 1953, 222).

• ME031-015 Ringfort - rath
  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 Subcircular naturally raised area defined by scarp (dims. 64m NW-SE, 52m NE-SW). Entrance at SE. No visible fosse.

• ME031-016 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated on the E bank of a small S-N stream at the N foothills of the Tara ridge, with the stream c. 40m to the W. The Dillon family have been in Ireland since 1185 and were settled principally around Drumraney (WM023-036----) Co. Westmeath, although scions of the family created dynasties in Roscommon in the sixteenth century based on their castle at Loughglinn (RO020-003001-). The family were also successful at filling many ecclesiastical posts and marrying into the gentry families of the Pale. About the beginning of the fifteenth century a younger son, Sir James, became Chancellor of Ireland and acquired estates in Meath and Dublin, including land at Proudstown in Skreen parish and barony. A great-grandson, also called Sir James, married Jane Rivers, the heiress of Riverstown (ME031-031001-), around the second quarter of the sixteenth century, and Castletown Tara and other properties passed to the Dillon family (Conwell 1873, 372-8). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Andrew Dillon of Riverstown (ME031-031001-), a descendent of Sir James of Riverstown, owned 332 acres at Castletowntaragh in Skreen barony in 1640, and the property included ‘a stone house, one water mill, and Divers cottages’ (Simington 1940, 72). Only the ground floor (int. dims 13m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) of what was probably a two storey house survives, except for most of the NE wall. The long SW wall (T 1.15m) has two large mullioned windows (2 over 2) with flat ogee-headed lights and square hood mouldings and there is one single-light window at the S end, but a large central part of the wall (L 4m) does not survive. There is a projecting tower with two punch-dressed cross-loops at the W angle, but there is no evidence of a barrel-vault. Archaeological testing (16E0441) by R. Meenan c. 120m to the S produced no related material (excavatons.ie 2106:828). 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: 6 July 2016 Amended: 3 February 2021

• ME031-033016 Enclosure
  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 Circular area (diam. c. 30m) surrounded by two banks and intervening fosse, beyond which was a berm defined by a third bank enclosing an oval area (max. dim. c. 65m). Disturbed in late nineteenth century (Macalister 1931, 39-43) and excavated by Ó Riordáin in 1950's. Barrow (ME031-033017-) existed between outer and middle bank to NW. (Macalister 1931, 33-4; TRIA 1837, 175)

• ME031-033017 Barrow - mound barrow
  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 Circular area defined by earthen bank (diam. c. 10m). Situated between outer and middle banks of ringfort (ME031-033016-). Disturbed in late nineteenth century. (TRIA 1837, 195; Macalister 1931, 33-4, 40-2)

• ME031-033020 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Circular mound (diam. 10m, H 0.7m) with pit dug through it. Mound may be modern upcast from pit as lazy beds do not run over it. Identified (TRIA 1837 C, Pl. 7) as 'Dall'. (JRSAI 1978, 53, site a)

• ME031-033021 Barrow - mound barrow
  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 Identified by Petrie (TRIA 1839, Pl. 7) as 'dorcha'. Circular mound (diam. 12m, H 0.7).

• ME031-033022 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  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 Identified (TRIA 1839, Pl. 7) as 'Dumha na mBan-Amhus'. Swan (JRSAI 1978, 53, Figs 21, 22, 23b) can identify it from aerial photograph.

• ME031-033023 Linear earthwork
  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 Sunken trackway running N-S, defined by large interrupted banks (W c. 10m, L c. 180m), connecting with less well-defined road system (ME031-033080-). Macalister 1931, 60-9)

• ME031-033024 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Slightly domed circular area, defined by shallow fosse (diam. c. 18m) (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 1).

• ME031-033025 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Slightly domed area, defined by shallow fosse (diam. c. 7m) with slight outer fosse (diam. c. 21m) (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 2). Barely preceptible.

• ME031-033026 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Situated on N slope of hill. Interior disturbed. Originally may have had mound in centre with encircling fosse and outer bank (diam. 66m). Entrance may be at NE. (Macalister 1931, 72-3)

• ME031-033027 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033028 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033029 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033030 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033031 Barrow - unclassified
  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 Situated on W slope of Tara just S of barrow (ME031-033026-). Circular interior surrounded by fosse and outer bank (max. ext. diam. 60m). Mound (ME031-033077-) in centre. (Macalister 1931, 72-3)

• ME031-033033 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033039 Mound
  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 Small circular mound (diam. c. 8m, H c. 0.4m). May be natural (JRSAI 1978, 53, Fig. 22, site 7).

• ME031-033040 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033041 Barrow - unclassified
  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 circular area defined by scarp (diam. 31m) with surrounding fosse and outer bank. Barrow (ME031-033042-?) in centre. (Macalister 1931, 71)

• ME031-033042 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in centre of barrow (ME031-033041-). Slightly domed circular area defined by shallow fosse (diam. c. 6.50m) with outer bank. Entrance causeway at SE. 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 upload/revision: 17 September 2007

• ME031-033044 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Circular area with surrounding ditch and outer bank (diam. 33m) (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 3). Barely perceptible on ground.

• ME031-033045 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Described (Newman 1977, 133) as a faint circle of high resistivity (diam. c. 15m) at the N edge of ring-barrow (ME031-033044-), the evidence is too uncertain at the moment for it to be considered as a separate monument. Location: (691777, 760168) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 November 2021

• ME031-033047 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Slightly domed circular area, defined by slight fosse (diam. c. 20m) (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 4). Barely preceptible on ground. Perhaps Petrie's 'Mur na d-tri g-cogur'. (TRIA 1839, Pl. 7)

• ME031-033048 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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 Swan (JRSAI 1978, 52, fig. 22, site 5) identified circular area defined by slight depression (diam. c. 14m). Not preceptible on ground.

• ME031-033060 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033062 Enclosure
  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 Aerial photograph (JRSAI 1978, 53, Fig. 23 site 8) depicts cropmark of circular area (diam. c. 45m), not perceptible on ground.

• ME031-033063 Mound
  Description

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• ME031-033064 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-033073 Road - road/trackway
  Description

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• ME031-033074 Ceremonial enclosure
  Description

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• ME031-033077 Mound
  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 Circular mound (diam. c. 4m, H c. 0.4m). Within barrow (ME031-033031-). (JRSAI 1978, 54, site g)

• ME031-033080 Road - road/trackway
  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 Sunken trackway adjacent to, on SW side, modern road going NW from Hill of Tara; may be Petrie's (TRIA 1839, 221) Slighe Asal or Fan na gCarbad. It intersects, at N end of Teach Miodhchuarta, with another sunken trackway, the Slighe Miodhchuarta, which runs W, S of field fence and then turns SW. Slighe Dála runs parallel with the modern approach road from S, on W side of field fence. (Macalister 1931, 78-81)

• ME031-033088 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME031-088 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a slight N-S ridge that is on the NW-facing slope of the Hill of Tara ridge. An oval enclosure (dims c. 60m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by a single fosse NW-NE and SSE-SW is visible only on Google Earth (21/09/2021). The perimeter at NW-NE is connected with the cropmark of an E-W field drain that is aligned with the S avenue leading W from the site of Moortown House c. 450m to the W. This enclosure could be a landscape feature, and it was first reported by Jean Charles Caillere. See the attached enhanced image from Google Earth Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 June 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castletown Tara, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2789 (ZIP).

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

Name

Castletown Tara · Baile Caisleáin na Teamhrach

Area

3,486,034 m² (348.6 ha, 861.42 acres)

Civil parish

Tara, and its townlands

Barony

Skreen

Electoral division

Tara, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,466 people lived in 438 households in the Tara electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinter, Blundelstown, Cabragh, Castleboy, Dowdstown, Fodeen, Jordanstown, Philpotstown, Riverstown

Placenames

Castletown Tara 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.