Fennor Upper

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fennor Upper, from 94 m² to 587,024 m² (58.7 ha, 145.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 131 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 Aug 2024Conditional

  the proposed works consist of; (a) Construct a single storey domestic garage (b) Erect pergola structure to the side of existing dwelling (c) and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460638

• 2 Jan 2024Conditional

  the development consists of retention of the following: (1) single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, incorporating sun room, (2) single storey extension to side of the house, incorporating utility room, (3) the change of use of domestic garage to bedroom, (4) 1 no. detached domestic store, (5) and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 242

• 8 Dec 2023Conditional

  the development consists of (1) renovations and conversion to habitable use of existing vernacular style single storey structure (2) to construct single storey extension to the rear (3) to construct single storey domestic garage/store. (4) to demolish existing onsite hay barn. (5) installation of sewerage treatment system and percolation area (5) construction of entrance and (6) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 231116

• 12 Oct 2022Conditional

  the construction of a two storey 3 bedroom detached dwelling with a single storey pitched roof rear projection single storey detached domestic garage, waste water treatment plant and trenched percolation area, new vehicular entrance off the public road and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilities this development

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221338

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct agricultural animal feed stuff and machinery store and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22346

• 24 Jan 2022Conditional

  the development will consist of (A) Construction of an extension to the north of existing dwelling to form link & direct access between existing dwelling & existing domestic garage & store, (B) Convert existing domestic garage & store to granny flat accommodation, & (C) Construct replacement double domestic garage & store

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2262

• 22 Nov 2019Refused

  the retention of a mobile home for habitable use along with associated service connections on the site with all ancillary site works. The retention period requested is for two years

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA191570

• 2 Nov 2018Conditional

  the proposed works consist of; Construct a storey and half style dwelling and form new entrance from existing laneway, install waste water treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA181300

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 Fennor Upper.

Recorded monuments

• ME009-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) that is best preserved (at ESE: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) NNE-ESE, but there is no visible fosse. The widened entrance (Wth of base 7m) is at ESE. It had been removed by 1995 (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: 31 October 2018

• ME009-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30-35m) is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Fort’. A small fragment of a bank was extant in 1969 (SMR file), but the monument was truncated by a NW-SE field bank at SW and a NE-SW field bank at S. 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: 31 October 2018

• ME009-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 45m NNW-SSE; 45.5m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-5.5m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) with some bushes. There is no visible fosse but the original entrance (Wth of base 1.4m) is at NE. A field wall forms the outer facing of the bank S-WNW. 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: Michel Moore Date of revision: 31 October 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Fennor Upper.

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

Name

Fennor Upper

Area

2,607,781 m² (260.78 ha, 644.4 acres)

Civil parish

Oldcastle, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Oldcastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Oldcastle electoral division: 2,333 people in 896 households; 64% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrick (Co. Cavan), Eighter (Co. Cavan), Fennor Lower, Newcastle, Oldcastle, Oldtully

Placenames

Fennor Upper 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.