Doon

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doon, from 36 m² to 136,488 m² (13.65 ha, 33.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 80 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 13 Feb 2024Conditional

  the development consists of the following: Retention permission (1) Two storey extension to rear and side of existing original house (2) Amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of original two storey type dwelling (3) Reconfigured site entrance from single to double bell mouth and additional adjacent driveway (4) and all ancillary and associated facilitating site works. Planning permission (1) upgrade existing permission area (2) and ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2453

• 24 Jan 2024N/a

  retention permission (1) amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of existing two storey type dwelling, (2) reconfigured site entrance from single to double bell mouth, (3) wastewater system unit and percolation area, (4) and ancillary site works. Planning permission for (1) to construct single storey carport to side of existing house

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2426

• 22 Oct 2021Refused

  a single storey style dwelling, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 212056

• 13 Jul 2018Conditional

  the construction of a domestic garage with domestic storage located north/east of the existing dwelling house on site. The development will include all works ancillary to the overall development

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA180789

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Breakey Loughs 001558

Recorded monuments

• ME001-009 Cist
  Description

  Located on a small NE-SW spur that overlooks the headwaters of a small NW-SE stream, which is c. 90m to the SW. A short cist (dims 0.61m E-W; 0.41m N-S: H 0.28m) containing a ribbed bowl Food Vessel and the cremated remains of an adolescent aged 12-15 was discovered in 1947. The location remains uncultivated (Digitalmap). (Barron 2011) 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 August 2018

• ME002-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just SE of the summit of a drumlin. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 33m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 3.2m) and hedge separated by a fosse (Wth of top 8-8.5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 2m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth of base 3-4m; ext. H 1m) that is incorporated into a field bank and hedge (max. ext. diam. 53m NE-SW). The entrance (Wth of base 3m) is at SE. It remains unplanted in a forest (Digitalglobe). 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 August 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Doon, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Doon

Area

1,476,509 m² (147.65 ha, 364.85 acres)

Civil parish

Moybolgue, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Trohanny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

344 people lived in 118 households in the Trohanny electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 16% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawnbreakey, Corgreagh or Killagriff, Fertagh, Golashane, Kilboyne, Letachmentgallon, Losset, Trohanny

Placenames

Doon 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.