Walterstown

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Walterstown, from 314 m² to 719,939 m² (71.99 ha, 177.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  The proposed works is for an agricultural development and will consist of the following : (1) An agricultural building consisting of a holding pen and holding area, a feed passage, slatted covered effluent tank and cubicle area (2) a lean to covered area from existing milking parlour, including a slatted covered washings tank (3) to relocate the existing meal bin (4) a covered dungstead (5) all ancillary site works. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Planning Authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission. Signed: Michael Hetherton Arch. & Eng. Services Ltd, Cogan Street, Oldcastle, Co Meath. (049) 8542911

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560921

• 21 Apr 2023Conditional

  permission to demolish existing derelict two storey dwelling house & attached outbuilding, construct a new replacement two storey dwelling house and domestic garage, close up existing entrance and construct new entrance, install a sewage treatment system with percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2360017

• 27 Oct 2022Conditional

  the development consists of Retention of the following: (1) Construction of underground slurry holding tank to the rear of existing agricultural building (2) Construction of agricultural building for the purpose of a milking parlour including animal collecting yard, milking parlour, dairy and plant room, (3) and all ancillary site development works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 221405

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 Walterstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME005-076 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on the S-facing slope of a NW-SE spur. It is marked only on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘Cave’. It is not known locally and no feature is open now. 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: 5 September 2018

• ME011-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a knoll at the bottom of a NW-facing slope, it would have been in full view of Walterstown House c. 150m to the W before farm buildings intervened. It is depicted as a tree-ring on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a raised and grass-covered platform (diam. 39m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 1.4m generally to 2.6m at S). The S quadrant was quarried away before the platform was planted with what are now mature deciduous trees. There is no indication of a fosse or entrance. 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: 5 February 2018

• ME011-002 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of Garryard Hill. A large oval wood (dims c. 170m N-S; c. 130m E-W) planted with deciduous trees is depicted on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Within the wood at N is a raised semicircular area (diam. c. 80m) defined by steep scarp W-N-E, which melds into the natural slope elsewhere and may be entirely natural. 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 revised upload: 9 April 2019

• ME011-003 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  A castle at Walterstown (111) in Moynalty parish is not depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony or parish maps (http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/) but according to the Civil Survey (654-6) John Betah of Walterstown owned 220 acres there in 1640 together with ‘an old ruinate castle and a few cabins’ (Simington 1940, 300). John also owned land at Rathdrumnoe (Rathmanoo) and Rathstephen, and other members of the family owned almost all of Moynalty parish (ibid. 299-302). It is marked only on the 1908 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as the site of a castle. It is situated at the summit of a prominent hill. The foundations of a rectangular structure (int. dims 13.5m E-W; 8m N-S) survive in a deciduous wood. 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: 8 June 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Walterstown, about 1 in 10 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 Walterstown.

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

Name

Walterstown

Area

1,968,970 m² (196.9 ha, 486.54 acres)

Civil parish

Moynalty, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Moynalty, the unit of the census

Census 2022

650 people lived in 234 households in the Moynalty electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawn, Carrickspringan, Curraghtown, Glebe, Moynalty, Rathmanoo, Rathstephen

Placenames

Walterstown 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.