Moat

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moat, from 73 m² to 169,465 m² (16.95 ha, 41.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 · 64 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 26 Feb 2026Conditional

  alterations to existing grant of planning permission Ref. KA201737, Alterations to include dwelling design to part two storey part single storey, elevations, internal layout of proposed dwelling, garage, position of dwelling and garage on site and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660217

• 27 Jun 2025Conditional

  the following a) Demolition of existing milking parlour, calf rearing shed and small storage sheds. b) Construction of a milking parlour, dairy and ancillary rooms, drafting & handling area, waiting yard, and an underground slatted soiled water storage tank c) Construction of livestock cubicle shed with feed area and underground slatted slurry storage tank. d) Construction of a calf shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560664

• 19 Dec 2024Conditional

  alterations to existing grant of planning permission Ref. No. KA201738. Alterations to include elevations, internal layout of proposed dwelling, garage and position on site at Moat, Carlanstown, Kells, Co. Meath.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560005

• 1 Apr 2021Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation areas together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21610

• 20 Nov 2020Refused

  to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA201761

• 18 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA201737

• 18 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct a two storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA201738

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  constructing a single storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit with percolation area and to enlarge and upgrade an existing agricultural entrance onto the road to serve the development along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191823

• 6 Aug 2019Conditional

  a single storey dwelling, a detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA191035

• 22 Feb 2019Conditional

  retain revised site layout and alterations to existing 2 storey dwelling previously approved ref. no. 00/921, site boundaries, entrances, single storey metal shed to the rear of site and permission to construct a single storey granny flat extension to the side of existing dwelling and associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA190185

• 15 Jan 2019N/a

  retain alterations to existing 2 storey dwelling previously approved Ref. No. 00/921, site boundaries, entrances, single storey metal shed to rear of site and permission to construct a single storey granny flat and store to side of existing dwelling and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA190019

• 20 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a storey and a half detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA170280

• 13 Mar 2017N/a

  to construct a storey and a half detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA170255

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 Moat.

Recorded monuments

• ME005-080 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a SE-facing slope. This is a flat-topped, grass-covered earthen mound (dims of top 21.6m N-S; 17m NE-SW; diam. of base 32.5m N-S; 29m NE-SW; H 3.3m at N to 4.2m at SW) defined by wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 9-11.5m; max. Wth of base 3m at S; ext. D 1.5m at N to 2.3m at NE) with some scrub that only survives NW-E-SE (max. ext. diam. 45m N-S). The foundations of large oval structure (int. dims 7m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S) defined by a small earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.3m) with an entrance on the S side is at the S edge of the summit, and there is a sunken area (int. dims 7m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S; D 0.7m) at the N edge of the summit. 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

• ME005-080001 Building
  Description

  Situated on a SE-facing slope and on the summit of motte (ME005-080----). The foundations of large oval grass-covered structure (int. dims 7m E-W; c. 4.5m N-S) defined by a small earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.3m) with an entrance on the S side is at the S edge of the summit. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 September, 2018

• ME005-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located just off the SE tip of a NW-SE spur which rises from a S-facing slope. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 56m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-6m; int. H 0.5m at S to 1.2m at N; ext. H 2.1-2.3m) with some bushes separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7-8.5m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.6m at S to c. 1.8m at N) from an outer bank (Wth of base 3-5m; ext. H 1.6m) and outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.7-1m). The original entrance is probably that (Wth of base 2.8m) with a slight causeway (Wth of top 4.9m; H 0.4m) at SE but there is no gap anywhere in the outer bank (max. ext. diam. 80m NNE-SSW). 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 Amended: 14 December 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Moat, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Moat

Area

1,374,603 m² (137.46 ha, 339.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeg, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Kilmainham, the unit of the census

Census 2022

857 people lived in 307 households in the Kilmainham electoral division. 76% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintillan, Horath, Mullaghreagh, Rathmanoo, Robertstown, Screeboge

Placenames

Moat 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.