Abbeyland South

425 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyland South, from 1 m² to 65,039 m² (6.5 ha, 16.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 50 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 224 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 152 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2C1 - Mixed Use (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 14 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5G1 - Community Infrastructure (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.2B2 - Retail Warehouse Park (Retail warehouse)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.2R1 - Rail Corridor (Rail)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Sept 2026N/a

  the retention and continuance of the use permanently of the existing car park with existing entrance fronting onto Kennedy Road and the rear of Cannon Row

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2661194

• 28 May 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the change of use of the unit from office to health centre with associated internal reconfiguration works to facilitate this use, signage to the unit’s front/northern elevation, and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660643

• 27 Nov 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of the change of use from Retail to a Sandwich Bar including a sit-down dining area of the existing ground floor, single storey, currently vacant retail unit 40 (59.9 sqm) that is accessed from the internal Navan Town Centre Shopping Mall with an existing shopfront and access door on the Kennedy Road south elevation with provision of internal Mall and external signage to the Kennedy Road south elevation and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561295

• 20 Nov 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the change of use from Retail to Doctor’s Surgery incorporating 2no. consultation rooms and a reception/ waiting area, to the existing ground floor, single storey, currently vacant retail unit 42 (53.8 sqm) that is accessed from the internal Navan Town Centre Shopping Mall with an existing escape door to the Kennedy Road south elevation with provision of internal Mall & external signage with above fascia linear light fitting to the Kennedy Road southern elevation and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2561256

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  the extension and renovation of existing residence including new rear entrance and car parking. The proposed floor area of the extension is reduced from that previously granted Planning Permission under Register Reference No. 24/472.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561214

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of; 1. Demolition of the existing dwelling house. 2. Erect new site signage. 3. Alterations to existing entrance to include new piers and an electric gate and all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560925

• 14 Aug 2025N/a

  Planning permission for development at Kells Road, Navan, Co. Meath, C15E9H9. The development will consist of; 1. Demolition of the existing dwelling house. 2. Erect new site signage. 3. Alterations to existing entrance to include new piers and an electric gate and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560855

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  split of existing retail unit NE8 (former Argos unit) at Navan Town Centre, Abbey Road, into 3no. units with associated change of use as follows: Proposed Unit NE8/A (77sqm GFA) for Café/Restaurant use, Proposed Unit NE8/B (337sqm GFA) for Café/Restaurant and Proposed Unit NE8/C (727sqm GFA) for office use, with associated modifications to façade to provide new entrances to the units and remove opacified glass at existing window system

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560804

• 24 Jul 2025N/a

  Split of existing retail unit NE8 at Navan Town Centre into 3no. units with associated change of use as follows: Proposed Unit NE8/A (77sqm GFA) for Café/Restaurant use, Proposed Unit NE8/B (337sqm GFA) for Café/Restaurant and Proposed Unit NE8/C (727sqm GFA) for office use, with associated modifications to façade to provide new entrances to the units and remove opacified glass at existing window system.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560778

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  the subject site is bound to the west by a residential property, to the north by the R147(Kells Road), to the east by the N51 National Road, and to the south by Bailey Hill Housing development. The proposed development will consist of construction of: 54 residential units in 3 no. 4-storey Blocks A, B, and C , consisting of a total of 14 no. 1 bed apartments, 18 no. 2 bed apartments, 4 no. 3 bed apartments, 14 no. 3-bed duplex apartments and 4 no. 4-bed duplex apartments. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg.Ref.NA151301) , 3 No. pedestrian access/egress onto footpaths along the N51 and R147 ; All with associated Plant/ESB, private open space, public/communal open space, landscaping, car parking , bike storage, bin storage, and other necessary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560675

• 26 May 2025N/a

  the proposed development will consist of construction of: 54 residential units in 3 no. 4-storey Blocks A, B, and C , consisting of a total of 14 no. 1 bed apartments, 18 no. 2 bed apartments, 4 no. 3 bed apartments, 14 no. 3-bed duplex apartments and 4 no. 4-bed duplex apartments. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg.Ref.NA151301) , 3 No. pedestrian access/egress onto footpaths along the N51 and R147 ; All with associated Plant/ESB, private open space, public/communal open space, landscaping, car parking , bike storage, bin storage, and other necessary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560531

• 24 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of partial demolition of the existing school building to allow the connection of a new part 3 storey, part single storey extension comprising five classrooms, specialist rooms, GP Dining area, PE Hall, toilets, stores and associated ancillary accommodation.?The development also includes the refurbishment of, and the addition of a single storey extension to, the Mount Saint Carmel Building, a protected structure. The development also includes the provision of a new soft play external area, landscaped external areas, additional car parking and all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560411

• 2 Apr 2025Conditional

  change of use at ground floor level from retail and at first floor level from offices to day care services for people with disabilities, including offices and ancillary use, erect new signage and all ancillary and associated works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560332

• 20 Dec 2024Conditional

  the extension and renovation of existing residence including new rear entrance and car parking

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24472

• 18 Nov 2024Refused

  the demolition of existing residence and the construction of a three storey premises containing 7 no. one bed apartments inclusive of archway to the rear, car parking , bin storage and open space

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24438

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  the extension and renovation of the existing residential units and the conversion of same to 6 no. apartments, including amenity space, parking, bin storage and bicycle storage with the re-arrangement and extension of existing car park to the rear. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24436

• 10 Oct 2024Conditional

  planning application for change of use of first & second floors to restaurant use and construction of ground floor staff room with outdoor deck over and all associated site works, Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460841

• 3 Jul 2024Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO: NA181543 - development of a site at Moathill, Navan, County Meath. The subject site is bound to the west by a residential property, to the north by the R147 (Kells Road), to the east by the N51 National Road, and to the south by a greenfield site. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of an existing vacant single storey dwelling and associated shed (total c.165.7sqm) and the construction of 74 no. apartment units in 2 no. 5 storey blocks over partial basement with combined gross floor area of c.7308.3 sqm (excluding c. 405sqm basement) and a maximum overall height of c. 17m OD. The proposed apartments wil include 13 no. 1 bed units, 60 no. 2 bed units, and 1 no. 3 bed unit; associated plant; landscaped public open space; 95 no. car parking spaces; 86 no. bicycle spaces; 2 no. bin stores; ESB Substation; drainage arrangements; 3 no pedestrian access/egress onto foothpaths along the N51 and R147; and associated boundary treatments and site development works, vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg Ref: NA151301)

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 24289

• 28 Jun 2024Conditional

  development at this site of c.1.03 hectares, located at Phase 1A, Balmoral Estate, Kells Road, Navan, County Meath. The development will consist of the construction of a Primary Care Centre and associated development (7-storeys) with a total gross floor area of c.7,215 sq.m as follows: I. 1 no. General Practitioner practice unit (239 sq.m) and 1 no. retail pharmacy unit (111 sq.m) located at ground floor level, with a Primary Care Centre (accessed from ground floor level) consisting of 1,477sq.m of treatment/office/support space across ground, first, second and third floor levels, an Enhanced Community Care Hub at third and fourth floor levels (1,182 sq.m), Community Mental Health Team unit at fifth floor level (950 sq.m), Mental Health Service unit at third and sixth floor levels (761 sq.m), Social Care Service unit at ground and third floor levels (587sq.m), Primary Care Centre Dental Practice at first floor level (434 sq.m), Opthalmology facility at first and second floor levels (158 sq.m), Orthodontics unit at first floor level (154sq.m), Audiology department at first floor level (85 sq.m) and a 239 sq.m HSE / Primary Care Team shared service area at ground floor level including clinic rooms and waiting area; ii. Ancillary facilities including entrance/reception areas, canteen, WC, staff changing facilities and external amenity space at sixth floor level; iii. 200 no. car parking spaces at ground floor and podium level (including 20 no. EV charging spaces and 10 no. accessible spaces) and 30 no. bicycle parking spaces accessed from the internal estate road branching north from the N51 Kells Road; iv. 4 no. signage zones (total 33.5sq.m) to facilitate illuminated / backlit signage at eastern elevation: v. Provision of pedestrian and bicycle lane upgrades along the Inner-Relief Road (N51) and entrance to subject site; vi. All boundary treatments, vehicular and pedestrian accesses, landscaping, green roofs, waste-storage facilities, enclosed plant area at roof level, ESB sub-station, water and drainage infrastructure and all associated site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460475

• 24 May 2024Conditional

  the change of use from office /bank to café for sale of food and drinks for consumption within and off the premises internal seating area, alterations to existing unit in accordance with the lodged plans and documents to include and all associated/ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24224

• 15 May 2024Conditional

  demolition of garden shed, single storey extension to the rear, internal alterations, window alterations, rooflights to rear and associated ground works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460344

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  construction of a single-story rear living room and bedroom extension

  Permission · Meath County Council, 24181

• 9 Dec 2023Conditional

  We The Health Service Executive intend to apply for permission for development at Unit 5 Charter Building, Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath C15 N2RC. Permission is sought to change the use of part of the first floor of existing building from commercial/retail to use as a medical and therapeutic centre, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360456

• 8 Nov 2023Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA171476 - Demolition of existing buildings and construction of 6 storey mixed use development including discount food store, retail and office/medical floor space, access, car parking and all associated works

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 231039

• 18 Sept 2023Conditional

  the extension and renovation of existing premises and the conversion of same to 3 number one bed apartments inclusive bin and bicycle storage area

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23895

The 25 most recent of over 100 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

• ME025-024 Religious house - Augustinian canons
  Description

  The abbey of St. Mary at Navan may have been founded before the Anglo-Norman settlement of Meath, as an abbot witnesses a charter of 1174-84 and it seems to have been well established by then. It might have been founded on an older church site of Nuachonghail that had been established by St. Fechin in the sixth century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 399). John de Courcy confirmed the church of St. Mary’s to the Augustinian canons in 1189, and abbots are mentioned sporadically thereafter. In 1450 abbot John Bole obtained indulgences to fund the adornment of the abbey and the following year managed to appropriate the church at Ardbraccan in an effort to restore its finances. He became archbishop of Armagh in 1457 when Peter White succeeded as abbot. In 1488 abbot Richard Nangle was implicated in the Lambert Simnel fiasco but received a pardon. (Cogan 1862-70, 1, 224-9; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 189-90). At the Suppression in 1539-40 the church was declared to have been parochial from time immemorial, although the buildings were ruinous, including a fortified structure that was integral to the defences of the town. It owned three mills and 140 acres in demesne. They held a castle at Newcastle and 14 named cottiers provided rents and service on the demesne. A further 60 acres were held in demesne at Robinrath. Sixty acres were owned at the unknown manor of Angevylston (Allenstown?), 110 acres at Foghan Hill and 40 acres at Knockamore (Knockumber?). There were smaller individual properties, and they had the profits of the churches of Navan, Ardbrackan, Kilshine, and Liscartan. They also held property in Co. Louth. Although much of this was waste, in terms of land ownership St. Mary’s was one of the wealthiest abbeys in Meath (White 1943, 250-55). The abbey was located N of Navan, between the town and the NW-SE River Blackwater. Although the Visitation Books of bishops Montgomery in 1615 and Ussher in 1622 describe the church in good repair (Ellison 1963, 34) bishop Dopping’s Visitation (1682-5) records the church as in ruins since 1641, although surrounded by a stone wall (Ellison 1972, 10). In 1693 Dopping records the inscriptions of many monuments in the church (Reynell 1888-91). It was transformed into a cavalry barracks subsequently, and Cogan (1862-70, 1, 228) deplores the abuse it suffered at the hands of the military. However, Hickey (1975) avers that carved stones from the graveyard could have been moved to Slane (ME019-021----; ME019-026001-) and some others are in the grounds of St Mary’s Roman Catholic church (ME025-044020-). The font (Roe 1968, 89-91) is now in St Mary's Church of Ireland church (ME025-044009-). No trace of the abbey can now be identified, although its site is known. (Bradley and King 1985, 99-100) Three test-trench (18E0327) by C. Walsh (2018) on the site of the Augustinian abbey identified some walls and paving from the Cavalry barracks established on the site c. 1750 as well as one wall which may have been from the abbey. A further nine trenches (19E0124) were excavated by D. McIlreavy (McIlreavy and Coughlan 2020) in 2019 (excavations.ie 2019:662. This demonstrated that the W edge of the development area was dominated by eighteenth century demolition material from the barracks. Some truncated mortar-bonded and clay-bonded walls and a mortar floor are thought to relate to the barracks, but medieval ceramics were recovered from clay-bonded walls and from under the mortar floor. In total five severely truncated E-W inhumations and many disturbed remains were also recorded. These are likely to be from the formal graveyard associated with the medieval abbey. 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: 17 December, 2014 Amended: 29 March 2023 McIlreavy, D. and Coughlan, T. 2020 Archaeological testing Inner Relief Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 19E0124. Final Unpublished report, Irish Archaeological Consultancy Walsh, C. 2018 Archaeological test excavation of the former Barracks, Kells Road, Navan, County Meath. Licence: 18E0327. Unpublished report, Archaeological Projects

• ME025-024001 Tomb - chest tomb
  Description

  from Bradley and King (1985, 150): Effigy of a bishop. Late 14th / early 15th century. Set against the wall in the courtyard of Slane castle (see: ME019-021----). It depicts a bishop under a broken canopy. He is dressed in a chasuble over a dalmatic and alb with amice around his neck. He has a mitre on his head which rests on a double cushion. He has prominent ears, the right hand is raised in blessing and the damaged left hand would have held the vexillium draped crozier. The lower part of the slab is damaged but his feet probably rested on an animal. Hickey (1975) has pointed out that this effigy and the ‘Apostle Stone’ at St. Erc’s Hermitage (ME019-026001-) were probably from the same tomb and were moved here from St. Mary’s abbey, Navan (ME025-024----), in the late 18th century. Dimensions: H 1.97m; Wth 0.49-0.59m. (Hunt 1974, 214) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 15 July, 2014

• ME025-024002 Stone sculpture
  Description

  From Bradley and King (1985, 142-3): The ‘Apostle Stone’. Late 14th / early 15th century. A large coffin-shaped block of sandstone is a short distance west of St. Erc’s Hermitage (ME019-026----) in Slane. It is carved in relief with six apostles on each of the long sides and a Crucifixion with Mary and John on the broader end. Many of the apostles are damaged so not all can be identified. They are dressed similarly in a tunic and cloak caught over the left arm. Only SS Paul and James are clearly identifiable. Hickey (1975) has shown that this is part of a composite tomb tht includes the effigy of a bishop at Slane Castle (ME019-021----) that were removed from St. Mary’s abbey in Navan (ME025-024----), in the late 18th century. Dims L 1.75m; Wth 0.42-0.52; H 0.44m Date of upload: 15 July, 2014

• ME025-024003 Graveyard
  Description

  St Mary's abbey (ME025-024----) was located N of Navan, between the town and the NW-SE River Blackwater. At the Suppression in 1539-40 it was the parish church (White 1943, 250) and continued to act as such. However, by 1693 it was in ruins and Dopping recorded many inscriptions from it (Reynell 1888-91). Later the site was transformed into a cavalry barracks, and Cogan (1862-70, 1, 228) deplores the abuse the graveyard suffered at the hands of the military. No trace of it remains, although the location is generally known. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 December, 2014

• ME025-024004 Font
  Description

  The limestone font described by Dopping (1693) as being in St Mary’s abbey (Reynell 1888-91, 463) is now in St Mary’s Church of Ireland church (ME025-044009-) in Navan (Roe 1968, 89-91).

• ME025-044011 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a NW-SE section of the Cavan Blackwater River and c. 120m NW of the site of St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (ME025-024----). Archaeological testing (98E0184) by F. Reilly on the line of a new road (dims c. 110m N-S c. 40m E-W) encountered a modern overburden (D up to 6m) in seven test trenches which covered post-medieval deposits. In trench 6 a cobbled surface (Wth 1.3m) was bounded by a stone kerb at the N side and a slightly later E-W wall (Wth 0.6m) on the other. South of the wall was the NE end of a second wall (Wth 0.6m) that survived largely intact (H 1.35m) beneath the overburden but stopped c. 1.2m short of the E-W wall. The E-W wall is thought to be part of a lane that is depicted on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. (Reilly 1998) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March 2023 Reilly, F. 1998 Archaeological Investigation. Navan Inner Relief Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 98E0184 Unpublished report, Valerie J. Keeley Archaeological Consultancy

• ME025-044016 Field boundary
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a NW-SE section of the Blackwater River and c. 100m NW of the site of St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (ME025-024----). Archaeological testing (98E0463) by N. Brady uncovered fragments of post-medieval structures dated by a collection of potsherds, three copper coins and a fragment of an inscribed finger-ring to the early to mid-seventeenth century (excavations.ie 1998:498). The structures were utilised in the period between the Suppression of St Mary’s in 1540 and the conversion of the site into a cavalry barracks c. 1700. A small excavated area (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) uncovered a NE-SW post-medieval double-faced and clay-bonded wall (Wth 0.75m; H 0.4m; L 7m plus) with an external drain (Wth 0.4m; D 0.3m). There was no return and it may have been a property boundary. A rectangular pit (dims c. 1m x c. 1m plus; D 0.6m) and a larger complex of intercutting pits (D 0.9m) that may be related were only sampled. (Brady 1999, 8-11) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March 2023 Brady, N. 1999 Archaeological Excavation at Abbeyland South, Archaeological recording at Blackcaslte Demesne, Navan Inner Relief Road. Phase 2A. Licence: 98E0463. Unpublished report, Valerie J. Keeley Archaeological Consultancy.

• ME025-044017 Structure
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a NW-SE section of the Blackwater River and c. 100m NW of the site of St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (ME025-024----). Archaeological testing (98E0463) by N. Brady uncovered fragments of post-medieval structures dated by a collection of potsherds, three copper coins and a fragment of an inscribed finger-ring dating to the early to mid-seventeenth century (excavations.ie 1998:498). The structures were utilised in the period between the Suppression of St Mary’s in 1540 and the conversion of the abbey into a cavalry barracks c. 1700. A small excavated area (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) uncovered a double-faced clay-bonded wall (Wth 1.1m; L 2m plus) that turned S (L 1m plus) at its W end but both walls petered out. There was a metalled surface (diam. c. 1m) just to the N of the E-W wall and two copper coins dated 1601 and a bone die were associated with this structure. (Brady 1999, 11-12) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March 2023 Brady, N. 1999 Archaeological Excavation at Abbeyland South, Archaeological recording at Blackcaslte Demesne, Navan Inner Relief Road. Phase 2A. Licence: 98E0463. Unpublished report, Valerie J. Keeley Archaeological Consultancy.

• ME025-044019 Burnt spread
  Description

  Situated on the S bank of a NW-SE section of the Blackwater River and c. 100m NW of the site of St Mary’s Augustinian abbey (ME025-024----). Archaeological testing (98E0463) by N. Brady uncovered fragments of post-medieval structures dated by a collection of potsherds, three copper coins and a fragment of an inscribed finger-ring to the early to mid-seventeenth century (excavations.ie 1998:498). The structures were utilised in the period between the Suppression of St Mary’s in 1540 and the conversion of the abbey into a cavalry barracks c. 1700. A small excavated area (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) uncovered a charcoal-rich deposit (T 0.2m) that lay below the structure (ME025-044016-). It consisted of layers of ash interleaved with fire-reddened clay and probably represents the remains of a hearth, although it did not have a stone boundary. Thirty two artefacts were recovered, including sherds of imported stoneware, although the bulk of the material represents crannog ware and fourteenth to fifteenth century glazed Meath-type wares. There were also fragments of line-impressed floor tiles that would have derived from the abbey. (Brady 1999, 12-13) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 March 2023 Brady, N. 1999 Archaeological Excavation at Abbeyland South, Archaeological recording at Blackcaslte Demesne, Navan Inner Relief Road. Phase 2A. Licence: 98E0463. Unpublished report, Valerie J. Keeley Archaeological Consultancy.

• ME025-044021 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological testing (03E134) by A. Hayden (2004) on a development site (dims 90m N-S; 35m E-W) on the NE side Canon Row outside Trim gate during 2003 recorded evidence of medieval furrows and ditches (excavations.ie 2003: 1426) which were further excavated during the following year by the same archaeologist under the same licence (excavations.ie 2004:1297). Occupation is known to have spread along the E side of Canon Row by 1641 as the Civil Survey (1654-6) notes ‘fourteene tenents with theire gardens & all ye Tenemets & gardens on the North side of Cannon-row Street with out west gate’ (Simington 1940, 222-3). A gravel ridge occupied much of the site but deposits survived in pockets at the extreme NE (D 1m) and the centre. At the NE some early gullies with thirteenth to fourteenth century pottery were cut by a large N-S ditch (Wth 2.5m; D 0.8m) that had a slighter (Wth 0.9m; D 0.15m) one c. 2m to the W and both debouched into an E-W ditch (Wth 1.5m; D 0.35m) but the conjunction of the larger N-S drain with this was destroyed by a later pit (dims 4m x 3.5m) which was stone-lined on its S side. The pit was filled mostly with redeposited subsoil but 16 sherds of pottery dating from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century were recovered from it. The area between the N-S drains had N-S furrows that respected the W drain but cut the fills of the larger E one. The drains had silt fills with medieval pottery and may have served as boundaries for properties fronting onto Canon Row, but no trace of an earthen bank survives between them. At the E edge of the central area two parallel gullies placed 1.5m apart may have provided drainage on either side of an earthen bank. These, together with a few post-holes were covered with a thin layer of medieval cultivation soil. At the W edge were a number of intercutting pits with fills of silt beneath cultivation clays, all producing thirteenth to fifteenth century ceramics, and a human pelvis was in the top fill of one pit. In the central area was a circular stone-lined pit (int. diam. c. 2.4m; D 1m plus) with the stone-lining extending as a mortar-stained platform (Wth 1.5m) around the mouth. The pit had loamy soils with medieval pottery. Post-medieval stone-lined N-S drains and E-W gullies cut all the features. Seventy of the 214 pottery sherds were post-medieval, including one each of tin-glazed earthenware and North Devon gravel-tempered wares, 9 sherds of black and brown wares and 5 of stoneware. The rest were locally made eighteenth to nineteenth century earthenwares. There were also clay pipe fragments including a bowl with a ‘crowned L’ motif and pieces of clay-walled furnaces with slag. The area remains undeveloped but material still remains in the central area. (Hayden 2004) See the attached plans from Hayden (2004, figs 3, 9) _01 boundaries at NE; _02 stone-lined pit; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 March 2023 Hayden, A. 2004 Archaeological Excavation of part of a Proposed Development Site at Canon Row/Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 03E1314. Unpublished report, Alan Hayden Archaeological Projects Simington, R. C. 1940 The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656. vol. V, County of Meath. Dublin, Stationery Office

• ME025-044022 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological testing (04E0348) by R. Meenan at a development site on Canon Row identified slight remains at the centre of the area (excavations.ie 2004:1298) but at the SW end of the adjacent property more substantial remains were recorded in testing (05E0754) by the same archaeologist that was completed by hand (excavations.ie 2005:1224). Two large pits (dims c. 3m; D c. 0.7-0.9m) at the W edge had been cut by a third between them. Small quantities of medieval pottery were recovered, which suggests that they may have been quarry pits rather than refuse pits. At the N end of the site a section of an E-W ditch (Wth 2.5m plus; D 0.5m plus) with a stepped edge was also sampled. Other features included indistinct gullies cut in the yellow clay subsoil. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 March 2023 Meenan,R. 2005 Report on test trenching at Canon Row/Kennedy Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 05E0754. Unpublished report, Author

• ME025-044024 Pit
  Description

  Archaeological testing (12E0271) by Donald Murphy recorded a large pit (diam. c. 3m; D 1m) commencing below the level of two mapped walls which were confirmed in the testing. The pit could not be fully excavated but it contained animal bones, charcoal and medieval pottery (excavations.ie 2012:468) and is preserved under a carpark. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 March 2023 Murphy, Donald 2013 Extension to Carpark at Navan Credit Union. Licence: 12E0271. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Unit

Architectural heritage

• Ordnance stone/marker, 1830–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Limestone post, c.1840, with numeral 4. Marked "B.S." on O.S. 1: 2 500 map 955 along with at least four others to periphery of former barracks - probably meaning "boundary stone".

• Navan Infantry Barracks, barracks, 1870–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-bay two-storey extension to former barracks, c.1885, with single-storey extension, c.1990, to front. Now in use as house. Steep double-pitched roof with natural slates, artificial slates to extension to front, rendered chimney stack, cast-iron rooflight. Rough dash rendered. Stone cills, patent reveals, six over six pane deal sash windows, hardwood door to extension to front.

• Navan Infantry Barracks, barracks, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Five-bay two-storey former barracks, c.1785. Refurbished, c.1990, with garage extension to left-hand side and gabled enclosed porch. Now in use as house. Steep double-pitched roof, natural slates, rendered chimney stack, uPVC ogee gutters, double-pitched concrete tile roof to porch. Rough dash rendered, nap rendered margins. Limestone cills, hardwood casement windows, glazed door and side screens.

• Blackwater House, house, 1780–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey house, c.1785, with round-headed Gibbsian limestone doorcase. Single-storey extension added to rear c.1885. Double-pitched and hipped roof, aluminium ogee gutters, Tegral slates, nap rendered chimneys. Coursed rubble limestone - front facade, cement and sand scudded, c.1995, side and rear elevations - cement nap rendered, rendered quoins. Round-headed Gibbsian limestone doorcase with carved architrave and archivolt, boarded up, fanlight boarded up, all window opes either blocked up or altered in size, deep reveals to some windows, limestone and concrete cills. Enclosed yard at side containing remains of outbuildings, yard wall with outline of archway and flat roofed garage and yard gate.

• Blackwater Mill, mill (water), 1775–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay six-storey water mill, built 1783, with remains of cast-iron water wheel. Five-bay five-storey and six-bay six-storey extensions to south with ridge-high firewalls. Various mid-twentieth-century single-storey extensions. Double-pitched roof, natural slates with double span roof to extensions, monopitched and double-pitched corrugated iron roofs to extensions, cross wall fire breaks. Coursed rubble, inscribed round stone plaque - 'Connolly Clarke, Fay 1783' to southernmost extension. No cills, brick dressing to segmental-headed window opes, remains of sash windows and timber grills, T & G deal door, oval metal plaque above door ope depicting ploughman and plough, T & G deal shutters.

• Weir, 1770–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Limestone and concrete mill weir c.1780, partly breached.

• Weir, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  River weir associated with former saw mills, c.1855.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1897, with decorative ridge tiles, moulded brick detailing and sash windows. Door refitted. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative clay ridge tiles, cast-iron ogee gutters and box downpipe. Brick with moulded string course, impost hood moulding and eaves course. Stone cills, segmental-headed ground floor openings, single pane deal sash windows - ground floor, two pane deal sash windows - first floor, rounded arrises to door ope. Garden with large shed.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1897, with decorative ridge tiles and moulded brick detailing. Openings refitted. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative clay ridge tiles, cast-iron ogee gutters. Brick walls with moulded string course, impost hood moulding and eaves course. Stone cills, uPVC casement windows, glazed hardwood door, segmental-headed ground floor openings, round arrises to door opening. Rear garden with small shed.

• House, 1890–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built 1897, with decorative ridge tiles and moulded brick detailing. Openings refitted. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative clay ridge tiles, cast-iron ogee gutters and box downpipe. Brick walls with moulded string course, impost hood moulding and eaves course. Stone cills, hardwood casement windows, hardwood door, segmental-headed ground floor opes, rounded arrises to door opening. Detached two-storey outhouse with monopitched corrugated iron roof, painted nap render walls and timber matchboard door to upper level.

• Milestone/milepost, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Limestone milestone, c.1775, inscribed "to Dunshauglin 9 1/2 miles".

• Navan Garda Síochána Station, monastery, 1950–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached seven-bay two-storey former monastery, c.1955, with projecting end bays and Tuscan limestone portico. Former chapel at rear. Now in use as Garda station. Double-pitched, hipped and sprocketed roof, natural slates, wide overhanging eaves, cast-iron gutters, rendered chimney stacks. Rough dash rendered walls with nap rendered plinth and eaves bands. Concrete cills and patent reveals to hardwood casement windows and panelled doors, limestone Tuscan portico to timber panelled entrance door. Set back from street with low front boundary wall, pair of double garages at side.

• Navan Town Hall, town/county hall, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey Town Hall, c.1850, with pedimented breakfront. Rubble limestone façade with ashlar dressings. Projecting porch with Greek-Revival style doorcase. Single-bay recessed wing to right-hand side. Enclosed yard at rear with single-bay two-storey outbuilding. Double-pitched and hipped roof, natural slates, deal fascia and soffit boards, aluminium ogee gutters, brick chimney stacks. Exposed coursed rubble limestone walls - ribbon-pointed flush ashlar limestone quoins and dressings to window opes, limestone plat band to porch. Two pane deal sash windows with ashlar surrounds, hardwood door, original iron security grills to former cells, limestone surround to Diocletian window opening, Greek Revival-style limestone doorcase with pilasters and inscribed lintel. Landscaped area to front with limestone wheel chair ramps and cast-iron railings and handrails, c.1990, single-bay two-storey outbuilding with pitched roof and exposed rubble walling.

• Navan Town Hall, building misc, 1770–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of iron town stocks, c.1800.

• Walsh and Sons, house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1840, with integral carriageway arch, and two- and three-storey returns to rear. Timber Ionic shopfront, c.1890. Cantilevered double-faced clock added to façade in 1902. Window openings refitted c.1985. Double-pitched roof, Tegral slates to front natural slates to rear, iron gutters, corrugated sheet to two-storey extension, brick chimney stack - 1980's. Nap rendered walls - 1980's, painted, rubble stone to return to rear, large cantilevered double-faced clock - erected in 1902. Stone cills - painted, bronze aluminium casement windows, timber shopfront with Ionic pilasters and moulded, timber dentil cornice and fascia c.1990, surrounding timber fixed windows over panelled stall risers. Street frontage.

• C. Lorenzen, house, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1780. Timber shopfront with panelled pilasters, scrolled brackets and dentil cornice inserted c.1910. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, tall brick chimney stacks. Rendered ruled and lined walls, painted, rubble stone visible to rear, projecting backlit painted glass and metal sign. Stone cills - painted, sash windows, single pane - first floor, two pane - second floor, fixed timber shop window surrounded by full-width timber shopfront with panelled pilasters, scrolled brackets, dentil cornice and recessed door, c.1910 with overlight and pierced timber grille over. Street frontage.

• House, 1770–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1780, with return to rear. Carved bracketed timber shopfront, c.1880. Double pitched roof, natural slates, projecting eaves course, iron gutters. Rendered ruled and lined walls, painted, returns to rear are roughcast rendered. Stone cills - painted, single pane deal sash windows, full-width timber shopfront with panelled pilasters, carved 'acanthus' scrolled brackets, c.1880 and 1980's fascia. Street frontage and large gabled rear return.

• House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay three-storey house, c.1910, with return to rear. Shopfront refitted c.1985. Double-pitched roof, Tegral slates, no chimney stacks. Red brick façade with raised brick quoins and corbelled brick parapet. Limestone cills, single pane deal sash windows, rounded and stopped arrises to brick window reveals, full-width timber shopfront with recessed doorway, c.1985. Street frontage.

• House, 1875–1885 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built 1881. Polychrome brick façade with moulded brick eaves course and flush limestone quoins. Single-storey extension and two-storey return to rear. Shopfront refitted c.1985. Converted to retail outlet c.2000. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, uPVC gutters, brick chimney stacks. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, polychrome brick dressings, flush limestone quoins, nap rendered - side, moulded brick bracketed eaves. Limestone cills, single pane deal sash windows, full-width timber shopfront, c.1985, multi-paned timber sash windows and matchboard door to return. Detached single-storey open shed in rear yard with monopitch corrugated iron roof.

• House, 1885–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built 1892. Red brick façade with limestone and moulded brick dressings, central gablet, and pointed and segmental-headed window openings. Two storey return and outbuilding to rear. Shopfront altered and windows refitted c.1990. Double-pitched roof, natural slates, decorative red ridge tiles, brick chimney stacks, uPVC ogee gutters, moulded brick eaves course. Red brick walls, moulded brick string courses and decorative bands, limestone plat band, raking copings, date stone and ball finial to gablet. Limestone cills, uPVC casement windows, moulded brick reveals and segment arches with limestone keystones, full-width pilaster and entablature, compo shopfront with timber fixed windows and panelled doors. Large rear extensions.

• House, 1880–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built 1886, with integral carriageway arch. Shopfront refitted c.1990. Double-pitched, natural slates, iron gutters, projecting eaves course, brick chimney stacks. Nap rendered walls, painted. Stone cills - painted, single pane deal sash windows, ashlar limestone dressings to segmental headed carriage archway ope, pair of panelled double doors, timber fixed window and glazed door with timber pilaster and entablature shopfront, c.1990.

• Town/city walls, 1540–1550 · Regional interest
  Description

  Possible location of section of former town wall, c.1542-3.

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 Abbeyland South, 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2704 (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 Abbeyland South with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Abbeyland South · Fearann na Mainistreach Theas

Area

484,650 m² (48.47 ha, 119.76 acres)

Civil parish

Navan, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Lower

Electoral division

Navan Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,814 people lived in 1,597 households in the Navan Urban electoral division. 43% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyland, Blackcastle Demesne, Knockumber, Moathill, Nevinstown, Townparks

Placenames

Abbeyland South 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.