Robertstown

134 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Robertstown, from 97 m² to 393,134 m² (39.31 ha, 97.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 45 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 · 158 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 29 Aug 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the construction of a 2-storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new domestic entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2661090

• 20 Feb 2026Conditional

  planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house with single storey living / kitchen / utility areas to rear, construct domestic garage, new entrance and install a sewage treatment system with percolation area on site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660195

• 10 Oct 2025Conditional

  alterations to previously approved planning Ref. No. KA/200665 which include elevational alterations to dwelling, layout and elevational changes to Garage, change of Garage position, change of position to vehicular entrance onto public roadway and driveway, positional change of wastewater treatment system and associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2561092

• 29 Sept 2025N/a

  planning permission sought by Damien & Marita Farrelly to retain alterations to previously approved planning Ref. No. KA/200665 which include elevational alterations to dwelling, layout and elevational changes to Garage, change of Garage position, change of position to vehicular entrance onto public roadway and driveway, positional change of wastewater treatment system and associated works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2561036

• 28 Aug 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of : 1. Construction of a 2 storey and single storey extension to side and rear of dwelling, 2. Convert existing garage to living accommodation, 3. Construct basement garage to rear along with all ancillary site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560907

• 25 Sept 2024Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460782

• 6 Sept 2024N/a

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

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460714

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To construct a two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) To install a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area (3) To make a new entrance onto the road (4) and all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23853

• 6 Apr 2022Conditional

  the retention of 1: a bay window to the side of detached two-storey dwelling house and 2: A detached domestic garage

  Retention · Meath County Council, 22435

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  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, 22283

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: (1) To construct two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage. (2) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (3) To make a new entrance onto the road to serve the proposed development along with all necessary ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211724

• 4 Aug 2021Conditional

  refurbishment of existing two-storey three-bedroom house, including demolition of existing annexes and front porch, construction of new single-storey side extension and two-storey to single-storey rear extension, increase in existing roof height, new front entrance porch, changes to existing site entrance, new wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211492

• 26 Mar 2021Conditional

  outline planning permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Outline permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21578

• 28 Aug 2020Conditional

  to retain existing slatted shed and for planning permission to construct a new slatted cattle finishing shed in their farmyard at Robertstown, Carlanstown, Kells, Co Meath

  Permission · Meath County Council, KA201172

• 28 May 2020Conditional

  to construct a detached 2 storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area, boundaries, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA200665

• 13 Jun 2019Conditional

  construction of a new detached two-storey four-bedroom dwelling with single-storey annex wastewater treatment system and detached garage, a new site entrance and forestry road to site and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA190767

• 18 Apr 2019Conditional

  a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and install sewage treatment unit and percolation area on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA190474

• 16 Apr 2019Conditional

  detached two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA190455

• 24 Jan 2019Conditional

  the works consists of the following, (1) Retain 2no. single storey extensions to the rear of existing dwelling (2) Retain alterations to elevations of dwelling (Previous Planning Ref: 011074 & KA60417) (3) Retain detached domestic storage/workshop unit and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA190064

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  construction of detached two storey type dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary treatment system and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, KA180840

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 Robertstown.

Recorded monuments

• ME005-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a SE-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 45m NW-SE; 38m NE-SW) that slopes down to the E (H 1m) and is defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 1.6-2.2m) separated by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 7-8m; ext. D 0.8-1.3m) from an outer flat-topped and overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 8.5-10.5m; ext. H 1.1-1.9m). This outer bank has a small field bank (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.5m) and inner drain built on the outer edge of its broad top (Wth 3-5m). There is a second outer fosse at (Wth of top 5-6m; ext. D 0.4-1.5m) and a third outer bank (Wth of base 3-5m; ext. H 0.6-1.4m) that is a field bank (max. ext. diam. c. 85m WNW-ESE). The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.6) and outer (Wth of base 5.5m) banks and a causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.5m) are at SE. This is a monument in state ownership: No. 542. 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

• ME005-082 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off the SE end of a short NW-SE ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m E-W) that slopes down to the E (H c. 1.4m). It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6-10m; int. H 0.1m at E to 1.3m at W; ext. H 1.2-1.9m) with some bushes, and an outer fosse (at W: Wth of top 7.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.7m) E-W-N. The original entrance is not identified. 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

• ME011-004 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on a slight NE-facing slope. This is a circular, flat-topped and grass-covered mound of earth (diam. of top 13m N-S; diam. of base 36m N-S; H 4.2m at N to 7m at S). There is no visible bailey but there could be a wide, shallow fosse around the base. 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. Date of revised upload: 9 April 20189

• ME011-005 Church
  Description

  The church at Robertstown is situated on a fairly level landscape within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 37m NE-SW: c. 35m NW-SE) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 5m; H c. 1m) and hedges. The path (Wth c. 3m) connecting it with a public road c. 30m to the W is bordered by similar banks. The church is an estate chapel serving the Barnwall manor of Robertstown, and is probably a late foundation associated with the late 16th or early 17th century castle (ME011-006----) c. 250m to the SSW rather than the motte (ME011-004----) c. 260m to the SW. Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel as ruinous (Erlington 1847-64, 1, xc). The church is depicted on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Kells where Robertstown is a part of Kilbeg parish, and the terrier or commentary of the Kilbeg parish map describes it as a church out of repair. This is confirmed in the Civil Survey description (1654-6) (Simington 1940, 307). According to Dopping’s Visitation Book (1682-5) St. Bridget’s church had been ruined since 1641 and it was not enclosed. James Moore was the rector in the 1680s and Thomas Tucker was rector in 1693 (Ellison 1973, 8). For the Down Survey barony map of Kells see this web-page accessed on 9 July, 2014 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Kells&c=Meath The church (int. dims 12.8m E-W; 6.1m N-S) is defined by a spread of cairn material (Wth 2.8-4.4m; H 0.2-0.8m) and no features or even wall-facings can be identified. Two curved sandstone pieces (dims 0.2m x 0.18m; C 0.78m) from a pointed doorway have no rebates or chamfers and are on the ground just S of the church. Two graveslabs are exposed in pits (D 0.2-0.7m) at the NE (dated 1618) and SE (dated 1688) angles of the church, and a cross (current H 1.26m; Wth 0.43m) dated c. 1685 depicting a crucifixion with a winged head above it is on the N side at the entrance to the graveyard (King 1987, 300-01, 305). 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 upload/revision: 9 July 2014

• ME011-005001 Cross - Churchyard cross
  Description

  From King (1987, 305): Located on the N side of the lane as it enters the graveyard (ME011-005004-). Incomplete Latin cross from which the central section of the shaft is missing. It is decorated with a crucifixion, angel’s hed, an equal-armed cross set in a acircle and an inscription. The inscription dates the piece to 1685 and proclaims that it was erected in the reign of the SOVERAIN LORD KING JAMES THE SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD. (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 276) Dimensions: Current H 1.26m; Wth 0.43m; T 0.13m. Date of upload: 9 July, 2014

• ME011-005002 Graveslab
  Description

  From King (1987, 300): ROBERTSTOWN I. Graveslab. 1618. This slab has fallen into the crypt of St. Bridget’s church. It is dedicated to Alexander Barnewall and Alison Nettervil. The centre of the slab is filled with the arms of these two familiies, below which there is an Irish inscription: GAN GAN EAGLE. Underneath there are two maltese crosses and a skull nad crossed bones with the words RESPICE FINEM encircling the skull. A marginal inscription in relief in Roman capitrals is as follows: HERE LYETH THE CO / RPS OF ALEXANDER BARNEWAL SOMETYM / (damage) TSTOWNE WH / O DECEASEED THE 3 OF NOVEMBER 1596 ALSON NET / TIRVIL HIS WIFE WHO / CAVSED THIS MON / VMENT TO BE MADE / ANNO 1618. A nineteenth century repair of the monument is recorded in incised lettering between the shield and the crossed bones: YS MONUMENT RENEWED BY ROBR MCMAHON FOR HIS POSTERITY 1813. Dimensions: L 2.16m; Wth 0.92m. (Smith 1889) Date of upload: 9 July, 2014

• ME011-005003 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Located in Robinstown graveyard (ME011-005004-). Two curved sandstone pieces (dims 0.2m x 0.18m; C 0.78m) from a pointed doorway have no rebates or chamfers and are lying on the ground just S of the remains of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 July, 2014

• ME011-005004 Graveyard
  Description

  The manorial church at Robertstown (ME011-005----) is situated on a fairly level landscape within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 37m NE-SW: c. 35m NW-SE) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 5m; H c. 1m) and hedges, which were not present in 1682-5 according to Dopping (Ellison 1973, 8). The path (Wth c. 3m) connecting it with a public road c. 30m to the W is bordered by similar banks. The cross (ME011-005001-) is on the N side of the path as it enters the graveyard. Two graveslabs are in the church, that at the NE angle (ME011-005002-) is dated 1618, while that at the SE angle (ME011-005005-) dates from 1688 (King 1987, 300-01, 305). The late 16th or early 17th century Barnwall castle (ME011-006----) is c. 250m to the SSW and the motte (ME011-004----) is c. 260m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 May, 2014 Amended: 10 July, 2014

• ME011-005005 Tomb - effigial
  Description

  from King (1987, 301): ROBERTSTOWN II. Graveslab 1688. This effigial slab, to the memory of Francis and Catherine Plunkett of Ardmagh, has also fallen into the crypt of St. Bridget’s Church. The carving is in high relief and apart from the two effigies, there is an angel’s head on the upper part of the slab, a skull in the lower right corneer and a dog at the feet of each effigy. The dog on the left is turned on his back under his mistress’s feet while the larger dog sleeps on his stomach – his tail trailing oever the edge of the slab. The smaller female figure is carved almost in the round and is set in a reond-headed recess. Her husband brandishes a sword above his head and holds a shield with the Plunkett arms in his left hand. There is also a three-line inscription in Roman capitals running vertically and horizontally around the top of the slab. It is extremely worn, burt was read in 1865 by Du Noyer: THIS MONVMENT / WAS ERECTED FOR FRANCIS PLUNKET of / ardm…e in the / year 1688 / who deceased THE tre of may / 1682 and for / cathrin plvn / ket his wife who erected / this monvment / whose sovl / GOD have mercy / amen (Letters in lower case are from Du Noyer). Above the skull are some letters, unnoticed by Du Nower, but which may read MEMTO MORI. Dimensions: L 2.48m; Wth 1.24m; T 0.15m. (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 276; Smith 1889; Ní Shuilliobháin 1987, 308-13) Date of upload; 9 July, 2014

• ME011-006 House - fortified house
  Description

  This is a National Monument (No. 256), and it is located in a broad valley with a small canalised N-S stream c. 60m to the E. Robertstown is a Barnwall manor and the graveslab of Alexander Barnwall who died in 1596 is in Robertstown church (ME011-005----) c. 250m to the NNE. The motte (ME011-004----) is c. 260m to the NW. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) Margaret Barnwall, a widow and an Irish Papist, owned 530 acres at Robertstown in Kilbeg parish in 1640, and on the premises were ‘a castle, a church out of repair, a mill, a fishing weare and some cabbins’. She owned a further 130 acres at Carlanstowne in the same parish (Simington 1940, 307-09). Gerald Barnwell of Robertstown, perhaps her late husband, is recorded as the proprietor of over a thousand acres known as Ballybreaghy in Moybologe parish further to the NW but in Kilmore diocese (ibid. 313). The house may have been occupied into the nineteenth century as it is depicted as a roofed structure on the 1836 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a rectangular three storey and attic house (ext. dims c. 11.3m N-S; 8.45m E-W) with good quoins, which has two-storey rectangular turrets at the NW and SE angles supported from the first floor by continuous machicoulis in the Scottish style. The NW turret is also at an angle of a bawn which extended to the N and E, and a later wing was added immediately N of the original house. The original entrance is a lintelled doorway (Wth 1.01m; H 1.8m) with a yett in the N wall. The two barrel-vaults on the ground floor were inserted when the later wing was built on the N side, probably in the seventeenth century. The ground floor has a small corbelled chamber (int. dims 1.1m N-S; 0.8m E-W) with a single light on the E wall in the thickness of the wall at the SE angle. There is another light on the E wall and two lights on both the S and W walls. A newel stairs inside the entrance doorway and on the E side leads only to the first floor (int. dims 9.65m N-S; 6.13m E-W) now but might have continued to the second originally. There is a two-light rectangular window on the E wall lighting the stairs and a wide opening (Wth 1.23m) extending from the floor, the only other feature on the E wall, may have been a window embrasure adapted into a doorway when the N wing obscured the original, ground-floor doorway. There is a destroyed window in the S wall, and the W wall has a central fireplace with a two-light rectangular window just to the S and a single narrow window to the N. A narrow lintelled doorway accesses the SE turret (int. dims 1.75m N-S; 1.7m E-W), which has large two-light windows in the E and S walls and small key-hole pistol-loops covering the E and S walls of the house. The joists for the ceiling of this chamber are set into the E and W walls. The NW turret had a similar window in its W wall, now destroyed, and its gun-loops cover the W wall of the house and the W wall of the bawn, extending to the N, which was later incorporated into the W wall of the N wing. A pointed doorway, probably re-used from the church to the N, leads from the NW turret to what was the wall-walk of the bawn but is now the first floor of the N wing, also accessed by an inserted lintelled doorway beside the pointed one. The N wall of the house is rebated to support the floor of the second storey, which also has a doorway from the NW turret and an inserted lintelled doorway into the N wing. The second floor does not survive otherwise, except as a small window in the S wall and part of the S wall and a gun-loop of the SE turret. Two corbels in the S face of the N wall supported the floor of the loft, which is also evident in a round-headed window in the S gable that probably came from a church. A building (ext. dims 13.2m plus N-S; 9.45m E-W) was added to the N, incorporating the W wall of the bawn, including a light now in the northern of two surviving E-W barrel-vaulted chambers with evidence of a third to the N. At the ground floor a doorway on the E wall with a large window opening on either side leads into the S chamber, and a rebuilt doorway on the E wall with a large window to the N leads into the N chamber. There is an oven under a brick relieving arch in the S chamber, and wide doorways connected the three chambers internally. Access to the first floor is by the newel stairs in the older house and inserted doorways in the N wall of this house at the first and second floors. Only the first floor, divided into two chambers (S: int. dim. 4.8m N-S; N: int. dim. 5.55m N-S) separated by a wall (T 0.57m) with two doorway openings survives. The S chamber has two tall window openings (Wth 0.73m) in the W wall and two (Wth 0.63m) with window sills in the E. There is a doorway (Wth 1.2m) at the centre of the E wall, perhaps to match that in the older house. The N chamber has two tall window openings and evidence of a third in the W wall and evidence of two openings in the E wall. This is a monument in state ownership: No. 256. 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. See the attached view from the SW (_1) and of the SE turret (_2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 16 November 2016

• ME011-006001 Bawn
  Description

  The NW turret of the fortified house (ME011-006----) is built partly on the W wall of a bawn that extended to the N and E of the original house. Gun-loops in this turret covered the W walls of the house and the bawn. Only this W wall of the bawn is partly preserved in the N wing added to the house, with a single light at the ground floor. This is a monument in state ownership: No. 256. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 August, 2016

• ME011-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in a fairly level landscape, with a small canalised NW-SE stream c. 100m to the SW. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by the lip of an earthen bank largely reduced to an external scarp (at NE: Wth 1m; H 2.4m), which is separated by a fosse (at SW: Wth of top 9m; int. D 2.6m; ext. D 0.5m) from an outer bank (at SW: Wth of base 8m; ext. H 1.3m) SSE-W-NNW. The original entrance is not identified, and there are some bushes on the inner scarp and outer bank. 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: 9 April 2019

• ME011-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in a low-lying position in a gently undulating landscape. The cropmark of a circular enclosure defined by two fosse features (max. ext. diam. c. 40m) with an entrance gap at E in the outer fosse is visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AVG, 97). It is also visible on OSI images (2017). 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: 9 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Robertstown, 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 Robertstown.

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.

• Robertstown, Kilmainhamwood6 sales

Name

Robertstown · Baile Riobaird

Area

6,791,471 m² (679.15 ha, 1,678.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeg, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Lower

Electoral division

Cruicetown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

417 people lived in 139 households in the Cruicetown electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardlonan, Ardmaghbreague, Ballintillan, Cruicetown, Horath, Marvelstown, Moat, Newtown, Thomastown

Placenames

Robertstown 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.