Knockglass

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockglass, from 114 m² to 157,676 m² (15.77 ha, 38.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 · 45 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: 1) to retain elevation and floor plan alterations to sunroom from that previously approved. (2) to retain detached domestic garage, (3) all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660079

• 16 Jan 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the following: 1) to retain elevation and floor plan alterations to sunroom from that previously approved. (2) to retain detached domestic garage, (3) all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660063

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 Knockglass.

Recorded monuments

• ME011-029001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the W end of a broad but low hill. This is a raised circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 44m N-S; 43m E-W) defined by a slight earthen bank (at SSE: Wth of base 10m; Wth of top 3.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 3.2m) NW-E-S on a high scarp. The overgrown scarp is separated by a fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 7.9m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.1m) E-SW from an outer bank (at SSE: Wth of base 6m; ext. H 0.3-1m) SE-SW and NNW-ENE. The beehive chamber of a souterrain (ME011-029002-) is inside the perimeter at W where the interior of the rath is higher. The original entrance to the rath is not identified. Rath (ME011-030----) is c. 90m to the SE. 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 Amended: 15 December 2022

• ME011-029002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located inside the bank of rath (ME011-029001-) at W where the interior of the rath is higher. The beehive chamber (present diam. 2.2m) is almost filled with stones but the passage might be represented on the rath surface 8m to ESE by a depression (dims 5m NE-SW; 1.7m NW-SE; D 0.1m) and 3m to the S of this another depression (L 9m; Wth 2.3m; D 0.3m) extends SSW to the edge of the scarp of the rath. 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

• ME011-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on top of a broad hill. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 28m NE-SW; 26m NW-SE) defined by an earth and stone bank (at NW: Wth of base 2.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m; at SE: Wth of base 6.8m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) reduced to a low scarp NW-NNE, but the perimeter is absent NNE-E. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (ME011-029001-) is c. 90m to the NW and rath (ME011-031----) is c. 85m to the SE while fulacht fia (MEW011-032----) is c. 75m to the SSE. 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

• ME011-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a knoll at the crest of the E-facing slope of a broad hill. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 37m NW-SE; 27.5m NE-SW) defined by a slight earth and stone bank (Wth of base 5-5.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.1m at WNW to 1.8m at ENE), with some internal stone facing at E. There is no visible fosse and there are several modern gaps in the perimeter, including an old quarry at N, but the original entrance is probably at S (Wth of base 3m). Rath (ME011-030----) is c. 85m to the NW, and fulacht fia (ME011-032----) is c. 60m to the WSW. 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

• ME011-032 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in a hollow at the base of a S-facing slope and with a small pond c. 50m to the SW. This is a grass-covered oval mound (dims 20m NE-SW; 11.5m NW-SE; max. H 0.4m), with an indentation (dims 3m x 3m) for the trough on the NW side. Rath (ME011-030----) is c. 75m to the NNW and rath (ME011-031----) is c. 60m to the ENE. 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

• ME011-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a small hill in a gently undulating landscape. This is a raised, circular, grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 60.5m NE-SW; 56.5m NW-SE) defined the lip of an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 6-7.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 2.9m at NW to 3.8m at SE) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 3.5-5m; ext. D 0.2-0.4m) that cannot be traced SE-SSW and WSW-WNW from traces of a possible outer bank (Wth of base c. 8m; ext. H 0.4m) that are only visible at SE and might be the natural slope. 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: 9 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockglass, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knockglass

Area

1,226,041 m² (122.6 ha, 302.96 acres)

Civil parish

Dulane, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Maperath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

495 people lived in 173 households in the Maperath electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dulane, Mahonstown, Normanstown or Norbrinstown, Oakleypark or Laurencetown, Turkstown, Williamstown

Placenames

Knockglass 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.