Chapelbride

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Chapelbride, from 39 m² to 119,670 m² (11.97 ha, 29.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 40 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 30 Apr 2026Conditional

  The development will consist of the following: 1) to retain front elevation alterations to original approved dwelling (2) to retain rear single storey extension of dining room and utility (3) to retain single storey low pitched domestic store (4) to retain single storey domestic store / home office, (5) all ancillary site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660498

• 15 Apr 2026N/a

  the development will consist of the following: 1) to retain front elevation alterations to original approved dwelling (2) to retain rear single storey extension of dining room and utility (3) to retain single storey low pitched domestic store (4) to retain single storey domestic store / home office, (5) all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660422

• 7 Nov 2025Conditional

  File ref 2460949 - The development will consist of a revised two-storey house design & for minor modifications to site layout plan previously granted under 21366 to include for all ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 25220

• 12 Nov 2024Conditional

  THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A REVISED TWO-STOREY HOUSE DESIGN AND FOR MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO SITE LAYOUT PLAN PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER 21366 TO INCLUDE FOR ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460949

• 30 Jul 2021Conditional

  the erection of a two storey dwelling house and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211456

• 26 Feb 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of the erection of a two storey dwelling house and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21366

• 19 Feb 2021N/a

  the erection of a two storey dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage, private entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system and percolation area to include for all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21312

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 Chapelbride.

Recorded monuments

• ME016-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the S end of a N-S ridge. It is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (ACAP: 307; 1580/81) and on later series. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 28.5m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 3.9m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m; at E: Wth of base 5.9m; int. H 1m; ext. H 3m). There is no visible fosse but the bank is absent NE-E and the original entrance may have been there. Inside the perimeter at S is a raised house platform (max. ext. dims 8.6m E-W; 5.7m N-S; max. H 1m at SE) defined by grass-covered stone walls (Wth 0.6m) and with a causeway (Wth of top 2.2m) connecting it with the rath bank at SE, but a doorway 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: 26 February 2019

• ME016-026001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Inside the bank of rath (ME016-026----) at S is a house platform (max. ext. dims 8.6m E-W; 5.7m N-S; max. H 1m at SE) defined by grass-covered stone walls (Wth 0.6m) and with a causeway (Wth of top 2.2m) connecting it with the rath bank at SE but a doorway is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 February 2019

• ME016-074 Pit
  Description

  Situated on a gentle W-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003172) by E. Danaher in October 2006 as Chapelbride 1 (excavations.ie 2006:1527). Two small pits were c. 35m apart. The W pit (diam. 0.69-0.73m; D 0.11m) was filled with a black clay with pockets of burnt clay and charcoal flecks which produced a C14 date of 389-202 cal. BC (Beta 247163) from a sample of charred oak. The E pit (diam. 0.57-0.68m; D 0.11m) had a fill of reddish brown burnt clay and black clay with frequent charcoal flecks, hammerscale and a small amount of slag. Two radiocarbon dates (401-206 cal. BC; 386-183 cal. BC) derived from charred oak samples (Beta 247164, 247165) are also in the Early Iron Age. An E-W ditch (Wth 2.4m) just S of the E pit had a stony fill and extended off to the E (L 11.3m plus) and produced two sherds of post-medieval pottery. (Danaher and Ginn 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022

• ME016-075 Pit
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003171) by E. Danaher in October 2006 as Chapelbride 2 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). An oval pit (dims 1.34m x 0.86m; D 0.4m) from which a sherd of Neolithic pottery was recovered had a layer of black silty clay with frequent stones and oak charcoal beneath a brown silty clay with less stones and charcoal. A sample of oak charcoal from the basal layer returned a C14 date of 4221-3813 cal. BC (Beta 241162) placing it in the early Neolithic, although the old wood factor could mean a somewhat later date. (Danaher and Ginn 2008) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022

• ME016-076 Field system
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on a NE and E-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003169) by D. Gallagher between November 2006 and March 2007 as Chapelbride 4 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). Few stratigraphic relationships could be established, but elements of a field system, a hut-site and another structure as well as a ring-ditch testify to prehistoric activity and two corn-drying kilns extend into the first millennium AD. Several discontinuous field drains were part of a field system. The principal feature was a WNW-ESE drain (Wth of top 0.82-1.3m; D 0.17-0.5m) that meandered across the excavated area in several sections (total L 100m plus), curving sometimes to the N and sometimes to the S. At least two N-S ditches approach this feature from the N. A NW-SE section of the long boundary cuts the SW side of the ring-ditch (ME016-076001-), and a feeder drain from the N also cuts the ring-ditch to enter the main drain. The fields could have been c. 50m wide (E-W), and two corn-drying kilns were probably associated with them. (O’Hara et al. 2009, 4-5) See the attached plan from O'Hara et al. (2009, fig. 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022 O’Hara, R., Gallagher, D. and V. Ginn 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5 Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Chapelbride 4, Co. Meath. Licence: E003169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME016-076001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on a NE and E-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003169) by E. Danaher between November 2006 and March 2007 as Chapelbride 4 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). Few stratigraphic relationships could be established, but elements of a field system, a hut-site and another structure as well as a ring-ditch testify to prehistoric activity and two corn-drying kilns extend into the first millennium AD. Just 7m N of the hut-site Structure A is a ring-ditch consisting of a circular area (int. diam. 4m NW-SE; ext. diam. 5m NW-SE) defined by a fosse (Wth 0.96m; D 0.5m) with a narrow entrance at SE where the fosse narrows. The fosse was filled with three deposits silty clays with charcoal. A sample from the lowest deposit produced a C14 date of 396-204 cal. BC (Beta 247141) placing it in the Early Iron Age but a charred barley grain from the middle deposit yielded a date of 430-617 cal. AD (Beta 247142) showing it was still extant in the Early Medieval period, although the SW side of the ring-ditch was truncated by a NW-SE medieval field drain. (O’Hara et al. 2009, 4-5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022 O’Hara, R., Gallagher, D. and V. Ginn 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5 Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Chapelbride 4, Co. Meath. Licence: E003169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME016-076002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on a NE and E-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003169) by E. Danaher between November 2006 and March 2007 as Chapelbride 4 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). Few stratigraphic relationships could be established, but elements of a field system, a hut-site and another structure as well as a ring-ditch testify to prehistoric activity and two corn-drying kilns extend into the first millennium AD. Structure A is a circular hut-site (diam. c. 6m) defined by ten degraded post-holes on the perimeter and at least one internal post-hole. Four external post-holes, placed c. 2-3m from the probable line of the wall may have played a function in relation to it. An area of burning (dims 1.32m x 0.82m; D 0.12m) flanked by stake-holes is within the hut-site but against the perimeter at W and is probably a hearth. A sample of alder from it returned a C14 date of 1120-910 cal. BC (Beta 247145) while hazel from one of the post-holes produced a date of 1010-830 cal. BC (Beta 247146). Two large pits (dims 1.64m x 1.2m; D 0.45m: dims 2.17m x 1.24m; D 0.29m) just to the E produced Middle Bronze Age pottery. (O’Hara et al. 2009 3-4) See the attached plans from O'Hara et al. (2009 figs 9, 10, 11) Compiled by: Michael Moore Dat of upload: 4 March 2022 O’Hara, R., Gallagher, D. and V. Ginn 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5 Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Chapelbride 4, Co. Meath. Licence: E003169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME016-076003 Structure
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on a NE and E-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003169) by E. Danaher between November 2006 and March 2007 as Chapelbride 4 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). Few stratigraphic relationships could be established, but elements of a field system, a hut-site and another structure as well as a ring-ditch testify to prehistoric activity and two corn-drying kilns extend into the first millennium AD. About 60m to the E of Structure A and the ring-ditch was a concentration of 15 stake-holes in a confined space (diam. c. 0.7m) with four adjacent post-holes within 1.5m. The form of the structure is unclear but the associated deposits produced Middle Bronze Age pottery, and samples of hazel and elm from three of the post-holes provided C14 dates of 1665-1453 cal. BC (Beta 247157), 1740-1528 cal. BC (Beta 247159) and 1670-1490 cal. BC (Beta 247157). (O’Hara et al. 2009, 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022 O’Hara, R., Gallagher, D. and V. Ginn 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5 Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Chapelbride 4, Co. Meath. Licence: E003169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME016-076004 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Situated on a shelf on a NE and E-facing slope. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified archaeological material that was fully resolved (E003169) by E. Danaher between November 2006 and March 2007 as Chapelbride 4 (excavations.ie 2006:1528). Few stratigraphic relationships could be established, but elements of a field system, a hut-site and another structure as well as a ring-ditch testify to prehistoric activity and two corn-drying kilns extend into the first millennium AD. This is an oval feature (dims 2.9m x 1.3-1.7m; D 0.08m) with a primary fill of grey/brown silty clay with some stones and charcoal, burnt animal bone and charred grain with weeds. This was beneath two layers of brown silty sands. Sample of hazel charcoal from the primary and final fills yielded C14 dates of 348-547 cal. AD (Beta 247150) and 415-585 cal. AD (Beta 247149) respectively. A second kiln c. 60m to the ESE is of the keyhole type (dims 2.5m x 0.6-1.27m; D 0.43m) that had three fills of grey silty clays with small stones, charcoal and inclusions that produced C14 dates of 415-585 cal. AD (Beta 247150) and 400-569 cal. AD (Beta 247151) from hazel charcoal in its primary and middle layers respectively. (O’Hara et al. 2008, 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022 O’Hara, R., Gallagher, D. and V. Ginn 2009 M3 Clonee – North of Kells, Contract 5 Final Report on the Archaeological Excavation of Chapelbride 4, Co. Meath. Licence: E003169. Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services

• ME016-077 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located at the bottom of an E-facing slope and on the N side of what had been a small pond. Archaeological centre-line testing (04E1054) by D. Bayley (2005) at Testing Area 3 of Contract 5 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1223) identified a spread of broken and burnt stone that was fully resolved (E003168) by D. Gallagher in November 2006 as Chapelbride 5 (excavations.ie 2006:1531). The spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 11m x 10m; T 0.1-0.15m) overlay two subrectangular troughs (dims 2.25m x 1m; D 0.16m: dims 2.5m x 1m; D 0.16m) that were placed c. 2m apart and were filled with the same dark grey, silty clay with frequent charcoal inclusions and heat-affected stones. The mound also overlay a linear channel (L 2m; Wth 0.6m; D 0.15m) c. 3m to the S and another linear channel (L 8.5m; Wth 1.75m; D 0.18m) c. 1m to the N of the troughs and both channels had some burnt stone material in their fills. (Gallagher and Ginn 2008, 2-3) About 7m N of the burnt mound a subrectangular cut feature (dims 1.99m x 1.6m; D 0.4m) with four fills, all containing some broken and burnt stone was also probably a trough. Samples of alder and ash from these layers produced C14 dates of 1612-1433 (Beta 2471137) and 1687-1496 cal. BC (Beta 2471139), placing it in the Middle Bronze Age. Nearby is a circular, flat-bottomed trough (diam. 1.7m; D 0.3m) with burnt stone in its fill, and it is probable that the burnt mound extended over these originally. Three similar pits (dims 1.15m x 1m; D 0.6-0.16m to 1.45m x 1.17m; D 0.1m) c. 30m NE of the fulacht fia also had fills with burnt stone material, but two smaller pits (dims 0.85m x 0.4-0.5m; D 0.12-0.16m: dims 1.3m x 0.8-1.2m; D 0.13m) a little further E had inclusions of hazel charcoal that produced C14 dates of 2465-2206 cal. BC (Beta 247240) and 2195-1939 cal. BC (Beta 247138) respectively. No artefacts were recovered from any of the features. (ibid. 3-4) See the attached plan from Gallagher and Ginn (2008, fig. 8) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 March 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Chapelbride with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Chapelbride · Séipéal Bhríde

Area

866,036 m² (86.6 ha, 214 acres)

Civil parish

Burry, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Burry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Burry electoral division: 281 people in 91 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balrath Demesne, Boolies, Drumbaragh, Rafeehan

Placenames

Chapelbride 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.