Commons of Lloyd

79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons of Lloyd, from 2 m² to 1,661,961 m² (166.2 ha, 410.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 46 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 62 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 · 44 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1/D1 - Open Space/ Tourism (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.3TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C1.2B2 - Retail Warehouse Park (Retail warehouse)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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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

• ME016-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) only the 1910 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and as a hachured circular feature on the 1912 25-inch edition. It was described in 1968 (SMR file) as a low rise (ext. diam. 38m E-W; 37m N-S; max. H 0.35m at NW). There was no visible fosse or entrance, but it is probably a rath. However, a gradiometer survey (23R0199) of the entire field failed to provide any confirmation of any subsurface presence of this feature (Dowling 2023b). 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 revisions: 25 February 2019, 03 November 2025

• ME016-013 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Located on the lower NW-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd, with a small N-S stream c. 80m to the W. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) as a circular grass-covered mound (diam. of base 14m NW-SE; 13m NE-SW; max. H 1.05m at NW) that melded into the slope E-S-W. It has eroded away and is not now visible in a tillage field and its precise location is not known. Mound (ME016-014----) is c. 100m to the SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 25 February 2019

• ME016-014 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Located on the lower NW-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd, with a small N-S stream c. 50m to the W. This was described in 1969 (SMR file) an oval grass-covered mound (dims of base 17m NE-SW; 13m NW-SE; max. H 1.1m at NW) that melded into the slope NE-SE. It has eroded away and is not now visible in a tillage field and its precise location is not known. Mound (ME016-013----) is c. 100m to the NNE. 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: 25 February 2019

• ME016-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims 44.5m ENE-WSW; 30.5m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth of base 6.5m int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.8m) S-W-NNE that is reduced to a scarp (at NNE: Wth 4m; H 1m) elsewhere. There are slight traces of a fosse at NNW but it is largely represented by a berm (Wth 3-4m). 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: 25 February 2019

• ME016-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the steep N-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. It is not depicted on any map but is visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: N 263, 264) and on later series (OSAP 2000, 2005, Digital Globe). This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 51m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. 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: 25 February 2019

• ME016-054 Hillfort
  Description

  Situated on top of a prominent hill c. 1.5km WNW of the monastery of Cenannas or Kells (ME017-033----) and overlooking a W-E section of the River Blackwater that is c. 700m to the N. An inland lighthouse was constructed on the hill in 1791 (Carr 2000) and the two or three low but visible earthwork banks on the hill (Newman 1997, 201) are concentric with each other, although not centred on this tower, and are late landscape features. Geophysical survey was undertaken on the hill in 2013 by the Discovery Programme as part of the ‘Late Iron Age and “Roman” Ireland’ project and demonstrated that the central feature is certainly modern (Dowling 2015b, 11-16). The survey identified an innermost summit enclosure defined by two ditch features (ext. diam. c. 120m) accompanied by inner banks with a possible burnt palisade trench inside the inner bank and an entrance gap through the three features at E. About 70-80m outside the summit enclosure the outermost visible earthwork is obscuring at least two earlier fosse features, the line of which incorporates the curved field boundary S-NNW, creating an outer enclosure (diam. c. 250m). Some uncertain ring-ditches were recorded between the two enclosing groups of features. One enclosure (diam. c. 22m) is defined by an interrupted fosse feature and is situated E of the entrance in the summit enclosure. An earlier test excavation (03E1778) produced evidence of what might be a pit or a ditch associated with the summit enclosure, which provided a C14 determination of 1130-91 Cal. BC from burnt animal bone (Neary 2004, 10-11, 60-1). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 January, 2016

• ME016-083001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located in a slight fold opening out to the NW and situated towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link road that was partially excavated by Y. Whitty (E003157) in March 2006 as Commons of Lloyd 1 (2010) when a fulacht fia was completely excavated and part of a ring-ditch was also sampled (excavations.ie 2007:1289). The ring-ditch is a circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a fosse (Wth 0.85-1m; D 0.2-0.63m) with steep sides and a rounded base that is deepest at SE. A chord across the NE edge of the ring-ditch was excavated with the remainder surviving outside the road corridor to the W, but no internal features were present in the excavated area. However, a small pit (dims 0.4m x 0.35m; D 0.12m) just N of the ditch may be contemporary. The primary fill of the ditch is a grey sandy clay with cremated bone and charcoal inclusions, and a sample of unidentified bone produced a C14 date of 384-207 cal. BC (UBA 12938). Charcoal of hazel, ash, fruit trees, oak, and willow, together with two hulled barley grains were also present in this layer, and a sample of barley yielded a radiocarbon determination of 593-655 cal. AD (UBA 12112). A fragment of a lathe-turned antler spindle whorl, of a type dating AD 593-655, was found in the same context. Two upper layers of brown sandy clays contained some burnt bones, but no other artefacts were recovered. The fulacht fia is c. 20m to the SE. (Whitty 2010; 2012) See the attached plan (L) from Whitty (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 March 2022

• ME016-083002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located in a slight fold opening out to the NW and situated towards the bottom of the NE-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway (excavations.ie 2004:1345) identified archaeological material on the route of the N52 Kells link road that was partially excavated by Y. Whitty (E003157) in March 2006 as Commons of Lloyd 1 (2010) when a fulacht fia was completely excavated and part of a ring-ditch was also sampled (excavations.ie 2007:1289). A layer of charcoal-rich and heat-affected stones (dims 10.5m x 7.5m; max. T 0.3m) was immediately E of an oval pit (dims 2.65m N-S; 1.08m E-W; D 0.33m) with a rounded bottom. The basal layer of the pit had burnt stone that lies beneath two layers of yellow/brown sand and it probably functioned as a trough. The mound contained seeds of wild and cultivated plants, and a sample of hazel charcoal from it yielded a C14 date of 1113-928 cal. BC (UBA 11125). The ring-ditch is c. 20m to the NW. (Whitty 2010) See the attached plan (R) from Whitty (2010, fig. 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10 March 2022

• ME017-073001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in a hollow at the bottom of the NE-facing slope of the Hill of Lloyd. Archaeological testing (04E0913) by J. Roynane (2005) at Testing Area 14 of Contract 4 of the M3 motorway identified three spreads of burnt mound material on the route of the N52 Kells link road. The material was on either side of the NW-SE field bank and townland boundary between Commons of Lloyd to the SW and Town Parks to the NE (excavations.ie 2004:1345). These were completely resolved (E003156) by D. Bayley (2010) as Town Parks/Commons of Lloyd 1 in February – March 2007 (excavations.ie 2007:1401) when just over 3700 square metres were opened and three burnt mounds were recorded. This monument was cut by the NW-SE field bank and townland boundary, leaving two troughs in Commons of Lloyd and three pits (dims 1.86m x 1.8m; D 0.2m to 2.3m x 2.14m; D 0.53m) filled with burnt mound material and the largest remnant of the mound (dims 13.5m x 9m; T 0.47m) in Town Parks. Three smaller spreads of burnt and broken stone (dims 3.2m x 1m to 7.5m x 4.5m; max. T 0.1m) were SW of the field bank. The oval, flat-bottomed (dims 2.02m x 1.42m; D 0.42m) and the rectangular (dims 2.1m plus x 1.5m; D 0.4m) troughs were both lined with grey silty clays, and the impressions of wood were in the base of the rectangular trough, which was slightly truncated by a NW-SE field drain at NE. Both troughs were filled with silty clays that had some heat-shattered stones. A sample of alder charcoal from the largest fragment of the mound produced a C14 date of 2109-1892 cal. BC (UBA 11123). (Bayley 2010, 4-6) Site the attached site plan and monument plan from Bayley (2010, figs 5, 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 March 2022

Architectural heritage

• Tower of Lloyd, monument, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding tower, dated 1791, in the form of a giant Doric column, surmounted by glazed lantern. Dressed limestone walls with string courses, dentils, and dressings including plaque inscribed: "THIS PILLAR WAS DESIGNED/BY HENRY BAKER ESQr. ARCHITECT/WAS EXECUTED BY Mr./JOSEPH BECK STONE CUTTER/Mr. OWEN McCABE HEAD MASON/Mr. BARTLE REILY OVERSEER/ANNO 1791". Square-headed, round-headed and pointed-arched openings with ashlar limestone surrounds and hood and label mouldings.

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 Commons of Lloyd, about 1 in 5 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 Commons of Lloyd.

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

Name

Commons of Lloyd

Area

2,046,201 m² (204.62 ha, 505.63 acres)

Civil parish

Kells, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Ceanannas Mór Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,980 people lived in 1,700 households in the Ceanannas M�r Rural electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlepole, Drumbaragh, Mountainpole, Mountainpole or Rochfortsland, Newrath Big, Sheeny, Townparks

Placenames

Commons of Lloyd 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.