Donacarney Great

768 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Donacarney Great, from 3 m² to 231,964 m² (23.2 ha, 57.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 57 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 692 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1A2 - New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  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 · 39 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1F1 - Open Space (Open space, park)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

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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 Donacarney Great.

Recorded monuments

• ME021-021001 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME021-021002 Enclosure
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME021-021003 Field system
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• ME021-022 Ring-ditch
  Description

  The cropmark of a small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) defined by a single fosse feature is visible on aerial photograph (GB89/A/24). Date of upload: 15 September, 2017

• ME021-025 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A small circular grass-covered feature (ext. diam. c. 12m) defined by a slight earthen bank is visible on Google Earth (21/11/2005). The barrow (ME021-026----) is c. 60m to the SE. Date of upload: 15 September 2017

• ME021-026 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A small circular grass-covered feature (ext. diam. c. 15m) defined by a slight earthen bank is visible on Google Earth (21/11/2005). The barrow (ME021-025----) is c. 60m to the NW. Date of upload: 15/09/2017

• ME021-029 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (07E0622) of an extensive area covering about 23 acres (c. 9 ha) NE of the R150 Bettystown to Donacarney road identified an area of intensive activity (Duffy 2010) where a number of linear features occurred (L up to 12m). They run either NE-SW or NW-SE, although some spreads of grey silty clays with shell, animal bone and charcoal inclusions that could be quite deep (1m) were also noted as well as drains. The burial of an adult male aged c. 25-35 in a supine position oriented W-E but mixed with the disarticulated bones of a female aged 17-25 were recovered at the E edge of this area. It produced a calibrated C14 date of AD 575-670. More possible grave-cuts were noted and it may be at the edge of an early medieval burial ground. Three sculls were recovered c. 60m to the WSW of the male burial. (Rathbone, S. and O’Reilly 2008; Rathbone 2010) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 July, 2018

• ME021-030 Habitation site
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in a fairly level landscape. Archaeological testing (06E0413) on an area of about 15 acres (c. 6 ha) SW of the R150 Bettystown to Donacarney road identified a number of features consisting mostly of linear trenches or spreads of silty clays with bone inclusions. There was an L-shaped trench (L 7.2m; 2.3m; Wth 0.7m; ) just NE of a curved trench (Wth 1m; D 0.25m) open to the SW. A group of features in a concentrated area (dims c. 60m x 45m) was resolved into eight refuse pits and two, or possibly three, corn-drying kilns. The subrectangular refuse pits (dims 1.67m x 1.4m; D 0.55m to 4.75m x 4.65m; D 0.6m) contained large quantities of animal bone, some burnt in roasting. The faunal assemblage was dominated by cattle, followed by sheep and pig, and the bones represented large animals which were probably slaughtered for immediate consumption. Dog and cat were also present, perhaps as scavengers. Two subrectangular pits (dims 2.4m N-S; 1.2m E-W; D 0.4m: dims 2.7m N-S; 2.3m E-W; D 0.2-0.4m), which from their fills and evidence of oxidisation of the subsoil, are likely to have been for cereal drying were also recorded in this area. Barley, wheat and oats, some of it charred, was recovered close to them, and they are likely to be contemporary with the other pits. Five curvilinear features were also recorded which may have been related to the kilns. A sample of animal bone produced a calibrated C14 determination of AD 320-520 for this open habitation, which may have served a larger settlement in the vicinity. Compiled by: Michel Moore Date of upload: 19 July 2018

• ME021-034 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a fairly level landscape. The faint cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature (Wth c. 1-2m) is visible only on Apple Maps, which utilises a survey conducted by Blue Sky International during June 2018. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Apple Maps Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 January 2020

• ME021-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight S-facing slope with a small WSW-ENE stream c. 75m to the S. The cropmark of a subcircular area (dims c. 38m N-S; c. 32m E-W) defined by a single continuous fosse (Wth c. 3m) is only visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). There is a small coral (dims c. 12m N-S; c. 6m E-W) defined by a ditch backing onto the inside of the perimeter at E. It was first reported by Anthony Murphy. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 September 2021

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with an acorn finial.

• Post box, 1900–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron wall box, c.1905, with E R VII insignia. Set in rubble stone wall.

• Tamere, house, 1910–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1920. Rendered walls with render corner strips and sill course between floors. Original timber panelled door to ground floor and original cast-iron windows to upper floor. Hipped roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron watergoods. Modern glass entrance porch. Lean-to extension to rear. Tooled limestone gate piers to entrance.

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 Donacarney Great, 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3201 (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 Donacarney Great with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Donacarney Great · Domhnach Cairnigh Mór

Area

1,352,427 m² (135.24 ha, 334.19 acres)

Civil parish

Colp, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Lower

Electoral division

St. Mary's, the unit of the census

Census 2022

16,403 people lived in 5,342 households in the St. Mary's electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 66% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Betaghstown, Colp East, Donacarney Little, Mornington

Placenames

Donacarney Great 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.