Hilltown Great

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Hilltown Great, from 13 m² to 426,974 m² (42.7 ha, 105.51 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 (As Varied), Meath · 58 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 17 Dec 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the following: 1. Proposed new single storey extensions to east and west of existing dwelling; 2. Proposed alterations of the fenestration of existing dwelling; 3. Proposed internal renovations to existing dwelling; 4. Existing septic tank to be decommissioned and new wastewater treatment system and percolation area to be installed; 5. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2561379

• 14 Jul 2025Conditional

  Bunded Slurry Store and access lane to same

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560737

• 20 Nov 2024Conditional

  the development consists of changes to approved planning application ref AA/200460 namely the demolition of an existing single storey rear extension and the construction of a 2 storey rear and side extension including new wastewater treatment plant and percolation area to include all associated site works. The development will have an impact on a Protected Structure under reference 91033 in the Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460989

• 20 Jul 2022N/a

  the relocation of entrance from shared location as granted under AA/191832 (original grant) & AA/201834 (change of house design) and changed to a separate entrance east of this location

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22955

• 15 Jul 2022Conditional

  permission for Grain Stores to form part of existing farmyard, revised site boundaries and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 22941

• 10 Aug 2021N/a

  Grain Stores to form part of existing farmyard, revised site boundaries including all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 211545

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  development at Herd's Cottage, Hilltown Great, Bellewstown, Co. Meath which is a protected structure ref no. MH027-302 (NIAH ref. no. 1430012). The development will consist of the following: 1. Proposed new first floor (storey and a half height) extension over existing garage outbuilding and conversion of garage outbuilding to utility to rear of existing dwelling 2. Proposed new den/office extension to existing outbuildings to rear of existing dwelling. All extension and conversion work will be within the footprint of original/ former buildings 3. Conversion of existing rear store and part of cobble courtyard to new dining/living area to rear of existing dwelling 4. Proposed translucent canopy roof over remaining cobble courtyard 5. Minor alterations to side and rear elevations of rear outbuilding enclosure with new door and windows. The provision of new rooflight openings to kitchen roof at rear

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA202068

• 1 Dec 2020Conditional

  development will consist of change of house type design for granted planning permission Ref. No. AA/191832 and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, AA201834

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 Hilltown Great.

Recorded monuments

• ME027-098 Designed landscape feature
  Description

  Depicted as a triangular feature on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a small circular copse on the 1908 edition. An enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a single fosse feature, probably a demesne feature and non-archaeological, is visible as a cropmark on an aerial photograph (Bing 2013). (pers. comm. T. Condit). Compiled by: David O’Connor Date of upload: 1 November 2013

• ME027-124002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a rise on a NE-facing slope. The cropmark of a small enclosure (diam. c. 10m) is visible on Digital Globe images (c. 2013). The cropmark is also visible on vertical photographs from the 1970s (GSIAP: O 306) and is also depicted as a small tree clump on the 1908 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Ring-ditch (ME027-124001-) is c. 130m to the WSW and the features were first reported by Ken Williams. See the attached enhanced image (top) from Digital Globe Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 25 June 2021

Architectural heritage

• Hilltown House, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1820, now in use as a private dwelling. Hipped slate roof. Rendered walls with limestone pilasters at corners. Tooled limestone surrounds and sills with paired and triple cast-iron casement windows having timber mullions. Timber door panelled door. Two-storey modern extension.

• The Barracks, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1840, with central porch. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls. Paired timber sash windows with stone sills. Timber battened door. Lean-to extensions to east and north.

• The Herd Cottage, worker's house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey worker's house, built c.1870. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and carved timber eaves dentils. Rendered walls with red brick quoins and eaves course. Timber sash windows with stone sills set in segmental-arched openings. Red brick dressings to door opening. Stone outbuilding to rear. Cast-iron gate with cast-iron gate piers set in rubble stone boundary walls.

• Hilltown House, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1820, now in use as a private house. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls with limestone plinth and quoins. Window openings with carved limestone dressing. Limestone surround and side lights to front door. Extended to rear.

• Hilltown House, building misc, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey building, built c.1760, set within a courtyard. Pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Timber sash windows. Round-arched door opening with a block-and-start stone surround, spoked fanlight and panelled timber door. Outbuildings of similar scale and materials to courtyard. Carriage arch opening with castellations to the north side of courtyard.

• Hilltown House, stables, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Ranges of multiple-bay single- and two-storey stables, built c.1760, set around the stable yard. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs. Rendered walls. Cast-iron diamond paned windows with stone sills. Timber battened doors. Bellcote to south range. Integral carriage arch to east range. Cast-iron trough in centre of yard. Some interior fittings remain.

• Hilltown House, dovecote/pigeon house/aviary, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached circular-plan dovecote, built c.1760, now disused. Conical slate roof. Rubble stone and rendered walls with red brick eaves course. Interior remains intact.

• Hilltown House, demesne walls/gates/railings, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of cast-iron gates set in cast-iron piers with cast-iron railings, c.1820, having anthemion detailing.

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 Hilltown 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 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 Hilltown Great.

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

Name

Hilltown Great

Area

1,822,825 m² (182.28 ha, 450.43 acres)

Civil parish

Duleek, and its townlands

Barony

Duleek Upper

Electoral division

Ardcath, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,119 people lived in 721 households in the Ardcath electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balgeen, Beaumont, Collierstown, Hilltown Little, Hollymount, Newhaggard

Placenames

Hilltown 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.