Moathill

75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moathill, from 8 m² to 28,819 m² (2.88 ha, 7.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 52 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 · 14 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 · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3H1 - High Amenity (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1E2 - General Enterprise and Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.2R1 - Rail Corridor (Rail)
  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.

• 28 May 2026Conditional

  File Ref: NA151301 & 21234 - MCC Planning ref. no. NA151301 (96 no. residential units with creche) and MCC Planning ref. 21/234 (Grant extension of duration - 96 no. redidential units with creche) - the site is bounded to the southeast by the N51 National Road, to the west by the former Navan to Kingscourt railway line and to the north by the rear gardens of 7 no. detached residential properties. The proposed development will consist of: 99 no. residential units comprising 32 no. duplex/apartments set out in 2 no. 2 storey over lower ground floor blocks: and 67 no. 2 storey detached and semi-detached houses. The duplex/apartments will consist of: 16 no. 2-bed 1 storey apartment units at lower ground floor level (c. 75.5 sqm each); and 16 no. 3-bed 2 storey duplex units at ground floor and first floor level (c. 104.5 sqm each). The houses will consist of: 12 no. Type A 2 storey 4-bed semi-detached houses (c. 133.9 sqm each); 35 no. Type B 2 storey 3 - bed semi-detached houses (c. 112.0 sqm each); 4 no. Type B1 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached houses (c. 114.5 sqm each); 6 no. Type C 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached houses (c.110.0 sqm each); 7 no. Type D 2 storey 4-bed semi-detached houses (c. 127.3 sqm each); 2 no. Type C1 2 storey 3-bed detached houses (c. 110.0 sqm each); and 1 no. Type D1 2 storey 4-bed detached house (c. 127.3 sqm). The development will also include: a 2 storey creche (c. 130.5 sqm) with associated play area (c.156 sqm) and 5 no. carparking spaces; 2 no. bin storage buildings (c. 18.7 sqm each) and adjoining covered bicycle shelters (c. 22.6 sqm each) providing 20 no. bicycle spaces each; 2 no. car parking spaces on the curtilage of each house and 60 no. communal parking spaces for the apartment/duplex units; 2 no. landscaped public open spaces (c. 1,730 sqm and 2,930 sqm); internal access roads; a footpath and cycleway along the N51 National Road; a new vehicular access from the N51 National Road and associated revised junction layout; all ancillary landscaping and boundary treatments; drainage arrangements; and associated site development works, all on a site of c. 3.53 ha

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 26149

• 29 Aug 2025Conditional

  The development will consist of; 1. Demolition of the existing dwelling house. 2. Erect new site signage. 3. Alterations to existing entrance to include new piers and an electric gate and all associated site works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560925

• 14 Aug 2025N/a

  Planning permission for development at Kells Road, Navan, Co. Meath, C15E9H9. The development will consist of; 1. Demolition of the existing dwelling house. 2. Erect new site signage. 3. Alterations to existing entrance to include new piers and an electric gate and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560855

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  the subject site is bound to the west by a residential property, to the north by the R147(Kells Road), to the east by the N51 National Road, and to the south by Bailey Hill Housing development. The proposed development will consist of construction of: 54 residential units in 3 no. 4-storey Blocks A, B, and C , consisting of a total of 14 no. 1 bed apartments, 18 no. 2 bed apartments, 4 no. 3 bed apartments, 14 no. 3-bed duplex apartments and 4 no. 4-bed duplex apartments. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg.Ref.NA151301) , 3 No. pedestrian access/egress onto footpaths along the N51 and R147 ; All with associated Plant/ESB, private open space, public/communal open space, landscaping, car parking , bike storage, bin storage, and other necessary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560675

• 26 May 2025N/a

  the proposed development will consist of construction of: 54 residential units in 3 no. 4-storey Blocks A, B, and C , consisting of a total of 14 no. 1 bed apartments, 18 no. 2 bed apartments, 4 no. 3 bed apartments, 14 no. 3-bed duplex apartments and 4 no. 4-bed duplex apartments. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg.Ref.NA151301) , 3 No. pedestrian access/egress onto footpaths along the N51 and R147 ; All with associated Plant/ESB, private open space, public/communal open space, landscaping, car parking , bike storage, bin storage, and other necessary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560531

• 8 Jul 2024Conditional

  retention of sunroom to rear, internal and external alterations to dwelling, internal and external alterations to domestic garage, and permission for change of use of existing clinic to domestic use and all associated site works at

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460507

• 3 Jul 2024Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO: NA181543 - development of a site at Moathill, Navan, County Meath. The subject site is bound to the west by a residential property, to the north by the R147 (Kells Road), to the east by the N51 National Road, and to the south by a greenfield site. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of an existing vacant single storey dwelling and associated shed (total c.165.7sqm) and the construction of 74 no. apartment units in 2 no. 5 storey blocks over partial basement with combined gross floor area of c.7308.3 sqm (excluding c. 405sqm basement) and a maximum overall height of c. 17m OD. The proposed apartments wil include 13 no. 1 bed units, 60 no. 2 bed units, and 1 no. 3 bed unit; associated plant; landscaped public open space; 95 no. car parking spaces; 86 no. bicycle spaces; 2 no. bin stores; ESB Substation; drainage arrangements; 3 no pedestrian access/egress onto foothpaths along the N51 and R147; and associated boundary treatments and site development works, vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg Ref: NA151301)

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 24289

• 22 Dec 2023N/a

  the construction of a light industrial/warehouse/storage unit inclusive of offices, car parking, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. The application will be accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)

  Permission · Meath County Council, 231155

• 8 Mar 2023N/a

  the construction of 3 units to cater for light industrail/warehouse/storage inclusive of offices, car parking, proprietary waste water treatment system, percolation area and all ancillary site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission · Meath County Council, 23246

• 25 Feb 2021Conditional

  demolition of the existing practice wall and prefabricated classrooms and construction of a fully serviced two storey extension to the existing school containing 5 Specialist classrooms, together with ancillary rooms; 6 general purpose classrooms; administration rooms, student facilities, plantroom, circulation space and associated works; internal and external, including landscaping. There will also be pedestrian and vehicular connections to the Meath County Council N51 Park & Ride Facility (Part 8/20015). The works are proposed within the curtilage of a Recorded Protected Structure, NT25-172

  Permission · Meath County Council, 21380

• 9 Feb 2021Unconditional

  EXTENSION OF DURATION PLANNING APPLICATION REF NO: NA151301 - 96 no. residential units with Creche, footpaths, access of N51, with ancillary and associated site development works (permission granted)

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21234

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  development of a site at Moathill, Navan, County Meath. The subject site is bound to the west by a residential property, to the north by the R147 (Kells Road), to the east by the N51 National Road, and to the south by a greenfield site. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of an existing vacant single storey dwelling and associated shed (total c.165.7sqm) and the construction of 74 no. apartment units in 2 no. 5 storey blocks over partial basement with combined gross floor area of c.7308.3 sqm (excluding c. 405sqm basement) and a maximum overall height of c. 17m OD. The proposed apartments wil include 13 no. 1 bed units, 60 no. 2 bed units, and 1 no. 3 bed unit; associated plant; landscaped public open space; 95 no. car parking spaces; 86 no. bicycle spaces; 2 no. bin stores; ESB Substation; drainage arrangements; 3 no pedestrian access/egress onto foothpaths along the N51 and R147; and associated boundary treatments and site development works, vehicular access to the proposed development will be through the residential scheme permitted on lands to the south of the subject site (Reg Ref: NA151301)

  Permission · Meath County Council, NA181543

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 Moathill.

Recorded monuments

• ME025-023001 Castle - motte and bailey
  Description

  Situated on top of a fairly high ridge. According to the ‘Song of Dermot and the Earl’ Hugh de Lacy had granted the barony of Navan along with Ardbraccan to Jocelin de Angelo by 1175 (Orpen 1892, 229), and this motte and bailey was undoubtedly the caput or centre of the fief. De Angelo, which name morphed into Nangle, probably adapted the burial mound of Odhbha, a mythological queen whose name was attached to a grave on a ridge as well as the surrounding territory (Moore 1893, 56-7). She was the estranged wife of Éremón, a leader of the last mythical Milesian invasion of Ireland, who followed him to Ireland from Spain with her own sons (Macalister 1931, 94-5). As a significant landmark the mound of Odhbha was the scene of important battles in 607, 890, 1016 and 1072 (Cogan 1862, vol. 1, 150). The motte was described in 1969 (SMR file) as an overgrown, flat-topped and scrub-covered earthen mound (diam. of top 15m N-S; diam. of base 37m N-S; H 4.5m at N to 6.8m at S) defined by the remains of a fosse (at N: Wth of top c. 10m; ext. D 1.5m). There is a small lunate bailey (dims 7m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by a steep scarp (at N: ext. H 4m) at NW. The area to the S has been quarried since the 19th century and the quarry has extended around to the E, but the old quarry is now developed for housing. Archaeological testing (97E0101) by T. C. Breen c. 70m to the NW (excavations.ie 1997:427) recovered the remains of two inhumations, a male (aged 18-23) and a female (aged 31-45) in a disturbed condition at the summit of the ridge. Further excavation (99E0653) by M. Conway c. 20m from the base of the motte to the E and S produced no related material (excavations.ie 1999:702). More recently, a geophysical survey (19R0127) for a new road by Earthsound Geophysics identified some features in Area 5 c. 20m N of the motte at the closest point, and excavation (21E0294) by D. Gallagher confirmed the presence of ditches (excavations.ie 2021:124). The excavation was augmented by a metal detection survey (21R0109) which recovered a piece of iron that might be a strap-end (Gallagher 2021). 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: 21 July 2016 Amended: 29 March 2023 Cogan, Rev. A. 1862-70 Ecclesiastical history of the diocese of Meath: ancient and modern. (3 vols) John Fowler, Joseph Dublin Gallagher, D. 2021 Archaeological Assessment at the N51 Park and Ride Moathill, Navan, Co. Meath. Licence: 21E0294. Unpublished Final Report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Macalister, R. A. S. 1931 Tara: a pagan sanctuary of ancient Ireland. Charles Scribner’s Sons, London, Moore, J. H. 1893-5 Notes on the Town of Navan. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 123, 55-63; vol. 124, 47-53; vol. 125, 155-62. Orpen, H. G. 1892 The Song of Dermot and the Earl. Oxford, Clarendon Press

• ME025-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  INTRODUCTION: Situated on a knoll of the same ridge that is dominated by the motte (ME025-023001-) and c. 70m NW of it. Archaeological testing (97E0101) by T. C. Breen on a route of the inner relief road for Navan recovered human remains in two of his five test trenches that appear to have been buried in a crouched position (excavations.ie 1997:427). A geophysical survey (06R0004) by Nicholls and Shiel (2006) combined with archaeological testing (06E0024) by Donald Murphy (2006) identified three concentrations of archaeological features on another parallel route for the relief road that was slightly closer to the motte. These required full excavation within the road-take and were conducted as three separate excavations, although all are interconnected. SUMMARY: Site 1 was completely excavated (06E0274) within the road-take by A. Giacometti (2007) from April to June 2006 (excavations.ie 2006:1611) and consisted of the remains of a rath (ME025-081----). There were three ring-ditches (ME025-081002-) to the NE within a rectangular enclosure (ME025-081001-) with a large NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-082----) at its E edge. Two structures (ME025-081003-) were recognised E of the boundary and an episode of metal-working (ME025-081004-) was conducted in an associated ditch. The rath extended into Site 2 which, together with Site 3, was excavated by S. Halliday (2009). Site 2 contained a ring-ditch (ME025-083----) and a small rectangular enclosure (ME025-083001-), both of which extended outside the excavated area to the W. Elements of a field system (ME025-082003-) extended between Sites 2 and 3. Site 3 was at the W base of the hill occupied by the motte and consists of a D-shaped or enclosure (ME025-084----) of early medieval date with an internal hut-site and two corn-drying kilns (ME025-084002-). Externally, there was a ring-ditch (ME025-084001-) with a central pit of early medieval date. Also, there were two large ditches relating to the large boundary (ME025-081----) and the field system (ME025-083002-) extending into Sites 2 and 1. (Giacometti 2007, 2011; Halliday 2009) The rath is a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a curving ditch (Wth c. 1.22m; D c. 0.61m) NW-E-SSW that extended into Site 2 at its S extent and had eroded away SW-W, but much of the monument survives outside the road-take to the NW. This ditch followed a change in the natural soil from gravel inside to sandy clays outside, was V-shaped, and filled with three layers, the uppermost with animal bones probably representing occupation of the interior. An entrance gap (Wth 3.5m) at ESE was marked by a large pit (dims 4.7m x 1.8m; D 0.68m) on the S side and was crossed by a slot-trench (Wth 0.63m; D 0.25m). The pit had been burnt and from it four shallow ditches, two of which had also been burnt, extended. The pit appears to have cut most of these features. The curving ditch forming the E edge of this enclosure post-dated an earlier boundary ditch on roughly the same line that had a sharper angle at NE. About 4.6m inside the outer defining ditch was a slighter parallel ditch (Wth c. 0.72m; D c. 0.31m) that entered the excavated area from NW and terminated in line with the N side of the entrance gap. There was a single posthole between the termini of the inner and outer ditches at this point, perhaps a gate-stop. Within the inner ditch was an L-shaped and rounded ditch or slot-trench (Wth c. 1.02m; D c. 0.37m) which may have been part of a small structure or hut-site. Five deeply truncated fire-pits were found in the interior with fire-reddened bases and fills with ash and charcoal. One fire-pit was outside the enclosure and they could be the bases of kilns. See the attached images from Giacometti (2007, figs 2, 7) _01 Sites 1-3; _03 plan; from Halliady (2009, fig. 25) _02 detail of excavated features; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech Giacometti, A. 2011 Exploring domestic and non-domestic space in an Early Medieval Landscape at Navan Moat, Co. Meath Ríocht na Mídhe, 22, 43-59. Nicholls, J and Shiel, D. 2006 Geophysical Survey of Navan Inner Relief Road Phase 2B. Licence: 06R0004. Unpublished report, TARGET Archaeological Geophysics Murphy, Donald 2006 Archaeological Assessment of the Navan Inner Relief Road, Phase 2 B. Licence: 06E0024 Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-081001 Enclosure
  Description

  North of the rath (ME025-081----) and W of the NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-082----) an E-W ditch (L c. 20m; Wth c. 1.7m; D c. 0.63m) that turns N at either end fed into the boundary ditch at E. Its W end runs off the excavated area but its E end appears to be contemporary with both the early and the later phases of the primary boundary ditch. Together with the major E-W ditch further N it could have formed a rectangular enclosure (dims c. 30m NE-SW; c. 20m E-W), although the junction at NW cannot be confirmed. Three ring-ditches (ME025-081002-) are within its N end. A fire-pit outside the W end of the S boundary of this enclosure with a C14 date of 427-584 Cal. AD (UB-7579) may have caused the diversion of the ditch NE, and the E-W section cut a deeper pit (dims 2.5m x 1.5m; D 0.8m) in its base. This S boundary also had gullies in its base, and at one point there were four post-holes in a cluster on the sides of the ditch which it is suggested may have functioned as a sluice gate. One of the post-holes provided a C14 date of 768-899 Cal. AD (UB-7577). Five isolated pits were around this ditch and one was cut in its upper fill. Artefacts such as bone pins and iron knives were mixed with post-medieval pottery. North of these features four NW-SE shallow ditches with a charcoal content extended into the major NNE-SSW boundary while one performed Z-shaped changes in direction before cutting through the top fill of the major ditch. All these features, although relating to the late phase of the NNE-SSW boundary ditch, have a large quantity of post-medieval material. A wide E-W ditch enters the boundary ditch from the E, post-dating the primary phase of that feature but the relationship with the second phase could not be established (Giacometti 2007, 35-9). See the attached plans:_02 of excavated features (from Halliday 2009 fig. 25); _03 Rectangular enclosure and ring-ditches from Giacometti (2007 fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech

• ME025-081002 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Three ring-ditches are in the N part of the rectangular enclosure (ME025-081001-), and two possibly related structures (ME025-081003-) are on the E side of the NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-082----). The ring-ditches are at the bottom of the N-facing slope dominated by the motte. They were defined by shallow drip-gullies (Wth c. 0.36-0.8m; D 0.2m) and enclosed similar areas (int. diam. c. 4.2m). The most easterly Structure (1) has entrance gaps at SE (Wth 0.7m) and SW (Wth 1.6m) with possible post-holes at the SE entrance. The central structure (2) is more eroded and it is not certain if the gaps in the perimeter N-E are original or due to the erosion of the drip-gully, but the gap at N (Wth 0.9m) is a likely entrance. No entrance is noted in the W feature (3) but about a third of the perimeter survives outside the excavated area and it might be here. There are no certain internal features, least of all post-holes, and their nature is uncertain. They may have been stands for hay-ricks as much as hut-sites although the excavator is inclined to the view that they were used for industrial purposes. No artefacts were recovered from them and a radiocarbon date of 1450-1635 Cal. AD (UB-7558) from one of the drip gullies may be genuine although the three features respect the major field boundaries in the vicinity. (Giacometti 2007, 42-5) See the attached plans:_02 of excavated features (from Halliday 2009 fig. 25); _03 Rectangular enclosure and ring-ditches from Giacometti (2007 fig. 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech

• ME025-081003 Structure
  Description

  Two structures were E of the major NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-081----). An arc of a slot-trench N-E is centred on a large post-hole and the scarp of the inner edge of a slot-trench can also be traced at S (diam. c. 5m). If this was a small hut site it either pre- or post-dates another feature just to the E. The E structure has a large pit (dim. 1.3m plus; D 0.06m) at the centre with a lightly burnt base that could be a charcoal-making pit as it was filled with charcoal. A S-N trench (L 2.7m plus; Wth 0.6m; D 0.45m) extends S from the pit but the junction lay outside the excavated area. The combined pit and trench are enclosed by 16 post-holes maintaining a regular distances of c. 1-2m from them constituting the possible Structure 5. (Giacometti 2007, P 47-50) See the attached plans:_02 of excavated features (from Halliday 2009 fig. 25); _03 Rectangular enclosure and ring-ditches (_04) from Giacometti (2007 figs 6, 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech

• ME025-081004 Metalworking site
  Description

  One episode of metalworking was noted in the middle of Phase 1 deposits of the major E-W boundary ditch close to the crux with the NNE-SSW boundary (ME025-081----). A pit (diam. c. 0.78m; D 0.13m) had a burnt base with slag and ash in its fill. There was a flat-topped stone (dims 0.25m x 0.18m; T 0.06m) beside it and six stake-holes nearby. A small gully ran SE-NW (L 2m), and all the features except the gully were sealed by a thin layer of charcoal with lenses of slag and sand. A covering layer of charcoal spread over all the features, including the gully. The metalworking took place between Phases 1 and 2 of the E-W boundary ditch. (Giacometti 2007, 45-6) See the attached plans:_02 of excavated features (from Halliday 2009 fig. 25); _03 Rectangular enclosure and ring-ditches (_04) from Giacometti (2007 figs 6, 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech

• ME025-082 Field boundary
  Description

  Just to the E of the rath (ME025-081----) a V-shaped ditch (Wth c. 1.75m; D c. 1.16m) extended NNE-SSW (L 50m plus) that has also been recorded further S at Site 3 (total L 200m plus) as a more substantial feature (Wth 3.4m; D 1.5m) from which a C14 date of 728-736, 771-888 cal. AD (UBA-9927) was returned from a lower layer (Halliday 2009, 45-6). The original ditch seems to have been filled with material derived from its W side, but during Phase 1 it was re-cut twice, each re-cut extending its width eastwards. At the N end it encountered an E-W ditch that was re-cut many times, but the junction was disturbed by later work and primacy could not be established. The E-W ditch is subsequently recorded as a double E-W ditch in a gradiometer survey (19R0127) conducted (Grimson and Garner 2019) immediately E of the road-take (recorded L c. 70m). In Phase 2 the original NNE-SSW ditch was replaced by a single wide U-shaped one (Wth c. 2.5m; D c. 0.8m) that continued further N beyond the junction with the E-W ditch that also had a second phase which was later than the NNE-SSSW Phase 2. There were five pits and at least four liner features around the junction but their function is not known. This boundary appears to have been open for a considerable period, perhaps a thousand years. (Giacometti 2007, 31-5; Halliday 2009, 45-6) See the attached plan from Halliday (2009, fig. 25) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech Grimson, H. and Garner, U. 2019 Investigation of Lands at the Local Distributor Road 4 Abbeyland & Moathill, Navan, Co. Meth. Licence: 19R0127. Unpublished report, Earthsound Geophysics

• ME025-083 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Situated on the crest of the NW-facing slope of a knoll c. 80m NW of the motte (ME025-023001-). Archaeological testing (97E0101) by T. C. Breen on a route of the inner relief road for Navan recovered human remains that appear to have been inhumed in a crouched position in two of his five excavation trenches (excavations.ie 1997:427). The precise location of these burials is not known and they are not necessarily associated with any features discovered subsequently. A geophysical survey (06R0004) by Nicholls and Shiel (2006) combined with archaeological testing (06E0024) by Donald Murphy (2006) identified three concentrations of archaeological features on another parallel route for the relief road that was slightly closer to the motte which would require full excavation. This area, designated Site 2, was completely excavated (excavations.ie 2006:1612) within the road-take by S. Halliday (2009) under the original testing licence (06E0024) from April to June 2006 and it consisted of a ring-ditch (ME025-083----), a rectangular enclosure (ME025-083001-) and elements of a field system (ME025-083002-) but its features are closely connected with the structures of Site 1 to the NE and 3 to the S. The earliest feature of Site 2 is this ring-ditch (int. diam. 12.5m) defined by a fosse (Wth 1.1-1.3m; D 0.7-1.1m), but almost half of it survives outside the excavated area to the NW. It is thought that the crouched inhumations from Breen’s excavation may have been within the ditch. Twelve deposits were identified in the ditch, but there was no uncut causeway entrance although one might survive outside the excavated area. There were no internal features and no artefacts were recovered, but the ditch cut a single sterile pit (diam. 1m; D 1m) at S. The closed ring-ditch was cut by the ditch of a rectangular enclosure (ME025-083001-) which produced early medieval material, so it is presumed to be prehistoric in date, although it need not be much earlier than the enclosure. (Halliday 2009, 30-32) See the attached images from Giacometti (2007, fig. 2) _01 Sites 1-3; from Halliady (2009, figs 25, 2) _02 excavation plan; _03 detail of ring-ditch; Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech Giacometti, A. 2011 Exploring domestic and non-domestic space in an Early Medieval Landscape at Navan Moat, Co. Meath Ríocht na Mídhe, 22, 43-59. Nicholls, J and Shiel, D. 2006 Geophysical Survey of Navan Inner Relief Road Phase 2B. Licence: 06R0004. Unpublished report, TARGET Archaeological Geophysics Murphy, Donald 2006 Archaeological Assessment of the Navan Inner Relief Road, Phase 2 B. Licence: 06E0024 Unpublished report, Archaeological Consultancy Services Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-083001 Enclosure
  Description

  The ring-ditch (ME025-083----) was cut by the ditch (Wth 2.1-3.4m; D 0.86-1.8m) of a rectangular enclosure (dims 22m plus NE-SW; 11m plus NW-SE) which survives partially outside the excavated area to the NW, although it is not thought to extend much further in this direction. The ditch has a marked step (Wth c. 0.9m; D c. 0.4m) on its outer side. Twenty five fills were recorded in the ditch but only the uppermost was consistent throughout its extent. A deposit of stones (L c. 2m) on the long section of ditch is a causeway. The only artefacts recovered were two pieces of polished bone and a fragment of a bone comb. Twenty fragments of human bone were retrieved from the animal bone collection. A C14 date of 640-694 cal. AD (UBA-9932) was provided by a sample from a lower fill. A subrectangular pit (dims 2.4m x 1.75m; max. D 0.26m) in the interior cut the fosse of the ring-ditch and yielded a bone pin and a sherd of green-glazed post-medieval pottery. (Halliday 2009, 35-8) Externally, a pit (surviving dims 1.5m x 1.5m; D 0.4m) c. 25m to the E provided a C14 date of 431-599 cal. AD (UB-9922), and this pit had been cut by features related to the major NNE-SSW field boundary (ME025-082----). A single cereal-drying kiln (dims 1.8m x 1.1m; max. D 0.4m) with an oxidized base was recorded c. 18m S of the enclosure. It had three visible ash lenses but the base provided a C14 date of 571-681 cal. AD (UBA-9923). Some isolated pits also probably belong to this phase (Halliday 2009, 37-8, 42). See the attached images from Halliday (2009, fig 25, 12) _02 Excavated features; _03 Rectangular enclosure Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-083002 Field system
  Description

  A number of intercutting NE-SW ditches extend up the slope for Site 3 to Site 2 and turn NW at the summit of the col between the ring-ditch (ME025-083----) to the W and the motte (ME025-023001-) to the E. In places there are up to five cuts of this feature and it is unconnected with the major NNE-SSW boundary ditch (ME025-082----), although closely contemporary. Samples from earlier and later iterations of this ditch at the base of the slope in Site 3 provide C14 dates of 570-649 cal. AD (UBA-9921) and 666-782 cal. AD (UBA-9920) respectively. Lighter NW-SE features that stop short of the major drains are furrows and it is possible that that these boundaries were in use for a long period. (Halliday 2009, 46-58) See the attached plan from Halliday (2009, fig. 25) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-084 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated at the base of the W-facing slope of the ridge that is dominated by the motte (ME025-023001-) and c. 30-80m W of it. A geophysical survey (06R0004) by Nicholls and Shiel (2006) combined with archaeological testing (06E0024) by Donald Murphy (2006) on a route of the Navan inner relief road and a slip road identified three concentrations of archaeological features which would require full excavation. This area was completely excavated within the road-take by S. Halliday (2009) under the original testing licence (06E0024) from April to June 2006 as Site 3 and it consisted of a D-shaped enclosure (ME025-084----) a ring-ditch (ME025-084001-), two structures and two cereal-drying kilns (ME025-084002-) (excavations.ie 2006:1612), but its features are closely connected with the structures of Sites 1 and 2 further N. The D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) is only partly within the excavated area of Site 3, and its extremities at NE and SW survive unexcavated. The straight side is at NW but it is not absolutely certain which of an amalgam of NE-SW ditches that lie to the W of its curved E ditch (Wth 1.4-1.6m; D 0.4-1.06m) forms this side of the enclosure. The most probable (Wth 0.64-1.52m; D 0.64-0.9m) yielded a radiocarbon date of 570-649 cal. AD (UBA-9921), but a sample from the curved ditch provided a C14 date of 770-898 or 920-946 (UBA 9929). It is unlikely that the dated NW ditch was part of the enclosure combined with the curved ditch which is a late feature of this early medieval landscape. No entrance is identified for this enclosure. There is a structure within the enclosure that is not stratigraphically connected with any of its features, and another structure c. 20m outside it to the E that is also probably contemporary. The internal feature is an arc of a slot-trench (L 7.54m; Wth 0.4-0.57m; D 0.09-0.18m) that is open to the S. Just to its S is another parallel slot-trench (L 8.25m; Wth 0.22-0.26m; D 0.06-0.12m) is also open to the S. No post-holes are associated with them and it is not clear whether they formed closed structures that have eroded on the S side or merely supported wind-breaks. The severely truncated remains of the other structure is just 8m N of the kilns. It is a subcircular area (int. dims 3.8m x 2.9m) defined by a slot-trench (Wth 0.1-0.37m; D 0.01-0.13m) that has an entrance gap (Wth 0.85m) at SE. There were no post-holes within the slot-trench which had traces of iron-panning around its edges and it may have supported wicker hurdles. (Giacometti 2011; Halliday 2009, 40-1, 47-8) ) See the attached images from Giacometti (2007, fig. 2) _01 Sites 1-3; from Halliday (2009, figs 25, 17) _02, _03 Enclosure Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April, 2023 Giacometti, A. 2007 Site 1. Navan Inner Relief Road. Licence: 06E0274. Final unpublished report, Arch-Tech Giacometti, A. 2011 Exploring domestic and non-domestic space in an Early Medieval Landscape at Navan Moat, Co. Meath Ríocht na Mídhe, 22, 43-59. Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-084001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Only half of this circular double-ditched feature was excavated (ext. diam. c. 8.7m NW-SE), the remainder surviving outside the excavated area of Site 3 to the NE. It consists of a central pit (diam. 0.96m plus; D 0.51m) that was barely sampled and that is separated by a berm (Wth 2.3m) from an inner ditch (Wth 0.31-0.6m; D 0.03-0.25m) that encloses a circular area (diam. 5.6m). A berm (Wth 0.5-1m) separates the inner from an outer fosse (Wth 0.3-0.96m; D 0.03-0.48m), but traces of an intervening bank (H 0.17m) were recorded in the section. The inner ditch was slighter and had three fills, the lowest with some burnt bone, which was not encountered elsewhere. The three elements have radiocarbon determinations where two possible dates arise on the calibration curve, but the outside dates for the central pit and inner ditch lie between 646 and 771 cal. AD (UBA-9924; UBA-9926) while the outside dates for the outer fosse are 721 and 885 cal. AD (UBA 9925), indicating that the outer fosse is likely to be a secondary feature. (Halliday 2009, 32-4) See the attached plans from Halliday (2009, figs 25, 11) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April 2023 Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

• ME025-084002 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  One corn-drying kiln was located c. 18m S of the rectangular enclosure (ME025-083001-) at Site 2, and two are located close together c. 30m SE of the D-shaped (ME025-084----) enclosure at Site 3. The upper kiln is a rough figure-of-eight area (dims 1.8m NW-SE; 1.1m NE-SW; max. D 0.4m at SE). The basal fill of charcoal yielded a C14 date of 571-681 cal. AD (UBA-9923) and it had three ash lenses. This kiln was abandoned after a conflagration leaving its load of barley and oats largely intact. Of the two kilns at Site 3 one consisted of a stone-lined flue (L 1.07m; Wth 0.42m) sloping down to a firing chamber (diam. 1m) at NE with a circular drying chamber (diam. 1.48m; D 0.45m) at SW. A fragment of a quern stone was used as a baffle in the flue. The basal layer in the firing chamber yielded a C14 date of 776-898, 920-946 cal. BC (UBA-9930). Just to the E was a bar-bell kiln consisting of a stone-lined firing chamber (diam. 0.96-1m) at S leading through a flue (L 1.46m; Wth 0.32-0.6m) to a drying chamber (diam. 1.7m). A sample from the charcoal-rich basal layer of the firing chamber has a C14 date of 772-892 cal. AD (UBA-9933). (Halliday 2009, 4205) See the attached plans from Halliday 2009 (figs 25, 7) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 April 2023 Halliday, S. 2009 Navan Inner Relief Road Scheme, Sites 2 & 3. Licence: 06E0024. Final Excavation Report, Unpublished, Arch Tech

Architectural heritage

• Dun Mhuire, house, 1940–1950 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-storey International Style house, built 1946. Upper storey part cantilevered with flat roof. Corner window openings. Single-storey bay linking to garage. Flat roof with projecting eaves. Rough dash rendered walls - painted. Deal casement windows, deal garage doors, open porch subsequently glazed.

• Navan Moat, 1170–1190 · National interest
  Description

  Remains of motte and bailey earthworks, c.1185. Built by Joselyn de Angulo.

• Bridge, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single arch road bridge over railway, c.1870, with coursed rockfaced limestone buttresses, rusticated voussoirs, imposts and parapets. Replacement concrete copings.

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 Moathill, 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2672 (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 Moathill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Moathill

Area

176,256 m² (17.63 ha, 43.55 acres)

Civil parish

Navan, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Lower

Electoral division

Navan Rural, the unit of the census

Census 2022

31,940 people lived in 10,373 households in the Navan Rural electoral division. 70% of households owned their home. 48% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyland South, Knockumber, Townparks

Placenames

Moathill 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.