A.10 Protected Views and Prospects
List of protected views and prospects as shown within Vol 3-Book of Maps, Map 8.4 & 8.4.1 (Written text supersedes map)
View |
Location |
Direction |
Description |
Significance |
1 |
County road between Ross and Moneybeg |
North West |
View looking north west across mixed landscape of woodland and trees of low enclosure. Lake and skylines visible in distance. Working landscape containing housing, agricultural structures and infrastructure. |
Local |
2 |
County road at Bellewstown |
South |
Views to south of Loughcrew skyline. Foreground contains extensive housing. |
Local |
3 |
County road from R154 at Boolies |
South |
Extensive views south west across unusually open and unenclosed landscape towards skyline of cultural and scenic significance. Foreground and middleground obstructed by housing and infrastructure. |
Regional |
4 |
R154 between Patrickstown and Oldcastle I |
North |
Extensive view northwards across extensive settled landscape with settlements, housing, infrastructure and agriculture all visible. Infrastructure and housing visible in near and middle foreground. Few mature trees in foreground or middle distance. Extensive view southwards across extensive settled landscape with low densities of housing. |
Regional |
5 |
R154 between Patrickstown and Oldcastle II |
South |
Extensive view south across extensive landscape with relatively low levels of enclosure and relatively low levels of visible development. |
Regional |
6 |
Slieve na Calliagh |
Panorama |
Panoramic views in all directions including intervisibility between the 3 peaks. Site of high cultural and scenic significance characterised by absent or very low levels of enclosure. |
National |
7 |
County road between Rahaghy and Patrickstown |
South East |
Extensive view across important scenic and cultural landscape. |
Regional |
8 |
County road between Skerry Cross Roads and Ballinlough |
South West |
Framed View from local road across Lough Bane |
Regional |
9 |
County road between Crossakeel and Magee’s Cross Roads |
West |
Extensive view of cultural significance. Skyline to the west across normal pasture and tillage landscape with extensive housing and agricultural buildings and infrastructure. |
Regional |
10 |
County road between Crossakeel and Ardglassan |
North West |
Extensive view across mature agricultural area with low densities of non-agricultural development and low intensities of infrastructure visible. Extensive view of Loughcrew and extensive view to south of wooded skylines and distant hills. Similar views available along much of this road. |
National |
11 |
County road between Ardglassan and Rathniska |
South and West |
View to south: Extensive views across tillage lowlands. Very low levels of development visible. Many mature trees and large fields. View to west: Occasional views of Loughcrew. Established pattern of settlement and infrastructure. |
Local |
12 |
County road between Keeran’s Cross Roads and Commons of Lloyd at Castlepole |
North |
View to the north. Typical lowland pasture and tillage. Fields bounded by mature trees. Extensive development visible including housing, agricultural structures and infrastructure (including bypass). |
Local |
13 |
Tower of Lloyd at Kells |
Panorama |
360 degree panoramic views to surrounding landscape. Significant visual relationships including Loughcrew to the west and toward Carlingford Lough and the Mourne Mountains to the north east. Views also including extensive areas of development including infrastructure and urbanisation. Site is also of cultural heritage significance. |
National |
14 |
R163 between Kells and Drumbaragh |
North North East |
Extensive view to north-north-east across a landscape of settlement, infrastructure, mixed farming and woodland |
Local |
15 |
County road between Carlanstown and Ardlonan |
East |
Expansive views to east across typical agricultural lowlands with low levels of scattered development |
Local |
16 |
County road to north of Moydorragh |
North East and South West |
Short range views to north-east towards tower. Expansive views to south west across complex of mixed landscape types – this view is visible from a number of locations along this road. |
Local |
17 |
County road between Mullagheven Cross Roads and Gorrys Cross Roads |
North North East |
Expansive views to distant locations to north and to views of Carlingford, Mourne Mountains to the north east. Highly varied topography. Woodland in lowlands. |
Regional |
18 |
County road between Mullystaghan and Robertstown |
North, North East and East |
Extensive views to north, north east and east from this point and approach roads. Land is open with occasional woodland blocks and complex topography. Development evident, especially in lowland areas. |
Local |
19 |
Car Park at Whitewood Lough |
East and North East |
Lakeland view to east with woodland and Whitewood House on horizon. Open view towards north east of horizon. Low levels of development visible in near ground. |
Local |
20 |
County road between Cormeen and Breaky Bridge |
North |
View to north across drumlin/low hills to near horizons. Extensive areas of woodland and small fields in foreground. These views exist along much of this stretch of road. |
Local |
21 |
County road between Miltown Cross Roads and Ervey Cross Roads |
North |
Views to north of high amenity mature mixed woodland on steep sided stream valley with occasional rock outcrops. Absence of any visual residential or agricultural development. |
Local |
22 |
County road between Corratober Bridge and Rathlagan |
North East |
Expansive views to north east distant horizon including mountains. Very little settlement visible. Infrastructure, power lines concentrated in this area around substation to the east. |
Regional |
23 |
County road between R165 and Mullaghmore |
North East |
Expansive views to north east distant horizon including mountains. Very little settlement visible. |
Regional |
24 |
County road between Rathkenny and Parsonstown Demesne |
West and North West |
Expansive views to the west and north west across settled landscape including infrastructure and widely scattered housing and some settlements. |
Regional |
25 |
County road between Horistown and Creewood I |
North West |
Extensive view especially to the north west. Working landscape, densely settled. |
Regional |
26 |
County road between Rathkenny and Dreminstown |
West |
Extensive views to west across working landscape with scattered development and woodland. |
Regional |
27 |
County road between Horistown and Creewood II |
South East |
Very distant views across settled landscape. Relatively open. Mature woodland in foreground. Low density of visible development to the south east. Powerlines and houses visible to southwest. |
Regional |
28 |
County road between Rathkenny Cross Roads and Sallygarden Cross Roads |
North East |
View north east across settled working landscape with large fields, woodland lots, and low levels of enclosure. Settlements and infrastructure visible. |
Local |
29 |
Car Park at Hill of Slane |
East, South East and South |
Extensive view from east to south east across open working and settled landscape. Modern housing and agricultural development visible. |
National |
30 |
Hill of Slane |
Panorama |
Extensive panorama across open working and settled landscape. Modern housing and agricultural development visible. |
National |
31 |
County road between Boyne Canal and Roughgrange |
North |
Intermittent views of the main tumulus in Newgrange can be obtained from many points along this road and adjacent areas. Visibility often [less in summer] determined by the season and the current state of hedgerow maintenance. |
International |
32 |
At cross off county road to north of N51 |
East, South and West |
Extensive view from east to west encompassing woodland and large open fields in foreground. Settled working landscape visible in all directions. Very low density of settlement in foreground to middle ground distance. This View is typical of a series of such views from the N 51 between N53 [Western Boundary] and N53 [Eastern Boundary]. |
Local |
33 |
At Proudstown Cross Roads on R162 |
East |
Extensive eastward view to distant location across settled landscape. Dense urbanisation on right hand side of view. More open but still undeveloped left hand side. |
Local |
34 |
On local road L1600-28 between McGruder’s Cross and Newtown/Rosnaree |
North East |
View of Boyne Valley with open view of Knowth and Newgrange. Mixed composition of working landscape. Slane visible on left (west). Roads, power lines and housing visible. |
International |
35 |
County Road between Beauparc and Painestown |
North West |
View to northwest across settled landscape with settlements and infrastructure (powerline, windfarm, roads visible). Many large woodland lots. |
Regional |
36 |
County road to north of Brownstown Cross Roads on R153 I |
North West |
View to north west across working landscape with visual agricultural structures. |
Local |
37 |
County road to north of Brownstown Cross Roads on R153 II |
South East |
View to south east across working landscape with visual agricultural structures. |
Local |
38 |
At Carne Hill on county road to north of Casey’s Cross Roads on R153 |
South West |
South west view to very distant horizon across settled landscape with visual settlement, infrastructure and housing on the outskirts of Navan. |
Local |
39 |
At Johnstown on county road to south of Casey’s Cross Roads on R153 |
North East |
Extensive view to north-east across working landscape with visible infrastructure (powerline, major road) and scattered residential development. |
Local |
40 |
On road to south of Cannistown Church and M3 |
South East and South |
Extensive view mainly to south east and south over settled landscape with infrastructure (motorway), powerlines, playing fields and houses. |
Local |
41 |
On county road between Dowdstown Bridge and Garllow Cross Roads |
South |
View looking south towards Hill of Tara across open landscape with significant concentration of development to east and woodland to west. Contains infrastructure including road, 220kV powerline and anglemasts. |
Regional |
42 |
On county road between Bective and Bellinter cross roads |
East |
View sustained for 500m taking place across unoccupied level countryside with few enclosures. |
Local |
43 |
Hill of Tara Car Park |
East |
View east to Skryne. Settled landscape. Historic features. |
Local |
44 |
Hill of Tara |
Panorama |
Views across settled landscape with visible development including foreground powerlines, agricultural buildings, houses, quarries and roads. View to the west: other prominent hilltops visible at great distance. Foreground contains extensive areas of hedgerows and woodland. View to the south: Wicklow and Dublin Mountains visible on horizon. Relatively little development visible. Substantial woodland in the foreground. View to the east: across settled working landscape with a variety of structures and development visible including historic structures such as Skryne. Distant industrial plants. View to the north: panoramic views into very distant horizons. Encompassing a settled landscape with many buildings and structures visible in near and middle distance. Note areas immediately below hill to the north and south are obstructed by topography at variance with protection plan. |
National |
45 |
On county road between Kilmessan and Castleboy |
North East |
Local View of Tara hill top. |
Local |
46 |
On county road between Belper Hill and Tara |
North |
Road has a distinct character at present coming through an arch of trees. It forms an important context for the approach to Tara. |
Regional |
47 |
Skryne Church |
Panorama |
Extensive panoramic views. View to the west: very distant horizon across settled landscape with the Hill of Tara forming foreground. Intervening landscape contains housing, farm buildings, roads and woodlands. View to the north: contains significant amount of trees and woodland and nearby housing. View to the north east: very distant panorama including Carlingford peninsula. Foreground is a settled working landscape containing many visible structures including houses, telecom masts, and distant factories. View to the south: very extensive (including Dublin and Wicklow Mountains and Howth peninsula), heavily wooded foreground and middle distance. Many structures visible. |
National |
48 |
On M3 at Baronstown |
North East |
Iconic view. View only towards Skryne Hill. Motorway in the foreground. Concentration of housing on road side. View of very distant horizon to the north. |
Local |
49 |
On county road between Collierstown and Trevet |
North West |
Distinctive local view towards Skryne Church. |
Local |
50 |
On R154 between Trim and Scurlockstown |
North West |
View looking to north west across very open fields of flood plain across river, toward important collection of cultural heritage remains silhouetted on the skyline. An iconic image of Trim’s status as a Heritage Town. Much modern development visible to the left. |
Regional |
51 |
On R158 between Trim and Laracor |
North |
Expansive view to north of Trim’s Heritage buildings in profile creating a distinctive urban style. |
Local |
52 |
Hill of Ward |
Panorama |
Panoramic views in all directions to very distant horizons. Very open landscape in foreground and middle distance across a working landscape with relatively little settlement visible except for town of Athboy to west. |
Regional |
53 |
On R161 at Inchatore Bridge to west of Donore |
North, North East and South |
View of Boyne in open and largely undeveloped countryside. View to the north and north east of typical river corridor with immature vegetation from R161. No development currently visible. No apparent cultural heritage significance is visible. |
Local |
54 |
On R161 at Royal Canal |
East and West |
Views along Royal Canal to the east and west at intersection with R161 |
Regional |
55 |
On Stoneyford Bridge on county road between Blackshade and Moyfin |
North |
View to middle distance along the River Boyne. Typical lowland countryside. Very little development visible. |
Local |
56 |
Along Royal Canal at Boolykeagh |
South |
An unusual view to south containing water in the foreground with elevated views to distant horizons mostly to the south west. Very little development evident. |
Regional |
57 |
County road between Rathcore and Clonguiffin |
West and North West |
Views to west/north west like this available from this location where there are gaps in the hedge. Expansive views available to very distant horizons across mixed farmland working landscape with relatively low levels of development. |
Local |
58 |
County road between N51 and Knowth |
South |
First view of tumulus looking south. |
Regional |
59 |
Knowth Tumulus |
Panorama |
Panoramic views in all directions from top of Knowth tumulus. Extensive views across a working countryside. |
International |
60 |
Obelisk Bridge at Oldbridge |
North West |
View west from south of Obelisk Bridge is selected as typical of the quality of local visual amenity at this location. A site of considerable scenic and historic significance. Site of Battle of Boyne. |
International |
61 |
Hill at Graveyard at Sheephouse |
North, East and West |
Expansive view of settled lowland with extensive urbanisation and industry visible to the east and north. Views to the north are extensive and encompass important cultural landscape of significance. Much woodland to north and west |
National |
62 |
County road between Duleek and Boyne Canal I |
North and West |
Panoramic views across mixed agriculture and tillage, pasture and woodland. Views to north and west - dense woodland. Distant horizon skyline to north and west. |
International |
63 |
County road between Donore and Redmountain |
North |
Extensive view to north across woodland, pasture and tillage. Middle distance views of Newgrange and Knowth in centre of view and very little development visible. |
International |
64 |
County road between Duleek and Boyne Canal II |
North West |
Extensive view to north across woodland, pasture and tillage. Middle distance views of Newgrange and Knowth in centre of view and very little development visible. |
International |
65 |
Laytown Strand |
North |
Distinctive View northwards along the shore from Laytown. |
Regional |
66 |
County road between Duleek and Carnes East |
South West, West, North West and North |
Panoramic views from south west to north. South West - Very distant horizons visible. Views to north and west - very compromised by industry and urbanisation. |
Regional |
67 |
County road between Carnes West and Carnes East |
South West |
Very long distance views to south west and west across open tillage landscape with occasional settlement and very large fields. View provided is typical. There are similar views from many equivalent vantage points in this general area. |
Regional |
68 |
County road between Bellewstown and Carnes East |
South |
Extensive views across predominantly agricultural countryside Telecom and electricity infrastructure visible. |
Local |
69 |
County road at Bellewstown |
North East |
Extensive north-eastward view to sea, Mourne Mountains and horizon north of Boyne. View encompasses a settled landscape with industry, infrastructure, settlement and sea to the east. Views to north and east most important. |
Regional |
70 |
R108 between Naul and Mullaghteelin |
East |
Extensive view to east and sea from junction of local road with R108 |
Regional |
71 |
County road off R108 at Snowtown |
South East |
View at gate along hedgerow of extensive tillage landscape, visible settlement and infrastructure. |
Regional |
72 |
County road Hawkinstown and Gilliamstown |
West and South West |
Expansive view to west/south west across settled landscape with distant views towards Skryne. Landscape is densely vegetated in foreground. |
Local |
73 |
County road between Robinson’s Cross Roads on R108 and Windmill Hill |
North East |
Extensive views to the north east, mid distance heavily wooded. Dwellings, infrastructure and agriculture on left hand side. View to skyline with distinctive tower is locally distinctive. |
Local |
74 |
Boyne Valley from Rosnaree House |
East |
Boyne valley from Rosnaree House. |
National |
75 |
Boyne Estuary view from coast road between Mornington and Drogheda (past Grammar School) |
North |
Expansive views of the Boyne Estuary with associated long views and open skylines. Prospects towards Beaulieu are included. This view is typical of many such views along this road. |
Local |
76 |
Rathkenny Hills View from Creewood in south eastward direction |
East |
A typical view of open countryside with little visible development |
Local |
77 |
View of Killeen Castle/Skane Valley from the direction of Warrenstown College. |
North East |
A typical view of open countryside with little visible development |
Local |
78 |
Boyne Valley from Derrindaly Bridge |
North and South |
View of Boyne in open and largely undeveloped countryside |
Local |
79 |
Boyne Valley from Scarrif Bridge |
North East and South West |
View of Boyne in open and largely undeveloped countryside |
Local |
80 |
Blackwater Valley Navan from R147 Kells Road in the vicinity of Bloomsbury |
South East |
River view in context of mature trees. |
Local |
81 |
Blackwater Valley from Maudlin Bridge |
South East and North West |
River view in context of mature trees. |
Local |
82 |
Blackwater Valley from Mabes Bridge |
East and West |
River view in context of mature trees. |
Local |
83 |
Clonard Blackshade |
South East and North West |
Blackshade Bridge over the Royal Canal and with views along the canal in both directions. |
Local |
84 |
Coole Hill |
West |
Elevated Views across open countryside at Coole hill off road from Kilcock to Summerhill. |
Local |
85 |
Headford Bridge |
East and West |
View of River Blackwater from Headford Bridge with estate landscape visible. |
Local |
86 |
Bective Bridge |
North West, North East and South West |
View looking northward from Bective Bridge towards Bective Abbey and along river Boyne in both directions. |
Local |
87 a to d |
Newgrange Passage Tomb |
East, West, North and South |
Elevated panoramic View across the landscape within the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne. Note that this is a working landscape containing agricultural structures, dwellings, infrastructure. |
International |
88 |
Dowth Passage Tomb |
Panorama |
Elevated panoramic View across the landscape within the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne. Note that this is a working landscape containing agricultural structures, dwellings, infrastructure. |
International |
89a |
Views towards Brú na Bóinne from N51 |
South |
Views along the N51 looking south into the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
National |
89b |
Views towards Brú na Bóinne from N51 |
South |
Views along the N51 looking south into the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
National |
89c |
Views towards Brú na Bóinne from N51 |
South |
Views along the N51 looking south into the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
National |
90 |
West of crossroads at Monknewtown |
South |
Views at Monknewtown towards the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
Regional |
91 |
Views from Boyne and Towpath |
North and North West (sample view on Map 9.5.1) |
All views from within the World Heritage Site boundaries along the Boyne/Boyne Navigation tow path and proposed greenway looking towards the core area of the World Heritage Site. |
International |
92 |
Corballis |
North West |
Views in from the road at Corballis looking in north westerly directions towards the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
Regional |
93a |
Local Road L16002, 1.2km east of Fennor Cross Roads |
North East |
View towards the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
Regional |
93b |
Local Road L16002, 0.7km west of Rossnaree |
East |
View towards the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
Regional |
93c |
Local road L16002, 1.65km east of Fennor Cross Roads. |
East |
View towards the Core Area of the World Heritage Site. |
Regional |
94 |
Moylagh Castle from local road to east of R195 |
South East |
View of Moylagh Castle and Motte. |
Local |