Altbeagh
Townland in the civil parish of Larah, barony of Tullygarvey, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 145.6 ha
- 360 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 23,335 m² (2.33 ha, 5.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Altbeagh, from 214 m² to 362,528 m² (36.25 ha, 89.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Altbeagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Mar 2024Conditional
for (1) construction of a single storey extension to end elevation of existing single storey type dwelling to incorporate additional living accommodation, (2) Completion of all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2460089
13 Jul 2022Conditional
to erect new dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, boundary walls, piers with sewerage treatment system & percolation area (prev. planning ref. no. 19/20)
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22291
20 Mar 2020Conditional
of the following works: (A) Extension to rear and side of dwelling (B) Extension to sitting room and porch to front of dwelling (C) Extension to detached domestic garage (D)2nd entrance on South Eastern side of dwelling (E) Garden Shed to rear of property
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2097
13 Jan 2020Conditional
to 1. retain position of dwelling on site, 2. retain position of septic tank and percolation area, 3. retain additional gable window and to retain associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 205
24 Jan 2019Conditional
a single storey dwelling, new entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 1920
20 Nov 2018N/a
for single storey dwelling, new entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and associated site works
Outline permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18486
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Altbeagh.
Recorded monuments
- CV026-003001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. 24.4m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intermediate fosse. Outer bank survives only for a short stretch at N. Fosse is almost completely infilled. Break in bank with remains of a causeway at E represents original entrance. Indications of a possible souterrain in the internal area of rath (1222). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV026-003002 Souterrain
Description
At Altbeagh rath (CV026-003001-). A Y- shaped depression inside the N sector of the bank probably represents the remains of a collapsed souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Altbeagh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Altbeagh.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Altbeagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Altbeagh
- Area
- 1,456,311 m² (145.63 ha, 359.86 acres)
- Civil parish
- Larah, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tullygarvey
- Electoral division
- Stradone, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Stradone electoral division: 855 people in 294 households; 84% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardardagh, Clifferna, Cordingin, Cormeen, Drumminick, Kilnacreevy
- Placenames
- Altbeagh 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.