# Bellville, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan; in Irish Lios na Long. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,460,509 m² (146.05 ha, 360.9 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,104 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): M4 White Lands, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmore, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/kilmore.md - Barony: Clanmahon - Electoral division: Bellananagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,628 people lived in 579 households in the Bellananagh electoral division. 64% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4486 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20167 - Centre: latitude 53.944555, longitude -7.409853 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bellville, from 47 m² to 357,055 m² (35.71 ha, 88.23 acres); 31 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 486401: 357,055 m² (35.71 ha, 88.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/486401.md - Parcel 464193: 207,336 m² (20.73 ha, 51.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464193.md - Parcel 483071: 113,076 m² (11.31 ha, 27.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/483071.md - Parcel 479963: 87,670 m² (8.77 ha, 21.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/479963.md - Parcel 478492: 70,416 m² (7.04 ha, 17.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/478492.md - Parcel 476728: 65,434 m² (6.54 ha, 16.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476728.md - Parcel 485596: 62,640 m² (6.26 ha, 15.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/485596.md - Parcel 464192: 60,709 m² (6.07 ha, 15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464192.md - Parcel 440644: 45,027 m² (4.5 ha, 11.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/440644.md - Parcel 442039: 42,681 m² (4.27 ha, 10.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442039.md - Parcel 476659: 33,661 m² (3.37 ha, 8.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476659.md - Parcel 474369: 26,552 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/474369.md - Parcel 483272: 24,684 m² (2.47 ha, 6.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/483272.md - Parcel 436626: 21,707 m² (2.17 ha, 5.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436626.md - Parcel 481880: 21,248 m² (2.12 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/481880.md - Parcel 441785: 16,013 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/441785.md - Parcel 470787: 15,824 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/470787.md - Parcel 2491701: 14,355 m² (1.44 ha, 3.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2491701.md - Parcel 474798: 14,205 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/474798.md - Parcel 441767: 12,855 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/441767.md - Parcel 475742: 12,459 m² (1.25 ha, 3.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475742.md - Parcel 475926: 11,521 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475926.md - Parcel 5028172: 10,906 m² (1.09 ha, 2.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028172.md - Parcel 435954: 10,030 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435954.md - Parcel 5924270: 8,600 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5924270.md - Parcel 435953: 8,599 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435953.md - Parcel 490870: 8,575 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490870.md - Parcel 491783: 7,770 m² (0.78 ha, 1.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491783.md - Parcel 445038: 6,439 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/445038.md - Parcel 5924219: 6,130 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5924219.md - Parcel 449155: 6,006 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449155.md - Parcel 5669868: 5,486 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5669868.md - Parcel 449161: 5,411 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449161.md - Parcel 444692: 4,745 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/444692.md - Parcel 466512: 4,653 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/466512.md - Parcel 477553: 4,651 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477553.md - Parcel 5413691: 4,255 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5413691.md - Parcel 463952: 3,587 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463952.md - Parcel 448676: 3,526 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448676.md - Parcel 461078: 2,986 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461078.md - Parcel 447475: 2,576 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447475.md - Parcel 475321: 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475321.md - Parcel 5924283: 2,021 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5924283.md - Parcel 5028949: 1,658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028949.md - Parcel 466114: 1,525 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/466114.md - Parcel 5028938: 1,239 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028938.md - Parcel 447365: 1,115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/447365.md - Parcel 433232: 807 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/433232.md - Parcel 450499: 436 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/450499.md - Parcel 5012206: 369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5012206.md - Parcel 5924447: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5924447.md - Parcel 5028943: 162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028943.md - Parcel 451091: 123 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/451091.md - Parcel 5028951: 92 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028951.md - Parcel 5028950: 79 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5028950.md - Parcel 5924451: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5924451.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - M4 White Lands (Built up area): Cavan County Development Plan incorporating Variation No1 2022-2028, Cavan; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://www.cavancoco.ie/media/y0ka04fz/chapter-14_.pdf#page=11 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 7 applications, newest first. - 28 Sept 2026, Cavan County Council 2660553: N/a. Retention. for amendments to the two-storey block include the elimination of a single storey porch structure, corrugated cladding on the facade and a roof light from the design as well as a reduction in size of the master bedroom windows, the inclusion of a tall window and door to the entrance hall and a new chimney. Elsewhere, roof lights have been eliminated from the design over the kitchen, the interior layout of the living room has changed, and the former attached garage has been constructed as a general-purpose room with associated amendments to the façade including a single window/door opening instead of two garage doors. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660553/0 - 3 Oct 2023, Cavan County Council 2360208: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to alter a previously approved application for a domestic dwelling, Planning Ref:21/133. Proposed alterations include modifications to the layout of the dwelling, elevations changes and alterations to the site layout plan. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360208/0 - 7 Dec 2022, Cavan County Council 22497: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect single storey extensions to front and side of existing dwelling, associated alterations to floor plans and elevations, connection to existing services, site development works to reduce ground levels, new sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/22497/0 - 10 Mar 2021, Cavan County Council 21133: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for the erection of a part two storey, part single storey dwelling house with a detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation are, entrance gates and piers and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21133/0 - 30 Jan 2019, Cavan County Council 1927: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling (replacement dwelling) with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all associated works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1927/0 - 3 Oct 2018, Cavan County Council 18400: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18400/0 - 25 Jul 2018, Cavan County Council 18311: Refused. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/18311/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Bellville. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV025-005: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-005----. Davies (1948, 111) recorded that there was an early church here, apparently a short distance to the NE of the present church. Not visible at ground level. 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 - CV025-006001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-006001-. The small estate of Crenard was acquired by the Flemings of Slane (ME0190933002-), perhaps during the Plantation. According to contemporary documents there was a bawn and house of lime and stone (Davies 1948a, 94). Land at Crenit (78) is indicated on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, but no house is represented. See this web-page accessed on 18/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Clonmoghan&c=Cavan Davies (ibid.) identified Crenit with Bellville where there is the remains of a low, subrectangular, grass-covered earthen platform (dims c. 53m N-S; 38m E-W) with apparently rounded corners, extending W from the present early 18th-century house and farm complex. (ITA Survey 1941) 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 revision: 18 April 2016 - CV025-006002: House - 17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-006002-. The small estate of Crenard was acquired by the Flemings of Slane (ME0190933002-), perhaps during the Plantation. According to contemporary documents there was a bawn and house of lime and stone (Davies 1948a, 94). Land at Crenit (78) is indicated on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, but no house is represented. See this web-page accessed on 18/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Clonmoghan&c=Cavan Davies (ibid.) identified Crenit with Bellville where there is the remains of a low, subrectangular, grass-covered earthen platform (dims c. 53m N-S; 38m E-W) with apparently rounded corners, extending W from the present early 18th-century house and farm complex. (ITA Survey 1941) Date of upload: 18 April, 2016 - CV025-007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-007----. Raised oval area (int. dims. 46.8m NNW-SSE; 41.4m ENE-WSW) enclosed by a slight outer earthen bank, intermediate fosse and substantial inner earthen bank. Original entrance may have been at ENE. Adapted for use as a tree-ring in modern times. An earthen bank with a shallow outer trench is built against the external face of the outer bank. In the interior, a small six-sided stone building, now in ruins, is most likely the remains of a summer-house. Both these features are almost certainly modern. 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 - CV025-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-008----. Raised oval area (int. dims. 36.4m N-S; 30.7m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank, remains of a fosse, a narrow berm and a shallow trench. Fosse identifiable only at NNW. The berm and trench probably date to the period when the site was adapted for use as a tree- ring. Original entrance(s) may have been at ENE and/or ESE. 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 - CV025-009: Designed landscape - folly, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-009----. A two-storey square tower (int. dims. 7.15m x 7.15m; max H c. 6.2m) with thick mortared walls of rough unworked stones, situated on rock outcrop. Doorways in W and S walls. Intramural stairs runs from doorway in S wall through E wall to viewing point. Beam slots and two recesses (dims. 2.75m x 1.15m) in S wall and round-headed fireplace in N wall. 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 - CV025-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV025-010----. Raised circular area (int. diam. 40.9m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a well-defined fosse. Break in bank at SE with accompanying causeway represents original entrance. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Bellville. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Bellville, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Bellville. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellville.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellville.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellville.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Bellville with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan: https://everytownland.com/cavan.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bellananagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellananagh.md - Cashel: https://everytownland.com/cavan/cashel-20289.md - Cauhoo: https://everytownland.com/cavan/cauhoo.md - Crenard: https://everytownland.com/cavan/crenard.md - Drumheel: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumheel-20914.md - Gortachurk: https://everytownland.com/cavan/gortachurk.md - Kevit Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/kevit-lower.md - Kevit Upper or Castlecosby: https://everytownland.com/cavan/kevit-upper-or-castlecosby.md - Kilsallagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/kilsallagh-21363.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cavan/bellville - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/bellville