# Blackhills Lower, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Moybolgue, barony of Clankee, Co. Cavan.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 965,772 m² (96.58 ha, 238.65 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,298 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Moybolgue, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/moybolgue.md
- Barony: Clankee
- Electoral division: Carnagarve, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 627 people lived in 224 households in the Carnagarve electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% 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/3674
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20178
- Centre: latitude 53.88759, longitude -6.943201 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackhills Lower, from 35 m² to 167,748 m² (16.77 ha, 41.45 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 472808: 167,748 m² (16.77 ha, 41.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472808.md
- Parcel 463966: 59,806 m² (5.98 ha, 14.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463966.md
- Parcel 2406644: 58,494 m² (5.85 ha, 14.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2406644.md
- Parcel 476488: 57,290 m² (5.73 ha, 14.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476488.md
- Parcel 480047: 55,144 m² (5.51 ha, 13.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/480047.md
- Parcel 491275: 44,935 m² (4.49 ha, 11.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491275.md
- Parcel 448033: 41,319 m² (4.13 ha, 10.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448033.md
- Parcel 475683: 39,854 m² (3.99 ha, 9.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475683.md
- Parcel 491344: 32,484 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491344.md
- Parcel 441970: 32,440 m² (3.24 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/441970.md
- Parcel 475502: 31,895 m² (3.19 ha, 7.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475502.md
- Parcel 435815: 30,884 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435815.md
- Parcel 448300: 28,562 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448300.md
- Parcel 437474: 26,206 m² (2.62 ha, 6.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/437474.md
- Parcel 489540: 23,914 m² (2.39 ha, 5.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489540.md
- Parcel 488423: 22,736 m² (2.27 ha, 5.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/488423.md
- Parcel 448410: 17,757 m² (1.78 ha, 4.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448410.md
- Parcel 446747: 7,020 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/446747.md
- Parcel 454850: 6,893 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/454850.md
- Parcel 474257: 6,774 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/474257.md
- Parcel 451788: 6,554 m² (0.66 ha, 1.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/451788.md
- Parcel 463358: 5,830 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463358.md
- Parcel 443011: 5,419 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/443011.md
- Parcel 2406653: 5,344 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2406653.md
- Parcel 458834: 4,787 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/458834.md
- Parcel 474127: 4,691 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/474127.md
- Parcel 433001: 4,177 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/433001.md
- Parcel 464248: 3,932 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/464248.md
- Parcel 465522: 3,368 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/465522.md
- Parcel 454112: 3,210 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/454112.md
- Parcel 454517: 2,942 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/454517.md
- Parcel 455349: 2,782 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/455349.md
- Parcel 489558: 2,709 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489558.md
- Parcel 472160: 2,482 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472160.md
- Parcel 460817: 2,298 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/460817.md
- Parcel 3222924: 2,233 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3222924.md
- Parcel 6044761: 2,168 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6044761.md
- Parcel 472347: 2,146 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472347.md
- Parcel 447962: 2,076 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/447962.md
- Parcel 452989: 1,943 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/452989.md
- Parcel 463868: 1,936 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/463868.md
- Parcel 492466: 1,912 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/492466.md
- Parcel 450261: 1,867 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/450261.md
- Parcel 2406676: 1,865 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2406676.md
- Parcel 445087: 1,820 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/445087.md
- Parcel 471538: 1,813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/471538.md
- Parcel 473346: 1,657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/473346.md
- Parcel 450236: 1,636 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/450236.md
- Parcel 2995882: 1,511 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2995882.md
- Parcel 490100: 1,503 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490100.md
- Parcel 5603783: 1,394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5603783.md
- Parcel 473660: 1,029 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/473660.md
- Parcel 466467: 1,011 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/466467.md
- Parcel 484073: 941 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/484073.md
- Parcel 489805: 767 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/489805.md
- Parcel 487882: 657 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/487882.md
- Parcel 452507: 637 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/452507.md
- Parcel 3222808: 274 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3222808.md
- Parcel 5056371: 268 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5056371.md
- Parcel 452759: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/452759.md
- Parcel 5056378: 235 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5056378.md
- Parcel 452717: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/452717.md
- Parcel 5672437: 148 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672437.md
- Parcel 5672440: 147 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5672440.md
- Parcel 489541: 141 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/489541.md
- Parcel 433649: 139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/433649.md
- Parcel 3222930: 113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3222930.md
- Parcel 487436: 48 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/487436.md
- Parcel 3455164: 35 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3455164.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

- P5 RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 15 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 22 Jul 2021, Cavan County Council 21449: Conditional. Permission. demolish 6 no. existing pig houses and to construct 2 no. pig houses, an extension to 1 no. existing pig house and 1 no. ancillary storage shed together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Licence under part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (E.I.A.R.) will be submitted with this application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/21449/0
- 22 Apr 2020, Cavan County Council 20147: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain a) extension to side of existing dwelling b)flat roof porch to front of existing dwelling c)septic tank and percolation area together with all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20147/0
- 30 Oct 2019, Cavan County Council 19430: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. to retain new site entrance to existing dwelling, alterations to site layout and boundaries and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19430/0
- 14 Oct 2019, Cavan County Council 19393: Refused. Extension of duration. EXTENSION OF TIME 15/113 to decommission 4 no. existing pig houses and to construct extensions to 6 no. existing pig houses to provide replacement pig accommodation and an ancillary feed preparation store, together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bins) and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. This application relates to a development, which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing) Regulations 1994 to 2013. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/19393/0

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## 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 Blackhills Lower.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CV034-002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV034-002----. Raised circular area (int. dims. c. 19m N-S; c. 18m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a wide fosse. From NE-S-WSW fosse has been recut and has a modern external bank. Original entrance not recognisable. Inside the bank at N are the remains of what appears to be a small rectangular house site. 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
- CV034-003: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV034-003----. Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Sited at the foot of a high drumlin hill. Circular area (int. diam. 9m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank. Traces of a possible external fosse at NW and W. Original entrance may have been at NW. 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 Blackhills Lower.

## 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 Blackhills Lower, about 1 in 20 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Blackhills Lower.
- 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/blackhills-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/blackhills-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/blackhills-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Blackhills Lower 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)

- Ballynamona: https://everytownland.com/cavan/ballynamona.md
- Blackhills Upper: https://everytownland.com/cavan/blackhills-upper.md
- Carnans Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/carnans-lower.md
- Teevurcher (Co. Meath): https://everytownland.com/meath/teevurcher.md
- Tullynaskeagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/tullynaskeagh.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.

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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.

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