# Countenan, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Larah, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 941,142 m² (94.11 ha, 232.56 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,925 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Larah, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/larah.md - Barony: Loughtee Upper - Electoral division: Stradone, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 855 people lived in 294 households in the Stradone electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% 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/5381 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 20608 - Centre: latitude 53.996814, longitude -7.251207 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Countenan, from 329 m² to 646,720 m² (64.67 ha, 159.81 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 448165: 646,720 m² (64.67 ha, 159.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/448165.md - Parcel 463293: 136,119 m² (13.61 ha, 33.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463293.md - Parcel 466168: 5,832 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/466168.md - Parcel 436043: 5,198 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436043.md - Parcel 459264: 3,704 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/459264.md - Parcel 436584: 3,702 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436584.md - Parcel 486588: 3,331 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/486588.md - Parcel 463307: 2,925 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/463307.md - Parcel 4224599: 2,736 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4224599.md - Parcel 469415: 2,702 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/469415.md - Parcel 472990: 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/472990.md - Parcel 449873: 2,038 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/449873.md - Parcel 2995581: 1,121 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2995581.md - Parcel 3085077: 641 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3085077.md - Parcel 3085197: 329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3085197.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Countenan in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 13 Mar 2017, Cavan County Council 1796: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. to erect fully serviced two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, form new entrance of existing laneway, connect to existing public mains sewer and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/1796/0 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 Countenan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CV021-021001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV021-021001-. Conjoined raths encircled by a modern field boundary and separated by a fosse. Both raths comprise raised areas enclosed by a bank and fosse. Rath at N is oval in plan (int. dims. 38.5m NE-SW; 29m NW-SE). Break in bank at N probably marks original entrance. Just outside of the entrance the level of the fosse drops accutely from W down to E. The S rath is circular in plan (int. diam. 29.8m). Bank barely discernible over the interior throughout most of its course. Fosse is only identifiable from SE-S-SW and at NE. Wide break in bank at WSW with no visible remains of accompanying causeway probably represents original entrance. Both raths have been planted with trees. 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 - CV021-021002: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV021-021002-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie. 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 Countenan. ## 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 Countenan, about 1 in 10 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 high, 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 Countenan. - 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/countenan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/countenan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/countenan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Countenan 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) - Corfeehone: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corfeehone.md - Corgreagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/corgreagh-20435.md - Drumcrow: https://everytownland.com/cavan/drumcrow-20865.md - Lisatoo: https://everytownland.com/cavan/lisatoo.md - Raheelagh: https://everytownland.com/cavan/raheelagh.md - Raskill: https://everytownland.com/cavan/raskill.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/countenan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cavan/countenan