Knockaraheen

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockaraheen, from 963 m² to 354,518 m² (35.45 ha, 87.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 28 Jun 2023Conditional

  construct (1) single storey dwelling house (2) proprietary wastewater system unit (3) domestic garage (4) all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23250

• 2 Feb 2022Conditional

  to (a) decommission existing septic tank and install new proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area associated with adjoining dwelling and (B) construct a part single storey/part storey and a half style dwelling, detached domestic garage, install proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area and form a new site entrance from public road, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2236

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockaraheen.

Recorded monuments

• CV043-015 Enclosure
  Description

  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.

• CV043-015001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 48m) enclosed by a largely collapsed drystone wall. Original entrance not recognisable. A rectangular hut site (int. dims. 6m E-W; 5m N-S) enclosed by a low stone wall, accompanied by an L-shaped depression which may represent a souterrain (CCV043-015002-) or possibly a second hut site, occur within the internal area. Traces of an internal dividing wall running N-S are visible at N. 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

• CV043-015002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Knockaraheen cashel (CV043-015001-). An L-shaped depression, the longer leg (L 14m; Wth 4m) aligned E-W and the other (L 6m; Wth 2m) running N-S within the interior, may indicate the site of a 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

• CV043-016 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the S shoulder of a drumlin ridge. 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockaraheen.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Knockaraheen, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockaraheen.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Knockaraheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Knockaraheen

Area

1,284,269 m² (128.43 ha, 317.35 acres)

Civil parish

Munterconnaught, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Munterconnaught, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,182 people lived in 390 households in the Munterconnaught electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Behernagh, Boolies (Co. Meath), Knocknaveagh, Lurganboy, Newcastle (Co. Meath)

Placenames

Knockaraheen 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.