Moydristan

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moydristan, from 11 m² to 114,965 m² (11.5 ha, 28.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Moydristan 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.

• 13 Jun 2023N/a

  to rehabilitate and improve a 800 metre stretch of the Maghera River at Magheraboy Upper, Finea, Co. Cavan. Works will include the removal of some in-stream vegetation, repair and reinstatement of existing in-stream structures. Improvement and alteration of flow dynamics by the construction of deflectors and weirs, reinforcement of the river bank in some locations and the introduction of spawning gravel to improve breeding habitats for trout. Appropriate assessment and an NIS has been submitted as part of this application.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 23238

• 11 Sept 2020Refused

  for development consisting of construction of a camping park within a Special Protection Area (Lough Sheelin Special Protection Area 004065) and within a Proposed National Heritage Areas (Lough Sheelin pNHA 000987) including; A. A fully serviced single storey building containing toilets, showers & wash up facilities, laundry room, plant room and storage rooms, B. Conversion of existing single storey domestic house on site to a reception area with kitchen canteen, games rooms and hang out areas with mezzanine over part. House to be part demolished and rebuilt on North Side Gable. Hipped roof to be replaced with the addition of roof lights. Rear east elevation to have adjoining existing lean to shed demolished and glazing installed to match existing house. Minor alteration to allow changes to over structure. C. A camping area with driveway and associated fittings for each pitch with a proprietary waste water system and percolation area, chemical sewerage treatment facilities, private well, car-parking, entrance, walls and piers and all ancillary works. D. A Natura Impact Statement is being submitted with the application. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 20404

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Lough Sheelin SPA 004065
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Sheelin 000987

Recorded monuments

• CV037-047 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 43m) enclosed by a low partly destroyed drystone wall. Original entrance not recognisable. Some 10m in from the cashel wall the internal area is level but rises to a height of c. 1.5m above that of the wall at the centre of the interior. 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

• CV037-048 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a gentle SE-facing slope. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m) is depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'Fort' but there is a circular quarry (diam. c. 55m) at the roadside immediately to its S. The extent of the quarry is not depicted on the 1908 edition but the only feature present in 1970 (SMR file) was a double-fronted brick and stone-built lime-kiln. Traces of the enclosure could still be present distinct from the now backfilled and grass-covered quarry. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 28 September 2022

• CV037-049 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The monument stands immediately N of a rath (CV037-050----) on a broad ridge in rolling grassland. Largely destroyed, it consists of a S-facing court, roughly semicircular in outline, formed by seven substantial stones, three to the W and four to the E, the tallest 1.45m high. Behind the inner stone at W, which also served as an entrance jamb, a stone 0.8m high is all that now remains of the gallery. A considerable number of prostrate stones of varying size lie in and around what was the gallery area. (Ó Nualláin 1989,116,Cv.42) 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

• CV037-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 46m) enclosed by a low earthen bank, recently faced with stone from W-NW-N, and a wide, deep, waterlogged fosse, infilled at NE and poorly preserved from E-S-W. Break in bank at SE with slight remains of accompanying causeway probably 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

• CV041-019 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Moydristan House, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with concealed attic, built c.1850, and two-storey return to rear. Hipped artificial slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Pair of limestone-clad chimneystacks flanking central bay, uPVC rainwater goods. Coursed random rubble limestone walls, central bay rebuilt c.2005. Earlier smooth render to rear and return. Window openings with sandstone flat-arched heads and limestone sills, widened to ground floor, with double-glazed one-over-one timber sash windows, uPVC to rear. Two high level attic windows to gable below eaves having small six-over-three sliding timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with sandstone voussoirs containing Ionic doorcase with leaded fanlight over historic glazed timber panelled door. Interior has original stair with scrolled handrail and tooled limestone chimneypieces and thresholds. Farmyard to rear with single-storey rubble stone outbuildings having battened doors displaying a bi-folding leaf and timber rim lock. Random rubble boundary walls and forged farm gate. Site set back from road.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Moydristan

Area

929,240 m² (92.92 ha, 229.62 acres)

Civil parish

Ballymachugh, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmahon

Electoral division

Ballymachugh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballymachugh electoral division: 838 people in 276 households; 85% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Magheraboy Lower, Magheraboy Upper, Moat, Mullaghboy, Shankill

Placenames

Moydristan 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.