# Moydristan, Co. Cavan: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballymachugh, barony of Clanmahon, Co. Cavan.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 929,240 m² (92.92 ha, 229.62 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,042 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballymachugh, https://everytownland.com/cavan/parish/ballymachugh.md
- Barony: Clanmahon
- Electoral division: Ballymachugh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 838 people lived in 276 households in the Ballymachugh electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cavan, https://everytownland.com/cavan.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/4459
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 21615
- Centre: latitude 53.814984, longitude -7.363466 (WGS 84)

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

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moydristan, from 11 m² to 114,965 m² (11.5 ha, 28.41 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2996543: 114,965 m² (11.5 ha, 28.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2996543.md
- Parcel 478058: 112,079 m² (11.21 ha, 27.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/478058.md
- Parcel 471108: 96,685 m² (9.67 ha, 23.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471108.md
- Parcel 477121: 81,492 m² (8.15 ha, 20.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/477121.md
- Parcel 487170: 76,262 m² (7.63 ha, 18.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487170.md
- Parcel 5023421: 63,996 m² (6.4 ha, 15.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5023421.md
- Parcel 5978358: 53,497 m² (5.35 ha, 13.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978358.md
- Parcel 473391: 25,758 m² (2.58 ha, 6.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/473391.md
- Parcel 489915: 24,805 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/489915.md
- Parcel 471828: 23,730 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/471828.md
- Parcel 476433: 22,795 m² (2.28 ha, 5.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/476433.md
- Parcel 491002: 15,829 m² (1.58 ha, 3.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/491002.md
- Parcel 435578: 12,874 m² (1.29 ha, 3.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/435578.md
- Parcel 490389: 10,137 m² (1.01 ha, 2.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/490389.md
- Parcel 487927: 7,548 m² (0.75 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/487927.md
- Parcel 475048: 5,362 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/475048.md
- Parcel 5978398: 5,042 m² (0.5 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978398.md
- Parcel 4842521: 4,700 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4842521.md
- Parcel 456386: 3,566 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/456386.md
- Parcel 5023425: 3,220 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5023425.md
- Parcel 486307: 3,069 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/486307.md
- Parcel 3168683: 2,694 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3168683.md
- Parcel 436404: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/436404.md
- Parcel 461220: 2,406 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/461220.md
- Parcel 442797: 2,278 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442797.md
- Parcel 442548: 2,141 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/442548.md
- Parcel 490949: 1,549 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/490949.md
- Parcel 473671: 1,476 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/473671.md
- Parcel 2996541: 838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2996541.md
- Parcel 4663790: 623 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4663790.md
- Parcel 487893: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/487893.md
- Parcel 5978373: 333 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978373.md
- Parcel 5978399: 11 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5978399.md

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

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.

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

2 applications, newest first.

- 13 Jun 2023, Cavan County Council 23238: N/a. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/23238/0
- 11 Sept 2020, Cavan County Council 20404: Refused. Permission. 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.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/20404/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Lough Sheelin SPA, site code 004065, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004065
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Sheelin, site code 000987

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

- CV037-047: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-047----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-048----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-049----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV037-050----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCV041-019----. 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)

- Moydristan House, house, 1840–1860, Regional interest, registry number 40403713, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CV&regno=40403713. 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.

## 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 Moydristan, 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 Moydristan.
- 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/moydristan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cavan/moydristan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cavan/moydristan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Moydristan 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)

- Magheraboy Lower: https://everytownland.com/cavan/magheraboy-lower.md
- Magheraboy Upper: https://everytownland.com/cavan/magheraboy-upper.md
- Moat: https://everytownland.com/cavan/moat.md
- Mullaghboy: https://everytownland.com/cavan/mullaghboy-21632.md
- Shankill: https://everytownland.com/cavan/shankill.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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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.

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