# Beltany, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Raphoe, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Bhealtaine.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,191,794 m² (119.18 ha, 294.5 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Raphoe, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/raphoe.md
- Barony: Raphoe North
- Electoral division: Raphoe, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,521 people lived in 591 households in the Raphoe electoral division. 59% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16481
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50324
- Centre: latitude 54.845157, longitude -7.611978 (WGS 84)

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

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Beltany, from 126 m² to 168,850 m² (16.88 ha, 41.72 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1334643: 168,850 m² (16.88 ha, 41.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334643.md
- Parcel 1393824: 128,125 m² (12.81 ha, 31.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393824.md
- Parcel 1325438: 95,147 m² (9.51 ha, 23.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325438.md
- Parcel 1343631: 60,495 m² (6.05 ha, 14.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343631.md
- Parcel 1353744: 60,327 m² (6.03 ha, 14.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353744.md
- Parcel 1338333: 54,319 m² (5.43 ha, 13.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338333.md
- Parcel 1403440: 48,698 m² (4.87 ha, 12.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403440.md
- Parcel 4618105: 45,465 m² (4.55 ha, 11.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618105.md
- Parcel 1327022: 40,481 m² (4.05 ha, 10 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327022.md
- Parcel 1386817: 37,810 m² (3.78 ha, 9.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386817.md
- Parcel 1331685: 33,944 m² (3.39 ha, 8.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331685.md
- Parcel 5248390: 26,733 m² (2.67 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5248390.md
- Parcel 1324095: 26,555 m² (2.66 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324095.md
- Parcel 1340525: 24,246 m² (2.42 ha, 5.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340525.md
- Parcel 1327847: 20,146 m² (2.01 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327847.md
- Parcel 1320352: 10,180 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320352.md
- Parcel 1307951: 9,989 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307951.md
- Parcel 1321406: 6,416 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321406.md
- Parcel 4821998: 5,182 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4821998.md
- Parcel 1355978: 4,698 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1355978.md
- Parcel 5449406: 4,207 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5449406.md
- Parcel 4779526: 4,120 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4779526.md
- Parcel 5710332: 3,991 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5710332.md
- Parcel 1414934: 3,987 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414934.md
- Parcel 1427369: 3,189 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427369.md
- Parcel 1417096: 3,111 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417096.md
- Parcel 1349783: 2,829 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349783.md
- Parcel 5916243: 2,446 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916243.md
- Parcel 5332401: 2,209 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5332401.md
- Parcel 1398072: 2,025 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398072.md
- Parcel 1393126: 1,919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393126.md
- Parcel 1354122: 1,786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354122.md
- Parcel 1324747: 1,305 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324747.md
- Parcel 1342494: 1,227 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342494.md
- Parcel 4891736: 1,182 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4891736.md
- Parcel 1331442: 1,101 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331442.md
- Parcel 1312942: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1312942.md
- Parcel 1307601: 1,014 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307601.md
- Parcel 1350668: 1,003 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350668.md
- Parcel 1410689: 880 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410689.md
- Parcel 5919611: 856 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5919611.md
- Parcel 1319737: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319737.md
- Parcel 1323407: 518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323407.md
- Parcel 1372954: 374 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372954.md
- Parcel 1378563: 355 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378563.md
- Parcel 1408886: 256 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408886.md
- Parcel 1407740: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407740.md
- Parcel 5320977: 204 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5320977.md
- Parcel 5919622: 126 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5919622.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Beltany 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)

5 applications, newest first.

- 11 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560335: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) RELOCATION OF EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560335/0
- 16 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560028: Refused. Retention. WALL AT SITE ENTRANCE, ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560028/0
- 26 Aug 2020, Donegal County Council 2051175: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A DOUBLE DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ATTACHED STORE AND HOBBIES ROOM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051175/0
- 23 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951295: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED INCORPORATING SLATTED UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKS, ANIMAL HOLDING PENS, ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE COVERED YARD AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951295/0
- 20 Mar 2017, Donegal County Council 1750403: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING WELL TO SERVE PROPOSED DWELLING ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750403/0

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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 Beltany.

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

- DG070-025: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG070-025----. Located a slight terrace just below the summit of Beltany Hill, 60m SW of Beltany stone circle (DG070-026001-). This monument is shown as an oval enclosure (c. 45m NW−SE; c. 30m NE−SW) named 'Graveyard' on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map. It is indicated as 'Old Graveyard' on the 2nd edition; on later editions it is shown simply as a penannular enclosure (max dim. c. 35-40m NE−SW), open to the W. It is defined by stone-wall field boundaries. The E perimeter coincides with the townland boundary. It is not clear what the exact nature of this site was but its proximity to the stone circle might suggest that they were in some way related (Lacy et al. 1983, 73, no. 329). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 July 2017
- DG070-039: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG070-039----. There is no trace of the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on arable land with extensive views especially over the Deele valley to the S. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 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)

- Bridge, 1770–1820, Regional interest, registry number 40907032, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40907032. Triple-arched bridge carrying road over the Deele River, built c. 1790, having V-profile squared rubble stone cutwaters to piers. Segmental-headed arches having squared rubble stone voussoirs; squared rubble stone construction to the arch barrels. Squared and randomly coursed rubble stone construction to piers. Squared and randomly coursed rubble stone construction to parapets with squared rubble stone soldier coping over; cement rendered modern blockwork repairs in places, north-eastern parapet largely rebuilt. Modern services pipe to the south-western elevation supported on blockwork piers resting on cutwaters. Tarmacadam deck with grass verges. Located in the rural countryside to the south-west of Raphoe.

## 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 Beltany, 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.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1836, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1836.zip (ZIP).
- 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/donegal/beltany.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Beltany, Raphoe: 5 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/beltany-raphoe.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Carnowen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carnowen.md
- Cottown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cottown.md
- Drumineney: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumineney.md
- Milltown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/milltown-52051.md
- Stranorlaghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/stranorlaghan.md
- Tops: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tops.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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