# Raheen, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 399,558 m² (39.96 ha, 98.73 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,967 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbarron, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilbarron.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Carrickboy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Carrickboy electoral division: 389 people in 156 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13860 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52236 - Centre: latitude 54.490978, longitude -8.166103 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 60 m² to 99,392 m² (9.94 ha, 24.56 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1405366: 99,392 m² (9.94 ha, 24.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405366.md - Parcel 1382356: 61,501 m² (6.15 ha, 15.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382356.md - Parcel 1329550: 38,476 m² (3.85 ha, 9.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329550.md - Parcel 1394949: 32,513 m² (3.25 ha, 8.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394949.md - Parcel 1384906: 20,651 m² (2.07 ha, 5.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384906.md - Parcel 1322085: 16,678 m² (1.67 ha, 4.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322085.md - Parcel 1305116: 16,039 m² (1.6 ha, 3.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305116.md - Parcel 1309608: 13,980 m² (1.4 ha, 3.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309608.md - Parcel 1310572: 13,333 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310572.md - Parcel 1361587: 12,705 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361587.md - Parcel 1347197: 9,949 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347197.md - Parcel 1380359: 9,417 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380359.md - Parcel 1395705: 4,668 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395705.md - Parcel 1339119: 4,431 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339119.md - Parcel 1335739: 4,013 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335739.md - Parcel 1326159: 3,825 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326159.md - Parcel 1339082: 3,347 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339082.md - Parcel 1344632: 2,967 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344632.md - Parcel 5384975: 2,452 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5384975.md - Parcel 1339321: 2,167 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339321.md - Parcel 1347614: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347614.md - Parcel 1343600: 2,026 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343600.md - Parcel 1316019: 1,884 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316019.md - Parcel 1320222: 1,733 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320222.md - Parcel 1336505: 1,677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336505.md - Parcel 1306134: 1,480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306134.md - Parcel 1322225: 1,468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322225.md - Parcel 1378391: 1,152 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378391.md - Parcel 1320819: 1,124 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320819.md - Parcel 1319050: 1,069 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319050.md - Parcel 5496874: 1,028 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5496874.md - Parcel 1424369: 786 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424369.md - Parcel 1328607: 681 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328607.md - Parcel 1391054: 673 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391054.md - Parcel 1344257: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344257.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Raheen 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. - 22 Feb 2024, Donegal County Council 2460197: Refused. Permission. A TEN-YEAR PERMISSION FOR A GRID SERVICES FACILITY COMPRISING OF (1) AN ENCLOSED BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPOUND CONTAINING BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ELECTRICAL INVERTERS, TRANSFORMERS AND POWER CONTROL CENTRES, (2) AN ENCLOSED SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER COMPOUND CONTAINING A HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR HOUSED WITHIN A SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER BUILDING AND ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A FLYWHEEL, TRANSFORMER, CIRCUIT BREAKER AND COOLING EQUIPMENT, (3) UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS CABLING, (4) SITE ENTRANCE FROM THE L7965-1 LOCAL ROAD, (5) ON-SITE ACCESS TRACK, (6) SECURITY FENCING AND SECURITY GATES, (7) POLE-MOUNTED SECURITY CAMERAS, (8) ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT, LANDSCAPING AND REINSTATEMENT WORKS. THE OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 35 YEARS. THIS PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING REPORT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460197/0 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 Raheen. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG107-060: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG107-060----. There is no trace of the single-ringed enclosure marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on the S slope of the valley of the River Erne. 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. Described in 1946 as 'West of the fort (DG107-061) and distant 100 feet from the outer bank, is the remians of a small D-shaped enclosure, some 60' long and 40' wide. The banks are low and wide and very ill-defined. From this enclosure a depression leads towards the fort (DG107-061). West of the field wall this is shallow and ill-defined, but east of the field wall it is deeper and clearly defined; it penetrates the outer bank of the fort and leads into the outer fosse. All the area of the fort within the outer bank is almost completely overgrown by furze, hazel, blackthorn &c. which made detalied examination difficult'(Corlett 2006, 58-9). Date of upload/revision: 15 May 2009 - DG107-061: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG107-061----. Internal diam. 16m. A small circular area enclosed by five earthen banks with four intervening fosses. Its situation on a small rise gives the banks a stepped effect. There are possible berms between the inner and second·banks and another possibly between the second and the third. There is a possible entrance on the NE side. A souterrain open in the 1940's is no longer visible. It could be followed from an opening in the SW just inside the inner bank, 10ft under the banks. Its walls were of drystone construction and it was roofed with flagstones. The site is now covered by a small tree plantation and the S side has been considerably damaged by road construction. A smaller enclosure immediately to the W is now gone. It is situated just above the high water of the Erne Dam but would originally have stood on the high ground just S of the river. 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. Described in 1946 as 'In the townland of Raheen, on the south side of the river. This will not be flooded, but will be partly destroyed by a new road, which will run between the fort and the railway. This fort crowns a small hill, and appears to have consisted of five banks and four fosses, with a total diameter of approximately 280 feet. The inner bank and fosse and the second bank are complete, except for some gaps (entrances or cattle tracks?). The other three banks and fosses are complete, except for gaps, on the north, west and south (about two thirds of the total diameter) but are broken down in a confusion of low mounds on the east. The outer bank merges into a field fence on the north-east side of the fort, and again on the south side. There is no fosse outside the outer bank. Immediately inside the inner bank, on the south west side, there is an opening to a souterrain (DG107-061001-), whether entrance or collapse is difficult to determine' (Corlett 2006, 58-9). Date of upload/revision: 14 May 2009 - DG107-061001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG107-061001-. Described in 1946 as 'In the townland of Raheen, on the south side of the river. This fort (DG107-061) crowns a small hill, and appears to have consisted of five banks and four fosses, with a total diameter of approximately 280 feet. Immediately inside the inner bank, on the south west side, there is an opening to a souterrain, whether entrance or collapse is difficult to determine. The souterrain was walled with dry masonry, and roofed with slabs, section about 12" x 8". It is now almost full of earth and mud, but appears to run clockwise for some ten feet at present, but a depression at the base of the rampary some 15 feet from the present opening may indicated a collpase of the souterrain roofing' (Corlett 2006, 58-9). - DG107-069: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG107-069----. There is no trace of the single-ringed enclosure marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on the S slope of the valley of the River Erne. 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Raheen. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 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: Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 Raheen. - 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/raheen.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/raheen.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/raheen.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyhanna: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyhanna.md - Drumnagroagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumnagroagh.md - Killeen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/killeen.md - Tully: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tully-52583.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/donegal/raheen - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/raheen