# Rosscat, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilbarron, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 821,344 m² (82.13 ha, 202.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,242 m² (1.22 ha, 3.03 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilbarron, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilbarron.md - Barony: Tirhugh - Electoral division: Ballyshannon Rural, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,738 people lived in 624 households in the Ballyshannon Rural electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/13823 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52314 - Centre: latitude 54.546196, longitude -8.175972 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosscat, from 693 m² to 338,356 m² (33.84 ha, 83.61 acres); 7 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1378189: 338,356 m² (33.84 ha, 83.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378189.md - Parcel 1329648: 96,586 m² (9.66 ha, 23.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329648.md - Parcel 1374916: 70,200 m² (7.02 ha, 17.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374916.md - Parcel 1338573: 40,277 m² (4.03 ha, 9.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338573.md - Parcel 1320809: 33,020 m² (3.3 ha, 8.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320809.md - Parcel 1336494: 26,744 m² (2.67 ha, 6.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336494.md - Parcel 1378488: 25,657 m² (2.57 ha, 6.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378488.md - Parcel 4817428: 21,201 m² (2.12 ha, 5.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4817428.md - Parcel 1380347: 18,715 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380347.md - Parcel 1323374: 18,236 m² (1.82 ha, 4.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323374.md - Parcel 3988835: 16,783 m² (1.68 ha, 4.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3988835.md - Parcel 1412349: 16,221 m² (1.62 ha, 4.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412349.md - Parcel 6167024: 14,379 m² (1.44 ha, 3.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6167024.md - Parcel 1412350: 12,630 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412350.md - Parcel 1323969: 12,242 m² (1.22 ha, 3.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323969.md - Parcel 1309591: 11,591 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309591.md - Parcel 1335727: 7,901 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335727.md - Parcel 1366599: 7,593 m² (0.76 ha, 1.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366599.md - Parcel 1388683: 5,493 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388683.md - Parcel 4791218: 4,555 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4791218.md - Parcel 4817435: 4,271 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4817435.md - Parcel 4892943: 3,960 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4892943.md - Parcel 4542837: 3,389 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4542837.md - Parcel 1366138: 3,209 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366138.md - Parcel 4791244: 2,796 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4791244.md - Parcel 1362164: 2,237 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362164.md - Parcel 1378190: 1,427 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378190.md - Parcel 1407634: 1,325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407634.md - Parcel 1372843: 693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372843.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rosscat 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. - 31 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2461169: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BEDROOM AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461169/0 - 25 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2461139: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A 1 & ½ STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BEDROOM AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461139/0 - 2 Jan 2024, Donegal County Council 2450001: Conditional. Retention. EXISTING CONCRETE SLAB AND PERMISSION FOR (1) ERECTION OF HORSE STABLES WITH MIDDEN STORAGE, (2) ERECTION OF CONCRETE APRON AND HARDCORE AREA, AND (3) ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450001/0 - 12 Jul 2019, Donegal County Council 1951084: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK\SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951084/0 - 29 May 2019, Donegal County Council 1950797: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE , DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950797/0 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 Rosscat. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG103-037: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG103-037----. Internal diam. c. 16m. Only the S arc of an enclosing earthen bank survives up to a height of .5m. It is situated on the N slope of a drumlin in good pasture land and with good views. 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 - DG103-038: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG103-038----. Internal diam. 21.5m. A slightly raised circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. There are two gaps one to the W and a second to the E. The former would seem a more likely location for an entrance. The site is located on the crest of a hill in pasture land. 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 Rosscat. ## 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 Rosscat, about 1 in 20 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: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rosscat. - 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/rosscat.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rosscat.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rosscat.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rosscat 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) - Alla: https://everytownland.com/donegal/alla.md - Ardeelan Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ardeelan-upper.md - Cashel: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashel-50541.md - Killinangel Beg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/killinangel-beg.md - Lurgan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lurgan.md - Rossnowlagh Upper or Crockahany: https://everytownland.com/donegal/rossnowlagh-upper-or-crockahany.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/rosscat - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/rosscat