Ryehill

85 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ryehill, from 12 m² to 106,984 m² (10.7 ha, 26.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Ryehill 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.

• 9 Apr 2024Conditional

  to construct an extension to existing slatted shed, manure pit, walled silage slab to include concrete aprons and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: shed extension: 370.04 sqm, manure pit: 80 sqm, silage slab: 222.94 sqm, concrete aprons: 451.16 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2495

• 1 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, domestic garage and fuel store, wastewater treatment system and percolation area along with associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works: H: 166.40 sqm, G: 40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21264

• 28 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a slatted cattle shed with calf creep. Gross floor space of proposed development: 304.8 msq

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201029

• 14 Jul 2020Conditional

  of 1. Existing dwelling house, storage shed No 1 and section of storage shed No 2 as per site plan on a site with revised boundaries. 2. For retention of existing site entrance to dwelling house and retention of existing site entrance to applicants farm yard through proposed site as per planning reference No's 95/369, 06/4695, 14/1288 and 19/1630. 3. To demolish and remove section of storage shed NO 2 as per site plan. To include all ancillary site development works on lands. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 298.50 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 23 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20948

• 21 Oct 2019Conditional

  to demolish an existing silage slab, construct a slatted shed with cubicles and 2 No. silage pits. Gross floor space of proposed works: 2161.30 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 288.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 191630

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a two storey extension (area of extension 112msq) to the rear of existing dwelling with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 122 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 38 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19250

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ryehill.

Recorded monuments

• GA030-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland. Circular rath (D 38.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank survives from E to S and is overlain by a field wall. There is a stone-lined entrance gap (Wth 2m) at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA030-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in low-lying grassland overlooking Grey Lough to W. Subcircular rath (E-W 34m, N-S 31m), in fair condition, defined by an inner scarp, intervening fosse and outer bank; no visible surface trace of the latter survives at N. A field wall cuts the monument at NW and SE. Adjoining the bank at NE is a semicircular annexe (E-W 27.5m) defined by two earthen banks and an intervening fosse. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA030-120 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Oval ringfort (N-S 75m, E-W 64.5m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Stone-facing is visible on the inner bank. The fosse and outer bank do not survive from ENE to SSE. A field wall overlies the outer bank at W and from N to ENE. Within SW sector of the interior are traces of an internal subdivision. The td. boundary cuts the monument at NW and E, to N of which is a CBG (GA030-120001-) and a possible souterrain. The latter comprises a rectangular hollow (L 8.8m, Wth 1.8m) situated immediately inside the inner bank. Its long axis runs E-W and it averages 0.5m in depth. A number of stones protrude from its sides and a large stone lies close to its mid-point. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA030-121 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent rise in grassland. Very poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 32.5m, N-S 30m) defined by a scarp. A field wall overlies the enclosing element at S. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument a NW and N. Possible entrance at NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ryehill.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Ryehill.

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 Ryehill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Ryehill · Cnoc an tSeagail

Area

1,218,792 m² (121.88 ha, 301.17 acres)

Civil parish

Tuam, and its townlands

Barony

Dunmore

Electoral division

Levally, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Levally electoral division: 437 people in 148 households; 96% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappadavock, Cuilbeg, Curraghcreen, Garrauns, Meelick East, Tonrevagh

Placenames

Ryehill 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.