Rossanean

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossanean, from 332 m² to 433,079 m² (43.31 ha, 107.02 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rossanean 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Rossanean in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Rossanean.

Recorded monuments

• KE048-064 Burnt spread
  Description

  In level pasture. A layer (L 8m; T 0.4-1m) of burnt material is visible in a section of a NE-SW drain. A spread of the material extends c. 2m to the SSE. According to local information, there is a spring well nearby. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-066 Burnt spread
  Description

  In a wet area, to the NE of a field drain, on a slight NNW-facing slope. An extensive spread (10m SSE-NNW) of burnt material, the depth (D c. 1m) of which is visible in the side of the drain. This may be the fulacht fia, in Rossanean townland, included in an appendix of fulachtaí fia by M. J. O'Kelly (1954, 151). A possible fulacht fia (KE048-067----) is c. 75m to the S. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-067 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a wet marshy area, on a slight NNW-facing slope. A low mound (19.3m ENE-WSW; 16.8m SSE-NNW; H 0.6m) of burnt material. This may be the fulacht fia, in Rossanean townland, included in an appendix of fulachtaí fia by M. J. O'Kelly (1954, 151). A burnt spread (KE048-066----) is c. 75m to the N. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope. A roughly subcircular area (42.1m E-W; 38.7m N-S) defined by an earth and stone bank (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.25m) E-NNE and by a NW-SE field drain which truncates the NE sector. A fosse (D 0.1m) is traceable E-NNE. There is a possible causeway entrance (Wth 1.6m) at S. The field boundary immediately outside the field drain may incorporate some original bank material. There is a possible hut site (KE048-092001-) in the N sector. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-092001 Hut site
  Description

  Within the N sector of a rath (KE048-092----). A small, faint irregular feature crossed by E-W cultivation ridges is visible in an aerial photograph (CDASAP) taken in August 1986). This possible hut site is not visible at ground level. An uneven ground surface, possibly indicating cultivation ridges, was noted in the area during inspection. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-094 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet pasture, at the base of a steep S-facing slope. A low mound (10m E-W; c. 6m N-S; H c. 0.7m) of burnt material. A drain containing water lies immediately to the N. This may be the fulacht fia, in Rossanean townland, included in an appendix of fulachtaí fia by M. J. O'Kelly (1954, 151). (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE048-105 Bridge
  Description

  An overgrown road bridge (Wth 5.2m; long axis NE-SW) spanning a tributary of the Oughreagh River. It is built of random rubble and has a single semicircular arch (span 2m) with roughly shaped voussoirs. The parapets have concrete coping. This bridge carries the Killarney-Castleisland road which was built in the mid-18th century. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey) Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Rossanean, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Rossanean.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rossanean with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Rossanean

Area

2,290,514 m² (229.05 ha, 566 acres)

Civil parish

Killeentierna, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Molahiffe, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,718 people lived in 611 households in the Molahiffe electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boolacullane, Curracitty, Gortshanavogh, Killeagh, Reavaun

Placenames

Rossanean 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.