# Ducavan, Co. Louth: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Roche, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth; in Irish Dúchabhán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 402,338 m² (40.23 ha, 99.42 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 22,964 m² (2.3 ha, 5.67 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Roche, https://everytownland.com/louth/parish/roche.md
- Barony: Dundalk Upper
- Electoral division: Creggan Upper, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 875 people lived in 298 households in the Creggan Upper electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Louth, https://everytownland.com/louth.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/33755
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 140252
- Centre: latitude 54.046409, longitude -6.507629 (WGS 84)

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

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ducavan, from 505 m² to 139,758 m² (13.98 ha, 34.53 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1124397: 139,758 m² (13.98 ha, 34.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124397.md
- Parcel 1124368: 66,644 m² (6.66 ha, 16.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124368.md
- Parcel 1096966: 60,912 m² (6.09 ha, 15.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1096966.md
- Parcel 1124362: 48,346 m² (4.83 ha, 11.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124362.md
- Parcel 1126258: 39,686 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1126258.md
- Parcel 1124380: 22,964 m² (2.3 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1124380.md
- Parcel 1093375: 14,850 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1093375.md
- Parcel 1123428: 3,615 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1123428.md
- Parcel 1093416: 2,197 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1093416.md
- Parcel 1119179: 1,484 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1119179.md
- Parcel 2395740: 505 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2395740.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ducavan 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)

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

## 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 Ducavan.

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

- LH003-012001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-012001-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on top of a natural rise. Raised oval area (int. dims. 35m NE-SW, 22.5m NW-SE) enclosed by much degraded bank (Wth c. 3.7m, H 2m externally) with no visible fosse. Probable ancient entrance gap at ESE, represented by a slight depression in the bank. Interior rises on all sides to the centre. There are two hut sites (LH003-012003- and LH003-012004) in the fort. At the centre there is a rectangular hut site (dims. 7.4m WNW-ESE, 6.3m NNE-SSW) defined by a slight bank with entrance at ESE. There is a sub-circular hut (int. dims. 4.3m NE-SW, 3.3m NW-SE) defined by a defaced earthen bank in NE quadrant. Possible souterrain (LH003-012002-) in interior, to S of rectangular hut site.
- LH003-012002: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-012002-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 In interior of ringfort (LH003-012001-) an L-shaped depression runs from the hut site to the bank at S. This may be a collapsed souterrain.
- LH003-012003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-012003-. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 One of two hut sites in ringfort (LH003-012001-). Also see LH003-012004-.
- LH003-012004: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-012004-. One of two hut sites in ringfort (LH003-012001-). Also see LH003-012003-. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 9 November 2011
- LH003-024: Barrow - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-024----. The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated at the S end of a long ridge running N-S, the site consists of an oval, flat-topped mound of earth and stones (max. dims. 17m N-S, 13.2m E-W, H 1m).
- LH003-025: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLH003-025----. Fulacht fia noted here in the Sites and Monuments Record for County Louth (1984). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 November 2011

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 Ducavan.

## 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 Ducavan, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ducavan.
- 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/louth/ducavan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/louth/ducavan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/louth/ducavan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Ducavan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth: https://everytownland.com/louth.md

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

- Ballybinaby: https://everytownland.com/louth/ballybinaby.md
- Edenakill: https://everytownland.com/louth/edenakill.md
- Shortstone East: https://everytownland.com/louth/shortstone-east.md
- Shortstone West: https://everytownland.com/louth/shortstone-west.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/louth/ducavan
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/louth/ducavan