Roodstown

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roodstown, from 35 m² to 428,315 m² (42.83 ha, 105.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 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 Roodstown 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.

• 22 Jan 2021N/a

  Permission sought for dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 2150

• 18 Dec 2020N/a

  Outline permission sought for dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Outline permission · Louth County Council, 201136

• 9 Dec 2019Conditional

  Retention & Permission: Retention of amendments/alterations to extension to dwelling & change of waste water treatment system as constructed/installed from that previously granted permission under ref. no. 18/293, together with permission for proposed windows & rooflights to first floor extension and all associated works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 191021

• 15 Nov 2019Conditional

  Retention and completion of domestic store and associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19947

• 30 Sept 2019N/a

  Retention permission and completion of domestic store and associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19795

• 30 Jul 2019N/a

  Retention Permission for the retention and completion of domestic store and associated site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19612

• 14 Jun 2019Conditional

  Retention permission for 1. Retention and completion of domestic store. 2. Retention of temporary mobile home for a period of no longer than 3 years, and associated site works.

  Retention, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 19465

• 9 May 2018Conditional

  Permission for development to consist of a single storey dwelling house, wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter, new entrance walls and piers together with all ancillary site development works. **SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED 27/09/2018**

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18348

• 20 Apr 2018Conditional

  Permission to demolish part of the rear and side of the existing dwelling and the construction of a storey and a half extension to the rear of the existing dwelling with a new single storey entrance block, new packaged waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter, together with all ancillary internal and external refurbishment works and all associated works.

  Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18293

• 21 Feb 2018Conditional

  PERMISSION for development will consist of a single storey dwelling, garage & waste water treatment system with all associated site works.

  Permission, 2 homes · Louth County Council, 18123

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Stabannan-Braganstown 000456

Recorded monuments

• LH014-047 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Four storeys high, built of uncoursed rubble and greywacke, with projecting towers at its NW and SE angles. Repairs were carried out by the Office of Public Works in 1936. This work can be seen clearly in the replacement of some of the quoin stones of the angle-towers, restructuring of the parapet levels and, possibly, repair of the main doorway in the E wall. The NW angle-tower, which contains the garderobes, projects northwards, but by only 0.9m, and is 2.25m wide. The SE tower, which contains the stairwell, projects southwards by 1.45m and is 2.6m wide. The main doorway, situated just to the N of the SE angle, leads to a N-S barrel vault and to the stairwell. It is constructed of finely-dressed limestone blocks which have smooth margins similar to the lower quoin stones. It has a two-centred arch which is chamfered as are the jambs. The barrel vault, which is set on a N-S axis, has double-splayed opes in its N, S and W walls. There is a murder hole (0.35m by 0.4m) in the roof inside the main doorway, outside the entrance to the stairwell. The doorway to the stairwell is also constructed of limestone blocks and has a two-centred arch but the dressing is much cruder than that of the main entrance. It has bolt holes behind its reveals. At first-floor level there are windows in the N, S and W walls. Those in the N and S have two lights with ogee heads, while that in the W is a single light with ogee head. There is a transom in the S one (Leask 1977a, fig. 71) and it also has a window seat. The ope in the N wall had a window seat but this has been destroyed. All the windows have glazing bar holes and are constructed of finely-dressed limestone. The second and third floors were carried on corbels. At the second-floor level there is a single-light window with ogee head in each wall, and at third-floor level there is a small rectangular window at each side. There is a garderobe at each level in the NW angle-tower but only that on the first floor is now easily accessible. It has seating in a semi-circular area at the W of the chamber and a corbelled roof, now partially destroyed. The garderobe at second-floor level has its chute set into a semi-circular area but no further details could be seen since the tower is not easily accessible. All the angles have towers which rise above the parapet level. Those at the NE and SW are partially carried on squinches in the inner angles, while those at the NW and SE sit on the body of the wall and project outwards. The wall-walk is constructed with large flagstones and there are drain holes through the parapets. The battlements appear to have been stepped at the N and E sides and this may have been true for the other walls. But the tops of the walls were conserved in 1936 so their original form cannot be determined. The angle-towers appear to have had no second storey above roof level but this could also be the result of conservation work. The wall-walk pierces the bodies of all the angle towers except the SE one which carries the stairwell and the exit to the battlements in its W wall. No access is possible to the NE angle-tower because the exit from the NW tower is now blocked. The roofs of the NW and SW towers are corbelled with large flagstones. (Wright 1758, bk II, pl. XI; Leask 1977a, 107, fig. 71; Harbison 1975, 166-7) This is a National Monument, in state ownership: No. 298. See the attached views: _1 from NE: _2 from NW; _3 interior looking NW The above 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: 17 July 2007

• LH014-092 Enclosure
  Description

  Aerial photograph (GB89.H.32) shows cropmark of an irregular enclosure defined by a fosse. Compiled by: Dr Gillian Barrett for the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Date of upload: 10 June 2009

• LH014-103 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. The cropmark of a subrectangular enclosure (dims c. 38m E-W; c. 15-20m N-S) defined by a continuous slight fosse is only visible on Google Earth (21/07/2021). It was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére. See the attached enhanced view from Google Earth (21/07/2021) Compiled by: Michael Moore date of upload: 22 October 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2928 (ZIP).

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 Roodstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.

Name

Roodstown · Baile an Rútaigh

Area

2,774,190 m² (277.42 ha, 685.52 acres)

Civil parish

Stabannan, and its townlands

Barony

Ardee

Electoral division

Stabannan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stabannan electoral division: 677 people in 214 households; 94% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumcashel, Gudderstown, Harristown, Irishtown, Lambtown, Richardstown, Rock, Stickillin

Placenames

Roodstown 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.