Ranagissaun

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ranagissaun, from 84 m² to 85,838 m² (8.58 ha, 21.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ranagissaun 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 Ranagissaun 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 Ranagissaun.

Recorded monuments

• MA073-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on a low rise, affording good views. Raised, roughly circular area (28.5m NE–SW) defined by an earth and stone bank. The bank (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.8m at SW) is best preserved at SE–WSW where remnants of an internal stone kerb or facing are visible in parts, and where the steep external slope is enhance by the natural fall of ground. At NW, N-NE and E–SE, it has been incorporated into later field fences; at N this has resulted in the bank being modified into a straight externally stone-faced fence (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). The interior has been built up on the S–SW to create a level surface and compensate for the natural slope. The perimeter is thickly ringed with blackthorn, hawthorn, hazel and brambles. There is a ringfort (MA073-019----) 170m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on a low hillock. A road skirts the NW side of the hillock. This cashel is named ‘Cashelgal Fort’ on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch map. Slightly raised, circular area (31m NE-SW; c. 32m NW–SE) defined by the remains of a drystone wall. The wall (Wth c. 3m) is low, dilapidated and largely sod-covered. The external wall face retains its basal two to three courses (max. H 0.8m), consisting of large stone blocks, but has collapsed above this level. The internal wall face (H 0.1m) is almost entirely collapsed or robbed, reduced to a low, sod-covered spread of loose stone, almost flush with interior ground level, with inner edge marked by a low, discontinuous line of sod-covered stones; at NNE–E it has a raised, sod-covered stony rim. A later field wall, on a NE–SW axis, crosses the E–SE edge of the cashel, overlying the inner wall face. There is a berm-like stony embankment or scarp (max. Wth 3.5m) outside the wall at SSW–NW. At the SW a small, semi-circular area (Wth 2m) has been quarried out of this scarp. The entrance may have been at the ENE where there is a gap (Wth c. 2m) in the enclosing wall, now partly obscured by the overlying field wall. Much of the E half of the level interior is engulfed in blackthorn, and hazel trees grow around the perimeter. There is a ringfort (MA073-019----) c. 300m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-019 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In an expanse of rolling, reclaimed pasture, straddling the SE-facing slope of a rise, with good views to SE–W–N. There is rising ground to NE–E. This ringfort has been partly levelled. It survives as a raised, circular area (21.6m N–S; 21m E–W) defined by a broadly slumped scarp (Wth slope 3.7m at N, 6m at S; H 0.5m at N, 1.6m at S). The enclosure appears to have been built up on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. The interior slopes down from NW to SE. A slight, roughly circular rise (diam. 3-4m) can be discerned in the E half of the interior, but its significance is unclear. A rath (MA074-004----/MA073-020----) is located c. 300m to ENE in the same field, and another rath (MA073-017----) is c. 200m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a NW–SE ridge, at the break of slope on the NNE-facing side, with excellent views N–SE over lowlying grassland. There is rising ground at S–SW. Broadly oval area (24m N–S; c. 27m E–W) defined by a low bank (Wth 2.2.2m; int. H 0.2m at W; ext. H 0.5m at W, 0.8m at ENE) at SE−NE, truncated at E–SE by a later field fence on a NNE–SSW axis. At N the external slope of the bank is enhance by the natural fall of ground, and there are traces of external stone facing. On the S arc the bank is reduced to a scarp and is overlain by a field fence on a roughly E-W axis. The interior has slight drop in ground level in the NE quadrant. The surface is uneven. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA074-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In an expanse of rolling reclaimed pasture, located towards the base of a S-facing slope giving extensive views to S–SE. This rath is evident as a raised, circular area (26.5m N–S; 25.2m E–W) defined by a low, broadly slumped scarp (Wth slope 2m at N, 5.7m at S; H 0.4m at N, 0.7m at S), which has been partly levelled. The platform appears to have been built up higher on the S half to compensate for the natural slope. There is a rath (MA073-019----) located c. 200m to WSW and another rath (MA074-005----) c. 215m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 May 2021

• MA074-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on a slight rise with good views. This rath is shown on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps as a D-shaped enclosure, bordered on the straight side at N by a field boundary. It is evident as D-shaped platform (c. 28.7m NW–SE; c. 23m NE–SW) defined by a partly levelled, broadly sloping scarp (H c. 1.6m). The scarp (H 1.7m) on the straight side to NNE probably represents a truncation of an originally circular enclosure. The interior surface is rather uneven, with a slope down from centre to E and SE, and a more marked dip to SW. There is a rath (MA074-004----) c. 200m to SW and another rath (MA074-006----) is located c. 350m to ENE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 May 2021

• MA074-008 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough, stony and wettish pasture, straddling a low rise, with good views. There is a stream/drain c. 40m to SW, and a larger stream c. 70m to E. Oval area (21m N–S; 15.5m E–W) enclosed on the W half by a sod-covered stone bank (Wth 1.7m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) of earth and stone, and on the E half by a drystone field wall. The external face of the stone bank at S–W is roughly faced with upright slabs and occasional boulders. Immediately outside the stone bank on the W half, there is a band (Wth c. 2m) of markedly wet ground, possibly indicative of a fosse, but this feature is not evident on the E half. A slightly raised undulation is evident 3-4m outside the field wall on the E arc, which may represent the original extent of the enclosure. The interior appears slightly raised at NE, with a gentle slope down to S and SW. The surface is stony in parts. A slight hollow abuts the inner face of the enclosing stone bank at NE. There is a gap (Wth 2.4m) at the WNW, and several narrow gaps/eroded sections of the stone bank on the W half of the enclosure. The interior is planted with conifers. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 June 2021

• MA074-014 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In rough, wet rush-grown pasture, located on level ground bordering the SW side of a stream/drain, with gently rising ground to SW. Roughly circular mound (c. 12.5m N–S; c. 15.5m E–W; max. H 0.7m) composed of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. The mound is distinguished by a covering of short grass, The mound is distinguished by a covering of short grass, amidst the long grass and rushes in the surrounding field. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 June 2021

• MA074-015 Burnt mound
  Description

  In wet pasture, located on the N side of a stream/drain, with rising ground c. 40m to N. Barely discernible oval rise (12m N–S; 8m E–W) of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. It is noticeable as being a firm, dry area amidst the surrounding soft, damp ground. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 June 2021

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1840–1896 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1896, on a rectangular plan with shopfront to right ground floor. Pitched slate roof with roll moulded clay ridge tiles terminating in rendered chimney stacks having chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills[?], and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Rendered shopfront to right ground floor originally on a symmetrical plan. Road fronted on a corner site with tarmacadam verge to front.

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 Ranagissaun, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ranagissaun.

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 Ranagissaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Ranagissaun · Ráth na nGiosán

Area

1,163,045 m² (116.3 ha, 287.39 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmovee, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Kilmovee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

660 people lived in 265 households in the Kilmovee electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinrumpa, Ballyglass, Kilcashel, Killaclare, Kilmovee, Leveelick, Rusheens East, Rusheens West

Placenames

Ranagissaun 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.