# Ranagissaun, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmovee, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ráth na nGiosán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,163,045 m² (116.3 ha, 287.39 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 11,881 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmovee, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilmovee.md
- Barony: Costello
- Electoral division: Kilmovee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36690
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152711
- Centre: latitude 53.887393, longitude -8.664596 (WGS 84)

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

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ranagissaun, from 84 m² to 85,838 m² (8.58 ha, 21.21 acres); 27 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 965509: 85,838 m² (8.58 ha, 21.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965509.md
- Parcel 891128: 78,105 m² (7.81 ha, 19.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891128.md
- Parcel 875590: 56,375 m² (5.64 ha, 13.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875590.md
- Parcel 872180: 53,283 m² (5.33 ha, 13.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872180.md
- Parcel 910665: 48,166 m² (4.82 ha, 11.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910665.md
- Parcel 1003389: 45,652 m² (4.57 ha, 11.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003389.md
- Parcel 912595: 42,116 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912595.md
- Parcel 905961: 37,742 m² (3.77 ha, 9.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905961.md
- Parcel 983822: 37,390 m² (3.74 ha, 9.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/983822.md
- Parcel 878665: 36,942 m² (3.69 ha, 9.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/878665.md
- Parcel 980398: 35,154 m² (3.52 ha, 8.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980398.md
- Parcel 895126: 34,815 m² (3.48 ha, 8.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895126.md
- Parcel 2479444: 34,756 m² (3.48 ha, 8.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2479444.md
- Parcel 927624: 32,520 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927624.md
- Parcel 963441: 31,571 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963441.md
- Parcel 1000483: 30,947 m² (3.09 ha, 7.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000483.md
- Parcel 1001000: 30,835 m² (3.08 ha, 7.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001000.md
- Parcel 1533276: 30,154 m² (3.02 ha, 7.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1533276.md
- Parcel 969625: 26,898 m² (2.69 ha, 6.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969625.md
- Parcel 886198: 26,543 m² (2.65 ha, 6.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/886198.md
- Parcel 1010254: 25,080 m² (2.51 ha, 6.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010254.md
- Parcel 876469: 23,887 m² (2.39 ha, 5.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876469.md
- Parcel 995241: 11,881 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995241.md
- Parcel 3649279: 10,212 m² (1.02 ha, 2.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3649279.md
- Parcel 1000117: 9,256 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1000117.md
- Parcel 1009423: 8,681 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1009423.md
- Parcel 941243: 7,123 m² (0.71 ha, 1.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941243.md
- Parcel 1012652: 7,083 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012652.md
- Parcel 996684: 6,633 m² (0.66 ha, 1.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996684.md
- Parcel 4562416: 5,248 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4562416.md
- Parcel 924027: 4,720 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924027.md
- Parcel 947825: 3,823 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947825.md
- Parcel 942492: 3,599 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942492.md
- Parcel 1011948: 3,520 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011948.md
- Parcel 989816: 3,460 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/989816.md
- Parcel 1532970: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532970.md
- Parcel 2695426: 2,548 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2695426.md
- Parcel 882104: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882104.md
- Parcel 949461: 2,224 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/949461.md
- Parcel 895915: 1,953 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/895915.md
- Parcel 987688: 1,039 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/987688.md
- Parcel 1532971: 605 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1532971.md
- Parcel 1001931: 460 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1001931.md
- Parcel 3842572: 447 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3842572.md
- Parcel 998744: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/998744.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Ranagissaun 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 Ranagissaun.

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

- MA073-017: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA073-017----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA073-018----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA073-019----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA073-032----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA074-004----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA074-005----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA074-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA074-014----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA074-015----. 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

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)

- Farm house, 1840–1896, Regional interest, registry number 31307402, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA&regno=31307402. 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.

## 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 Ranagissaun, about 1 in 5 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 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 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/mayo/ranagissaun.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ranagissaun.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ranagissaun.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Ballinrumpa: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballinrumpa.md
- Ballyglass: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyglass-150210.md
- Kilcashel: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilcashel.md
- Killaclare: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killaclare.md
- Kilmovee: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilmovee.md
- Leveelick: https://everytownland.com/mayo/leveelick.md
- Rusheens East: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rusheens-east.md
- Rusheens West: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rusheens-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.

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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.

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