Rathnacreeva
Townland in the civil parish of Rosslee, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ráth na Craoibhe
- Area
- 282.1 ha
- 697 acres
- Land parcels
- 88
- registered freehold, median 6,732 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
88 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathnacreeva, from 49 m² to 194,101 m² (19.41 ha, 47.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathnacreeva 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
1 Mar 2024Conditional
construction of an extension, an attic conversion and retrofit to the existing dwelling house, rain water harvesting system together with all ancillary site development works
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2454
19 Oct 2021Conditional
RETAIN FIRST FLOOR ELEMENT OF STRUCTURE OVER DINING ROOM, PERMITTED UNDER P04/582 TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION (AREA 22M2), RETAIN EXISTING WINDOW TO THE WESTERN GABLE, PERMISSION TO EXTEND WIDTH OF EXISTING REAR WINDOW TO FIRST FLOOR STRUCTURE BEING RETAINED, PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE (AREA 50.8M2), RETAIN EXISTING BOUNDARY DIMENSION
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 211116
25 Jan 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCT A ROAD UNDERPASS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Mayo County Council, 1837
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slishmeen Turlough 001559
Recorded monuments
- MA090-092 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA090-093001 Church
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA090-093002 Graveyard
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA090-094 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA090-095 Ringfort - rath
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA090-103 Enclosure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- MA100-021 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill; commands view to S and W. Heavily overgrown circular area (39m N-S; 40m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.2m), with external fosse (D 1.8m). Entrance (Wth 4.9m), with causeway, on the S. Stone field boundaries adjoin site on E and SW. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 204. Date of upload: 23 January 2013
- MA100-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on low ridge, surrounded by undulating pasture. Circular area (26m N-S; 27m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m), with external fosse (D 0.3m) N to E. Possible entrance (Wth 1.9m) on E. Gap (Wth 4.6m) on S, marked by iron gate. Interior contains farm building. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 205. Date of upload: 23 January 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathnacreeva.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathnacreeva.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathnacreeva with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Rathnacreeva · Ráth na Craoibhe
- Area
- 2,821,350 m² (282.14 ha, 697.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rosslee, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carra
- Electoral division
- Roslee, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Roslee electoral division: 443 people in 154 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardcorky, Ballynamuddagh, Carrowhall, Curry (Macmanus), Drishaghaun, Gortaphuill, Kilgreana, Knockadorraghy, Peenoge, Slishmeen
- Placenames
- Rathnacreeva 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.