Carnaross

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnaross, from 10 m² to 73,936 m² (7.39 ha, 18.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 38 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.3TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses)
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 17 Apr 2026N/a

  the development will consist of refurbishment of the existing derelict vernacular house on the site for use as a dwelling and will include a single storey side & rear extension, replacement of the roof, a rooflight to rear facing roof slope, a proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, the upgrading of the existing vehicular entrance to the site and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660430

• 9 Sept 2022Conditional

  refurbishment of an existing vernacular building for use as a dwelling and will include a single storey rear extension, a front external porch canopy, a rooflight to north facing roof slope, a proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, upgrading of the existing vehicular entrance to the site with a new front boundary wall and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221181

• 26 Aug 2022N/a

  refurbishment of an existing vernacular building for use as a dwelling and will include a single storey rear extension, a proprietary effluent treatment system & percolation area, upgrading of the existing vehicular entrance to the site with a new front boundary wall and associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 221122

• 11 May 2017Conditional

  the development consists of retention of (1) revised site layout (2) alterations and amendments made to floor plan layouts and elevations of two storey dwelling during construction from that previously granted under KA/160974 and permission is sought to complete the development and all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, KA170514

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA 004232

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carnaross.

Architectural heritage

• Forge/smithy, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-storey forge, built 1871, now disused. Limestone walls with rock-faced quoins and voussoirs. Pitched slate roof. Horseshoe-shaped opening with battened timber door. Paired cast-iron windows with central timber mullion and stone sill.

• House, 1865–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Pair of semi-detached three-bay single-storey houses, built c.1879, now vacant. Rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins and angled brick eaves course. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge cresting and rendered brick chimneystacks. Paired timber casement windows with stone sills and lintels. Timber battened doors with stone lintels.

• Bridge, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Triple-arch road bridge, built c.1760. Rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs and cast-iron tie-plates. Triangular cutwaters to up stream elevation. Terminating arch to the south-west now disused.

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 Carnaross, about 1 in 10 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 Carnaross.

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 Carnaross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Carnaross · Carn na Ros

Area

560,614 m² (56.06 ha, 138.53 acres)

Civil parish

Loughan or Castlekeeran, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Castlekeeran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

513 people lived in 169 households in the Castlekeeran electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlekeeran, Curragh, Meenlagh, Rahendrick, Woodpole

Placenames

Carnaross 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.