# Carnaross, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Loughan or Castlekeeran, barony of Kells Upper, Co. Meath; in Irish Carn na Ros. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 560,614 m² (56.06 ha, 138.53 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,283 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Loughan or Castlekeeran, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/loughan-or-castlekeeran.md - Barony: Kells Upper - Electoral division: Castlekeeran, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38121 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 160336 - Centre: latitude 53.751769, longitude -6.965047 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carnaross, from 10 m² to 73,936 m² (7.39 ha, 18.27 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 161885: 73,936 m² (7.39 ha, 18.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/161885.md - Parcel 168619: 73,426 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/168619.md - Parcel 783611: 68,677 m² (6.87 ha, 16.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/783611.md - Parcel 199090: 46,894 m² (4.69 ha, 11.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199090.md - Parcel 207734: 43,235 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207734.md - Parcel 193890: 41,048 m² (4.1 ha, 10.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/193890.md - Parcel 137187: 37,271 m² (3.73 ha, 9.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/137187.md - Parcel 203603: 35,078 m² (3.51 ha, 8.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/203603.md - Parcel 191326: 17,382 m² (1.74 ha, 4.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191326.md - Parcel 191600: 16,962 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/191600.md - Parcel 136997: 14,409 m² (1.44 ha, 3.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/136997.md - Parcel 151680: 13,403 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/151680.md - Parcel 139198: 9,777 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/139198.md - Parcel 5950737: 9,369 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5950737.md - Parcel 198512: 5,780 m² (0.58 ha, 1.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/198512.md - Parcel 146325: 5,249 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/146325.md - Parcel 2607015: 4,914 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2607015.md - Parcel 2817584: 4,284 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2817584.md - Parcel 190973: 3,257 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/190973.md - Parcel 3411670: 2,779 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3411670.md - Parcel 5614804: 2,474 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5614804.md - Parcel 209032: 2,091 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209032.md - Parcel 154527: 1,319 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/154527.md - Parcel 5950752: 1,224 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5950752.md - Parcel 783612: 1,040 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/783612.md - Parcel 205114: 1,013 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/205114.md - Parcel 215571: 974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/215571.md - Parcel 167261: 857 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/167261.md - Parcel 142261: 618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/142261.md - Parcel 150235: 599 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150235.md - Parcel 219357: 518 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/219357.md - Parcel 181017: 451 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/181017.md - Parcel 141668: 419 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/141668.md - Parcel 5166347: 403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5166347.md - Parcel 3411470: 220 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3411470.md - Parcel 5613560: 202 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5613560.md - Parcel 156547: 177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/156547.md - Parcel 198291: 169 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/198291.md - Parcel 197532: 151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/197532.md - Parcel 195281: 111 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/195281.md - Parcel 3411590: 15 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3411590.md - Parcel 5192337: 10 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5192337.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) - P5 RA - 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: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - R2 A1 - Existing Residential (Existing residential): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 12 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - M2 B1 - 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: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 - N2.3 TU - Transport and Utilities (Mixed/general water/wastewater uses): Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath; 1 parcel. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.meath.ie/en/consultation/consolidated-meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-incl-variations-1-2 ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 17 Apr 2026, Meath County Council 2660430: N/a. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660430/0 - 9 Sept 2022, Meath County Council 221181: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221181/0 - 26 Aug 2022, Meath County Council 221122: N/a. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/221122/0 - 11 May 2017, Meath County Council KA170514: Conditional. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/KA170514/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC, site code 002299, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002299 - Special Protection Area: River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA, site code 004232, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004232 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Carnaross. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Forge/smithy, 1870–1875, Regional interest, registry number 14307004, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14307004. 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, registry number 14307005, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14307005. 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, registry number 14307007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=ME®no=14307007. 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. ## 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 Carnaross, about 1 in 10 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 Carnaross. - 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/meath/carnaross.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/carnaross.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/carnaross.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Carnaross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath: https://everytownland.com/meath.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Castlekeeran: https://everytownland.com/meath/castlekeeran.md - Curragh: https://everytownland.com/meath/curragh.md - Meenlagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/meenlagh.md - Rahendrick: https://everytownland.com/meath/rahendrick.md - Woodpole: https://everytownland.com/meath/woodpole.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/meath/carnaross - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/carnaross