Gortnahorna
Townland in the civil parish of Castlejordan, barony of Moyfenrath Upper, Co. Meath
- Area
- 68.2 ha
- 169 acres
- Land parcels
- 28
- registered freehold, median 4,409 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnahorna, from 11 m² to 215,924 m² (21.59 ha, 53.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 30 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Sept 2024Conditional
the construction of a new detached storey and a half type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via a new recessed entrance (existing agricultural field entrance to North East of Site to be closed off permanently), installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services all
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460720
8 May 2023Conditional
to renovate & extend existing dwelling to include construction of a two storey extension on ground floor, kitchen, dining, living room, sitting room, study, utility, w.c. & hall and on first floor 4 bedrooms with two en-suites and one wardrobe, bathroom, hot press & landing and to partial demolish existing front projection with all ancillary site works . Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23487
18 Apr 2023N/a
to renovate & extend existing dwelling to include construction of a two storey extension on ground floor, kitchen, dining, living room, sitting room, study, utility, w.c. & hall and on first floor 4 bedrooms with two en-suites and one wardrobe, bathroom, hot press & landing and to partial demolish existing front projection with all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 23416
25 Oct 2019Conditional
the construction of a new detached storey and half type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via recessed entrance, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA191415
21 Apr 2017Conditional
the development will consist of the construction of a new dormer bungalow, site entrance, proprietary wastewater treatment system & polishing filter area and all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, TA170432
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortnahorna.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Gortnahorna.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortnahorna.
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 10 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 Gortnahorna.
- 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 Gortnahorna with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Gortnahorna
- Area
- 682,407 m² (68.24 ha, 168.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlejordan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Upper
- Electoral division
- Castlejordan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlejordan electoral division: 440 people in 150 households; 86% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynagalshy, Killaskillen, Knockersally or Colehill, Toor, Toornafolla
- Placenames
- Gortnahorna 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.