Loughan

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Loughan, from 98 m² to 395,080 m² (39.51 ha, 97.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 82 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Jan 2023Refused

  to construct a single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, secondary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2313

• 16 Dec 2022N/a

  permission to construct a single storey dwelling house domestic garage secondary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 221654

• 20 May 2022Refused

  permission to construct a two storey dwelling house secondary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 22657

• 19 Nov 2021Conditional

  planning permission to construct a one and half storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212206

• 19 Nov 2021Conditional

  planning permission to construct a two storey dwelling house, domestic garage, new combined entrance and to install a sewage treatment system with percolation area together with all works ancillary to the overall development on site

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212207

• 18 Nov 2021Refused

  permission to construct a two storey dwelling house secondary waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 212192

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Loughan.

Recorded monuments

• ME010-013 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in the valley of a small NW-SE stream that joins with many others to enter the River Blackwater close to Kells. Although Loughan of Castlekeeran is a parish in Meath diocese, a large part of it is in Co. Cavan. A church at this location in the deanery of Kells is not listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire, 6, 260-1), or by Ussher (Erlington 1847-64, lxxxvii-xc) or by Dopping (Ellison 1973, 7-9), indicating that the church might have been long defunct by the 13th century or be post-medieval in date. According to Lewis (1837, 2, 297) there was no Church of Ireland church in the parish of Loghan, the members in Cavan going to Virginia and those in Meath attending at Kells. The site of the medieval parish church would probably be in a townland with the parish name and a graveyard is marked on the 1836 and 1906 eds of the OS 6-inch map here at Loughan. This is a circular graveyard (dims 49.3m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2 3m; H 1-1.4m) with trees and an external stone facing. The centre of the graveyard is a raised subcircular or D-shaped area (diam. 29.2m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 1.9m; ext. D 0.8m; int. D 0.6m) SW-NW, an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3.4m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m) N-SE and a straight quarry scarp (H 2m) separated by a berm (max. Wth 8m) from the graveyard bank SE-SW where the mound has probably been removed. There is a path (Wth 1.5-1.8m) between the graveyard bank and the perimeter of the rath. The only evidence of a church is a piece of sandstone (dims 0.22m x 0.2; H 0.26m) in the E quadrant with a crude rebate for a door. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 10 December, 2014

• ME010-013001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in the valley of a small NW-SE stream that joins with many others to enter the River Blackwater close to Kells. The site of the medieval parish church of Loughan (ME010-013----) is within the circular graveyard (dims c. 49.3m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2-3m; H 1-1.4m) with trees and an external stone facing. The centre of the graveyard is a raised subcircular or D-shaped rath (ME010-013002-). The burials date from c. 1750-1965. The only evidence of the church is a piece of sandstone (dims 0.22m x 0.2; H 0.26m) in the E quadrant with a crude rebate for a door. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 21 May, 2014 Amended: 7 August, 2014

• ME010-013002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in the valley of a small NW-SE stream that joins with many others to enter the River Blackwater close to Kells. The circular graveyard (ME010-013001-) is defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 2-3m; H 1-1.4m) with trees and an external stone facing. The centre of the graveyard is a raised subcircular or D-shaped rath (diam. 29.2m E-W; 25m N-S) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 5.2m; Wth of base 1.9m; ext. D 0.8m; int. D 0.6m) SW-NW, an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-3.4m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m) N-SE and a straight quarry scarp (H 2m) separated by a berm (max. Wth 8m) from the graveyard bank SE-SW where the mound has probably been removed. There is a path (Wth 1.5-1.8m) between the graveyard bank and the perimeter of the rath. The only evidence of the church (ME010-013----)is a piece of sandstone (dims 0.22m x 0.2; H 0.26m) in the E quadrant with a crude rebate for a door. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 August, 2014

• ME010-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the E-facing slope of a slight rise. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 32m E-W; 30.5m N-S) that slopes down slightly to the E. It is defined by slight traces of an earthen bank that are best preserved (Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 2.6m) SW-WNW but is largely reduced to a scarp (at ENE: Wth 4.5m; H 2m), and a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 7.5m-8m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 0.6-0.8m). A small berm (Wth 1m) separates the fosse from an outer field bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m) with trees. The original entrance is not identified but there is a possible causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.3m) in the fosse at E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019 Amended: 15 December 2022

• ME010-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on a fairly level landscape. This is a circular, raised and grass-covered area (diam. 24.5m ENE-WSW; 23m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (at WSW: Wth of base 5.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.7m; at ENE: Wth of base 9m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2m), with some trees and an external stone facing W-N. There is no visible fosse and the original entrance is not identified. An ENE-WSW field bank clips the monument at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019

• ME010-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape. This is a slightly raised subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 32m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5-7m; int. H 0.3m at E to 1.3m at W; ext. H 1.3m at E to 2.6m at W) with some trees, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 8.5-10m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.7m) SW-NW. The entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) is at ESE. An outer bank (at E: Wth of base 6m; ext. H 0.5m) planted with trees was built NW-E-SE, and a small flat-toped mound (diam. of base 11.5m; diam. of top 4m; H 2.3m), perhaps for the construction of a gazebo, was added to the bank at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019

• ME010-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight rise in a gently undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m WNW-ESE; 26.7m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NNE: Wth of base 4.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) that is largely reduced to a scarp (at SSW: Wth 3.4m; H 1.1m). There is no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth of base 1.6m) is at E. The perimeter is truncated slightly by a NNE-SSW road bank at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 February 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Loughan.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, 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 Loughan.

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.

No address of the register names Loughan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.

Name

Loughan · Lochán

Area

2,324,179 m² (232.42 ha, 574.32 acres)

Civil parish

Loughan or Castlekeeran, and its townlands

Barony

Kells Upper

Electoral division

Moynalty, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Moynalty electoral division: 650 people in 234 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cabragh, Cornasaus, Feegat, Leitrim (Co. Cavan), Maperath, Rathinree Lower, Rathinree Upper

Placenames

Loughan 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.