Rahood

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahood, from 1,008 m² to 580,830 m² (58.08 ha, 143.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 60 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 25 Apr 2025Conditional

  the extensions and alterations to existing dwelling house and two-storey garage as well as associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560417

• 12 Mar 2025Conditional

  for construction of a single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560247

• 16 Feb 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of changes to that approved under application 22791 for works within the historic curtilage of the demesne of Brittas House – a protected structure (RPS MH005-105). The development will consist of renovation and alteration works to the existing gate lodge and the provision of a redesigned single storey extension to the east and southeast, the construction of a redesigned domestic garage, the opening of a new second safer vehicular entrance and laneway (existing entrance to remain), the redefining of the red line site boundary, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the slight repositioning of the new wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated site development works. All other aspects of the development to remain as already approved under application 22791

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560139

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 Rahood.

Recorded monuments

• ME005-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge with a small W-E valley and stream just to the N. This is a raised oval and grass-covered area (dims 35m E-W; 22.8m N-S) defined by slight traces of a bank (at ENE: Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.1m) ENE-E that is largely reduced to a scarp (at ESE: Wth 5m; H 1.9m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 8.5-9m; Wth of base 2.5m; ext. D 0.7-1.3m) from an outer bank (at ENE: Wth of base 4.4m; ext. H 1.2m) with a few bushes. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth of base 2.1m) and outer banks and a causeway (Wth of top 2.6m; H 0.7m) 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: 5 September 2018

• ME005-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 60.3m NNE-SSW; 60.3m NW-SE) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth of base 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 2.4-3.3m) with some bushes NNE-E but reduced to a scarp generally (at SSW (Wth 7m; H 3.2m) or quarried SW-NW. There is an outer fosse that can be distinguished from the bank (Wth of top 8-10m; Wth of base 3-5m; ext. D 1m) best preserved NW-E-SE. There is a small section of an outer bank (Wth of base 5m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 0.65m), largely incorporated into a road bank, NW-N. The original entrance is not identified but it may have been at S. 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: 5 September 2018 Amended: 14 December 2022

• ME011-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low knoll towards the bottom of the N-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge, with lower ground to the NE. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 25m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by a scarp (at SW: Wth 2.5m; H 1m) SE-W-NNE, with an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.7m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) and slight outer fosse or ditch (ext. D 0.3m) at the straight E side where the monument might have been cut back and the spoil thrown inwards to create the bank. There is a wide entrance (Wth of base 5m) through the bank and a slight causeway (Wth of top 2m; H 0.4m) 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: 9 April 2019

• ME011-044 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-facing slope. A plough removed the capstone of a beehive chamber (diam. 2.66m E-W; 2.64m N-S; max. H 1.8m) in April 1986. A passage (Wth 0.76m) leads off to the WNW but is blocked within 1m. There is no evidence of an associated enclosure. (Eogan 1985) 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 April 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rahood, 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 Rahood.

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

Name

Rahood · Ráth Úd

Area

2,430,355 m² (243.04 ha, 600.55 acres)

Civil parish

Castletown, and its townlands

Barony

Morgallion

Electoral division

Nobber, the unit of the census

Census 2022

822 people lived in 294 households in the Nobber electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brittas, Butlerstown, Cruicetown, Moydorragh, Moynagh, Newtown, Raffin, Spiddal

Placenames

Rahood 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.