# Rahood, Co. Meath: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castletown, barony of Morgallion, Co. Meath; in Irish Ráth Úd. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,430,355 m² (243.04 ha, 600.55 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 12,622 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): P5 RA - Rural Area, the zone with the most parcels - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Castletown, https://everytownland.com/meath/parish/castletown.md - Barony: Morgallion - Electoral division: Nobber, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Meath, https://everytownland.com/meath.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/38291 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 161348 - Centre: latitude 53.802151, longitude -6.764121 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rahood, from 1,008 m² to 580,830 m² (58.08 ha, 143.53 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 152794: 580,830 m² (58.08 ha, 143.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/152794.md - Parcel 207399: 305,287 m² (30.53 ha, 75.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207399.md - Parcel 209021: 289,692 m² (28.97 ha, 71.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/209021.md - Parcel 147984: 201,683 m² (20.17 ha, 49.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/147984.md - Parcel 211581: 192,132 m² (19.21 ha, 47.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211581.md - Parcel 207042: 168,684 m² (16.87 ha, 41.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/207042.md - Parcel 205461: 108,665 m² (10.87 ha, 26.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205461.md - Parcel 189687: 83,349 m² (8.33 ha, 20.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/189687.md - Parcel 2442241: 76,391 m² (7.64 ha, 18.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2442241.md - Parcel 141925: 61,193 m² (6.12 ha, 15.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/141925.md - Parcel 153034: 61,071 m² (6.11 ha, 15.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153034.md - Parcel 208845: 58,787 m² (5.88 ha, 14.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/208845.md - Parcel 2442262: 40,239 m² (4.02 ha, 9.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2442262.md - Parcel 205092: 38,630 m² (3.86 ha, 9.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/205092.md - Parcel 154726: 32,373 m² (3.24 ha, 8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154726.md - Parcel 200415: 16,990 m² (1.7 ha, 4.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200415.md - Parcel 184326: 14,962 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/184326.md - Parcel 206704: 14,856 m² (1.49 ha, 3.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/206704.md - Parcel 200156: 10,388 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/200156.md - Parcel 204276: 7,945 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204276.md - Parcel 150063: 7,257 m² (0.73 ha, 1.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150063.md - Parcel 204084: 7,176 m² (0.72 ha, 1.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/204084.md - Parcel 199695: 5,869 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199695.md - Parcel 153845: 5,566 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/153845.md - Parcel 639546: 4,825 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639546.md - Parcel 215968: 4,613 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215968.md - Parcel 223983: 4,519 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/223983.md - Parcel 154090: 4,512 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/154090.md - Parcel 199942: 4,389 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/199942.md - Parcel 150250: 4,068 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/150250.md - Parcel 215649: 3,953 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/215649.md - Parcel 211769: 2,562 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/211769.md - Parcel 639632: 2,128 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/639632.md - Parcel 150043: 1,993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/150043.md - Parcel 186081: 1,771 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/186081.md - Parcel 200405: 1,008 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/200405.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; 60 parcels. 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 25 Apr 2025, Meath County Council 2560417: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560417/0 - 12 Mar 2025, Meath County Council 2560247: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560247/0 - 16 Feb 2025, Meath County Council 2560139: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560139/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rahood. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - ME005-097: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME005-097----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME005-098----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-007----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CME011-044----. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rahood. ## 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 Rahood, 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 Rahood. - 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/rahood.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/meath/rahood.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/meath/rahood.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rahood 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) - Brittas: https://everytownland.com/meath/brittas.md - Butlerstown: https://everytownland.com/meath/butlerstown-160316.md - Cruicetown: https://everytownland.com/meath/cruicetown-160534.md - Moydorragh: https://everytownland.com/meath/moydorragh.md - Moynagh: https://everytownland.com/meath/moynagh.md - Newtown: https://everytownland.com/meath/newtown-161230.md - Raffin: https://everytownland.com/meath/raffin.md - Spiddal: https://everytownland.com/meath/spiddal.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/rahood - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/meath/rahood