Raloaghan

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raloaghan, from 621 m² to 339,729 m² (33.97 ha, 83.95 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 107 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  planning permission to renovate and upgrade existing derelict cottage, construct a single storey extension to side of same, extend site boundaries, install a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, construct new replacement entrance, including all associated site development works on site

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2660866

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  to demolish a single storey detached dwelling, construct a single storey replacement dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560898

• 22 Feb 2024Conditional

  for alterations to existing single storey house, including converting roofspace into habitable rooms, raising ridge height, changes to elevations and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2460128

• 24 Nov 2023Conditional

  the development will consist of the installation of a railway overbridge and all ancillary site development works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360427

• 28 Apr 2023Conditional

  The development will consist of the installation of ground mounted Photovoltaic Panels on the existing capped landfill, connection to existing factory electrical infrastructure and all ancillary site development works.

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360022

• 25 Jun 2021Conditional

  a single storey detached dwelling, detached domestic garage, new vehicular entrance onto public roadway, driveway, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, landscaping and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211238

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 Raloaghan.

Recorded monuments

• ME002-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the W-facing slope of a hill and just above its steepest point. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37m NE-SW; 34m NW-SE) that slopes down to the W defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 5.6m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 2.2m) N-E-SW that is reduced to a scarp (at NW: Wth 5m; H 2.7m) elsewhere. There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 7-10m; Wth of base 3m; ext. D 1.5m) and an outer bank (at SE: Wth of base 4.1m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.5m) NE-E-SW, with traces of the fosse elsewhere. The entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.7m) and outer (Wth of base 1.8m) banks with a causeway (Wth of top 3m; H 0.7m) is at SSW. 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: 31 August 2018

• ME002-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a broad hill. It is represented as a D-shaped feature on the NW side of a NE-SW field bank on the 1836 and 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is a raised D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 29m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE) with some bushes defined by a slight bank (at NE: Wth of base 7m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.6m) that is largely reduced to a scarp (at SW: Wth 2.5m; H 0.8m), with an external fosse (Wth of top 5m; ext. D 0.5m) NW-NE. A NE-SW field bank truncates the monument towards the perimeter at SE and it does not survive visibly beyond it. The original entrance is not visible so it may have been at SE. The grass-covered foundations of a rectangular house (max. dims 7.5m NE-SW; 4.8m NW-SE) defined by a spread of stone (Wth 1.3m; max. H 1m) are near the edge at NW. 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: 31 August 2018

• ME002-031001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Located on top of a broad hill, and inside rath (ME002-031----) at NW. The grass-covered foundations of a rectangular house (max. dims 7.5m NE-SW; 4.8m NW-SE) are defined by a spread of stone (Wth 1.3m; max. H 1m). An entrance is not noted. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31 August 2018

• ME002-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a fairly steep SW-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 53m N-S; 47m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.5-5m; int. H 0.7-1.1m; ext. H 2.3-2.8m), and an outer water-logged fosse (Wth of top 5.7-6.4m; Wth of base 2-2.8m; ext. D 0.6-0.9m) that is missing N-NE. It is surrounded by an outer field bank SSW-NW-NE. The original entrance (Wth of base 2.2m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.4m) are at SSE. 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: 31 August 2018 Amended: 14 December 2022

• ME002-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located just SE of the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37.4m E-W; 36.2m N-S) that slopes down to the SE defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at NNW: Wth of base 7m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 1.7m) that has a field bank with an outer stone facing abutting its external face SE-W-NW. There is no visible fosse but there is an outer drain. There are gaps in the perimeter at NNE and E, but the original entrance is likely to be a widened entrance (Wth 5m) at SE. 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: 31 August 2018

• ME002-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just SE of the summit of a NW-SE ridge. This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 31m) that slopes down to the S (H 1.5m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 5-5.2m; int. H 0.5m at S to 1m at N; ext. H 1.5m at S to 2.7m at N), and an outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 1.4m) S-W-NNE. The original entrance (Wth of base 2m) is at ESE. There is a subrectangular or lunate and grass-covered annexe (dims 14-20m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by slight but overgrown banks or scarps (at S: Wth 1m; ext. H 1.4m) attached to the S. There is a slight external fosse on the W side, and the annexe has an entrance gap (Wth of base 2.8m) at SE, which is partly modern. There is no direct communication between the rath and the annexe. 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: 31 August 2018

• ME002-055001 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated just SE of the summit of a NW-SE ridge. There is a subrectangular or lunate and grass-covered annexe (dims 14-20m N-S; 50m E-W) defined by slight but overgrown banks or scarps (at S: Wth 1m; ext. H 1.4m) attached to the S of rath (ME005-055----). It has a slight external fosse on the W side and an entrance gap (Wth of base 2.8m) at SE, which is partly modern. There is no direct communication between the rath and the annexe. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 31/08/2018

• ME002-060 Enclosure
  Description

  Located towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. The cropmark of a large D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 80m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by a single fosse feature and with the straight E-W side at N is visible on the OSI aerial images (1995). It’s NE angle was accommodated by a niche in a NW-SE field bank. It was first identified by Ivor Kenny, and the line of a gas pipeline going to the gypsum plant at Baalynaclose, c. 600m to the W, runs through it but the enclosure was not detected. Rath (ME002-054----) is at the SE end of the drumlin ridge, c. 150m to the E. See the attached view from OSI images (1995) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 January, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Raloaghan.

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

Name

Raloaghan

Area

2,556,540 m² (255.65 ha, 631.73 acres)

Civil parish

Enniskeen, and its townlands

Barony

Morgallion

Electoral division

Carrickleck, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickleck electoral division: 457 people in 159 households; 94% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaclose, Ballynalurgan, Boynagh, Boynaghbought, Carrickleck, Enniskeen (Co. Cavan), Kilnalun, Lisnabo, Lisnahederna (Co. Cavan), Newcastle

Placenames

Raloaghan 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.