Rataine

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rataine, from 1,186 m² to 648,359 m² (64.84 ha, 160.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 · 68 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Jun 2026N/a

  the retention of the conservatory extension, conversion of garage to home office and a storage shed

  Retention · Meath County Council, 2660682

• 1 May 2026N/a

  the retention of the conservatory extension, conversion of garage to home office and a storage shed

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660506

• 7 Apr 2026Refused

  EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION NA201820 - a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Extension of duration · Meath County Council, 26101

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the erection of a metal shed to rear garden of 86sqm for use as a double garage and storage. A new DWWTS to replace the existing septic tank and percolation area

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560263

• 10 May 2024Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a single-story detached dwelling & single-story domestic garage to the rear, with a proposed Secondary Treatment System and soil polishing filter also new site entrance onto the public road and all associated site works and landscaping. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 24203

• 22 Jul 2022Refused

  retention permission for existing detached structure currently serving as domestic home office/home entertainment area/home gym/domestic storage/domestic garage/home music studio, including all ancillary site works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 22975

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage, entrance onto public road and all ancillary site services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, NA201820

• 8 Oct 2020Refused

  existing detached domestic shed, including all ancillary site works.

  Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA201445

• 31 Jul 2017Conditional

  1. Demolition of existing single storey cottage and shed. 2. Construction of a new detached two storey replacement dwelling and domestic garage. 3. New proprietary wastewater treatment system to replace existing septic tank. 4. Widening of existing entrance. 5. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA170885

• 12 Jul 2017N/a

  1. Demolition of existing single storey cottage and shed. 2. Construction of a new detached two storey replacement dwelling and domestic garage. 3. New proprietary wastewater treatment system to replace existing septic tank. 4. Widening of existing entrance. 5. All associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, NA170818

• 25 Jan 2017Conditional

  the development consists of retention of a single storey detached structure containing a domestic garage of floor area 67.2sq.m and a commercial office of floor area 8.51sq.m. The structure has a ridge height of 5.887m and the finished elements of the structure are complimentary to the existing dwelling on the site

  Retention · Meath County Council, NA170055

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 Rataine.

Recorded monuments

• ME030-011 Church
  Description

  Located on a rise in a fairly level landscape. A church at Rathyn is listed in the ecclesiastical taxation (1302-06) of Pope Nicholas IV (Cal. doc. Ire. 5, 256). Ussher (1622) describes the church and chancel of the parish church of Ratayne as ruined, and this is confirmed by Dopping (1682-5) when the graveyard was not enclosed (Ellision 1972, 12). The grass-covered foundations or low walls of an undivided nave and chancel church (int. dims 21.3m WNW-ESE; 5.65m NNE-SSW) survive together with the W gable (ext. L 7.3m) that has a base-batter. The gable has a double-light ogee-headed window with an external square hood moulding, and there is a double belfry overhead. The graveslab of Richard Bedlow (Bellew) dated 1601 and described by Conwell (1873, 381-2) is no longer present. The site of the deserted settlement (ME030-011001-) is around the rectangular graveyard (dims c. 45m WNW-ESE; c. 30m NNE-SSW) defined by masonry walls. 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 January 2015

• ME030-011001 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  Located on a fairly level landscape. (Mason 1814, 91) noted that a considerable number of houses existed around the parish church of Rataine (ME030-011----) which have since been destroyed leaving no visible remains. (Graham 1974, 49) 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 upload/revision: 5 January 2014

• ME030-011002 Graveyard
  Description

  Located on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The parish church of Rataine is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 45m WNW-ESE; c. 30m NNE-SSW) defined by masonry walls, which were not present in the late 17th century according to Dopping (1682-5) (Ellison 1972, 12). The graveslab of Richard Bedlow (Bellew) dated 1601 (ME030-011003-), which is described by Conwell (1872-3, 381-2), is no longer present. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 January, 2015

• ME030-011003 Graveslab
  Description

  The graveslab of Richard Bedlow (Bellew) dated 1601 and described by Conwell (1872-3, 381-2) as being on the floor of Rataine church (ME030-011----) is no longer present. Conwell describes it as: The inscription in a scroll of raised letter, with a point after each word, runs thus: HIC JACENT CORPORA /RICHARDI BEDLOW DE BEDLOWSTOWN QUI OBIIT X DIE MENSIS JANUARII 1601 AC ET / IAM CORPORA BINI FILII / EJUS VZ JACOBI BEDLOW ET THOMAE BEDLOW GENETA BROWN UXOR / EJUS HOC MONIME / NTUM STRUXIT. It will be observed that in giving the date the figure 6 has been reversed on the stone. In raised characters, on a shield, about the centre of the stone there is a fret for Bedlow, impaling an eagle displayed for Browne, with the initials R.B and G.B. over the shield. The script appears to have been gothic, and it can be roughly translated as: Here lies the body of Richard Bellew of Bellewstown (ME027-083----), who died the tenth day of January, 1601, also the body of his good son viz. Jacob Bellew, and Thomasina Bellew, born Brown, his wife erected this monument. 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 Rataine.

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 Rataine, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rataine.

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

Name

Rataine

Area

2,898,628 m² (289.86 ha, 716.27 acres)

Civil parish

Rataine, and its townlands

Barony

Navan Lower

Electoral division

Bective, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,177 people lived in 387 households in the Bective electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Balbradagh, Balbrigh, Ballardan Great, Churchtown, Curraghtown, Dunlough, Philpotstown, Shanbo

Placenames

Rataine 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.