Rathbrack

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathbrack, from 409 m² to 310,636 m² (31.06 ha, 76.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 · 52 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Jan 2024Refused

  the restoration of lands (disused quarry, as granted Ref no. 92533) for the purposes of agricultural gain through the importing and depositing of top soil and inert material to raise levels of land, comprising natural minerals of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and all ancillary site development works, as per condition no. 11 of planning reference no. 92/533. The proposed development will require a "Waste Facility Permit" which will be sought through a separate application to Meath County Council

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2460039

• 19 Dec 2023N/a

  The restoration of lands (disused quarry, as granted Ref no. 92533) for the purposes of agricultural gain through the importing and depositing of top soil and inert material to raise levels of land, comprising natural minerals of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone and all ancillary site development works, as per condition no. 11 of planning reference no. 92/533. The proposed development will require a "Waste Facility Permit" which will be sought through a separate application to Meath County Council

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2360487

• 26 Jul 2021Conditional

  the construction of a single story dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area and all associated site works. This application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 211426

• 17 Apr 2020N/a

  a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank & percolation area and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, KA200533

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: River Boyne and River Blackwater SAC 002299
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Shesk 000556

Recorded monuments

• ME022-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a rise of a gentle N-facing slope. It is depicted as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’. It had been truncated by a NW-SE field bank at SW on the 1912 edition of the map and has probably been truncated by quarrying at E and W also, although there is no clear evidence of this. It is now a raised, trapezoidal and grass-covered area (dims 20m NE-SE; 11m-17m NW-SE) defined by scarps (at NE: Wth 5.5m; H 2.8m) with an earthen bank (at SW: Wth of base 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) on the perimeter SW-W. A slight berm (Wth 1m) separates the external base of this bank from the NW-SE drain and field bank at SW. There is a possible entrance (Wth of base 1.2m) at S, and there is a small grass-covered earth and stone mound (diam. of base 3.5-4m; H 0.3-0.5m) NE of the centre, which may be field spoil. It survives unplanted at the edge of a forest (OSAP). 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 January 2019

• ME022-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a hillock in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered and slightly domed area (diam. 24m NNW-SSE; 22.5m E-W) defined by an external scarp (at N: Wth 2m; H 1m; at S: Wth 4m; H 1.8m) and berm (Wth 1.2-2.2m). The perimeter is slightly quarried at E but an original entrance is not identified. 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: 11 January 2019

• ME022-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a summit of a meandering NE-SW esker ridge. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 37m NNW-SSE; 36m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 4.2-5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1.2-1.7m), with traces of an outer fosse (at NE: Wth of base 1.6m; ext. D 0.4m) N-NE and at SSE. The entrance is at NNE. The interior is cut by a NNE-SSW field bank towards the edge at NW, and a relict field bank extends from this to the perimeter at SE. Rath (ME022-026----) is c. 40m to the NE along the ridge. 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: 11 January 2019

• ME022-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just E of a summit on a meandering NE-SW esker ridge. This is a grass-covered subcircular area (dims 40m WNW-ESE; 35m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.5-6m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 1.1-1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 5-6m; Wth of base 1-1.5m; ext. D 0.6-0.7m) that is eroded away at S and NW-N. There is an outer earth and stone bank (at ESE: Wth of base 3.3m; ext. H 0.3m) with some bushes N-SE. There is an entrance (Wth of base 1.8m) at W, which is probably modern, but the original entrance and causeway (Wth of top 4m; H 0.6m) is at E. Rath (ME022-027----) is c. 40m to the SW. 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: 11 January 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rathbrack

Area

1,689,931 m² (168.99 ha, 417.59 acres)

Civil parish

Killallon, and its townlands

Barony

Fore

Electoral division

Killallon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killallon electoral division: 315 people in 116 households; 91% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boherard, Cloneveran, Geehanstown, Killacroy, Monennican, Sranaboll

Placenames

Rathbrack 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.