Rathinree Lower
Townland in the civil parish of Moynalty, barony of Kells Lower, Co. Meath
- Area
- 135 ha
- 334 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 8,603 m² (0.86 ha, 2.13 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathinree Lower, from 52 m² to 117,474 m² (11.75 ha, 29.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 70 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
5 Nov 2021Conditional
the development consists of and will consist of the following: Retention permission for: (A) A single storied extension to the rear of dwelling house along with ancillary site works. Planning permission for: (A) To construct a new single storied Family Flat extension, to the side and rear of the existing dwelling along with internal alterations to the existint dwelling (B) To close up an existing septic tank and soak-pit and to install a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (C) To change the existing concrete roof tiles to slates and to form a new apex roof detail over the existing front door. (D) All ancillary site development works
Permission · Meath County Council, 212130
12 Feb 2021N/a
(A) A single storied extension to the rear of dwelling house along with ancillary site works. Planning Permission for: (A) To construct a new Family Flat extension, part single and part one and a half storied, to the side and rear of the existing dwelling along with internal alterations to the existing dwelling. (B) To close up an existing septic tank and soak-pit and to install a new waste water treatment unit and percolation area. (C) To change the existing concrete roof tiles to slates and to form a new apex roof detail over the existing front door. (D) All ancillary site development works
Retention, 1 home · Meath County Council, 21258
26 Jan 2018Conditional
the proposed works consist of; Planning permission is sought to construct (A) an agricultural underpass linkage area under existing public road (B) re-instate residual road area disrupted by installation of underpass section (C) complete all ancillary site works
Permission · Meath County Council, KA180075
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathinree Lower.
Recorded monuments
- ME010-006 Earthwork
Description
Located on rise which is on a slight SW-facing slope. It is depicted faintly as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 70m) incorporating the bank of a curving road in the perimeter SW-N only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture, and the natural hillock might be the feature depicted. 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: 22 February 2019
Architectural heritage
- Cherrymount, country house, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c.1740, with two-stage castellated tower to north-west corner. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered surrounds to windows. Round-arched stone doorcase with fanlight. Return to rear, with timber sash windows. Porch addition.
- Cherrymount, outbuilding, 1720–1760 · Regional interest
Description
Ranges of multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings, built c.1740. Comprising of four ranges set around a central courtyard with ranges of outbuildings set within the courtyard. Bellcote set over segmental-arched carriage opening, set in rubble stone screen wall. Rubble stone walls with slate roofs. Gun loops, segmental-arched and square-headed openings. Derelict estate worker's house to the site. Remains of walled garden to the site.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2430 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathinree Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Rathinree Lower
- Area
- 1,350,326 m² (135.03 ha, 333.67 acres)
- Civil parish
- Moynalty, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kells Lower
- Electoral division
- Moynalty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Moynalty electoral division: 650 people in 234 households; 79% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintlieve, Billywood, Farranadoony, Leitrim (Co. Cavan), Loughan, Rathinree Upper
- Placenames
- Rathinree Lower 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.