Rathtroane

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathtroane, from 127 m² to 193,719 m² (19.37 ha, 47.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 117 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 5 Mar 2026Conditional

  the development will consist of a part single storey and part two-storey style dwelling, detached single storey domestic garage, new waste water disposal system, new domestic site entrance, along with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2660273

• 16 Jul 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the demolition of existing single storey extensions to the rear of the existing dwelling, a new single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater disposal system in a new location, renovations & alterations to the existing dwelling, upgrade of the existing domestic site entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission · Meath County Council, 2560744

• 23 May 2025Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, a domestic wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 2560527

• 18 Apr 2024Conditional

  the construction of a new detached dormer type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via new recessed entrance at location of existing agricultural entrance, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services, all at Rathtroane, Enfield, Co. Meath. This application is similar to the previously granted application for Ethan Devine (pl. ref. TA190591) but with a revised house design type

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 24171

• 29 Nov 2022Conditional

  retention planning permission for a single storey porch extension to front of existing house with associated ancillary works

  Retention · Meath County Council, 221546

• 2 Jun 2022Conditional

  planning permission for (a) the construction of a new front door porch to existing dwelling, (b) minor modifications to the internal layout of the existing dwelling including re-alignment of the roof over the proposed kitchen location, (c) the renovation of the existing low profile single storey cottage to the North of the existing dwelling (family home) to provide for a short term letting two bedroom tourist cottage including minor modifications to the external elevations and conversion of the adjoining shed to West to accommodation use, (d) the closing of 2. no. entrances from the public road so that only 1 no. entrance remains for use by the existing dwelling and the proposed cottage (Note: the single agricultural yard & farm entrance to the North of the proposed tourist cottage is not affected by this application). (e) the installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system to serve both the existing dwelling and the new proposed tourist cottage incl. decommissioning of the septic tank, together with all associated landscaping, site works and services. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 22726

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  the construction of a new detached storey and a half type dwelling along with a detached single storey domestic garage, together with access from public road via new recessed entrance at location of existing agricultural entrance, installation of a new proprietary waste water treatment system together with all associated landscaping, site works and services

  Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, TA190591

• 9 Nov 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of extension to the front of existing dwelling, change of elevations and to carry out all other necessary ancillary works

  Permission · Meath County Council, TA171300

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Royal Canal 002103

Recorded monuments

• ME048-014 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Located at the summit of a NW-SE ridge with the ground falling away steeply SE-W which exaggerates dimensions in this area. This is a raised and grass-covered circular platform (diam. 42m NE-SW; 40m NNW-SSE) defined by a fosse (Wth of top 8.5m at NE to 14m at SW; Wth of base 1-3m; int. D 2.5m at NE to 5.7m at SW; ext. D 1.4m at SW to 2m at NE) from an outer earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 7m; ext. H 1.8m; at SW: Wth 8m; ext. H 3.2m) S-W-NE. The fosse and bank have been removed by ancient quarrying E-S. There is a second external fosse (at NE: Wth of top 9.5m; Wth of base 2m; ext. D 0.4m; at SW: Wth of top 9m; ext. D 1m) SSW-W-NE and a second external bank (at SW: Wth of base 5m; ext. H 1.8m) outside the inner bank SSE-WNW. A large grass-covered quarry (diam. of top 11m NE-SW; diam. of base 4m; D 2.1m) has been excavated at the centre of the platform with the grass-covered upcast forming a bank (ext. H 0.6-1.1m) around its edge (ext. diam. 20m NE-SW). There is a ramp entrance through the inner (Wth of base 9m) and outer (Wth of base 3.5m) banks with causeways across the inner (Wth of top 2.3m; H 1.25m) and outer (Wth of top 3.2m; H 1.1m) fosses and onto the platform at WNW, but this is probably a modern entrance (max. ext. diam. c. 87m NE-SW). This is a large barrow of the stepped variety. This earthwork is likely to be the Dun Cuair of the annals which was on the borders of Meath and Leinster. In AD 799 Áed Oirnidhe, of the Cenél nEógan Uí Neill, marched on Dun Cuair with the clergy of the north of Ireland, who were so disgruntled that they won an exemption from attendance at any future military excursions (AFM). In AD 800 and again in AD 815 the same Áed Oirnidhe went to Dun Cuar and made a settlement that divided Leinster between contending parties (AFM). (Wilde 1849, 74-5) Archaeological testing (05E0627) by R. Meenan immediately to the S but on the other side of a public road that circumscribes the monument E-S produced evidence of a ditch (Wth of top 1.4m plus; D 1.1m plus) close to the road, and a spread of burnt clay overlying the subsoil. The ditch was filled with a brown clay and produced some bone but no artefacts, and neither a date nor context can be ascribed to it (excavation.ie 2005:1236). 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: 13 August 2019 Amended: 16 February 2021, 24 March 2023

• ME048-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a SW-facing slope with the platform earthwork (ME048-014----) c. 80m to the NE. The cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) in a cereal crop is visible on oblique aerial photograph (CUCAP: AHM 80). It is also visible on Google Earth (18/04/29009). Archaeological testing (05E0627) by R. Meenan c. 50m to the NE produced evidence of a ditch (Wth of top 1.4m plus; D 1.1m plus) close to the road, and a spread of burnt clay overlying the subsoil. The ditch was filled with a brown clay and produced some bone but no artefacts, and neither a date nor context can be ascribed to it (excavation.ie 2005:1236). 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: 13 August 2019 Amended: 16 February 2021

• ME048-024 Church
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-facing slope. A church at Rathroane in Rathcore parish does not occur in the ecclesiastical lists. The foundations of a rectangular building orientated E-W (dims 6.3m E-W; 4.2m N-S) with a possible entrance at the S side is described locally as a church. 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: 9 April, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathtroane, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rathtroane

Area

2,866,799 m² (286.68 ha, 708.4 acres)

Civil parish

Rathcore, and its townlands

Barony

Moyfenrath Lower

Electoral division

Rahinstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

517 people lived in 169 households in the Rahinstown electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrums Great, Ardrums Little, Baconstown, Ballinderrin, Ballynaskea, Cloncurry (Co. Kildare), Jordanstown, Kilbrook (Co. Kildare), Posseckstown

Placenames

Rathtroane 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.