# Gorraun, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghancon, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Garrán.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,535,255 m² (353.53 ha, 873.58 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 42,987 m² (4.3 ha, 10.62 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghancon, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/aghancon.md
- Barony: Ballybritt
- Electoral division: Gorteen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 291 people lived in 101 households in the Gorteen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41851
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180722
- Centre: latitude 52.99255, longitude -7.75107 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorraun, from 318 m² to 641,664 m² (64.17 ha, 158.56 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 5229625: 641,664 m² (64.17 ha, 158.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5229625.md
- Parcel 269973: 459,604 m² (45.96 ha, 113.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269973.md
- Parcel 271269: 307,679 m² (30.77 ha, 76.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271269.md
- Parcel 275830: 172,266 m² (17.23 ha, 42.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275830.md
- Parcel 283240: 147,704 m² (14.77 ha, 36.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283240.md
- Parcel 294532: 143,978 m² (14.4 ha, 35.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294532.md
- Parcel 294717: 138,940 m² (13.89 ha, 34.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294717.md
- Parcel 307635: 125,022 m² (12.5 ha, 30.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307635.md
- Parcel 308844: 117,849 m² (11.78 ha, 29.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308844.md
- Parcel 2436526: 105,039 m² (10.5 ha, 25.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2436526.md
- Parcel 296711: 92,681 m² (9.27 ha, 22.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296711.md
- Parcel 275380: 86,662 m² (8.67 ha, 21.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275380.md
- Parcel 5719985: 83,970 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5719985.md
- Parcel 2475835: 82,597 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475835.md
- Parcel 5567158: 82,491 m² (8.25 ha, 20.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5567158.md
- Parcel 275536: 81,090 m² (8.11 ha, 20.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275536.md
- Parcel 306989: 74,445 m² (7.44 ha, 18.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306989.md
- Parcel 5270579: 71,854 m² (7.19 ha, 17.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5270579.md
- Parcel 275389: 69,043 m² (6.9 ha, 17.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275389.md
- Parcel 275387: 67,380 m² (6.74 ha, 16.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275387.md
- Parcel 5459618: 61,945 m² (6.19 ha, 15.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5459618.md
- Parcel 275388: 59,716 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275388.md
- Parcel 272305: 54,233 m² (5.42 ha, 13.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272305.md
- Parcel 275434: 31,741 m² (3.17 ha, 7.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275434.md
- Parcel 301860: 31,030 m² (3.1 ha, 7.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/301860.md
- Parcel 272731: 24,782 m² (2.48 ha, 6.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/272731.md
- Parcel 5229603: 22,550 m² (2.25 ha, 5.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5229603.md
- Parcel 275386: 21,254 m² (2.13 ha, 5.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275386.md
- Parcel 4632716: 20,577 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632716.md
- Parcel 275831: 19,013 m² (1.9 ha, 4.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275831.md
- Parcel 271171: 11,756 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271171.md
- Parcel 5402907: 10,689 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5402907.md
- Parcel 294718: 10,407 m² (1.04 ha, 2.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294718.md
- Parcel 287579: 5,745 m² (0.57 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/287579.md
- Parcel 4645015: 4,676 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4645015.md
- Parcel 294533: 4,341 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/294533.md
- Parcel 296046: 3,992 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296046.md
- Parcel 275254: 3,907 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275254.md
- Parcel 3095118: 3,218 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3095118.md
- Parcel 4222268: 3,124 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4222268.md
- Parcel 274262: 3,103 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274262.md
- Parcel 303468: 2,987 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303468.md
- Parcel 4632757: 2,906 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632757.md
- Parcel 302065: 2,303 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302065.md
- Parcel 4632745: 2,172 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4632745.md
- Parcel 5792191: 318 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5792191.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Gorraun in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 4 Oct 2021, Offaly County Council 21607: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. EXTENSION TO FRONT AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FOR USE AS A GRANNY FLAT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21607/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF043-014001: Cairn - clearance cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-014001-. Potential enclosure identified from aerial photographs (GSI S 553/2), remains of possible clearance cairns. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-014002: Cultivation ridges, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-014002-. Cultivation ridges associated with field clearance cairns (OF043-014001-) which may date from before 1700. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-015----. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, S 551/2) shows faint outline of a circular enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-036: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-036----. Located on flat poorly drained land in upland area with burnt mound (OF043-037----) to N. Poorly preserved remains of a fulacht fiadh consisting of a semicircular rise (Wth 15m approx.) which is intersected by a field drain at S revealing burnt stone material, disused laneway intersects site at NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-037: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-037----. On flat poorly drained land in upland area. Large irregular shaped flat topped mound (diam. 30m; H 2m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1m) best preserved from S through W to N. Recent livestock grazing has removed top soil exposing burnt material. Nearby fulacht fiadh located to the S (OF043-036----) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-038: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-038----. Not visible at ground level. Marked on first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a small circular enclosure to the S of Summerhill House. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-039: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-039----. Situated on S facing slope on rising ground in upland area. Circular area (diam 31m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.5m) best preserved at N, intervening fosse (Wth 1m) and external bank (Wth 1.2m; ext. H 0.3m) visible at S only. Causewayed entrance (Wth 2.5m) at S. Interior of site slopes from N to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-041: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-041----. On high ground in upland area. Well preserved ring-barrow consisting of a circular platform (diam. 8.5m; ext. H 1m) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 3.5m) and external bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.3m; int. H 0.5m). Area around site has recently been planted by forestry which will make site inaccessible in a couple of years time. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18 May 1977. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-042: Kiln - lime, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-042----. This is a lime-kiln of post-1700 AD date. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-043: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-043----. Not visible at ground level. Depicted as small circular enclosure on OS 6-inch maps. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-044: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-044----. Natural ridge in upland area which has been terraced on its E face producing a scarp like feature that is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Doubtful antiquity. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-045001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-045001-. Site inaccessible at time of visit due to dense overgrowth, located on the E facing slope of rising. Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as large circular enclosure with smaller enclosure (OF043-045002-) immediately to the E. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18 May 1977. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-045002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-045002-. Site inaccessible at time of visit due to dense vegetation, located on the E facing slope of rising ground. Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as small circular enclosure with large enclosure (OF043-045001-) immediately to the W. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18 May 1977. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-045003: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-045003-. Site inaccessible at time of visit due to dense vegetation, located on the E facing slope of rising ground. Depicted on 1912 edition of OS 6-inch map as small circular enclosure with large enclosure (OF043-045001-) immediately to the W. Reference to possible souterrain inside enclosure from report compiled by Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society in 1978. Monument placed on the Register of Historic Monuments on the 18 May 1977. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-058: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-058----. Situated on the E face of a N-S ridge in upland area. Roughly circular area (diam 26.5m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank which is only visible from N to E elsewhere destroyed. The interior of the site is very uneven and slopes from W to E. Possible ringfort. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-059: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-059----. Not visible at ground level. Site was bulldozed in the 1960's during land improvements. Locally known as the 'fort'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF043-074: Barrow - ring-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF043-074----. Located on top of high ground in upland region with good extensive views in all directions. Nearby cluster of ring-barrows (OF043-040/001/002) located approximately 300m to the SW. In pasture, land appears to have been reclaimed and re-seeded with grass, encroaching coniferous plantations near site on land which has not been reclaimed. Nearby barrows to SW have been planted with coniferous trees on wet unreclaimed land. Present remains consist of low semi-circular shaped mound (diam. 6m N-S; 11m E-W, H 0.35m) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 3m;ext. D 0.2m) and low outer bank(Wth 2m; H 0.1m). Site has been transected on its S side by a field boundary running E-W which gives the mound a semi-circular shape, originally the barrow consisted of a circular mound aproximately 12m N-S by 11 m E-W enclosed by a fosse and outer bank. Faint traces of central mound on S half of site but no trace of enclosing fosse or bank on this side. Monument is best preserved on its N half from W through N to E as depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 09 August 2012

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Summerhill House, farm house, 1760–1800, Regional interest, registry number 14943009, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=OF&regno=14943009. Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, built c.1780, with four-bay return to rear. House flanked by screen walls with arched openings. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls to front and rubble stone to rear. Square-headed window openings to front elevation with uPVC windows and tooled limestone sills. Round-headed window opening to entrance bay. Red brick window reveals to rear. Round-headed door opening with timber battened door and spoked fanlight. Single- and two-storey outbuildings to yard with random coursed walls, pitched corrugated-iron roof and flat arched window openings. Slit windows, carriage arch openings and pigeon holes to outbuilding. Walled garden to south of house with two-stage tower. House accessed through rendered piers and wrought-iron gate.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Gorraun, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gorraun.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gorraun-180722.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gorraun-180722.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gorraun-180722.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gorraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Aghody: https://everytownland.com/offaly/aghody.md
- Ballyduff: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyduff-180129.md
- Ballyphilip: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyphilip.md
- Coldblow: https://everytownland.com/offaly/coldblow-180457.md
- Dungar: https://everytownland.com/offaly/dungar.md
- Gorteen: https://everytownland.com/offaly/gorteen-180730.md
- Keeloge: https://everytownland.com/offaly/keeloge-180766.md
- Killavilla: https://everytownland.com/offaly/killavilla.md
- Rooaun: https://everytownland.com/offaly/rooaun.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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