Rath

Area

31,562 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 13 m².

Zoning

P1 RU - Rural (The Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029) The objective

Townland

Rath

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 9 recorded monuments.

• CL002-031 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope on the E side of a narrow valley floor between Gleninagh ‘Mountain’ and Cappanawalla Hill and within a field system (CL002-070001-). Marked on Robinson’s map (1977). Listed as ‘Enclosure (possible)’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A poorly preserved almost circular cashel (int. dims. 21.4m N–S; 20.9m E–W crest to crest) defined by a low grassed-over stone spread (Wth at base 4.9–7.1m; Wth at crest 2.6–4.5m). A rectangular house site (CL002-031002-) is visible inside the cashel, W of the centre. A derelict building abuts the NW and a second derelict building lies 2m to the S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• CL002-031002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope on the E side of a narrow valley floor between Gleninagh ‘Mountain’ and Cappanawalla Hill, W of centre within a cashel (CL002-031001-). A rectangular building (int. dims. L 5m WNW–ESE x 4.1m NNW–SSE) defined by a low grassed-over stone spread (Wth 2m; H 0.2–0.4m). A later derelict building abuts the cashel externally at NW and a second one lies 2m outside the perimeter to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• CL002-075001 Enclosure
  Description

  On grass-covered pasture in the NE end of Rathborney Valley between Cappanawalla Hill and Gleninagh ‘Mountain’. A roughly oval enclosure (110m N–S; 60m E–W) defined by low grass-covered mound walls (Wth 3.5–5.2m, int. H 0.2–0.5m, ext. H 0.2–1.1m). The enclosing element has been removed from SW–NW inside a modern strip field. The enclosure sits within a multiphase field system (CL002-075002-), with small, apparently contemporary fields extending to the NE and SE, and two elements of a later field system, also defined by mound walls (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2–0.5m), crossing the interior, E–W and WSW–ESE. There are c. 12 small cairns N of centre in the enclosure (diam. c. 2–3m; av. H 0.5m), which may just be a result of field clearance. Although it is difficult to date, the mound walls suggest the enclosure is likely of prehistoric date (cf. Plunket Dillon 1985; Jones, Carey and Hennigar 2011; Jones 2016). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 14 December 2020

• CL002-075002 Field system
  Description

  On grass-covered pasture and bare karst in the NE end of Rathborney Valley between Cappanawalla Hill and Gleninagh ‘Mountain’. A multiphase field system (c. 1.2km N–S; 200m E–W) extending from, over and between an enclosure (CL002-075001-) at the N extent and a cashel (CL002-031----) at S. Small irregularly shaped fields defined by mound walls extend NE and SE from CL002-075001- and two mound walls cross the interior E-W and WSW-ESE (Wth 2.5m; H 0.2-0.5m). The mound walls suggest the field system is likely of prehistoric date (cf. Plunket Dillon 1985; Jones, Carey and Hennigar 2011; Jones 2016). Three further enclosures (CL002-093---; CL002-094---- and CL002-095----) and a hut site (CL002-096----) lie c. 100m NE of the cashel at S. There are two other complex field-systems containing elements of potential antiquity in Rathborney Valley, CL002-030001- in the NW corner and CL002-033001- along the E side. Each of these also encompasses one or more enclosures or ringforts. These may once have extended across fertile valley floor, and essentially formed one or several interconnected field systems with CL002-075002-, but clearance and reorganisation of the fields between the 1842 and 1915 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps and the inclusion of strip fields within these since the 1915 ed. have removed any visible trace. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maolduin Date of upload: 14 December 2020

• CL002-093 Enclosure
  Description

  One of a cluster of enclosures on karst on the lower W slopes of Cappanawalla, within a curvilinear field system (CL002-075002-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 40m N-S) defined by a stone wall with several curving field boundaries extending from it. A similar-sized enclosure (CL002-094----) lies c. 35m to the E and another (CL002-095----) lies c. 85 to the SE. A small hut site (CL002-096----) lies c. 5m outside the SE quadrant. These monuments were noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) by Ros Ó Maoldúin and reported to the National Monuments Service. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 November 2020

• CL002-094 Enclosure
  Description

  One of a cluster of enclosures on karst on the lower W slopes of Cappanawalla, within a curvilinear field system (CL002-075002-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 47m N-S; c. 50m E-W) defined by a stone wall with a curving field boundary extending from N. A similar-sized enclosure (CL002-093----) lies c. 35m to the W and another (CL002-095----) lies c. 45m to the S. These monuments were noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) by Ros Ó Maolduin and reported to the National Monuments Service. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 November 2020

• CL002-095 Enclosure
  Description

  One of a cluster of enclosures on karst on the lower W slopes of Cappanawalla, within a curvilinear field system (CL002-075002-). A circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) defined by a stone wall. A similar-sized enclosure (CL002-094----) lies c. 35m to the N and another (CL002-093----) lies c. 85m to the NW. These monuments were noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) by Ros Ó Maolduin and reported to the National Monuments Service. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 November 2020

• CL002-096 Hut site
  Description

  On karst on the lower W slopes of Cappanawalla, within a curvilinear field system (CL002-075002-). A small hut site (diam. c. 5m) lying 5m SE of an enclosure (CL002-093----). Noted on Digital Globe (2011-13) by Ros Ó Maolduin and reported to the National Monuments Service. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 November 2020

• DU001-038 Quarry
  Description

  Quarry depicted as a small circular-shaped excavated area (approx. diam. 15m)  on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map.  Outlined as a circular-shaped area on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map.  Depicted as a small circular-shaped area on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map. Not visible on the 2013-2018 MapGenie orthoimagery of the area.   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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

At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.

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.

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