Rathflesk
Rathflesk is a townland in the civil parish of Rathmolyon, barony of Moyfenrath Lower, Co. Meath.
Parcel 211072
- Area
- 105,906 m² (10.59 ha, 26.17 acres)
- Buildings
- 8 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 2,765 m².
- Zoning
- P5 RA - Rural Area (Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied)) The objective
- Townland
- Rathflesk
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 2 recorded monuments.
- ME042-016 Ringfort - rath
Description
This is a subcircular domed (H c. 2m) and grass-covered area (dims 54m NE-SW; 42m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (at NW: Wth 5m; H 1.5m: at SE: Wth 4m; H 2m), with a slight outer fosse or drain S-N-E. An entrance is not identified but it is overlain by a NE-SW field bank towards the perimeter at SE. Rath (ME042-017----) is c. 30m to the NNE. 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: 12 August 2019
- ME042-017 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a rise at the bottom of a W-facing slope. This is a raised, subcircular and grass-covered area (dims 37.7m E-W; 31.4m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1m), with an outer bank (Wth of base 3m; H 0.3m) NE-SE. An original entrance is not identified but there is a small mound (diam. 4.5m; H 0.3m) just N of the centre. Rath (ME042-016----) is c. 30m to the SSW. 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: 12 August 2019
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 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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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 121.4 ha
- 300 acres
- Land parcels
- 50
- registered freehold, median 3,987 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres)
- Zoning
- P5
- RA - Rural Area
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathflesk, from 102 m² to 147,067 m² (14.71 ha, 36.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (As Varied), Meath · 76 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
24 Sept 2026N/a
the development will consist of construction of a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing dwelling along with alterations and renovations to the existing single storey dwelling along with all associated site works and services
Permission · Meath County Council, 2661188
2 Nov 2022Conditional
the construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Permission, 1 home · Meath County Council, 221429
1 Oct 2021N/a
the construction of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater disposal system, new site entrance and all associated site works
Permission, 2 homes · Meath County Council, 211929
22 Sept 2017Conditional
the development consists of a single storey extension to side of existing dwelling and all associated site works
Retention · Meath County Council, TA171110
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 Rathflesk.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rathflesk.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathflesk.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Rathflesk, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathflesk.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathflesk with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Meath.
The townland
- Name
- Rathflesk
- Area
- 1,214,428 m² (121.44 ha, 300.09 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathmolyon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Electoral division
- Rathmolyon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,660 people lived in 534 households in the Rathmolyon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castletown, Coolderry, Moat, Rathmolyon, Summerstown, Umberstown Great
- Placenames
- Rathflesk 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.