Gorraun

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorraun, from 318 m² to 641,664 m² (64.17 ha, 158.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

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.

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

• 4 Oct 2021Conditional

  EXTENSION TO FRONT AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE FOR USE AS A GRANNY FLAT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 21607

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160

Recorded monuments

• OF043-014001 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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
  Description

  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

Architectural heritage

• Summerhill House, farm house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  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.

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 Gorraun, about 1 in 5 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 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 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 Gorraun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Gorraun · An Garrán

Area

3,535,255 m² (353.53 ha, 873.58 acres)

Civil parish

Aghancon, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Gorteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghody, Ballyduff, Ballyphilip, Coldblow, Dungar, Gorteen, Keeloge, Killavilla, Rooaun

Placenames

Gorraun 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.