Dooraa

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dooraa, from 1,119 m² to 148,556 m² (14.86 ha, 36.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Dooraa 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.

• 31 Mar 2022Conditional

  widening of the R181 regional road and upgrade to the horizontal and vertical alignment on the R181 and adjoining junctions. The upgrades will include provision for a widened verge, regarded batters, crash barriers and drainage works where required. Upgrade to the visibility splays on all road junctions where they meet the R181. Relocation of all affected 3rd party utilities where required along the R181 to facilitate the new alignment. The junction between the L7130-0 and the R181 is within the curtilage of a protected structures.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 228003

• 13 Aug 2020Conditional

  permission for widening of the R181 regional road and an upgrade to the horizontal and vertical alignment on the R181 and adjoining junctions. The upgrades will include provision for a widened verge, regraded batters, crash barriers and drainage works where required. Upgrade to the visibility splays on all road junctions where they meet the R181. Relocation of all affected 3rd party utilities where required along the R181 to facilitate the new alignment and all associated site works in the townlands of Drumillard, Tooa, Crossduff, Dooraa, Tullyglass, Tullyrain, Shantonagh Bellatrain DED, Lisirril, Fairtahy,Carrickadooey, Corlat, Corhelshinagh, Lisinisky, Corracharra, Lisnadarragh and Corgreagh

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 208004

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 the townland of Dooraa.

Recorded monuments

• MO027-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) is depicted on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘fort’ in gothic lettering. This is a circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 25.8m N-S; c. 24m E-W) sloping down slightly to the SW defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 1.2m) and hedge NE-S-SW and slight traces of a scarp elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. A single cup mark (diam. 0.15m; D 4cm) is visible on a lintel stone of a window in the SW wall of the derelict house standing immediately adjacent to the perimeter at NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

• MO027-004001 Cupmarked stone
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope. A single cup mark (diam. 0.15m; D 4cm) is visible on a lintel stone of a window in the SW wall of the derelict house standing immediately adjacent to the perimeter of rath (MO027-004----) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 30 January, 2018

• MO027-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off the S-facing crest of a broad drumlin. This is a circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 32m N-S; 32m E-W) that slopes down steeply to the S (H 3.5m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth of base 5.2-8m; int. H 0.1m at SW to 1m at NE (upslope); ext. H 0.6m at NE to 1.3m at SW) that is covered in furze. A relict N-S field bank overlies the interior connecting with field banks outside approaching from the N and S. There is no visible fosse and the entrance gaps at W and NE are probably modern The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

• MO027-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the crest of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. This is a circular area (diam. 32m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW) that slopes down to the SE (H 2.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 5.5-6.5m; int. H 1-1.5m) and hedge separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.2-8m; ext. D 1.1-2.2m) from an outer flat-topped bank (Wth of base 4.4-7m; Wth of top 2.6m; ext. H 1.1-1.2m) and hedge with an external stone facing. Outside this is a drain (Wth 0.8-1m) and counterscarp bank (Wth 1.5-2m). There is an entrance through the inner (Wth of base 1.1m) and outer bank, now obscured, with a causeway (Wth of top 3.5m; H 0.9m) at SSE. This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 7/1984). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 30 January 2018

Architectural heritage

• Shantonagh Lodge, house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, having full-height return to south end of rear (west) elevation with recent single-storey extension to re-entrant corner, and box-bay window to south gable with hipped slate roof. Pitched slate roofs with paired red brick chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles, timber bargeboards and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins, and roughcast rendered to rear. Square-headed window openings having raised render reveals with moulded render surrounds, painted masonry sills and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Recent external timber shutters to windows to front and rear elevations. Square-headed door opening to front with moulded render surround and timber panelled door and over-light. Two ranges of single-storey outbuildings to rear of house, having pitched slate roofs with red brick eaves course and some cast-iron rainwater goods, rubble stone walls, square-headed window opening to west range with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window, square-headed door openings with single and double-leaf timber battened doors, segmental-headed door opening, and elliptical carriage arch, with recent timber fittings. Decorative cast-iron pedestrian gate to narrow garden to front of house, with matching railings on render plinth. Matching double-leaf vehicular gate to north-west of house.

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 Dooraa, 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 Dooraa.

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 Dooraa with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Dooraa · Dúráth

Area

1,071,479 m² (107.15 ha, 264.77 acres)

Civil parish

Aghnamullen, and its townlands

Barony

Cremorne

Electoral division

Bellatrain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

272 people lived in 81 households in the Bellatrain electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crossduff, Rebane, Shantonagh, Tievaleny, Tooa, Tullyrain

Placenames

Dooraa 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.