Rathowen East

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathowen East, from 72 m² to 354,981 m² (35.5 ha, 87.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 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 Rathowen East 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.

• 9 Jun 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW CLUBHOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22464

• 20 Feb 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20123

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 Rathowen East.

Recorded monuments

• MA022-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, encompassing the top of a knoll in undulating terrain, with good views. It is located in the NW end of Rathowen East townland, close to the boundary junction with two other townlands, Rathowen West and Rathcash. This rath is named as ‘Rathmeelaghmore’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a raised circular area (c. 26.8m NW–SE), defined by an earthen bank, largely reduced to a scarp (Wth slope 3m; ext. H 1.9m, at N), and enclosed at SW–ENE by a fosse (Wth 3.4m) with an external bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m, at N). The inner bank retains only a hint of an internal rim; at E a row of low, contiguous stones protrudes along the inner edge, possibly the remnants of an kerb. The fosse and external bank are well defined at N, but elsewhere, are reduced to a terrace with a low rise or scarp on its outer edge; they cannot be traced at E–S. The knoll is utilised to enhance the height of the rath, with the interior being c. 4-5m above surrounding field level; the steepest slopes are at S and W. The entrance was most likely at the E where the rath appears lowest relative to exterior ground level. There is a low section of scarp (Wth c. 5.5m) here, but no clearly defined entrance feature. The interior is largely engulfed in overgrowth (brambles, hawthorn, blackthorn), making examination difficult, and the perimeter is densely ringed with hawthorn. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 April 2019

• MA022-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low rise, with good views, in undulating grassland. Raised oval area (25m E–W; 20m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.3m, at WNW). The bank has a very low internal rim, and at E–S is largely reduced to a scarp (Wth slope 0.9m; ext. H 1.4m, at E), which is cut quite vertically on its external face. Outside the bank at SW–W there is a depression (Wth 4.6m; D 0.4m), partly infilled with large field clearance stones. There is no evidence that the depression continues around the complete circuit of the rath; it may be the result of relatively recent disturbance rather than the remains of a fosse. A low terrace or platform (L c. 10m; Wth c. 3m; H 0.5m), with a slightly raised rim (Wth 1.9m; H 0.15m) on its outer edge, is appended to the external face of the bank at N–NNE; its function is unclear. The rath interior is level. The bank/scarp is lowest relative to external ground level at SE, and the entrance may have been located in this area, although no clearly defined gap is evident. The perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn and brambles. There is a rath (MA022-008----) 100m to S. Another rath (MA022-003----) located 350m to N is visible on top of a knoll. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 April 2019

• MA022-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, located on a slight rise in undulating terrain. The location provides good but not extensive views, restricted somewhat by gently rising ground. Slightly raised, circular area (20.8m N–S; 19.9m E–W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.65m), and enclosed by an external fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.2m). The bank is quite degraded and very low internally, reduced almost to a scarp in parts. It is broken by several eroded gaps. The fosse is evident as a very slight depression. The interior is level. There is a gap (Wth 2m) at E, which may be the original entrance, although stones, barely protruding from the ground, extend across the gap. A ring of hawthorn grows around the perimeter. There is a post and wire fence, on an E–W axis, immediately to N of the rath. There is another rath (MA022-007----) located 100m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 April 2019

• MA022-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, located on a low rise. This possible rath, is shown as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m), named ‘Crockawaddy Fort’ on the 1838 and 1929 OS 6-inch maps (1929). It was was levelled during land reclamation; there is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 April 2019

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathowen East.

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 Rathowen East, 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 Rathowen East.

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 Rathowen East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Rathowen East · Ráth Eoghain Thoir

Area

1,054,710 m² (105.47 ha, 260.62 acres)

Civil parish

Killala, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Killala, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,325 people lived in 512 households in the Killala electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlereagh, Farragh, Killala, Magherabrack, Rathcash, Rathowen West, Tawnaghmore Lower, Townplots West

Placenames

Rathowen East 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.