Raheen

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 13 m² to 335,893 m² (33.59 ha, 83 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 Raheen 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.

• 8 Apr 2024Conditional

  Permission for: 1 the construction of three-bay dry shed which will contain, straw bedded lying areas and a manure storage area. 2. The construction of an unroofed underground slurry storage tank with cattle slats over and Retention Permission for: 1. An existing 4 bay slatted shed which contains straw bedded lying areas and a crush. 2. An existing entrance and access road together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2453

• 20 Apr 2022Conditional

  Permission to erect a 30m high telecommunications monopole structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment enclosed by security fencing at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22191

• 24 Mar 2022N/a

  Permission to erect a 30m high telecommunications monopole structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment enclosed by security fencing at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22158

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 Raheen.

Recorded monuments

• RO016-115001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the bottom of a N-facing slope with a NW-SE stream c. 30m to the NE. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by an earthen bank best preserved (Wth 2.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.1m) at S but reduced to a scarp SW-NW, with a fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.3m) NE-E-SW and an outer bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.4m) NE-SE. There is no visible entrance, but a rectangular house-site (RO016-115003-) (int. dims 3.7m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by earthen banks (H 0.5m) abuts the inside of the bank at SW, and a D-shaped enclosure or annexe (RO016-115002-) visible as a grass-covered platform (dims 21m E-W; 12m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) is attached to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-115002 Enclosure
  Description

  Towards the bottom of a N-facing slope with a NW-SE stream c. 40m to the N. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 21m E-W; 12m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) is attached to S of rath (RO016-115001-) which it served as an annexe. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-115003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Attached to the inside of the bank of rath (RO016-115001-) at SW. Rectangular area (int. dims 3.7m N-S; 2.5m E-W) defined by earthen banks (H 0.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a chord of an earthen bank situated towards the E end of an E-W ridge and just SW of rath (RO022-018001-). An arc (C 16m) of an earthen bank (Wth 7.5m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 2.3m) survives E-S and remained unplanted in a coniferous forest in the 1990s but is now in pasture. There is no visible fosse. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-018001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the E end of an E-W ridge just NW of rath (RO022-018002-). Subcircular platform (dims. 26.2m E-W; 22.5m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at W to 1.6m at S) which merges into the ground NE-SE. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but a bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.6m) was recorded on the perimeter in 1982 (SMR file). It remained unplanted in a coniferous forest in the 1990s, and is now in pasture but it was partly damaged at W when the forest was harvested. Rath (RO022-017----) is just to the SW. See the attached aerial view taken from the W with this monument in the foreground. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-018002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Just off the S-facing crest of an E-W ridge, and just SE of rath (RO022-18001-). Described in 1982 as a subcircular area (dims 29m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) with an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m; D 0. 2m), and with a rectangular house platform (RO022-018003-) (dims 2.5m N-S; 2.2m E-W) in the interior (SMR file). In 1995 it is was visible as a subcircular platform (dims 28.5m N-S; 25.4m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.6m) which remained unplanted in a coniferous forest, but it is now in pasture and is more eroded. Rath (RO022-019----) is c. 140m to the ESE. See the attached aerial view taken from the W with the monument in the background. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-018003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Just off the E-facing crest of an E-W ridge, and just SE of rath (RO022-18001-). Rath (RO022-018002-) is described in 1982 as having a rectangular house platform (dims 2.5m N-S; 2.2m E-W) in the interior (SMR file). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope of an E-W ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 24m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.4m) E-SE, and a fosse (Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 2m; int. D 1.5m; ext. D 0.4m) NW-E. The entrance (Wth 2.7m) and causeway (Wth 2m) are at E, but the site is truncated by a N-S field bank at W and an E-W field bank at S. Rath (RO022-018002-) is c. 140m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the floor of an E-W valley. Circular grass-covered platform (diam. 20m) defined by a scarp (H 0.4-0.7m) with slight traces of a bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.9m) on the perimeter S-W and slight traces of a fosse (Wth of top 3-5m; D 0.2-0.5m) S-W-N. The entrance is not identified. Rath (RO022-021----) is c. 210m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Raheen, 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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Raheen.

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 Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Raheen

Area

827,737 m² (82.77 ha, 204.54 acres)

Civil parish

Elphin, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Rossmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

169 people lived in 58 households in the Rossmore electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cartronagor, Clogher More, Creeve, Runnaruag

Placenames

Raheen 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.