Rathgeran

199 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathgeran, from 62 m² to 467,270 m² (46.73 ha, 115.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rathgeran 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.

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackstairs Mountains SAC 000770
• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Blackstairs Mountains 000770

Recorded monuments

• CW023-013 Rock art
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Granite slab. Eight groups of tightly spaced concentric circles, largest having seven circles with outer D c. 0.5m. (OKR 1968, 62).

• CW023-014 Hilltop enclosure
  Description

  On the W edge of the Blackstairs mountain range. Enclosing the summit of a prominent hill (OD 235m) with extensive views over the valley of the River Barrow to the W and the Blackstairs are visible on the horizon to the N, E and S (Redmond 2020, 37). A large enclosure (diam. c. 75m N-S; c. 80m E-W) defined along the NW sector by a grass-covered bank (overall Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.2m) of earth and stones, including several large boulders, several standing upright. A detailed survey of the enclosure was carried out by Redmond (2020, 37-41) and the resulting digital elevation model (ibid. fig. 8, 41), clearly shows the full extent of the monument. Rock art (CW023-013---) is to be found c. 130m NW of the hilltop enclosure, on an earth-fast boulder. It is decorated with eight groups of concentric circles (Hughes 1968, 62-3). See attached: KK023-014----_01 Digital Elevation Model by James Redmond (2020, fig. 8, 41). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 2 February 2021

• CW023-017 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure. Traces of earthen bank (max. H 1.1m) visible at NE and NW. Small rectangular field enclosed by stone-faced earthen banks superimposed on original enclosure. Possibly a ringfort (est original diam. c. 30m).

• CW023-018 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Shown on 1839 'OS 6-inch' map as circular enclosure (est original diam. c. 35m). Small, subrectangular field, known locally as 'rath', heavily overgrown.

• CW023-023 Standing stone
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Granite stone with rectangular cross-section (H c. 1.55m; 0.82m x 0.46m). Aligned WNW-ESE.

• CW023-024 Burial ground
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Irregularly-shaped uncultivated area in corner of field, defined by field walls at NE, E and S and by low bank elsewhere. Known locally as the 'Reilg'. Low banks of uncertain origin visible in interior.

• CW023-025 Standing stone
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Granite stone, rectangular in section (H 1.20m; 0.96m x 0.60m). Aligned NNE-SSW.

• CW023-026 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Rectangular platform (dims. 10m NNE-SSW, 12m WNW-ESE; H 0.3-0.5m) of uncertain origin. Possibly not an antiquity.

• CW023-029 Standing stone
  Description

  In low-lying very boggy terrain under rough pasture with rushes and gorse. The view is impeded by a hill immediately to the N, is dominated by the Blackstairs Mountains to the E and there is an extensive view to the S. The long axis of the standing stone points towards a gap in the Blackstairs Mountains to the SSE. A granite standing stone (H 1.3m) aligned NW-SE. It is roughly rectangular in plan, (NE L 1.05m; SE L 0.55m; SW L 0.95m; NW L 0.3m) narrowing towards the NW. The stone tapers towards the rounded-top (SW L at top 0.6m). There are grassy hummocks around the base of the stone. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 21 September 2016

• CW023-032 Rock art (present location)
  Description

  Built into a field fence near the summit of an elevated ridge with good views of Mount Leinster to the NE and the western flanks of the Blackstairs Mountains to the S and SE. A granite boulder set on edge (L 1.15m; Wth 0.8m) with 12 cup marks (average diam. 4cm; average D 1cm), 5 of which are enclosed by circles (diam. 12 - 14cm) and a further three with probable traces of enclosing circles. The original location of this piece of rock art is unknown. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 4 October 2011

• CW023-033 Rock art (present location)
  Description

  Sitting alongside a field fence, on a gentle SE facing slope with good views of the Blackstairs to the SE, and Mount Leinster and Knockroe to the NE. A small granite boulder (L 0.72m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.2m) with 22 cup marks (average diam. 4cm; D 0.5cm - 2cm) visible on one flat surface. The surface is also scored with plough marks, indicating that the stone was originally a low-level, recumbent slab. Original location unknown. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 4 October 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Rathgeran, 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 high, 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 Rathgeran.

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 Rathgeran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Rathgeran · Ráth Ghéirín

Area

4,654,538 m² (465.45 ha, 1,150.16 acres)

Civil parish

St. Mullins, and its townlands

Barony

St. Mullin's Lower

Electoral division

Coonogue, the unit of the census

Census 2022

211 people lived in 75 households in the Coonogue electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrack, Bantry Commons (Co. Wexford), Coonogue, Kilmissan, Knockmore, Knockroe, Knockymullgurry, Mullannagaun, Rathanna, Walshstown or Ballynabranagh

Placenames

Rathgeran 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.