# Raheen, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Elphin, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 827,737 m² (82.77 ha, 204.54 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,409 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Elphin, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/elphin.md
- Barony: Roscommon
- Electoral division: Rossmore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44367
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191795
- Centre: latitude 53.832871, longitude -8.260035 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Raheen, from 13 m² to 335,893 m² (33.59 ha, 83 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 668678: 335,893 m² (33.59 ha, 83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/668678.md
- Parcel 722417: 169,278 m² (16.93 ha, 41.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722417.md
- Parcel 705233: 90,104 m² (9.01 ha, 22.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705233.md
- Parcel 696596: 67,235 m² (6.72 ha, 16.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696596.md
- Parcel 692404: 58,419 m² (5.84 ha, 14.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692404.md
- Parcel 701306: 46,491 m² (4.65 ha, 11.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701306.md
- Parcel 5988668: 12,973 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5988668.md
- Parcel 708065: 10,235 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/708065.md
- Parcel 710583: 8,809 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710583.md
- Parcel 651350: 6,409 m² (0.64 ha, 1.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651350.md
- Parcel 717129: 4,855 m² (0.49 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717129.md
- Parcel 692406: 4,750 m² (0.48 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692406.md
- Parcel 722845: 3,884 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722845.md
- Parcel 722242: 2,871 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722242.md
- Parcel 5655059: 2,023 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655059.md
- Parcel 686742: 1,773 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/686742.md
- Parcel 3233741: 1,696 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233741.md
- Parcel 5655057: 255 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5655057.md
- Parcel 3233736: 13 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3233736.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 8 Apr 2024, Roscommon County Council 2453: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2453/0
- 20 Apr 2022, Roscommon County Council 22191: Conditional. Permission. Permission to erect a 30m high telecommunications monopole structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment enclosed by security fencing at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22191/0
- 24 Mar 2022, Roscommon County Council 22158: N/a. Permission. Permission to erect a 30m high telecommunications monopole structure together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment enclosed by security fencing at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/22158/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Raheen.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO016-115001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO016-115001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO016-115002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO016-115003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-017----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-018001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-018002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-018003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-019----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO022-020----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/raheen.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/raheen.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/raheen.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Raheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cartronagor: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cartronagor.md
- Clogher More: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clogher-more.md
- Creeve: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/creeve-190899.md
- Runnaruag: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/runnaruag.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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