# Rathlena, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kiltullagh, barony of Castlereagh, Co. Roscommon. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,380,428 m² (138.04 ha, 341.11 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 25,668 m² (2.57 ha, 6.34 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kiltullagh, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/kiltullagh.md - Barony: Castlereagh - Electoral division: Kiltullagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kiltullagh electoral division: 1,185 people in 460 households; 84% of households own their home; 44% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43688 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191812 - Centre: latitude 53.691775, longitude -8.657389 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathlena, from 185 m² to 187,337 m² (18.73 ha, 46.29 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5174486: 187,337 m² (18.73 ha, 46.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5174486.md - Parcel 650741: 119,251 m² (11.93 ha, 29.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650741.md - Parcel 714532: 115,668 m² (11.57 ha, 28.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714532.md - Parcel 714534: 115,181 m² (11.52 ha, 28.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714534.md - Parcel 5468125: 100,321 m² (10.03 ha, 24.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5468125.md - Parcel 715360: 99,032 m² (9.9 ha, 24.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715360.md - Parcel 5721691: 74,563 m² (7.46 ha, 18.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5721691.md - Parcel 5465337: 69,267 m² (6.93 ha, 17.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5465337.md - Parcel 667267: 61,098 m² (6.11 ha, 15.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667267.md - Parcel 714533: 58,990 m² (5.9 ha, 14.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714533.md - Parcel 694743: 50,104 m² (5.01 ha, 12.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694743.md - Parcel 649057: 44,772 m² (4.48 ha, 11.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649057.md - Parcel 683227: 43,551 m² (4.36 ha, 10.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683227.md - Parcel 666799: 36,811 m² (3.68 ha, 9.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666799.md - Parcel 688088: 35,760 m² (3.58 ha, 8.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688088.md - Parcel 715361: 30,814 m² (3.08 ha, 7.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/715361.md - Parcel 650740: 26,376 m² (2.64 ha, 6.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650740.md - Parcel 5413975: 24,960 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5413975.md - Parcel 694128: 21,952 m² (2.2 ha, 5.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694128.md - Parcel 697354: 14,523 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697354.md - Parcel 649869: 13,567 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649869.md - Parcel 650739: 4,433 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/650739.md - Parcel 720601: 3,959 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720601.md - Parcel 693239: 3,833 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693239.md - Parcel 726523: 3,583 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/726523.md - Parcel 5946943: 3,122 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5946943.md - Parcel 641207: 2,936 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/641207.md - Parcel 5319966: 2,880 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5319966.md - Parcel 649871: 2,697 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649871.md - Parcel 5788087: 2,691 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5788087.md - Parcel 686931: 2,598 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686931.md - Parcel 3098641: 2,154 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3098641.md - Parcel 662760: 1,585 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/662760.md - Parcel 689307: 185 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/689307.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Rathlena 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) 9 applications, newest first. - 16 Dec 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560594: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated siteworks at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560594/0 - 27 Mar 2025, Roscommon County Council 2560134: N/a. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct dwelling house and domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and associated siteworks at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560134/0 - 22 Jul 2024, Roscommon County Council 24112: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to decommission existing septic tank & percolation area, and construct new waste water treatment system & percolation area at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/24112/0 - 29 Feb 2024, Roscommon County Council 2427: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission to construct a dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter, domestic garage and all associated site works/services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2427/0 - 12 Feb 2024, Roscommon County Council 2418: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission to (1) demolish first floor extension to rear of existing dwelling including boiler house, stairs to first floor balcony to side of dwelling, ground floor bedroom and utility room, (2) demolish and remove bay window to front of existing dwelling, (3) totally refurbish existing dwelling, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2418/0 - 15 Jan 2024, Roscommon County Council 243: N/a. Permission. 1. Planning Permission to demolish first floor extension to rear of existing dwelling including boiler house, stairs to first floor balcony to side of dwelling, ground floor bedroom and utility room. 2. Demolish and remove bay window to front of existing dwelling. 3. Totally refurbish existing dwelling, associated site development works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/243/0 - 24 Feb 2021, Roscommon County Council 21106: Conditional. Permission. to construct (1) extension to existing slatted shed consisting of milking parlour, cubicles, calving pens and meal silo, (2) silage slab and associated site works and services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21106/0 - 6 Jun 2018, Roscommon County Council 18274: Conditional. Permission. to construct slatted house and calf creeps and associated siteworks to include ancillary concrete at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18274/0 - 28 May 2018, Roscommon County Council 18251: N/a. Permission. to construct slatted house and calf creeps and associated siteworks to include ancillary concrete at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18251/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Rathlena. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - RO032-042: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO032-042----. Marked as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a gentle E-facing slope in an undulating landscape. Subrectangular or D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 34m NE-SW; 32.5m NW-SE) defined by a curved earthen bank (at WNW: Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.4m) WSW-NE and by straight field banks and walls with hedges at E, S and W. There is no visible fosse, and there is a modern entrance (Wth 3m) at NNE. Rath (RO032-041----) is c. 160m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO032-044: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO032-044----. Marked as a circular enclosure described in gothic lettering as 'Lisnamoe Fort (fort of the cows)' on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a low knoll in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5m at E to 6m at W; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.9-1.1m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The S part of the interior has a large quarry (diam. 10-12m; D 2.5m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO032-045001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO032-045001-. Marked as a circular enclosure on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'Lisheen Fort' (Little fort). It is situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 29.2m N-S; 28.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.3-0.9m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m), which is incorporated into a field bank with an outer fosse or ditch (Wth of top 4m; Wth of base 2.4m; D 0.2m) SW-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 2.6m) at SE and an oval mound (dims 3.8m ENE-WSW; 2.3m N-S; H 0.1-0.2m) just N of the centre. Standing stone (RO032-045002-) is 18m outside the perimeter at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO032-045002: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO032-045002-. On a gentle E-facing slope just 18m SW of rath (RO032-045001-). A stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims 0.9m x 0.4m) has a triangular profile (H 1.1m) and is oriented N-S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 - RO032-047: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO032-047----. On a hillock in an undulating landscape. Grass-covered, naturally raised subcircular area (dims 42.3m N-S; 38.2m E-W) defined by an overgrown flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 12.3-15m; Wth of base 2.9-3.5m; int. D 3-4m; ext. D 2-3m) and an overgrown outer bank (Wth 7.6-10m; H 0.1-0.6m). There is an entrance on the platform (Wth 3.6m) and a causeway (Wth of top 3m; Wth of base 8.3m; H 1.5m) at ESE, but the entrance through the outer bank is obscured by debris (max. ext. dims 73m N-S; 71m E-W). 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 Rathlena. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: 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: Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Rathlena. - 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/rathlena.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathlena.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathlena.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Rathlena 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) - Betal: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/betal.md - Clogher Lower: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clogher-lower.md - Cloonfineen: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloonfineen.md - Coolcam: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/coolcam.md - Glenmore: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/glenmore-191250.md - Spring Gardens: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/spring-gardens.md - Stonepark South: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/stonepark-south.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rathlena - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/roscommon/rathlena