Ratra
Townland in the civil parish of Tibohine, barony of Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Ráth an tSratha
Parcel 695925
- Area
- 7,400 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres)
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it, 248 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Ratra
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 136.1 ha
- 336 acres
- Land parcels
- 72
- registered freehold, median 5,160 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ratra, from 96 m² to 95,813 m² (9.58 ha, 23.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ratra 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Jun 2019Conditional
to retain the following:1) Office building with stores and workshop circa 406.5 sq.m. 2) Parts Storage Shed circa 47.2 sq.m. 3) Barn for compressor and equipment circa 39.1 sq.m. 4) Large workshop and shed circa 928.5 sq.m. 5) Storage shed for used machinery parts circa 372.4 sq.m.6) Portacabins circa 35sq.m. 7) Insitu Shipping Containers circa 124 sq.m. 8) Change of use of land from agricultural to commercial use for keeping and parking machinery on and all ancillary wash down bays, pits, petrol interceptors, concrete yard, perimeter fencing , septic tank and all other ancillary site works at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19309
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Callow Bog SAC 000595
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gara 000587
Recorded monuments
- RO008-049001 Crannog
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map in a bend in a N-S field drain, and situated on a flat, low-lying, peat-covered landscape. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 13.3m N-S; H 0.4-0.6m) with a drain curving around it to the E. Crannog (RO008-049002-) is c. 20m to the N on the other side of an E-W drain. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a level, low-lying landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 31.6m N-S; 30.6m E-W) defined by a an earthen bank (Wth 3.6-3.9m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.6m at E to 1.2m at N) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.3m at E to 3m at S; D 0.4-0.6m) from an outer bank (at S: Wth 2.7m; H 0.3m), which is incorporated into a N-S field bank W-WNW and removed WNW-N. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m) in the inner bank and a causeway (Wth 3m) at E, but the outer bank is eroded here. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008-051 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low knoll. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44.5m N-S; 42.8m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4-4.9m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 1.3m at E to 1.9m at N to 2.7m S-W), and a fosse (Wth of base 2.5-4.5m; D 0.2m) SW-W-NE. There is a modernised entrance (Wth 4.1m) at ESE, and an E-W road immediately S of the bank at S. 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 Ratra.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Ratra, Tibohine5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Ratra · Ráth an tSratha
- Area
- 1,360,857 m² (136.09 ha, 336.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Tibohine, and its townlands
- Barony
- Frenchpark
- Electoral division
- Frenchpark, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cartron Beg, Clashcarragh, Cloonmagunnaun, Glebe East, Keelbanada, Rathkeery, Teevnacreeva, Turlagharee
- Placenames
- Ratra on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.