Rinn

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinn, from 28 m² to 262,396 m² (26.24 ha, 64.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Rinn 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.

• 4 Jun 2021Conditional

  retention for alterations made during the course of construction of dwelling house, garage and site boundaries, Planning Ref. PD/13/384 at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21309

• 27 Nov 2020Conditional

  for (1) roofed shed for the housing of cattle, together with ancillary effluent storage accommodation, (2) a domestic garage/utility store at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20504

• 25 Nov 2020Conditional

  to construct a 30 metre high multi-user lattice tower telecommunications structure, carrying antenna and dishes enclosed within a 2.4 metre high palisade fence compound with associated ground equipment and associated site works including new access track at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 20498

• 27 Oct 2020N/a

  Permission for the Retention of Development at Rinn Townland, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Roscommon. The development to be retained consists of (1) a roofed shed for the housing of cattle, together with ancillary effluent storage accommodation. (2) a domestic garage / utility store

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 20446

• 1 Jul 2019N/a

  for retention for alterations made during the course of construction of our dwelling house and garage, planning reference PD/13/384 at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 19336

• 27 May 2019N/a

  for retention for alterations made during the course of construction of our dwelling house and garage, planning reference PD/13/384 at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 19286

• 1 Aug 2018Conditional

  to construct a single storey type domestic dwelling with livable accommodation in the roof space, domestic garage, a new site access, construct a new waste water treatment system to current EPA code of practice and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18388

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 Rinn.

Recorded monuments

• RO006-176 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a fold on the N-facing slope of a NE-SW ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 28m) defined by an eroded and gapped earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.2m). There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-019 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Marked as a small circular feature (diam. c. 10m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest at the NE end of a NE-SW ridge. Circular flat-topped and grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 9.8m; diam. of top 2.5m; H 1.5-1.7m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Visible as a circular feature (diam. c. 60m) defined by a slight earthen bank on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 149-50), and situated on a slighe rise. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-021001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of the summit of a NE-SW ridge, towards its SW end. Circular area planted with coniferous trees (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 0.7m) and outer fosse (Wth. of base 4m; D 0.2m) NE-E-SW, which cannot be traced elsewhere. A rectangular house site (RO010-021002-) (int. dims c. 5m ESE-WNW; c. 4m NNE-SSW) was noted E of the centre in 1980 (SMR file), but it is no longer visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-021002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the interior of a rath (RO010-021001-), just E of the centre. Described in 1980 as a rectangular house site (int. dims c. 5m ESE-WNW; c. 4m NNE-SSW) (SMR file). It is not visible now at ground level in a coniferous plantation. 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 Rinn.

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rinn

Area

2,259,735 m² (225.97 ha, 558.39 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcarn, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Croghan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croghan electoral division: 416 people in 152 households; 96% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardconra, Ardeash, Ardglass, Emlagh, Estersnow, Faus, Garrowlougher, Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Knocknabeast, Lisgreaghan

Placenames

Rinn 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.