Drumsheil

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumsheil, from 103 m² to 116,356 m² (11.64 ha, 28.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Drumsheil 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Drumsheil 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 the townland of Drumsheil.

Recorded monuments

• CV017-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 eds. Small raised circular area (int. diam 17.5m N-S) enclosed by a low steep-sided earthen bank. At the external foot of the bank is a narrow shallow ditch which appears to be modern. An earlier report (OPW 1969) suggested that the original entrance may have been at SE and recorded a 'slight artifical-looking depression inside the bank at E'. The internal area has been planted with coniferous trees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV017-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Depicted as a tree-ring on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the summit of a drumlin hill. An earlier report (OPW 1969) described a raised circular area (int. diam. c. 21m) enclosed by a low, narrow but steep-sided earthen bank and a narrow shallow fosse. Original entrance was not recognisable. Site has been levelled. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV017-037 Crannog
  Description

  Small circular island (diam. c.20m) in White Lough, c. 50m from the shoreline, marked on all OS eds. Densely overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV017-038 Bawn
  Description

  A bawn of clay and stones was apparently erected here during the Plantation period. The hill upon which it was situated is called 'Castle Hill', and a nearby field 'Piers Field' reputedly derives its name from massive walls with stone gateposts which formerly surrounded it. No visible remains at ground level, but it remains unplanted in a forest. (Davies 1948a, 116-7) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 14 April, 2016

• CV017-039 Bawn
  Description

  A bawn of sods was possibly erected at this location during the Plantation period. Water was apparently drawn from the nearby White Lough to fill its fosses. No visible remains at ground level (Davies 1948a, 116-7). It remains unplanted in a forest. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 14 April 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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 moderately low, low, low (inferred). Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Drumsheil with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Drumsheil · Droim Shiail

Area

885,601 m² (88.56 ha, 218.84 acres)

Civil parish

Kildrumsherdan, and its townlands

Barony

Tullygarvey

Electoral division

Ashfield, the unit of the census

Census 2022

414 people lived in 135 households in the Ashfield electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cornagarrow, Dernaskeagh, Doocarrick, Killycreeny, Largy or Forthenry, Lisnageer, Loortan

Placenames

Drumsheil 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.