# Drumstevlin, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Killymard, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 626,121 m² (62.61 ha, 154.72 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,001 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Killymard, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/killymard.md - Barony: Banagh - Electoral division: Donegal, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 4,179 people lived in 1,617 households in the Donegal electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14014 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51154 - Centre: latitude 54.661721, longitude -8.145618 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drumstevlin, from 47 m² to 158,904 m² (15.89 ha, 39.27 acres); 29 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1390947: 158,904 m² (15.89 ha, 39.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390947.md - Parcel 1390948: 149,264 m² (14.93 ha, 36.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390948.md - Parcel 1426262: 134,449 m² (13.44 ha, 33.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426262.md - Parcel 1523024: 55,750 m² (5.58 ha, 13.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523024.md - Parcel 4949329: 25,679 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949329.md - Parcel 1426260: 14,482 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426260.md - Parcel 4166949: 11,529 m² (1.15 ha, 2.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166949.md - Parcel 1326978: 6,581 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326978.md - Parcel 4166972: 6,174 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4166972.md - Parcel 1309642: 6,073 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309642.md - Parcel 1414792: 5,250 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414792.md - Parcel 1426261: 4,944 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426261.md - Parcel 1410540: 4,711 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410540.md - Parcel 1342531: 4,501 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342531.md - Parcel 1366367: 3,365 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366367.md - Parcel 1421639: 2,637 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421639.md - Parcel 1340576: 2,562 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340576.md - Parcel 1523025: 2,502 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1523025.md - Parcel 1323936: 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323936.md - Parcel 4618874: 2,395 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618874.md - Parcel 1341261: 2,270 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341261.md - Parcel 1392986: 2,209 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392986.md - Parcel 1343666: 1,818 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343666.md - Parcel 1319688: 1,426 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319688.md - Parcel 1402493: 1,358 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402493.md - Parcel 1357907: 863 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357907.md - Parcel 1324697: 483 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324697.md - Parcel 4949331: 90 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4949331.md - Parcel 1328676: 75 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328676.md - Parcel 1427960: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427960.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drumstevlin 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 28 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460974: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED 2 STOREY PITCHED ROOF GARAGE AND HOME OFFICE, WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE USE AT GROUND LEVEL AND HOME OFFICE USE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH EXTERNAL STAIR ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR, ALL ANCILLARY TO THE USE OF THE EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING, (2) ALL SERVICES, DRAINAGE, ROADWAY AND HARDSTANDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460974/0 - 21 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460938: N/a. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED TWO STOREY PITCHED ROOF GARAGE AND HOME OFFICE WITH DOMESTIC GARAGE USE AT GROUND LEVEL AND HOME OFFICE USE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH EXTERNAL STAIR ACCESS TO THE FIRST FLOOR, ALL ANCILLARY TO THE USE OF THE EXISTING DOMESTIC DWELLING, (2) ALL SERVICES, DRAINAGE, ROADWAY AND HARDSTANDING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460938/0 - 25 Feb 2024, Donegal County Council 2460208: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A STOREY AND A HALF DWELLING HOUSE WHICH WILL INCORPORATE AN ON-SITE WASTE-WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460208/0 - 30 Aug 2023, Donegal County Council 2351295: Conditional. Retention. EXISTING TEAROOM AND PERMISSION FOR (A) INTERNAL RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING BUILDING AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES INCLUDING NEW CLADDING TO EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND PROVISION OF NEW SIGNAGE, (B) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO SOUTH-WEST OF EXISTING BUILDING, TO INCLUDE RETAIL SPACE, STORAGE, COVERED DISPLAY AREA, OUTDOOR DISPLAY WITH CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA AND SIGNAGE, (C) UPGRADING AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING CAR PARK, (D) ERECTION OF 3 NO. POLYTUNNELS TO NORTH-WEST OF CAR PARK, (E) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND REPLACEMENT WITH NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351295/0 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 Drumstevlin. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG093-007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG093-007----. No trace of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map survives. The topography on the crest of a NE-SW ridge in rough grazing with good soil cover suggests an earthen enclosure. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG093-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG093-011----. Internal diam. c. 20m. A circular area enclosed by a large earthen bank up to .95m in height. There are traces of a fosse on the N and NE sectors. To the NE is a break in the bank, 2.5m in width, with the sides stone-lined. The interior is level but waterlogged. It is situated on a terrace on the crest of a low hill overlooking Donegal Bay surrounded by fairly good pasture. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 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) - Drumark Hill, worker's house, 1890–1900, Regional interest, registry number 40909317, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40909317. Detached two-bay single-storey former railway crossing guards house, built c. 1893, having projecting gable-ended porch to the south gable end, single-bay shed/extension attached to the north gable end. Now in use as a private house/holiday home. Pitched natural slate roofs with red clay ridge tiles, some cast-iron/metal rainwater goods, and a central red brick chimneystack. Constructed of roughly squared and irregularly-coursed rock-faced masonry, now painted/whitewashed with pronounced rock-faced quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings having two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Square-headed door opening to the east face of porch having painted timber panelled door. Set slightly back from road to the west/north-west of Donegal Town. Site of former railway line runs across site to the south. ## 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 Drumstevlin, about 1 in 20 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 Geological Survey did not answer. - Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer. - 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/donegal/drumstevlin.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumstevlin.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumstevlin.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drumstevlin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballydevitt: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballydevitt.md - Drumark: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumark.md - Drumkeeghan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumkeeghan.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/donegal/drumstevlin - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/drumstevlin