Rossard

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rossard, from 375,849 m² (37.58 ha, 92.87 acres) to 3,457,890 m² (345.79 ha, 854.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 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 Rossard 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 Rossard 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood SAC 001342
• Special Area of Conservation: Caha Mountains SAC 000093
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Caha Mountains 000093
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonee And Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood 001342

Recorded monuments

• KE101-120001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on an elevation, on a N-facing slope, overlooking Lough Cummeenadillure. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 5.5m) defined by a grass-covered bank (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3m) of earth and stone, which protrudes above the surface of the bog. There is a network of relict field walls (KE101-120002-) in the immediate vicinity to the S of the hut site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE101-120002 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on an uneven area of a N-facing slope. A network of collapsed drystone field walls (T 0.65m; H 0.5m) protrude above the surface of the bog and meander over an area measuring c. 180m x c. 120m. A heritage walk extends through this area. There is a hut site (KE101-120001-) in the immediate vicinity, to the N of the relict walls. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE109-083 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a low rocky ridge, covered with blanket bog, on the SE-facing slope of Coomnadiha Mountain. A roughly circular cairn (diam. c. 2.8m; H 0.8m) mainly comprised of slabs of various shapes and sizes. Some of the stones along the perimeter protrude above the bog. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE109-093001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, at the foot of a W-facing cliff, immediately SE of Cummeenadillure Lough. The remains of a circular hut site (3.6m E-W; 3.4m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (T c. 0.85m; H 0.7m). Rubble from the collapsed upper courses and fern growth obscures the interior. Rubble is also scattered along the perimeter externally. There is another hut site (KE109-093002-) immediately to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE109-093002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a W-facing slope, 3m S of a steam that flows into Cummeenadillure Lough. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 6m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth c. 0.85m; int. H 0.3m) SW-N and by a scarp N-SW. The bank is covered with grass and moss. The hut site is cut (D 0.3m) into the upslope NE-SSE and built up (H 0.6m) externally at the W. The interior is level. There is another hut site (KE109-093001-) immediately to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE109-093003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a SW-facing slope, at the foot of W-facing cliffs, immediately to the SE of Cummeenadillure Lough. The poorly preserved remains of an oval hut site (3m NE-SW; 1.8m NW-SE) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.4m) SE-N and by a scarp N-SE. The hut site is cut (D 0.8m) into the upslope at NE. Material from the collapsed wall along the SE-SW arc is scattered downslope to the SW. The interior is level. There is an entrance (Wth 0.45m) at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Rossard, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly 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 Rossard.

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 Rossard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Rossard · An Ros Ard

Area

3,833,491 m² (383.35 ha, 947.28 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Dawros, the unit of the census

Census 2022

611 people lived in 226 households in the Dawros electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Baurearagh, Glantrasna, Inchinlough, Maulagowna, Uragh

Placenames

Rossard 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.