Druminargid
Townland in the civil parish of Rossinver, barony of Rosclogher, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Droim an Airgid
- Area
- 66.5 ha
- 164 acres
- Land parcels
- 20
- registered freehold, median 9,777 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Druminargid, from 215 m² to 138,223 m² (13.82 ha, 34.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Druminargid 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
9 Jul 2020Conditional
(a) demolish 10m2 of existing cottage, (b) add a 2 storey extension to the existing cottage; (c) move existing septic tank 4m west current location; (d) install a gravity fed soil polishing filter, (e) all other site development work; (e) retention permission for the existing Bord na Mona Peat modules; (f) in accordance with the provision of section 177(6) of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended), an NIS (Natura Impact Statement) will be submitted to the planning Authority in connection with this application
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20104
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: Lough Melvin SAC 000428
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Melvin 000428
Recorded monuments
- LE005-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the S end of a slight NNE-SSW ridge (L of top c. 200m) in the valley of the SW-NE Ballagh stream, which is c. 130m to the NW. Overgrown circular area (int. diam. 21m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a low, intermittently visible earthen bank (Wth 1.3m; H 0.2m) built on a slight scarp, and an external drain (Wth 1m; D 0.4m). The original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE005-018001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On the N-facing slope of a S-N spur. Grass and rush-covered circular area (int. diam. 24m) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3-3.5m) E-SW and incorporated into the boundary wall of a children's burial ground (LE005-01802-) SW-N. The monument is truncated by a NW-SE field bank and drain at NE (L 16m). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE005-018002 Children's burial ground
Description
On a N-facing slope of a S-N spur. Two concentrations of stones inside the perimeter of the cashel (LE005-01801-) at E (dims 6m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) and S (dims c. 7m E-W; c. 4-5m N-S) are contained within a D-shaped enclosure (dims 37m NW-SE; 26m NE-SW) defined by a double-faced drystone wall which is most substantial (Wth 1.4-1.8m; max. H 1.4m) SW-NW, but declines to a stone spread (Wth 1.5m) at SE. The enclosure backs on to a NW-SE field bank and drain at NE, which is the townland boundary with Conray, and was used as a children's burial ground (Faughnan 1943, file no. 126). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Druminargid.
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 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 Druminargid.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Druminargid with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Druminargid · Droim an Airgid
- Area
- 665,269 m² (66.53 ha, 164.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rossinver, and its townlands
- Barony
- Rosclogher
- Electoral division
- Ballaghameehan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballaghameehan electoral division: 196 people in 79 households; 83% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Conray, Gubnageer, Tullyskeherny
- Placenames
- Druminargid 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.