Moneenshinnagh

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moneenshinnagh, from 291 m² to 234,569 m² (23.46 ha, 57.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Moneenshinnagh 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 Moneenshinnagh 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: Lough Gill SAC 001976

Recorded monuments

• LE012-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on the floor of the Glenfarne valley. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 43m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.5m) with a slight external fosse (Wth 1m), and traces of an outer bank (Wth 3m; H 0.4m) S-SW. The entrance (Wth 2.8m) is at E. 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

• LE012-003001 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a slight E-W ridge. Indicated as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and visible as a circular enclosure on aerial photographs (GSIAP: G 358-9). The enclosure is not visible at ground level but it probably survives as a slight feature. The souterrain site (LE012-003002-) is in the interior. 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/revision: 13 December 2011

• LE012-003002 Souterrain
  Description

  Marked only as a rectangular feature just SW of the centre of ringfort (LE012-003001-) on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. There is a record of an underground passage composed of drystone walling and a lintelled roof (L c. 4.5m; Wth c. 1.2m; H c. 0.9m) (Faughnan 1943, file no. 131). The souterrain probably survives, but it is not accessible. 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

• LE012-004001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Located on the N-facing slope of a low ridge. This is a grass-covered circular area (diam. 33m NW-SE) defined by the remains of a wall (Wth 4-5m; H 0.2m) with traces of facing-stones. Souterrain site (LE012-004002-) is in the interior. 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

• LE012-004002 Souterrain
  Description

  A single lintel with an opening (Wth 0.6m; H 0.2m) beneath it is visible in an oval depression (dims. 3m x 2m; D 0.2m) in the SW interior of cashel site (LE012-004001--). 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 Moneenshinnagh.

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.

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.

No address of the register names Moneenshinnagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Moneenshinnagh · Móinín na Sionnach

Area

1,945,469 m² (194.55 ha, 480.74 acres)

Civil parish

Cloonclare, and its townlands

Barony

Drumahaire

Electoral division

Glenboy, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Aghlacon, Boleyboy, Cherrybrook, Donagh Beg, Donagh More, Glenboy, Lissinagroagh, Munakill, Tawnyfeacle, Tullyskeherny

Placenames

Moneenshinnagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.