Unshinagh

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Unshinagh, from 25 m² to 134,415 m² (13.44 ha, 33.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Unshinagh 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 Unshinagh 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 Unshinagh.

Recorded monuments

• LE001-054001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the NE-facing slope of a small rise. Grass-covered circular area (int. diam. c. 45m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth c. 2m; H c. 1.5m), except NE-SE where the perimeter has been removed and a rectangular extension (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 10m E-W) defined by a drystone wall, added. There is a modern entrance (Wth c. 3m) at W. There is a local tradition of a children's burial ground in the interior (OS Name Book No. 84, 585), but no visible evidence of one. 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

• LE001-054002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On the NE facing slope of a small rise. A small oval enclosure (dims c. 15m E-W; c. 10m N-S) is marked on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in bold italic lettering as 'Killins'. There is also a local tradition of a children's burial ground in the interior of cashel (LE001-054001-) (OS Name Book, 84, 585). No trace of the burial ground can be seen now but it is inside the perimeter at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 14 December, 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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).

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

Name

Unshinagh · Uinseannach

Area

1,360,772 m² (136.08 ha, 336.25 acres)

Civil parish

Rossinver, and its townlands

Barony

Rosclogher

Electoral division

Kinlough, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonawillin, Cornageeha, Laghta, Moneen, Park, Uragh

Placenames

Unshinagh 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.