Drumgoan

Area

2,036,761 m² (203.68 ha, 503.29 acres)

Buildings

28 buildings touch it, 5,274 m² on the ground

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Drumgoan

Planning applications on this parcel

• 6 Sept 2024Refused

  Appealed - ABP Decision - Refusal - Retention of partially constructed agricultural entrance onto public road (R179) together with permission to (a) Complete same entrance with alterations and amendments, (b) complete all ancillary site works and associated site structures

  Retention · Monaghan County Council, 2460332

• 13 Jan 2022N/a

  outline permission for development which will consist of; construction of a two storey style dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, boundary fencing, new entrance and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 229

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fea Demesne 000560

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 4 recorded monuments.

• MO031-072 Crannog
  Description

  Lough Fea is a subrectangular lake (dims c. 650-750m N-S; c. 370-420m E-W) at the heart of the Shirley estate. A small island (diam. c. 5m) is depicted as almost attached to the centre of the N shore of the lake only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No archaeological feature is visible at this location. A reference to the discovery of a palisaded island at Lough Fea in 1843 (Wood-Martin 1886, 193) are confused with a discovery at Lough Lisanisk (MO031-037----) (Shirley 1845, 94). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 July 2017

• MO031-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in dense woodland on the summit of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. This is an oval raised area (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 30m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (ext. H 2-3m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m) with slight traces of an outer bank. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 July 2017

• MO031-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a small rise close to the bottom of an E-facing slope. This is a circular wooded area (diam. 39.5m N-S; 38.5m E-W) with a domed centre defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.25m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; Wth of base 2.4m; ext. D 0.85m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.7m; ext. H 0.3m) at NW, but the outer bank may be recent. The perimeter is reduced to a scarp (at S: H 1.8m) elsewhere, and an original entrance is not identified. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 July 2017

• MO031-104 Enclosure
  Description

  Indicated as semi-circular earthwork on the 1858 'OS 6-inch' map, with E side cut by buildings associated with thrashing. Heavily overgrown and planted with a variety of trees. Slopes steeply from E to W. Raised oval area (c. 60 m N-S; 30m E-W; H above fosse c. 6m) surrounded by fosse (max. Wth c. 2.5m) and outer bank (Wth c. 1.5m; H c. 1m). A mid 19th century structure with a circular element, known as 'the dairy' is located on top of earthwork to the N. This structure which is in disrepair may have been a folly or incorporated a folly. According to the landowner, this structure was inhabited by a herdsman for the Shirley Estate until the 1970s. The earthwork is probably a bund or earthwork barrier erected to prevent sound from the farmyard reaching the Lough Fea House, which is c. 150m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 July 2013

Architectural heritage

• Lough Fea House, gate lodge, 1860–1865 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey gate lodge with first floor partly accommodated in roof space, dated 1862, having projecting gabled porch to north elevation, octagonal-plan stair-tower to south elevation and canted bay windows to east elevation and to rear elevation. Pitched slate roof having cut-stone barges with carved apex stones, kneelered gables, and cast-iron ridge crestings. Spired roof to tower, having carved stone finial. Ashlar stone chimneystack. Cut snecked stone walls with projecting quoins. Square-headed window openings, some having chamfered stone reveals and label-mouldings, with timber-framed quarry-glazed windows. Entrance porch to north having pitched slate roof with cast-iron ridge crestings and kneelered gables. Stone shield over entrance. Round-headed door opening having carved stone surround with roll mouldings, and timber panelled double-leaf door. Set back from road on northern boundary of Lough Fea estate. Double-leaf spear-headed gates flanked by octagonal-plan cut-stone piers with carved capitals, in turn flanked by matching railings on cut-stone plinth, with terminating cut-stone piers. Rubble stone boundary walls.

• Lough Fea House, gate lodge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay single-storey gate lodge with attic storey, built c.1845, having gabled entrance porch to east elevation, canted bay window with hipped slate roof to south gable, and two-bay full-height return to rear elevation. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roofs, with cut-stone chimneystacks. Snecked dressed stone walls having tooled ashlar quoins. Square-headed window openings having chamfered stone surrounds and replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening with chamfered stone surround having replacement timber door. Rubble stone boundary walls to roadside to west having cast-iron double-leaf gates. Set back from road on western boundary of Lough Fea estate.

• Lough Fea House, gate lodge, 1840–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1845, having projecting gabled north end bay to front (east) elevation, forming full-height return to rear, and with recent extension to re-entrant corner to rear. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roof having cut-stone barges and chimneystacks, with kneelered gables. Snecked cut-stone walls to principal elevations, dressed stone walls to rear and north elevation, having kneelered gables and tooled quoins. Carved stone plaque to front gable depicting citrus fruit with coronet above. Square-headed double-light window openings having chamfered stone reveals, mullions and sills, and replacement timber windows. Square-headed door opening having chamfered stone surround and replacement timber door. Rubble stone boundary walls to roadside having ashlar gate piers and spear-headed cast-iron double-leaf gate. Set back from road on western boundary of Lough Fea estate between estate boundary walls and western shore of Lough Fea.

• Lough Fea House, steward's house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached H-plan three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, built c.1850, having advanced bays to either end of front (south) and rear elevations, that to west being full-height, that to east being higher; canted bay window to east gable of front elevation; gabled porch to east elevation; raised gablet to front and rear elevations, and multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding attached to west elevation. Formerly also used as land steward's house. Now in use as house. Pitched slate roofs with cut limestone chimneystacks and cut limestone barges with kneelered gables. Snecked limestone walls having cut limestone quoins. Square-headed window openings, some double and triple-light, having chamfered stone surrounds, cut-stone sills, and carved stone label-mouldings. Pointed window openings to dormer windows, having chamfered stone surrounds. Replacement uPVC windows throughout. Square-headed door opening to rear of porch, having chamfered stone surround, carved stone label-moulding and cut-stone step. Curved rubble stone boundary wall to garden to rear, having square-headed opening with timber battened door. Outbuildings to north-west of site with pitched slate roofs and rubble stone walls. Wrought-iron railings forming boundary to front of house. Set back from road at south-east entrance to Lough Fea estate. Site entrance to east having cast-iron double-leaf gate, cut limestone octagonal-plan piers with carved caps, in turn flanked by matching cast-iron railings on cut limestone plinth.

• Lough Fea House, gates/railings/walls, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Demesne wall to Lough Fea estate, built c.1840. Rubble stone with field stone capping stones. Dressed limestone gate piers having wrought-iron gates and railings at intervals along length of wall.

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).

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