# Castleroan, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Dunkerrin, barony of Clonlisk, Co. Offaly; in Irish Caiseal Ruáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,135,347 m² (213.53 ha, 527.66 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,402 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Dunkerrin, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/dunkerrin.md
- Barony: Clonlisk
- Electoral division: Dunkerrin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 385 people lived in 131 households in the Dunkerrin electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41821
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180325
- Centre: latitude 52.901364, longitude -7.898802 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleroan, from 73 m² to 413,470 m² (41.35 ha, 102.17 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 304261: 413,470 m² (41.35 ha, 102.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304261.md
- Parcel 299539: 251,517 m² (25.15 ha, 62.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299539.md
- Parcel 304003: 240,883 m² (24.09 ha, 59.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304003.md
- Parcel 311955: 181,023 m² (18.1 ha, 44.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311955.md
- Parcel 303804: 144,275 m² (14.43 ha, 35.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303804.md
- Parcel 2500631: 89,810 m² (8.98 ha, 22.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2500631.md
- Parcel 275006: 76,906 m² (7.69 ha, 19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275006.md
- Parcel 274431: 62,965 m² (6.3 ha, 15.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/274431.md
- Parcel 308485: 62,069 m² (6.21 ha, 15.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/308485.md
- Parcel 2475657: 60,281 m² (6.03 ha, 14.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2475657.md
- Parcel 303807: 52,719 m² (5.27 ha, 13.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303807.md
- Parcel 304423: 48,290 m² (4.83 ha, 11.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304423.md
- Parcel 4652241: 45,285 m² (4.53 ha, 11.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4652241.md
- Parcel 4627095: 44,645 m² (4.46 ha, 11.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627095.md
- Parcel 306821: 40,793 m² (4.08 ha, 10.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306821.md
- Parcel 271811: 38,317 m² (3.83 ha, 9.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271811.md
- Parcel 4627097: 19,865 m² (1.99 ha, 4.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627097.md
- Parcel 303805: 19,688 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303805.md
- Parcel 299642: 19,686 m² (1.97 ha, 4.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/299642.md
- Parcel 4648374: 18,153 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4648374.md
- Parcel 4650137: 17,623 m² (1.76 ha, 4.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650137.md
- Parcel 310411: 17,039 m² (1.7 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310411.md
- Parcel 4891964: 15,453 m² (1.55 ha, 3.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4891964.md
- Parcel 4648368: 15,333 m² (1.53 ha, 3.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4648368.md
- Parcel 4891962: 13,613 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4891962.md
- Parcel 4650143: 13,065 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650143.md
- Parcel 303808: 12,848 m² (1.28 ha, 3.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303808.md
- Parcel 4650163: 12,493 m² (1.25 ha, 3.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650163.md
- Parcel 4650157: 9,860 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650157.md
- Parcel 4455511: 9,663 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4455511.md
- Parcel 304263: 7,568 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304263.md
- Parcel 303802: 7,402 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303802.md
- Parcel 304264: 7,392 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304264.md
- Parcel 4871567: 4,804 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4871567.md
- Parcel 304002: 4,745 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304002.md
- Parcel 5776923: 4,733 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5776923.md
- Parcel 4652101: 4,478 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4652101.md
- Parcel 5776928: 3,943 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5776928.md
- Parcel 4650235: 2,700 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650235.md
- Parcel 275279: 2,457 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/275279.md
- Parcel 5729074: 2,156 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729074.md
- Parcel 5994245: 2,144 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5994245.md
- Parcel 5994246: 2,090 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5994246.md
- Parcel 313470: 1,494 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/313470.md
- Parcel 310809: 1,252 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/310809.md
- Parcel 2896416: 1,177 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2896416.md
- Parcel 282097: 1,162 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/282097.md
- Parcel 4652110: 1,127 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4652110.md
- Parcel 4648378: 1,072 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4648378.md
- Parcel 4648387: 945 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4648387.md
- Parcel 290524: 874 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/290524.md
- Parcel 4889993: 613 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4889993.md
- Parcel 4892026: 273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4892026.md
- Parcel 5729120: 269 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729120.md
- Parcel 360328: 264 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/360328.md
- Parcel 5729098: 254 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5729098.md
- Parcel 2500627: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2500627.md
- Parcel 4806779: 209 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4806779.md
- Parcel 5776948: 195 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5776948.md
- Parcel 4650225: 152 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650225.md
- Parcel 4650135: 89 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650135.md
- Parcel 4627104: 80 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627104.md
- Parcel 4650162: 73 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4650162.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

3 applications, newest first.

- 15 Sept 2021, Offaly County Council 21563: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. DOMESTIC BUNGALOW, ENTRANCE, DOMESTIC SHED, SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21563/0
- 30 Aug 2021, Offaly County Council 21532: N/a. Retention. DOMESTIC BUNALOW, ENTRANCE, DOMESTIC SHED, SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND I ALSO INTEND TO APPLY FOR PLANNING PERMISSION TO UPGRADE THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21532/0
- 13 Aug 2021, Offaly County Council 21505: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/21505/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Castleroan.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- OF045-036: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-036----. Not visible at ground level. Now the site of a quarry. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF045-037: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-037----. Not visible at ground level. Aerial photographs (GSI, S536/5) shows outline of circular enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF045-047: Metalworking site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF045-047----. Two areas were opened up either side of the centre line. The southern comprised modern boundary ditches to the present road, fields and many furrows. Also a possible holding pool for water overflowing from the roadside ditch. Very poor remains of a post-medieval building c. 2m x 2m. Northern Area included a large bowl furnace and slag, charcoal spreads and nearby ditch along with a few possibly archaeological pits. This site was identified during testing along the route of the proposed N7 Castletown to Nenagh road improvement scheme. Excavation was carried out by Tori McMorran, for Valerie J. Keeley Ltd, in September 2007 under licence No. E3581. Two areas were stripped of topsoil. Area 1, the northern area, comprised a scatter of features indicative of metalworking. These include a bowl furnace containing a large quantity of iron slag, a linear trench containing a large volume of iron slag and charcoal, post-holes, stake-holes and a large spread of charcoal, stone and blackened clay. A narrow, shallow ditch ran north–south across the west end of the area. A small chert artefact, possibly a Mesolithic arrowhead, was discovered in an unstratified context. Area 2, the southern area, comprised the poorly preserved remains of a post-medieval/modern building, c. 2m by 2m in extent, as well as modern boundary ditches and furrows. The structure foundations comprised linear cuts filled with random rubble stone, clay and lime mortar. Central to the remains was a small hearth and a stone-lined and capped drain. To the south was the terminal of a wide, shallow east–west-aligned ditch. Scattered across these remains was a large volume of modern debris including glass, metal and ceramic fragments. A small number of possibly early post-medieval pottery sherds were removed from the ditch fill (Bennett 2010, 396-7). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload/revision: 08 November 2011
- OF047-010001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF047-010001-. Situated on N facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Unusual castle consisting of a Polygonal shaped area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a roughly coursed mortared wall of rubble masonry with musket opes visible and the wall foundations of two possible house sites in the S sector of the bawn. One of these buildings may have been the site of a castle (OF047-010002-). Externally the bawn is enclosed by a wide flat berm (Wth 12m) delimited by a wide deep fosse (max. Wth 6.7m; base Wth 2.5m) with causewayed stone line entrance (Wth 3.5m) to E. Modern road intersects outer defences at N. Possibly the site of a medieval bawn with tower house (now destroyed) built on top of an earlier earthwork. Site may have given its name to the townland Castleroan. Polygonal shaped bawn is similar to the bawn at Ballinlough Tower house (OF046-020----). Depicted as Caiseal Roan on the Down Survey (1655-6) (Loeber 1988 vol. 2, 26). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF047-010002: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF047-010002-. Situated on N facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Unusual castle consisting of a polygonal shaped bawn (OF047-010001-) enclosed by a roughly coursed mortared wall of rubble masonry with musket opes visible and the wall foundations of two possible house sites in the S sector of the bawn. One of these buildings may have been the site of a castle. Externally the bawn is enclosed by a wide flat berm delimited by a wide deep fosse with causewayed stone line entrance to E. Modern road intersects outer defences at N. Possibly the site of a medieval bawn with tower house (now destroyed) built on top of an earlier earthwork. Site may have given its name to the townland Castleroan. Polygonal shaped bawn is similar to the bawn at Ballinlough Castle (OF046-020----). Depicted as Caiseal Roan on the Down Survey (1654-7) (NLI MS 716; Loeber 1988 vol. 2, 26). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF047-019001: House - prehistoric, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF047-019001-. Phase 2 excavations by John Tierney of Eachtra Archaeological Projects under licence No. E3909 along 17.1km (Contact 1) of the 35km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme were commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. Contract 1 comprises the western half of the scheme and runs from Clashnevin to Castelroan, passing along the Tipperary North and Offaly county border regions. Six areas of archaeology were uncovered during Contract 1 trial-trench testing. Castleroan 1, Area 7.2, had originally been tested under licence E3375 (see No. 1703 below) in 2007. A potential house site with pits and post-holes was uncovered during testing. Excavations revealed five slot-trenches, two hearths, 60 post-holes, 55 pits and 68 stake-holes. The site measured 60m by 30m but the majority of the features were concentrated in an area measuring 20m by 20m. The numerous post- and stake-holes represented the footprint of at least two structures. Finds included sherds of Beaker pottery, a rubbing stone and worked chert and flint. Structure A was located in the north-western section of the site. It comprised two rings of posts: an inner ring of nine pits and post-holes and a slot-trench, and an outer ring of nine post-holes. The diameter of the inner ring was c. 5m and the diameter of the outer ring was c. 7m. The interior was characterised by a hearth, six pits, a post-hole and a slot-trench. Structure B (OF047-019002-) was located 5m to the south. The footprint of the structure was incomplete. It comprised two slot-trenches and five post-holes, with the slot-trenches probably marking an entrance, c. 1.4m wide. Five post-holes may have formed part of an internal ring of posts. There was an internal hearth, the base of which was cut by four stake-holes, probably the remains of hearth furniture (Bennett 2010, 399). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 08 November 2011
- OF047-019002: House - prehistoric, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF047-019002-. Phase 2 excavations by John Tierney of Eachtra Archaeological Projects under licence No. E3909 along 17.1km (Contact 1) of the 35km N7 Castletown to Nenagh (Derrinsallagh to Ballintotty) national road scheme were commissioned by Laois County Council and the National Roads Authority. Contract 1 comprises the western half of the scheme and runs from Clashnevin to Castelroan, passing along the Tipperary North and Offaly county border regions. Six areas of archaeology were uncovered during Contract 1 trial-trench testing. Castleroan 1, Area 7.2, had originally been tested under licence E3375 (see No. 1703 below) in 2007. A potential house site with pits and post-holes was uncovered during testing. Excavations revealed five slot-trenches, two hearths, 60 post-holes, 55 pits and 68 stake-holes. The site measured 60m by 30m but the majority of the features were concentrated in an area measuring 20m by 20m. The numerous post- and stake-holes represented the footprint of at least two structures. Finds included sherds of Beaker pottery, a rubbing stone and worked chert and flint. Structure A (OF047-019001-) was located in the north-western section of the site. It comprised two rings of posts: an inner ring of nine pits and post-holes and a slot-trench, and an outer ring of nine post-holes. The diameter of the inner ring was c. 5m and the diameter of the outer ring was c. 7m. The interior was characterised by a hearth, six pits, a post-hole and a slot-trench. Structure B was located 5m to the south. The footprint of the structure was incomplete. It comprised two slot-trenches and five post-holes, with the slot-trenches probably marking an entrance, c. 1.4m wide. Five post-holes may have formed part of an internal ring of posts. There was an internal hearth, the base of which was cut by four stake-holes, probably the remains of hearth furniture (Bennett 2010, 399). Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 08 November 2011

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Castleroan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castleroan.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castleroan.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castleroan.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/castleroan.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Castleroan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Clashagad Upper: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clashagad-upper.md
- Franckfort: https://everytownland.com/offaly/franckfort.md
- Honeymount (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/honeymount.md
- Lisduff (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/lisduff-212252.md
- Loughan: https://everytownland.com/offaly/loughan.md
- Moatquarter (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/moatquarter-212458.md
- Rathnaveoge Lower (Co. Tipperary): https://everytownland.com/tipperary/rathnaveoge-lower.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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