Castleshane Demesne

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleshane Demesne, from 338 m² to 1,010,004 m² (101 ha, 249.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 39 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 Castleshane Demesne 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.

• 1 May 2024Conditional

  permission for alterations and extensions to an existing single-storey dwelling comprising of the following: 1_Demolish existing single-storey rear extension, 2_Construct single-storey rear and side extensions, 3_Alterations of existing dwelling to include facade treatments such as openings & materials together with refurbishment of existing roof structure, 4_Construction of a single-storey detached domestic garage, 5_New Wastewater Treatment System, 6_Alterations to existing access to include construction of gates & piers 7_Ancillary site works to include boundary treatments and all associated works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2460154

• 4 Dec 2023Conditional

  permission for a development consisting of material change of use from car sales, car display area, office into a creche facility, the installation of a new sewerage treatment unit and all associated site works, Significant further information relates to, Revised site layout Map & Section

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23240

• 22 Nov 2023N/a

  permission for material change of use from car sales, car display area, office into a creche facility, the installation of a new sewerage treatment unit and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 23233

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  permission for amendments to design of a previously approved extension to dwelling, as granted under planning reference 23/60053 and all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360170

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  permission for a new single and two storey extension onto existing dwelling, internal alterations and elevational changes including replacement bay window to front of existing dwelling, provision of a new domestic garage including courtyard and garden walls, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 2360053

• 28 Mar 2023N/a

  Proposed new single and two storey extension onto existing dwelling, internal alterations and elevational changes including replacement bay window to front of existing dwelling, provision of a new domestic garage including courtyard and garden walls, together with all associated site works.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 2360029

• 5 Dec 2018Conditional

  permission to erect a two-storey dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance with gates and piers together with new waste water treatment system. Significant further information relates to an amended site boundary

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18567

• 29 Nov 2018Conditional

  permission to erect a new 39m multi-user telecommunications support structure carrying 9no. antennas and associated remote radio units, 6no. communications dishes, 3no. lighting finials and 6no.outdoor cabinets all enclosed within a security compound by a 2.4m high palisade fence with a 4m access gate, site access and site works. The development will provide voice and mobile broadband services in the area.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 18558

• 14 Feb 2017Conditional

  permission to demolish an existing dwelling & associated outbuildings & construct a one and a half storey dwelling together with detached domestic garage, alterations to existing entrance, new gates and piers, wastewater treatment system & all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1756

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 Castleshane Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• MO010-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope on the demesne of Castleshane House, which was c. 260m to the SW but is no longer extant. It is depicted only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as ‘Shane’s fort’. This is a circular area (int. diam. 27.6m NW-SE; 25m NE-SW) planted with deciduous trees defined by an earthen bank and a U-shaped fosse, with traces of an outer bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.85m) at NNW. There is an entrance (Wth of base 2.5m) and causeway (Wth of top 3.6m; H 0.45m) at NE. 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: 26 January 2018

• MO014-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated just off the crest of a N-S drumlin ridge on the E side. It is depicted as a circular hachured feature in woodland only on the 1907 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is a circular area (diam. 25m N-S; 24.8m E-W) that slopes down to the E within deciduous woodland defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth of base 3.3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.3m) with an external fosse or drain (at W: Wth of top 1.5m; Wth of base 0.6m; ext. D 0.65m). There is no identifiable original entrance. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 23 February 2018

Architectural heritage

• Castleshane House, walled garden, 1795–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden, built c.1800, in rectangular plan with convex northern wall. Standing to north of ruins of Castleshane House and with later adjoining walled garden to south built c.1840 and replacing orchard. Rubble limestone walls with cut limestone coping, enlarged rubble quoins and recent stepped buttress to north-west corner. Rendered red brick slender bell-tower to north-west corner, having pointed-arch bell opening with bronze bell (founder's mark not visible). Pointed-arch recesses to all elevations, with render string-course to base, surmounted by urn and globe finials at apex. Vehicular entrance to south wall. Square-headed door openings with red brick surrounds and timber battened doors to north and south walls. Three-centered-arch door opening to south-east, having smooth render surround with roughcast render to either side and with dropped enlarged render keystone styled to resemble ribbon-dressed rubble, opening filled by recent metal gate. Square-headed window opening to south elevation with red brick surround and original two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window, possibly replacing door opening. Square-headed drain to north, with damage to curved section of walls. Interior now planted with trees, with southern garden now housing tennis courts.

• Castleshane House, country house, 1835–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-storey ruins of Castleshane House, built 1836, burnt 1920. Multiple-bay elevation to east and west, having canted bays with square-headed window openings flanking central three bays, with single bays to corners. Remains of canted bays of south elevation and east elevation survive, bay to the south of east elevation being most intact. Smooth rendered brick walls, having moulded stone string courses, rubble wall to interior southern bay. Curvilinear gables over top floor windows, with finials. Square-headed window openings with label-mouldings to lower floors, having segmental-arch splayed openings to interior. Located at centre of Castleshane Demesne, now Coillte owned forest, accessed from twentieth-century entrance from east.

• Castleshane House, gate lodge, 1831–1841 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey L-plan gate lodge, built c.1836, having porch to south-east corner open to sides, flat-roofed canted bay window to south, and late twentieth-century additions to north and rear. Now in use as private house. Main elevations to south and east, having pitched natural slate roof, with gables to south and east, limestone ridge tiles, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Porch gabled to both elevations, with slate roof, and having steep Tudor-arch chamfered openings. Decorative painted timber bargeboards with carved valence to east elevation of porch, gables of east elevation. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber windows throughout. Canted bay and window above have chamfered surrounds. Pointed-arch door opening with replacement timber door and over-light. Two octagonal-plan ashlar limestone chimneystacks, peck-dressed to caps, with moulded string courses, now located in garden to south. Bounded to south-east by original double-leaf cast-iron gates and railings. Limestone rubble boundary wall with dressed stone coping, and single-leaf wrought-iron pedestrian gate to east. Situated to east of ruins of Castleshane House, and adjacent to main Dublin to Derry road.

• Castleshane House, gates/railings/walls, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, erected c.1840, at former entrance to Castleshane Demesne, facing east, now in use as entrance to privately-owned former gate lodge. Double-leaf cast-iron vehicular gate, flanked by cut limestone octagonal-plan gate piers with tooled domical caps, moulded string courses and moulded bases on low plinths. Recessed rectangular panels to shafts of piers. Cast-iron railings and gates with decorative pointed finials, leaf and quatrefoil ornament, with scroll motif at junction of gates, railings supported by brackets to west. Low limestone wheel-guards to east of gates. Original curved rubble stone wall to north and south of gates with limestone copings, concrete path.

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 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 Castleshane Demesne.

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.

No address of the register names Castleshane Demesne with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Castleshane Demesne · Caisleán an tSiáin

Area

1,749,879 m² (174.99 ha, 432.4 acres)

Civil parish

Monaghan, and its townlands

Barony

Monaghan

Electoral division

Castleshane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castleshane electoral division: 1,013 people in 332 households; 88% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnaglogh, Cordevlis, Corlust, Edenbrone, Greenmount, Kingorry, Lattigar, Lismenan, Moy Etra, Tiravray, Tirmacmoe

Placenames

Castleshane Demesne 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.