Screeboge

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Screeboge, from 257 m² to 190,198 m² (19.02 ha, 47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Screeboge 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 Screeboge 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 Screeboge.

Recorded monuments

• LF023-016 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A raised subcircular area (c. 37m NNE-SSW; c. 30m WNW-ESE) enclosed by a much-denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.8m; H 0.4-0.5m), which has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. This rath was used as a tree-ring in relatively modern times. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF023-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 32m) enclosed from SE-S-WSW by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.4m; H 0.2m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m) and elsewhere defined by a naturally occurring scarp. A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded an outer bank, which is no longer visible at ground level. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank at SSE may mark the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF023-019 Castle - motte
  Description

  On the E edge of a N-S ridge in pastureland with good views in all directions. A circular steep-sided mound of earth and stone (H 1.3 2.6m; diam. at base c. 20m). On the summit (diam. 9m) a square-shaped depression (N-S 4m; E-W 4m; D 0.2-0.3m), enclosed by wall-footings, is evident. It may be the remains of a building that is depicted on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6 inch map or the remains a stone castle, or possibly a gazebo or summer house associated with the Richmount Hill house, c. 60m to the SW. Traces of possible stone steps are visible on the W face of the motte and there is evidence of stone facing or revetting on the E and W faces. These features may be associated with subsequent landscaping. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted an irregular platform to the S that might be the remains of a bailey. The platform, which is defined by a low barely visible earthen bank, may be also be associated with landscaping. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 March 2012

• LF023-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a low ridge. Not marked on the 1837 or 1883 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This rath is defined by a scarp (H 1.3m) with a wide, deep, external fosse (Wth 4.6m; D 0.6m) extending in an arc from SE-S-WSW. From SSW-SW-WSW the fosse is very wide (Wth 7m). Elsewhere the monument has been levelled due to the construction of modern field boundaries. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 February 2012

• LF023-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 32m) defined from WNW-N-ENE by a scarp/bank (H 0.35m). Elsewhere the enclosing element has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary. A field drain (D c. 1.5m) surrounds the monument; it was probably dug along the line of an external fosse. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 January 2012

• LF023-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in undulating pasture. This raised D-shaped area, with a straight SE side (L c. 28m), is defined by a low scarp (H 0.2-0.3m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Richmount Hill, house, 1700–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey house over raised basement and with attic level, built c. 1720, formerly on T-shaped plan having single-bay three-storey single-bay return to the centre of the rear elevation (northwest). Single-bay two-storey block with water tank over attached to the southwest side of rear return; single- and two-storey blocks attached to the northeast side of rear return. Pitched slate roof with cut stone eaves course and with dressed ashlar limestone chimneystacks and raised cut stone verges to gable ends (southwest and northeast). Cast-iron rainwater goods, rooflights to rear pitch (northwest) of roof. Roughcast rendered or pebbledashed walls. Square-headed window openings with replacement windows, some three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows remain to rear at basement level, all having limestone sills. Central round-headed door opening to main elevation (southeast) with replacement door, and replacement door and sidelights. Doorway accessed by flight of cut stone steps flanked by rendered walls. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the northeast of Barry and to the south of Ardagh. Single-storey outbuildings to rear (northwest). Main entrance gateway to the south comprising a pair of moulded cut stone gate posts having chamfered edges and moulded capstones. Cut stone wheel guards to outer face of gate posts. Gateway flanked by sections of rendered boundary wall. Remains of motte and bailey (LF023-019----) located in grounds just to the northeast of house.

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

At the centre of the townland of Screeboge, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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 Screeboge.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Screeboge with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Screeboge · An Scríobóg

Area

808,521 m² (80.85 ha, 199.79 acres)

Civil parish

Taghsheenod, and its townlands

Barony

Shrule

Electoral division

Kilglass, the unit of the census

Census 2022

730 people lived in 280 households in the Kilglass electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintober (Bonny), Ballintober (Rock), Ballybeg, Ballygibbagh, Carn, Carrickboy, Knockagh, Liscormick, Tennalough

Placenames

Screeboge 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.