Glebe

Area

1,142 m²

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 108 m².

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

Glebe

Planning applications on this parcel

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  permission to construct two angling stands & associated siteworks at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21238

• 23 Apr 2021N/a

  to construct two angling stands and associates site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21203

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 11 recorded monuments.

• RO041-048001 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where it turns W. An O'Kelly castle, probably a tower house, was extant here in the late 15th century (O'Donovan 1843, 109-11) at what must have been a fording point (RO041-048006-) as the name suggests. What is described as a bawn (RO041-084002-) at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many was destroyed by Ulick Mac William Burke in 1487 (AFM vol. 4, 1153). In 1499 the castle, of which nothing remains, was captured by Garrett Mór Fitzgeald, who was the Justiciar and Earl of Kildare, and recaptured by William Burke, who returned it to the sons of William Kelly (ibid., 1251-3). By the 1570s Sir Thomas le Strange was leasing it from the Queen, which a ward of his still held in 1596, although the castle was destroyed by then (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard (Simington 1949, 103), and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-) on the site before then. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048002 Bawn
  Description

  On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle, probably a tower house, was extant here in the late 15th century. What is canned a bawn at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many was destroyed by Ulick Mac William Burke in 1487 (AFM vol. 4, 1153), and in 1499 the castle (RO041-048001-), of which nothing remains, was captured by William Burke and returned to the sons of William Kelly (ibid. 1251-3). By the 1570s Sir Thomas le Strange was leasing it from the Queen, which a ward of his still held in 1596, although the castle was destroyed by then (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard (Simington 1949, 103), and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-). There is no evidence of the bawn. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048003 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On the E bank of a NESW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-) was at Athleague before the area was acquired by the earls of Clanrickard sometime before 1640. Two mills are recorded in at Athleague (Simington 1949, 103), and the Strafford map of c. 1636 shows the fortified house (RO041-048005-) on an island surrounded by the River Suck at W and a mill-race on the other sides. The mill-race is still evident as a grass-covered depression (Wth 8-10m; D 0.1-0.3m), which floods in winter, surrounding the walled garden (RO041-048014-) but there is no evidence of a mill house on it. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048004 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On the E bank of the N-S River Suck, at a point where it turns W. Two mills at Athleague are recorded in the 1640s (Simington 1949, 103). There is a 19th century mill to the W of the Fortified house (RO041-048005-) but this is not relying on the millrace (RO041-048013-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048005 House - fortified house
  Description

  On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-) at Athliag Maenagan in Hy Many with references from 1487 was destroyed by 1595 (Cronin 1980, 110,117). In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard, and one of the earls probably built the fortified house before then on the site of the castle together with the two mills (RO041-048003-; RO041-048004-) recorded there in the 1640s (Simington 1949, 103). The Strafford map of c. 1636 shows the house on an island formed by the mill-race with a number of houses (RO041-048011-) while a church (RO041-048007-) is marked on the W bank of the river (ibid. Athlone map). This is a rectangular three storey structure with an attic (int. dims 15.3m N-S; 6.1m E-W), of which just the N and S gables survives complete. There are fireplaces in the gables at each floor. Rectangular towers of three storeys and attic (int. dims 5.4m N-S; 5.1m E-W) are attached to the NE and SE angles with gables on the E and W walls, fireplaces on the W walls and windows on the other walls. The house is within a walled garden (RO041-048014-) (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 90m N-S) surrounded by a mill-race (RO041-048013-) which is evident as a grass-covered depression (Wth 8-10m; D 0.1-0.3m) that floods in winter, and connects with the River Suck above and below the house. There are fragments of old field banks (RO041-048010-) (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering c. 8 ha to the N and E of the house, including an E-W roadway (RO041-049009-) (Wth 6.5m; L c. 100m) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches. See the attached view taken from the SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048006 Ford
  Description

  On a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where it turns W. An O'Kelly castle (RO041-048001-), was extant here in the late 15th century at what must have been a fording point as the name suggests. Its location is not known but it may have been at the point where a bridge was built later. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048007 Church
  Description

  The parish church of Athleague, listed as Athlag in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), and marked on the Strafford map of c. 1636 at a place called Gorsagar for Gortasaggart - the priest's field (Simington 1949, Athlone (449)). Situated on the W bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck at the point where the river turns W. The church was described as a chapel of the Lystre family and in poor repair (Lewis 1837, 85). It is depicted at the NE angle of the graveyard on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This was replaced by a new Church of Ireland church, now an anglers' visitor centre, at the SE angle of a subrectangular graveyard (RO041-048015-) (dims 51m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. There is no evidence of the older structure. Test trenching (95E0277) around the church failed to reveal any evidence of a medieval structure (Connolly 1996). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048009 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On the E bank of the N-S River Suck, at a point where it turns W. There are fragments of old field banks (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering c. 8 ha to the N and E of the walled garden (RO041-048014-), including an E-W roadway (Wth 6.5m; L c. 100m) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches. This is probably part of an old road pre-dating the development of the village connecting the roads from Ballygar and Roscommon in a smooth curve. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048010 Earthwork
  Description

  On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where the river turns W and c. 200m distant from it. There are fragments of old field banks (Wth c. 2m; H 0.2-0.4m) covering about 12 ha (c. 30 acres) to the N and E of the walled garden (RO041-048014-), including an E-W roadway (RO041-048009-) defined by earthen banks and outer ditches but no house sites were recognized. The earthworks are interrupted in places by old grass-covered quarries. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-048014 Walled garden
  Description

  On the E bank of a NE-SW section of the River Suck, at a point where river turns NW. In 1640 Athleague was owned by the earl of Clanrickard, and one of the earls probably built the fortified house (RO041-048005-) before then. The house is within a walled garden (dims c. 100m N-S; c. 90m N-S) defined by the base of a wall (Wth c. 0.6m; H c. 0.6m) surrounded by the mill-race (RO041-048013-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

And 1 more.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1308 (ZIP).

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.

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