Roscarban

72 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Roscarban, from 238 m² to 224,627 m² (22.46 ha, 55.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2General
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 21 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social & Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

No planning application touches the townland of Roscarban 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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Carrickaport Lough 001920

Recorded monuments

• LE024-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on top of a flat-topped drumlin. This is a grass-covered circular platform (diam. 30.5m N-S; 28m E-W; H 0.25m generally to 0.7m at SSW) defined by a scarp and a slight external fosse (Wth 2m). The original entrance is not identified. A NNW-SSE field bank is just to the W with a small spur connecting with the perimeter at S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE024-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located t the SW end of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by traces of an earthen bank (at SW: Wth c. 5m; H c. 0.3m), and an external band of rushes which are visible at SW. The original entrance is not identified and field spoil has been added to the perimeter. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE024-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the crest of the SE-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking the W part of Lough Scur, the shore of which is c. 250m distant NNW-E-S. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 34m N-S; 30.5m E-W) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 2.9m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.95m) with some bushes and an external fosse (at NE: Wth of top 4.2m; D 0.15m). The original entrance is not identified, and the monument is circumscribed by a field wall NE-S. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

• LE024-045 Crannog
  Description

  Located in the middle of the central part (dims c. 1km NE-SW; c. 300m NW-SE) of Lough Scur. There may be medieval references to this monument from 1345 when four sons of Cathal Mac Raghnaill were executed on Loch an Scuir, and in 1390, O'Rourke escaped to the castle of Loch an Scuir (ALC, vol. 1, 646-9; vol. 2, 70-71). In 1580 Loch an Scuir was taken, and Maelsechlainn Mac Raghnaill was slain (ALC, vol. 2, 432-3). A large disc quern and a stone mould for a palstave were also found here (Wood-Martin 1886, 72, 241-2). This is an overgrown oval island (dims 20.5m N-S; 15.5m E-W; H 1m) of stone surrounded by a timber and wattle palisade which is intermittently visible at the water's edge around the mound, but is best preserved S-W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1780–1785 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1781, with entrance tower to north and single-storey sacristy to south. Transepts added c.1890. Pitched slate roof with terracotta crested ridge tiles, carved stone crosses, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack to sacristy. Pyramidal slate roof to tower. Rendered walls with corbel course to tower. Pointed-arched door opening has a block-and-start tooled limestone surround and battened timber double door. Tudor-arched door openings to transepts with overlights and sandstone block-and-start door surrounds. Pointed-arched window openings to nave have tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds and stained glass timber sash windows. Stained glass rose window to south. Cast-iron bell with cast-iron frame on cut limestone supports to site. Graveyard with grave markers dating from the eighteenth century to present. Site enclosed by a stone wall and cast-iron gates and cut limestone piers. Refurbished c.1995.

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

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred). Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Roscarban.

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 Roscarban with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Roscarban · Ros Cearbáin

Area

1,235,917 m² (123.59 ha, 305.4 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltubbrid, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Keshcarrigan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

618 people lived in 226 households in the Keshcarrigan electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 55% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Corglass, Driny, Drumaleague, Drumbullog, Drumcong, Gowly, Letterfine, Loughscur

Placenames

Roscarban 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.