Aghamore

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghamore, from 160 m² to 173,203 m² (17.32 ha, 42.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2General
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  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.

• 20 Nov 2019Conditional

  construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage with new connection to public sewer, new entrance onto the public road and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19247

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Aghnamona Bog NHA 000422

Recorded monuments

• LE037-003 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in pasture on top of a hill overlooking the River Shannon, which is c. 350m to the W, and c. 75m to the NW of Aghamore House. A circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) is depicted on the 1835 edition where it is described as a ‘Fort’ and it is depicted as a hachured feature on the 1907 edition. No archaeological feature is visible at ground level in pasture and it might have been a tree-ring. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 December 2011 Amended: 7 January 2020

• LE037-015 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a N-S ridge and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 41), and later fully investigated (E003309) as Aghamore 1. The location is known locally as the ‘Cannon Fields’ as it was supposedly part of a military camp from the 1798 rebellion (IFC Schools’ Collection, Vol. 0257, 112). A metal-detection survey identified 283 potential metal items, of which 243 were recovered. A lead shot and another iron/lead object could be seventeenth century in date but the rest are most likely post-medieval, consisting largely of nails, horseshoes and agricultural implements. Excavation unearthed a possible hearth as a pit (dims 1.7m x 1.14m; D 0.19m) filled with two layers of burnt clay and charcoal, an oval pit (dims 1.58m x 1.26m; D 0.22m) and a burnt deposit (dims 1.34m x 0.56m; D 0.07). (O’Carroll and O’Connor 2009, 13-19) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS O’Carroll, F. and O’Connor, D. J. 2009 N4 Dromod – Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract. Aghamore 1. Ministerial Direction A 31 (A31-021/E003309) Final Report, Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This is a subrectangular mound of broken and burnt stone (dims 5.5m x 4.3m; T 0.05-0.13m) with two others that are probably part of it extending over a wider area (dims c. 10m NNW-SSE; c. 5m ENE-WSW). The main mound overlay a subrectangular trough (dims 1.24m x 1.08m; D 0.2m), a circular pit (diam. 0.9m; D 0.5m), and an oval pit (dims 1.2m; 0.9m; D 0.21m) filled with similar layers containing stones, a charcoal-rich layer, and usually a thin sandy layer at the bottom. A charcoal sample from the round pit produced a C14 date of 3800 +- 40 BP (2390-2130 cal. BC), placing it in the Early Bronze Age. One of the associated stone spreads (dims 1.6m x 1.5m; T 0.05-0.4m) was part of the fill of a circular pit (diam. 1.6m; D 0.48) that was filled largely with stones, some of them burnt. The second stone spread (dims 4.75m x 2m; D 0.08m) was the top fill of a large excavated hollow (dims 5m x 1.8m; max. D 0.48m) also containing a layer of silty clay with burnt stone. A chert barbed and tanged arrowhead was recovered from an isolated pit c. 15m NW of the core of this monument. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 14-15) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This is a mound of broken and burnt stone (dims 5.5m x 4.3m; T 0.05-0.13m) overlying four pits. One shallow pit (diam. 1.5-1.7m; D 0.12m) had a charcoal-rich layer. A larger triangular pit (dims 2.1m x 1.9m; max. D 0.44m) was filled with two layers dominated by burnt stone and charcoal, and a C14 date of 3890 +- 40 BP (2480-2280 Cal. BC) places it at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age. Three post-holes in the mound material surround a trough (dims 2.9m x 2m; D 0.54m), which was filled with four layers, alternately sand and a charcoal and stone mix. A shallow pit (dims 1.7m x 1.2m; D 0.12m) and a lager sub-oval pit (dims 2.1m x 1.9m; max. D 0.44m) nearby are both filled with silty clays with charcoal and stone inclusions. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 15-16) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This consists of a burnt mound (dims 4m x 2.4m; T 0.25m) and a nearby smaller spread (dims 3.2m x 2.9m; max. T 0.3m) which may be related and together covered a large area (dims 12.5m ENE-W; 8.2m NNW-SSE). The combined mounds covered a trough (dims 1.44m x 1.2m; D 0.45-0.55m) that was filled with two layers of burnt and cracked sandstone, while the smaller spread covered a subrectangular pit (dims 1.6m x 0.9m; max. D 0.27m) filled largely with sand. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 16-17) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016004 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This consists of a burnt stone spread (dims 5m x 2.5m; D 0.05-0.1m) which was partly overlaid by deposits with modern material that is interpreted as upcast from an adjacent drain. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016005 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This comprised a spread of broken and burnt stone (dims 7.5m x 4.5m; max. D 0.2m) with a large proportion of burnt peat. No other features were associated with it. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 18) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016006 Kiln
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. This is the scant remains of a keyhole type of kiln (dims 3.6m x 2m) which had the shadows of flues in its base and its three fills had high levels of charcoal, fire-cracked stones and oxidized clay. The kiln (LE035-016007-) was just to the SW. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 20-1) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

• LE037-016007 Kiln
  Description

  Situated at the bottom a gentle E-facing slope and at the edge of a raised peat bog that extends off to the E and S. First identified in centre-line testing (05E0983) for a new line of the N4 (O’Connor et al. 2005, 42), and later fully excavated (E003310) as a part of Aghamore 2. Excavation recorded five spreads of burnt mound material, other smaller spreads and two kilns. A section (L 2.8m; Wth 0.3m) of the stone-lined flue of this kiln was excavated. It had an oxidized base with five fills of varying degrees of burning. Kiln (LE037-016006-) was just to the NE. (McGowan and O’Connor 2009, 21) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 January 2020 O’Connor, D. J., Marta Muniz Pérez and Sheelagh Conran 2005 N4 Dromod-Roosky Bypass. Advance Archaeological Works Contract Licence No. 05E0983 Preliminary Report. Unpublished, CRDS

Architectural heritage

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

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 Aghamore, about 1 in 20 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1603 (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.

No address of the register names Aghamore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Aghamore · Achadh Mór

Area

742,705 m² (74.27 ha, 183.53 acres)

Civil parish

Mohill, and its townlands

Barony

Mohill

Electoral division

Roosky, the unit of the census

Census 2022

832 people lived in 309 households in the Roosky electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 61% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnahunshin, Aghnamona, Cornagillagh, Georgia or Gorteenoran

Placenames

Aghamore 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.