Tawnamachugh

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawnamachugh, from 20 m² to 137,704 m² (13.77 ha, 34.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Tawnamachugh 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 Apr 2022Conditional

  retain an existing entrance access and associated wing walls and boundary walls and all associated ancillary works

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2247

• 11 May 2020Conditional

  (a) retain an existing entrance access into agricultural use; (b) construct one dry bedded agricultural building and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2070

• 18 Oct 2018Conditional

  construction of dwelling house with proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area and garage

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 18219

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623

Recorded monuments

• LE006-007 Enclosure
  Description

  At the S edge of a limestone plateau overlooking Glencar valley to the S, with a small N-S valley just to the E. This is a grass and rush-covered subcircular area (int. dims 22.6m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by the collapsed remains of a stone wall (Wth 1.5-2m). The original entrance is not identified, but a N-S field wall that is marked on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map is built over the E edge of the enclosure. Attached to the E is a large oval or D-shaped enclosure (int. dims 65m NNW-SSE; 37-40m ENE-WSW) defined by the grass-covered remains of a stone wall (Wth 2.5-3m) with a straight side at W but the walls do not cross the interior of the smaller enclosure. Facing-stones were not noted on either enclosure and an original entrance of the larger enclosure is not identified. 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

• LE006-007001 Enclosure
  Description

  At the S edge of a limestone plateau overlooking Glencar valley to the S, with a small N-S valley just to the E. Attached to the E of enclosure (LE006-007----) is a large oval or D-shaped enclosure (int. dims 65m NNW-SSE; 37-40m ENE-WSW) defined by the remains of a stone wall (Wth 2.5-3m) with a straight side at W, but the walls do not cross the interior of the smaller enclosure. Facing-stones were not noted on either enclosure and an original entrance of the larger enclosure is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 January, 2016

• LE006-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying position on the floor of Glencar valley. Overgrown subcircular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) NW-NE which is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) elsewhere, with traces of a fosse crossed by a causeway (Wth 2.8m) at S. The original entrance is not identified, but the monument is bisected by an E-W field bank, now partly removed. 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

• LE006-026 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  On an upland karst landscape that slopes down gently to the SE. A long cairn (dims 65m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE at SW to 14m at NE; max. H 2m) has a single megalithic chamber (dims c. 1.6m x c. 1.5m) with a large roofstone (dims 2.15m x 1.9m) supported on one portal stone at the NE end. There are two side-stones from a possible subsidiary chamber (L 1.4m; Wth 1m) at the SW end of the cairn. See the attached aerial view from SW 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

• LE006-027 Sheepfold
  Description

  In a fold within upland bog on a broad heather-covered limestone plateau that slopes down gently to the SE. Subrectangular enclosure (dims 10m NE-SW; 8-10m NW-SE) defined by drystone walls (H 0.8m-1.2m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.8m) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 12 January, 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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 Tawnamachugh, 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 high, 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 Tawnamachugh.

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

Name

Tawnamachugh · Tamhnaigh Mhic Aodha

Area

2,331,900 m² (233.19 ha, 576.23 acres)

Civil parish

Killasnet, and its townlands

Barony

Rosclogher

Electoral division

Glencar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

283 people lived in 101 households in the Glencar electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghamore, Drummahan, Gorteenaguinnell, Largy, Launtaggart, Raheenduff

Placenames

Tawnamachugh 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.