Castleteheen

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleteheen, from 19 m² to 137,508 m² (13.75 ha, 33.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castleteheen 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.

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission: To refurbish existing derelict property, upgrade treatment system and define property boundaries and all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560196

• 15 Jun 2020N/a

  to construct extension to existing dwelling house and carry out all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20210

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 Castleteheen.

Recorded monuments

• RO027-014001 Hillfort
  Description

  At the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims c. 200m E-W; c. 150m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth c. 6m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) SW-NW and a low scarp (H 0.2m) NW-E. Bowl barrow (RO027-014002-) is inside the perimeter at NW, ring-barrow (RO027-014003-) is on the line of the perimeter at SSE, and ring-barrow (RO027-014004-) is inside the line of the perimeter at SE. The road (RO027-014005-) approaches the perimeter externally at SE. The enclosure is cut by a NE-SW public road W of the bowl barrow, and overlain by NW-SE field banks to NE and SW of this barrow. Rathra ceremonial enclosure (RO027-012001-) is c. 600m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-014002 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  On a slight N-S ridge at the summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Circular, grass-covered flat-topped earthen mound (diam. of base 27m N-S; 25.5m E-W; diam. of top 9.8m N-S; 8.8m E-W; H 3.1m at E to 4m at W) with a slight pit (diam. 5.5m; D 0.2m) on the summit. It is within the hillfort (RO027-014001-), SW of the centre. Given its prominent position and its size, it might contain a passage tomb. See the attached ground (003) and aerial (008) views both taken from the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-014003 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  At the top of the S-facing slope of Mewlaghadooey Hill, and on the line of the perimeter of hillfort (RO027-014001-) at SE. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 30m; H 0.6-0.8m) separated by a berm (Wth 5-6.5m) from a slight outer bank (Wth c. 5m; H 0.1m) N-SE. It is overlain by a NW-SE field bank and does not survive SW of it. Ring-barrow (RO027-014004-) is c. 20m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-014004 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On the broad summit of Mewlaghadooey Hill, on the line of the perimeter of hillfort (RO027-014001-) at E. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 9.3m E-W; 8.7m N-S) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth c. 5-6m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m). There is no visible entrance. Ring-barrow (RO027-014003-) is c. 20m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope of Mewlaghadooey Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 43m NW-SE; 41m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m) N-E-SE which is preserved under a NE-SW field bank (Wth 6.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.3m) SE-S but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere. The fosse is well-preserved (Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; ext. D 0.3m) SE-S and traceable (Wth of top 4-4.5m; D 0.1-0.2m) elsewhere. There is no identifiable original entrance, but there are slight traces of an outer bank (Wth c. 4m; ext. H 0.1m) N-NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 54m E-W; 52.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.3-5.7m; int. H 0.1m generally to 0.7m at E; ext. H 0.5m generally to 1.2m ENE-SE) and outer fosse (Wth of top 7.2-10.2m; Wth of base 3.7-5m; D 0.2m generally to 0.7m ENE-SE). There is a house site (RO027-017003-) (ext. dims 13.4m NW-SE; 5.8m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread just N of the centre where there is a subrectangular cairn (RO027-017008-) (dims 4.2m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.3m) with a small standing stone (RO027-017005-) (dims 0.7m E-W; 0.3m N-S; H 0.7m) just to its E. There is a second house site (RO027-017008-) (dims 12m WNW-ESE; 5.7m NNE-SSW) defined by wall-footings on all sides except the S inside the perimeter of the rath at S. There is no identifiable original entrance, but a quarry has damaged the perimeter at NE. Building (RO027-017002-) is immediately outside the fosse at SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017002 Building
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. Rectangular structure (ext. dims 19.5m plus E-W; 7.8m N-S) defined by the grass-covered base of the E and S walls (Wth 0.8-0.9m; H 0.6-0.8m) and the E end of the N wall (L 10.8m). A fragment of a square hood-moulding from a window (RO027-017006-) is at the site, and rath (RO027-017001-) is immediately to the NE. It is regarded locally as a church, but there is no evidence of an enclosure or burial. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. There is a house site (ext. dims 13.4m NW-SE; 5.8m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread just N of the centre of rath (RO027-017001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. There is a house site (dims 12m WNW-ESE; 5.7m NNE-SSW) defined by wall-footings on all sides except the S inside the perimeter of the rath (RO027-017001-) at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017005 Standing stone
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. Just E of the cairn (RO027-017008-) within rath (RO027-017001-) there is a small standing stone (dims 0.7m E-W; 0.3m N-S; H 0.7m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017006 Architectural fragment
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. A fragment of a square hood-moulding of a window, probably from the building (RO027-017002-) is at the centre of rath (RO027-017001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-017008 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  On the crest of a slight NW-SE ridge. There is a subrectangular cairn (dims 4.2m N-S; 2m E-W; H 0.3m), probably a clearance cairn, at the centre of rath (RO027-017001-) with the standing stone (RO027-017005-) just to its E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 September 2017

• RO027-075 Souterrain
  Description

  On a slight rise (dims c. 40m N-S; c. 20m E-W; H 1.5m at S) towards the SE end of a NW-SE ridge. This is an L-shaped underground passage with an modern opening at the angle from which a drystone-built passage (dims 6.6m WNW-ESE; 1.2m NNE-SSW; max. H 1.2m) runs E to where it was blocked. An inaccessible part of the passage ran SSW (dims c. 2m NNE-SSW; c. 1.5m WNW-ESE) to an undifferentiated terminal. It is now closed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castleteheen, 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 Castleteheen.

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 Castleteheen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Castleteheen · Caiseal Téithín

Area

2,353,135 m² (235.31 ha, 581.47 acres)

Civil parish

Baslick, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Castleteheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

324 people lived in 131 households in the Castleteheen electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bohagh, Carrowgarve, Emlagh, Knockalaghta (Sandford), Knockalegan East, Knockalegan West, Lissalway, Mewlaghmore

Placenames

Castleteheen 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.