Sheegeeragh

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheegeeragh, from 1,851 m² to 238,401 m² (23.84 ha, 58.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Sheegeeragh 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.

• 27 Oct 2022N/a

  PART 8 - The improvement, including widening and straightening, of approximately 3.95km of Standard Single Carriageway National Secondary route, consisting of 3.3km of offline construction and 0.65km of online widening, to typically provide a Type 1 single carriageway including 7.3m carriageway with 2 x 2.5m hard shoulders and 2 x 3m grass verges and including local road improvements/realignments, farm/accommodation roads, watercourse crossings, fencing, drainage, landscaping, utilities and service diversions, accommodation works and other ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22580

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 Sheegeeragh.

Recorded monuments

• RO028-133 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope with rock outcrop. Crescent-shaped grass-covered earth and stone mound (diam. 11.3m NW-SE; 10m NE-SW; max. H 1.2m) which has a large quarry (diam. of top c. 9m; diam. of base 4m; D 0.4-1.2m) at the centre and a gap (Wth 1.1m) between the horns at SE. Passage tomb (RO028-134---) is 80m to the S. The cairn is on the perimeter of a field of field system (RO028-233001-). It is listed as a possible passage tomb (de Valera and O'Nuallain 1972, 141-2). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• RO028-134 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope with rock outcrop. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 12m N-S; 11.5m E-W) defined by the stumps of occasional kerbstones. At its S edge there is a passage (dims 3.5m E-W; 1.9-2.05m N-S), of which most of the orthostats (dims 0.2-0.5m x 0.1-0.2m; H c. 0.1-0.3m) of the S side survive. Outside the kerb there are two lines of orthostats (L 4.4m; 3.3m) aligned NE-SW. Cairn (RO028-133---) is 80m to the N, and passage tomb (RO028-135----) is 70m to the S. (Ó Nualláin 1968, 27; Herity 1974, 280, RO 5) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• RO028-135 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope with rock outcrop and restricted views. Circular area (diam. 9m) defined by occasional kerbstones (dims 0.5-1.6m x 0.2-0.5m; H c. 0.5m), with orthostats (dims 0.5-1.15m x 0.2-0.4; H 0.4-1.1m) of a passage (int. dims 0.6m N-S at E to 1.6m at W; 4.3m E-W) at its W edge. Passage tomb (RO028-134---) is 70m to the N. (Ó Nualláin 1968, 27; Herity 1974, 280, Ro 4) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• RO028-136001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the NW edge of a plateau. Subcircular grass-covered and domed platform (dims 26m E-W; 23m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.1m at S to 1.2m at N). There is no visible evidence of a bank, fosse or original entrance. Souterrain (RO028-136002-) is inside the mound at SW, and souterrain (RO028-136003-) is within the mound at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-136002 Souterrain
  Description

  Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'Souterrain'. Located at the SW edge of rath (RO028-136001-). Undiffernentiated corbelled and lintelled passage (L 6.65m; Wth 1.15m at NW to 1.3m at SW; max. H 0.8m) aligned NW-SE and entered at NW, but with many lintels missing. At its SE end a modern excavation gives access to the WSW end of souterrain (RO028-136003-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-136003 Souterrain
  Description

  Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a 'Souterrain'. It is located at the SE edge of rath (RO028-136001-). This is an undifferentiated corbelled and lintelled passage (L 3.25m; Wth 1.7m; max. H 1.7m) aligned ENE-WSW with a blocked entrance (Wth 0.6m; H 0.55m) to a creep at the E end. The present entrance is by an excavation from the SE end of souterrain (RO028-136002-), but the creep at the E end suggests that it has another, outer chamber/ passage. The W wall of the chamber has an air-vent (dims 0.4m x 0.25m; L 2m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 November 2018

• RO028-137 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a N-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m NW-SE; 50.3m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.7-7.6m; int. H 0.8m at NW to 1.5m at SE; ext. H 2.2m at NW to 3.4m at NE), and a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.3-9.2m; Wth of base 2.5-3.5m; D 0.7-1m) NNE-S-W. There is no identifiable original entrance. The interior is bisected by a relict NW-SE field bank, from which a field bank extends off to the SW, and there are three clearance cairns in the interior (max. ext. dims 68m NE-SW; 63m NW-SE). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-138001 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On top of the low WNW-ESE ridge of Caran Hill. Subcircular grass-covered and domed mound (dims 23m E-W; c. 20m N-S; H 1.7-2m) with the base of a small grass-covered cairn (RO028-138002-) (diam. 2.2m E-W; 1.8m N-S; H 0.5m), probably a clearance cairn, on the summit. The base of the mound is cut back slightly at N where there is a pond. It is described as a passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1968, 27; Herity 1974, 280, Ro 4; de Valera and O'Nuallain 1972, 141-2). Archaeological testing (20E0594) by R. Ó Maoldúin just to the NE on the site of a proposed lay-by produced no related material (excavations.ie 2020:188). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 20 October 2021 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

• RO028-138002 Cairn - clearance cairn
  Description

  On top of the low WNW-ESE ridge of Caran Hill. The base of a small grass-covered cairn (diam. 2.2m E-W; 1.8m N-S; H 0.5m), probably a clearance cairn, is on the summit of barrow (RO028-138001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-232001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape with a shallow S-N valley immediately to the E. Subcircular grass-covered and domed area (int. dims 46m N-S; 41m E-W) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.1-0.3m), with some facing stones visible S-SW. There is no visible entrance, but a relict field wall of field system (RO028-233002-) runs E from the perimeter with a house site (RO028-232002-) (int. dims 8m E-W; 4m N-S) attached to its S side immediately outside the enclosure. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-232002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape with a shallow S-N valley immediately to the E. Rectangular house site (int. dims 8m E-W; 4m N-S) attached to the S side of a field wall of field system (RO028-233002-) just E of cashel (RO028-232001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-233001 Hut site
  Description

  On a plateau of rock outcrop. Subcircular hut-site (int. dims. 6.3m N-S; 4m E-W) attached to the W side of the perimeter of the larger field of field system (RO028-233002-) at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-233002 Field system
  Description

  On a plateau of rock outcrop. An area of about 24 acres (c. 10 ha) has relict field banks or walls. Two oval grass-covered fields (dims 44m E-W x 28m N-S; c. 60m E-W; c. 30m N-S) defined by grass-covered stone spreads (Wth 1-2m; H 0.2m) with other curvilinear walls extending out to the NW where one terminates at cashel (RO028-232----), SW and SE. The larger S field has the cairn (RO028-133----) on its perimeter at SE, and a subcircular hut-site (RO028-233001-) (int. dims 6.3m N-S; 4m E-W) is attached to the W side of the perimeter at E. At SW the perimeter of this field is overlain by a rectangular house site (RO028-233003-) of two rooms (ext. dims 20.2m N-S; 8m E-W) with an attached rectangular enclosure (int. dims 20m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE) to its SW. At the NW summit of the plateau is a quarry with a grass-covered cairn (diam. 12m; H 0.2-0.8m) which has been quarried (diam. 5m) at the centre. Included within the fields are the possible passage tombs (RO028-134----; RO028-135----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-233003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a plateau of rock outcrop. A rectangular house site of two rooms (ext. dims 20.2m N-S; 8m E-W) with an attached rectangular enclosure (int. dims 20m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE) to its SW overlies a field wall of field system (RO028-233002-). 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 Sheegeeragh.

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 Sheegeeragh, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Sheegeeragh

Area

740,506 m² (74.05 ha, 182.98 acres)

Civil parish

Killukin, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Killukin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

190 people lived in 76 households in the Killukin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 24% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydaly, Carrownrinny, Cloonyogan, Manor

Placenames

Sheegeeragh 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.