Foxhill

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Foxhill, from 86 m² to 171,638 m² (17.16 ha, 42.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

• P6Zone 2 (Other primary sector uses)
  Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, Roscommon · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 22 Sept 2025Conditional

  Permission for the following: 1. to demolish existing side extension, partial removal of existing first floor and existing dormer windows, 2. to refurbish existing house to include alterations to elevations and construct new extensions to same, 3. to install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, 4. to define existing boundaries with new post and rail fences to the east, north and west of the site, and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560455

• 9 Sept 2025N/a

  Permission for the following: 1. To demolish existing side extension, partial removal of existing first floor and existing dormer windows, 2. To refurbish existing house to include alterations to elevations and construct new extensions to same, 3. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, 4. To define existing boundaries with new post and rail fences to the east, north and west of the site, and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560428

• 19 Mar 2024Conditional

  Permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic carport & garage, entrance, effluent treatment system percolation area and associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2441

• 1 Mar 2024N/a

  Permission for a dwelling house, domestic carport & garage, entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and associated works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2430

• 22 Sept 2021Conditional

  Permission for the proposed construction of a two storey type dwelling house, entrance, boundary fence/wall, septic tank with percolation area and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21530

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: Lough Drumharlow 001643

Recorded monuments

• RO007-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 35m) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 4.3m at E to 5.55m at S; int. H 0.1m generally to 0.75m at S; ext. H 1.1-1.5m) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4-5.8m; D 0.5-1.05m), with a slight outer bank (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.4m) at NW. The original entrance (Wth 3m) and stone-lined causeway are at E. Rath (RO007-030----) is c. 190m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO007-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular overgrown area (diam. 32m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.4m generally to 1.2m at N) W-N-E, which is incorporated into a field bank at E but reduced to a scarp (H 0.4-1.1m) SE-SW, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.8-5.15m; D 0.1m generally to 1.35m at N) SE-W-N and an outer bank (Wth 2-5m; H 0.2-0.8m) at SE and SW-NW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO007-029----) is c. 190m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO007-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a drumlin. Oval area (dims 26.5m NE-SW; 17.3m NW-SE), which is now a small orchard, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) WSW-NE and a scarp (max. H 1.05m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 2-2.7m; D 0.2m) SW-N. There is no visible entrance. Earthwork (RO007-073----) is c. 140m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO007-073 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 15m), and situated on a flat, low-lying landscape c. 200m from the NW shore of an arm of Lough Eidin. D-shaped grass-covered area with trees (dims 13.5m E-W; 10.4-13m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5-1m) with traces of facing-stones. A modern lime-kiln is built into its SW side, and a N-S field bank cuts the perimeter at E. Rath (RO007-072----) is c. 140m to the WSW. 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 Foxhill.

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 Foxhill, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1421 (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 Foxhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Foxhill

Area

611,559 m² (61.16 ha, 151.12 acres)

Civil parish

Tumna, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Tumna South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

207 people lived in 89 households in the Tumna South electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghmagurthan, Annaghmona, Brackloon, Cootehall, Lisfarrellboy, Moigh

Placenames

Foxhill 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.