Gorteencloogh or Corra More
Gorteencloogh or Corra More is a townland in the civil parish of Athleague, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 673643
- Area
- 342,827 m² (34.28 ha, 84.71 acres)
- Buildings
- 9 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,697 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Gorteencloogh or Corra More
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
- Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.
- RO041-043001 Mound
Description
Visible on aerial photographs (OS 2 4261-2), and situated on the flood-plain of the SE-NW River Suck which is immediately to the N. Circular flat-topped grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 21.4m NW-SE; 20.5m NE-SW; diam. of top 9.1m NW-SE; 9.8m NE-SW; H 0.3-0.65m) with traces of a shallow fosse (Wth of base 2.2-3.4m; D 0.05-0.15m) ESE-SSW and WNW-NNW. There is a rectangular house site (RO041-043002-) (int. dims. 1.6m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.8m; H 0.15m) on top of the mound. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-043002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Visible on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2, 4261-2), and situated on the flood-plain of a SE-NW section of the River Suck which is immediately to the NE. Rectangular grass-covered area (int. dims 1.6m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.8m; H 0.15m) on top of the mound (RO041-043001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
Visible as a feature on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2, 4264-5), and situated on a rise of the S bank of a SE-NW section of the River Suck, which is immediately to the NE. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.25m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.5m; D 0.15m) NE-S-SW. It is cut by the river at N and by a NNE-SSW field wall at W. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1273 (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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 274.2 ha
- 677 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 31,301 m² (3.13 ha, 7.73 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteencloogh or Corra More, from 26 m² to 342,827 m² (34.28 ha, 84.71 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gorteencloogh or Corra More 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 May 2022Conditional
Retention Permission for an extension to a dwelling house, a septic tank system and a domestic garage at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22238
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
- Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222
Recorded monuments
- RO041-043001 Mound
Description
Visible on aerial photographs (OS 2 4261-2), and situated on the flood-plain of the SE-NW River Suck which is immediately to the N. Circular flat-topped grass-covered earthen mound (diam. of base 21.4m NW-SE; 20.5m NE-SW; diam. of top 9.1m NW-SE; 9.8m NE-SW; H 0.3-0.65m) with traces of a shallow fosse (Wth of base 2.2-3.4m; D 0.05-0.15m) ESE-SSW and WNW-NNW. There is a rectangular house site (RO041-043002-) (int. dims. 1.6m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.8m; H 0.15m) on top of the mound. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO041-043002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Visible on aerial photographs (OSAP: 2, 4261-2), and situated on the flood-plain of a SE-NW section of the River Suck which is immediately to the NE. Rectangular grass-covered area (int. dims 1.6m NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.8m; H 0.15m) on top of the mound (RO041-043001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Architectural heritage
- Rookwood Bridge, bridge, 1700–1750 · Regional interest
Description
Nine-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1725, over River Suck at border of counties Galway and Roscommon. One arch is flood arch. Walls of random rubble with small stones suggesting use of field stone and therefore of possible early eighteenth-century date. Round arches with roughly-cut voussoirs, with cutwaters to south side reaching level of arch heads. Copings of roughly squared stones laid flat. Shallow pedestrian refuges to each end and centre of bridge.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Gorteencloogh or Corra More, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1272 (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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gorteencloogh or Corra More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Gorteencloogh or Corra More
- Area
- 2,741,632 m² (274.16 ha, 677.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Athleague, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone North
- Electoral division
- Athleague West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 610 people lived in 245 households in the Athleague West electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghagower, Araghty, Athleague, Cloonykelly, Corderryhugh, Easterfield or Cornacask (Co. Galway), Farranykelly, Rookwood or Bellagad (Co. Galway), Toberavaddy
- Placenames
- Gorteencloogh or Corra More 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.