Carrowbaun

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowbaun, from 1,101 m² to 209,317 m² (20.93 ha, 51.72 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 Carrowbaun 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.

• 6 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct Agricultural Slatted Shed with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460371

• 27 Feb 2023Conditional

  (a) Retention Permission for domestic fuel store attached to the existing garage and (b) Permission to convert existing attic area to habitable space with all associated site development works at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2355

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: Brierfield Turlough 000594
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Shad Lough 001648

Recorded monuments

• RO028-178 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope at the W end of a WNW-ESE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34m N-S; 31m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5-0.6m) which is incorporated into a field bank N-E. There are traces of a fosse (Wth of base 3.6m; D 0.15-0.2m) SE-SW, which has been excavated into ponds NE-SE and SW-W, but there is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-179 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  Towards the top of the S-facing slope of a hill overlooking Shad Lough, c. 600m to the S. Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 16m; H 0.3m) defined by a rounded fosse (Wth of top 4.2-5.7m; Wth of base 1.8-2m; D 0.15-0.3m), with a causeway (Wth 1m) at WNW (ext. diam. 20m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-180001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Drystone-lined depression (diam. 1.4m; D 0.7m) which is open to NE and which has a channel leading E that surfaces c. 3m distant. The well is surrounded by a grass-covered cairn (RO028-180003-) (diam. 6.6m NW-SE; 5.9m NE-SW; H 0.3-0.4m) on which an ash tree and whitethorns are growing. There is no evidence of veneration, but it was known locally as St Bridget's Well (Gormley 1989, 62). Fulacht fia (RO028-180002-) is c. 50m to the WSW, and Aghclare church (RO028-181001-) is c. 140m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-180002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. Subcircular grass-covered and flat-topped mound (dims of base 10.4m NE-SW; 8.5m NW-SE; dims of top 7.7m NE-SW; 6.3m NW-SE; H 0.3-0.4m) with a slight ridge on the perimeter (Wth of top 1m; int. H 0.2m) NW-NE. St Columcille's Well (RO028-180001-) is 50m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-180003 Penitential station
  Description

  On a low-lying level landscape. The holy well (RO028-180001-) is surrrounded by a grass-covered cairn (diam. 6.6m NW-SE; 5.9m NE-SW; H 0.3-0.4m) on which an ash tree and whitethorns are growing. Fulacht fia (RO028-180002-) is c. 50m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-181001 Church
  Description

  Listed as Athblor in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1304-06 (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223), it might once have been an independent parish but is now in the parish of Cloonygormican. The present remains were built c. 1720 by Charles Hawkes of Briarfiled (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 44) as a chapel-of-ease and it was still in use in the 1830s (1837 ed. of the OS 6 inch map). It is situated on a level landscape c. 400m NE of the E end of Lough Shad. The present remains consist of a rectangular structure (ext. dims 18.1m E-W; 7.3m N-S) surviving complete (H c. 3m), except the N wall (T 0.65m), with two large blocked window embrasures in the S wall and a round headed window (Wth c. 1m; H c. 3m) in the E wall. There is a lintelled doorway (Wth 1.06m; H 2.05m) in the W wall. It is within a rectangular graveyard (RO028-181002-) (dims 42m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by masonry walls, with grave markers and two early 19th century altar tombs but no headstones. There is no evidence of an older structure. The SW corner of the graveyard truncates the perimeter of rath (RO028-180003-) at NE, and St. Columcille's Well (RO028-180001-) is c. 140m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-181002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape c. 400m NE of the E end of Lough Shad. Aghclare church (RO028-181001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims 42m E-W; 40m N-S) defined by masonry walls, with grave-markers and two early 19th century altar tombs but no headstones. The SW corner of the graveyard truncates the perimeter of rath (RO028-180003-) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-181003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a level landscape, c. 400m NE of the E end of Lough Shad. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 41.6m E-W; 30.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-6.3m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.4-0.5m) SW-N-NE, and by a N-S field wall at E and an E-W field wall at S. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but the SW corner of the graveyard (RO028-181002-) of Aghclare Church (RO028-181001-) truncates the perimeter at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-243 Field system
  Description

  At the bottom of E and S-facing slopes, c. 50-600m from the N shore of Shad Lough, and c. 300m NW of Aghclare church (RO028-101001-). An area of about 30 acres (c. 12 ha) contains small rectangular fields (dims c. 20-40m x 40m) defined by earthen banks (Wth c. 2-3.5m; H 0.1-0.3m), sometimes with slight outer ditches (Wth of base 1-1.8m), or defined by ditches alone. There are traces of a roadway (Wth 10m) defined by slight banks (Wth c. 2m) running W-E from the site of Briarfield House, c. 1 km to the W. There are no house-sites or evidence of lazy-bed cultivation within the fields, although there are lazy-beds in the surrounding area. 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 Carrowbaun.

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 Carrowbaun, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Carrowbaun

Area

1,529,629 m² (152.96 ha, 377.98 acres)

Civil parish

Cloonygormican, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Carrowduff, the unit of the census

Census 2022

212 people lived in 80 households in the Carrowduff electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghabawmore, Brierfield, Dooneen, Grange, Rathmore

Placenames

Carrowbaun 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.