Tawnagh
Tawnagh is a townland in the civil parish of Taghmaconnell, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon.
Parcel 683369
- Area
- 139,023 m² (13.9 ha, 34.35 acres)
- Buildings
- 6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 658 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
- Tawnagh
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 Area of Conservation: Ballynamona Bog and Corkip Lough SAC 002339
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 6 recorded monuments.
- RO048-096 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Visible as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 595-6), and situated on a rise in an undulating landscape. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-097001 Field system
Description
In an undulating landscape. An area of about 50 acres (c. 20 ha) containing irregular fields (dims c. 20m x 10m to c. 50m x c. 20m). The fields are defined by grass-covered earth and stone banks (Wth c. 2-3m; H c. 0.5m) with some scrub which seem to relate to the contours. The fields are not marked on the 1837 or 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map. At the NW end there are larger rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x c. 50-60m), which are generally aligned NW-SE, the same as the modern drystone walled fields. No house sites or lazy beds are visible within the area. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-097003 Road - road/trackway
Description
Marked as a laneway (L c. 900m) on the 1837 ed. Of the OS 6-inch map, and rising from the S up a S-facing slope to a point where the wayside cross (RO048-117----) is situated just to its W and the road begins to descend to the N. From the S to where the cross is situated the road is a country lane (Wth 2m) with grass margins (Wth 1.6m) bordered by drystone walls. N of the cross it is a grass-covered area (Wth 9m; L c. 100m) bordered by a drystone wall and townland boundary with Skeavally at E and the grass-covered remnants of a wall (Wth 0.5m; H 0.5m) at W. It ends abruptly at the E-W townland boundary and drystone wall with Cuilleenoolagh (RO048-098----) at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-097008 Field system
Description
In an undulating landscape. An area of about 110 acres (c. 45 ha) contains relict field walls of collapsed drystone construction, now partly grass-covered (Wth c. 2-3m; c. H 0.5m) in rough pasture. The fields can be small (dims c. 20m x c. 30m), particularly at its NW end and close to the E-W Athlone to Dysart road. Larger fields (dims c. 100m x up to 500m) exist further from the road. No house sites or lazy-beds were noted. The entire field system was recorded and test-excavated (04E0626), and it is postulated that the fields are 17th century or later in date (Mount 2007) as much of the area is described as woodland on the Strafford map of c. 1636 (Simington 1949, Athlone (172, 174)). (Mount 2004) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 November, 2015
- RO048-098 Linear earthwork
Description
On an undulating landscape. This wall (L c. 5km) forms the boundary between Moyfinn, which is the Keogh territory of Taghmaconnell parish, to the S and the parishes of Dysart, which was O'Fallon of Milltown territory, and Cam parish to the N as marked on the Strafford map of Athlone barony c. 1636 (Simington 1949). It is also the boundary between Clonfert and Elphin dioceses. Drystone-built wall (Wth c. 1m; H c. 1.2-1.6m), well-built, but collapsed in places. It is slightly stronger than other walls in the area, frequently with two flush faces, but there is no evidence of an older wall on its line. It is accompanied at its E end by a laneway (L c. 700m) on its N side. Although this follows the line depicted on the Strafford map there is no conclusive evidence that it is the wall represented. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-117001 Cross - Wayside cross
Description
On a rise at the W side of S-N road (RO048-097003-) which is at the summit of a slight col where the road begins to descend to the N. Portion of the shaft (dims 0.26m x 0.26m; H 0.44m) and head of a Latin cross (H 0.74m; Span 0.62m; max. T 0.14m) in limestone together with a stone surround (dims 2.65m x 2.65m). The cross-head has an inscription in false relief which is now illegible but which is thought to commemorate Thady Keogh who died in 1734 (Moore 1978, 64; Siggins 1988, 58). 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
- 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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
- 225.1 ha
- 556 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 26,253 m² (2.63 ha, 6.49 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tawnagh, from 166 m² to 245,030 m² (24.5 ha, 60.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Tawnagh 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
No planning application touches the townland of Tawnagh 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Ballynamona Bog and Corkip Lough SAC 002339
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Feacle Turlough 001634
Recorded monuments
- RO048-129 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m), and situated on a S-facing slope in an area with field walls. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but was probably a cashel. The cashel (RO048-128----) is c. 130m to the NW and cashel (RO048-130----) is c. 180m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 28 June 2018
- RO048-130 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a gentle S-facing slope. Subcircular overgrown area (dims 55m NNE-SSW; 47.7m WNW-ESE) defined by an overgrown stone spread (at S: Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.7m; ext. H 1.2m) with external facing-stones intermittently visible, especially NNE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance, but the perimeter is overlain by a field wall NW-E-SE and there are some clearance cairns in the interior. Rath (RO048-187----) is c. 180m to the NE, cashel (RO048-131----) is c. 60m to the ESE, and ringfort (RO048-129----) is c. 180m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-131 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Visible as a circular enclousre on aerial photographs (GSIAP M 595-6), and situated on a slight rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. dims. c. 29m NNW-SSE; 27.7m ENE-WSW) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 2.5-5.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.2-1.3m) with intermittently visible facing stones. There is no visible entrance but a relict field wall traverses the interior diagonally NE-SW. The perimeter is incorporated into a field wall NNW-NE and obscured by field stones S-WSW. Cashel (RO048-130----) is c. 60m to the WNW and rath (RO048-187----) is c. 180m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-132 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m), and situated on the crest of a low NW-SE ridge in an area with field walls. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but was probably a cashel. The possible cashel (RO048-133----) is c. 150m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-133 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m), and situated on an undulating landscape with field walls. It is not visible at ground level in pasture but it was probably a cashel. The cashel (RO048-132----) is c. 150m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-134 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 25m E-W; c. 20m N-S) cut by field walls at W and S, and situated on an undulating landscape. An arc of the perimeter consisting of a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5m; H 0.6m) with intermittently visible facing-stones (original Wth of wall 1.5m), but largely obscured by field stones, survives N-E. There is an entrance (Wth 1.5m), possibly modern, at ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-135 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 50m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) slightly truncated by a NE-SW field bank at SE. Situated on an undulating landscape with field walls, it is not visible at ground level in pasture but was probably a cashel. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 28 June 2018
- RO048-136 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked as a slight D-shaped feature (dims c. 45m E-W; c. 25m N-S) open to the N on the 1837 ed. and as an oval enclosure (ext. dims c. 60m E-W; c. 40m N-S) on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on an undulating landscape. This is a D-shaped overgrown area (dims 26.6m NNE-SSW; c. 20m WNW-SSE) defined by a scarp (H 1.35m) S-SW and an earth and stone spread (Wth 5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m) with facing-stones (original Wth 1.5m) SW-NNE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The monument is bisected by a N-S field wall and townland boundary, and does not survive E of this in Carrowkeeran. An E-W field wall overlies the interior in Tawnagh with the perimeter surviving best S of this. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-137 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 45m), and situated on an undulating landscape. This is a D-shaped overgrown area (dims 30.5m NW-SE; c. 15m NE-SW) defined by the base of a stone wall or bank with facing-stones (Wth 1.6m) which survives NW-E-SE. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The monument is bisected by a NW-SE field bank and does not survive above ground SW of this feature. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-187 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle SE-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 30m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.75-3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.05-0.3m) SSW-N-ENE with some evidence of facing-stones and a few bushes. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, but there are old quarry pits and upcast in the interior. Cashels (RO048-130----; RO048-131----) are c. 180m to the SW and SSW respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO051-011 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
On the crest of a low N-S ridge in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered mound which has been distorted by quarrying (diam. of base c. 5m; H 0.2-0.4m) separated by a berm or fosse (Wth 0.7-1.4m) from an outer earthen bank (Wth 5.9-6.2m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.7m). The monument slopes down to the SW (max. ext. diam.18.7m NNE-SSW) and a trig. station is built on the outer bank at NE. 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 Tawnagh.
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
- 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, low (inferred). Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Tawnagh.
- 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 Tawnagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Tawnagh
- Area
- 2,251,177 m² (225.12 ha, 556.28 acres)
- Civil parish
- Taghmaconnell, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone South
- Electoral division
- Castlesampson, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 408 people lived in 138 households in the Castlesampson electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cam, Carrowkeeran, Cornageeha, Feacle, Kilkenny, Pollalaher
- Placenames
- Tawnagh 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.