Killukin

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killukin, from 211 m² to 539,727 m² (53.97 ha, 133.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killukin 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Killukin 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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ardakillin Lough 001617

Recorded monuments

• RO028-106 Crannog
  Description

  Marked only on the 1930 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated now on the S shore of rectangular Ardakillin Lough (dims. c. 500m E-W; c. 350m N-S). The lake was much larger in the 19th century (dims. c. 1.8km NE-SW; c. 350m NW-SE at NE to c. 600m NW-SE at SW), extending much further to the NE (1837 OS 6-inch map). Oval grass-covered cairn of stones (dims. 14m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.8m). Crannog (RO028-107----) is c. 130m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-107 Crannog
  Description

  Marked as an island (diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and now situated in the basin of rectangular Ardakillin Lough (dims. c. 500m E-W; c. 350m N-S), c. 120m S of the S shore. The lake was much larger in the 19th century (dims. c. 1.8km NE-SW; c. 350m NW-SE at NE to c. 600m NW-SE at SW), extending much further to the NE (1837 OS 6-inch map). Subcircular grass-covered rise (dims. 38m NW-SE; 30m NE-SW; H 0.5m) with a circular grass-covered mound (diam. 9m; H 1m) at the SW edge. Crannog (RO028-106----) is c. 130m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-108001 Church
  Description

  Towards the top of the gentle W-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 350m to NW. This is the parish church of Killukin, the identity of which in the ecclesiastical taxation of Pope Nicholas IV in 1306 is not clear (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223). It is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 18.1m E-W; 8.6m N-S) defined by the W wall (H 3.2m; T 0.9m) with good quoins at the SW angle but no other features, and the basal courses of the other walls (H 0.5-0.8m). It is within a D-shaped grass-covered enclosure (RO028-108002-) (dims 50m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-1m) with the straight side at N. There is no evidence of burial, and the perimeter at E is overlain by a N-S field wall. A rectangular limestone block (RO028-108003-) (dims 0.32m x 0.25m; L 0.44m) with a carved face at one end (Siggins 1990, 45) is now in Strokestown Heritage Centre (RO029-012----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 9 November 2018

• RO028-108002 Enclosure
  Description

  Towards the top of the gentle W-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 350m to NW. The parish church of Killukin (RO028-108001-) is within a D-shaped grass-covered enclosure (dims 50m N-S; 49m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-1m) with the straight side at N. There is no evidence of burial, and the perimeter at E is overlain by a N-S field wall. A rectangular limestone block (RO028-108003-) with a carved face at one end (Siggins 1990, 45) is now in Strokestown Heritage Centre (RO029-012----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-108003 Architectural feature
  Description

  Towards the top of the gentle W-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 350m to NW. A rectangular limestone block (dims 0.32m x 0.25m; L 0.44m) with a carved face at one end, which was amongst loose stonework at the church (RO028-108001-) (Siggins 1990, 45) is now in Strokestown Heritage Centre (RO029-012----). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle NW-facing slope of a drumlin overlooking Ardakillin Lough, c. 170m to the NW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 26m NW-SE; 25.7m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.2m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) N-E and S-W and a slight scarp (H 0.1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-110 Mound
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP: BDU 91) as a prominent feature and situated on top of a broad drumlin with Ardakillin Lough c. 300m to the NW. Described locally as a mound (diam. c. 5m; H c. 1m), it is not visible at ground level in pasture. 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 Killukin.

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 Killukin, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Killukin · Cill Lúcainn

Area

747,260 m² (74.73 ha, 184.65 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

Ardakillin, Cloonmurray, Cloonrane, Derryphatten, Oakfield

Placenames

Killukin 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.