Rusheen

Area

85,381 m² (8.54 ha, 21.1 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

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

Rusheen

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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 22 recorded monuments.

• RO006-103001 Church
  Description

  The site of the parish church of Ardcarn, listed as Ardcarna in the Papal taxation of 1306 (Cal. Doc. Ire., vol. 5, 224), on the site of an early church (RO006-103002-). Situated on the NE-facing slope of a Ardcarn Hill. Rectangular graveyard (RO006-103004-) (dims 85m E-W; 60m N-S) defined by a mortared stone wall. The sandstone jamb of a medieval doorway is used as a headstone, and a limestone armorial plaque (RO06-103005-) erected by Cormac MacDermot, possibly a son of Owen Mac Conor Og of Aghacarra (Mulhall 1907-09; Mac Dermot 1996, 360), in honour of his wife Elinor Crean in 1688 is situated just E of the present Church of Ireland church in the graveyard. It consists of a crucifixion over the crests of both families and a largely illegible inscription, all within a raised border (Wth 1.4m; H 1.95m). A cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103019-) is just S of the E end of the present church which was damaged in a fire in 1858 and re-dedicated in 1860. The site is within an extensive deserted settlement (RO006-103007-). (Weld 1832, 245-6; O'Flanagan 1931, 90-91; D'Alton 1845, 93-6; Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 17 April, 2014

• RO006-103002 Church
  Description

  This is the site of an early church which was reputedly founded by St Beo Aodh or Beoaidh in the 6th century. Little is known of this saint but the genealogists attach him to the Corca Laoighde of south Munster, and he may be identical with the Beoaidh of the church (LE018-037----) on Inchmagrath Island in Lough Allen (Ó Riain 2011, 103). Nothing is known of its history thereafter, but it was important enough to be made a diocesan centre between the synods of Rathbrassil (AD 1111) and Kells (AD 1152), and an erenagh is mentioned in 1240 (Tonra 1998, 55). In the later middle ages it was also the parish church of Ardcarn (RO006-103001-). Its precise location is uncertain but was generally on the NE-facing slope of Ardcarn Hill, surrounded by the earthworks of the deserted settlement (RO006-103007-). The site of the nunnery (RO006-103003-) is at the bottom of this slope c. 150m to the SE of the present Church of Ireland church. The early church may have been situated in the new graveyard on a steep NE-facing slope of Ardcarn Hill, which is described as the site of Templemihil only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, where a small cross-inscribed pillar (RO006-103006-) (H 0.55m; 0.1-0.17m x 0.1m) is situated (Herity et al. 1997, 114). A second cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103020-) identified in this graveyard by Mary B. Timoney in 2015. A third cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103019-) is just S of the E end of the present church in the old graveyard. (Weld 1832,245-6; O'Flanagan 1931,90-91; D'Alton 1845,93-6; Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 29; Tonra 1998) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 May, 2015

• RO006-103003 Religious house - Augustinian, of Arrouaise nuns
  Description

  An Arroasian house of nuns and canons was established as St Mary's, Ardcarn, probably in the 12th century, and the church was enlarged by Clarus Mac Mailin in 1243. By 1223 it had been annexed to the convent of Kilcreevanty, Co. Galway (Hall 2003, 79). An inquisition in 1590 describes the nunnery as a church and two houses of stone. In 1595 it was granted to a Terence O'Byrne, and in 1598 to Trinity College, Dublin. It is situated on flat dry ground at the base of the E-facing slope of Ardcarn Hill. The visible remains consist of the foundations of a mortared stone wall (L 8.67 NW-SE, Wth 0.75m, H 1.75m) within the field-system (RO006-103007-). (Weld 1832, 245-6; O'Flanigan 1931, 90-91; D'alton 1845, 93-6; Gwynne and Hadcock 1988, 312; Tonra 1998) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-103004 Graveyard
  Description

  On the E-facing slope of Ardcarn Hill. Rectangular graveyard (dims 85m E-W; 60m N-S) on the site of the medieval parish church (RO006-103001-) defined by a mortared stone wall. A sandstone jam of a medieval doorway is used as a headstone as is a fragment of a window surround. A limestone memorial plaque erected by Cormac MacDermot, possibly a son of Owen Mac Conor Og of Aghacarra (Mac Dermot 1996, 360), in honour of his wife Elinor Crean in 1688 is situated just E of the present Church of Ireland church in the graveyard. There is a cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103019-) just S of the E end of the present church which was revamped in 1860 at the NW edge of the graveyard. A new graveyard (dims c. 100m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) defined by masonry walls was built by 1914 and it contains the cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103006-) and a second cross-inscribed stone (RO006-103020-) identified by Mary B. Timoney in 2015. Archaeological supervision (14E0166) of the laying of a drain in the new graveyard produced no archaeological material (Timoney 2016). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 17 April, 2014; 30 October 2020

• RO006-103005 Armorial plaque
  Description

  The early monastery of Ardcarn (RO006-103001-) was also the site of Ardcarn parish (RO006-103002-) in the later midlle ages and is situated on the E-facing slope of Ardcarn Hill. A limestone armorial plaque erected by Cormac MacDermot, possibly a son of Owen Mac Conor Og of Aghacarra (Mulhall 1907-09; Mac Dermot 1996, 360), in honour of his wife Elinor Crean in 1688 is situated just E of the present Church of Ireland church in the graveyard (RO006-103004-). It consists of a crucifixion over the crests of both families and a largely illegible inscription, all within a raised border (Wth 1.4m; H 1.95m). (Weld 1832,245-6; D'Alton 1845,93-6; Timoney 1982, 8; Tonra 1998) See the attached image. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-103006 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Towards the top of an E-facing slope in the new graveyard (dims. c. 90m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE) at Ardcarn church site (RO006-103002-) which is marked 'Templemihil' only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A small slab (dims. 0.1-0.2m x 0.1m; H 0.53m) inscribed with a small cross (H 0.11m; Wth 0.09m) on one face is at the site (Herity et al. 1997,114). Archaeological testing (14E0166) for the laying of a drainage pipe at the S corner of the new graveyard in the vicinity of this stone produced no related material (Timoney 2014). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 5 February 2020

• RO006-103007 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  On an E-facing slope with rock outcrop, between Ardcarn church (RO006-103001-) and the NW-SE line of the N4 which turns WSW c. 300m N of the church. Nothing survives N and E of the N4. An area of c. 30 ha (c. 80 acres) containing D-shaped, wedge-shaped and rectangular fields (dims 23m x 17m to 140m x 125m). The field boundaries are defined by grass-covered scarps, collapsed stone walls and earthen banks (Wth 3-5m; H 0.2-1m). A roadway (RO006-103012-), visible in part as a hollow way (Wth 4-6m; D 0.2-0.5m), runs NE-SW from rath (RO006-149----) (L c. 800m), curving N around the base of Ardcarn hill (L c. 300m). At its N end it meets a NW-SE roadway (RO006-103008-), visible in part as a hollow way (Wth 5-10m; L c. 700m) (Halpin 1995) which is parallel with the N4 and c. 30-40m from it. The angle between the relict roads is foreshortened by another hollow way (L c. 260m) c. 230m short of their junction. The nunnery (RO006-103003-) is situated within this triangle, and there are three house-sites in this area including (RO006-103013-) a rectangular grass-covered platform (dims 6.5m N-S; 6m E-W; H 0.3m), (RO006-103014-) a subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 8.5m E-W; 7.8m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.65-4m; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 0.3-1m) with an entrance (Wth 1.5m) at E, and (RO006-103015-) a rectangular structure (int. dims 12m E-W; 5.8m N-S) defined by the base of a double-faced wall (Wth 1-1.3m) with no visible entrance. About 200m N of Ardcarn Church is the site of a rath (RO006-103009-) and a cairn (RO006-103011-), and there is a mound (RO006-103018-) c. 450m WNW of the church. The S end of the field system incorporates two cashels (RO006-103016-; RO006-103017-). Archaeological testing (Henry 2000a) prior to the widening of the N4 at the NE edge of the earthwork complex failed to produce any dating or settlement evidence, but excavation showed that the banks were composed of earth (Wth 4-5m; H 0.4m) overlain by field stones or the remnants of drystone walls. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-103008 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On the SE-facing slopes of a rise and flat ground. Linear grass-covered feature (L 700m; Wth 4.6m-6m) beginning c. 100m E of Ardcarn Church (RO006-103002-) at a point where it meets road (RO006-103012-) and running off to the SE, parallel with the N4 and c. 30-40m from it. Archaeological testing across this feature towards its S end showed that it had been created by cutting back the soil and heaping it to either side to make the banks, but no metalled surface or dating evidence was recovered (Halpin 1995). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-103009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise on a gentle N-facing slope, and within the ambit of the fields of the deserted settlement (RO006-103007-). Described in 1968 as a circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank, perhaps surmounted by a stone wall, separated by a fosse from an outer earthen bank (SMR file), which was removed in 1968 and is now largely occupied by the N4 roadway. Cairn (RO006-103011-) is c. 70m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO006-103011 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a bluff on a NE-facing slope and within the ambit of the fields of the deserted settlement (RO006-103007-). Subcircular grass-covered cairn (diam. 5.7m E-W; 4.2m; H 0.7-1m) which originally had a flush exterior (diam. c. 3m), the facing stones of which can be seen W-N. From its structure and its position close to the church (RO006-103001-), it could have supported a wayside cross, although there is no evidence of a cross. Rath (RO006-103009-) is c. 70m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

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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