Ardakillin

69 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardakillin, from 963 m² to 255,191 m² (25.52 ha, 63.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ardakillin 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.

• 18 Feb 2022Conditional

  Retention permission for: 1. Detached workshop; 2. Detached Garden Gazebo; 3. Integral double garage to bungalow with first floor storage area at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2292

• 24 Jan 2022N/a

  Retention Permission for: 1. Detached workshop; 2. Detached Garden Gazebo; 3. Integral double garage to bungalow with first floor storage area at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2230

• 17 Dec 2021N/a

  Retention Permission for: 1. Detached Workshop; 2. Detached Garden Gazebo; 3. Integral double garage to bungalow at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 21711

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

• RO028-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On rock outcrop in a low-lying landscape. Oval grass-covered area (dims 41m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth c. 3m; H 0.2-0.5m) W-N-SE and a scarp (H 0.8m) elsewhere, with an outer bank (Wth 3.6m; H 0.3-0.4m) separated from the inner by a berm (Wth 1.7m) NNE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance, and much of the interior has been quarried. Archaeological monitoring (03E0914) of road-widening works, c. 140m to the S failed to produce any related archaeological material (Rooney 2006). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the W end of a low E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 37m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.5m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 1m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 6-7m; Wth of base 2.5-3m; D 0.2-0.3m) S-W, and a scarp (H 0.1m generally to 7m at N) elsewhere. There is a gap (Wth 11m) in the perimeter at E and the monument is bisected by a NNW-SSE field bank and ditches. Rath (RO028-096----) is c. 30m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 38m NNW-SSE; 36.2m WSW-ENE) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.2-4.8m; int. H 0.5-0.9m; ext. H 1.1-1.6m) which has been levelled (Wth 8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m) N-SE, and with a fosse (Wth of top 6.2-7m; D 0.3m) SE-W-NW. There is an entrance (Wth 3.2m) at ENE. Rath (RO028-095----) is c. 30m to the W, and rath (RO028-097----) is c. 50m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of an E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 28m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 2.3-3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m), with an outer fosse or drain (Wth of base 1m; D 0.2m) SE-SSW. There are entrances at ENE (Wth 2.5m) and NW (Wth 2m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the N-facing slope of a hillock. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35.8m ENE-WSW; 34.6m NNW-SSE) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 3.5-5.2m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m), with a fosse (Wth of top 6.7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.1-0.3m) W-NW. There are entrances at E (Wth 1.5m) and NNW (Wth 2m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-W drumlin ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 43m ENE-WSW; 39m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.1m) SE-S and W-N (Wth 3-3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 1-1.4m), with a fosse visible as a band of reeds (Wth 2.5m) W-N. The perimeter is incorporated into a field bank and hedge N-E, but reduced to a scarp (H 1m) S-W. There are entrances at NNW (Wth 2.8m), SE (Wth 4m) and SSW (Wth 2.1m). Rath (RO028-100----) is c. 110m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise on an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 46.3m E-W; 40.4m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with a hedge (Wth 4-5.5m; int. H 0.2m at W to 1.2m at N; ext. H 1.4m at W to 2.2m E-S) W-N-S but reduced to a scarp (H 1m) SW-W, and a rounded fosse (Wth of top 4.2m at W to 7.8m at E; Wth of base 1.8m at W to 3m at E; D 0.2m S-W to 0.8m at E). The entrance (Wth 1.9m) and causeway (Wth 4m) are at NNW (max. ext. dims 61.3m E-W; 53.5m N-S). Rath (RO028-099----) is c. 110m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope overlooking Ardakillin Lough c. 300m to the SW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 51.2m E-W; 50.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.1m at S to 0.5m at W; ext. H 0.7m at E to 1.5m at S) which is represented by a scarp down to the interior (H 0.4m) NNW-NNE, and a fosse (Wth of top 9.5m; Wth of base 5.6m; D 0.4m) W-NNW. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-102 Crannog
  Description

  At the bottom of a S-facing slope, and at the N edge of the basin of rectangular Ardakillin Lough (dims c. 500m E-W; c. 350m N-S) which is c. 100m to the 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). Crescent-shaped grass-covered and flat-topped earth and stone mound (dims of base 19.4m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE; dims of top 7.2m NW-SE; 6.5m NE-SW; H 1-1.5m) which was probably circular but a large quarry (diam. c. 11m) had been dug at NW. Crannog (RO028-104----) is c. 210m to the S. 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 Ardakillin.

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 Ardakillin, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ardakillin · Ard an Choillín

Area

2,222,322 m² (222.23 ha, 549.15 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

Bloomfield, Clooncullaan, Cloonfree, Cloonmurray, Cloonrane, Killukin, Lisnahirka, Lissaphuca, Nadnaveagh, Sroove

Placenames

Ardakillin 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.