Killeen East

53 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killeen East, from 178 m² to 65,782 m² (6.58 ha, 16.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Killeen East 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 Killeen East 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 the townland of Killeen East.

Recorded monuments

• RO022-157 Crannog
  Description

  Marked only on the 1927 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated in the centre of subrectangular Lough O'Moran (dims. c. 220m N-S; c. 210m E-W). Circular grass-covered stoney mound which is largely under the water (diam. c. 11m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO022-165 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge road development. It is situated at the crest of the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. This is a raised circular and grass-covered area (diam. 28m E-W; 26m N-S) defined by a wide scarp (at N: Wth 5m; H 0.6m) traceable SW-N-SE. There is no visible fosse and an original entrance is not identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 August, 2016

• RO022-170 Enclosure
  Description

  First identified in an unpublished archaeological LiDAR report (Davis, 2015) and unpublished archaeo-geophysical report (Bonsall & Gimson 2015) commissioned by Roscommon County Council as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen - Scramoge Road Project’. Located on a broad hill with a valley (Wth c. 40m) just to the E. While the LiDAR image depicts a semi-circular feature defined by a scarp N-E-S, an antiquity could not be confirmed when inspected in uncut meadow grass in July, 2016. As part of the planning conditions associated with the road project, this feature was to be preserved in situ. While the feature itself was not tested during a subsequent phase of works, a re-evaluation of the geophysics and the discovery, through archaeological excavation, of features adjacent to it (a ring-ditch (RO022-170001-; pits (RO022-170002- and RO022-170003-) and linear features (RO022-170004-)) suggested to the excavators that the feature was archaeological in nature, comprising a D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 26m E-W) with a straight W-side (L c. 29m N-S) with a possible annexe at S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 4 August 2023

• RO022-170001 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located c. 20m to the W of an enclosure (RO022-170----) and discovered through archaeological excavation in conjunction with the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project’. A circular ring-ditch (external diams. 5.32m N-S; 5.22m E-W; int. diams. 3.2m N-S; 3.25m E-W) was defined by a shallow ditch (D 0.25-0.27m; Wth 0.94-1.25m) with no evidence of an entrance. The ditch fills contained a substantial amount of burnt bone, glass beads, flint flakes and a fragment of a stone bracelet. The monument was fully excavated and recorded. Closely associated and also excavated were a series of pits (RO022-170002- and RO022-170003-) and linear features (RO022-170004-). See attached images: • RO022-170001-_01 Snip from Google Earth imagery (11-5-2020) showing location of ring-ditch after excavation. • RO022-170001-_02 Snips of Plates 7 and 8 from ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Stage (iii) Post-Excavation Assessment Report: Killeen East 1 (March 2022. Unpublished)’ showing photos of the excavated ring-ditch. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

• RO022-170002 Pit
  Description

  Closely associated with a ring-ditch (RO022-170001-) and an enclosure (RO022-170----) and discovered through archaeological excavation in conjunction with the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project’. Three pits were found; two only 0.4m apart. The larger of the two was sub-rectangular (L 2.32m; Wth 1.95m; D 0.58m) and its fills included greyish black silty clay with moderate amounts of charcoal, small pebbles and large sub-angular stones. Its upper fill also contained a glass bead. The smaller pit was circular (diam. 0.44m) and shallower (D 0.18m) and contained a single fill of dark-grey to black clay. A third, shallow (D 0.2m) sub-oval pit (L 0.64m; Wth 0.53m) had a fill of mid-yellowish brown silty clay containing large sub-angular pebbles overlain by an upper fill of dark brown silty sandy clay containing occasional flecks of charcoal. A shallow (D 0.12m) posthole was also discovered; circular (diam. 0.26m) but step-sided, and contained a single fill of dark greyish brown silty clay. The features were fully excavated and recorded. Also associated and excavated were a ring-ditch (RO022-170001-) second series of pits (RO022-170003-) and linear features (RO022-170004-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

• RO022-170003 Pit
  Description

  Closely associated to E and NE of an enclosure (RO022-170----) and discovered through archaeological excavation in conjunction with the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project’. Four pits were found: the southernmost was irregular in plan (L 1.5m; Wth 0.95m; D 0.21m) and samples of fill produced charcoal, charred plant macrofossils, burnt clay and burnt bone. The abundance of charred plant macrofossils and in-situ burning was interpreted as suggesting it may have been used to dry, cook or otherwise process cereal grains, while the burnt bone awaits specialist identification. A second pit, c. 9m to NE of the first, was subrectangular (L 1.5m; Wth 1.24m; 0.34m) and contained a single fill of moderately compacted brownish red silty clay with occasional charcoal flecks. It was interpreted as perhaps having been dug to extract soil or stone, rather than for a space to do or deposit something in. A third pit, c. 2.8m NE of the previous, was smaller and shallower: sub-oval in plan (L 0.89m; Wth 0.85m; D 0.13m), it contained a single fill of black clayey silt with lenses of heat oxidised clayey silt with charcoal and frequent inclusions of burnt bone and ash. A sample produced charcoal and abundant charred plant macrofossils suggesting it may have been used to dry, cook or otherwise process cereal grains. A fourth pit, at a remove c. 22.5m to the N of the previous, was sub oval (L 1,73m; Wth 0.69m; D 0.22m) and contained a single fill of mid-orangey brown silty clay. A sample of its fill produced no charcoal or charred plant macrofossils or other recognisable remains of significance and this pit was interpreted as having been dug to extract soil or stone, rather than for a space to do or deposit something in. The features were fully excavated and recorded. Also associated and excavated were a second series of pits (RO022-170002-), linear features (RO022-170004-) and a ring-ditch (RO022-170001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

• RO022-170004 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Immediately N of an enclosure (RO022-170----) and discovered through archaeological excavation in conjunction with the ‘N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project’. Two roughly parallel ditches ran north–south, between 1.1m and 2.8m apart: The westernmost (L c.23m; Wth 1.3m; D 0.33m deep (Figure 18.1) had a gently sloped W-side, a steep E-side and a concave base and the fill included mid to dark-brown silty sandy clay and mid to dark-brown silty sand containing occasional charcoal flecks. The easternmost ditch (L c.22.5m; Wth 1m; D 0.22m) had gently sloping sides and a concave base and its single fill consisted of greyish brown silty clay containing occasional flecks of charcoal. A pit located 2.2m to the east of this ditch; oval (L1.55m; Wth 1.05m: D 0.26m) contained a single fill of mid to dark-greyish brown silty clay. A fragment of a rotary quern was recovered from the fill. The thin fragment (T 8cms) was of greyish white sandstone, circular in plan (diams. 0.4m; 0.36m) and concave in profile. The features were fully excavated and recorded. Also associated and excavated were a ring-ditch (RO022-170001-) and a series of pits (RO022-170002- and RO022-170003-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 4 August 2023

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killeen East.

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 Killeen East, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, 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 Killeen East.

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

Name

Killeen East

Area

803,337 m² (80.33 ha, 198.51 acres)

Civil parish

Shankill, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Rossmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

169 people lived in 58 households in the Rossmore electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clooncullaan, Cloonroughan, Lugboy, Lurgan, Tullycartron, Tullyloyd

Placenames

Killeen East 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.