Lissadorn

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissadorn, from 570 m² to 292,989 m² (29.3 ha, 72.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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 Lissadorn 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.

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  Retention Permission to retain existing dwelling house elevations as constructed, along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works (The works are within the curtilage of a Protected Structure - Lissadorn Entrance Arch & Ancillary Structures No. 01600165 of the Roscommon County Council Record of Protected Structures) at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21664

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, the installation of a sewerage treatment unit and percolation area along with connections to all site services and all other associated site works. The proposed works are within the curtilage of a protected structure - Lisadorn Entrance Arch and Ancillary Structures No. 01600165 of the Roscommon County Council record of protected structures at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18649

• 27 Oct 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the proposed upgrade and alteration to the existing agricultural entrance and provision of access laneway to agricultural lands, including all ancillary works as per documents lodged, at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17440

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 Lissadorn.

Recorded monuments

• RO016-079 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope overlooking a NE-SW stream. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 32.5m E-W; 31m N-S) defined by an gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.7-4.3m; int. H 0.35-0.6m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m) NE-S-WNW and by a scarp (H 1.05m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-3.6m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) E-S-WNW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle WSW-facing slope overlooking a N-S stream c. 20m to the W. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 32.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown and gapped earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H 0.5-1.25m) WNW-N-S with internal facing stones at S, and by a scarp (H 0.8-1.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-081 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a shelf of a S-facing slope overlooking a W-E stream c. 40m to the S. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. 28.5m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.7-3.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.35m) W-ENE, and by a scarp (H 0.7m at E to 1.65m at S) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-4m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) WSW-N-ENE. An E-W field bank and drain cross the interior towards the perimeter at S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-084 Well
  Description

  In the yard of an 18th/19th century house. Described in gothic lettering as 'Moinighan's Well' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. There is no other information and it is not visible at ground level. This was probably just an ordinary well in a farmyard attached to Lissadorn House, c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-086 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 23.5m N-S; 21.5m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3m at E to 0.95m at W), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 3.5m; D 0.3-0.5m) WNW-N and S-SSW. A NNW-SSE drystone wall clips the perimeter at NE. Rath (RO016-088----) is c. 160m to the ENE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the SW end of a slight NE-SW ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 31m) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 5-5.6m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 1.2m) NW-N and SE-SSW, with an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5-3.6m; D 0.5m) SW-N-E that has been quarried at NW. There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO016-086----) is c. 160m to the WSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the W end of a low E-W ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.8-5.5m; int. H 0.3-0.6m; ext. H 1.8-2m) and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.2m at S to 3.6m at N; D 0.3-0.7m). There is no visible entrance. Rath (RO016-107----) is c. 180m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO016-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the top of the E-facing slope of a slight E-W ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 40m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 5.3-6.3m; int. H 0.7-0.9m; ext. H 1.3-1.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 4.5-6m; Wth of base 3.5-4.5m) E-S-NW from an overgrown middle bank (Wth 3.7-5m; int. H 0.3-1.1m; ext. H 0.4-1.1m) E-S-NW. There is a second fosse (Wth of top 3.2-3.7m Wth of base 2.5-3.2m) and a third outer overgrown bank (Wth 3.2-3.7m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 0.4-0.8m) ESE-S-NW. There is no visible entrance, and a NW-SE field bank truncates all the defining features at NE. Rath (RO016-106----) is c. 180m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO017-072 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of a low NE-SW drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 25.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.7m at N to 7m at W; int. H 0.5m at W to 1.1m at S; ext. H 1.65m at N to 2m at W), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.2m) SW-WNW. The entrance (Wth 3m) is at E, and a pond has been dug immediately outside the perimeter at 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 Lissadorn.

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 Lissadorn, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Lissadorn

Area

2,415,277 m² (241.53 ha, 596.83 acres)

Civil parish

Aughrim, and its townlands

Barony

Roscommon

Electoral division

Creeve, the unit of the census

Census 2022

137 people lived in 54 households in the Creeve electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardleckna, Boyanagh, Carrowreagh, Corgarve, Elphin, Kinard, Lishugh, Lismageevoge, Ryefield or Runnateggal, Tullynahearka

Placenames

Lissadorn 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.