Moyvannan

146 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Moyvannan, from 19 m² to 169,717 m² (16.97 ha, 41.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Moyvannan 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.

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC 000440
• Special Protection Area: Lough Ree SPA 004064
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree 000440

Recorded monuments

• RO048-037 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked on a Longfield map dated 1825 in NLI (21. F. 43 No 10) where it is described as 'Clognegan'. It is situated on the summit of a low N-S esker ridge, but it is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), and situated on a NE-facing slope in an undulating landscape. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 29m NNE-SSW; 29m WNW-ESE) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 8-9m; int. H 0.3-0.45m; ext. H 0.45-0.6m) and an outer fosse (at SSW: Wth of top 6.2m; Wth of base 2.5m; max. D 0.35), which is not visible ENE-SSE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO048-040----) is c. 30m to the SSE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a rectangular area of scrub (dims c. 35m x c. 35m), and situated on a NE-facing slope in an undulating landscape. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 28m NNE-SSW; 28m WNW-ESE) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 8-9m; int. H 0.1m at NE to 0.5m at SW; ext. H 0.2m at SW to 0.5m at NE), with slight traces of an outer fosse (at SSW: Wth of top 4.6m; Wth of base 2.5m) SSE-W-NNW. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO048-039----) is c. 30m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-041001 Church
  Description

  In a low-lying position on an undulating landscape. A beehive quernstone (RO048-041002-) and a stone basin which might be a bullaun stone (RO048-041003-) were found in 1958 where there is a local tradition of a church (NMI file). The quernstone was acquired by NMI (Lucas 1960, 36-7), but the possible bullaun stone cannot be traced. Archaeological testing (09E0496) just to the E failed to produce any related archaeological material (Byrne 2012a). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19 June, 2012

• RO048-041003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In 1958 a beehive quernstone (RO048-041002-) and a rather shapeless stone basin which may be a bullaun stone were found in a field where there was a tradition of a church (RO048-041001-) (NMI file). The basin is not described, but it would appear from photographs to be a large rather shapeless boulder(ext. dim. c. 0.6m) with a straight-sided basin (dim. c. 0.3m; D c. 0.15m). It is too large to be the base of a pot-quern or the font now kept at Lisbaun (RO048-197----), and its present location is unknown. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-043001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ENE-WSW ridge in an undulating landscape. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32.3m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 6-6.5m; int. H 0.75-0.85m; ext. H 1.7-1.1m) and a flat-bottomed outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 6.2m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.75m). There is no identifiable original entrance. The perimeter is quarried at SE and truncated at E by a NNW-SSE field and road wall, while the monument is circumscribed by a field wall SE-SSW. Earthworks (RO048-042----; RO048-044----; RO048-045----) are c. 180m, c. 140m and c. 180m to the NE, E and WSW respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-045 Earthwork
  Description

  Marked as an oval wooded feature (ext. dims c. 40m E-W; c. 30m N-S) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a circular hachured feature (ext. diam. c. 40-45m) on the 1915 ed. Situated on an undulating landscape, it is not visible at ground level in private gardens. Raths (RO048-043001-; RO048-046----) are c. 180m to the ENE and c. 40m to the SW respectively. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an undulating landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. 39.7m NNW-SSE; 36.7m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank (at NNW: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.85m) NW-E with slight traces of a fosse (Wth of base 2m) best preserved NNW-N, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H c. 0.7m) obscured with spoil elsewhere. The original entrance is cannot be identified. Earthwork (RO048-045----) is c. 40m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-048 Castle - tower house
  Description

  The castle of Moyvannan had been lost by Feogh O'Kelly to Irish rebels by 1596 (Cronin 1980, 117), and there is a graveslab of William Kelly of Moyvenen in Kiltoom graveyard (RO045-199002-), c. 1km to the N. Situated on a slight NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Ree. Rectangular structure (ext. dims. 8m N-S; 7m E-W) of four storeys with a base-batter and good quoins which was renovated in the 1980s as a dwelling. One quoin has an inscribed date of 1501. The original entrance, now replaced, is on the S side and a spiral stairs with some ogee-headed lights is at the SE angle. Two original double-light rectangular windows and three original rectangular lights are in the W wall. A chapel, now renovated as a dwelling, was added to N of the tower in the 18th century (Nash 1949, 10) when a pointed doorway was inserted into the E wall and other pointed windows were inserted into the tower. The present parapet was probably added at this time. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-049001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 30.7m N-S; c. 29.2 E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.5-7m; int. H 0.2m at N to 0.85m at S; ext. H 0.9m at S to 1.2m at N) with traces of stone-facing. It is surrounded by a fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 4.7m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.5m) and an outer bank (at NNE: Wth 4m; ext. H 0.4m) SW-N-E. The entrance is at ESE. The monument impinges on and is later than rath (RO48-049002-) which is immediately to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-049002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in an undulating landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. 37.4m ENE-WSW) defined by an earth and stone bank with internal facing-stones (at SW: Wth 6.3m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.8m) separated by an outer fosse (at SW: Wth of top 6m; Wth of base 1.4; D 0.55m) from traces of an external bank which is largely obscured by field stones. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m), but no causeway, at SE. The perimeter at NW is cut by the bank of rath (RO048-049001-) which lies immediately to the NW and which appears to infringe on this monument. Rath (RO048-050----) is c. 180m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m), and situated on a slight S-N spur of Feamore Hill. An arc of a scarp (C c. 10m; max. H 1m) survives W of a N-S field wall. Rath (RO048-049002-) is c. 180m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked faintly as a D-shaped embanked enclosure (dims c. 55m NW-SE; c. 40m NE-SW) truncated by the NW-SE Athlone-Roscommon road (N 61) at NE on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a steep E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a knoll towards the bottom of an E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. Raised circular scrub-covered area (diam. 33.9m WNW-ESE; 33.1m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank and hedge (Wth 5.5-6m; int. H. 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.7-1.8m), with a silted fosse (Wth of top 5.5m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.2m) visible at NE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked as a circular embanked copse (ext. diam. c. 50-55m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the crest of the E-facing slope of Feamore Hill. It is not visible at ground level in pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO048-156 Souterrain
  Description

  There is a local tradition of a 'hollow sound' on the driveway in to Moyvannan Castle (RO048-048----) c. 30m E of the tower house, which is still known locally. (Nash 1949, 10) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• Moyvannan Castle, country house, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey castellated country house, built c.1860, with earlier three-stage tower house to south. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and Irish crenellations to parapet of house and tower house. Rendered walls to house with tooled limestone string course, roughcast-rendered walls to tower house. Square-headed window openings to house with chamfered limestone surrounds. Various window types to tower house. Tudor-arched door opening to house with chamfered limestone surround and label moulding. Square-headed door opening to tower house with replacement surround.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey house, built c.1860. Pitched thatched roof with a red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth and quoins. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled and glazed door. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding located across road with corrugated-iron roof and rendered walls.

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 Moyvannan, 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 high, 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 Moyvannan.

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

Name

Moyvannan

Area

2,411,294 m² (241.13 ha, 595.84 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltoom, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Kiltoom, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,716 people lived in 534 households in the Kiltoom electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrick, Carrowmurragh, Carrownolan, Cornaseer, Feamore, Kiltoom

Placenames

Moyvannan 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.