Ardmullan
Townland in the civil parish of Cam, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon; in Irish Ard Maoláin
Parcel 719785
- Area
- 2,166 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 230 m² on the ground
- 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
- Ardmullan
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
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 249.1 ha
- 616 acres
- Land parcels
- 76
- registered freehold, median 12,027 m² (1.2 ha, 2.97 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardmullan, from 278 m² to 144,787 m² (14.48 ha, 35.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardmullan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
9 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for the construction of a new, detached, single-storey dwelling house, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660339
2 Jul 2026N/a
Permission for the construction of a new, detached, single-storey dwelling house, domestic wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660325
3 Nov 2025Conditional
Permission to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560519
13 Oct 2025N/a
Permission for the construction of a single storey detached bungalow, single storey detached domestic garage, entrance, secondary effluent treatment system and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560484
24 Jul 2025Conditional
Permission to demolish existing side porch and to construct a new side extension to existing dwelling house including changes to window opes to the front and rear elevations and works to upgrade existing percolation area and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560362
22 May 2025Conditional
Planning Permission for the following works: 1. To demolish rear ground floor extension and to construct a new ground & first floor extension to the rear of existing dwelling house with internal change to existing ground and first floor plans. 2. To demolish rear garden shed and to construct a new garage. 3. To install new treatment unit & percolation area and all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2537
2 May 2025Conditional
Permission to construct a four bedroom dwelling. The application will also include a garage, new domestic entrance, effluent treatment system, percolation area and all associated site-works and drainage at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560200
3 Mar 2025N/a
Planning permission to demolish existing side porch and to construct a new side extension to existing dwelling house including changes to window opes to the front and rear elevations and all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560077
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Funshinagh 000611
Recorded monuments
- RO045-184 Ringfort - rath
Description
Towards the bottom of a NW-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill overlooking the SE corner of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough c. 450m to the NW. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 34.3m NNW-SSE; 31.3m ENE-WSW) defined by an earthen bank with bushes (at SSE: Wth 5.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.05m) and an outer fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 4.3m; Wth of base 0.7m; D 0.3m) ESE-WNW, and a less substantial bank (at NNW: Wth 4m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.85m) elsewhere N of a WNW-ESE field bank which bisects the interior. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-186 Earthwork
Description
Visible as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 469-8), and situated towards the top of a N-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill. Subrectangular grass-covered platform (dims of top 12m E-W; 9m N-S; dims of base 22m E-W; 21m N-S; H 0.35-0.45m E-S to 1.15-2m W-N) separated by a berm (Wth 17-20m) from slight traces of a low bank curving E-S. Rath (RO045-187----) is c. 160m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-187 Ringfort - rath
Description
Towards the top of a NE-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill. D-shaped grass and scrub-covered area (dims 32.6m NNE-SSW, c. 20m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (at E: Wth 7.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.6m) with no visible fosse NNE-E-SSW. There is an entrance (Wth 1.8m) at ESE. The monument is truncated at W by a NNE-SSW field bank and does not survive visibly W of this. Earthwork (RO045-186----) is c. 160m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-021 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (ext. diam. c. 35m) and situated on a W-facing slope in an area with stone field walls. It was removed in the 1960s leaving a mound of spoil, and it was probably a cashel. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-022 Sweathouse
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map with houses c. 50m to the N and S, and situated towards the top of a SW-facing slope where it is built into the hillside. This is a circular stone-walled structure (int. diam. 1.4m; max. H 1.3m) with a doorway (Wth 0.4m; H 0.55m) at ESE, but the roof does not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-023 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a S-facing slope above the crest of the S-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill. Circular raised grass-covered area (diam. 46.5m WNW-ESE; 43.5m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at SSW: Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.35m) reduced to a scarp in places, with a fosse (at NNE: Wth of top 6.3m; Wth of base 2m; D 0.8m) N-E. There is an entrance (Wth 2.4m) at SE. A field wall is built on perimeter W-NW, and the perimeter is quarried NNW-NE. Rath (RO048-024----) is c. 190m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO048-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a prominent rise on an E-facing slope of Ardmullan Hill. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 22.5m WNW-ESE; 21.5m NNE-SSW) defined by intermittently visible facing-stones of what was probably a stone-clad earthen bank (Wth 1.3-1.4m; max. ext. H 0.8m). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO048-023----) is c. 190m to the SW. 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 Ardmullan.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardmullan.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardmullan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Ardmullan · Ard Maoláin
- Area
- 2,491,231 m² (249.12 ha, 615.6 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Athlone South
- Electoral division
- Rockhill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rockhill electoral division: 436 people in 151 households; 93% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrick, Carrowkeeny, Carrownolan, Carrownure, Curraghboy, Inchiroe and Gortfree, Lisfelim, Rackans, Srahauns
- Placenames
- Ardmullan 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.