Ardeevin
Ardeevin is a townland in the civil parish of Baslick, barony of Castlereagh, Co. Roscommon.
- Area
- 208.8 ha
- 516 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 46,700 m² (4.67 ha, 11.54 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardeevin, from 188 m² to 152,332 m² (15.23 ha, 37.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardeevin 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
11 Nov 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to refurbish and extend existing semi-derelict dwelling, demolish rear extension, decommission existing septic tank and construct new waste water treatment system and percolation area, associated site works and services at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2582
16 Sept 2024Conditional
Permission to construct new agriculture entrance and all associated site works to farmlands at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 24131
10 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a new 5 bay slatted cattle shed together with all associated site works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2374
8 Dec 2021Conditional
Retention Permission for domestic garage & fuel store along with associated site works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 21687
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: Castleplunket Turlough 000598
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Brierfield Turlough 000594
Recorded monuments
- RO027-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
In a low-lying position at the NW edge of a basin. Oval grass-covered platform (dims 53m NW-SE; 45m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.8-1.1m) and fosse (Wth of top 4-5.5m; D 0.1-0.4m) which is largely re-cut as a field drain. There is no identifiable original entrance. The perimeter is overlain by field banks SE-W-NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
At the crest of the NE-facing slope and towards the NW end of a broad NW-SE ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 45.8m NW-SE; 35.8m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 0.8-1.1m) which is incorporated into a field bank N-NE and WNW-NW. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-080001 Enclosure
Description
On the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 82m N-S; 78m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 3.2m; H 0.4-0.9m), with slight internal and external silted drains (Wth of base 1-1.8; D 0.1m) at E. The bank is best preserved at the NW angle where it is overgrown (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.4m) with internal (Wth of base 1.4m; D 0.4m) and external (Wth of base 1.2m; D 0.3m) drains. There is no recognisable entrance, and cairn (RO027-080002-), probably a clearance cairn, is inside the SW angle. It has been reclaimed since 2002 (Bing c. 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO027-080002 Cairn - clearance cairn
Description
At the crest of the N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge, and within the SW angle of the rectangular enclosure (RO028-240001-). Circular grass-covered and flat-topped cairn (diam. of base 10.9m E-W; 10m N-S; H 0.2m at S to 0.4m at N), which is probably a clearance cairn. It has been removed since 2002 (Bing c. 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 27 September 2017
- RO028-247001 Enclosure
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 26m NNE-SSW; c. 26m WNW-ESE) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2.6-2.8m; H 0.1-0.3m), the E side of which extends off to the N as a field bank, and the S side of which extends off to the NW and SE. A house site (RO028-247002-) (int. dims 7.7m NNE-SSW; 3m WNW-ESE) defined by earthen banks (Wth 1.8-3.4m; H 0.1-0.3m) with entrances towards the N end of the long walls straddles the NE side of the enclosure. It is within field system (RO028-247003-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO028-247002 House - indeterminate date
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. The rectangular enclosure (RO028-247001-) is straddled by a house site at N. This is a grass-covered area (int. dims 7.7m N-S; 3m E-W) defined by earthen banks (Wth 1.8-3.4m; H 0.1-0.3m) with entrances towards the N end of the long walls. They are both within field system (RO028-247003-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO028-247003 Field system
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope of a WNW-ESE ridge. The rectangular enclosure (RO028-247001-) is straddled by the house site (RO028-247002-) at N. About 30m to the N of the enclosure an E-W field bank may be the S edge of an ENE-WSW road. This field bank could also be connected to the NE corner of enclosure (RO027-080001-) c. 200m to the W, forming part of a field system covering about 14 acres (c. 5.5 ha). The fields are large (dims c. 100m x c. 50) defined by grass-covered earthen banks (Wth 2-3m; H 0.2-0.4m) with no evidence of lazy-bed cultivation. 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 Ardeevin.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Ardeevin, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ardeevin.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardeevin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Ardeevin
- Area
- 2,088,258 m² (208.83 ha, 516.02 acres)
- Civil parish
- Baslick, and its townlands
- Barony
- Castlereagh
- Electoral division
- Castleplunket, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 563 people lived in 208 households in the Castleplunket electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballaghabawbeg, Castleplunket, Milltown, Slevin, Toberelva
- Placenames
- Ardeevin 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.