Baslick

6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baslick, from 7,051 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres) to 256,274 m² (25.63 ha, 63.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Baslick 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 Baslick 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 Baslick.

Recorded monuments

• RO021-083001 Church
  Description

  An early church founded by St Patrick for the Ciarraige (Stokes 1887b, 111), and also the parish church of Baslick. Sachellus was the first bishop and references continue to 846 when it is said to have been plundered by the Vikings (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 374). According to Tírechán Baslick was closely associated with St. Patrick and Armagh through Sachellus or Soicheall (Ó Riain 2011, 567) and it may have held important relics. Ragallach Mac Uatach, perhaps the first securely-documented King of Connaught and of the Uí Briúin, was buried here in 649, although this was in the territory of the subject Ciarrraige Aí. Abbots are recorded in 742 and 759, but in 805 the abbot Cormac, son of the Uí Briúin king Tommaltaig, was killed by the Ciarraige. Tommaltaig's revenge marked the end of Ciarrraige dominance at Baslick, and the church began to loose its importance as the Uí Bruinn continued to dominate Macaire Connachta and Connaught in the 9th century. The church is listed as Baslick in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1306 as the centre of a parish (Cal. doc. Ire., vol. 5, 223), and it is situated on a bluff overlooking the N-S Termon stream which curves W just S of the site and ultimately joins the River Suck at Castlerea. (Gormley 1989, 107-8; Timoney 1990, 15; Moore 2009) The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 17.25m E-W; 8.25m N-S) defined by the complete W and N (H c. 3m) walls and the W end of the S wall (T 0.8m) that may incorporate earlier work. There is a blocked pointed doorway (H 1.63m) or the re-used stonework of one towards the E end of the N wall. Two broken but unfinished quernstones are built into the inner face of the N wall as well as a fragment of an ogham stone (RO021-083005-) (L 0.47m; T 0.11m) that was first identified by B. Shanahan in 2009 and was initially read by F. Moore as OMT_F_H or OMT_T_B AT (Shanahan 2013, 85) but is more likely to be AT(or C)IMAC(or Q) [I] (Pers. Comm. F. Moore). This is interpreted as ATI MAQI. The church is within a subcircular graveyard (RO021-083002-) (dims 52m N-S; 37m E-W) defined by a masonry wall but the perimeter had been an iron railing in the early 19th century (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 188). The single flat headstone (RO021-083004-) (dims 2.2m x 1.1m; T 0.2m) of a Michael Balfe dated 1777 where coffins were traditionally laid is just outside the graveyard beside the gate at W. The graveyard is in the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO021-083003-) recorded in remote sensing by the Discovery Programme during 2009 (Shanahan 2013). The enclosure (diam. c. 90m) is defined by two features that could be earthen banks placed 10m apart or it may be a wide bank with internal and external fosses. There are two outer concentric features that may represent additional enclosing elements (max. ext. diam. c. 240m N-S) or be part of the field system centred on the ecclesiastical enclosure. The rectangular fields (dims c. 30m x. c. 40m) are radiating from the ecclesiastical enclosure in at least two bands, particularly W-N and cover c. 3 ha (c. 7 acres). An E-W double-ditched feature (Wth c. 5m) approaching the ecclesiastical enclosure from the WNW might be a road or a field bank with two ditches, but a wider double-ditched feature (Wth 12-25m) outside the outermost enclosing element S-W is probably a droveway and leads to the quarries or ponds S of the graveyard. The ecclesiastical enclosure is centred on an enclosure (RO021-083006-) (diam. c. 40m) which may be bivallate or trivallate and is situated just NW of the graveyard. This is probably the earliest element of the site and may enclose an early cemetery. The mill-race (RO021-090001-) is adjacent to the E. This is visible as a reed-filled N-S silted ditch (Wth 1.8-2m; D 0.5m; L c. 400m) on an artificial terrace (Wth c. 5-6m) of the E-facing slope and c. 1m over the level of the stream. Towards the S end it develops a distinct bank (Wth 4.3m; H 0.4m at W; H 0.6m at E) on the E side, but its S end is quarried away. The mill-race has been interpreted as a later prehistoric linear earthwork (Moore, S. 2009, 118). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10th September, 2010 Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO021-083002 Graveyard
  Description

  On a bluff overlooking a N-S stream to the E and S. Baslick church (RO021-083001-) is within a subcircular graveyard (dims c. 52m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a masonry wall that had been defined by an iron railing in the early 19th century (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 188). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 Amended: 29 July, 2013

• RO021-083003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a bluff overlooking a N-S stream to E and S. The church (RO021-083001-) is within a graveyard (RO021-083002-) which is in the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure recorded in remote sensing by the Discovery Programme during 2009. The enclosure (diam. c. 90m) is defined by two features that could be earthen banks placed 10m apart or it may be a wide bank with internal and external fosses. There are two outer concentric features that may represent additional enclosing elements (max. ext. diam. c. 240m N-S) or be part of the field system (RO021-083007-) centred on the ecclesiastical enclosure. Within the ecclesiastical enclosure is a smaller enclosure (RO021-083006-) that is situated just NW of the graveyard and is probably the earliest element of the site. (Shanahan 2013, 84) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 10th September, 2010. Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO021-083004 Coffin-resting stone
  Description

  On a bluff overlooking a N-S stream to the E and S. The single flat headstone (dims 2.2m x 1.1m; T 0.2m) of a Michael Balfe dated 1777 where coffins were traditionally laid is just outside the graveyard (RO021-083002-) beside the gate at W. (Gormley 1989a, 107) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO021-083005 Ogham stone
  Description

  Two broken but unfinished quernstones are built into the inner face of the N wall of the church (RO021-083001-) where there is also a fragment of an ogham stone (L 0.47m; T 0.11m) that was first identified by B. Shanahan in 2009. This was initially read by F. Moore as OMT_F_H or OMT_T_B AT (Shanahan 2013, 85) but is more likely to be AT(or C)IMAC(or Q) [I] (Pers. Comm. F. Moore). This is interpreted as ATI MAQI. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 1 May 2013 Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO021-083006 Enclosure
  Description

  The ecclesiastical enclosure (RO021-083003-) recorded in remote sensing by the Discovery Programme during 2009 is centred on an enclosure (diam. c. 40m) which may be bivallate or trivallate and is situated just NW of the graveyard. This is probably the earliest element of the site and may enclose an early cemetery. (Shanahan 2013, 85) Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 10th September, 2010 Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO021-083007 Field system
  Description

  The ecclesiastical enclosure (RO021-083003-) recorded in remote sensing by the Discovery Programme during 2009 is surrounded by a field system consisting of rectangular fields (dims c. 30m x. c. 40m) radiating from it in at least two bands, particularly W-N and covering c. 3 ha. (c. 7 acres) (Shanahan 2013, 85-6). An E-W double-ditched feature (Wth c. 5m) approaching the ecclesiastical enclosure from the WNW might be a road or a field bank with two ditches, but a wider double-ditched feature (Wth 12-25m) outside the outermost enclosing element S-W is probably a droveway and leads to the quarries or ponds S of the graveyard. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 10th September, 2010. Amended: 30 July, 2013

• RO021-090001 Mill - unclassified
  Description

  On the steep scarp of the W bank of the N-S Termon River and just E of Baslick church (RO021-083001-). A millrace is visible as a reed-filled N-S silted ditch (Wth 1.8-2m; D 0.5m; L c. 400m) on an artificial terrace (Wth c. 5-6m) of the slope and c. 1m over the level of the stream. Towards the S end it develops a distinct bank (Wth 4.3m; H 0.4m at W; H 0.6m at E) on the E side, but its S end is quarried away. The mill-race has been interpreted as a later prehistoric linear earthwork (Moore 2009, 118). (Timoney 1990, 15) 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 Baslick.

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

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1140 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Baslick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Baslick · Baislic

Area

513,483 m² (51.35 ha, 126.88 acres)

Civil parish

Baslick, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Baslick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Baslick electoral division: 147 people in 55 households; 93% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloon, Carrowbaun, Cloonbard, Corlis, Termon Beg

Placenames

Baslick 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.