Boghtaduff
Townland in the civil parish of Castlemore, barony of Costello, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 377.4 ha
- 933 acres
- Land parcels
- 139
- registered freehold, median 12,322 m² (1.23 ha, 3.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 10
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
139 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Boghtaduff, from 32 m² to 133,233 m² (13.32 ha, 32.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 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 Boghtaduff 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
16 Mar 2022N/a
Retention Permission for development consisting of : The dwelling attic conversion, the domestic garage & general purpose shed and the second entrance together with all ancillary site works at
Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22148
30 Apr 2019Conditional
for permission and retention permission subsequent to the grant of permission PD/06/886 together with all ancillary site works. The development will consist/consists of; 1. Retention permission for (a) Changes to the existing public house and residential accommodation as constructed (principally an increased floor area, mainly the first floor, resulted from a larger roof pitch and a gabled end to the rear etc). (b) Changes to the existing On-site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System as installed following the Discharge License Ref. No. WP-10-07A. 2. Planning permission for; (a) Alterations and an extension to the existing, public house (principally a new kitchen area, dining area and additional toilets etc.) and residential accommodation (principally two additional B&B bedrooms and a two bedroom apartment etc.) (b) Change of use from residential (domestic) to seven B&B bedrooms. (c) The construction of an ancillary storage unit, (c/w first floor gym and storage which is associated with /ancillary to the existing residential (domestic) use of site) at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 19221
15 Apr 2019N/a
l. Retention permission for;(a) Changes to the existing, public house and residential accommodation as constructed (principally an increased floor area, mainly the first floor, resulted from a larger roof pitch and gabled end to the rear etc). (b) Changes to the existing On-site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal System as installed following the Discharge Licence Ref. No. WP-10-07A. 2. Planning permission for;(a) Alterations and an extension to the existing, public house ( principally a new kitchen area, dining area and additional toilets etc) and residential accommodation (principally two additional B & B bedrooms and a two bedroom apartment etc.)(b.) Change of use from residential (domestic) to seven B & B bedrooms.(c.) The construction of ancillary storage unit, (c/w first floor gym and storage which is associated with/ancillary to the existing residential (domestic) use on site).
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 19191
5 Feb 2019Conditional
to revise site boundaries and all ancillary site works from that previously granted under PD/05/189 and to retain as constructed elevation changes to front and side of existing house from that previously granted under PD/05/189 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1944
17 Sept 2018Conditional
to retain existing site boundaries as constructed which differ from those granted under PD/99/207 at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 18466
5 Apr 2018Conditional
Planning permission to construct (I) an all-weather astro-turf pitch, with 6 No. 8m high floodlights and safety mesh fence around pitch perimeter; (ii) playground area and (iii) walking track, with pedestrian access to the site, along with all ancillary site works and services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18159
5 Mar 2018N/a
to construct (i) an all-weather astro-turf pitch, with 6 no. 8m high floodlights and safety mesh fence around pitch perimeter, (ii) playground area and (iii) walking track, with pedestrian access to the site, along with all ancillary site works and services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1891
1 Feb 2018Conditional
for the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1829
1 Feb 2018Conditional
for the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1830
19 Dec 2017N/a
for the construction of 2 no. new forest road entrances and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 17507
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Boghtaduff.
Recorded monuments
- RO008C016 Megalithic structure
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'Dermot and Grania's Bed' and situated on a W-facing slope. A slab (dims 1.2m x 1.1m) is resting on a N stone (dims 0.8m x 0.2m; H 0.4m) and a S stone (dims 0.5m x 0.2m; H 0.2m). Both uprights are aligned E-W, and the feature may be natural. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 41-2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008C017001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a slight E-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (int. diam. 22m E-W; 21.5m N-S) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 2.7-4.1m; int. H 0.6-1.7m; ext. H 1.5-2.1m), with some outer facing stones visible at NW. There are modern entrances at E (Wth 1m) and SSW (Wth 1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008C019001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a knoll on a S-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 26.3m NE-SW; 21m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1.7-2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.6m) ESE-W-NE. There is no visible entrance, but the perimeter has been quarried NE-ESE and the spoil left in the interior, together with field boulders on the perimeter. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008C019002 Cairn - clearance cairn
Description
The large cairn (Gannon 1972) inside cashel (RO008C019001-) is in fact a spoil mound. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008C020001 Ceremonial enclosure
Description
Visible as a subcircular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M, 679-80), and situated on a low knoll. This is a circular domed, grass-covered area (diam. 60m N-S; 55.7m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.3-0.4m; ext. H 0.4-1m) with facing stones visible at W (original Wth 2.25m), which is replaced by a field wall NW-NNE. This is separated by a berm (Wth 1-3m) from a second stone spread (Wth 4-5m; H 0.3-0.4m) visible at N, NE and SSE-WNW, beyond which is a berm (Wth 1.2-2m) and a third stone spread (Wth 2.8m; H 0.1-0.4m) WSW-NW. There are some boulders in the interior, and a childrens' burial ground (RO008C020001-) is at the centre. There is no visible entrance but the monument is bisected by a NNE-SSW field wall, and a probable limekiln, visible as an oval area (int. dims 6.2m E-W; 2m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 3-4m; H 0.2-0.7m), is inside the perimeter at WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO008C020002 Children's burial ground
Description
At the centre of ceremonial enclosure (RO008C020001-). This is a rectangular grass-covered area (dims 8m E-W; 6m N-S) with some bushes containing about 10 grave-markers (dims c. 0.3m x 0.1m; H 0.2m), some of which form a N-S line. 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 Boghtaduff.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Boghtaduff.
- 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 Boghtaduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Boghtaduff
- Area
- 3,773,719 m² (377.37 ha, 932.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Costello
- Electoral division
- Ballaghaderreen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballaghaderreen electoral division: 3,254 people in 1,218 households; 58% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardkill, Barnaboy, Carrownlacka (Co. Mayo), Cashelcolaun, Cloonierin (Co. Mayo), Currinah, Glastrasna (Co. Mayo), Gortanure, Pollboy
- Placenames
- Boghtaduff 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.