Bridgecartron or Derrycashel

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bridgecartron or Derrycashel, from 536 m² to 117,251 m² (11.73 ha, 28.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 27 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 Bridgecartron or Derrycashel 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.

• 23 Aug 2022Conditional

  Permission for: (i) demolition of existing rear extension, (ii) change of elevations to facilitate reconfigured proposed plan, (iii) construction of proposed rear extension, (iv) installation of tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment system, and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22453

• 24 Sept 2021Refused

  Permission for: (i) Demolition of existing rear extension; (ii) Change of elevations to facilitate reconfigured proposed plan; (iii) Construction of proposed rear extension; (iv) Installation of tertiary treatment system and infiltration/treatment system, and all ancillary works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21539

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 Bridgecartron or Derrycashel.

Recorded monuments

• RO003-020001 Church
  Description

  On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin, and of early ecclesiastical origin. Rectangular structure (int. dims. c. 16.3m E-W; 5m N-S) defined by the foundations of the N wall (Wth 1.3m; H 0.1-0.3m) and the S wall (Wth 1m; H 1m), but its W end is truncated by the NE-SW drystone wall and townland boundary with Lyonstown where nothing of the church survives. The church is overlain by a N-S drystone wall towards its E end, and a childrens burial ground (RO003-020003-) (dims. 12.5m E-W; 12.5m N-S), strewn with grave markers, occupies the trianglular area between these this wall, the townland boundary and the S church wall. The church is at the N end of a rectangular grass-covered area (dims. 20m E-W; 15m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; H 0.4-0.9m) at W and a scarp (H 2m) at E, and it is also within an ecclesiastical enclosure (RO003-020002-) (diam. 60m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.1-0.2m) SW-W and a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) NNE-SE, but the rectangular enclosure and circular enclosure have been truncated at S by a quarry (H c. 10m), and the N quadrant of the enclosure has been reclaimed in Lyonstown townland. A mass-rock (RO003-020004-) consisting of a slab of Old Red Sandsone (dims. 0.8m x 0.75-1.35m; T 0.1m) supported on a drystone-built pier (H 0.7m) is against the W face of the drystone wall overlying the church, and Mass is celebrated here annually in September since 2004. Two fragments from a doorway with a champfer (RO003-020006-) are at the site, and a small slab (RO003-020007-) (dims. 0.4m x 0.17m; T 0.08m) with a crude cross which may be natural is on the mass-rock. A bullaun stone (RO003-020005-) (dims. 0.8m x 0.75m; H 0.4m) of Old Red Sandstone with a single basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.22m) is inside the perimeter of the ecclesiastial enclosure at NE. Tobar Bride holy well (RO003-019----) is c. 200m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin, and of early ecclesiastical origin. The church (RO003-020001-) is within a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. 60m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H 0.1-0.2m) SW-W and a scarp (H 0.3-0.6m) NNE-SE, but it has been truncated at S by a quarry (H c. 10m), and the N quadrant of the enclosure has been reclaimed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin, and of early ecclesiastical origin. A triangular area (dims 12.5m E-W; 12.5m N-S) defined by the S wall of the church (RO003-020001-), the drystone wall overlying its E end, and the NE-SW drystone wall and townland boundary with Lyonstown to the N is strewn with grave markers. See the attached view from the W with the mass-rock in the right background. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020004 Mass-rock
  Description

  On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A mass-rock consisting of a slab of Old Red Sandsone (dims 0.8m x 0.75-1.35m; T 0.1m) suppported on a drystone-built pier (H 0.7m) is against the W face of the drystone wall overlying the E end of the church (RO003-020001-), and Mass is celebrated here annually in September since 2004. See the attached view from the W with the cross-inscribed stone. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020005 Bullaun stone
  Description

  On a shelf at the bottom of the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A globular stone (dims 0.8m x 0.75m; H 0.4m) of sandstone with a single basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.22m) is inside the perimeter of the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO003-020002-) of the church (RO003-020001-) at NE. See the attached view taken from the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020006 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Two fragments from a doorway with a chamfer are at the church (RO003-020----), and a small slab (RO003-020007-) with a crude cross is on the mass-rock (RO003-020004-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-020007 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Two fragments (RO003-020005-) from a doorway with a champfer are at the church (RO003-020001-), and a small slab (dims. 0.4m x 0.17m; T 0.08m) with a crude cross which may be natural is on the mass-rock (RO003-020004-) at the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise. D-shaped overgrown area (dims. c. 20m E-W; c. 17m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) S-NW and a stone-covered scarp (H 0.4m) NW-NE. There is no visible fosse or entrance. A NE-SW field bank and hedge truncate the perimeter at SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO003-087 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  At the edge of a low bluff overlooking a slight NW-SE valley immediately to the N. The backstone (dims 1.55m x 0.2-0.35m; H 1.05m) of an E-W gallery (L c. 7m) survives in a clump of scrub together with some stones from the S side of a court (diam. c. 4m) at its E end. 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 Bridgecartron or Derrycashel.

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 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 Bridgecartron or Derrycashel.

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

Name

Bridgecartron or Derrycashel

Area

1,462,609 m² (146.26 ha, 361.42 acres)

Civil parish

Ardcarn, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Crossna, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossna electoral division: 209 people in 82 households; 87% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annagh, Cornamucklagh, Derreenacoosan, Derreenadouglas, Derreendooey, Derreenine, Knockranny, Lyonstown

Placenames

Bridgecartron or Derrycashel 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.