Callow or Runnawillin

102 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callow or Runnawillin, from 146 m² to 148,633 m² (14.86 ha, 36.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Callow or Runnawillin 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.

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  Permission for the development of ground and roof mounted Photovoltaic Solar Panels distributed over grass areas, closed water tanks, and flat roof buildings and an electrical substation / switchroom building. The solar panels and substation / switchroom will be installed with a maximum square meterage of 830m2 and 33m2 respectively in combination with associated ancillary works (A Natura Impact Statement is submitted to the Planning Authority with the application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22648

• 28 Nov 2022N/a

  Permission for the development of ground and roof mounted Photovoltaic Solar Panels distributed over grass areas, closed water tanks, and flat roof buildings and an electrical substation/switchroom building. The solar panels and substation/switchroom will be installed with a maximum square meterage of 830m2 and 33m2 respectively in combination with associated ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22629

• 27 Sept 2022N/a

  Permission for the development of ground and roof mounted Photovoltaic Solar Panels distributed over grass areas, closed water tanks and flat roof buildings and an electrical substation/switchroom building., The solar panels and substation/switchroom will be installed with a maximum square metreage of 830 m2 and 33 m2 respectively in combination with associated ancillary works (A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application) at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22523

• 5 May 2017Conditional

  Permission for development as follows:- • A powdered activated carbon contact tank. The tank will be constructed in pre-cast concrete and will be located at the back of the site behind existing buildings. The tank will be 10.6 metres in diameter and walls will extend 5 meters above existing ground level. • A new 39m3 Aluminium Sulphate Bulk Storage Tank with integrated Bund located to the East of the existing Treatment Plant Building. The tank will be constructed in Black Polypropylene with maximum diameter of 3.7m and height above existing ground level of 6.65m (Top of proposed tank = 79.086mOD, Parapet level of adjacent existing Building = 79.825mOD) • Conversion of existing Reinforced Concrete Aluminium Sulphate storage bund into Powdered Activated Carbon Store by addition of a Steel Framed Cladded superstructure. Maximum height of Structure = 77.553mOD (6.5m above existing ground level), Parapet level of adjacent existing Building = 79.825mOD. Retention of: • Retention of existing underground Wash Water Settling Tank and Pump Sump. The tank is an underground structure that has a 13.80m internal diameter and is 4.5m deep. The adjacent pump sump is also an underground structure with a 2.3m internal diameter and is 4m deep. • Retention of existing UV underground concrete chamber with an over ground portal frame building. The underground chamber is 5.5m x 3.75m in plan and 3m deep. The over ground building is 6.11m x 4.36m in plan and 3.142m high. • Retention of 2 No. Sodium Hydroxide integrally bunded storage tanks. The tanks are 3.8m in diameter and 4.16m high. • Retention of Sodium Hypochlorite integrally bunded storage tank. The tank is 3.5m in diameter and 3.406m high. • Retention of Sulphuric acid integrally bunded storage tank. The tank is 3.8m in diameter and 4.58m high. • Retention of underground waste water recovery concrete sump and valve chamber. The sump has an 8000 gallon capacity.

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 17199

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Callow Bog SAC 000595
• Special Protection Area: Lough Gara SPA 004048
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gara 000587

Recorded monuments

• RO008-027 Road - class 1 togher
  Description

  In cut-away bog on flat, low-lying ground on the S bank of the W-E River Lung, 1.3m below the surface of Callow Bog. Investigated in 1966 by E. Rynne. A NNE-SSW timber road (L c. 100m) leading to what must have been a fording point across the Lung River where it was continued by togher (RO008-016----) on the N bank. One or two logitudinal planks (oak) retained by vertical pegs (oak) formed a narrow walking surface (Wth 0.2-0.4m). Radiocarbon dated to 1433-1316 BC (3115±25 BP; GrN-14729) (Brindley and Lanting 1998, 54-5), it is not now visible at ground level although it may survive in uncut sections of bog. (NMI file; Golden 1992) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO008-028 Crannog
  Description

  On low-lying ground on the S bank of the W-E River Lung, c. 200m SW of where it enters Upper Lough Gara. Oval overgrown rise (dims. 44m NE-SW; 37m NW-SE; H 0.6m at SE to 1.6m at NE) with no evidence of artificial construction. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 65; Kiln 029) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-027 Souterrain
  Description

  On a gentle N-facing slope, c. 100m from the S shore of Upper Lough Gara and within the grounds of a water-pumping station. A lintelled passage (L 1.3m; Wth 1.05m) entered at W widens into a lintelled and flooded passage (dims c. 5m E-W; 1.4m N-S; H 1.5m) with a blocked creep at its E end. See the attached view from the W Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO009-028 Crannog
  Description

  In shallow water c. 30m from the S shore of the Callow Lough of Lough Gara Upper and now attached to the shore. Oval overgrown rise (dims. 33m E-W; 24m N-S; H 0.6-1m) of earth and stone, described as a low cairn crannog. (Fredengren 2002, App. 1, P 64, Kiln 024) 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 Callow or Runnawillin.

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Callow or Runnawillin.

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Callow or Runnawillin.

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 Callow or Runnawillin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Callow or Runnawillin

Area

2,704,201 m² (270.42 ha, 668.22 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnamanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Frenchpark

Electoral division

Frenchpark, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Frenchpark electoral division: 1,018 people in 391 households; 72% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnaboy, Cloonmagunnaun, Creggan, Keelbanada, Runnameelta, Slieveroe

Placenames

Callow or Runnawillin 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.