Carrownurlar
Townland in the civil parish of Elphin, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 144.8 ha
- 358 acres
- Land parcels
- 43
- registered freehold, median 21,164 m² (2.12 ha, 5.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownurlar, from 216 m² to 131,881 m² (13.19 ha, 32.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Carrownurlar 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
4 Apr 2024Conditional
Retention Permission & Permission for: A. Retention permission of single storey extension to the side of the property, B. The proposed demolition of one chimney to the existing dwelling house, C. The proposed construction of a first-floor extension to the side of the property, and all necessary ancillary sit works, D. The proposed demolition of existing front porch and the construction of a new larger front porch and E. The proposed alteration to fenestration of dwelling at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2452
12 Mar 2024N/a
Permission for development will consist of A. Retention of single store extension to the side of the property. B. The demolition of one chimney to the existing dwelling house. C. The construction of a first floor extension to the side of the property, and all necessary ancillary site works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2437
26 Jul 2018Conditional
Planning permission to construct a dwelling house, garage and septic tank / foul effluent treatment system, all as per drawing documentation submitted together with all ancillary site works and services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 18381
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 Carrownurlar.
Recorded monuments
- RO016-132 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
Marked as a D-shaped enclosure (dims. c. 80m E-W; c. 50m N-S) truncated at N by an E-W field bank and townland boundary with Ardnagowna on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight E-facing slope. Described as a semicircular area (diam. 77m E-W) defined by a gapped earthen bank E-S-W and an E-W field wall at N, with a causeway entrance (Wth 2m) at E (Gannon 1972). It is not now visible at ground level in pasture, although a fosse is visible on OSI images (2005). Rath (RO016-133----) is c. 200m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO016-133 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a SW-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered but poached area (dims 37m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a scrub-covered earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.2-0.55m; ext. H 0.3-1.1m) at SW and WNW-ESE which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.25m at W to 1m at S) elsewhere, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 1.5m at NE to 3m at W; D 0.15-0.4m) W-N-SE. A field bank and drain circumscribe the perimeter at S. Enclosure (RO016-132----) is c. 200m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO017-150 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. Oval grass-covered platform (dims 32.8m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at S to 1.6m at W), with an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.7m at W to 5m at N; D 0.15-0.3m) N-E and SW-WNW. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO017-151 Moated site
Description
At the bottom of a S-facing slope, above the flat valley (Wth c. 100m) of the NE-SW Owenur River which had a ford (RO017-152----) here and c. 50m from the stream. Square grass-covered area (dims 29.7m N-S; 29.4m E-W) defined by slight earthen banks (Wth 6-6.5m; int. H 0.1-0.2m; ext. H 0.3-0.4m) at N and S, and slight fosses or moats (Wth of top 4.5-6m; D 0.1-0.3m) on all sides, but that at N is almost completely removed. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO017-153 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a rise on a NE-facing slope. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 28.5m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.2-1.5m) NE-SE and at W, and elsewhere by a scarp (H 0.9m at S to 1.75m at N). There is a stone-lined entrance (Wth. 3.3m) at E, but there is no visible fosse. 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 Carrownurlar.
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 high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownurlar.
- 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 Carrownurlar with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownurlar
- Area
- 1,447,682 m² (144.77 ha, 357.73 acres)
- Civil parish
- Elphin, and its townlands
- Barony
- Roscommon
- Electoral division
- Elphin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Elphin electoral division: 893 people in 371 households; 63% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnagowna, Cloonybrennan, Commeen, Elphin, Emlagh, Tullycartron, Tullyloyd
- Placenames
- Carrownurlar 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.