Cavetown or Ballynahoogh

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cavetown or Ballynahoogh, from 373 m² to 393,123 m² (39.31 ha, 97.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 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 Cavetown or Ballynahoogh 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.

• 13 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for conservation and renovation work to Protected Structure RPS: 01000302 to include reinstatement of roof with addition of one roof light, provision of new rainwater goods, new windows and doors, new floors and internal partition walls, onsite waste water treatment system and all associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2560103

• 6 Mar 2025N/a

  Conservation and renovation work to Protected Structure RPS: 01000302 to include reinstatement of roof with addition of one roof light, provision of new rainwater goods, new windows and doors, new floors and internal partition walls, onsite waste water treatment system and all associated works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560094

• 1 Sept 2023Refused

  Permission for a change of house type under planning number PD/20/570. The development will consist of the demolishment of the existing dwelling & surrounding outhouses on site, construction of a dwelling house, new packaged wastewater treatment system & polishing filter, together with all ancillary internal & external refurbishment works and all associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360090

• 21 Dec 2020Conditional

  for the demolition of the existing dwelling and surrounding outhouses on site, construction of a new part storey and a half/part single storey replacement dwelling, new packaged wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, together with all ancillary internal and external refurbishment works and all associated works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20570

• 22 Mar 2019Conditional

  for (a) Demolition of existing single storey kitchen and bathroom and construction of an extension to rear of existing dwelling house and (b) Revision to site boundaries from that permitted under Grant of Planning PD07/2005 with associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 19144

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 Cavetown or Ballynahoogh.

Recorded monuments

• RO010-027001 Mound
  Description

  Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic script as 'Obelisk' and described on the 1914 ed. in italic lettering as 'Monument'. It is located on a ridge overlooking the N shore of Cavetown Lough c. 140m to the S, and c. 230m W of the site of Ballynahoogh castle (RO010-033----). This is a slightly raised earthwork carrying a late 18th century/early 19th century obelisk (RO010-027002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-027002 Monumental structure
  Description

  Located on a ridge overlooking the N shore of Cavetown Lough c. 140m to the S, and c. 230m W of the site of Ballynahoogh castle (RO010-033----). This is a late 18th century/ early 19th-century obelisk on a slightly raised earthwork (RO010-027001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-030001 Crannog
  Description

  Towards the W end of Clogher Lake (dims c. 1 km E-W; c. 100-200m N-S) 50m from the S shore. Circular overgrown island (diam. 19.5m) with a flat top (diam. of top 15.5m; H 0.5-0.7m) composed of stones and earth. A stone (dims c. 0.5m x. c. 0.5m) with a basin described as a bullaun stone (RO010-030002-) (OS Name Book) could not be found. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-030002 Bullaun stone
  Description

  A stone (dims c. 0.5m x. c. 0.5m) with a basin which was probably a bullaun stone (OS Name Book) could not be found on crannog (RO010-030001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-032 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Marked similarly on the 1837 and 1914 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the marshy S shore of Clogher Lake (dims c. 1 km E-W; c. 100-200m N-S), c. 50m from the lake. Regarded as a holy well with a cure for headaches (OS Name Books), it was used in 1971 as a domestic water source (Gannon 1972) but is no longer visible at ground level. Crannog (RO010-031----) is c. 180m to the N at the N edge of the lake. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-033 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  In 1487 Aedh Roe O'Donnell demolished the castle of the sons of Rory Mac Dermot (KM 1478-86) at Baile na hUamha (AFM vol. 4, 1153), but it was re-built, perhaps at a different location (see RO010-010001-) in 1492 by the sons of Aedh (KM 1458-65) (AFM vol. 4, 1199). It was plundered by the Earl of Kildare in 1512 and captured and destroyed by O'Donnell again in 1527 (AFM vol. 5, 1317, 1391). In 1562 the Sliocht Eoghan (KM 1533-4), in their struggle for power with their uncle Rory (KM 1549-68), brought gallowglasses into Moylurg and burned Baile na hUamha (ALC vol. 2, 384). By this time the castle and lands were rented by descendents of Dermot Ruadh of Tir Tuathail, and the castle was confirmed to another descendent, Cathal Mac Fergainm, in 1617. By 1635, when the castle is described as 'ruinated', the lands had reverted to Terence Mac Dermot of Carrick of the Rock (RO006-046----) (Simington 1949, 146). (Mullaney, 1986, 75; Mac Dermot 1996, 123-4, 142, 296, 456) Situated on a rise overlooking a stream to the E which links Clogher Lake c. 150m to the N with Cavetown Lough c. 100m to the SW. Only slight traces of the castle were visible when John O'Donovan inspected it in the 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 113), and it is depicted as a shell (dims c. 10m N-S; c. 5m E-W) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is no longer visible at ground level in a coniferous wood. Moylurg Castle (RO010-010001-) is c. 1km to the NNE. Crannog (RO010-034----) is c. 150m to the SW in Cavetown Lough. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-034 Crannog
  Description

  In Cavetown Lough (dims. c. 1.5 km E-W; c. 300-700m N-S), at the narrower E end c. 20m from the E shore and c. 50m from the N shore. Circular overgrown island (diam. 30m; H 1m at W to 1.8m at N) composed of earth and stones with two partly submerged wooden posts revetting the perimeter at ENE. Crannog (RO010-035----) is c. 60m to the SSE, and Ballynahoogh castle (RO010-033----) is c. 150m to the NE on the shore. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-035 Crannog
  Description

  In Cavetown Lough (dims. c. 1.5 km E-W; c. 300-700m N-S), at the narrower E end c. 50m from the E shore and c. 140m from the S shore. Circular overgrown island (diam.17m; H 1m) composed of stone and carrying an 18th or 19th-century limestone memorial. There is no evidence of timber construction. Crannog (RO010-034----) is c. 60m to the NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-036001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map as a wooded enclosure (diam. c. 20m), and situated at the crest of the N-facing slope of a small NE-SW drumlin ridge overlooking Cavetown Lough which is c. 50m to the N. Circular overgrown area (diam. 26m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.8m at N to 5m at E; int. H 0.3-0.7m; ext. H 1.1m), and an outer fosse (Wth of base 2m; D 0.2-0.5m) SW-NW. There is no identifiable entrance. At the centre is a flat-topped mound (RO010-036002-) (diam. of base 6.5m; diam. of top 1.5m; H 1.5-1.7m) which is said locally to have been used as a viewing platform of the lake by the Mahons, local landlords. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-036002 Mound
  Description

  At the crest of the N-facing slope of a small E-W drumlin overlooking Cavetown Lough which is c. 50m to the N, and at the centre of rath (RO010-036001-). Circular, flat-topped and scrub-covered mound (diam. of base 6.5m; diam. of top 1.5m; H 1.5-1.7m) which is locally said to have been used as a viewing platform of the lake by the Mahons, local landlords. 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 Cavetown or Ballynahoogh.

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 5 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cavetown or Ballynahoogh.

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 Cavetown or Ballynahoogh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Cavetown or Ballynahoogh · Baile na hUamha

Area

1,165,737 m² (116.57 ha, 288.06 acres)

Civil parish

Estersnow, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Croghan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Croghan electoral division: 416 people in 152 households; 96% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogher, Cloonshaghan, Estersnow, Farranagalliagh, Faus, Glooria

Placenames

Cavetown or Ballynahoogh 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.