Cleen
Townland in the civil parish of Ardcarn, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 167.8 ha
- 415 acres
- Land parcels
- 55
- registered freehold, median 4,032 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cleen, from 15 m² to 283,321 m² (28.33 ha, 70.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 29 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 Cleen 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 Aug 2026N/a
Permission for development which will consist of: (a) demolition of an existing derelict two-storey dwelling house and its replacement with a new single-storey dwelling house; (b) decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and tertiary treatment unit as per EPA CoP 2021; (c) construction of a domestic garage/fuel store; (d) construction of a revised and improved roadside entrance, together with new gate piers and wing walls; and all associated site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660395
25 May 2026Conditional
Permission for the proposed replacement of an existing septic tank system with an onsite sewerage system with polishing filter in accordance with EPA Code of Practice 2021 to service an existing dwelling house and all ancillary works at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2660253
27 Oct 2021N/a
Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, new garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, formation of a new site entrance and all associated site works all at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21607
25 Sept 2018Conditional
Planning permission to provide single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling and carry out associated alterations to the dwelling together with all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18489
18 Jun 2018Conditional
Planning permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, new garage, effluent treatment system, percolation area, formation of a new site entrance and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18293
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 Cleen.
Recorded monuments
- RO003-056 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On top of a knoll. Subcircular overgrown area (dims. 19m E-W; 16m N-S) defined by a grass and tree-covered stone spread (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.25-0.6m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m). There is no visible entrance or evidence of facing stontes. Enclosure (RO003-057----) is c. 100m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO003-057 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (dims. c. 30m E-W; c. 20m N-S), and situated towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. It is now occupied by farm buildings, but an arc (C 15m) of a scarp (H 1m) survives at S. Cashel (RO003-056----) is c. 100m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO003-058 Ringfort - rath
Description
Depicted only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a low rise in a valley between drumlins. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 33.5m N-S; 27m E-W) defined by a hedge-covered scarp (H 0.6m) SE-W-NW with traces of a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 1-3m; int. H 0.1-0.4m) NW-N. The monument is truncated by farm buildings at E and an E-W road at N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO003-059 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Towards the bottom of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. Circular grass-covered but poached area (diam. c. 27m) defined by a scrub and treee-covered stone spread (Wth 4-4.7m; int. H 0.2-0.8m; ext. H c. 1.2m), with inner and outer facing stones visible at S (original Wth 2.3m). Much of the perimeter is robbed N-E, and the perimeter is truncated slightly by a N-S road at E. The entrance is a SE. 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 Cleen.
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 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 Cleen.
- 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 Cleen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Cleen
- Area
- 1,677,655 m² (167.77 ha, 414.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ardcarn, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boyle
- Electoral division
- Oakport, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Oakport electoral division: 523 people in 198 households; 75% of households own their home; 64% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Behy, Cartron, Clegna, Crossna, Drumsillagh, Kilfaughna, Kilteasheen, Knockadaff, Tullyval
- Placenames
- Cleen 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.