# Cloongownagh, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tumna, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 964,950 m² (96.5 ha, 238.44 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 39,156 m² (3.92 ha, 9.68 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tumna, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/tumna.md
- Barony: Boyle
- Electoral division: Killukin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Killukin electoral division: 282 people in 99 households; 91% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42980
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 190680
- Centre: latitude 53.951117, longitude -8.142224 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloongownagh, from 1,693 m² to 313,621 m² (31.36 ha, 77.5 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 679984: 313,621 m² (31.36 ha, 77.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679984.md
- Parcel 707888: 123,672 m² (12.37 ha, 30.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/707888.md
- Parcel 5839352: 93,145 m² (9.31 ha, 23.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5839352.md
- Parcel 722663: 89,158 m² (8.92 ha, 22.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722663.md
- Parcel 688371: 77,926 m² (7.79 ha, 19.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688371.md
- Parcel 662373: 66,770 m² (6.68 ha, 16.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/662373.md
- Parcel 641900: 66,458 m² (6.65 ha, 16.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/641900.md
- Parcel 723919: 48,249 m² (4.82 ha, 11.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/723919.md
- Parcel 641899: 30,064 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/641899.md
- Parcel 641164: 19,929 m² (1.99 ha, 4.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/641164.md
- Parcel 720045: 13,505 m² (1.35 ha, 3.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720045.md
- Parcel 643248: 5,059 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/643248.md
- Parcel 644057: 4,434 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644057.md
- Parcel 716272: 3,246 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716272.md
- Parcel 714840: 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714840.md
- Parcel 688487: 1,693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/688487.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Cloongownagh in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 5 Feb 2021, Roscommon County Council 2167: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Permission for alterations and minor changes to existing dwelling and Retention Permission for an existing log cabin & garage for domestic use along with all connections to existing services and ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2167/0
- 30 Oct 2020, Roscommon County Council 20450: Conditional. Permission. to erect 1 no. dry sheep shed and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/20450/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Drumharlow, site code 001643

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO007-098: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO007-098----. On a level landscape. Discovered during 2003 in monitoring a road project. Oval pit (dims. 2m x 1m) filled with charred material and with a distinct reddenend clay edge was discovered and preserved unexcavated. It may be a corn-drying kiln. (Halliday 2006, 4; Gannon 2004 6, site 6) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO007-099001: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO007-099001-. On a level landscape. It was identified in monitoring (03E1374) a road project in 2003 (Gannon 2004, 7, sites 8) and completely excavated (04E0375) (Carroll 2007a). This is a rectangular pit (dims 4m x 1.1m; D 0.3m) containing charred organic material, which provided a C14 date of AD 650-870, with a fire-reddened clay edge. It may be part of a corn-drying kiln. A working area (dims c. 7m x c. 4m) just to the E had shallow ditches and was covered in fragments of baked clay. When excavated the pit proved to have been re-cut once. The excavated feature (RO007-099002-) is c. 100m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO007-099002: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO007-099002-. On a level landscape, and identified during monitoring (03E1374) of a road project in 2003 (Gannon 2004, P 7, site 11). Part of a pit (visible dims 1.2m x 0.5m) filled with charred organic material and bordered by fire-reddened clay was exposed and preserved in situ. Further excavated features (RO007-099001-) are c. 100m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO007-100: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO007-100----. Identified in monitoring (03E1374) a road project during 2003 (Haliday 2006, 424, site 4) and completely excavated (03E1770). A working floor (dims c. 5m x c. 4m) with a number of small pits was covered in charred organic material and baked clay (Quinney et al. 2004, 9, site 4). Another excavated feature (RO011-164002-) is c. 10m to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-008: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-008----. On a low-lying, level landscape. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 24m) which remains unplanted in a coniferous forest defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth. 2.4m at N to 3.2m at W; int. H 0.3m at E to 0.6m at W; ext. H 1.2-1.6m). There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance, but a drain surrounds the perimeter. The excavated rath (RO011-160001-) is c. 240m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160001-. Discovered during the field survey of a new route for the N4, and situated on a slight S-facing slope. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 55m N-S; 53m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5.4m at W to 10.2m at S; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.7m at W to 1.5m at S) with no visible fosse or entrance. Excavation (99E0193) in 1999-2000 (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, 51-64; Lennon and Henry 2002) of an extensive area (dims 120m NW-SE; 55m NE-SW) included the S part of the enclosure. Excavation uncovered a rounded fosse (Wth 3m; D 1-1.5m) and entrances at SE (Wth 3m), S (Wth 4.7m) and W (Wth 3.6m), the last two of which had cobbled surfaces but no causeways, and all post-dated the use of the rath and the silting of the fosse. The interior had been damaged by ridge and furrow cultivation and little remained from its use apart from some post-holes, pits and an E-W trench (L 10m plus; Wth 1.2m; D 1.1m) which contained oak planks. C 14 dates showed that the rath was occupied in the 7th and 8th centuries but was disused by the 10th. A rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO011-160002-) (dims 25m NW-SE; 16m plus NE-W) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1.2m; D c. 0.55m) with traces of an internal bank was attached to the SE. It post-dates the silting of the rath fosse and produced a C14 date in the late 12th or 13th century, although the sample may have been contaminated. No structures were associated with the annexe. The rath overlay an unenclosed Iron Age settlement with at least one circular hut site (RO011-160003-), a rectangular house (RO011-160008-), a fulacht fia (RO011-160004-) and three burnt mounds (RO011-160005-; RO011-160006-; RO011-160007-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160002-. On a slight S-facing slope. Excavation (99E0193) in 1999-2000 (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 64) of an extensive area (dims 120m NW-SE; c. 55m NE-SW) included the S part of rath (RO011-160001). A rectangular enclosure or annexe (dims 25m NW-SE; 16m plus NE-W) defined by a fosse (Wth c. 1.2m; D c. 0.55m) with traces of an internal bank was attached to the SE. It post-dates the silting of the rath fosse and produced a C14 date in the late 12th or 13th century, although the sample may have been contaminated. No structures were associated with the annexe. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160003-. -) On a slight S-facing slope. Excavation (99E0193) in 1999-2000 (Henry 2000c, Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 11-50; Lennon and Henry 2002) of an extensive area (dims 120m NW-SE; 55m NE-SW) including part of rath (RO011-160001-) discovered an unenclosed Iron Age settlement pre-dating the rath, which is one of the few complete settlements from the period (Mallory 2013, 172). The settlement consisted of eight structures, pits, post-holes and fragments of stone surfaces. Seven circular features, only four of which might have been roofed were recorded, but only one, situated inside the bank of the rath at S, was complete (diam. 6.7m). It had an entrance (Wth 2.1m) at S, but there was no hearth. Its C14 determinations range from BC 110 - 132 AD, and all the structures are defined by trenches cut in the subsoil. A complete subrectangular house-site (RO011-160008-) (dims 9.7m NE-SW; 6.2m NW-SE) was c. 40m to the SW. It had internal stake-holes, but an ash deposit against the NE wall probably marked its destruction. Fulacht fia (RO011-160004-) was within the area and burnt spread (RO011-160005-) is c. 30m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 5 February, 2013
- RO011-160004: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160004-. At the bottom of a S-facing slope and c. 45m SE of rath (RO011-160001-). Revealed in excavation (Henry 2000c; Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 43-6; Lennon 2002, 291). A U-shaped mound of broken and burnt stones (dims 3m E-W; 2.5m N-S; max. T 0.12m) had a hearth and trough (diam. 1m; D 0.4m) on the SW side, and a second trough (dims 1.5m x 1m; D 0.33m) was 1.8m NE of the mound. C14 dates produced a range of 240-410 AD. Prehistoric habitation (RO011-160003-) is just to the N, burnt spread (RO011-160005-) is c. 60m to the SE, and burnt spread (RO011-160006-) is c. 70m to t he E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160005: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160005-. On a gentle S-facing slope. Discovered in monitoring a road project in 2003 (Halliday 2006, 424, site 5), and completely excavated (03E1771) (Quinney et al. 2004, 10). Oval spread of broken and burnt stones (dims 6.6m N-S; 3.9m E-W; T 0.2m) which produced bones of horse, but there was no evidence of a trough. Fulacht fia (RO011-160004-) is c. 60m to the W, and burnt mound (RO011-160006-) is c. 20m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160006: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160006-. On a gentle SE-facing slope. Identified during monitoring (03E1374) for a road project in 2003. An area of burnt stone in a black matrix (dims c. 12m x c. 10m) with an area of larger stone paving at the N side, interpreted as a path. Prehistoric habitation (RO011-160003-) is c. 100m to the W and burnt mound (RO011-160005-) is c. 15m to the W. Burnt mound (RO011-160007-) is c. 13m to the NE. It was not excavated and is preserved in situ. (Gannon 2004, 6-7, site 9) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160007: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160007-. Discovered in monitoring (03E1374) of a road project during 2003 (Gannon 2004, 6, site 8). A layer of burnt material (dims c. 10m x 10m) was revealed in monitoring, and was preserved in situ. Burnt mound (RO011-160006-) is c. 13m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-160008: House - prehistoric, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-160008-. On a slight S-facing slope. Excavation (99E0193) in 1999-2000 (Henry 2000c, Lennon and Henry 2001, vol. 1, 11-50; Lennon and Henry 2002) of an extensive area (dims 120m NW-SE; 55m NE-SW) including part of rath (RO011-160001-) discovered an unenclosed Iron Age settlement pre-dating the rath, which is one of the few complete settlements from the period (Mallory 2013, 172). The settlement consisted of eight structures, pits, post-holes and fragments of stone surfaces. Seven circular features, only four of which might have been roofed were recorded, but only one, situated inside the bank of the rath at S, was complete (diam. 6.7m). It had an entrance (Wth 2.1m) at S, but there was no hearth. Its C14 determinations range from BC 110 - 132 AD, and all the structures are defined by trenches cut in the subsoil. A complete subrectangular house-site (RO011-160008-) (dims 9.7m NE-SW; 6.2m NW-SE) was c. 40m to the SW. It had internal stake-holes, but an ash deposit against the NE wall probably marked its destruction. Fulacht fia (RO011-160004-) was within the area and burnt spread (RO011-160005-) is c. 30m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-164001: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-164001-. On a low-lying landscape. First discovered in centre-line testing (Murphy 2000c, 179, No. 562) of a road project during 1998 and also in 2003 (Halliday 2006, 424, site 2). It was excavated by J. Carroll. A small spread of burnt stone in a black matrix (dims 1.1m x 1m; T 0.15m) filled a small irregularly shaped pit. Pit (RO011-164002-) is c. 20m to the NW (Gannon 2004, 5). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO011-164002: Excavation - miscellaneous, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO011-164002-. On a low-lying landscape. Discovered in monitoring a road project during 2003 (Halliday 2006, 424, site 3), and excavated (03E1770) by J. Carroll (2006, site 3). Oblong pit (dims c. 1.5m x c. 0.7m) with a reddened clay edge but filled with charcoal and clay. It may have been part of a corn-drying kiln. Burnt spread (RO011-164001-) is c. 20m to the SE and the excavated features (RO007-100----) are c. 10m to the N. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cloongownagh.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1422, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1422.zip (ZIP).
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloongownagh.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloongownagh.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cloongownagh.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cloongownagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Clooneigh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/clooneigh-190651.md
- Cuiltyconeen: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cuiltyconeen.md
- Dorrary: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/dorrary.md
- Woodbrook: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/woodbrook.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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