Cloonslanor
Townland in the civil parish of Cloonfinlough, barony of Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 156.1 ha
- 386 acres
- Land parcels
- 142
- registered freehold, median 2,801 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
142 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloonslanor, from 24 m² to 92,184 m² (9.22 ha, 22.78 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cloonslanor 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
29 Jul 2024Conditional
Permission for the following: 1. To partly demolish rear extension and shed, 2. To refurbish derelict house to include alterations to elevations, 3. To construct a new extension to the rear, 4. To install upgraded treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460354
10 Jul 2024Conditional
Retention Permission for the construction of a domestic garage and revised site boundaries along with all other associated site works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 2460323
31 Aug 2023Refused
Permission for the following:1. Planning permission to demolish out building to rear of dwelling, 2. Planning permission to construct extension to rear of existing dwelling house, 3. Planning permission to upgrade existing septic tank to a Tertiary Treatment System with a percolation area and all site ancillary development works at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360086
13 Sept 2022Conditional
1. Permission to amend site boundaries and site layout along with change of use of adjoining domestic house to Playschool - Afterschool facility and carry out all ancillary site works to include alterations to existing site entrance along with creation of additional hard surface and carparking areas to rear; 2. Retention Permission to retain use of prefab. building class room previously granted under PD/17/150 for an additional five years; 3. Retention Permission to retain prefab office building as constructed on site; 4. Retention Permission to retain as constructed storage shed at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 22492
1 Sept 2022N/a
Permission & Retention Permission for the following: (1) Permission to amend site boundaries and site layout along with change of use of adjoining domestic house to Playschool - Afterschool facility and carryout all ancillary site works to include alterations to existing site entrance along with creation of additional hard surface and carparking areas to rear; (2) Permission to retain use of Prefab building class room previously granted under PD/17/150 for an additional five years; (3) Permission to retain prefab office building as constructed on site; (4) Permission to retain as constructed storage shed at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 22472
30 Sept 2021Conditional
Pemission for the following: 1) Demolish existing disused agricultural sheds; 2) Construct 3 no. detached dwellings in a housing cluster format including boundary fences, service road and connection to all public site services at
Permission, 4 homes · Roscommon County Council, 21548
6 Sept 2021N/a
1. Demolish existing disused agricultural sheds. 2) Permission to construct 4 no. detached dwellings in a housing cluster format including boundary fences, service road and connection to all public site services at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21501
7 Apr 2017Conditional
(1) Planning Permission to retain Prefab Class Room circa 48 sq.m as constructed on site. (2) Planning Permission to construct extension to rear of existing Creche Building circa 48 sq.m and carryout all ancillary site works at
Retention · Roscommon County Council, 17150
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 Cloonslanor.
Recorded monuments
- RO029-013001 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope in the grounds of Strokestown Workhouse. Circular overgrown area (diam. 40m N-S; 39m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3.5-4.3m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 1m) and rounded fosse (at W: Wth of top 5m; Wth of base 2.8m; D 0.9m). It was surrounded by a masonry wall in a rectangular enclosure and used as the burial ground (RO028-013002-) of the Strokestown Workhouse, which was c. 100m to the N and is now removed without trace. There is no visible evidence of burial, although there is a memorial at the entrance. The possible rath (RO029-014----) is c. 70m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO029-013002 Burial ground
Description
On a gentle N-facing slope in the grounds of Strokestown Workhouse. Rath (RO029-013001-) was used as the Burial Ground of the Strokestown Workhouse, which was c. 100m to the N and which has now been removed without trace. The graveyard is a rectangular overgrown area (dims c. 65m NNE-SSW; c. 55m WNW-ESE) defined by masonry walls with an entrance gate towards the W end of the N wall. There is no visible evidence of burial, although there is a memorial at the entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO029-014 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a fragment of a bank on the 1915 ed. Situated on a gentle N-facing slope, it is now occupied by the gardens of private houses and no feature is visible at ground level. Rath (RO029-013001-) is c. 70m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 25 January 2012
- RO029-015 Enclosure
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small hachured feature. Located at the crest of the N end of a low NW-SE ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 15.5m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank with some stones (Wth of top 2.8m; Wth of base 4.3-5.3m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.3-0.9m), which has been removed SW-NW. It may be a ring-barrow, and it has been removed since 1996 (Bing c. 2013). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO029-016 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle E-facing slope. Oval grass-covered area (dims 55.9m N-S; 44.3m E-W) defined by a flat-topped, overgrown earthen bank (Wth of top 2.1-3.4m; Wth of base 3.3-6.8m; int. H 0.3-1.1m; ext. H 1.4-1.5m) which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) ENE-ESE, and an outer rounded fosse (Wth of top 6-6.5m; Wth of base 3.2-5m; D 0.2m N-E to 0.8m S-W). There is no identifiable original entrance, and an overgrown field bank circumscribes the outer edge of the fosse NNE-E-SSW (max. ext. dims 72.4m N-S; 57.7m E-W). Rath (RO029-060----) is c. 180m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO029-017 Quarry
Description
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an elongated hachured feature (dims c. 30m N-S; c. 10m E-W). This is a disused sand-pit. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO029-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle S-facing slope. Circular overgrown area (diam. 46m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at S-W: Wth 3.4-3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 1.1-1.4m; at N-E: Wth 5.6-6.3m; int. H 0.7-0.8m; ext. H 1.2-1.6m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4-5.6m; Wth of base 1.2-2.8m; D 0.8-0.9m). The bank has been incorporated into field banks NW-E-S, and the fosse has been re-cut as a drain NNE-SE. There is no identifiable original entrance. Rath (RO029-016----) is c. 180m to the NNE. 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 Cloonslanor.
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 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 Cloonslanor.
- 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
- Cloonslanor, Strokestown16 sales
The townland
- Name
- Cloonslanor
- Area
- 1,561,459 m² (156.15 ha, 385.84 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloonfinlough, and its townlands
- Barony
- Roscommon
- Electoral division
- Strokestown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Strokestown electoral division: 1,232 people in 529 households; 63% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowclogher, Carrowntryla, Cloonfinlough, Cloonfree, Farnbeg, Farnmore, Lisroyne
- Placenames
- Cloonslanor 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.