Creeharmore

65 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creeharmore, from 72 m² to 88,519 m² (8.85 ha, 21.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Creeharmore 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.

• 14 May 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new treatment plant and polishing filter and all associated site works (A Natura Impact Statement will be lodged with the application) at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460216

• 2 Dec 2022Refused

  Planning Permission to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22639

• 10 Nov 2022N/a

  Permission for the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 22605

• 19 Mar 2021Conditional

  to construct a 3 bay loose shed with cattle holding pen on lands at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21142

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: River Suck Callows SPA 004097
• Natural Heritage Area: Suck River Callows NHA 000222

Recorded monuments

• RO044-078001 Mound
  Description

  Within the promontory fort (RO044-078003-) on the E bank of a N-S section of the river Suck, which is c. 100-150m to the W, and incorporated into the E bank of the outlet channel from the fosse of rath (RO044-078002-) at the junction with the fosse proper. This is a flat-topped subrectangular grass-covered platform (dims of top 8.6m ENE-WSW; 6.6m NNW-SSE; dims of base 14.6m ENE-WSW; 13.6m NNW-SSE; H 1.8-2.3m) with slight traces of a fosse or silted ditch (Wth of base 1.5-2m; D 0.1-0.3m) on its N and E sides. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-078002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Just inside the entrance of the promontory fort (RO044-078003-) which is at the NW end of a low NW-SE ridge, and c. 130-170m from a N-S section of river Suck. Raised subcircular grass-covered platform (dims of top 26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW; H 2.5-2.7m) surrounded by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth of top 8.7-9m; Wth of base 3.4m; D 1.1m) with bushes, and an outer bank (Wth 4.5m; max. H 0.7m) S-W-NE. There is a house-site (RO044-078004-) visible as a stone-lined depression (int. dims c. 3m NNE-SSW; c. 1.5m WNW-ESE) on the summit. A slightly raised rectangular enclosure or annexe (RO044-078005-) (dims 8m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) is attached to the NW. At NNW the fosse has an outlet channel running NW (L 43m; Wth of base 1.5m at S to 8.5m at N) defined by earthen banks (Wth 5-6.4m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 0.7m) on either side, that at W truncating the enclosure or annexe. The mound (RO044-078001-) is incorporated in the E outlet bank at the junction with the fosse. See the attached aerial image taken from the NW Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-078003 Promontory fort - inland
  Description

  At the W end of an NW-SE ridge in the flood-plain of a N-S section of the River Suck which is c. 120m to the W. A flat-topped, grass-covered earthen bank (L c. 130m; Wth of base 8m; Wth of top 2.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.6m) and an external rounded fosse (Wth of top 8m; Wth of base 2-3m; D 0.6m) running roughly NE-SW cuts off the W end of the peninsula (int. dim c. 120m NW-SE). The bank and fosse are degraded at the NE end and there is a wide entrance (Wth c. 8m) at the centre, probably widened by quarrying and the fosse is not visible at the centre (L c. 50m). Rath (RO044-078002-) and mound (RO044-078001-) are in the interior. See the attached aerial view taken from the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-078004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  There is a house-site visible as a stone-lined depression (int. dims c. 3m NNE-SSW; c. 1.5m WNW-ESE) on the summit of rath (RO044-078002-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO044-078005 Enclosure
  Description

  A slightly raised grass-covered rectangular enclosure or annexe (dims 8m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.2m) is atttached to the NW of rath (RO044-078002-). Its NE side is truncated by the W bank of the NW-SE drainage channel from the fosse of the rath. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO047-001001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the S end of a slight NW-SE ridge. Depicted as a large circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 70m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described as 'Caltragh', meaning a burial ground, on the 1837 and 1915 eds. Circular grass-covered area with some bushes (diam. 62m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.6-1m; ext. H 1.25-1.65m), surviving best NNE-SE and W-WNW but disturbed by a quarry at N and truncated by a NW-SE field bank at S. There is a slight outer fosse (Wth of top 4.4m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.35m) E-SE, and the entrance (Wth 2m) is at E. Two low radial banks from the perimeter at W and SW meet just SW of the centre, and two fragments of a rotary quern (RO047-001002-) are at the monument. 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 Creeharmore.

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

At the centre of the townland of Creeharmore, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Creeharmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Creeharmore

Area

1,441,140 m² (144.11 ha, 356.11 acres)

Civil parish

Taghboy, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone North

Electoral division

Taghboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

535 people lived in 177 households in the Taghboy electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyforan, Coolatober, Derreen (Co. Galway), Muckanagh North (Co. Galway), Taghboy, Torpan Beg, Torpan More

Placenames

Creeharmore 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.