Estersnow

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Estersnow, from 624 m² to 278,082 m² (27.81 ha, 68.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Estersnow 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.

• 18 Mar 2025Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a 3-bay slatted shed with a straw bedded area and crush, together with all associated site works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560110

• 19 Apr 2018Conditional

  Planning permission for the construction of a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18181

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 Estersnow.

Recorded monuments

• RO010-012 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated on a rise in an undulating landscape at the N angle of a large rectangular field. Oval round-topped and grass-covered mound (dims of base 7m N-S; 5.5m E-W; H 0.9m at N to 1.1m at S) of earth and stone with intermittently visible kerbstones at its base. The perimeter is partially quarried at NE and E, and it may be a collection of field stones. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 5 June 2015

• RO010-015 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on top of a broad drumlin. Traditionally regarded as two serpents turned to stone by St Patrick (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 112). Two large red conglomerate stones are incorporated side by side on the SW side of an overgrown NW-SE field bank. The N stone (L 2.1m; Wth 1m; H 0.7m) is immediately adjacent to the S stone (L 2.6m; Wth 1.4m; H 0.7m). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-016 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low spur extending S from a low drumlin. Circular grass-covered area with rock outcrop (int. diam. 30m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by the outer facing stones (dims c. 0.8m x. c. 0.4m; T c. 0.4m) of a wall, which survives best (H c. 1m) E-S. The interior is largely occupied by rock outcrop which has a rectangular quarry (dims 1.4m x 1.1m; D 0.8m) cut into it at E. There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-040001 Church
  Description

  St Nuadha of Armagh and Lough Uamha (of the cave) was a bishop and hermit who became the abbot of Armagh but returned to his own monastery of Dhisirt Nuadhain to die in 812 as a reformer of the céile Dé (Ó Riain 2011, 517). Estersnow became a parish church which is listed as Disertmyda in the ecclesiastical taxation of Elphin in 1302-06 (Cal. doc. Ire. vol. 5, 224), and referred to as Ath Dhisirt Nuadhain in 1330 (AFM vol. 3, 547). It was impropriate to Holy Trinity abbey (RO006-038001-) in the sixteenth century (Clyne 2010, 78, 91). The church is described as a ruin in the 1650s with only the walls standing (Simington 1949, 145). Thereafter it became a Church of Ireland parish church which was described as ‘very plain’ (Lewis 1837, 1, 394) but it was abandoned by 1911 (OS 6-inch map). The church is situated in a low-lying landscape with rock outcrop. The ruined rectangular 18th-century structure (int. dims 15.93m E-W; 6.72m N-S) survivies complete (H c. 5m) with masonry walls (Wth 0.8m) which have two large round-headed windows in the N wall, one in the S, a larger round-headed window in the E gable and a doorway and bell-cote in the W gable. There is no evidence of an older structure within the rectangular graveyard (RO010-040002-) (dims 55m N-S; 51m E-W) defined by masonry walls, which is within a large ecclesiastical enclosure (RO010-040003-) (diam. c. 200m) defined by a scarp (H up to 1.5m) NE-S-SW. Tobernoone well (RO010-040005-) was venerated in the 1830s according to John O'Donovan (O'Flanagan 1931 vol. 1, 113-4), but it does not survive. Souterrain (RO010-040004-) is just SE of the graveyard, and souterrain (RO010-040006-) is on the N bank of an E-W stream which runs through the S part of the enclosure. The field system (RO010-041----) is to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 19th October, 2010

• RO010-040002 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying landscape with rock outcrop. There is no evidence of an older structure at church (RO010-040001-) within the rectangular graveyard (dims 55m N-S; 51m E-W) defined by masonry walls. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-040003 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying landscape with rock outcrop. The ruined rectangular 18th-century church (RO010-040001-) within the rectangular graveyard (RO010-040002-) is within a large enclosure (diam. c. 200m) defined by a scarp (H up to 1.5m) N-E-SW, which extends S of a small ENE-WSW stream. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-040004 Souterrain
  Description

  In rock outcrop within the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO010-040003-) around church site (RO010-040001-) and c. 30m SE of the SE corner of the graveyard (RO010-040002-). The entrance (Wth 0.7m; H 0.75m) in a rock face leads to a rock-cut passage (Wth 1.15m; H 1.15m; L 5m) roofed with limestone slabs which runs N until it is blocked at a point where it turns NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-040005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On the S bank of a small ENE-WSW stream within the eclesiastical enclosure (RO010-040003-) of Estersnow church (RO010-040001-) and just W of souterrain (RO010-040006-). Tobernoone well was venerated in the 1830s according to John O'Donovan (O'Flanagan 1931), but it does not survive. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-040006 Souterrain
  Description

  On the S bank of a stream within the ecclesiastical enclosure of Estersnow church (RO010-040001-) and just E of holy well (RO010-040005-). A collapsed drystone-built chamber (diam. c. 2m) can be seen while sunken hollows to W (L c. 4m) and NE (L c. 5m) are probably passages. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-041001 Field system
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope bordered by a stream and Estersnow church (RO010-040001-) at S and tower house (RO010-010001-) to the NW. It is visible as a complex of fields, covering c. 15 ha on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AVJ 38-40; BDV 1-3; BDU 100-101). A hollow way (RO010-041003-) (L c. 100m; Wth c. 10m) can be seen running N from the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO010-040003-). Land improvement has left remains only to the NE and E of the church and S of the NE-SW public road. These consist of five conjoined rectangular fields (dims. 8m x 20m to 50m x 100m) defined by grass-covered stone spreads (Wth 2-4m) and low scarps (H 0.3m). Archaeological testing c. 220m N of the church failed to produce any archaeological features. Fulachtai fia (RO010-041004-) survive c. 180m NNW of the church. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-041003 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  On a gentle SE-facing slope. A hollow way (L c. 100m; Wth c. 10m) can be seen running N from the ecclesiastical enclosure (RO010-040003-) at church site (RO010-040001-) on aerial photographs (CUCAP: AVJ 38-40; BDV 1-3; BDU 100-101). It is largely not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, except towards its S end. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-041004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a slight hollow in a gently undulating landscape. Identified and recorded by Leo Morahan. Circular grass-covered mound of broken and burnt stones (diam. 6m; H 0.7-1m). Fulacht fia (RO014-041005-) is immediately to the SE. Archaeological testing (01E0809) c. 20-50m to the E failed to produce any associated material (Morahan 2003). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO010-041005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a slight hollow in a gently undulating landscape. Identified and recorded by Leo Morahan. Subtriangular grass-covered mound (dims 14m x 8m; H 1-1.4m) with a depression (diam. 3m; D 0.3m) at the centre. Archaeological testing (01E0809) c. 20-50m to the E failed to produce any associated material (Morahan 2003). Fulacht fia (RO010-041004-) is immediately to the NW. 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 Estersnow.

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 high, 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 Estersnow.

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

Name

Estersnow · Díseart Nuan

Area

867,414 m² (86.74 ha, 214.34 acres)

Civil parish

Estersnow, and its townlands

Barony

Boyle

Electoral division

Rushfield, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rushfield electoral division: 402 people in 151 households; 93% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardeash, Cavetown or Ballynahoogh, Clogher, Faus, Knocknabeast, Rinn, Tullyboy

Placenames

Estersnow 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.