Knockanyconor

50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanyconor, from 26 m² to 579,492 m² (57.95 ha, 143.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 32 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 Knockanyconor 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.

• 9 Oct 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, close up existing site entrance and construct new site entrance and connection to public services and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 20418

• 8 Jun 2018Conditional

  to erect a dwelling house and domestic garage/fuel store and construct a septic tank system and percolation area and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18278

• 5 Apr 2018Conditional

  development consisting of a two storey dwelling, a detached single storey domestic garage, site entrance, connection to the public sewer and all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 18160

• 20 Feb 2018Conditional

  to place a 40 foot steel container and undertake all ancillary works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 1870

• 12 Oct 2017Conditional

  the development will consist of the construction of nine four bedroom two-storey dwelling houses to have new connections to public services and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 9 homes · Roscommon County Council, 17425

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  The development will consist of the construction of two new four bedroom dwelling houses to have new connections to public services and all associated site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 17148

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Ree SAC 000440
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Ree 000440

Recorded monuments

• RO045-053001 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  On a low-lying undulating karst landscape. A circular roofstone (diam. 2.2-3m; T 0.8m) is supported at E by two portal stones (N stone: 1m x 0.5m; H 1.65m; S stone: 1m x 0.7m; H 1.4m) but the base of the roofstone rests on the ground at W. Just to the W is a megalithic cist (RO045-053002-) (dims c. 2m E-W; c. 1m N-S) consisting of a rectangular roofstone (dims 2.5m E-W; 1.8m N-S; T 0.7m) resting on at least four boulders (dims c. 0.5m x 0.5m; H 0.5m). Barrow (RO045-054---) is c. 40m to the SW. (English 1969, 2) See the attached view (003) from the SE Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See attached document with a plan a sections of the monument.

• RO045-053002 Megalithic structure
  Description

  On a low-lying undulating karst landscape. Just to the W of portal tomb (RO045-053001-) is a megalithic cist (dims c. 2m E-W; c. 1m N-S) consisting of a rectangular roofstone (dims 2.5m E-W; 1.8m N-S; T 0.7m) resting on at least four boulders (dims c. 0.5m x 0.5m; H 0.5m). The barrow (RO045-054---) is c. 40m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-054 Barrow - stepped barrow
  Description

  Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a low-lying karst landscape overlooking a basin to the W. A subcircular grass-covered mound (dims 28m N-S; 24.5m E-W; H 0.8m at S to 1.7m at N) is separated by a berm (Wth 6m at N to 13m at E) from a drystone field wall and townland boundary with Curraghalaher SSW-NW, an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.4m) NW-N, and a low scarp (H 0.2m) N-E. The portal tomb (RO045-043001-) and cist (RO045-053002-) are c. 40m to the NE. It may be a passage tomb, and the description of a cist (RO045-239----) discovered at Lecarrow in 1923 may be from this monument. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-055 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Marked as a circular feature (diam. c. 40m) on the 1837 and 1915 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a N-facing slope of a NNW-SSE ridge with rock outcrop. This is a drystone wall enclosure with some mature deciduous trees which was probably a tree ring. Archaeological testing (05E0391) in the vicinity failed to produce any related archaeological material (Bryne 2008d). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-056001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a low-lying landscape. A circular well (diam. 1.2m) within a rectangular paved enclosure (int. dims 2.1m N-S; 2m E-W) defined by masonry walls (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3m) is approached by steps from the S and has a D-shaped masonry alcove (Wth 1.45m; D 1.35m; max. H 0.8m) on top of the N wall of the enclosure. Adjacent to the E is a dry circular well (RO045-056002-) (diam. 1.5m; D 1m) conserved in masonry and approached by steps from the S. To the N of the wells is a young ash tree on a D-shaped mound (dims 3.5m E-W; 2.5m N-S; H 0.4m) which is just inside the N wall of a D-shaped enclosure (int. dims 14.35m N-S; 12.3m E-W) defined by masonry walls (Wth 0.5m; H 1m) with straight sides at N and E, which is entered through a gate at the N end of the E wall. The well was conserved in 1984. It is still venerated, and according to J. O' Donovan writing in the 1830s a pattern was held at that time on the 23rd June, although it was held on the 16th Aug. at an earlier time (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 32-3). See the attached image taken from the S Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-056002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a low-lying landscape. Adjacent to the E of holy well (RO045-056001-) is a dry circular well (diam. 1.5m; D 1m) conserved in masonry and approached by steps from the S. The well was conserved in 1984 and it might represent an older form of the well which is still in use and still venerated. See the attached image of the wells taken from the S Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the NE-facing crest of a low NW-SE ridge. Raised D-shaped grass-covered platform (dims 41m NNW-SSE; c. 35m E-W) with the straight side at W where a N-S field bank has been removed. There is a faint lip of a bank around the perimeter defined by a scarp (H 1.8m at ESE) NNW-E-SSE which merges into the slope SSE-W-NNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO045-059 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a NW-facing slope. D-shaped overgrown area (int. dim. 38m NNW-SSE) defined by a stone spread (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.45-1.1m; ext. H 0.35-1m) with some facing-stones visible (original Wth of wall c. 1m; H 0.5m). The monument is truncated towards the perimeter at E by a NW-SE field wall and townland boundary with Carrownamaddy, from which a NE-SW relict field wall crosses the interior. There is no identifiable original entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Architectural heritage

• Lecarrow Mill, mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay four-storey former mill with attic, built c.1800, now derelict. Recessed bay to west with return and lean-to extension to rear. Remains of mill wheel, mill race and sluice gates to east. Pitched slate roof with limestone coping. Random coursed limestone walls with rubble infill. Tooled limestone quoins. Square-headed openings with dressed stone lintels and stone sills. Timber sheeted and battened doors. Elements of mill race and sluice gate remain with mill race flowing through. mill race comprising random coursed retaining walls. Square-profiled stone piers with strap pointing to west. Building set back slightly from road. Stone steps to south-western side of mill pond.

• Bridge, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over disused mill race, built c.1800. Random coursed walls with cut stone voussoirs to arch-ring. Bridge formerly associated with Lecarrow Mill.

• , 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch road bridge over former mill stream run-off, built c.1800. Random coursed walls to bridge with cut stone voussoirs to arch-ring. Bridge formerly associated with adjacent Lecarrow Mill.

• Harbour/dock/port, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  L-plan harbour, c.1850, constructed on mill river leading from Blackbrick Bay to the corn mill at Lecarrow. Random coursed walls to harbour with limestone slabs to edge and cast-iron mooring posts. Limestone steps leading to lower cut stone platform to south. Limestone steps descending to water to north. Harbour extended to east.

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.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockanyconor.

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

Name

Knockanyconor · Cnocán Uí Chonchúir

Area

1,256,838 m² (125.68 ha, 310.57 acres)

Civil parish

St. Johns, and its townlands

Barony

Athlone South

Electoral division

Lecarrow, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lecarrow electoral division: 333 people in 124 households; 93% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrogan, Binmuck, Carrownamaddy, Curraghalaher, Galeybeg, Killoy

Placenames

Knockanyconor 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.