Knockavroe
Townland in the civil parish of Boyle, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Area
- 95.3 ha
- 235 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 54,071 m² (5.41 ha, 13.36 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockavroe, from 395 m² to 287,926 m² (28.79 ha, 71.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockavroe 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
14 Apr 2025Conditional
Permission for a reduced size side extension to house as per recently granted Planning Application Reference: PD/24/60129 at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560166
4 Apr 2025N/a
a Reduced Size Side Extension to my home at: Knockavroe, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, F52Y566, as per recently Granted Planning Application Reference: PD/24/60129.
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2560150
15 Mar 2024Conditional
Permission for (A) Building a replacement dwelling including (B) Demolition of previous home extensions on same footprint with connection to existing services and associated site works as required at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2460129
8 Mar 2024N/a
Permission for (A) Building a replacement 2 storey dwelling including (B) demolition of previous home extensions on same footprint with connection to existing services and associated site works as required at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 2460116
18 Dec 2023N/a
Permission for (A) Part demolition of existing bungalow and (B) Build new storey and a half extension onto existing bungalow C/W associated site works at required at
Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 23423
1 Dec 2023N/a
Permission for: (A) Part demolition of existing bungalow and (B) Build new storey and a half extension onto existing bungalow C/W associated site works at required at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23415
20 Nov 2023N/a
Permission for: (A) Part demolition of existing bungalow and (B) Build new storey and half extension onto existing bungalow C/W associated site works as required at
Permission · Roscommon County Council, 23405
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 Knockavroe.
Recorded monuments
- RO005-039 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Towards the top of the E-facing slope of an E-W drumlin ridge. Circular grass-covered but poached platform (diam. 18m E-W; 17m N-S; H 0.1-0.4m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 2.5-3.8m; D 0.1-0.2m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.1-2.8m; H 0.3-0.5m) which is removed NNW-NE max. ext. diam 28.4m E-W). There is an entrance (Wth 5.5m) through the bank at E. 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 Knockavroe.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockavroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.
The townland
- Name
- Knockavroe
- Area
- 952,906 m² (95.29 ha, 235.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Boyle, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boyle
- Electoral division
- Tivannagh, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmore, Ardsallagh, Breandrum, Knockadoo, Lisserdrea
- Placenames
- Knockavroe on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.