# Lissian, Co. Roscommon: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Castlemore, barony of Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,564,865 m² (156.49 ha, 386.69 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,341 m² (1.03 ha, 2.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Castlemore, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/castlemore.md
- Barony: Frenchpark
- Electoral division: Loughglinn, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 780 people lived in 328 households in the Loughglinn electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/39573
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191616
- Centre: latitude 53.880585, longitude -8.537966 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissian, from 489 m² to 184,215 m² (18.42 ha, 45.52 acres); 42 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 696550: 184,215 m² (18.42 ha, 45.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696550.md
- Parcel 3109637: 174,929 m² (17.49 ha, 43.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3109637.md
- Parcel 670134: 136,077 m² (13.61 ha, 33.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/670134.md
- Parcel 692681: 114,184 m² (11.42 ha, 28.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692681.md
- Parcel 679842: 106,137 m² (10.61 ha, 26.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/679842.md
- Parcel 705161: 80,546 m² (8.05 ha, 19.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705161.md
- Parcel 700483: 78,358 m² (7.84 ha, 19.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700483.md
- Parcel 3109629: 71,976 m² (7.2 ha, 17.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3109629.md
- Parcel 717203: 64,472 m² (6.45 ha, 15.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/717203.md
- Parcel 686710: 62,062 m² (6.21 ha, 15.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/686710.md
- Parcel 649496: 43,204 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649496.md
- Parcel 724315: 39,339 m² (3.93 ha, 9.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/724315.md
- Parcel 687970: 34,409 m² (3.44 ha, 8.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/687970.md
- Parcel 672774: 31,366 m² (3.14 ha, 7.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672774.md
- Parcel 697673: 31,253 m² (3.13 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697673.md
- Parcel 706955: 26,923 m² (2.69 ha, 6.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/706955.md
- Parcel 661833: 24,330 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661833.md
- Parcel 692683: 23,295 m² (2.33 ha, 5.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692683.md
- Parcel 657459: 22,083 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657459.md
- Parcel 670590: 20,577 m² (2.06 ha, 5.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/670590.md
- Parcel 655984: 16,719 m² (1.67 ha, 4.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655984.md
- Parcel 668743: 16,631 m² (1.66 ha, 4.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/668743.md
- Parcel 669319: 12,593 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669319.md
- Parcel 699757: 12,559 m² (1.26 ha, 3.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/699757.md
- Parcel 680483: 10,341 m² (1.03 ha, 2.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680483.md
- Parcel 666305: 5,430 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666305.md
- Parcel 691753: 5,351 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691753.md
- Parcel 640547: 5,272 m² (0.53 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/640547.md
- Parcel 644199: 4,796 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/644199.md
- Parcel 674010: 4,569 m² (0.46 ha, 1.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/674010.md
- Parcel 721544: 4,490 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721544.md
- Parcel 705634: 4,324 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705634.md
- Parcel 657607: 4,135 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657607.md
- Parcel 683506: 3,810 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683506.md
- Parcel 645733: 3,585 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645733.md
- Parcel 670589: 3,362 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/670589.md
- Parcel 719088: 3,100 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/719088.md
- Parcel 5936736: 3,089 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5936736.md
- Parcel 3109644: 3,085 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3109644.md
- Parcel 645116: 3,079 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645116.md
- Parcel 698581: 2,937 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698581.md
- Parcel 703947: 2,837 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703947.md
- Parcel 692682: 2,442 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692682.md
- Parcel 704230: 2,339 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/704230.md
- Parcel 657205: 2,211 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/657205.md
- Parcel 681409: 2,026 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/681409.md
- Parcel 724283: 1,452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/724283.md
- Parcel 659434: 1,372 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/659434.md
- Parcel 642647: 489 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/642647.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Lissian in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 30 Aug 2021, Roscommon County Council 21493: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission for the construction of a private dwelling house and private garage with on site sewerage treatment works and all other site services at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/21493/0
- 7 Nov 2018, Roscommon County Council 18554: Conditional. Retention. for the following - a) To retain an extension to house b) To retain the conversion of part of an existing outbuilding as an extension to house at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/18554/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lissian.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- RO014-007: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-007----. On the S bank of a W-E section of the River Lung. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 52.9m E-W; 38m N-S) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 3-3.8m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.7-1.3m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 6.2-6.5m; Wth of base 3.2-5m; D 0.5-0.9m) from an outer bank (Wth 1.2m at S to 3.2-3.5m generally; ext. H 0.5-0.7m) and outer fosse (Wth of top 2-3.9m; Wth of base 1.1-2.3m; D 0.2-0.3m). All features survive NE-S-NW and all are truncated at N by the W-E River Lung. There is no visible entrance, and the outer fosse is re-used as a drain SW-NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO014-009: Castle - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-009----. Marked as a castle on a Longfield estate map of 1811 in the NLI (ms. 21. F. 44. (41)), and situated on the E bank of the W-E River Lung at a point where it turns N. There is no visible remains of an antiquity and no local knowledge of one. The location is occupied by a farmhouse. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO014-010: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-010----. Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a N-facing slope of a low spur or ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 47m NNW-SSE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (at SSE: Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.6m) separated by a fosse (at SSE: Wth of top 6.8m; Wth of base 4.3m; ext. D 1.5m) from an overgrown outer bank (at SSE: Wth of base 6.9m; Wth of top 4.1m; ext. H 1.4m) which is incorporated into a field bank, and an outer fosse (Wth of top 6.2m Wth of base 3m; D 0.2m). All features survive SE-SW, and the inner bank is continued by a low scarp (H 1.1m at NNW) SW-NNE. There is no visible entrance, but there are swallow holes on the perimeter at N and E. Rath (RO014-013----) is c. 350m to the ESE along the same spur. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO014-011: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-011----. On the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 44m N-S; 43m E-W) whose southern third is overgrown together with the adjacent defining features. It is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5.8m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.6m) separated by a fosse (Wth of top 7.3-7.7m; Wth of base 4.3-5.5m; ext. D 0.9-1.8m) from a second earthen bank (Wth 4.1-5.4m; ext. H 0.8-1m). There is an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.7-6.6m; Wth of base 2.1-3.2m; ext. D 0.8-1.1m) and a third outer bank (Wth 4.3m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) NE-S-SW, but there is no visible entrance (max. surviving diam. 79m N-S; 77m E-W). Rath (RO013-012----) is c. 220m to the E along the ridge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO014-012: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-012----. On the N-facing slope of an E-W ridge. Oval grass-covered area (dims 45.4m NE-W; 34.4m NW-SE) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 4.1-4.9m; int. H 0.1-0.6m; ext. H 0.1-1.6m) which is best preserved (Wth 7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 2.1m) S-W, and an outer fosse (Wth of base 3.6m; D 0.5-0.8m) S-W-NNE. There are modernised entrances at W (Wth 2m) and E (Wth 2m). Rath (RO013-011----) is c. 220m to the W along the ridge. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO014-013: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO014-013----. On the crest at the W end of an E-W spur. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 33.4m NW-SE; 33.4m NE-SW) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-3m; int. H 0.1-0.5m; ext. H 0.5-0.7m) separated by a fosse (Wth of base 2.8-3.7m; D 0.2-0.3m) SSW-NW and at NE from an outer bank (Wth 3.5-3.9m; ext. H 0.4-0.6m) which only survives SSW-NW and at NE (max. ext. diam. 52m NE-SW). There is no visible entrance, and the interior at W and the inner bank NW-NE have been quarried (D c. 0.3m). Rath (RO013-010----) is c. 350m to the WNW and rath (RO013-015----) is c. 250m to the ESE along the same spur. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lissian.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Lissian, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lissian.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissian.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissian.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissian.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lissian with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon: https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Aghalustia: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/aghalustia.md
- Cappagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cappagh-190326.md
- Carrowgarve: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowgarve-190397.md
- Lissergool: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lissergool.md
- Lung: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lung.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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