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

Townland in the civil parish of Cam, barony of Athlone South, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,747,507 m² (174.75 ha, 431.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,171 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Cam, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/cam.md
- Barony: Athlone South
- Electoral division: Caltragh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 279 people lived in 91 households in the Caltragh electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42383
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 191652
- Centre: latitude 53.507692, longitude -8.120434 (WGS 84)

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

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lysterfield, from 43 m² to 202,505 m² (20.25 ha, 50.04 acres); 28 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 683432: 202,505 m² (20.25 ha, 50.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683432.md
- Parcel 667080: 185,602 m² (18.56 ha, 45.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667080.md
- Parcel 701673: 89,808 m² (8.98 ha, 22.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701673.md
- Parcel 691921: 89,541 m² (8.95 ha, 22.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691921.md
- Parcel 693492: 74,941 m² (7.49 ha, 18.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/693492.md
- Parcel 720174: 70,681 m² (7.07 ha, 17.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720174.md
- Parcel 685435: 56,978 m² (5.7 ha, 14.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/685435.md
- Parcel 664793: 56,283 m² (5.63 ha, 13.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/664793.md
- Parcel 665706: 55,584 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/665706.md
- Parcel 710201: 49,823 m² (4.98 ha, 12.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710201.md
- Parcel 676054: 47,398 m² (4.74 ha, 11.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/676054.md
- Parcel 672553: 46,927 m² (4.69 ha, 11.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/672553.md
- Parcel 696716: 45,572 m² (4.56 ha, 11.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/696716.md
- Parcel 645943: 43,799 m² (4.38 ha, 10.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645943.md
- Parcel 677901: 43,593 m² (4.36 ha, 10.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677901.md
- Parcel 694279: 42,229 m² (4.22 ha, 10.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694279.md
- Parcel 642364: 41,406 m² (4.14 ha, 10.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/642364.md
- Parcel 698276: 41,239 m² (4.12 ha, 10.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698276.md
- Parcel 683829: 40,044 m² (4 ha, 9.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683829.md
- Parcel 4671881: 38,981 m² (3.9 ha, 9.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4671881.md
- Parcel 716838: 37,986 m² (3.8 ha, 9.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/716838.md
- Parcel 647090: 36,243 m² (3.62 ha, 8.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/647090.md
- Parcel 689383: 35,287 m² (3.53 ha, 8.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689383.md
- Parcel 649137: 34,540 m² (3.45 ha, 8.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/649137.md
- Parcel 699585: 32,691 m² (3.27 ha, 8.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/699585.md
- Parcel 655660: 32,117 m² (3.21 ha, 7.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655660.md
- Parcel 725684: 30,666 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/725684.md
- Parcel 710927: 27,430 m² (2.74 ha, 6.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/710927.md
- Parcel 713224: 26,718 m² (2.67 ha, 6.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713224.md
- Parcel 660257: 14,171 m² (1.42 ha, 3.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/660257.md
- Parcel 2910780: 12,624 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2910780.md
- Parcel 2492979: 6,719 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2492979.md
- Parcel 5397613: 4,119 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5397613.md
- Parcel 720537: 4,042 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720537.md
- Parcel 722554: 3,402 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/722554.md
- Parcel 695076: 3,300 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/695076.md
- Parcel 694801: 2,894 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694801.md
- Parcel 643317: 2,726 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/643317.md
- Parcel 701986: 2,668 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701986.md
- Parcel 4671885: 2,434 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4671885.md
- Parcel 4845367: 2,351 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4845367.md
- Parcel 721137: 2,326 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721137.md
- Parcel 658450: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/658450.md
- Parcel 703290: 2,247 m² (0.22 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/703290.md
- Parcel 714620: 2,209 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/714620.md
- Parcel 2828098: 2,163 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2828098.md
- Parcel 704122: 2,129 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/704122.md
- Parcel 645490: 2,076 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/645490.md
- Parcel 643952: 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/643952.md
- Parcel 5400364: 2,055 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400364.md
- Parcel 705799: 2,011 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705799.md
- Parcel 643953: 1,929 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/643953.md
- Parcel 6200417: 1,709 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6200417.md
- Parcel 704392: 1,569 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/704392.md
- Parcel 5400363: 1,250 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5400363.md
- Parcel 2558035: 1,188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2558035.md
- Parcel 721550: 487 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/721550.md
- Parcel 721551: 112 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/721551.md
- Parcel 688241: 43 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/688241.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Lysterfield 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)

4 applications, newest first.

- 2 Feb 2024, Roscommon County Council 2460047: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission for the following renovation works to our existing dwelling; 1. Alterations to existing window and door openings 2. Demolish existing flat roof rear extension and construct new rear and side extensions to our existing dwelling 3. Decommission existing septic tank and install a single dwelling treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460047/0
- 17 Oct 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360177: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission for erection of extension to dwelling house and for installation of septic tank and percolation area at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360177/0
- 25 Aug 2023, Roscommon County Council 2360078: N/a. Permission. Permission for erection of extension to dwelling house, and for installation of septic tank and percolation area at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360078/0
- 5 Jul 2017, Roscommon County Council 17301: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for change of house type which differs to that granted planning permission ref. PD/16/361 at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17301/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Funshinagh SAC, site code 000611, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000611
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Funshinagh, site code 000611

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

- RO045-132001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-132001-. Marked as a rectangular feature (dims c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) on the 1837 ed. and as a circular feature (diam. c. 30m) on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. An arc (C 24.7m E-W) of a bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.85m) survives WNW-ENE, with slight traces of a fosse at WNW. There is a record from 1982 of a house (RO045-132002-) as a slightly raised rectangular area (dims c. 5m x 5m; H c. 0.25m) at the centre (SMR file), which is no longer visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-132002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-132002-. There is a record from 1982 of a house visible as a slightly raised rectangular area (dims c. 5m x 5m; H c. 0.25m) at the centre of rath (RO045-132001-) (SMR file), which is no longer visible. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-134001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-134001-. Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a D-shaped enclosure, and situated on a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough, c. 300m to the N and E. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims. c. 25m N-S; c. 25m E-W) defined by a flat-topped earth and stone bank (Wth 3.2m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.25m) W-NW which is reduced to a scarp (H c. 1m) NW-NNE. The site is truncated by a N-S field bank and townland boundary with Kildurney at E and an E-W field bank at S. There is a local tradition of, but no evidence of, its use as a childrens' burial ground (RO045-134002-) (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-134002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-134002-. On a gentle NE-facing slope overlooking Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough, c. 300m to N and E. There is a local tradition, but no evidence, of the use of rath (RO045-134001-) as a childrens' burial ground (Gannon 1972). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO045-232: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO045-232----. On a rise in an undulating low-lying landscape. There is local information on the former site of a children's burial ground, of which nothing remains. Archaeological testing (03E1196) in the vicinity failed to produce any related material (Byrne 2006b). 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 Lysterfield.

## 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 Lysterfield, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lysterfield.
- 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/lysterfield.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lysterfield.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lysterfield.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lysterfield 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)

- Ballagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ballagh-190112.md
- Carrick: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrick-190348.md
- Coolnageer: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/coolnageer.md
- Corralea: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/corralea.md
- Gortnasoolboy: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/gortnasoolboy.md
- Kildurney: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/kildurney.md
- Rahara: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/rahara.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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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