Milltown

93 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 4 m² to 137,553 m² (13.76 ha, 33.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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.

• 29 May 2026N/a

  Permission to erect a dwelling house, install septic tank and percolation area at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2660265

• 29 Oct 2025Conditional

  Permission to fully refurbish and extend existing semi-derelict structure (formerly dwelling) install new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, associated site works and services at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2577

• 13 Oct 2023Conditional

  Permission for the construction of a detached domestic garage together with all associated site works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2360174

• 11 Mar 2022Conditional

  Permission to: 1. Demolish derelict barn; 2. Construct an extension to side and rear of existing house along with upgrading septic tank with new proprietary treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 22140

• 28 Jan 2022Conditional

  1. Retention permission for stables at rear of property; 2. Permission for extension to rear of existing dwelling; 3. Permission to construct new window to side elevation / minor alterations to existing dwelling and all ancillary site development works at

  Retention, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 2247

• 17 Dec 2021N/a

  Permission to construct an extension to side and rear of existing house along with upgrading septic tank with new proprietary treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission, 1 home · Roscommon County Council, 21714

• 2 Dec 2021N/a

  Permission to construct an extension to side and rear of existing house along with upgrading septic tank with new proprietary treatment system and percolation area and carry out all ancillary site development works at

  Permission · Roscommon County Council, 21681

• 17 Jun 2021N/a

  retention of an existing 3 bay shed at

  Retention · Roscommon County Council, 21339

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castleplunket Turlough 000598

Recorded monuments

• RO027-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In a SE-NW valley-bottom. Circular grass and rush-covered area (diam. 29m NE-SW; 28.1m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with some bushes (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.6-0.8m), and an outer fosse (Wth of top 2.4-3.4m; Wth of base 1.2-1.6m; D 0.3-0.5m) N-W. There is no identifiable original entrance, and a NE-SW field bank overlies the interior towards the perimeter at SE (max. ext. diam. 36m NE-SW). It has been removed since 2005 (OSI images, c. 2012). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-045 Moated site
  Description

  Towards the N crest of a broad E-W ridge. Rectangular grass-covered area (dims 35m NW-SE; 33m NE-SW) defined by earthen banks (Wth 2.5-4.7m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8-1.2m) on all sides except the NW, separated by flat-bottomed moats (Wth of top 3-6.6m; Wth of base 2-2.5m; D 1-1.1m) from interrupted sections of outer banks (Wth 3.2-5m; ext. H 0.2-0.5m). There are traces of a second outer moat or quarry (Wth of base 1.4m; D 0.3m) at NE. There is an entrance through the inner (Wth 3.2m) and outer (Wth 4.6m) banks, but no causeway, at the centre of the NE side (max. ext. dims 51m NW-SE; 49m NE-SW). See the attached aerial image taken from the E Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29th September, 2010

• RO027-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the crest of a NW-SE ridge. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims c. 32m E-W; c. 28m N-S) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.4m) with slight traces of a fosse (Wth c. 7-10m). The monument is truncated at N by a WNW-ESE road bank (L 18m) and part of the interior is occupied by a cattle crush. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO027-087 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  On the crest of a NW-SE ridge, and at the S end of the roadway (RO027-041----) which extends N to Castleplunket village. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Milltown House, and known locally as the site of a castle owned by the O'Conors. The house was built in the mid-18th Century by Thomas O'Conor, the great great grandfather of Roderic O'Conor (1860 - 1940), the artist. It is now a quarry. (Gormley 1989, 147) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-168001 Enclosure
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP: 4205), and situated at the S edge of a broad plateau. Rectangular grass-covered area (27.5m WNW-ESE; 20m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; H 0. 2-0.3m). The S end of the E side is overlain by the W end of a three-roomed house (RO028-168004-) (ext. dims 16.4m E-W; 6.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.2-1.5m; H 0.2m). N of the house site is a small rectangualar enclosure (RO028-168005-) (dims. c. 20m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by relict field banks (Wth 3m; H 0.3m) at E and N and which has a ditch (Wth of base c. 1m; D 0.2m) internally on each side. The rectangular enclosure was integrated with a field system (RO028-168002-) of rectangular fields (dims c. 100m x. c. 50m) covering an area of about 25 acres (c. 10 ha) and a pitfield (RO028-168003-) of c. 100 pits aligned WNW-ESE, parallel to the field banks, both of which can no longer be seen at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-168002 Field system
  Description

  On a level landscape. The rectangular enclosure was integrated with a field system (RO028-168002-) of rectangular fields (dims. c. 100m x. c. 50m) covering an area of c. 10 ha and a pitfield (RO028-168003-), both of which can no longer be seen at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-168003 Pitfield
  Description

  At the S edge of a broad plateau. The rectangular enclosure (RO028-168001-) was integrated with a field system (RO028-168002-) covering an area of c. 10 ha, and a pitfield of c. 100 pits aligned WNW-ESE, parallel to the field banks, both of which can no longer be seen at ground level in reclaimed pasture. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-168004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (OSAP: 4205), and situated at the S edge of a broad plateau. The S end of the E side of rectangular enclosure (RO028-168001-) is overlain by the W end of a three-roomed house (ext. dims 16.4m E-W; 6.2m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.2-1.5m; H 0.2m). N of the house site is a small enclosure (RO028-168005-) that happens to be rectangular. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO028-168005 Enclosure
  Description

  At the S edge of a broad plateau. North of the house (RO028-168004-) is a small rectangular enclosure (17.5m WNW-ESE; c. 15m NNE-SSW) defined by relict field banks (Wth 3m; H 0.3m) at E and N and which has a ditch (Wth of base c. 1m; D 0.2m) internally on each side. 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 Milltown.

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

At the centre of the townland of Milltown, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Milltown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Roscommon.

Name

Milltown

Area

2,589,997 m² (259 ha, 640 acres)

Civil parish

Baslick, and its townlands

Barony

Castlereagh

Electoral division

Castleteheen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

324 people lived in 131 households in the Castleteheen electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardeevin, Ballaghabawbeg, Caran, Castleplunket, Emlagh, Rahardagh, Rusheen

Placenames

Milltown 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.