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

Townland in the civil parish of Taghboy, barony of Athlone North, Co. Roscommon; in Irish An Turrac.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,749,207 m² (274.92 ha, 679.34 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 17,109 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 6 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Taghboy, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/taghboy.md
- Barony: Athlone North
- Electoral division: Turrock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 322 people lived in 113 households in the Turrock electoral division. 95% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/42639
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 192048
- Centre: latitude 53.49181, longitude -8.203229 (WGS 84)

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

55 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Turrock, from 188 m² to 186,451 m² (18.65 ha, 46.07 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 711093: 186,451 m² (18.65 ha, 46.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/711093.md
- Parcel 667073: 181,227 m² (18.12 ha, 44.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667073.md
- Parcel 695496: 145,945 m² (14.59 ha, 36.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/695496.md
- Parcel 701671: 144,357 m² (14.44 ha, 35.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/701671.md
- Parcel 655670: 139,070 m² (13.91 ha, 34.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/655670.md
- Parcel 661736: 119,611 m² (11.96 ha, 29.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661736.md
- Parcel 721833: 94,965 m² (9.5 ha, 23.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/721833.md
- Parcel 700929: 92,366 m² (9.24 ha, 22.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700929.md
- Parcel 692451: 79,019 m² (7.9 ha, 19.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/692451.md
- Parcel 667929: 78,019 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667929.md
- Parcel 667889: 72,795 m² (7.28 ha, 17.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/667889.md
- Parcel 687015: 60,878 m² (6.09 ha, 15.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/687015.md
- Parcel 5323968: 58,614 m² (5.86 ha, 14.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5323968.md
- Parcel 660531: 46,705 m² (4.67 ha, 11.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/660531.md
- Parcel 700673: 46,519 m² (4.65 ha, 11.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/700673.md
- Parcel 668212: 42,445 m² (4.24 ha, 10.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/668212.md
- Parcel 663652: 42,137 m² (4.21 ha, 10.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/663652.md
- Parcel 680289: 39,961 m² (4 ha, 9.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680289.md
- Parcel 4971116: 36,573 m² (3.66 ha, 9.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4971116.md
- Parcel 687001: 32,546 m² (3.25 ha, 8.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/687001.md
- Parcel 705531: 27,366 m² (2.74 ha, 6.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/705531.md
- Parcel 683441: 26,234 m² (2.62 ha, 6.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/683441.md
- Parcel 694270: 25,235 m² (2.52 ha, 6.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/694270.md
- Parcel 702355: 22,915 m² (2.29 ha, 5.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/702355.md
- Parcel 660254: 21,353 m² (2.14 ha, 5.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/660254.md
- Parcel 685428: 20,861 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/685428.md
- Parcel 666755: 18,965 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666755.md
- Parcel 5075848: 17,109 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5075848.md
- Parcel 668577: 15,189 m² (1.52 ha, 3.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/668577.md
- Parcel 691920: 13,596 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/691920.md
- Parcel 689389: 13,568 m² (1.36 ha, 3.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/689389.md
- Parcel 669893: 12,647 m² (1.26 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/669893.md
- Parcel 666139: 11,797 m² (1.18 ha, 2.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/666139.md
- Parcel 697889: 9,102 m² (0.91 ha, 2.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/697889.md
- Parcel 665277: 7,630 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/665277.md
- Parcel 5681135: 7,290 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5681135.md
- Parcel 688236: 7,008 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/688236.md
- Parcel 660788: 6,837 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/660788.md
- Parcel 661058: 6,340 m² (0.63 ha, 1.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/661058.md
- Parcel 699589: 5,934 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/699589.md
- Parcel 2514513: 4,990 m² (0.5 ha, 1.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2514513.md
- Parcel 2844251: 4,821 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2844251.md
- Parcel 4094516: 4,254 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4094516.md
- Parcel 698700: 3,662 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/698700.md
- Parcel 4653842: 3,604 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4653842.md
- Parcel 664363: 3,293 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/664363.md
- Parcel 720623: 2,393 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/720623.md
- Parcel 5697991: 2,354 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5697991.md
- Parcel 2896440: 2,289 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2896440.md
- Parcel 4793046: 2,246 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4793046.md
- Parcel 659390: 1,245 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/659390.md
- Parcel 681790: 819 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/681790.md
- Parcel 644141: 808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/644141.md
- Parcel 704120: 576 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/704120.md
- Parcel 663309: 188 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/663309.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Turrock 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)

6 applications, newest first.

- 1 Mar 2024, Roscommon County Council 2433: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Planning permission to construct a fully services private dwelling house with waste water treatment system and garage/fuel shed to include all associated site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2433/0
- 6 Dec 2019, Roscommon County Council 19632: Conditional. Permission. Permission to construct a five bay double slatted sheep shed on lands at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/19632/0
- 20 Jul 2017, Roscommon County Council 17321: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. For demolition of existing derelict dwelling & boundary walls, construction of a replacement dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area, relocation of existing vehicular entrance and associated works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17321/0
- 30 Jun 2017, Roscommon County Council 17294: Refused. Permission, 1 home. development consisting of extension to rear and to side of existing dwelling house and carrying out all ancillary site works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/17294/0
- 7 Mar 2017, Roscommon County Council 1792: N/a. Permission, 1 home. for demolition of existing derelict dwelling & boundary walls, proposed relocation of vehicular entrance, construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1792/0
- 28 Feb 2017, Roscommon County Council 1784: N/a. Permission. For demolition of existing derelict dwelling and boundary walls, proposed relocation of vehicular entrance, construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works at. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/1784/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Croan Turlough SAC, site code 000610, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000610
- Special Protection Area: Lough Croan Turlough SPA, site code 004139, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004139
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Croan Turlough, site code 000610

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

- RO044-084001: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-084001-. Marked as a D-shaped field on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured enclosure on the 1915 ed. It is situated at the edge of a shelf which slopes down gently to the NE. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 88.5m NW-SE; 69m NE-SW) defined by a grass-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 3.5-4.2m; int. H 0.5-0.6m; ext. H 0.5-1.8m) with the straight side at NE where the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.8m). An outer fosse (Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 1.6m; D 0.8m) survives only at W (L c. 30m) where there is a sharp angle. There are entrances at NW (Wth 4.5m) and SE (Wth 14m) associated with a trackway, and there are lazy-beds in the interior. There is a tradition of its use as a children's burial ground (RO044-084003-), but no evidence of this. Enclosure (RO044-085----) is c. 120m to the SE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO044-084003: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-084003-. At the edge of a shelf which slopes down gently to NE. There is a tradition of the use of enclosure (RO044-084001-) as a children's burial ground (Gannon 1972), but there is no evidence of this. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO044-085: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-085----. Visible on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 473-2), and situated on a level landscape c. 100m S of Turrock Huose. D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 24m NW-SE; 22.3m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 5-7m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.1-0.6m) on the straight W and N sides and by a fosse (Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.7-1m) E-S. There is no identifiable original entrance. Just S of the monument a ditch (Wth of top 3.5m; Wth of base 1m; D 0.5m) separated by a berm (Wth 1.5m) from a second ditch (Wth of top 3.3m; Wth of base 1.5m; D 0.3m-0.6m) runs NW-SE (L c. 150m) and is a landscape feature associated with the Turrock House. Enclosure (RO044-084001-) is c. 120m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO044-086001: Enclosure - large enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-086001-. Visible as a large circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 472-3), and situated on a level landscape. Circular grass-covered, but poached, area (diam. 63m NW-SE) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m, H 0.4m) E-SW, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.4-1m) SW-NW. The monument is overlain by a NNE-SSW field wall towards the perimeter at E, and the area E of this is regarded locally as a children's burial ground (RO044-086002-). A field wall runs NW from this wall, and the perimeter of the enclosure N of this cannot be traced. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Archaeological testing (02E0443) c. 50-100m to the NW failed to recover any associated material (Read 2004p). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 21st January, 2011
- RO044-086002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-086002-. Situated on a level landscape. The area E of a NNE-SSW field wall overlying rath (RO044-086001-) towards the perimeter at E is regarded locally as a children's burial ground, although there is no evidence of this use. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO044-107: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-107----. Towards the NW end of the Lough Croan turlough (dims c. 3 km NW-SE; c. 200-300m NE-SW). Circular grass-covered mound (diam. 26.7m NE-SW; 25.6m NW-SE; H 0.4-1m) now bisected by a NW-SE drain that has added material to the summit (diam. c. 16m; H 0.4-0.9m) and is now grass-covered, but some animal bone is evident. See the attached image taken from the N Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO044-114: House - 17th century, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO044-114----. An O'Kelly castle at Turrock had been acquired by John Byrt who died in 1588, but it had been lost to Irish rebels by 1596 (Cronin 1980, 113, 117). A castle is marked at Terrig on the Strafford map of c. 1636, which probably also included the townlands of Gortaphuill and Garryphort (Simington 1949, Athlone (225)). In 1641 the four quarters of Turrock, amounting to 525 acres belonged to Michael Pinnocke, who retained the holding through the Cromwellian settlement (ibid. 110). Situated on a level landscape adjacent to Turrock House. This is a rectangular structure (int. dims 7.6m NNE-SSW; 5.25m WNW-ESE) of one storey and attic surviving complete, except the W wall where the doorway was. A fireplace projects inwards on the S gable and there is a destroyed window on each wall except the N. The joists were set directly into the walls and there are attic windows in the N and S gables. It is probably not the structure depicted on the map but it may be 17th-century in date. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 22 October, 2015
- RO047-016001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-016001-. Visible as a circular feature on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M 472-3), and situated on a low knoll in an area of limestone outcrop. Circular domed and scrub-covered area (diam. 38.2m NE-SW; 36.2m NW-SE) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 4-4.5m; max. H 0.8m) with no evidence of facing-stones or of an identifiable original entrance. A rectangular grass-covered enclosure or annexe (RO047-016003-) (dims 21.7m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread is attached to the perimeter at NE. The interior is overlain by an old field wall which extends to the N and S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-016002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-016002-. Situated on an unreclaimed area of limestone outcrop. A grass and scrub-covered area of about 41 acres (c. 15 ha) contains a high density of rectangular plots and house remains associated with lazy-bed cultivation and dating probably to the 18th or 19th century, but some walls could relate to an earlier field system. It contains the cashel (RO047-016001-) and the fields are overlaid by a pattern of 19th century field strips (Wth c. 25m) aligned WNW-ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-016003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-016003-. A rectangular grass-covered enclosure or annexe (dims 21.7m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread is attached to the perimeter of cashel (RO047-016001-) at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-018001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-018001-. Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 50m) on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and described in gothic lettering as the site of 'Turrock Fort' on the 1915 ed. It is situated in an undulating landscape. Subcircular scrub-covered area (dims 42.5m WNW-ESE; 37.8m NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank best preserved WSW-NE (at NNE: Wth 8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m) with traces of a double wall facing (Wth 2.25-2.45m) best preserved W-NW and E-SE. There is no visible fosse, identifiable original entrance or internal features. The monument is overlain by four field walls meeting SW of the centre and there is some clearance spoil. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO047-081: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO047-081----. On a slight rise in an undulating landscape. There is local knowledge of the discovery of bones during reclamation c. 1970, after which the work was halted. There is no visible evidence of any features in reclaimed pasture. 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 Turrock.

## 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 Turrock, 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 Geological Survey did not answer.
- Terrain model: the Geological Survey did not answer.
- 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/turrock.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/turrock.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/turrock.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Turrock 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)

- Carrowntlieve: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrowntlieve.md
- Carrownurlar: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/carrownurlar-190468.md
- Cronin: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/cronin.md
- Garrynphort: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/garrynphort-191228.md
- Gortaphuill: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/gortaphuill-191269.md
- Lisnagavragh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lisnagavragh.md
- Liswilliam: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/liswilliam.md
- Mullaghardagh: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/mullaghardagh.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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