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

Townland in the civil parish of Tumna, barony of Boyle, Co. Roscommon.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 830,335 m² (83.03 ha, 205.18 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,434 m² (1.84 ha, 4.56 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tumna, https://everytownland.com/roscommon/parish/tumna.md
- Barony: Boyle
- Electoral division: Oakport, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 523 people lived in 198 households in the Oakport electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 64% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Roscommon, https://everytownland.com/roscommon.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/43114
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 192050
- Centre: latitude 53.961163, longitude -8.169837 (WGS 84)

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

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Usna, from 131 m² to 269,017 m² (26.9 ha, 66.48 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 656125: 269,017 m² (26.9 ha, 66.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/656125.md
- Parcel 695954: 252,522 m² (25.25 ha, 62.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/695954.md
- Parcel 682864: 210,496 m² (21.05 ha, 52.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/682864.md
- Parcel 651474: 35,050 m² (3.51 ha, 8.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/651474.md
- Parcel 677761: 19,858 m² (1.99 ha, 4.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/677761.md
- Parcel 680093: 18,434 m² (1.84 ha, 4.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/680093.md
- Parcel 2485814: 13,908 m² (1.39 ha, 3.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2485814.md
- Parcel 3907868: 5,171 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3907868.md
- Parcel 713882: 4,766 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/713882.md
- Parcel 640779: 2,780 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/640779.md
- Parcel 717054: 131 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/717054.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Usna 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Usna in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Drumharlow, site code 001643

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

- RO006-114: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-114----. On the S-facing slope of a rise. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 30m E-W; 26.8m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4-5m; int. H 0.2m generally to 1.2m at N; ext. H 0.6-1m) WNW-E, which is the townland boundary with Toberataravan, but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp (H 0.5-0.8m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance, and the interior now functions as a golfing green with bunkers outside the perimeter ESE-SSW. Cashel (RO006-115001-) is c. 190m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 25 May 2015
- RO006-115001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-115001-. On a shelf on a SE-facing slope overlooking the floodplain of the Boyle River and Lough Eiden, c. 350m to the E. Subcircular grass-covered area (int. dims 30.5m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by an overgrown stone spread (Wth 2.7m at N to 4.3-5m generally; int. H 0.3m at E to 0.6-0.8m generally; ext. H 0.3-0.5m E-S to 0.7-0.9m W-N). There is no visible entrance, but there is a house site (RO006-115002-) (int. dims 10m N-S; 5.2m) inside the perimeter at NE defined by the base of stone walls (Wth 0.8m) at N and W and the inner edge of the cashel perimeter at E. Rath (RO006-114----) is c. 190m to the W. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO006-115002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-115002-. On a shelf on a SE-facing slope overlooking the floodplain of the Boyle River and Lough Eiden, c. 350m to the E. There is a house site (int. dims 10m N-S; 5.2m) inside the perimeter of cashel (RO006-115001-) at NE defined by the base of stone walls (Wth 0.8m) at N and W and the inner edge of the cashel perimeter at E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO006-169: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-169----. Towards the top of the NW-facing slope of a rise. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by a gapped earthen bank (Wth 3-4m; int. H 0.2-0.5m; ext. H 0.7-1m) E-S-W, and a scarp (max. H 1m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or recognisable entrance, and the interior is overlain by an E-W field bank towards the perimeter at N. Rath (RO006-168---) is c. 160m to the NW and rath (RO006-172----) is c. 200m to the E. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO006-171: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-171----. On a flat low-lying landscape within a golf-course. Described (de Valera and O 'Nuallain 1972, 33-4) as a gallery (dims 8.5m E-W; 1-1.7m N-S) with seven side-stones on the N and ten on the S sides, and with one lintel at the E end. The W end is separated by a septal stone from a portico (dims 1.5m x c. 1.5m) which has two facade stones to the N. It was within a trapezoidal cairn or mound (dims c. 10m E-W; c. 2.5m N-S at E to c. 7.5m N-S at W) defined by kerbstones at N and S. It is now visible as a circular, rounded and grass-covered mound (diam. c. 24m; H 1.6-2m) with the capstone of the gallery just visible on its summit. Rath (RO006-172----) is c. 80m to the SW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
- RO006-172: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-172----. Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of a hill within a golf course. Oval grass-covered area (dims. c. 48m NE-SW; c. 33m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.4m) NE-S and as a scarp down to the interior (H 0.5m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO006-169----) is c. 200m to the W. Wedge tomb (RO006-171----) is c. 80m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
- RO006-206: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CRO006-206----. On a low-lying landscape with an E-W stream to the N. The excavation (Henry 2000b) of an oval mound of broken and burnt stones (dims. 10m E-W; 7.6m N-S; T 0.1m) revealed an trough (dims. 2.1m E-W; 1.3m N-S) which had a base of ash planks and one side composed of wattle. A plank produced a C14 date of 3783 +- 56 BP. Two paved areas (upper: dims. 12m E-W; 4m N-S; lower: dims. 14m E-W; 5m N-S) overlying each other and post-dating the mound were recorded just W of the mound. 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 Usna.

## 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 Usna, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1396, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1396.zip (ZIP).
- 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/usna.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/usna.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/usna.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Usna 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)

- Ardconra: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/ardconra.md
- Garrowlougher: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/garrowlougher.md
- Hughestown: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/hughestown.md
- Lismulkeare: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/lismulkeare.md
- Toberataravan: https://everytownland.com/roscommon/toberataravan.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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