elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council

Chapter 6: Built and Natural Heritage
Wall at Newline Street.
90 High wall to bishop’s palace
demesne on R368, now a boundary
wall to the GAA grounds.
New stone walls on Castle Street
frame the view of the landscape
and give continuity to the visual
tradition of the town.
The table below lists the sites which are protected structures and also those which were recommended by
the NIAH for protection. It includes one structure which this LAP recommends for protection.
RPS Ref: Protected Structure NIAH Ref:
01600122
Former Grammar School Residence,
Main Street
N/A
01600158
Former Bishop’s Palace
01600159 Cathedral, Castle Street
01600160 Windmill, Kilmacumsy
01600161 Grammar School
01600162 Nursing Home
01600164 Bank of Ireland
01600193 St. Patrick’s (St. Asicus’) Church
Potential
Protected
Structure
End-of-terrace three-storey town house.
N/A
N/A
31810010
N/A
31810001
31810006
31810008
N/A
Table 1: Protected Structures and Potential Protected Structures in Elphin
6.2.2 Archaeological Heritage
To date there has been over 4,400 known Recorded Monuments identified in the County. However, new
sites and monuments are still being discovered, often during development or building work. This means
that the archaeological heritage is not confined to the archaeological sites within the Record of
Monuments and Places (RMP). Local archaeological heritage also includes any archaeological site that
may not yet have been recorded, as well as archaeological remains underwater or beneath the ground
surface. Such remains may only be uncovered during development work and must be investigated and
recorded in detail, as set out in the National Monuments Acts. The archaeological heritage of the County
includes, for example; structures, constructions, groups of buildings, developed sites, all recorded
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