Church / chapel · 1770–1840Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchUrbleshanny
Photo: Rorser at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.57buildings on the National Inventory
History of Scotstown · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Scotstown has 7 buildings on the National Inventory
Scotstown’s oldest recorded building dates from 1760. Inside the town, the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites.
On the National Inventory
7
Of national importance
0
NIAH National or International, and national monuments
Archaeological sites
2
Sites and Monuments Record
Oldest building
1760
the first date on its record
Homes built before 1919
2.6%
typical town: 3.4%
The map
Where Scotstown’s history is
Every building and site on the record inside the town, by its rating.
Regional and other sites
Hover a dot for its name; tap one to open its page.
The 7, by rating
7 Regional and other sites
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage is the State’s survey of buildings from 1700 to today, county by county; each record gives a rating, dates, a type and an appraisal. Being on it is not legal protection: that is each council’s Record of Protected Structures.
Points from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and the Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0).
Regional and other sites
7 historic places in Scotstown
Buildings rated Regional, of significance in their region, and archaeological monuments with an encyclopedia article.
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1810–1830Presbytery, Saint Mary's Catholic ChurchUrbleshanny
Mill (water) · 1760–1870Mill (water), Scotstown
Bridge · 1790–1795Bridge, Scotstown
House · 1850–1870House, Fair Green, Scotstown
Water pump · 1860–1880Water pump, Fair Green, Scotstown
Presbytery / parochial / curate's house · 1910–1930Presbytery, Urbleshanny
What’s recorded
39% of the records in and around Scotstown are homes
Scotstown’s record covers 7 kinds of building in all. Ireland as a whole has more homes than Scotstown: 62% of its record. The runner-up group is walls, gates and bridges: 4 records.
Homes7
Walls, gates and bridges4
Mills, stations and works2
Farm and estate buildings2
Churches and chapels1
Street furniture1
Other buildings1
Types as the National Inventory records them, grouped, for the records inside the town and those just outside it that belong to it; a building keeps the type it was built as.
How old
Most of Scotstown’s dated buildings come from the 16th to 18th centuries
Each building by the first date on its record.
1500–1799 three centuries3
19th century 1800–18993
1900 and later to today1
3 of the 7 dated ones were built before 1800.
Archaeology and around
Archaeology in Scotstown
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Ringfort - rath2 records |
Just outside Scotstown: 11
| Clonamully HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Drummans MillRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.9 km outside the town |
| Hollywood HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.2 km outside the town |
| Mullaghmore House (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Mullaghmore House (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| Mullaghmore House (outbuilding)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Mullaghmore House (steward's house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1 km outside the town |
| Clonamully House (farmyard complex)Regional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Gola English, Killycarnan SouthRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.3 km outside the town |
| Bridge, Bough, CarrachorRegional rating (NIAH) · 400 m outside the town |
| Water tower, MullatishaughlinRegional rating (NIAH) · 900 m outside the town |
Homes by age
New homes stand out in Scotstown: 9.1% built since 2011, where most towns have 5.8%
Building between the wars went further in Scotstown than in most towns: 8.4%, against 3.9%. Look at when Scotstown’s homes went up and one period leads: in the 2000s, with 30%. Before 1919: just 2.6% of the homes in Scotstown, where most towns have about 3.4%.
2.6%
Before 1919
8.4%
1919–45
27%
1946–80
23%
1981–2000
30%
2001–10
9.1%
Since 2011
ScotstownTypical town
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
Neighbours
Scotstown and its neighbours
In brief
Scotstown in brief
The official list counts 7 places on the record in Scotstown. Its homes are mostly newer: 2.6% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. The oldest is Saint Mary's Catholic Church, from 1770. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: James Donnelly (1823) was born here before 1900; and it also has 2 archaeological sites.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Scotstown’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Scotstown?
7 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
What is the oldest building in Scotstown?
Mill (water), Scotstown: the first date on its record is 1760.
Are there archaeological sites in Scotstown?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Scotstown.
How old are the homes in Scotstown?
2.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
This page describes its history; it gives no grade.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Wikidata and English Wikipedia for people born here · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).