Lisnaclea
Townland in the civil parish of Drumgoon, barony of Clankee, Co. Cavan; in Irish Lios na Cléithe
- Area
- 131.6 ha
- 325 acres
- Land parcels
- 71
- registered freehold, median 12,395 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lisnaclea, from 139 m² to 97,309 m² (9.73 ha, 24.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Lisnaclea 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
14 Apr 2023Conditional
construct single storey extensions to the rear and side of existing bungalow and a front porch and all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 23171
13 Oct 2021Conditional
for (1)demolition of single storey extensions to side, rear and front of existing single storey type dwelling together with a detached domestic storage shed, (2)construction of single storey extension to front of dwelling to incorporate porch area, (3)construction of single storey extension to side of dwelling to incorporate additional living accommodation, (4)construction of storey and a half extension to rear of dwelling to incorporate additional bedroom and sanitary accommodation, (5)carrying out amendments and alterations to remaining existing elevations and floor plan layouts, (6)installation of proprietary wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, (7)completion of all ancillary and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21619
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lisnaclea.
Recorded monuments
- CV018-010001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank the outer face of which has been modified and incorporated into the field boundary. There is a modern field drain at its foot. Original entrance was probably at NNW. Possible souterrain within internal area (CV018-010002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV018-010002 Souterrain
Description
Situated near the inner face of the bank of Lisnaclea rath at N (CV018-010001-). A small Y-shaped depression, comprising short vertical leg (L 2m; Wth 1.9m; D 0.3m), a branch aligned NW-SE (L 3.4m; Wth 1.8m; D 0.35m) and a longer branch running NE-SW (L 5m; Wth 1.65m; D 1.1m), may represent the site of a souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV023-037 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised oval area (int. dims. 31.5m E-W; 27.4m N-S) enclosed by a low earthen bank and a fosse, traces of which are identifiable only from ESE-S-WSW. Break in bank with accompanying causeway at ESE probably represents original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV023-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank scarped externally from SE-S-W, and a wide, deep, partly waterlogged fosse recently recut from NNW-N-NE to accommodate a field drain and removed from SE-S-W. Break in bank with faint remains of accompanying causeway at E probably represents original entrance. Internal area densely overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV023-039 Well
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- House, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
Description
Detached two-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, with recent single-storey side entrance porch and recent single-storey return to rear. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks on gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped artificial slate roof to porch in diagonal pattern brought forward over doorway and supported on a metal column. Flat roof to return. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered walls to gables. Window openings with stone sills and plain reveals having two-over-two timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Set behind low boundary wall having decorative double-leaf iron gates and square-profile piers to the east. Corrugated iron building to east of gates with a wide iron-barred window with fascia above to front gable, formerly in use as retail outlet.
- Knappagh Bridge, bridge, 1730–1770 · Regional interest
Description
Triple-arch stone road bridge with slight hump, built c.1750, spanning River Knappagh. Rubble stone parapets with Scotch copings. Random rubble stone spandrels with roughly dressed uneven voussoirs to round arches, west end arch smaller than other two. Rubble stone arch soffit resting on rubble abutments. Wing walls extend parallel to approach roads with battered buttresses at either end.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lisnaclea.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Lisnaclea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Lisnaclea · Lios na Cléithe
- Area
- 1,315,927 m² (131.59 ha, 325.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumgoon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clankee
- Electoral division
- Knappagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knappagh electoral division: 487 people in 160 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cashel, Corvackan (Co. Monaghan), Drumbrade, Drumod (Co. Monaghan), Knappagh, Lisclogher, Lisnagoon
- Placenames
- Lisnaclea 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.