Manragh Upper

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Manragh Upper, from 411 m² to 99,030 m² (9.9 ha, 24.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Manragh Upper 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.

• 12 Dec 2022Conditional

  for single storey domestic extension, internal alterations, connection to existing onsite services and associated works to existing dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 22501

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Manragh Upper.

Recorded monuments

• CV004-012 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the SE shoulder of a hillside in rough mountainous terrain. Levelled in the early 1980s, the site is now partly occupied by a modern dwelling-house. It was known locally as a 'stone fort'. 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

• CV004-013 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Sited on the SE slope of a mountain. Circular mound of earth and stone (diam. 11.9m; H 0.65m) encircled by a wide, shallow, external fosse which has been infilled from WNW-N-NE where a modern stone field boundary skirts the site. The mound is largely flat-topped except for a low irregularly shaped rise in the centre. 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

• CV004-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Raised circular area (int. diam. 28.4m) enclosed by the base of a stone rampart (original Wth 2.2m) which has been modernised and incorporated into the field boundary. Original entrance not recognisable. The site is divided into two unequal portions by a field boundary running NW-SE. The smaller portion ENE of this has been levelled but the outline of the perimeter may still be traced as a low mound of earth and stone. 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

• CV004-043 Hut site
  Description

  'The site is identified as a sub-circular setting of stones with internal dimensions of 4m N-S and 4.7m E-W. The wall, comprised of limestone blocks up to 1.2m in length and of sandstoen boulders up to 0.8m, would appear to have been 1m to 1.7m wide. There are possible entrances at the east and northeast.' The above description is derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 146. Date of upload: 15 November 2012

• CV004-044 Hut site
  Description

  'This hut site is identified as a small square setting of stones with internal dimensions of 1.6m N-S and 2m E-W. The enclosing wall is c.50cm wide, is comprised of both sandstoen and limestone and survives t between 50cm and 80cm in height, except at the east, where the entrance was probably located.' The above description is derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 146. Date of upload: 15 November 2012

• CV004-045 Hut site
  Description

  'The scant remains of this hut site are represented by a smiple, apparently sub-rectangular, setting of stones with internal dimensions of 1.4m N-S and 2m E-W. This site was probably quite similar to Manragh Upper 5, but very little of this structure survives.' The above description was derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 147. Date of upload: 15 November 2012

• CV004-046 Hut site
  Description

  'This hut site is identified as a sub-circular setting of stones, almost exculsively of sandstone, with internal dimenisons of 2.4m N-S and 3.1m E-W.' The above description is derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 147. Date of upload: 15 November 2012

• CV004-047 Hut site
  Description

  'This structure, perhaps more a hut than a hut site , is D-shaped in plan and is built primarily with sandstone blocks, though a small amount of limestone is used in the upper courses. The walls stand to between 1.1m and 2m high and the interior measures 2m NW-SE and 3m NE-SW. The internal area is covered with loose stone, which has presumably fallen from the walls. The walls are generally 60cm wide and a clearly defined entrance, 50cm wide, is found a the northeast end of the northwest wall.' The above description is derived from R. Sherlock, Northwest Co. Cavan Survey. An archaeological survey of northwest Cavan: the other Burren (2007), p. 148. Date of upload: 15 November 2012

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Manragh Upper.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Manragh Upper, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Manragh Upper.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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.

No address of the register names Manragh Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Manragh Upper · An Mhanrach Uachtarach

Area

465,658 m² (46.57 ha, 115.07 acres)

Civil parish

Killinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tullyhaw

Electoral division

Tuam, the unit of the census

Census 2022

346 people lived in 143 households in the Tuam electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Burren, Duckfield, Garvagh, Legalough, Manragh Lower, Tawnymakelly

Placenames

Manragh Upper 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.