# Baur North, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcorney, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 502,213 m² (50.22 ha, 124.1 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 250,635 m² (25.06 ha, 61.93 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcorney, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/kilcorney.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Noughaval, the unit of the census
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5815
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 30346
- Centre: latitude 53.050646, longitude -9.163603 (WGS 84)

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

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baur North, from 5,421 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres) to 495,850 m² (49.58 ha, 122.53 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1442381: 495,850 m² (49.58 ha, 122.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442381.md
- Parcel 5101465: 5,421 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5101465.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Baur North 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 Baur North in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC, site code 000054, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000054
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain, site code 000054

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

- CL005-192: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-192----. In elevated rocky pasture, overlooking Glensleade valley to the E, and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-225----). Listed as ‘Cemetery cairn’ in the RMP (1996). A grass-covered cairn (10.9m N-S; 10.2m E-W), highest to the E (H 1.2m) and falling to the S (H 0.3m). There is a slight dip in the summit of the monument (diam. 2.2m; D 0.3m). No structural stone elements are visible. A drystone field wall partially overlies the cairn. A cairn (CL005-191----) with a cist (CL005-191002-) is located c. 90m to the N and an enclosure (CL005-294----) lies c. 35m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-195: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-195----. On a slight rocky rise with marshy pasture to the W and scrub to the E. A possible house foundation, subcircular in shape (int. 7.2m N-S; 7.1m E-W) defined by a wall of crude rough rocks (max. Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.6-1.4m; ext. H 0.5-1.2m). The wall incorporates particularly large stone blocks along its N and S edges. It is thicker on the W side, decreasing in width to the E. Rough gaps are present at the NE and NNW. The interior slopes slightly to the S and SW and contains a few grassed-over stones. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 7 October 2025
- CL005-294: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-294----. On a SE-facing slope in a karst landscape within an extensive field system (CL009-255----). An oval enclosure (c. 10m N-S; c. 8m E-W) defined by partially grassed-over stone walls. Reported to the National Monuments Service by Conn Herriott. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-13). A cairn (CL005-192----) lies c. 75m to the NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 July 2022
- CL009-019: Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-019----. On a low ridge in an area of grass and scrub cover on a plateau, with land sloping gently to E. Westropp (1899, 370) recorded marks of fire on this monument. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 20) as an E–W orientated wedge tomb (L c. 5m; Wth at rear 1.75m; Wth at front 2.5m; H at rear 1.35m; H at front c. 1.6m) in the centre of a grass-covered mound (c. 12m E–W; c. 9m N–S; est. H c. 1.5m). The sides of the chamber were each formed by a single limestone slab (L 5-5.15m; H 1.35-1.4m; T 0.25m) with flat dressed upper edges sloping up to the W. The S sidestone (L 5m; H 1.35m; T 0.25m) was mostly intact. The E portion of the N sidestone (L 2.3m; H 1.3–1.35m; T 0.25m) was still standing; the W portion (L 2.75m; Wth 1.4m) was broken and lay prone to the N. The back of the chamber was closed by two low slabs (N stone: L 0.75m; H 0.3m; T 0.15m; S stone: L 0.9m; H 0.25m; T 0.2m) standing on edge. These may be the remains of a single slab, of which a possible fragment (L 1.5m; T 0.2m) lay to the E. A collapsed capstone (3.45m E–W; 1.75m N–S) rested against the internal side of the N sidestone and two more slabs (W fragment: L 2.3m; E fragment: L 1.6m) lying on the capstone may have been part of it. Two smaller slabs (L 0.7m; H 0.3-0.4m; T 0.12-0.15m) stood upright W of the N and S sidestones. They were set perpendicular to the line of the chamber and may have emphasised the entrance. A field wall, marking the townland boundary between Baur North and Cregavockoge, runs N–S over the W end of the tomb chamber. An inspection in 1998 found the wedge tomb unaltered in the interim (SMR file). A cist (CL009-019002-) lies c. 24m to the NE. The following item has been uploaded: CL009-019----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 2 November 2021
- CL009-019002: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL009-019002-. On a karst plateau in an area of hazel, with land gently sloping to E. A cist (L 1.14m; int. Wth 0.52m; ext. Wth 0.63m; H 0.9m) consisting of two parallel rows of large, flat slab-like stones standing on edge, orientated N–S, 0.52m apart and increasing in height from S to N. The E row (L 1.14m; Wth 0.03–0.08m; H. 0.55m) comprises three stones; the W row (L 0.82m; Wth 0.05–0.06m; H 0.9m) has two. The space between these rows is filled by large loose stones. A wedge tomb (CL009-019----) lies c.24m to the SW. The following image has been uploaded: CL009-019002-_01.jpg View of cist from SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 2 November 2021

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 Baur North.

## 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 Baur North, 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.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Baur North.
- 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/clare/baur-north.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/baur-north.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/baur-north.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Baur North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Baur South: https://everytownland.com/clare/baur-south.md
- Cahermacnaghten: https://everytownland.com/clare/cahermacnaghten.md
- Cregavockoge: https://everytownland.com/clare/cregavockoge.md
- Glensleade: https://everytownland.com/clare/glensleade.md
- Poulanine: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulanine.md
- Poulnabrucky: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulnabrucky.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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