Cant

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cant, from 97,935 m² (9.79 ha, 24.2 acres) to 914,968 m² (91.5 ha, 226.09 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cant 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cant in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Cant.

Recorded monuments

• CL035-086 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope, in improved, gently undulating pasture. A circular area (diam. 20m) defined by a well-formed sod-covered wall of stone (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.15m; Wth at top 2m; overall Wth 7.25m). Thorn trees grow around top and sides of bank. There is no obvious entrance gap. The interior has a slight tilt downslope to E. An irregular heap of stones covered in vegetation is located within the centre and other loose stones are scattered around the interior. A linear limestone ridge (long-axis NE-SW) projects (L c. 55m) from exterior of monument at E and appears naturally formed. A laneway (long-axis NE-SW) flanks the exterior of the monument to N. A field fence (long-axis NW-SE) is located c. 2.5m to W and a stone wall townland boundary (long-axis NE-SW) is located c. 4m to N. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-086----_01.jpg From NW. General view across interior. CL035-086----_02.jpg From W. Cross-sectional view of bank at S. CL035-086----_03.jpg From S. General view of monument. CL035-086----_04.jpg From E. General view of monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 13 March 2018

• CL035-090 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low rise, having a steep E-facing slope where there is a small valley (long-axis N-S), in improved gently undulating pasture. Not visible at ground level. Depicted on all historic OS mapping as an oval area (34m N-S; 31m E-W) defined by a single enclosing element. A small field and settlement is shown adjoining to S. According to local information this land was intensively improved sometime prior to the 1980s. Enclosure (CL035-095----) is c. 65m to ENE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 March 2018

• CL035-095 Enclosure
  Description

  On a plateau on a low, gently undulating ridge, overlooking a small valley to the immediate W, in improved pasture. Depicted on all OS historic mapping as an oval area (33m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by a single enclosing element. Not visible at ground level. According to local information this land was intensively improved sometime prior to the 1980s. Enclosure (CL035-090----) is c. 65m to WSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 March 2018

• CL035-097 Enclosure
  Description

  On a low, yet distinctive knoll, in improved pasture, overlooking woodland to E and gently rolling pasture elsewhere. Depicted on the 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as a large oval area defined by a single enclosing element. The monument is shown as a sub-oval area (30m N-S; 19m E-W) defined by a single enclosing element on the 25-inch OS map and 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Not visible at ground level. This knoll was clearly used as a well-drained vantage point with land sloping down steeply to N and E. According to local information this land was intensively improved sometime prior to the 1980s. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 14 March 2018

• CL043-010 Enclosure
  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

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

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

About 1 in 5 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_770 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Cant with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Cant · Canta

Area

1,013,560 m² (101.36 ha, 250.46 acres)

Civil parish

Quin, and its townlands

Barony

Bunratty Upper

Electoral division

Dangan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dangan electoral division: 245 people in 88 households; 93% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyroughan North, Carnmallow, Carrowgar, Cloonaherna, Cragbwee, Craggaunowen, Cutteen, Deerpark North

Placenames

Cant 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.