# Lismacteige, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

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

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,619,520 m² (161.95 ha, 400.19 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 38,311 m² (3.83 ha, 9.47 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Rathborney, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/rathborney.md
- Barony: Burren
- Electoral division: Rathborney, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 97 people lived in 27 households in the Rathborney electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 29% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/5874
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31783
- Centre: latitude 53.099662, longitude -9.192821 (WGS 84)

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

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lismacteige, from 836 m² to 590,259 m² (59.03 ha, 145.86 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1441878: 590,259 m² (59.03 ha, 145.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441878.md
- Parcel 1460520: 502,531 m² (50.25 ha, 124.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460520.md
- Parcel 1438185: 437,280 m² (43.73 ha, 108.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1438185.md
- Parcel 1462060: 72,747 m² (7.27 ha, 17.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1462060.md
- Parcel 2818024: 3,876 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2818024.md
- Parcel 1491813: 3,614 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1491813.md
- Parcel 1456535: 1,151 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1456535.md
- Parcel 1453758: 836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453758.md

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

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

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex SAC, site code 000020, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000020
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Black Head-Poulsallagh Complex, site code 000020

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

- CL005-020: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-020----. Under hazel overgrowth, near the SW foot of Cappanawalla Hill, with views from S-NW over the valley floor and Rathborney River. Indicated on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and hachured on the 1916 ed. It may be one of two forts described by Westropp (1901, 277) as ‘two greatly defaced forts’. Listed as a cashel in the RMP (1996). A very overgrown and largely inaccessible circular ringfort (diam. c. 25m [from map]) defined by a bank of earth and stone from E-SE (Wth 4-5m; H 0.4-1m) with some internal facing (H 0.3m) evident at E, and a low narrow bank covered by brambles and branches from SW-NW. Where clearest, at W, the interior is generally flat. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 25 January 2022
- CL005-021: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-021----. In pasture with some hazel overgrowth near the W foot of Cappanawalla Hill, with commanding views from S-NW over the Rathborney valley floor. Hachured and named ‘Lismacteige’ on the 1842 and 1916 eds of the OS 6-inch map, it is one of two forts described by Westropp (1901, 277) as ‘two greatly defaced forts’. Listed as a cashel in the RMP (1996). A moderately well-preserved circular ringfort (44.5m E-W by 39m N-S) defined by a wide bank of earth and stone (av. Wth at base 6m; int. H 0.8-1.1m; ext. H 0.8-1.5m) that narrows (Wth 3.8m) from W to WNW where it is also particularly stony. Some external facing (H 0.5m) is visible at SE and to the S, there is a flat berm (Wth 2m) partway up the external bank. A bank of earth and stone, potentially of some antiquity, extends from the SE side. Another, covered in hazel extends from the NE. A pair of conjoined ringforts (CL005-200---- and CL005-200002-) are located c. 100m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 25 January 2022
- CL005-024002: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-024002-. In improved pastureland on a short flat terrace at the SW foot of Cappanawalla Hill. A well-preserved classic horseshoe-shaped mound (13.5m NW-SE; 12m NW-SE; max. H 1.1m at SW). The trough area (7m NE-SW; NW-SE 4m; D 0.6m), which is lined with stones, opens to the NW. A stream flows from NE to SW, just N of the site, and it occasionally floods it during wet weather. Another patch of burnt stone (diam. c. 2m) lies to the N, across the stream. Two cashels (CL005-200002- and CL005-200----) are located c. 120m to the E. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL005-025: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-025----. In an area of overgrown with hazel and scrub. A fulacht fia is recorded at this location on Tim Robinson’s map of the Burren (1997). No visible surface trace of it survives. Compiled by Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL005-200: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-200----. In a flat area on a SW-facing slope in reclaimed pasture near the foot of Cappanawalla Hill with commanding views from S to NW. Indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. An oval cashel (int. 26m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE), with an adjoining cashel (CL005-200002-) at NE, defined by a bank of stone and earth (Wth 2-3.8m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). Outer wall-facing is evident at the SE, S and SW (H 0.2-0.3m). The interior is flat with no clear entrance. The bank is surmounted by a modern wall and supports scrubby growth along its NW side. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-200002: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-200002-. In flat area on a SW-facing slope in reclaimed pasture near the foot of Cappanawalla Hill with commanding views from S to NW. Indicated as an enclosure on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. An oval cashel (18m NE-SW; 12m NW-SE), defined by a bank of stone and earth (Wth 2-3.8m; int. H 0.7-1m; ext. H 0.7-0.9m). Another cashel (CL005-200----) is conjoined at SW. The interior is flat with no clear entrance. The bank is surmounted by a modern wall and supports scrubby growth along its NW side. Lismacteige rath (CL005-021----) lies c. 78m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-206002: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-206002-. In limestone pavement on the S-facing upper terraces of Cappanawalla hill. One of two cairns placed along the line of the enclosing bank of hillfort (CL002-076001-). This cairn (c. 7.5m N-S; c. 7m E-W) is placed slightly to the S of the line of the hillfort bank. Detailed topographic survey of the monument by Grant (2008, 79) determined that the bank material stops short of the cairn, but an obvious limestone pedestal continues along the line of the banks, implying that the bank was originally continuous and that its material was reused to construct the cairn at a later date, interrupting the line of the bank but leaving behind a limestone pedestal. A second cairn (CL002-076002-) is placed along the line of the hillfort bank c. 350m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 14 October 2025
- CL005-291: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-291----. Near the SW foot of Cappanawalla Hill, with views from S-NW over the valley floor and Rathborney River. A possible oval enclosure (c. 63m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE) defined by mound walls N-SW visible on OS Aerial Premium orthophotographs (2012-2018) and noted by Ros Ó Maoldúin. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 January 2022

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 Lismacteige.

## 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 Lismacteige, 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 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 Lismacteige.
- 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/lismacteige.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/lismacteige.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/lismacteige.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lismacteige 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)

- Ballyconry: https://everytownland.com/clare/ballyconry-30133.md
- Burrenwee: https://everytownland.com/clare/burrenwee.md
- Cahermacun: https://everytownland.com/clare/cahermacun.md
- Drumbrickaun: https://everytownland.com/clare/drumbrickaun.md
- Faunarooska: https://everytownland.com/clare/faunarooska-31184.md
- Lismacsheedy: https://everytownland.com/clare/lismacsheedy.md
- Newtown: https://everytownland.com/clare/newtown-31944.md
- Poulacapple: https://everytownland.com/clare/poulacapple.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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