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

Townland in the civil parish of Rathborney, barony of Burren, Co. Clare; in Irish Poll an Chapaill.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,345,115 m² (134.51 ha, 332.39 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,055 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 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/5875
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31980
- Centre: latitude 53.085605, longitude -9.207554 (WGS 84)

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

5 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Poulacapple, from 433 m² to 1,182,979 m² (118.3 ha, 292.32 acres); 12 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1429655: 1,182,979 m² (118.3 ha, 292.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429655.md
- Parcel 1500678: 152,805 m² (15.28 ha, 37.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1500678.md
- Parcel 1458037: 6,055 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458037.md
- Parcel 1502802: 1,853 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1502802.md
- Parcel 1441837: 433 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1441837.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Poulacapple 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 Poulacapple 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)

- CL005-014006: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-014006-. At the base of a S-facing cliff 350m W of the Rathborney River. In 1839, O’Donovan and Curry recorded its dedication to St John (Comber, 1997). A well-preserved holy well formed from a natural spring in a limestone channel (Wth 0.8m) enclosed by a subcircular drystone wall (1.6m N-S; 1.3m W-W; T 0.6m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m). the spring flows under the enclosing wall and continues for c. 3m before emptying into a pond (diam. c. 7m) and down a sink hole. Outside of the enclosing wall, the channel is crossed by several longitudinally laid slabs and a tree grows out of the wall at E. When the flow is especially strong, the water overflows into a stream, that flows S and then NE to join with Rathborney River. An inspection in 1999 did not note any sign of veneration but it is known locally as a place of veneration. An enclosure (CL005-014011-) is located c. 100m ESE. Comber, M. (ed.) 1997 The antiquities of County Clare, John O’Donovan and Eugene Curry: Ordnance Survey Letters 1839. Ennis. Clasp Press. Robinson, T. 1977 The Burren. A two-inch map of the uplands of North-West Clare. Map scale 1.31680. Roundstone. Folding Landscapes. Westropp, T.J. 1901 Prehistoric remains in north-western Clare, part 2. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 273-92. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 29-July 2022
- CL005-014011: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-014011-. Under hazel scrub on the S side of a small stream, c. 250m W of Rathborney River, within a multiperiod field system (CL005-014001-). A small, penannular area (17.5m E-W; 12m N-S) open to the NW and defined by a broad, grass-covered bank (Wth 4m; ext. H 0.6-0.9m) containing burnt limestone, with internal facing stones (H 0.4-1m) from N to W. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 8 August 2022
- CL005-015002: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-015002-. Situated in rough pasture near the N edge of a N-S ridge on the E side of the Caher valley, in a multiperiod field system (CL005-014001-). A subcircular cashel (int. dims. 24m E-W; 18m N-S) defined by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 1.2-1.6m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.3-1m); intermittent outer wall-facing (max. H 0.5m) is visible. A natural gap (Wth 2m) between two sheets of rock to the NNE may mark an entrance. A later field wall runs on the inner edge of the wall from E to SE. There are two circular hut sites (CL005-015003- and CL005-015004-) in the interior. The base of a wall is visible running off the cashel wall at W on recent aerial imagery (Google Earth Imagery, 25 April 2021). It may be associated with the cashel or is possibly more ancient. A large stone cairn (CL005-015001-) is located c. 90m to the N. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL005-015003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-015003-. Located within the N sector of the interior of a cashel (CL005-015002-). A possible subcircular hut site (4.5m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by moss-covered stones (H 0.2-0.3m). A second hut site (CL005-015004-) lies just to its, approximately in the centre of the cashel. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL005-015004: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-015004-. Located approximately in the centre of a cashel (CL005-015002-). A possible subcircular hut site (4.5m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by moss-covered stones (H 0.2-0.3m). A second hut site (CL005-015003-) is located just to its N. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó MaolDúin Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL005-016: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-016----. In rough pasture near the NE edge of a N-S ridge on the E side of the Caher valley, in a multiperiod field system (CL005-014001-). There is a good view of Galway Bay to the NE. Hachured on the 1842 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps and named ‘Cairnbeg’ on the latter ed. In 1901, Westropp (1901, 278) recorded it as ‘the cairn of Cairnbeg in a wall in Poulacappel’ A large subcircular cairn (20m NE-SW; 19m NW-SE; H 2.8m) with some outer stone-facing visible at SE. A later field wall runs across it from NW-SE. Slab walls run 30m to the E and W off the S end the cairn before turning N to form a large irregularly shaped enclosure/field (c. 155m NNW-SSE); another modern WSW-ENE running wall crosses it at NE and NW. The relationship between the cairn and slab walls is not clear. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 25 January 2022
- CL005-287: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-287----. In an area of outcropping limestone and scrub. This possible enclosure, subcircular in plan (c. 23m N-S; c. 21m E-W), is visible on current OSi digitalglobe aerial imagery. Noted by Ross Ó Maoldúin. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 25 January 2022
- CL005-289: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL005-289----. In rough pasture on the N-facing slope of a N-S ridge, on the E side of the Caher valley. This roughly subrectangular enclosure (c. 26m E-W; c. 25m N-S), defined by a stone wall, is visible on the current OSi digitalglobe aerial imagery. Possibly a cashel. Noted by Ross Ó Maoldúin. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Ros Ó Maoldúin 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 Poulacapple.

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

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Poulacapple 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)

- Cahermacun: https://everytownland.com/clare/cahermacun.md
- Faunarooska: https://everytownland.com/clare/faunarooska-31184.md
- Lislarheenmore: https://everytownland.com/clare/lislarheenmore.md
- Lismacteige: https://everytownland.com/clare/lismacteige.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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