# Braade Upper, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Glencolumbkille, barony of Banagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Bhráid Uachtarach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,926,600 m² (292.66 ha, 723.18 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,822 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Glencolumbkille, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/glencolumbkille.md - Barony: Banagh - Electoral division: West Donegal, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 732 people lived in 273 households in the West Donegal electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14645 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 50372 - Centre: latitude 54.70852, longitude -8.664579 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 50 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Braade Upper, from 113 m² to 1,237,467 m² (123.75 ha, 305.78 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1327882: 1,237,467 m² (123.75 ha, 305.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327882.md - Parcel 1384873: 254,067 m² (25.41 ha, 62.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384873.md - Parcel 1328748: 237,872 m² (23.79 ha, 58.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328748.md - Parcel 1376584: 99,830 m² (9.98 ha, 24.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376584.md - Parcel 1419761: 95,738 m² (9.57 ha, 23.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1419761.md - Parcel 1340090: 93,053 m² (9.31 ha, 22.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340090.md - Parcel 1362777: 91,269 m² (9.13 ha, 22.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362777.md - Parcel 1362063: 55,591 m² (5.56 ha, 13.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362063.md - Parcel 5570189: 54,600 m² (5.46 ha, 13.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5570189.md - Parcel 1393058: 52,577 m² (5.26 ha, 12.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393058.md - Parcel 1412704: 52,293 m² (5.23 ha, 12.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412704.md - Parcel 1386771: 50,228 m² (5.02 ha, 12.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386771.md - Parcel 1361185: 48,097 m² (4.81 ha, 11.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361185.md - Parcel 1393682: 43,371 m² (4.34 ha, 10.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393682.md - Parcel 1356932: 42,294 m² (4.23 ha, 10.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356932.md - Parcel 1405458: 41,516 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405458.md - Parcel 1417031: 41,125 m² (4.11 ha, 10.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417031.md - Parcel 1353010: 39,341 m² (3.93 ha, 9.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353010.md - Parcel 1423914: 35,328 m² (3.53 ha, 8.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423914.md - Parcel 1428692: 34,949 m² (3.49 ha, 8.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428692.md - Parcel 1300744: 33,842 m² (3.38 ha, 8.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300744.md - Parcel 1383097: 28,691 m² (2.87 ha, 7.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383097.md - Parcel 1361186: 27,146 m² (2.71 ha, 6.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361186.md - Parcel 1391252: 27,028 m² (2.7 ha, 6.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391252.md - Parcel 1357848: 26,110 m² (2.61 ha, 6.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357848.md - Parcel 1315019: 23,533 m² (2.35 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315019.md - Parcel 1351942: 23,054 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351942.md - Parcel 1428346: 17,060 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1428346.md - Parcel 1302140: 17,034 m² (1.7 ha, 4.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302140.md - Parcel 1400774: 16,961 m² (1.7 ha, 4.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400774.md - Parcel 1411214: 16,440 m² (1.64 ha, 4.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411214.md - Parcel 1413412: 15,520 m² (1.55 ha, 3.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413412.md - Parcel 1316841: 14,429 m² (1.44 ha, 3.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316841.md - Parcel 1361387: 13,062 m² (1.31 ha, 3.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361387.md - Parcel 1361506: 10,642 m² (1.06 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361506.md - Parcel 1301987: 9,989 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301987.md - Parcel 1387452: 8,972 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387452.md - Parcel 1342997: 7,406 m² (0.74 ha, 1.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342997.md - Parcel 1365104: 6,613 m² (0.66 ha, 1.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365104.md - Parcel 1372988: 4,030 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372988.md - Parcel 1347475: 2,681 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347475.md - Parcel 1380473: 2,461 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380473.md - Parcel 1408823: 1,802 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408823.md - Parcel 1325366: 1,486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325366.md - Parcel 1407667: 1,327 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407667.md - Parcel 1373420: 1,066 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373420.md - Parcel 4036363: 575 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4036363.md - Parcel 5786322: 394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5786322.md - Parcel 1317192: 116 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317192.md - Parcel 1317705: 113 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317705.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Braade Upper 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) 1 application, newest first. - 29 Jun 2021, Donegal County Council 2151287: Conditional. Retention. ENTRANCE PORCH/SUNROOM TO FRONT ELEVATION OF DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151287/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Unna/Lough Unshagh Bogs, site code 000167 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG081-007: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG081-007----. A local tradition records that a 'Fort' was levelled here about the turn of the century. There is no trace of it now. It was situated on poor pasture midway up a S facing slope at the E end of Glencolumbkille valley. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG081-008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG081-008----. There is a local tradition of a 'Danes Fort' in this vicinity although there is no visible evidence of it now. It is situated in poor pasture, halfway up a S facing slope at the E end of Glencolumbkille valley. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008 Excavation licence number 02E1738 Pre-construction testing was undertaken in the townland of Braade Upper, Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal. The works were carried out pursuant to a grant of planning permission to restore an existing ruined building, construct an extension and rebuild existing outhouse, with associated site works. The site of the proposed development is in the middle of an enclosure site, although there is no surface trace of the Recorded Monument. Four test-trenches were opened. No archaeological remains were revealed in any of them. There was a total lack of subsurface evidence of the possible enclosure or any other archaeological features. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Mary Henry, 24 Queen Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. 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 Braade Upper. ## 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 Braade Upper, about 1 in 10 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Braade Upper. - 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/donegal/braade-upper.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/braade-upper.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/braade-upper.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Braade Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Altclogh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/altclogh.md - Braade Lower: https://everytownland.com/donegal/braade-lower.md - Kilgoly: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kilgoly.md - Laghil: https://everytownland.com/donegal/laghil.md - Meenacharvy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenacharvy.md - Meenadiff: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenadiff-51913.md - Meenadreen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenadreen-51917.md - Straleel North: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straleel-north.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/braade-upper - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/braade-upper