# Mountpotter, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tuam, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway; in Irish Lios an Airne.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 377,759 m² (37.78 ha, 93.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,457 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): N1.5 Transport Infrastructure, the zone with the most parcels
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tuam, https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/tuam.md
- Barony: Dunmore
- Electoral division: Tuam Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 6,556 people lived in 2,346 households in the Tuam Rural electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/22025
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63364
- Centre: latitude 53.53229, longitude -8.843579 (WGS 84)

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

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountpotter, from 406 m² to 247,317 m² (24.73 ha, 61.11 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 4943632: 247,317 m² (24.73 ha, 61.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4943632.md
- Parcel 1956846: 110,457 m² (11.05 ha, 27.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1956846.md
- Parcel 4943635: 9,985 m² (1 ha, 2.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4943635.md
- Parcel 4875226: 4,457 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4875226.md
- Parcel 4943117: 3,612 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4943117.md
- Parcel 4973752: 1,480 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4973752.md
- Parcel 4460748: 406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4460748.md

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

- N1.5 Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 8 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029
- C2.2 Industrial (General industry): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 3 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029
- G1 Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029
- N2.1 Water/Rivers/Streams (Water): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029
- R2 Residential Existing (Existing residential): Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029, Galway County; 0 parcels. The zoning objective in the plan: https://consult.galway.ie/en/consultation/draft-tuam-local-area-plan-2023-2029

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

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

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mountpotter.

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

- GA029-126: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA029-126----. In low-lying grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 36.5m, N-S 29.5m) defined by a bank and by a scarp from NE to E. A gap at SE may be original. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
- GA029-127: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA029-127----. 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.
- GA029-128: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA029-128----. 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.
- GA029-129: Designed landscape - tree-ring, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA029-129----. 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.
- GA029-130: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA029-130----. On a rise in grassland in former demesne land. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure; on 3rd ed. (1932) it is represented as a roughly circular tree-lined depression (D c. 45m). No visible surface trace survives. Possibly a ringfort reused as a tree-ring: the 3rd ed. shows over a dozen of the latter within the demesne. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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 Mountpotter.

## 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 Mountpotter, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_748, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_748.zip (ZIP).
- 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/galway/mountpotter.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountpotter.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountpotter.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Mountpotter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

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

- Ardacong: https://everytownland.com/galway/ardacong.md
- Demesne: https://everytownland.com/galway/demesne.md
- Kilcloghans: https://everytownland.com/galway/kilcloghans.md
- Lambhill: https://everytownland.com/galway/lambhill.md
- Slievedarragh: https://everytownland.com/galway/slievedarragh.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/galway/mountpotter
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