Lauragh Upper

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lauragh Upper, from 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 286,501 m² (28.65 ha, 70.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Lauragh Upper 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 Lauragh Upper 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Kenmare River SAC 002158

Recorded monuments

• KE108-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a hillock in an undulating wooded area, overlooking Kilmakilloge Harbour to the NW. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 22m), covered with overgrowth, defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 6m; int. H 0.35-1.1m; ext. H 3.2m). There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.2m) at ESE and a cattle-break at W. An intervening fosse (Wth 2.9m) is visible W-NE, SE-SSE and S-WSW. There is an outer bank (Wth 2.25m; int. H 1.35m; ext. H 0.4m) W-NE, SE-SSE, S-WSW. The interior is level and wet. There is a closed-up possible souterrain (KE108-019001-) to the E of the centre. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE108-019001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (KE108-019----). According to local information, there is 'an underground passage' in this rath. A depression (1.6m E-W; 1.4m N-S; D 0.8m) to the E of the centre of the rath may mark the entrance to this possible souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE108-036 Pound
  Description

  In a rugged, gorse-covered area, on a W-facing slope overlooking Glanmore Lake. A square enclosure (c. 10m x c. 10m) is indicated and named 'pound' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. A laneway connects this pound with the road. It is also named 'pound' on the OS Fair Plan. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE108-073 House - vernacular house
  Description

  One-storey vernacular house on the W side of the road just N of Ahadav Br. (KE108-010---). The front (E-facing) is of three bays with a central rectangular door ope, with a tongue-and-groove door, flanked on either side by a rectangular window ope with a sheet glass sash window. The house is gable-ended with a chimney on each gable and a loft window in the N gable end. The house is rendered but random rubble is visible where the render has fallen away. There is a recent lean-to addition to the rear. A stone outhouse with a loft is close to the S end of the house and at right angles to it. The house is not marked on the 1846 OS 6-onch map although some structures are present on the site. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE108-076 Metalworking site
  Description

  In pasture on a SW-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Croanshagh River. The partly collapsed remains of a three-sided iron-smeltin furnace built into the slope at NE. The SW side is defined by a wall (T 2.4m; ext. H 6.7m; int L 5.1m) of uncoursed rubble with large stones at its base. The NW wall consists of two sections with a short protruding return marking the break between the two. The SW end of this wall (T 2m; H 1.8m; L 2.4m) is better built than the portion to the NE which is considerably narrower (Wth 1.3m) and appears to have been rebuilt as a field boundary. The NE wall (H 1.6m; L 6m) is well built. The site is covered with overgrowth and the interior and exterior to the SW are strewn with rubble. According to local information, slag has been found in the field to the S and SE. Charcoal, produced at a hut site (KE111-020----), two enclosures (KE109-089002-, KE109-059----) and two charcoal-making sites (KE111-004003-, KE111-022----) in the locality, supplied the iron smelter. McCracken (1965, 134) listed this site as Glenmore (Derreen) and noted that it belonged to Orpens and that is was in use in the early 18th century. According to local information, the smelter is said to have been constructed in 1708. A limekiln is indicated here on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lauragh Upper.

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 Lauragh Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Lauragh Upper · An Láithreach Uachtarach

Area

1,567,098 m² (156.71 ha, 387.24 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Glanmore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glanmore electoral division: 245 people in 98 households; 86% of households own their home; 20% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clogherane, Creeveen, Lauragh Lower, Reenkilla, Shronebirrane

Placenames

Lauragh Upper 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.