Baunaghra

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Baunaghra, from 1,879 m² to 1,357,056 m² (135.71 ha, 335.34 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Baunaghra 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 Baunaghra 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

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

Recorded monuments

• LA033-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A circular area (max. diam. c. 50m) defined by a bank (Wth c. 3.2m; int. H c. 0.3m, ext. H c. 1.5m) and external fosse (Wth c. 4m) from N-SW. No other visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-015 Road - unclassified togher
  Description

  A togher (L c. 495m), running E-W, was discovered in 1958 during turf-cutting and excavated by Rynne (NMI file). It was constructed of roughly parallel, heavy longitudinal timbers (diam. 0.1-0.15m), 2m apart. Transverse planks were laid over them and held in place by pegs or stakes. There was a layer of stones and sandy gravel in the centre. A peatland survey carried out in 2006 by Archaeological Development Services recorded a togher (TN030-047----) measuring in ‘width 0.28–3.62m, depth 0.12m, length 63m and dated to 1033±9bc’ (Whitaker 2006, 140). Described by Whitaker (2006, 140) as ‘this site was a poorly preserved transverse plank trackway. The upper transverse elements were supported by longitudinally laid brushwood and roundwood elements. Pegs were recorded in three of the sightings. It is possible that this site is the western extent of the site recorded in the RMP as LA033-015---- and that site TN-TPY002, to the east, also forms part of the RMP site’. According to Whitaker (2006, 140) 'it is possible that this site represents the eastern extent of the longer single plank trackway recorded as TN-TPY002a–c (TN030-046----), which was dendrochronologically dated to 1190–820bc and that both formed part of the site recorded in the RMP as LA033-015----, which is no longer visible owing to that part of the bog being very overgrown'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 19 August 2012

• LA033-016001 Bawn
  Description

  A subcircular cashel (dims. c. 60m E-W, 51m N-S) defined by a roughly coursed limestone wall (T c. 1.1m, max. H c. 5m). Only the lower courses of the wall remain from SW-ENE. Described as being 19 feet high (c. 5.7m) with walls 4-4.5 ft (c. 1.2m) in thickness, with a residence or castle (LA033-016001-) in the interior (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283). Described by Carrigan as 'The "Bawn" of Bawnaghra is a polygonal enclosure, situated on a hill half a mile north-west of the church (LA033-017001-). It is about 50 yards across. The enclosing walls, built of very rough stones, were originally 19 ft. high; they are 4 to 4.5 ft. thick to a height of 14 ft., after which they narrow to 18 in., leaving a bench 2.5 ft. wide all round, on the inside. An old residence or castle (LA033-016002-) stood within the "Bawn" to the west; it was 30 ft. by 21 ft., the walls being 4 ft. thick. By Inquistion of March 18th, 1613-14, Edmond mac Shawn and Loughlin mac Donogh, probably Fitzpatrick's, were found to be seised of the townlands of Lisduff and Aghara. A few years later "Bawnagherry and Killoghery" were granted by James I. , to the Duke of Buckingham (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283-4). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-016002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Reference to 'an old residence or castle' inside enclosure (LA033-016001-); it was 30 ft. x 21 ft., with walls 4 ft. thick (c. 10m x 7m; wall T c. 1m) (Carrigan 1905, 283). Possible foundations visible. Described by Carrigan as 'The "Bawn" of Bawnaghra is a polygonal enclosure (LA033-016001-), situated on a hill half a mile north-west of the church (LA033-017001-). It is about 50 yards across. The enclosing walls, built of very rough stones, were originally 19 ft. high; they are 4 to 4.5 ft. thick to a height of 14 ft., after which they narrow to 18 in., leaving a bench 2.5 ft. wide all round, on the inside. An old residence or castle (LA033-016002-) stood within the "Bawn" to the west; it was 30 ft. by 21 ft., the walls being 4 ft. thick. An inquistion of March 18th, 1613-14, listed Edmond mac Shawn and Loughlin mac Donogh, probably Fitzpatrick's, were found to be seised of the townlands of Lisduff and Aghara. A few years later "Bawnagherry and Killoghery" were granted by James I. , to the Duke of Buckingham (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283-4). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-016003 Well
  Description

  Reference to a well in the west of the enclosure (Feehan 1983, 260). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-017001 Church
  Description

  The E and W gables, both with a single-light window, and part of S wall survive of this rectangular church (dims. 12.9m x 7.4m; wall T 0.8m) built of roughly coursed limestone blocks. No trace of entrance. A piscina is sitiated in E end of S wall. Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 282) reefers to an altar with cut-stone sides within church, no trace survives. Graveyard (LA033-017002-) destroyed before 1905 (ibid.). Probably a late medieval parish church. The outline of an enclosure around the site can be seen on aerial photographs (GSI, S 96-7), and on the ground is visible in places as a scarp. Probably an early ecclesiastical enclosure (LA033-107005-). A coin dated AD 747 was found when a portion of the enclosure was levelled (JRSAI 1867, 72-3). Described by Carrigan as 'The Church of Bawnaghra, in Irish Kyle-aghra, stands in the centre of the "Church field", a tract of 10 acres, now broken up into several small, plots, but formerly constituting one undivided area surrounded by a triple rampart of earth and double fosse (LA033-017005-). Portions of the ramparts, known as "the old sconces", yet remain. A great battle is said to have been fought here, and cart-loads of human bones, the remains of the fallen, were discovered years ago, while the ramparts were being cut through to prepare the site for James Curran's dwellinghouse. The church is rectangular, and measures 36 ft. 8 in. long, internally, and 19ft. 4 in. wide, the gables being 34 in. thick and the side walls 30 in. The north side wall, and the centre portion of the opposite wall, are gone to the ground; when perfect they were but 8 ft. high. The gables are in fairly good condition. The entrance door was about the middle of the south side-wall, but it is now all broken away, except one fine limestone block, chiselled and chamfered, which remains in situ, at the ground. There is a credence in the south wall' beside the altar 19 in. long, 14 wide and 11 deep, with sides of cut stone; over it , in the same wall there is a window, ruined on the outside, and splaying to a width of 19 in. on the inside. The east window, built of cut stone, with chamfer all round the edges, is ruined at one side, and in a very shaky condition at the other; on the outside it is 4.5 ft. high and 7 in. wide; the round headed top is formed out of one stone. In the west gable, 8 ft. from the ground, there is a flat-headed, cut-stone window, 36.5 in. high and 8.25 in. wide on the outside; it is 20 in. high on the inside, and something wider below than at the top. All the walls are built of large, rough stones and indifferent mortar, the coins, however are chiselled. The graveyard (LA033-017002-) at the south side, has been destroyed and rich corn crops now grow over the remains of the dead. A short distance away there is a well, not holy, called Thubberachoppel, the horse's well' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283). A rare saxon coin dated AD 747 dedicated of Offa, King of Mercia with the inscription OFFA REX, was unearthed in the late 19th century when a portion of the ecclesiastical enclosure (LA033-017005-) around the church was being removed (JRSAI 1867, vol. 9, 72-3). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-017002 Graveyard
  Description

  Graveyard destroyed 1905 (Carrigan 1905, 283). No visible surface remains visible. Described by Carrigan as 'The Church of Bawnaghra, in Irish Kyle-aghra, stands in the centre of the "Church field", a tract of 10 acres, now broken up into several small, plots, but formerly constituting one undivided area surrounded by a triple rampart of earth and double fosse (LA033-017005-). The graveyard at the south side, has been destroyed and rich corn crops now grow over the remains of the dead. A short distance away there is a well, not holy, called Thubberachoppel, the horse's well' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-017004 Architectural feature
  Description

  Reference to altar 19 in. long, 14 wide and 11 deep with cut stone sides (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283). No visible surface remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA033-017005 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Described by Carrigan as 'The Church (LA033-017001-) of Bawnaghra, in Irish Kyle-aghra, stands in the centre of the "Church field", a tract of 10 acres, now broken up into several small, plots, but formerly constituting one undivided area surrounded by a triple rampart of earth and double fosse. Portions of the ramparts, known as "the old sconces", yet remain. A great battle is said to have been fought here, and cart-loads of human bones, the remains of the fallen, were discovered years ago, while the ramparts were being cut through to prepare the site for James Curran's dwellinghouse. The graveyard (LA033-017002-) at the south side, has been destroyed and rich corn crops now grow over the remains of the dead. A short distance away there is a well, not holy, called Thubberachoppel, the horse's well' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 283). A large circular enclosure is indicated on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. The circuit of this enclosure (diam. c. 280m E-W x c. 230m N-S) is marked as 'The Sconces' on the revised 1908 ed. OS 25-inch map. Aerial photographs (OSI 2005) show that the enclosing bank of the enclosure has been levelled and is visible as a cropmark in aerial photographs (OSI 2000). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 17 January 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Baunaghra.

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 Baunaghra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois.

Name

Baunaghra · Bábhún Eachra

Area

4,257,980 m² (425.8 ha, 1,052.17 acres)

Civil parish

Erke, and its townlands

Barony

Clandonagh

Electoral division

Kyle South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kyle South electoral division: 296 people in 106 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Clonmeen North, Clonmeen South, Derrylaughta (Co. Tipperary), Derryville (Co. Tipperary), Graigueadrisly, Rathpatrick (Co. Kilkenny), Tullowmacjames (Co. Tipperary)

Placenames

Baunaghra 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.