# Capard, Co. Laois: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Rosenallis, barony of Tinnahinch, Co. Laois; in Irish An Cheapach Ard. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 10,307,958 m² (1,030.8 ha, 2,547.15 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 27,113 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 30 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Rosenallis, https://everytownland.com/laois/parish/rosenallis.md - Barony: Tinnahinch - Electoral division: Capard, the unit of the census - County: Co. Laois, https://everytownland.com/laois.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/28342 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 100250 - Centre: latitude 53.105204, longitude -7.451951 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 95 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Capard, from 249 m² to 1,662,334 m² (166.23 ha, 410.77 acres); 52 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 226419: 1,662,334 m² (166.23 ha, 410.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/226419.md - Parcel 258073: 1,320,073 m² (132.01 ha, 326.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258073.md - Parcel 264584: 1,114,272 m² (111.43 ha, 275.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/264584.md - Parcel 229166: 916,372 m² (91.64 ha, 226.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/229166.md - Parcel 256748: 490,358 m² (49.04 ha, 121.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256748.md - Parcel 256190: 300,732 m² (30.07 ha, 74.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256190.md - Parcel 232898: 246,022 m² (24.6 ha, 60.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232898.md - Parcel 230105: 216,649 m² (21.66 ha, 53.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230105.md - Parcel 231111: 185,459 m² (18.55 ha, 45.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231111.md - Parcel 255315: 169,294 m² (16.93 ha, 41.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255315.md - Parcel 230397: 157,627 m² (15.76 ha, 38.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230397.md - Parcel 230399: 131,552 m² (13.16 ha, 32.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230399.md - Parcel 253573: 119,581 m² (11.96 ha, 29.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253573.md - Parcel 250867: 116,207 m² (11.62 ha, 28.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250867.md - Parcel 256188: 103,548 m² (10.35 ha, 25.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256188.md - Parcel 230507: 103,528 m² (10.35 ha, 25.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230507.md - Parcel 254168: 100,816 m² (10.08 ha, 24.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254168.md - Parcel 234988: 99,779 m² (9.98 ha, 24.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/234988.md - Parcel 254854: 91,082 m² (9.11 ha, 22.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254854.md - Parcel 235006: 83,819 m² (8.38 ha, 20.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235006.md - Parcel 257869: 82,640 m² (8.26 ha, 20.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257869.md - Parcel 232896: 78,295 m² (7.83 ha, 19.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232896.md - Parcel 237697: 71,748 m² (7.17 ha, 17.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237697.md - Parcel 232906: 70,900 m² (7.09 ha, 17.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232906.md - Parcel 235232: 67,168 m² (6.72 ha, 16.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/235232.md - Parcel 268521: 62,417 m² (6.24 ha, 15.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268521.md - Parcel 257868: 60,403 m² (6.04 ha, 14.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257868.md - Parcel 255320: 58,251 m² (5.83 ha, 14.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255320.md - Parcel 266521: 57,823 m² (5.78 ha, 14.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/266521.md - Parcel 252778: 56,029 m² (5.6 ha, 13.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/252778.md - Parcel 255317: 55,723 m² (5.57 ha, 13.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255317.md - Parcel 251824: 54,822 m² (5.48 ha, 13.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251824.md - Parcel 237005: 53,548 m² (5.35 ha, 13.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/237005.md - Parcel 233164: 51,796 m² (5.18 ha, 12.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233164.md - Parcel 265185: 49,065 m² (4.91 ha, 12.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/265185.md - Parcel 230395: 48,378 m² (4.84 ha, 11.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230395.md - Parcel 253532: 47,331 m² (4.73 ha, 11.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253532.md - Parcel 232718: 46,778 m² (4.68 ha, 11.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232718.md - Parcel 250284: 46,356 m² (4.64 ha, 11.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250284.md - Parcel 230398: 45,718 m² (4.57 ha, 11.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/230398.md - Parcel 256191: 44,695 m² (4.47 ha, 11.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/256191.md - Parcel 253546: 41,287 m² (4.13 ha, 10.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/253546.md - Parcel 5227965: 41,177 m² (4.12 ha, 10.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5227965.md - Parcel 225727: 37,519 m² (3.75 ha, 9.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225727.md - Parcel 240104: 30,672 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240104.md - Parcel 251322: 30,081 m² (3.01 ha, 7.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/251322.md - Parcel 257870: 27,448 m² (2.74 ha, 6.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257870.md - Parcel 246005: 27,113 m² (2.71 ha, 6.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246005.md - Parcel 254526: 25,861 m² (2.59 ha, 6.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254526.md - Parcel 232719: 25,838 m² (2.58 ha, 6.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232719.md - Parcel 233282: 25,675 m² (2.57 ha, 6.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/233282.md - Parcel 225726: 24,750 m² (2.48 ha, 6.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/225726.md - Parcel 244655: 21,470 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/244655.md - Parcel 236925: 19,834 m² (1.98 ha, 4.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/236925.md - Parcel 4034276: 18,976 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4034276.md - Parcel 255316: 17,293 m² (1.73 ha, 4.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/255316.md - Parcel 249053: 15,852 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/249053.md - Parcel 232720: 14,769 m² (1.48 ha, 3.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232720.md - Parcel 240060: 14,191 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240060.md - Parcel 5227988: 13,012 m² (1.3 ha, 3.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5227988.md - Parcel 250062: 11,351 m² (1.14 ha, 2.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/250062.md - Parcel 240359: 8,972 m² (0.9 ha, 2.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/240359.md - Parcel 247569: 5,341 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/247569.md - Parcel 245655: 4,911 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245655.md - Parcel 246378: 4,773 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246378.md - Parcel 4900727: 4,684 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900727.md - Parcel 246531: 4,629 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/246531.md - Parcel 3935475: 4,345 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3935475.md - Parcel 259487: 3,855 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/259487.md - Parcel 241673: 3,752 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/241673.md - Parcel 232895: 3,688 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232895.md - Parcel 5444502: 3,588 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444502.md - Parcel 254612: 3,188 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/254612.md - Parcel 5018166: 3,032 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5018166.md - Parcel 231814: 3,018 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/231814.md - Parcel 232706: 2,882 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/232706.md - Parcel 257563: 2,678 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/257563.md - Parcel 5444501: 2,651 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5444501.md - Parcel 245139: 2,286 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/245139.md - Parcel 258798: 2,071 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/258798.md - Parcel 235149: 1,677 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235149.md - Parcel 238083: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238083.md - Parcel 248373: 1,582 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/248373.md - Parcel 5227987: 1,444 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5227987.md - Parcel 245225: 1,421 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/245225.md - Parcel 230418: 1,337 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/230418.md - Parcel 235923: 1,109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/235923.md - Parcel 236014: 921 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/236014.md - Parcel 238503: 837 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/238503.md - Parcel 5789786: 745 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5789786.md - Parcel 255318: 731 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255318.md - Parcel 230417: 448 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/230417.md - Parcel 5789764: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5789764.md - Parcel 255319: 312 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/255319.md - Parcel 233625: 249 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/233625.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Capard 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) 30 applications, newest first. - 17 Sept 2026, Laois County Council 2660658: N/a. Permission. to construct a framework over roof of existing garage to support a solar panels array and all ancillary site works at Chapel Hill, Rosenallis, Co Laois R32 E8D5. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660658/0 - 10 Sept 2026, Laois County Council 2660635: N/a. Permission. construct a framework over roof of existing garage to support a solar panels array and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660635/0 - 5 Sept 2025, Laois County Council 2560561: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. Retain dwelling house including basement, attic office & playroom and separate enlarged garage, treatment system & polishing filter as constructed in altered locations on the site & retention permission for altered site boundaries and entrance, all of which was altered from the previously granted planning permission reference number 01/1027 & all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560561/0 - 29 Aug 2025, Laois County Council 2560540: N/a. Retention. Retain dwelling house including basement, attic office & playroom and separate enlarged garage, treatment system & polishing filter as constructed in altered locations on the site & retention permission for altered site boundaries and entrance, all of which was altered from the previously granted planning permission reference number 01/1027 & all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560540/0 - 22 Jan 2024, Laois County Council 2460022: Conditional. Permission. construct a reduced size of c. 33metres x c.15metres steel-framed structure with membrane roof and side cladding to partially enclose the existing equestrian sand arena and all associated site ancillary works at Capard House, Capard Demesne, Rosenallis, R32 VH70. The proposed use for the structure which is the subject of this application is as a multi-sport indoor arena (equestrian, indoor running track, roller skating, gymnastics, etc) for use by the owners and guests on a non-commercial recreational health and fitness basis. The (reduced and revised) design incorporates changing room and storage facilities. The site of the proposed structure is within the attendant grounds of Capard House, which is a protected structure (RPS Ref: 434_A, B, C). Previous Planning Application Register Ref No.23 / 60452 refers. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460022/0 - 18 Jan 2024, Laois County Council 2460018: N/a. Permission. construct a reduced size of c. 33metres x c.15metres steel-framed structure with membrane roof and side cladding to partially enclose the existing equestrian sand arena and all associated site ancillary works at Capard House, Capard Demesne, Rosenallis, R32 VH70. The proposed use for the structure which is the subject of this application is as a multi-sport indoor arena (equestrian, indoor running track, roller skating, gymnastics, etc) for use by the owners and guests on a non-commercial recreational health and fitness basis. The (reduced and revised) design incorporates changing room and storage facilities. The site of the proposed structure is within the attendant grounds of Capard House, which is a protected structure (RPS Ref: 434_A, B, C). Previous Planning Application Register Ref No.23 / 60452 refers. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460018/0 - 27 Oct 2023, Laois County Council 2360452: Conditional. Permission. construct a c.44metre x c.21metre steel-framed structure with membrane roof and side cladding to enclose existing equestrian sand arena and all associated site ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360452/0 - 25 Oct 2023, Laois County Council 2360450: N/a. Permission. construct a c.44metre x c.21metre steel-framed structure with membrane roof and side cladding to enclose existing equestrian sand arena and all associated site ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360450/0 - 9 Jun 2023, Laois County Council 2360211: Conditional. Permission, 2 homes. construct proposed new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360211/0 - 6 Sept 2021, Laois County Council 21622: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. develop at Capard House. Capard House is a 'Protected Structure' (RPS Ref: 434_A, B, C). The proposed development consists of:- 1) careful removal of 19th Century concrete and stone floor to form an aperture for the ground floor - first floor (two-stop) platform lift to include structural trims to floor, 2) removal of sections of 'later' plastered brickwork arched wine racks, 3) re-configuration of upper-floor accommodation local to the lift enclosure (small storage room (later WC)), 4) installation of platform lift (no requirement for machine room overhead or crouch space underneath), using existing ground-floor foor ope for new lift door ope and formation of new opening for lift door at (locally reconfigured) partitions at first-floor level, 5) associated redecoration and completion works.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21622/0 - 2 Sept 2021, Laois County Council 21613: N/a. Permission. install lift within Capard House, Capard House Demesne, Rosenallis, Co. Laois, R32 VH70. Capard House is a 'Protected Structure' (RPS Ref: 434_A, B, C). The proposed development consists of:- 1) careful removal of 19th Century concrete and stone floor to form an aperture for the ground floor - first floor (two-stop) platform lift to include structural trims to floor, 2) removal of sections of 'later' plastered brickwork arched wine racks, 3) re-configuration of upper-floor accommodation local to the lift enclosure (small storage room (later WC)), 4) installation of platform lift (no requirement for machine room overhead or crouch space underneath), using existing ground-floor foor ope for new lift door ope and formation of new opening for lift door at (locally reconfigured) partitions at first-floor level, 5) associated redecoration and completion works. Applicant: Capard House. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/21613/0 - 29 Jan 2019, Laois County Council 1941: Conditional. Retention. retain minor alterations to front side and rear elevation as it differs from planning per granted under ref no.s 17441 and retention for two structures on the site, garden shed and plant room and all ancillary site works including revised entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1941/0 - 17 Jan 2019, Laois County Council 1919: N/a. Retention. retain house as constructed as it differs from planning per granted under ref nos. 17441 and retention for two structures on the site garden shed and plant room and all ancillary site works including revised entrance. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1919/0 - 10 Aug 2018, Laois County Council 18493: Conditional. Permission. (1) change of use of lands from agriculture to private golf course, comprising an extension of the previously approved private golf course (permitted under Reg Ref. 1890) at Capard Demesne, the use of which will be solely incidental to the use of Capard House as a private residence: and (ii) associated minor ground and recontouring works including ancillary drainage; and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development, including landscaping and native planting. A small part of the application site (southeast corner) is located within the overall grounds of Capard Demesne, which includes a number of protected structures including Capard House (RPS Ref. 434_A) The application does not propose any works to a protected structure or its immediate curtilage.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18493/0 - 9 Apr 2018, Laois County Council 18211: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. demolition of an existing rear extension to farmhouse, change of use of existing farm building to dwelling for use of farmhouse and a new granny flat, construction of new extension / link building from farmhouse to existing buildings, raising height of existing farmhouse roof, provision of new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18211/0 - 23 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 18103: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. retain minor alterations to front, side and rear elevations. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/18103/0 - 21 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1890: Conditional. Retention. (1) retain ground works to agricultural land ( upper farm lands) including land drainage; and (2) PERMISSION for change of use of these upper farm lands from agriculture to a private golf course, the use of which will be solely incidential to the use of Capard House as a private residence; and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development including landscaping and native planting. The lands are located within the overall grounds of Capard Demesne, which includes a number of protected structures including Capard House (RPS Ref. 434_A). the application does not propose any works to a protected structure or its immediate curtilage.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1890/0 - 21 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1894: N/a. Retention. retain minor alterations to front, side and rear elevations. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1894/0 - 19 Feb 2018, Laois County Council 1882: N/a. Retention. (1) retention permission for ground works to agricultural land ( upper farm lands) including land drainage; and (ii) permission for change of use of these upper farm lands from agriculture to private golf course, the use of which will be solely incidential to the use of Capard House as a private residence; and all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development including landscaping and native planting. The lands are located within the overall grounds of Capard Demesne, which includes a number of protected structures including Capard House (RPS Ref. 434_A). the application does not propose any works to a protected structure or its immediate curtilage.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/1882/0 - 15 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17440: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 1. amend planning boundaries which formed part of prevoiusly granted planning permission ref. 12/232. 2. Install a new effluent treatment system and percolation area. 3. New entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17440/0 - 15 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17441: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. 1. construct a one and a half storey dwelling, private well and all associated site works. 2. Using existing wastewater treatment system and percolation area granted under planning ref. 12/232. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17441/0 - 9 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17427: N/a. Permission. 1. Amend planning bundaries whichformed part of previusly granted planning permission ref. 12/232. 2. Install a new effluent treatment system and percolation. 3. New entrance and all associatged site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17427/0 - 9 Aug 2017, Laois County Council 17428: N/a. Permission. 1. Construct a one and a half storey dwelling, private well and all associated site works. 2. Using existing wastewater treatment system and percoltion area granted under planning ref. 12/232. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17428/0 - 14 Jun 2017, Laois County Council 17308: N/a. Permission, 1 home. change use of barn building to a two-bedroomed dwelling and all associated site works. Permission was granted on this building for a granny flat and apartment on plg. No 16/294. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17308/0 - 6 Jun 2017, Laois County Council 17291: N/a. Permission. alter a previously granted planning permission no 16/294. Permission is sought to change granny flat layout and remove apartment over same.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17291/0 - 1 Jun 2017, Laois County Council 17278: N/a. Permission. alter a previously granted planning permission no 16/294. Permission is sought to change granny flat layout and remove apartment over same.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17278/0 - 1 Jun 2017, Laois County Council 17277: N/a. Permission. Change of use of barn building to a two-bedroomed dwelling and all associated site works. Permission was granted on this building for a granny flat and apartment on plg. No 16/294. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17277/0 - 2 Mar 2017, Laois County Council 17117: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a 55 sqm single storey glazed orangery to the rear elevation including the lowering of window cills to afford access from the billiards room and entrance hall. A protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17117/0 - 2 Mar 2017, Laois County Council 17118: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construct a viewing terrace and steps to the front lawns of the main house. A protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17118/0 - 24 Feb 2017, Laois County Council 17101: N/a. Permission. construct a 55sqm single storey glazed orangery to the rear elevation including the lowering of window cills to afford access from the billiards room and entrance hall. A protected structure. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/LaoisCC/AppFileRefDetails/17101/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC, site code 000412, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000412 - Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains, site code 000412 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - LA007-002: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA007-002----. An enclosure (max. dims. c. 100m N-S, c. 90m E-W), surrounding the top of a hill, defined by a bank with an entrance at NNW visible on aerial photograph taken c. 1950 (ACAP, V 300, 731-2). The area is now covered with forestry but the remains of earthen bank (H c. 2m, Wth 1.5m), much interfered with, may be in part original. No evidence of fosse. This site might be classified as a hilltop enclosure. The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Near the modern town of Rosenallis, a circular contour fort positioned in a commanding position at the NE end of a hill ridge known as the 'Ridge of Capard'. The site measures about 100m N-S by 90m E-W and has a total site footprint of approximately 0.9ha. The site is strategically positioned overlooking the River Barrow to the NE and has excellent views of low-lying terrain to the NW, N, E and S and along the crest of the ridge to the SW. Much of the hill ridge, including the contour fort itself, is covered in dense forestry. This has affected the univallate enclosing elements and has prevented detailed survey of the monument. The bank is earthen and measures approximately 2m high an 1.5m wide. A simple entrance feature was identified in Cambridge aerial photographs at the NNW. There are no obvious internal features visible on the surface. The site was first depicted in the second edition Ordnance Survey maps as a circular enclosure. Site survey by Sweetman in 1995.'(http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR3055.html) 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 - LA007-004: Barrow - bowl-barrow, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLA007-004----. Visible on aerial photographs (ACAP, V 300 736-7) as an embanked enclosure. The area surrounding the site is planted with young trees and is impenetrable with scrub, briars and gorse. 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 Situated in coniferous plantation on a low rise of ground on SE facing slope of poorly drained land in the Slieve Bloom mountains. Present remains consist of a large round-topped oval-shaped burial mound (approx. base dims. 10m x 16m; H 1.5-2.2m) enclosed around the base of the mound with an external fosse (Wth2m; ext. D 0.4m) which is waterlogged in places. Located in an area of coniferous plantation with a drainage ditch associated with the forestry running across the centre of the bowl barrow. No other features visible. 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) - Capard House, country house, 1800–1830, Regional interest, registry number 12800705, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800705. Detached seven-bay two-storey neo-Classical country house, c.1815, with five-bay pedimented breakfront having prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico and single-bay recessed blind flanking end bays. - Capard House, stables, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 12800706, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800706. Detached nine-bay two-storey stable block, c.1820, on a quadrangular plan with three-bay pedimented breakfront. - Capard House, outbuilding, 1750–1800, Regional interest, registry number 12800707, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800707. Detached seven-bay single- and two-storey coach house, c.1760, comprising six-bay single-storey range with single-bay two-storey pedimented end bay having bellcote. - Capard House, farmyard complex, 1800–1840, Regional interest, registry number 12800708, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800708. Two-storey farmyard complex, c.1830, on a quadrangular plan about a courtyard entered via round-headed carriageway. - Capard House, ornamental canal/lake, 1820–1860, Regional interest, registry number 12800709, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12800709. Round-ended ornamental canal, c.1830. - Mill (wind), 1820–1870, Regional interest, registry number 12900109, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12900109. Remains of freestanding former windmill, c. 1840, comprising stump on a circular plan. Now in ruins. - Saint Brigid's Catholic Church, building misc, 1855–1865, Regional interest, registry number 12900110, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LA®no=12900110. Gateway, c. 1860, comprising piers with rubble stone walls having cut limestone stiles and wrought-iron gates. Site of former Church to site. Church now demolished with site cleared. ## 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 Capard, 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 Capard. - 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/laois/capard.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/laois/capard.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/laois/capard.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Capard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Laois: https://everytownland.com/laois.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballyhuppahane: https://everytownland.com/laois/ballyhuppahane.md - Brisha: https://everytownland.com/laois/brisha.md - Cappalane: https://everytownland.com/laois/cappalane.md - Cones: https://everytownland.com/laois/cones.md - Corbally: https://everytownland.com/laois/corbally-100440.md - Glenbarrow: https://everytownland.com/laois/glenbarrow.md - Lackan: https://everytownland.com/laois/lackan.md - Rosenallis: https://everytownland.com/laois/rosenallis.md - Sconce Upper: https://everytownland.com/laois/sconce-upper.md - Skerry: https://everytownland.com/laois/skerry.md - Srahleagh: https://everytownland.com/laois/srahleagh-101058.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/laois/capard - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/laois/capard