Badgerfort

13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Badgerfort, from 538 m² to 220,435 m² (22.04 ha, 54.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 9 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Badgerfort 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 Badgerfort 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 Badgerfort.

Recorded monuments

• LI022-030 Megalithic structure
  Description

  The following account of this monument is derived from de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1982, 77). ‘This site is shown on the original edition of the OS 6” map as a circular ringfort [LI022-030001-], with stones, named “Cromlech”, in the bank at the north-eastern side. On the 1897 and current edition of the 6” map a crescent of the bank appears with stones shown in the southern part marked ‘Cromlech’. Three stones are present here. One is a pillar standing 1.65m high and the others are small boulders each about 30cms. high. O’Kelly does not accept the bank as the remains of a ringfort but the evidence of the earlier maps together with the place-name “Badgerfort” strongly suggest that it was. However, neither the stones now present or the marking of stones in the north-eastern part of the bank on the original O.S. 6” map are sufficient to warrant acceptance of a megalithic tomb at this site.’ Site described by O'Kelly (1942-3, 243) as following; 'It is not possible to say with absolute certainty that this was not a dolmen, but it is most likely that it was not. It now consists of one large standing stone near which are two low boulders. The standing stone is of limestone and the boulders are a volcanic breccia. The boulders are not quite a foot high, while the standing stone is 5' 6" [1.7m], the base measuring 2' [0.6m] by 1' 3" [0.4m]. The two boulders are probably glacial erratics and the standing stone seems a genuine ancient monument. Neither is there a fort [LI022-030001-] at this site. The whole locality lies on a gravel drift, the surface of which shows many undulations. There is one such undulation just at one side of the standing stone in question. This is crescent shaped and may have been taken to be part of the bank of a fort'. Westropp (1904-5, 372) recorded that there was 'a defaced dolmen in the earth-fort [LI022-030001-] of Badgersrath, east from the church [LI022-018001-]'. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-030001 Enclosure
  Description

  Site described by O'Kelly (1942-3, 243) as following; 'It is not possible to say with absolute certainty that this was not a dolmen [LI022-030----], but it is most likely that it was not. It now consists of one large standing stone near which are two low boulders. The standing stone is of limestone and the boulders are a volcanic breccia. The boulders are not quite a foot high, while the standing stone is 5' 6" [1.7m], the base measuring 2' [0.6m] by 1' 3" [0.4m]. The two boulders are probably glacial erratics and the standing stone seems a genuine ancient monument. Neither is there a fort at this site. The whole locality lies on a gravel drift, the surface of which shows many undulations. There is one such undulation just at one side of the standing stone in question. This is crescent shaped and may have been taken to be part of the bank of a fort'. Westropp (1904-5, 372) recorded that there was 'a defaced dolmen [LI022-030----] in the earth-fort [LI022-030001-] of Badgersrath, east from the church [LI022-018001-]'. Cropmark of levelled enclosure visible on OSi aerial photographs but not visible today on Digital Globe aerial coverage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-031 Enclosure
  Description

  Earthwork described in 1942-3 as following; 'This is a circular earthen platform surrounded by a continuous fosse. The entrance is not recognisable. Its greatest height over the field level is 4' [1.2m] and the overall diameter is 120' [36m]. Situated in good low-land' (O'Kelly 1942-3, 243). Levelled monument not visible today on Digital Globe aerial photographs. Cropmark of levelled enclosure (LI022-246----) 75m to S may be the monument described by O'Kelly. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 9 March 2020

• LI022-235 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture on a slight E-facing slope 70m E of townland boundary with Bawnacouma. Ringfort (LI022-029----) located 150m to W. Surveyed by the ASI in 2000 and described as a raised circular shaped area (diam. 12m) defined by a scarped edge (H 0.4m) and an external fosse (Wth 4m) visible from SE to N with a possible ramped entrance (Wth 3m) at E. The undulating interior has a channel (Wth 1.1m; D 0.2m) running E-W, possibley a drainage ditch. Local information indicated the site was levelled c. 1950. The outline of the monument bisected by a post 1700 drainage ditch is visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018. See attached sketch plan surveyed by the ASI and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 7 August 2020

• LI022-246 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On a slight E-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture, with moderate views from N-E-S, 90m NW of the townland boundary with Fanningstown. Enclosure (LI022-031----) 65m to NE. Monument is not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark on Bruff Survey aerial photographs (Bruff 107: AP4/3702). Monument surveyed in 2000 by the ASI and described as a raised circular-shaped area (diam. 18m) defined by a scarp (Wth 4m; H 0.2m) with external fosse (overall Wth 8.9m; D 0.2m). The scarp defines the site on all sides and the fosse is visible from NW-N-E-S-SW, although is infilled from SW-W-NW. The interior is gently undulating, is dry and free of overgrowth. Monument is visible as a distinct oval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff Survey aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 August 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Badgerfort, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Badgerfort with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Badgerfort · Lios na mBroc

Area

449,549 m² (44.95 ha, 111.09 acres)

Civil parish

Kilpeacon, and its townlands

Barony

Smallcounty

Electoral division

Kilpeacon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

561 people lived in 192 households in the Kilpeacon electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bawnacouma, Fanningstown, Garryellen, Newtown, Rockfield

Placenames

Badgerfort 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.