Doonvullen Upper

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonvullen Upper, from 808 m² to 501,641 m² (50.16 ha, 123.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Doonvullen 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.

• 24 Nov 2017Conditional

  change of use of music studio to living accommodation, a link corridor, renovation and modification to existing sun room, construction of external chimney from proposed stove in sun room together with associated site works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 171091

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 Doonvullen Upper.

Recorded monuments

• LI023-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough, level pasture covered by rushes. Monument depicted as roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on OS 25-inch map is now largely covered by thorn bushes and briars. However it is evident that it is enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m) reduced to a scarped edge in places due to erosion from cattle poaching, with an external fosse (basal Wth 1.2m; total Wth 4.75m; D 0.45m). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 November 2013

• LI023-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture. Circular area (28m N-S; 27m E-W)enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 14.35m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.75m) NW-NE but reduced to a scarped edge (Wth 7.35m; H 1.25m) NE-S-NW. Scarp/bank is considerably higher SE-NE where interior has been raised to compensate for down-slope; scarp (Wth 6m; H 1.15m) is less defined NE-SE. Possible entrance at NNW and recent breaches (Wth c. 2m) at S and WSW. Electricity pole on top of scarp at ENE. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 15 November 2013

• LI023-177 Enclosure
  Description

  Identified from an aerial photograph (Bruff Survey: Map 23, Bruff 180.01: AP 4/3689) and described by Doody (2008, 132) as a 'subcircular platform, c. 35m x 35m, enclosed by ditch and external bank'; the morphology of this enclosure indicates that it may be Bronze Age in date (ibid.). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 November 2013

• LI023-179 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  This is the record for a monument identified by The Discovery Programme, from medium-altitude aerial photographs taken in 1986 [see Doody, M. (2008) The Ballyhoura Hills Project, Discovery Programme Monograph No 7, Wordwell, pp 65-100]. The reference for this monument is LI023: Bruff 242: AP 4/3689.

• LI023-181 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying scrubby and wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Ring-barrow (LI023-255----) lies 10m to SE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 24601: AP 4/3689). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 24601. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 August 2020

• LI023-183 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying scrubby, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Ring-barrows (LI023-255/-181----) lie 135m and 145m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a small penannular-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 247: AP 4/3689). Monument is visible as a light green roughly oval-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 247. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-184001 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On low-lying improved, wet pasture, 15m W of the townland boundary with Ballyhobin. Earthwork (LI023-184002-) lies 30m to NW, enclosure (LI023-256----) 30m to SSE. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Clearly visible a small circular shaped mound on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013. Identified by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 182: AP 4/3689). Partial remains of a curving earthwork are visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image labelled Bruff 182 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-184002 Earthwork
  Description

  On low-lying improved, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Enclosure (LI023-256----) lies 50m to SE and ring-barrow (LI023-183----) lies 110m to NW, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectilinear-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 183: AP 4/3689). Earthwork visible on OSi othoimage taken 2005-12 but not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 183. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-185 Enclosure
  Description

  On low-lying improved, wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Ring-barrow (LI023-183----) lies 150m to NE and enclosure (LI023-184002-) lies 180m to E, respectively. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as an oval-shaped cropmark by the Bruff aerial photographic survey (Bruff 248: AP 4/3689). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage 28/06/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 248. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-252 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat gently waterlogged pasture, with good views in all directions with the exception to the E where the site is overlooked by a hill. It has been partially incorporated into the townland boundary with Doonvullen Lower that runs along the N edge of the site. Enclosure (LI023-177--) conjoined to W side. Enclosure (LI023-254----) located immediately to N of townland boundary abutting the N side. Enclosure (LI023-346----) located 30m to S. The site is not depicted on historic OSi maps but is visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12. Identified by Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 18002 on AP 4/3689) and by the Discovery Programme in 1996 (McCloud Photo AB 9, Limerick OS23) as an enclosure (ext. diam. 40m N-S; 32m E-W). The site consists of a crescent-shaped area defined by a low bank (Wth 5.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 3m). The enclosure is faintly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached McCloud Survey image showing the labelled enclosures, extract from internal Discovery Programme Report and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-255 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On low-lying ready wet pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses. Ring-barrow (LI023-181----) lies 10m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular-shaped ring-barrow (ext. diam. c. 12m) by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 24602: AP 4/3689). The site of the ring-barrow survives as a dry grassy area within reeds with a relic field boundary (orientated NNE/SSW) or drain cut through the E side of the monument. Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013 or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image labelled Bruff 24602 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-256 Enclosure
  Description

  On low-lying improved, wet pasture, 15m W of the townland boundary with Ballyhobin. Enclosure (LI023-184002-) lies 50m to NW. Not depicted on OSi historic maps or visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013. Identified as an enclosure by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 263: AP 4/3689). The site is not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image labelled Bruff 263 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-257 Field system
  Description

  On low-lying improved, wet pasture, abutting the townland boundary with Caherline. A ringfort (LI023-049----) is located within the W corner of the field system. Three ring-barrows (LI023-181-/183-/255----) are within the E end of the field system. The field system is partially depicted on the OSi 1840 ed. 6-inch and 1897 ed. 25-inch map. It is visible as a relic field system on OSi Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-2013. Identified as a co-axial field system by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 276: AP 4/3689). The field boundaries are orientated NNE-SSW and are roughly spaced 50m apart. Nine parallel boundaries form part of the system (ext. dims. 350m NE-SW; 490m SE-NW). The W terminus appears to curve around the ringfort (LI023-049----). The field system is partially visible on Digital Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Bruff survey image labelled Bruff 276 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 2 September 2020

• LI023-346 Enclosure
  Description

  On poorly drained reclaimed grassland, with three enclosures (LI023-177/252-/254----) 50m and 100m to N respectively. Stream marking townland boundary with Caherline immediately to E. Field fence 70m to N marks townland boundary with Doonvullen Lower. Cropmark of enclosure (approx. diam. 30m) visible on Bruff Aerial Survey photograph. See attached Bruff aerial survey photograph and Google earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 1 September 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Doonvullen 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

At the centre of the townland of Doonvullen Upper, about 1 in 10 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 Doonvullen Upper.

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 Doonvullen Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Doonvullen Upper · Dún Mholainn Uachtarach

Area

1,418,284 m² (141.83 ha, 350.47 acres)

Civil parish

Ballybrood, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Kilmurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

911 people lived in 304 households in the Kilmurry electoral division. 96% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyhobin, Ballyhoodane, Caherelly East, Caherline, Doonvullen Lower, Rathjordan

Placenames

Doonvullen 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.