# Doonvullen Upper, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballybrood, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Dún Mholainn Uachtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,418,284 m² (141.83 ha, 350.47 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballybrood, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/ballybrood.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Kilmurry, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31468
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 120889
- Centre: latitude 52.554494, longitude -8.469001 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonvullen Upper, from 808 m² to 501,641 m² (50.16 ha, 123.96 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1667949: 501,641 m² (50.16 ha, 123.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667949.md
- Parcel 1616441: 295,144 m² (29.51 ha, 72.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1616441.md
- Parcel 1645441: 285,062 m² (28.51 ha, 70.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1645441.md
- Parcel 1669141: 139,047 m² (13.9 ha, 34.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1669141.md
- Parcel 1670658: 97,074 m² (9.71 ha, 23.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1670658.md
- Parcel 1642959: 65,068 m² (6.51 ha, 16.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1642959.md
- Parcel 1649627: 4,219 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1649627.md
- Parcel 1607874: 4,128 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1607874.md
- Parcel 4958889: 3,990 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4958889.md
- Parcel 1623770: 3,958 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1623770.md
- Parcel 1589865: 3,948 m² (0.39 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1589865.md
- Parcel 1602099: 2,526 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602099.md
- Parcel 1647618: 2,194 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1647618.md
- Parcel 1605116: 2,060 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1605116.md
- Parcel 1603124: 1,329 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1603124.md
- Parcel 1612535: 1,280 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1612535.md
- Parcel 1641251: 1,247 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1641251.md
- Parcel 1666314: 819 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666314.md
- Parcel 1602445: 808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1602445.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 24 Nov 2017, Limerick County Council 171091: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/171091/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- LI023-049: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-049----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-050----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-177----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-179----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-181----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-183----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-184001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-184002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-185----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-252----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-255----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-256----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-257----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI023-346----. 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

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)

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

## 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 Doonvullen Upper, about 1 in 10 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 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 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/limerick/doonvullen-upper.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doonvullen-upper.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doonvullen-upper.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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: https://everytownland.com/limerick.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyhobin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyhobin.md
- Ballyhoodane: https://everytownland.com/limerick/ballyhoodane.md
- Caherelly East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherelly-east.md
- Caherline: https://everytownland.com/limerick/caherline.md
- Doonvullen Lower: https://everytownland.com/limerick/doonvullen-lower.md
- Rathjordan: https://everytownland.com/limerick/rathjordan.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.

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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/limerick/doonvullen-upper
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