Dunkip
Townland in the civil parish of Croom, barony of Coshma, Co. Limerick; in Irish Dún Cip
- Area
- 232.3 ha
- 574 acres
- Land parcels
- 33
- registered freehold, median 27,387 m² (2.74 ha, 6.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunkip, from 782 m² to 577,098 m² (57.71 ha, 142.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Dunkip 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Dunkip 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Dunkip.
Recorded monuments
- LI031-058 Ringfort - rath
Description
In reclaimed pasture, enclosure (LI031-234----) 50m to W, enclosure (LI031-132----) lies 130m to NW. Depicted as an antiquity on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is shown as a tree-lined circular-shaped enclosure Shown on 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped platform (diam. c. 26m) defined by a scarp with external fosse visible from E-S-W. Cropmark of levelled enclosure visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. Possible levelled ringfort. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 28 March 2021
- LI031-059 Ringfort - rath
Description
In reclaimed pasture, enclosure (LI031-058----) lies 310m to NW. Depicted on the OSi 25-inch map as a circular-shaped platform (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp and incorporated into a post-1700 field boundary from NW-NE. Shown on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as circular-shaped area defined by a bank, a field boundary running NW-SE intersects at NW and SE and E. Monument visible as circular area overgrown with trees on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/09/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 28 March 2021
- LI031-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
In reclaimed pasture, 60m N of the Camoge River, ring-barrow (LI031-139----) lies 240m to NW. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 25m) enclosed by a bank. Not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map which suggests that monument was levelled between these map dates. Faint cropmark of levelled monument visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-2012 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 25/03/2017. Curving section of upstanding bank at N now levelled visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 05/04/2006. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 28 March 2021
- LI031-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
In reclaimed pasture, 180m S of the Camoge River, immediately N of a road. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a circular-shaped area delimited by bank, lined with trees and an OS trig. station point in the centre. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a circular platform (diam. c. 30m) defined by a scarp. Monument visible as a circular area of trees with overgrown interior, on the OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage taken 24/09/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 28 March 2021
- LI031-129 Enclosure
Description
In improved pasture immediately S of townland boundary with Rathmore. Ringfort (LI031-025002-) lies 350m to E. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a circular cropmark from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:10,000 No. 37) taken 03/11/1984 associated with Bord Gáis Eireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a circular-shaped cropmark on Digital Globe orthoimage and as a partial cropmark (diam. c. 26m) transected at NW by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW on Google Earth orthophoto dated 28/06/2018. See attached photocopy of gas pipeline aerial taken 1984 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 1 April 2021
- LI031-130 Ringfort - rath
Description
In a clearance within a commercial forestry plantation 40m S of townland boundary with Rathmore and 320m N of Camoge River. Enclosure (LI031-128----) lies 200m to NW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified as a circular enclosure from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:10,000 No. 37) of the region associated with the Bord Gáis Curraghliegh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a circular-shaped area (diam. c. 40m) enclosed by a possible bank on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/02/2020. See attached photocopy of gas pipeline aerial and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 1 April 2021
- LI031-132 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed pasture with possible ringfort (LI031-058---) 130m to SE and enclosure (LI031-234----) 100m to S. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential cropmark from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:10,000 No. 37) taken 03/11/1984 associated with Bord Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/02/2020. See attached photocopy of gas pipeline aerial and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 1 April 2021
- LI031-139 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In improved pasture 160m N of Camoge River. Enclosure (LI031-160---) lies 260m to SW. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 44) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021
- LI031-142 Enclosure
Description
In improved pasture 260m S of Camoge River. Enclosure (LI031-061----) lies 330m to W. Not depicted on historic OSi maps. Identified from examination of aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 45) of the region taken on 03/11/1984 associated with Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraghleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2006-12 or on Google Earth orthoimage dated 20/09/2020. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 25 March 2021
- LI031-234 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed pasture, with possible ringfort (LI031-058----) 50m to E, enclosure (LI031-132----) 100m to N. Cropmark of levelled enclosure (int. diam. c. 27m) visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 10 March 2021
- LI031-235 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed pasture, possibly associated with adjoining field system (LI031-062001-). Outline of enclosure (int. diam. c. 40m) transected at E by post-1700 field boundary running NNW-SSE visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 25/03/2017. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 March 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunkip.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Dunkip.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Dunkip with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Dunkip · Dún Cip
- Area
- 2,322,597 m² (232.26 ha, 573.93 acres)
- Civil parish
- Croom, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshma
- Electoral division
- Abbeyville, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Abbeyville electoral division: 411 people in 137 households; 92% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 1% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballintaw, Boherygeela, Clorane, Crean, Monaster South, Rathmore South
- Placenames
- Dunkip 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.