Hammondstown
Hammondstown is a townland in the civil parish of Knocklong, barony of Coshlea, Co. Limerick. Its name in Irish is Baile Ámainn.
Parcel 1663229
- Area
- 58,499 m² (5.85 ha, 14.46 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Hammondstown
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 4 recorded monuments.
- LI040-136 Field system
Description
In reclaimed wet pasture, a watercourse roughly E-W and associated with earthworks (LI040-289----; LI041-002001-) and enclosure (LI040-002002-). Not marked on OSi historic maps. Visible as linear cropmarks on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571, Strip map 4, site 4/19) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a pattern of linear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each, located over a large area (500m NW-SE x 220m NE-SW) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage and on Google Earth orthophotos. Monument visible on aerial photographs (ASIAP (343) 17) taken 05/01/2003 See attached ASIAP (343) 17 and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 June 2021
- LI040-289 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture immediately N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Island Dromagh. Field system (LI040-136----) lies to immediate E. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Visible as linear cropmarks on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5,000 2571, Strip map 4, site 4/19) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a pattern of linear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each, located over a large area (dims. c. 500m NW-SE x 220m NE-SW) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Earthworks visible on aerial photographs appear to form part of possible field system (LI040-136----). Possible duplicate site with adjoining field system (LI040-136----) See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 July 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 343/17 on 05/01/2003.
- LI048-023 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, immediately W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. A barrow (LI048-022----) lies 120m to the SW. Not marked on historic OSi maps. Identified as a rectangular enclosure from examination of Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photograph (BGE 1:5000 No. 2572) taken 03/11/1984. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached aerial photograph (BGE No. 2572) and Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 12 August 2021
- LI048-071 Designed landscape - ornamental lake
Description
In wet pasture, in the SE corner of a coniferous plantation, 28m W of townland boundary with Mitchelstowndown North. An enclosure (LI048-023----) lies 100m to the S. Depicted as a pond on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map and not as an antiquity. Indicated as a non-antiquity where it is shown as a D-shaped area (dims. c. 39m N-S; 33m E-W) indicated with a solid line in the same fashion as the surrounding field boundaries. Visible as a rush covered dried up pond on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Pond feature possibly a natural water feature or a designed landscape pond associated with nearby country houses. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 27 May 2021
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 27.9 ha
- 69 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 278,514 m² (27.85 ha, 68.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Hammondstown, from 278,514 m² (27.85 ha, 68.82 acres) to 278,514 m² (27.85 ha, 68.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Hammondstown 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 Hammondstown 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 Hammondstown.
Recorded monuments
- LI040-123 Earthwork
Description
In reclaimed pasture, a rectangular enclosure (LI040-125----) lies 100m to the E. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular-shaped earthwork on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2569) taken 03/11/1984. Faint trace of monument visible as an L-shaped cropmark from NE-E-S on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached BGE aerial photograph (Marked 271) and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 23 June 2021
- LI040-125 Earthwork
Description
In reclaimed pasture, a possible enclosure (LI040-123----) lies 100m to the W. Not marked on the OSi historic maps. Identified as a rectangular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000 2571, Strip map 4, 4/41) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Trace of monument visible as rectangular cropmark (dims. c. 33m N-S x 30m E-W) intersected at S by relic watercourse running roughly E-W on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-13. Visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 14/09/2019. See attached BGE aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021
- LI040-128 Enclosure
Description
In reclaimed wet pasture, 30m W of a watercourse that forms townland boundary with Island Dromagh, possible barrows (LI040-127001-/002-) lie 110m to the W. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Identified as a potential site visible as a small circle abutting a small rectangular feature on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5000, Strip map 4, site 4/36) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimage and Google Earth orthoimages. Doubtful antiquity. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 15 June 2021
- LI040-130 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Ó Danachair (1955, 209) recorded the following details about Toberedmond; ‘ "Toberedmond" on 1840 map. This well is marked in Gothic letters on the map, but there seems to be no evidence that it was ever regarded as a holy well'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2019
- LI040-289 Earthwork
Description
In wet pasture immediately N of a watercourse that marks the townland boundary with Island Dromagh. Field system (LI040-136----) lies to immediate E. Not marked on OSi historic maps. Visible as linear cropmarks on aerial photographs (BGE 1/5,000 2571, Strip map 4, site 4/19) taken 03/11/1984 on Bórd Gáis Éireann Curraleigh West-Limerick gas pipeline. Visible as a pattern of linear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each, located over a large area (dims. c. 500m NW-SE x 220m NE-SW) visible on Digital Globe orthoimage. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/09/2019. Earthworks visible on aerial photographs appear to form part of possible field system (LI040-136----). Possible duplicate site with adjoining field system (LI040-136----) See attached Bórd Gáis Éireann aerial photograph and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 July 2021 See attached ASI aerial photographs ASIAP – 343/17 on 05/01/2003.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Hammondstown.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Hammondstown, 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 Hammondstown.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Hammondstown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.
The townland
- Name
- Hammondstown · Baile Ámainn
- Area
- 278,791 m² (27.88 ha, 68.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Knocklong, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coshlea
- Electoral division
- Knocklong, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 918 people lived in 348 households in the Knocklong electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynahinch, Island Dromagh, Knocklong East, Mitchelstowndown North
- Placenames
- Hammondstown 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.