# Highpark, Co. Limerick: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Caherconlish, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick; in Irish Ard an Ghoirt.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,108,221 m² (210.82 ha, 520.95 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,305 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Caherconlish, https://everytownland.com/limerick/parish/caherconlish.md
- Barony: Clanwilliam
- Electoral division: Caherconlish West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 2,318 people lived in 774 households in the Caherconlish West electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 47% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Limerick, https://everytownland.com/limerick.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/31316
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 121218
- Centre: latitude 52.611588, longitude -8.503688 (WGS 84)

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

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Highpark, from 366 m² to 552,375 m² (55.24 ha, 136.49 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1651745: 552,375 m² (55.24 ha, 136.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651745.md
- Parcel 1665926: 265,778 m² (26.58 ha, 65.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1665926.md
- Parcel 3566163: 236,431 m² (23.64 ha, 58.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3566163.md
- Parcel 1651752: 183,026 m² (18.3 ha, 45.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651752.md
- Parcel 1651747: 157,279 m² (15.73 ha, 38.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651747.md
- Parcel 1651748: 155,035 m² (15.5 ha, 38.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651748.md
- Parcel 1615053: 119,012 m² (11.9 ha, 29.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615053.md
- Parcel 1651753: 100,998 m² (10.1 ha, 24.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651753.md
- Parcel 1615046: 71,684 m² (7.17 ha, 17.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615046.md
- Parcel 1615043: 69,129 m² (6.91 ha, 17.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615043.md
- Parcel 1615044: 53,519 m² (5.35 ha, 13.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615044.md
- Parcel 1667145: 52,600 m² (5.26 ha, 13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1667145.md
- Parcel 5108035: 28,360 m² (2.84 ha, 7.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5108035.md
- Parcel 1651746: 17,125 m² (1.71 ha, 4.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1651746.md
- Parcel 1615055: 8,825 m² (0.88 ha, 2.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615055.md
- Parcel 1599913: 5,305 m² (0.53 ha, 1.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1599913.md
- Parcel 5929500: 4,104 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5929500.md
- Parcel 1674585: 3,761 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1674585.md
- Parcel 1637401: 3,323 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1637401.md
- Parcel 5569412: 3,048 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569412.md
- Parcel 1653807: 2,497 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1653807.md
- Parcel 1615045: 2,483 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615045.md
- Parcel 1627017: 2,275 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1627017.md
- Parcel 1619570: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1619570.md
- Parcel 3566140: 1,870 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3566140.md
- Parcel 1666541: 1,680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1666541.md
- Parcel 1615054: 862 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1615054.md
- Parcel 5569426: 820 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569426.md
- Parcel 1631089: 766 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1631089.md
- Parcel 1622365: 597 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1622365.md
- Parcel 5569424: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569424.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Highpark 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 2 Dec 2021, Limerick County Council 211668: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. construction of an entrance, single storey dwelling house, garage, domestic waste water treatment system with polishing filter together with all associated site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/211668/0
- 27 Jul 2018, Limerick County Council 18762: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. a new dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, entrance and associated works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/18762/0
- 12 May 2017, Limerick County Council 17427: Conditional. Permission. a single storey extension to the existing dwelling, construction of a detached domestic garage and all ancillary site works. File: https://eplanning.ie/LimerickCCC/AppFileRefDetails/17427/0

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 Highpark.

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

- LI014-024: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-024----. Impressive standing stone situated on elevated grassland known locally as 'Knockfleming', with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside from W-N-E. Hilltop ringfort (LI014-069--) visible 440m to SSE. Standing stones (LI014-140---/041/042-) in fields 290m to E. High Park House located 1.3km to NNE. Annotated 'Leagaun' on the revised 1923 OS 6-inch map. In 1826 it was recorded that there was a 'stone circle near High Park, the residence of Joseph Gabbett, Esq. where a number of stones are to be seen, some lying in confusion, others in circles or direct lines. It is remarkable that they are all round, and one large stone, detached from the rest, stands erect, which measures nine feet [3m] in height, nearly the same in breadth, and is four feet [1.2m] thick on one side' (Fitzgerald 1826, 288). Lynch suggested that this standing stone was the 'large central stone of the stone circle' and that 'the other stones were removed many years ago' (Lynch 1896, 467). Present remains consist of a tall irregular shaped conglomerate upright boulder (H 2.7m; Wth. 1.2-2.5m; T. 0.8-1.15m) with its long axis aligned NNE-SSW. A low scarp visible in places suggests the existence of an embanked stone circle or hilltop enclosure encircling this impressive standing stone. Lynch (1911-13, 26) suggested that these stones were removed from Knockfleming 'over sixty years ago [c. 1850]'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 January 2019
- LI014-024001: Stone circle, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-024001-. Situated on elevated grassland known locally as 'Knockfleming', with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside from W-N-E. Hilltop ringfort (LI014-069--) visible 440m to SSE. Standing stones (LI014-140---/041/042-) in fields 290m to E. High Park House located 1.3km to NNE. In 1826 it was recorded that there was a 'stone circle near High Park, the residence of Joseph Gabbett, Esq. where a number of stones are to be seen, some lying in confusion, others in circles or direct lines. It is remarkable that they are all round, and one large stone [LI014-024----], detached from the rest, stands erect, which measures nine feet [3m] in height, nearly the same in breadth, and is four feet [1.2m] thick on one side' (Fitzgerald 1826, 288). Lynch suggested that this standing stone (LI014-024----) was the 'large central stone of the stone circle' and that 'the other stones were removed many years ago' (Lynch 1896, 467). A low scarp visible in places suggests the existence of an embanked stone circle or hilltop enclosure encircling this impressive standing stone. Lynch (1911-13, 26) suggested that these stones were removed from Knockfleming 'over sixty years ago [c. 1850]'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 January 2019
- LI014-025: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-025----. Situated in flat, poorly-drained pasture. The monument is evident as a roughly circular area (21m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.7m; H 0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 0.7m) and a counter-scarp earthen bank (int. H 0.2m; Wth 2m; ext. H 0.3m). It is conjoined on its SE side by another enclosure (LI014-145----). Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-027: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-027----. Situated in low-lying, poorly-drained pasture, with good views in all directions. The monument is evident as a roughly circular area (22m NE-SW; 19.3m E-W) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4.6m; H 0.6m) with an external fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.15m). in places there are faint traces of a counter-scarp bank. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-028: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-028----. Situated in gently undulating, poorly-drained pasture with good views in all directions. The monument has been levelled but is still evident as a roughly circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by a scarped edge (Wth. 6.1 H 0.5m) NE to SW. On the downslope c. 4.5m outside this is another scarp (Wth 4.3m; H 0.3m) N to SW. The interior slopes down to E and a pile of gravel has been dumped in its centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-029: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-029----. Situated in gently undulating, poorly-drained pasture with good views in all directions. Indicated on 1923 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular enclosure. The monument has been levelled but is still evident as a roughly circular area (40m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 5.3m; H 0.4m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.8m) and counter-scarp bank (int. H 0.3m; Wth 4.4m; ext. H 0.4m). There is a gap in the bank (Wth. 4m) in ESE. The interior slopes gently down to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-030: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-030----. Situated on a gentle NW-facing slope in rolling pasture. Monument is evident as a roughly circular area (30m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) enclosed by a bank of earth-and-stone (ext. H 0.5m; Wth 0.6m; int. H 0.2m). The interior is uneven and slopes down to W. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-031: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-031----. Situated on a SE-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. The monument, partially obscured by scrub vegetation, consists of a circular area (37m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 4.9m; H 1.5m) with an external fosse (Wth 2.4m) and a counter-scarp bank (int. H 1.1m; Wth. 2m; ext. H 0.2m). There are two gaps in the bank, one at SSW (Wth 2m) and one at NW (Wth 10m). The interior surface is uneven and slopes down to N, SE and SW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 18 June 2013
- LI014-140: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-140----. Situated in a gentle depression on the steep N-facing slope of a ridge in rolling pasture with good views in all directions. Upright conglomerate slab (H 2-2.2m; Wth 1.3-1.9m; Th. 0.4m), long axis orientated NE-SW. It is concave on the SE face and flat on the N face. The stone is partially obscured at the base by brambles. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 June 2013
- LI014-141: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-141----. Situated in gently undulating pasture, c. 5m SE of a field drain. There are good views to N, W and S. Upright limestone pillar (H 0.66m; Wth 0.2m; Th. 0.2m). It has been by cattle for scratching so that it now stands in a gentle depression. Doubtful antiquity, seems to have been erected as a cattle scratching post, different morphologically from nearby standing stones (LI014-140-/042-) Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 18 January 2019
- LI014-142: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-142----. Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in rolling pasture. Upright conglomerate slab (H 0.8-0.9m; Wth 1.1m; Th. 0.4m), long axis oriented NW-SE. The slab is convex on ENE face, concave on WSW face. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 June 2013
- LI014-145: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-145----. In flat, poorly-drained pasture with good views in all directions. Conjoined on the SE side of another enclosure (Li014-025----). A roughly circular area (19.5m NE-SW; 18.5m NW-SE) defined by a scarped edge (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3). The interior slopes down to E. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 June 2013
- LI014-167: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI014-167----. In grassland immediately E of the driveway into Highpark House located 55m to S. Outline of oval-shaped area (approx. diam. 21m) visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. Clearly visible as an oval-shaped area enclosed by a bank with possible entrance gap at E on Google Earth orthoimage taken 05/04/2006. Close proximity to Highpark House could suggest that this was a designed landscape feature associated with landscaping of the demesne lands. See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 05/04/2006 and 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 2 June 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)

- Highpark House, country house, 1810–1820, Regional interest, registry number 21901414, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LC&regno=21901414. Detached five-bay three-storey country house, built in 1812, with two-bay two-storey lean-to to east elevation and single-bay two-storey return having dormer attic to rear (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with limestone eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to return having rendered chimneystack and single-pitched slate roof to extension. Roughcast render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed opening with limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening to return, east elevation having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window and limestone sill. Carved limestone surround to square-headed opening comprising pediment with ornate consoles and fluted roundel motif over double-leaf timber panelled doors having flanking sidelights with limestone surrounds and sills. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to east having pitched slate roof with brick chimneystack. Roughcast render over limestone walls. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills. Square-headed opening with replacement half-glazed door. Elliptical-headed carriage arch having brick surround. Rendered boundary walls to courtyard with elliptical-headed carriage arch having brick voussoirs and double-leaf corrugated-iron doors.

## 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 Highpark, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1058, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1058.zip (ZIP).
- 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/highpark.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/limerick/highpark.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/limerick/highpark.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Highpark 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)

- Anglode: https://everytownland.com/limerick/anglode.md
- Cloghnadromin: https://everytownland.com/limerick/cloghnadromin.md
- Hundredacres West: https://everytownland.com/limerick/hundredacres-west.md
- Inch St. Lawrence: https://everytownland.com/limerick/inch-st-lawrence.md
- Kilculleen: https://everytownland.com/limerick/kilculleen.md
- Skahard: https://everytownland.com/limerick/skahard.md
- Srahane East: https://everytownland.com/limerick/srahane-east.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.

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