Bocks Upper

59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bocks Upper, from 119 m² to 109,791 m² (10.98 ha, 27.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Bocks 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.

• 23 May 2022Conditional

  permission to retain imported subsoil and topsoil. Permission to complete the works which include filling the remainder of the existing agricultural field with imported subsoil and topsoil and all associated site works (in connection with a waste permit application). Significant further information received in relation to submission of an ecological report , flood risk assessment report and amendments to site layout.

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 22230

• 14 Jun 2021N/a

  retention of imported subsoil and topsoil and permission to complete the works which include filling the remainder of the existing agricultural field with imported subsoil and topsoil and all associated site works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 21351

• 20 Dec 2019N/a

  permission for a development consisting of 1) the retention of imported subsoil and topsoil 2) permission to complete the works which include filling the remainder of the existing agricultural field with imported subsoil and topsoil and all associated site works (in connection with a waste permit application)

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 19569

• 30 Jul 2018Conditional

  Permission to construct a bungalow style dwelling house, a waste water treatment and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 18356

• 7 Mar 2018Conditional

  Permission to construct a domestic garage to include a games room and storage with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 1886

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  Retention and completion of ground works

  Retention, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17464

• 27 Sept 2017Conditional

  Permission to construct a two storey dwelling, detached garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated site works off new entrance

  Permission, 1 home · Monaghan County Council, 17465

• 22 Mar 2017Conditional

  permission for a loose bedded shed and 2 No. concrete walled silage pits and all associated site development works

  Permission · Monaghan County Council, 17131

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 Bocks Upper.

Recorded monuments

• MO027-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in a slight fold towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. This is a subcircular grass-covered area (dims 36m N-S; 31.3m E-W) that slopes down to the S (H 1.4m) defined by a slight earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) NW-NNE that morphs into a scarp (at W: Wth 2.5m; H 1.35m) and is incorporated into a field bank (at S: Wth 3m; H 2m) and hedge with a farm track outside it SE-SW. There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018.

• MO027-087001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope. This rath, or its neighbour (MO027-088001-) c. 220m to the SE, is probably the enclosure at Upper Box depicted on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793). This is a circular overgrown area (diam. 38m NNE-SSW) that slopes down to the S (H 3.1m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m at N to 2.4m at S) that is incorporated into a field bank with trees NW-NE. There is no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth of base 1m) is at ESE. Inside the perimeter at N is the rock-cut entrance to a souterrain, which is a largely an unroofed passage running N (L c. 3m) where it widens into a small circular chamber with a cupboard in the wall at NW. From this the passage turns E (L 5.5m; max. Wth 1.5m; max. H 1.7m) and is roofed with lintels. The bank has been removed where it was built over the souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018

• MO027-087002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope, and inside and beneath the bank of rath (MO027-067001-) at N. The rock-cut entrance is a largely an unroofed passage running N (L c. 3m) where it widens into a small circular chamber with a cupboard in the wall at NW. From this the passage turns E (L 5.5m; max. Wth 1.5m; max. H 1.7m) and is roofed with lintels. The bank has been removed where it was built over the souterrain. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018

• MO027-088001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope. This rath, or its neighbour (MO027-087001-) c. 220m to the NW, is probably the enclosure at Upper Box depicted on McCrea’s Map of County Monaghan (1793). It is an overgrown circular area (diam. 28m N-S) that slopes down to the S (H 2.4m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth of base 4.8-6.2m; int. H 0.6m at S to 1.2m at N (upslope); ext. H 1.2m at N to 2.1m at S), which is incorporated into a field bank with an outer drain (Wth of top 3.4m; ext. D 0.8m) NNW-NNE. There is no visible fosse but the entrance (Wth of base1.4m) is at SSE, the lowest point of the interior, and the interior is bisected by a NE-SW field wall. There is a local report of a large lintelled underground passage in this rath (SMR file) but the only possible evidence of this is a hollow (dims 4.6m x 4.6m; D 1m) inside the perimeter at NW, and the report is probably confusing this rath with (MO027-087001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 31 January 2018

• MO027-088002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a SW-facing slope and in the interior of rath (MO027-088001-). There is a local report of a large lintelled underground passage in this rath (SMR file) but the only possible evidence of this is a hollow (dims 4.6m x 4.6m; D 1m) inside the perimeter at NW, and the report is probably confusing this rath with (MO027-087001-), c. 220m to the NW The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 31 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Bocks Upper.

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.

No address of the register names Bocks Upper with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Monaghan.

Name

Bocks Upper · An Bac Uachtarach

Area

1,353,730 m² (135.37 ha, 334.51 acres)

Civil parish

Donaghmoyne, and its townlands

Barony

Farney

Electoral division

Bocks, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Bocks electoral division: 779 people in 246 households; 85% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghacloghan, Bocks Middle, Drumberagh, Drumgowna, Peast

Placenames

Bocks 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.