Castlebarnagh Big

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebarnagh Big, from 296 m² to 272,553 m² (27.26 ha, 67.35 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Castlebarnagh Big 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Castlebarnagh Big 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

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Grand Canal 002104

Recorded monuments

• OF010-036 Church
  Description

  No historical or archaeological evidence of a church in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. There was a local tradition that a church was located in this area. Described in 1977 as ' this is the site of a church accoording to the landowner. This is a very low rise in a flat area of pasture land, there is no trace of a church or wall footings visible at present' (ASI file 1977). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-008 Armorial plaque (present location)
  Description

  Two rectangular shaped limestone plaques, one of which is in the Library (OF018-006009-), the other is in Castlebarnagh golf clubhouse and said to have come from the gate piers of the entrance to the Fort Castle (OF018-006001-). Both decorated in false relief with achievement of arms and dating to mid-sixteenth century. (JKAS 1941 275-78). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-009001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Rectangular area (c. 21m E-W, c. 20m N-S) defined by low earthen banks and sited on an elevated area on rock outcrop. Large rectangular area (c. 31m N-S, c. 40m E-W) attached to E side of smaller enclosure (OF018-009002-). The two areas probably represent the remains of a tower house and bawn. This may be the castle site that is often referred to as the earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-). It has been suggested that Fort Governor was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. Referred to in the 1550 survey of Offaly as 'Castelberne' and described an an 'old castell nowe waste' (Curtis 1929, 332; Loeber 1988, vol. 1, 79) . The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-009002 Bawn
  Description

  Rectangular area (c. 21m E-W, c. 20m N-S) defined by low earthen banks and sited on an elevated area on rock outcrop. Large rectangular area (c.31m N-S, c. 40m E-W) attached to E side of smaller enclosure or possible bawn. The two areas probably represent the remains of a tower house and bawn. This may be the castle site that is often referred to as the earlier fort of Daingean (OF018-006001-) which was an important O'Conor stronghold, with its associated church of 'Cill O Duirthi' [Killaderry] (OF010-035002-). It has been suggested that Fort Governor was built on the site of the earlier O'Conor fortification, however Castle Barnagh may have been the earlier O'Conor castle that was later replaced by Fort Governor (OF018-006001-) at a new location around which the sixteenth century settlement of Philipstown grew up around. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF018-009003 Quarry
  Description

  Earthworks to the W of the site of Castle Barnagh (OF018-009001-) are the remains of rock outcrop that has been partially quarried away and may have provided stone for the building of Castle Barnagh. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 29 December 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Castlebarnagh Big.

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 10 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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2158 (ZIP).

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 Castlebarnagh Big with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Castlebarnagh Big · Caisleán Bearnach Mór

Area

893,205 m² (89.32 ha, 220.72 acres)

Civil parish

Killaderry, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Lower

Electoral division

Daingean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Daingean electoral division: 1,619 people in 556 households; 76% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlebarnagh Little, Clonarrow or Riverlyons, Fortyacres, Killoneen, Mullalough or Cavemount, Oldtown, Townparks

Placenames

Castlebarnagh Big 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.