# Cumber Lower, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kinnitty, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish An Comar Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,149,926 m² (214.99 ha, 531.26 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 20,298 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Kinnitty, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kinnitty.md
- Barony: Ballybritt
- Electoral division: Kinnitty, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Kinnitty electoral division: 596 people in 207 households; 75% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41431
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180528
- Centre: latitude 53.078363, longitude -7.71702 (WGS 84)

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

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cumber Lower, from 31 m² to 365,258 m² (36.53 ha, 90.26 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 295474: 365,258 m² (36.53 ha, 90.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295474.md
- Parcel 279899: 350,921 m² (35.09 ha, 86.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279899.md
- Parcel 288496: 259,228 m² (25.92 ha, 64.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288496.md
- Parcel 271515: 175,978 m² (17.6 ha, 43.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/271515.md
- Parcel 293861: 166,494 m² (16.65 ha, 41.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293861.md
- Parcel 283055: 121,033 m² (12.1 ha, 29.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283055.md
- Parcel 295666: 120,240 m² (12.02 ha, 29.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295666.md
- Parcel 277736: 114,455 m² (11.45 ha, 28.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/277736.md
- Parcel 303665: 83,552 m² (8.36 ha, 20.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303665.md
- Parcel 296598: 83,044 m² (8.3 ha, 20.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/296598.md
- Parcel 306943: 58,663 m² (5.87 ha, 14.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306943.md
- Parcel 270145: 44,585 m² (4.46 ha, 11.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/270145.md
- Parcel 310377: 33,576 m² (3.36 ha, 8.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310377.md
- Parcel 268703: 33,035 m² (3.3 ha, 8.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268703.md
- Parcel 2679842: 23,400 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679842.md
- Parcel 269905: 20,298 m² (2.03 ha, 5.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/269905.md
- Parcel 310090: 20,259 m² (2.03 ha, 5.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/310090.md
- Parcel 2679841: 14,790 m² (1.48 ha, 3.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679841.md
- Parcel 2679838: 8,758 m² (0.88 ha, 2.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679838.md
- Parcel 2679850: 7,431 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679850.md
- Parcel 5271929: 6,939 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271929.md
- Parcel 304965: 6,761 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/304965.md
- Parcel 5271925: 6,760 m² (0.68 ha, 1.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5271925.md
- Parcel 268852: 6,664 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/268852.md
- Parcel 2679855: 4,614 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679855.md
- Parcel 4951545: 4,259 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4951545.md
- Parcel 2679856: 4,093 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679856.md
- Parcel 2679853: 3,564 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679853.md
- Parcel 2679860: 366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2679860.md
- Parcel 360421: 181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/360421.md
- Parcel 308398: 31 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/308398.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cumber Lower 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 12 Jan 2017, Offaly County Council 175: Conditional. Permission. NEW SLATTED CATTLE HOUSE WITH UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE, CATTLE CRUSH AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/175/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160

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

- OF036-053: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-053----. Located on N facing slope of high ground. Raised circular area (diam 45.2m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.75m) with filled in external fosse. Possible destroyed entrance gap (Wth 3m) at NE. 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
- OF036-054: Stone trough, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-054----. A stone trough consisting of an oval shaped limestone trough (L 0.9m x B 0.6m x T 0.05m; H 0.35m), the spout or opening at one end has a face carved into the end of the trough (Feehan 1979, 159-62). The trough probably dates from the post-AD 1700 period. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 23 May 2011
- OF036-059: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-059----. Located on N face of E-W ridge just below the summit. Circular area (34m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank ( Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.4m) and external fosse (Wth 4m) which has a U shaped profile and appears to be of recent origin due to its perfect state of preservation. There is possible evidence for a triangular shaped garden attached to the N side of the enclosure. Overall the site would appear to be an enclosed house site with garden of recent origin. The interior of the site slopes from S to N. 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
- OF036-060: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF036-060----. Not visible at ground level. Area has recently been ploughed for state forestry. Aerial photographs (Air Corps 758/9) shows outline of circular enclosure in upland area. 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

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)

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cumber Lower.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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 Cumber Lower.
- 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/offaly/cumber-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cumber Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly: https://everytownland.com/offaly.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballymacmurragh: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballymacmurragh.md
- Ballyshane: https://everytownland.com/offaly/ballyshane-180205.md
- Clonlee: https://everytownland.com/offaly/clonlee.md
- Cumber Upper: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-upper.md
- Forelacka: https://everytownland.com/offaly/forelacka.md
- Lismoney: https://everytownland.com/offaly/lismoney.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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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