# Glenafelly, Co. Offaly: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kinnitty, barony of Ballybritt, Co. Offaly; in Irish Gleann na Feille. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 3,061,778 m² (306.18 ha, 756.58 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 24,834 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kinnitty, https://everytownland.com/offaly/parish/kinnitty.md - Barony: Ballybritt - Electoral division: Tulla, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 108 people lived in 36 households in the Tulla electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Offaly, https://everytownland.com/offaly.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/41927 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 180710 - Centre: latitude 53.062564, longitude -7.688453 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenafelly, from 1,186 m² to 2,403,527 m² (240.35 ha, 593.92 acres); 8 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 361079: 2,403,527 m² (240.35 ha, 593.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/361079.md - Parcel 295201: 214,837 m² (21.48 ha, 53.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/295201.md - Parcel 279910: 99,922 m² (9.99 ha, 24.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/279910.md - Parcel 293874: 44,078 m² (4.41 ha, 10.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/293874.md - Parcel 307548: 40,710 m² (4.07 ha, 10.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307548.md - Parcel 303123: 39,379 m² (3.94 ha, 9.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/303123.md - Parcel 298013: 35,493 m² (3.55 ha, 8.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/298013.md - Parcel 288503: 27,053 m² (2.71 ha, 6.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/288503.md - Parcel 302017: 24,834 m² (2.48 ha, 6.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/302017.md - Parcel 283185: 24,295 m² (2.43 ha, 6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/283185.md - Parcel 307170: 22,324 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307170.md - Parcel 291270: 22,283 m² (2.23 ha, 5.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/291270.md - Parcel 307229: 21,912 m² (2.19 ha, 5.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/307229.md - Parcel 306788: 20,141 m² (2.01 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/306788.md - Parcel 311171: 9,886 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/311171.md - Parcel 305495: 9,466 m² (0.95 ha, 2.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/305495.md - Parcel 307168: 1,186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/307168.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Glenafelly 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) No planning application touches the townland of Glenafelly in the national file, which goes back to 2010. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC, site code 000412, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000412 - Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA, site code 004160, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004160 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains, site code 000412 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - OF039-015: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015----. Located on the E facing slope of rising ground in mountainous region. One of a group of five circular enclosures (OF039-015001/002/003/004-) that are indicated on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on the first two editions of the 6-inch map. These enclosures are not indicated as an antiquity and may be landscape features of post-1700 AD date. Present site consists of a circular enclosure (diam. 24m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and deep outer fosse which has a V-shaped profile with no evidence of any entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from W to E. Four of these enclosures still survive intact with the fifth one destroyed by a modern forestry road. The four surviving enclosures are located in modern forrestry and are now inaccesible. 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 - OF039-015001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015001-. Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam 24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site severely slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the third edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-). 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 - OF039-015002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015002-. Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam 24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the 1912 edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-). 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 - OF039-015003: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015003-. Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam 24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site severely slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the third edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-). 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 - OF039-015004: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015004-. Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam.24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site severely slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the third edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-). 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 - OF039-015005: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-015005-. Located on the E facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Circular area (diam 24m) enclosed by a low narrow earthen bank and deep V-shaped fosse with no evidence of entrance feature. The interior of the site severely slopes from W to E. There are three other enclosures of equal size and shape nearby. The fifth egg shaped enclosure was recently destroyed by Coillte during road construction. These enclosures were not marked on the first two editions of the OS 6-inch maps and are not depicted as antiquities on the third edition. This fact along with their unusual form and location and perfect state of preservation would suggest that these are possibly landscape features or tree rings of no archaeological significance. One of a group of five (OF039-015/001/003/004/005-). 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 - OF039-016002: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-016002-. Large conglomerate glacial erratic almost rectangular in plan (H 1.3m; 1.7m x 0.6m) aligned NE/SW. Doubtful standing stone due to its location and shape and not marked on any editions of the OS 6-inch maps. According to Feehan (1979, 208-10) this standing stone known locally as the 'Fiddlers Rock' located in centre of possible enclosure (OF039-016001-) of which no surface trace survives 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 - OF039-017: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-017----. Situated on W facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Located in area of recent forest plantation making examination impossible. According to local information site consisted of a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse with possible entrance gap at S. W side of site raised to compensate for hill slope. 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 - OF039-018: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2COF039-018----. Situated on the W facing slope of high ground in mountainous area. Site is situated in the middle of state forestry making examination impossible. Site was inaccessible due to dense forest. 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 Glenafelly. ## 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 Glenafelly, 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Glenafelly. - 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/glenafelly.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glenafelly.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glenafelly.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Glenafelly 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 - Barcam: https://everytownland.com/offaly/barcam.md - Cumber Upper: https://everytownland.com/offaly/cumber-upper.md - Forelacka: https://everytownland.com/offaly/forelacka.md - Tulla and Crumlin: https://everytownland.com/offaly/tulla-and-crumlin.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/offaly/glenafelly - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/offaly/glenafelly