Sranure

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sranure, from 109 m² to 213,021 m² (21.3 ha, 52.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Sranure 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.

• 22 Mar 2023Conditional

  AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND ANCILLARY ROADWAYS TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 23122

• 12 Feb 2021Conditional

  PERGOLA/CARPORT TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE FRONT BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE, A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO THE REAR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Retention, 3 homes · Offaly County Council, 2162

• 25 Mar 2020Conditional

  RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF KITCHEN/DINING ROOM AND CONSTRUCTION OF CONSERVATORY. THIS IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE.

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 20103

• 22 Aug 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NUMBER BUNGALOW, ONE NUMBER SINGLE STOREY GARAGE, TO INSTALL SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA, TO INSTALL NEW PRIVATE WELL, TO CREATE NEW ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Offaly County Council, 17308

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 Sranure.

Recorded monuments

• OF026-033 Church
  Description

  Poorly preserved graveyard (OF026-033001-) with no evidence of a church however the wall footings of a building are visible in the N sector of the graveyard. This building is not a church because it is orientated on a N-S axis. The earliest datable gravestone dates to 1795. No other features visible. Test excavation that was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 01E0431 on the site of a proposed new dwelling at Sranure, Co. Offaly, on 28 May 2001 revealed remains of possible ecclesiastical enclosure (OF026-033002-). The development site lies immediately east of a church site (OF026-033----) and graveyard (OF026-033001-) and there is a holy well (OF026-034----) in the field to the north. 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

• OF026-033001 Graveyard
  Description

  Poorly preserved graveyard with no evidence of a church (OF026-033001-) however the wall footings of a building are visible in the N sector of the graveyard. This building is not a church because it is orientated on a N-S axis. The earliest datable gravestone dates to 1795. No other features visible. This burial ground is indicated on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Killeen Grave Yard'. Test excavation that was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 01E0431 on the site of a proposed new dwelling at Sranure, Co. Offaly, on 28 May 2001 revealed remains of possible ecclesiastical enclosure (OF026-033002-). The development site lies immediately east of a church site (OF026-033----) and graveyard (OF026-033001-) and there is a holy well (OF026-034----) in the field to the north. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF026-033002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Test excavation was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 01E0431 on the site of a proposed new dwelling at Sranure, Co. Offaly, on 28 May 2001. The development site lies immediately east of a church site (OF026-033----) and graveyard (OF026-033001-) and there is a holy well (OF026-034----) in the field to the north. The church is named 'Temple Kieran' on OS 6-inch maps and its site is indicated east of centre in the large rectangular graveyard. A grass-covered rubble mound now marks the church site. Testing comprised the mechanical excavation of four trenches, extending east-west across the development site. No features were encountered in Trenches 1, 2 and 4, but two possible archaeological features were discovered in Trench 3. Feature 1 was a linear/curvilinear round-bottomed ditch, 2.55m wide and 0.9m deep, oriented north-east/south-west. The ditch fills were similar to the topsoil although not as compacted and slightly darker in colour. The upper fill was 0.8m thick and at its base there was a loose stone fill containing frequent lumps of iron slag, some of which were quite large and bowl-shaped. This fill also yielded some animal bone (cattle, pig jaw) and an iron nail. The lower fill was slightly darker as it was mixed with the orange silty sand subsoil. No finds were recovered from this fill. Feature 2 was a linear cut, 1.25m wide and 0.25m deep, also orientated north-east/south-west but not running parallel to the ditch feature. The upper fill was compact dark brown sandy silt containing pebbles, small stones, charcoal and occasional pieces of red burnt clay. It overlay a deposit of loose white/yellow ash containing some charcoal, and this overlay a more compacted red/orange sandy ash containing some small stones and patches of red burnt clay. Three small fragments of burnt sheep/goat bone and a medieval potsherd were found in the upper fill. No finds were recovered from the underlying ash deposits. The ditch feature discovered in Trench 3 is probably part of an enclosure element associated with the ecclesiastical site at Sranure. The extent of the ditch is unknown as it was not encountered in Trench 2, which was 15m to the south of Trench 3, nor was it encountered in Trench 4, which was 35m to the north. The discovery of significant quantities of iron slag in the ditch clearly indicates that iron-smelting was carried out in the vicinity. The distinctive bowl-shaped profile of some of the iron slag suggests that these are furnace bottoms. Iron-working was common on Early Christian sites, and it is known that smelting often took place in the sheltered locations conveniently provided by ditches. This supports the suggestion that the ditch feature is part of an ecclesiastical enclosure but further testing would be required to resolve this matter. The origin of the nearby linear feature is unknown but the presence of charcoal, burnt clay and ash indicates intensive burning and suggests that it may be associated with the iron-smelting. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF026-034 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Two holy wells located side by side in a field adjacent to the E of Sranure graveyard (OF026-033001-). Both of these water filled wells are enclosed by modern concrete stiles with coins visible at the bottom. According to the OS 'The well and field near to the parish church were called by this name, and a pattern was formerly held here on St John's Day' (OSFNB 1837-40, vol. 1, 64). Test excavation that was undertaken by Dominic Delany under licence no. 01E0431 on the site of a proposed new dwelling at Sranure, Co. Offaly, on 28 May 2001 revealed remains of possible ecclesiastical enclosure (OF026-033002-). The development site lies immediately east of a church site (OF026-033----) and graveyard (OF026-033001-) and there is a holy well (OF026-034----) in the field to the north. 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

Architectural heritage

• Bloomville, country house, 1690–1730 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey over half-basement country house, built c.1790, with return to rear, bow-ended bay added c.1830 to east and single-storey bay to west. Possibly incorporating earlier house to rear. Located within its own grounds. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Weather slating to base of chimneystacks with date 1794 on chimneystack to west. Roughcast rendered walls with limestone ogee cornice. Round-headed door opening with tooled limestone Gibbsian surround, glazed fanlight and timber panelled door. Door accessed up two limestone steps flanked by plinth walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and timber sash windows. Two-storey stables and single-storey outbuilding to rear yard, c.1885, with hipped slate roofs, random coursed limestone walls with limestone quoins and molded red brick to window and door openings. Fragment of carved stone with decorative tooling dating to the fifteenth century incorporated into a gate piers in the rear yard. Enclosed garden and orchard to rear of yard. House accessed up avenues to north-east and south-west of house.

• Farm house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey thatched farmhouse, built c.1800, with lobby-entry plan. Pitched oaten straw roof with decorative knotwork and lines of scolloping to ridge and W end and twine to eaves. Low rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Timber sash windows. No windows to rear wall. Porch with flat concrete roof with timber panelled door and timber sash window. Extension to rear with flat concrete roof. Yard to rear and garden to hedged road boundary.

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 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 Sranure.

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

Name

Sranure · Sraith an Iúir

Area

1,485,028 m² (148.5 ha, 366.96 acres)

Civil parish

Ballykean, and its townlands

Barony

Philipstown Upper

Electoral division

Clonygowan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clonygowan electoral division: 727 people in 233 households; 90% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Backwood, Ballinvoher, Ballymacrossan, Clonygowan, Down, Fearnamona, Gorteenard, Urney

Placenames

Sranure 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.