Ayle Lower

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ayle Lower, from 2,146 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres) to 431,472 m² (43.15 ha, 106.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 39 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Ayle Lower 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 Ayle Lower 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

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168
• Natural Heritage Area: Ayle Lower Bog NHA 000993

Recorded monuments

• CL027-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a high NE-SW ridge (61m OD) in pasture with excellent views of the surrounding landscape and overlooking a large expanse of bog to S. The monument is not depicted on the 1842 edition of the OS 6-inch map, however it is shown as a circular enclosure on the OS 25-inch and 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a roughly circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (int. H 0.15-0.25m; ext. H 0.85m; Wth at top 0.6m; overall Wth 2.75m). The interior height of the bank (int. H 0.25m) is more defined N-E, however the external height is much lower than elsewhere. The exterior of the bank is denuded from livestock erosion, particularly at W, where a trackway (long-axis NE-SW) is located between the monument and the adjacent field boundary to WNW. There is a probable entrance gap (Wth 2.5m) at SSW. The interior of the monument is generally level except at SE, where there is a slight tilt downslope. The interior is slightly obscured by briars around the perimeter and mature trees grow out of bank. According to local information, an underground passage was uncovered during the course of drainage works outside the southern side of the monument.   The following images have been uploaded: CL027-017----_01.jpg From S. General landscape view of monument. CL027-017----_02.jpg From N. General view across interior. CL027-017----_03.jpg From SSW. Entrance gap (probable) at SSW. CL027-017----_04.jpg From NW. Cross section view of low bank at SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• CL027-050 Enclosure
  Description

  In a level expanse of raised bog with reasonable views of the surrounding countryside. This possible enclosure was identified as an oval variation in vegetation growth on Bing satellite imagery (https://binged.it/2mXNhyD, Accessed 6 March 2017). It comprises a distinct ring (Wth c. 1m) of heather forming an oval area (16m ESE-WNW; 18m NNW-SSE) which is up to c. 0.1m taller than the surrounding bog. This ring of heather is distinct from the surrounding vegetation of bog cotton, bog asphodel and lower growth of heather. The interior is level and is much like the vegetation of the exterior, except there is noticeably less heather. The following image has been uploaded: CL027-050----_01.jpg From NE. View of monument defined by 2 x 2m rods. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 December 2018

• CL027-051 Enclosure
  Description

  In a level expanse of raised bog with reasonable views of the surrounding countryside. This enclosure was identified as an oval variation in vegetation growth on Bing satellite imagery (https://binged.it/2mwT7K1, Accessed 6 March 2017). It consists of an oval area (16m N-S; 12m E-W) defined by the remains of a low bank (H 0.25m; Wth 3.3m) which is accentuated by a dense ring of bog myrtle E-W and a distinct, yet more sparse ring of bog myrtle W-E. There is occasional heather amongst the ring of bog myrtle. There appears to be a probable fosse (Wth 2.2m; D 0.1m) around the exterior, where it is poorly drained and covered in sphagnum moss. The interior is generally level and is covered by bog cotton and low heather, much like the exterior. Enclosure (CL027-052----) is c. 38m to NNW. The following images have been uploaded: CL027-051----_01.jpg From S. View of monument, 2m rod either side. CL027-051----_02.jpg From E. View of monument, 2m rod either side. CL027-051----_03.jpg From W. Cross section view of bank at S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 December 2018

• CL027-052 Enclosure
  Description

  In a level expanse of raised bog with reasonable views of the surrounding countryside. This enclosure was identified as an oval variation in vegetation growth on aerial photography (https://binged.it/2mXNhyD and https://binged.it/2mwT7K1, Accessed 6 March 2017). It consists of a roughly circular area (diam. 10m) defined by a low bank (int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.25m; Wth 3.5m) accentuated by a ring of bog myrtle and heather. The bank is best preserved NE-SW where it is higher. The interior is generally level and is covered by bog cotton and occasional low heathers. There appears to be a probable fosse (Wth 2m; H 0.1m) around the exterior, where it is poorly drained and covered in sphagnum moss. Enclosure (CL027-051----) is c. 38m to SSE. The following images have been uploaded: CL027-052----_01.jpg From S. View of enclosure, defined by 2 x 2m rods. CL027-052----_02.jpg From E. View of enclosure, defined by 2 x 2m rods. CL027-052----_03.jpg From SW. Cross section view of bank and fosse at SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 December 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Ayle Lower, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ayle Lower.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Ayle Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Ayle Lower · An Aill Íochtarach

Area

1,498,736 m² (149.87 ha, 370.35 acres)

Civil parish

Feakle, and its townlands

Barony

Tulla Upper

Electoral division

Ayle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 142 households in the Ayle electoral division. 67% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghneal, Ayle Upper, Derryabbert, Derryeaghra, Derrynaneal, Errinagh, Rosslara, Stonepark, Tome

Placenames

Ayle Lower 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.