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Area

66,680 m² (6.67 ha, 16.48 acres)

Buildings

12 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,012 m².

Zoning

R2 Existing Residential (Tulla Settlement Plan) The objective
S1 Community (Tulla Settlement Plan) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 6 Jun 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a garage and all associated site works.

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560332

• 20 May 2019Conditional

  for the construction of a serviced dwelling house, garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19398

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.

• CL035-156 Burnt mound
  Description

  This feature was formerly located in generally level, wet pasture, on the southern edge of Tulla village. It was initially identified by Dominic Delaney through geophysical survey and targeted archaeological testing (Licence No. 09E262) which had been carried out across the site of a proposed residential development at Tulla, Co. Clare (Delaney 2009). A deposit (3.7m NE-SW; max. T 0.21m) of heat-shattered stone with frequent charcoal staining was uncovered at the site of one of the geophysical anomalies in the southern part of the development site (ibid.). A second deposit (L 2.8m) was recorded adjacent to SW and comprised of a dark-brown clayey silt with occasional heat-shattered stone and charcoal inclusions (ibid.). The two deposits were interpreted as the remains of a possible fulacht fiadh and preservation in situ was recommended. In 2014 these features were excavated (Licence No. 14E0023 ext.) during the planning stages for a proposed secondary school on this site (O’Connell 2014). No archaeological artefacts were recovered. A second burnt mound (CL035-168----) was recovered c. 75m to SW and excavated under the same licence. In 2015, a third burnt mound (CL035-167----) c. 45m to N, was recovered during groundworks for St Joseph’s Secondary School, which was constructed on this site 2015-16 (Halpin and McQueen 2016). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 21 November 2017

• CL035-167 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In former, generally level, wet pasture, now the site of St Joseph’s Secondary School, on the S edge of Tulla village and c. 45m N of a burnt mound (CL035-156----). A burnt mound was identified in January 2015 during monitoring of groundworks for the development of St Joseph’s Secondary School (Halpin and McQueen 2015). It was excavated (License No. 15E0040) by Alison McQueen and Associates in February 2015 (Halpin and McQueen 2016). The large, irregular shaped spread of burnt material (20m E-W; 12.5m N-S) was recovered during topsoil stripping and comprised a relatively shallow spread containing heat-shattered stone and charcoal with several natural springs at its perimeter. A cruciform baulk was temporarily retained in situ. Two layers (C. 14 and C. 15) were noted in the section face. The radiocarbon date for the upper layer (C.14) is 2723±30 BP (870±30 BC Cal.). The lower layer (C.15) represents slightly earlier material cast out around the trough during some of the initial phases of use. The radiocarbon date for the lower layer is 2783±29 BP (940±37 BC Cal.) indicating some 80 years difference in the radiocarbon dates between the initial and the later phases. The wood assemblage from the mound and trough deposits was dominated by alder and ash (Lyons 2016, 5). A well-defined rectangular trough (3.25m E-W; 1.9m N-S; D 0.46m) was located approximately in the centre of burnt spread. It contained frequent angular heat-shattered stones of varying sizes (L 5-10cm), mixed with abundant charcoal inclusions and occasional fragments of undiagnostic burnt bone. An intact animal tooth was recovered from the upper fill and was confirmed to be from a domestic animal (Duhau 2016, 2). The trough was cut out of the natural subsoil, which has a high content of naturally occurring clay, providing a waterproof lining. The base had a semi-circular arrangement of five large stones which appeared to be deliberately placed and may also have facilitated access to the trough. Two burnt mounds (CL035-156---- and CL035-168----) c. 45m to S and c. 100m to SW respectively, were excavated in 2014 (O’Connell 2014; Licence No. 14E0023 ext.). The following images have been uploaded: CL035-167----_01 Pre-excavation view of central trough, from E. ©Alison McQueen & Associates. CL035-167----_02 Post-excavation view of central trough, showing potential ‘step-down’ area, from E. ©Alison McQueen & Associates. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 5 December 2017

• CL035-168 Burnt mound
  Description

  This feature was formerly located in generally level, wet pasture, on the southern edge of Tulla village. It was initially identified by Aidan O’ Connell through geophysical survey and targeted archaeological testing (Licence No. 14E0023) and was excavated (Licence No. 14E0023 ext.) in 2014. According to O’Connell (May 2014, 7) the feature was interpreted as a burnt mound comprising a small localised mound of heat shattered stone in a matrix of carbonised silty clay. The mound measured 6m by 5m by 0.15-0.4m deep. No pits or troughs were found in association with the mound material and no archaeological artefacts were recovered from the site. A sample of ash charcoal recovered from a bulk soil sample was dated to 2470-2210 cal. BC giving an Early Bronze Age date (95% probability; SUERC 54902; 3878±36 BP). A second burnt mound (CL035-156----) c. 75m to NE was excavated under the same license. In 2015, a fulacht fia (CL035-167----) c. 100m to NE, was excavated during groundworks for St Joseph’s Secondary School, which was constructed on this site 2015-2016 (Halpin and McQueen 2016). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 5 December 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.