Townparks West

Area

57,107 m² (5.71 ha, 14.11 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 276 m².

Zoning

M4 RV (WCCC Development Plan 2022 - 2028) The objective

Townland

Townparks West

Planning applications on this parcel

• 27 Nov 2017Refused

  to erect a dwelling house, new entrance, on site waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 17817

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 8 recorded monuments.

• WA028-015 Historic town
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. There are references to a church at Tallow, possibly a pre-Anglo-Norman foundation, in 1199 (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 115) and there was a significant settlement here in the 13th century, although it did not have the status of a town. 14th-century sources suggest that the town was part of Inchiquin manor which had been granted to the Fitzgeralds in the late 12th century. It is described as a 'decayed town' in 1587 (ibid., 116) when it was granted to Sir Walter Raleigh, who re-founded the town after it had been burned-out by the Irish in 1598. At this time it was described as consisting of about 60 households, all English. In 1604 Tallow was granted to Sir Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork, who had established an iron works here by 1608. This was the source of the town's prosperity and growth in the early 17th century, and in 1613 Tallow was incorporated as a borough. Boyle built a courthouse, a prison and a market-house, and he probably laid out the town along two intersecting streets. According to Smith (1746, 64) Tallow was defended by earthen ramparts in 1641, but there is no other record of an enclosing feature. No monuments or structures predating 1700 are visible but there are records of two 17th-century graveslabs in the graveyard (Coleman 1913-14) and the ruins of a church are recorded by Power (1912, 199). (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 115-28) Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Coleman, J. C. (1913-14) Tallow churchyard. Mems. Dead, 9, 168-9. Power, Rev. P. (1912) Parochial history of Waterford and Lismore during the 18th and 19th centuries. Harvey, Waterford. Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-015001 Church
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. This may be the location of the church of Tulachratha, confirmed to the Bishop of Cork in 1199, but there are no other references until 1469 when the vicarage of Tollacrahy was united with the Augustinian abbey of Molana (WA037-011001-). Sir Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, invested in the parish church in 1616, and according to a contemporary document he built a new church (Ryland 1824, 342). Power (1896b, 214) recorded traces of an earlier church (dims. c. 12m x c. 7m) within the graveyard (WA028-015007-) of the late 18th century Churh of Ireland church which is now abandoned, but the earlier remains can no longer be traced, and two 17th-century memorials (ibid. 215) are also missing. (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 123-5). Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298. Ryland, Rev. R. H. (1824) The History, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Waterford. John Murray. London. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-015002 Graveslab
  Description

  Situated within the graveyard (WA028-015007-) of the parish church of Tallow (WA028-015001-) on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. A memorial slab commemorating John Whittington who died in 1635 was recorded close to the N wall of the church (Power (1896b, 215), but it cannot be traced now. (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 123-5). Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-015003 Forge
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. Sir Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, developed the iron industry at Tallow, which was known as Tullach an Iarainn (the hill of iron), in the early 17th century. A mill had been set up by 1608 and a report of 1622 says that there were two iron mills at Tallow. The iron-works seem to have survived the disturbances of the 1640s, but by 1685 they were defunct according to Sir Richard Cox (Walton 1987, 28). A forge is marked on a Bateman map of 1717 (NLI: ms. 6148, 21), which is probably the same feature. Its location is uncertain but it may have been on the site of the saw mill marked on the 1840 and 1927eds of the OS 6-inch map at the end of Mill Lane, although the standing remains appear to be 18th or 19th century in date (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 121-2). (Power 1978, 33) Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Power, T. (1978) Richard Boyle's ironworks in Co. Waterford. Part 2. Decies, No. 7, 30-36. Walton, J. (1987) Two descriptions of County Waterford in the 1680s. Decies, No. 35, 25-33. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 29 September 2011

• WA028-015004 Market-house
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. Sir Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, developed Tallow, which was incorporated as a borough in 1613. According to a contemporary document he built a market-house, which may have incorporated the courthouse and prison that the same document also ascribes to him (Ryland 1824, 342). The market house and jail are also ascribed to the Earl by Smith (1746, 40), and the market house is marked in the centre of Convent St. opposite West St. on a map by Richard Scalé (NLI: ms. 7218, 1), dated 1774. Archaeological monitoring (08N0240) of the route of a sewage pipe uncovered part of the W wall of the building in the Square (McCarthy 2008). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 February, 2012

• WA028-015005 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  A sheela-na-gig, now in the Library of St. Carthag's cathedral at Lismore (WA021-019010-), is thought to have come from the graveyard (WA028-015007-) around the site of the parish church of Tallow (WA028-015001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-015006 Inscribed stone
  Description

  Situated within the graveyard (WA028-015007-) of the parish church of Tallow (WA028-015001-) on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. A fragment of a slab with the inscribed date 1630 was recorded close to the N wall of the church (Power (1896b, 215), but it cannot be traced now. (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 123-5). Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-015007 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. The parish church of Tallow (WA028-015001-) is within a graveyard (dims. c. 75m E-W; c. 65m N-S) defined by masonry walls, with wrought iron railings on the S side. Two 17th-century memorials (WA028-015003-; WA028-015006-) are now missing from the abandoned graveyard. (Bradley et al. 1989, vol. 1, 123-5). Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. (1989) Urban archaeology Survey of Waterford City and County, 2 vols. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

Architectural heritage

• , 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Two-arch rubble stone road bridge over river, c.1830. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar, cut-stone triangular cut-waters to piers, and rendered coping to parapets. Pair of segmental arches with squared rubble stone voussoirs, and squared rubble stone soffits having lime render over. Sited spanning Glenaboy River with grass banks to river.

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 5 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. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1531 (ZIP).

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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