Bunavie

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunavie, from 86 m² to 206,304 m² (20.63 ha, 50.98 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Bunavie 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.

• 28 Mar 2024Conditional

  alterations to existing dwelling, to include alterations to elevations and the provision of a glazed and covered outdoor patio space and all ancillary works

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2460270

• 20 Oct 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new vehicular access to the side of our dwelling for the purpose of off-street parking

  Permission · Limerick County Council, 2360770

• 15 Jul 2022Refused

  a painting of a mural on the gable wall of the dwellinghouse

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 22784

• 22 Jun 2017Conditional

  demolition of a derelict dwelling and construction of a replacement two storey dwelling, garage, entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 17577

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 Bunavie.

Recorded monuments

• LI024-014001 Enclosure
  Description

  In damp pasture, on a gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (21m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 3.65m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.3m) NE-W which is reduced to scarp (Wth 3.4m; H 1.65m) W-NE. Numerous gaps (Wth 0.8m-2.3m) in bank at NE, E, ESE, SSW and W. Trace of shallow external fosse (Wth 5.9m; D 0.2m) NE-SE where waterlogged. Monument raised slightly on N-side to compensate for hill-slope. Level interior under pasture and poached by cattle. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 December 2013

• LI024-014002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In damp pasture, on a N-facing slope. D-shaped area (4m NE-SW straight side; 4m NW-SE) defined by inner fosse (Wth 2.95m; D 0.25m) SW-NE which is infilled S-SW with up-cast drainage material. Outer bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.15m) is best preserved SW-W but barely traceable W-NW. Monument truncated by field drain ENE-SE. Ringfort (LI024-014001-) c. 24m to NNW. Level interior under oasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 6 December 2013

• LI024-124 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. The site of an enclosure (LI024-324-) lies 60m to ENE which is depicted on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch amp. A ring-barrow (LI024-125----) lies 240m to ESE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a semicircular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 126: AP 4/3721). Monument is vaguely traceable as a semicircular-shaped cropmark (approx. dims. 10m NE-SW; 8.5m NW-SE), on the E side of a field boundary, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. There is no visible trace of the monument on the WNW side of the field boundary. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-125 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. An enclosure (LI024-324----) lies 175m to NW and a ring-barrow (LI024-124----) lies 240m to ESE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 74: AP 4/3680). Earthwork visible as an oval-shaped area (approx. dims. 37m WNW-ESE; 33m NNE-SSW) defined by a distinct fosse, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-126001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On W-facing slope, in reclaimed pasture. Possible ring-barrow (LI024-126002-) conjoined to ESE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped conjoined earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127(01): AP 4/3721). Monument visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (approx. diam. 11m) defined by a distinct fosse, on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-126002 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On W-facing slope, in reclaimed pasture. Ring-barrow (LI024-126001-) conjoined to WNW. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a circular-shaped conjoined earthwork by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 127(02): AP 4/3721). Monument is visible as a circular-shaped earthwork (diam. 10m) on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage and Bruff aerial survey image Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

• LI024-306 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On an elevated area of rough, wet pasture, which is cut by land drains and watercourses, 65m W of a townland boundary with Ballyvoneen. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Ring-barrow (LI024-014002-) and enclosure (LI024-014001-) are 12m to NW and 65m to W, respectively. Monument surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a low profile circular-shaped area (9.4m N-S; 9m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 0.65m; H 0.05-0.15m) and external fosse (Wth 1.8-1.9m; D 0.1-0.17m). The interior has an E-facing slope and is grass covered. Monument is visible as a much larger oval-shaped cropmark (25m N-S; 20m E-W) on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 16 October 2020

• LI024-324 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, ring-barrow (LI024-124----) 50m to W. Depicted as a small circular-shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Not indicated on subsequent OS maps. Faint cropmark of levelled enclosure barely visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-12. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 23 July 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 Bunavie, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1196 (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.

No address of the register names Bunavie with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Bunavie · Bun an Mhaí

Area

1,028,689 m² (102.87 ha, 254.19 acres)

Civil parish

Dromkeen, and its townlands

Barony

Coonagh

Electoral division

Grean, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,548 people lived in 533 households in the Grean electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballytrasna, Ballyvoneen, Corelish East, Lackanascarry, Linfield, Lisheen, Nicker

Placenames

Bunavie 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.