Prospect

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Prospect, from 244 m² to 164,418 m² (16.44 ha, 40.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 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 Prospect 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 Prospect 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 Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castleconnell (Domestic Dwelling, Occupied) 000433

Recorded monuments

• LI006-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On partially reclaimed flat pasture adjacent to the E bank of the River Shannon in a field liable to flooding. Annotated ‘Lisheen’ on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a semi-circular-shaped enclosure (approx. diam. c. 56m NE-SW x 38m NW-SE) backing onto the River Shannon on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Present remains consist of a semi-circular shaped area (approx. diam. 38m NE-SW x 26m NW-SE) enclosed by a wide bank with external ditch that would have been liable to flooding. A linear earthwork (L 60m; Wth 7m) is visible running SE from the NE end of the earthwork. It appears to consist of a bank with a ditch or fosse on either side. There is a suggestion of further earthworks to the Ne along the riverbank. A depression (approx. dims. 30m SE x 10m NE) adjacent to the river lies on the northern side of the linear earthwork. The location of the monument backing onto the River Shannon which forms an enclosing element along the NW side is unusual and significant. The siting of this earthwork is similar to cliff-edge forts where the enclosing element on one side is formed by a natural element such as a river in this instance. In winter months it is likely that the ditch served as a water-filled moat protecting the interior of the monument. This is clearly visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 06/02/2018. Siting is not typical of ringforts in County Limerick. Possible moated enclosure defended by the River Shannon and by a water-filled moat, interior could have been accessible by boat from the River Shannon. Siting is similar to the Anglo-Norman ringwork castle (OF005-003001-) at Clonmacnoise. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 9 June 2020

• LI006-003 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  In gently sloping pasture 350m E of the River Shannon on the demesne lands of Prospect House located 500m to ENE. No antiquity shown at this location on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted as a circular-shaped tree-ring (approx. diam. 37m) on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Cropmark of levelled tree-ring consisting of a circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 45m) defined by a ditch (c. 1m wide) visible on Digital Globe orthophoto taken 2011-13. The site is bisected by a post-1700 field boundary. This earthwork was depicted on the OS 25-inch map as a tree-ring which was a demesne landscape feature associated with Prospect House. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Edmond O’Donovan Date of upload: 10 July 2020

• LI006-083 Burial
  Description

  In lowlying grassland, on the floodplains of the River Shannon located 200m to the W. Not depicted on any OS map. In 2003 part of a human burial was discovered by local landowner while carrying out land works with a mechanical excavator. The discovery was reported to the Gardaí at Castleconnell who informed Sarah McCutcheon, Executive Archaeologist, Limerick County Council. An investigation of the site was undertaken by Sarah McCutcheon who submitted a report to the National Museum of Ireland. This report recorded that the discovery was made at a depth of c. 1.5m in peaty material adjacent to a natural linear feature running N-S. The excavated soil was originally excavated in 2001 and had been dumped into spoil heaps while other material was imported into the field and spread on the surface. The human remains were noted in 2003 when the landowner was spreading the soil from the spoil heap across the surface of the field. The bones from upper torso of a possible adult female were recorded from the site. Some of the skeletal material had been taken from the site to the Garda station which consisted of a skull, partial upper jaw with four teeth in place, complete lower jaw in two pieces each with three teeth, in addition there were three loose teeth; one clavicle, five arm bones, six digit bones, one rib fragment and one possible pelvic fragment. The bones were in good condition, the skull was fully fused and the the teeth were well worn. The skeleton therefore, was that of an adult, possibly a female as the skull and arm bones seemed small. The skeletal remains were sent to Mr. L. Walsh, Director, Limerick Museum, Castle Lane, Nicholas Street, Limerick. Compiled by Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 15 June 2020

• LI006-090 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In lowlying grassland, on the floodplains of the River Shannon located 700m to the W and 95m W of the townland boundary with Newgarden North. Not depicted on any OS map. Initially identified during archaeological monitoring by Avril Hayes (Licence 01E0169) of a 5km wayleave associated with the laying of the Clareville to Newcastle pipeline (Hayes 2001). Partially excavated by Tony Cummins under licence No. 02E1424, the unexcavated portion of the site extended outside the western limit of the development. The results of the excavation were summarised as following; ‘a spread of blackened and fire-shattered stones contained in a black soil. This material extended outside the western limit of the development area but, where evident, measured 5.4m east–west by 13m by 0.3m thick. There was no trace of a hearth or trough in the exposed part of the site, and these features may be situated in the unexcavated area to the west. Seven post-holes and three stake-holes were uncovered after the removal of the fulacht material, and these were set into the natural subsoil. The full area of the timber structure formed by these features was not revealed, but the recorded extent indicated a circular building c. 5m in diameter. A single post-hole was situated in the central area of the structure, which appeared to function as a roof support. No artefacts were recovered from this site, but a number of small burnt bone fragments were retrieved from some of the post- and stake-holes’ (www.excavations.ie 2001; 1146, Cummins, 2002, 1241). Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 16 June 2020

Architectural heritage

• River Bleach Mill, mill (water), 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multiple-bay three-storey mill, built in 1804, having lean-to to south-east elevation. Now in disuse. Render cornice to roofline and red brick chimneystack to north-east gable. Render over rubble limestone walls having limestone quoins. Camber-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds. Square-headed door opening to lean-to north-west elevation having red brick block-and-start surrounds.

• Prospect House, house, 1790–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800, having porch to front (north-west) elevation, canted bay to north-east elevation and single-storey extension to south-west elevation. Limestone eaves course to roofline. Render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills and red brick surrounds. Round-headed opening to rear (south-east) elevation with limestone sill and red brick surround. Square-headed door opening to porch. Ruins of rubble limestone walled garden to south. Pair of ashlar limestone square-profile piers to south.

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 Prospect, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1019 (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 Prospect with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Limerick.

Name

Prospect · An Chloch Dhubh

Area

1,181,889 m² (118.19 ha, 292.05 acres)

Civil parish

Stradbally, and its townlands

Barony

Clanwilliam

Electoral division

Ballyvarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,513 people lived in 1,473 households in the Ballyvarra electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyvollane, Lisnagry, Newgarden North

Placenames

Prospect 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.