Cragmore

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cragmore, from 30 m² to 767,296 m² (76.73 ha, 189.6 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Cragmore 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.

• 9 Sept 2026N/a

  a change of use from garage to residential use including replacement of garage door with double doors & sidescreen

  Retention · Limerick County Council, 2661047

• 1 Feb 2024Conditional

  a change of house type from that previously permitted under planning reference numbers 21/896 & 21/1556

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 2432

• 6 Sept 2022Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, detached garage, site entrance, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 22961

• 11 Nov 2021Conditional

  a dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, an onsite waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works (outline permission ref. no. 21/896)

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 211556

• 25 Jun 2021Conditional

  a dwelling house, entrance, boundary walls, an on site waste water treatment and disposal system, and all associated works

  Outline permission · Limerick County Council, 21896

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  replacement of a flat roof over existing garage with a pitched roof, and all ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Limerick County Council, 19756

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 Cragmore.

Recorded monuments

• LI011-095 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on break in W-facing slope. Ovoid area (52m N-S) enclosed by dry-stone stone wall (ext. H 1.54m), heavily masked by vegetation cover. Gaps in wall at W (Wth 7m) and SSE (Wth 4.9m). Noticeable dip (D 0.25m) immediately inside gap at SSE. Interior littered with heaps of earth and stone, particularly in N half. Field boundaries abut at W and N with boundary to SE removed since 1923 OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-096 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on edge of break in W-facing slope. Depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map as sub-rectangular (28 N-S; 29 E-W) enclosure. Levelled; low earthen bank (int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) visible NW->SW, best preserved NW->NE. Interior higher in W half, slopes gently down to the E. Slight kink in W field boundary SW->NW. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Sub-circular area (25.7m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.75m), best preserved NE->W. Dip in bank (Wth 3m) at SSE. Bank abutted by low earth-and-stone bank (H 0.4m) at NNW which extends to W for c. 8m. Interior, under pasture, slopes down to S. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-100 Enclosure
  Description

  In waste ground, covered with furze bushes, in natural hollow. Circular area (diam. c. 22m) enclosed by stone bank (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 0.45m); interior is c. 1m below level of surrounding terrain. Bank is best preserved NW->NE where stones are blackened, probably from burning furze; otherwise covered by furze bushes. Interior largely inaccessible as covered by furze thicket. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-101 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on flat terrain. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.8m), with external fosse (D 1m; Wth 1.1m) NW->ESE. Bank best preserved along S arc. Disused passage skirts around enclosure SE->SW, whilst a newly constructed passage skirts around SW->SE. A dry-stone wall (ext. H 0.45m) runs along outer edge of fosse NW->ESE. Interior is covered by mature coniferous trees, with thicket of scrub undergrowth at centre. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI011-142 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In elevated pasture, on undulating terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on 1841 OS 6-inch map, has been truncated on N side by E-W field boundary. Now evident as D-shaped area (18.8m N-S; 23m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.7m) E->W, and defined by straight field wall on N side. Thorn bushes protrude from bank. Interior, under pasture, dips down gently towards centre and contains a scattering of loose stones. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 15m) enclosed by two concentric earth-and-stone banks, 3m apart. Inner bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.2m) best preserved at S; outer bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.2m) has a greater internal height, suggesting it falls into an infilled fosse. Field boundary skirts around outer bank NNW->NE before clipping it at NE->SE. Interior, under pasture, dips towards centre where there is a cluster of nettles. According to landowner, banks partially levelled during 1950s when quarried for road material. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight rise in low-lying undulating terrain. Monument, depicted as embanked circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1923 OS 6-inch map, has been levelled and incorporated into pasture field. However, low earthen bank (int. H 0.3; ext. H 0.15m) can be traced NNW->NNE, with very low rise (H c. 0.1m) evident as continuation NNE->ESE (diam. c. 27m NW-SE). According to landowner, enclosure levelled to present condition in 1950s. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LI020-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on slight rise in terrain which slopes gently down to W. Oval area (37.5m N-S; 29.5m E-W) enclosed by earth-and-stone bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.4m). Bank, incorporated into tangential field boundary at W, is heavily masked by dense overgrowth. Gaps in bank at SE (Wth 4.8m) and NNW (Wth 2.8m). Remains of external stone facing on bank at N. Level interior under pasture. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cragmore, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_549 (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.

• Cragmore, Askeaton7 sales

Name

Cragmore · An Chraig Mhór

Area

2,521,714 m² (252.17 ha, 623.13 acres)

Civil parish

Askeaton, and its townlands

Barony

Connello Lower

Electoral division

Askeaton East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

626 people lived in 229 households in the Askeaton East electoral division. 71% of households owned their home. 17% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Askeaton, Ballyengland Upper, Ballyhomin, Boolaglass, Curraheen North, Kilbehy, Loughaun, Moig South

Placenames

Cragmore 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.