Boherdotia

Area

137,309 m² (13.73 ha, 33.93 acres)

Buildings

15 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,211 m².

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Boherdotia

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel 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

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 2 recorded monuments.

• LI033A006001 Field system
  Description

  In pasture, immediately SW and NE of a road that marks the townland boundary with Oolahills East, immediately NW of townland boundary with Boherdotia, S of Shanaclogh House. An enclosure (LI033A006002-) lies to NE, Oola Castle (LI033A008002-) and earthwork (LI033A008001-) lie 330m to the NE and a deserted medieval village (LI033A007----) lies 380m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. The field system was first identified on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AVT046/045; AYO038) 2/07/1968 as a pattern of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other. The field system and possible further earthworks are visible on OSi orthoimage taken 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimages. In E of the field system, two rectangular-shaped areas enclosed by a fosse are visible; one in the S (dims. c. 87m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) and one in the N (dims. c. 83m NW-SE; 20m NE-SW) both are truncated in the centre by a post-1700 field boundary running NE-SW. A possible D-shaped enclosure in the S of the field system intersected at SW and SE by the Limerick-Cork railway line running NW-SE. A possible circular-shaped cropmark (diam. c. 50m) S of enclosure (LI033A006002-) in NW quadrant of the field system is visible on the Google Earth orthoimage 11/03/2014. Excavations in 1935 by F.T. Riley at the nearby enclosure (LI033A006002-) recorded drains around the site and some of the cropmarks visible on aerial photographs may represent drainage or reclamation works associated with the landscaping of the lands around Shanaclogh House (NMI Topographical Files). See attached CUCAP aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 22 April 2021

• LI033A006002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, immediately SW of a road that marks the townland boundary with Oolahills East and 40m S of Shanaclogh House. Located in the NE quadrant of a field system (LI033A006001-), Oola Castle (LI033A008002-) and earthwork (LI033A008001-) lie 330m to the NE and a deserted medieval village (LI033A007----) lies 380m to the NE. Not marked on OSi historic maps. In 1935 excavations were carried out on this earthwork by F.T. Reilly, following the discovery of a pin by the farmer while digging in the fosse a few years previously (NMI Topographical Files). Reilly described the monument as follows; ‘Owing to the levelling of the rampart and the filling of the fosse, the fort now consists of a roughly circular platform, some 80 feet [24.3m] in diameter, situated on part of a natural rise and elevated about two feet [0.6m] above the surrounding marshy country. The fosse, where not obliterated, is marked by a wide shallow depression.’ Three trenches were excavated one in the interior and two extending through the site. The excavation was described as follows; 'The North-South trench was 130 feet [39.6m] long; 4 feet [1.2m] wide and averaged 3½ feet [1m] deep. The East-West trench was 154 feet [46.9m] long, 3ft. [0.9] wide and averaged 3 feet deep.’ Excavations in the fosse recorded ‘a layer of 12-18 inches [0.3-0.45m] of barren, tough, stony clay overlying an irregular though continuous charcoal stratum. From this level were recovered many bones of animals use for food, including red deer. Artefacts included; a portion of a broken quern; an iron pin; a mass of iron. No trace of any earlier occupation of the site was found; the under-lying stony clay appeared to be undisturbed subsoil.’ The depth of the fosse could not be obtained due to waterlogged conditions and drains. Excavations in the interior were ‘48 [14.6m] by 6 feet [1.8m], immediately to the South of the East-West axis was cleared to the level of undisturbed earth, disclosing an irregular line of stones which may form portion of the foundation of a dwelling. Artefacts from this area included: a flint arrowhead; fragments of flint pebbles; and a bone marrow scarper.’ (Riley NMI File). The monument is visible as a circular enclosure on oblique aerial photographs taken 20/07/1968 and 10/07/1969 (CUCAP AVT046; AYO038). The partially levelled monument is visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 11/03/2014. A circular-shaped area is visible on OSi orthophotograph taken between 2005-12 to the immediate S of the monument, however the excavations recorded drains at the site and some of these cropmarks may represent post-1700 drainage works associated with landscaping of lands belonging to Shanaclogh House. See attached CUCAP aerial photographs and Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of Upload: 22 April 2021

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.