Killeen

Area

131,091 m² (13.11 ha, 32.39 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

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

Killeen

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 3 recorded monuments.

• LI021-017 Moated site
  Description

  On poorly drained land with moderate views in all directions, immediately N of stream marking townland boundary with Killeen, 15m E and 215m W of the townland boundary with Ballycarrane. A corn-drying kiln (LI021-180----) lies 20m to N. Depicted on the 1840 OS 6-inch map as a circular shaped area enclosed by a bank. Indicated on the 1897 OS 25-inch map as a raised square-shaped area (approx. dims. 36m N-S; x 37m E-W) defined by a scarp. Site inspected in 1991 by Celie O’Rahilly, Executive Archaeologist, Limerick Corporation prior to the construction of the Limerick-Adare road when it was recorded that there were no surface remains visible of the site which was situated on waterlogged land (O'Rahilly 1991). Site surveyed by ASI in 2000 when it was recorded that no surface remains of the levelled monument were visible. A site assessment carried out by Audrey Gahan in advance of construction of the proposed N20/N21 Adare-Annacotty road scheme, described the site as ‘a sub-rectangular mound, but over time has been heavily truncated, so that all that now remains visible are a series of very slight humps and hollows’ (Gahan and Eoghan 1997, 1; Excavations 1997, 114-5). Test excavations formed part of the assessment (Licence No. 97E0230) and the results suggested that the earthwork was the remains of ‘a medieval moated site, enclosed by a ditch and an external bank’ (www.excavations.ie 1997, Site No. 344). In September 1998 archaeological monitoring of topsoil stripping within the area of the road-take adjacent to the monument was carried out by Una Cosgrave (Licence 97E0230, Cosgrave 1998). The results of the monitoring revealed ‘A large portion of the ditch of the potential moated site' (Gahan, 1998, 3). The monument was partially excavated (approx. 60m x 15m) by Ciara McManus in 1998-999 (Licence No. 97E0230 ext.) and the results were summarised as following; ‘Audrey Gahan had opened a trench, roughly 60m x 15m, along the take of the road in the area of the monument. This revealed part of a rectangular ditched enclosure. The north-west corner of the enclosure, along with its west-facing line running south-west for a distance of 13.5m and the north-east-facing line running south-east for a distance of 31.5m, had been uncovered. Other activity within this trench included two earlier gully features and a number of shallow, pit-like features external to the enclosure. The ditch itself was fairly uniform in construction, ranging from a V-shaped to U-shaped cut and 3.72m in diameter at its widest point and 2.38m at its narrowest. The depth ranged from 1.43m to 0.2m. However, portions of the ditch were particularly stony in nature and may have represented the slump of an associated bank with stone facing. The fill also produced a quantity of animal bone and seashell material, along with a sherd of medieval pottery. Parts of the inner face of the ditch had been revetted with stone. At a distance of c. 9.5m south-east of the corner of the ditch an earlier drain was uncovered running north-west/south-east. Here the inner face of the enclosure ditch was revetted with a dry-stone face, 2m long and 0.42m deep. This earlier drain was V-shaped in section, 1.1m wide and 0.5m deep, containing a stony fill. That parts of the inner face of the enclosure's ditch were revetted, along with the large quantities of stone within the ditch fill, is evidence that the enclosure may have had an inner bank. The only features found within the enclosure were two very shallow, truncated pits with no obvious function. Externally in the east end of the trench a number of features were found. The first of these was a small pit, 9m to the north of the ditch, which contained a charcoal-rich fill with burnt stone. This feature may represent a rubbish pit. The results of excavations at AR2 further proved the existence of a rectangular moated enclosure of medieval date. This would have consisted of a rectangular ditch and possible inner bank. However, no evidence was produced from the excavation of an inner raised platform, nor was there any evidence of any internal structure. This lack of evidence, however, is probably due to the fact that not enough of the inside of the enclosure was included in the area of excavation. The evidence of earlier activity on site was limited to a series of gullies and an earlier ditch, none of which produced any dating evidence’ (www.excavations.ie 1998, Site No. 399; McManus 1999). Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 17 July 2020

• LI021-180 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  In poorly drained, wet pasture, with moderate views in all directions, 35m E of the townland boundary with Ballycarrane and 60m N of a stream marking the townland boundary with Killeen. A moated site (LI021-021----) lies 20m to S. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a potential corn-drying kiln by Ciara McManus in 1999 during monitoring (Licence No. 99E0230 ext.) of additional topsoil stripping along the route of the N20/N21 Adare to Annacotty road scheme in the vicinity to N of a known moated site (McManus 1999). The moated site had previously been assessed and monitored (Licence No. 99E0230) (Gahan & Eogan 1997; Gahan 1998), however the corn-drying kiln appears to have been just outside the testing and initial monitoring area. Monument described by Ciara McManus in 1999 as two large spreads of black, charcoal-rich material (McManus 1999, 1). Excavation of these spreads revealed that they overlay the subsurface cut of a kiln (3.5m E-W; 1.28-1.9m N-S). The W half of the cut was more bulbous-shaped than the E, which was elongated, giving it an hourglass-shape (McManus 1999, 1). The base of the pit was gently undulating, although it was more bowl-shaped within the more circular-shaped portion a t the E end. The sides of the kiln were lined with roughly hewn blocks of limestone which formed the foundations for the main structure (ibid, 2). Only two stone courses survived along the E half and along the S edge of the pit. The bulbous-shaped E end of the pit and the more elongated, W end were divided in section by a column of loosely stacked stones (ibid). The fill of the pit contained charcoal-rich deposits and rubble stone collapsed from the upper half of the structure. A spread (L 4.5m; Wth 2.5m) of charcoal-rich material was uncovered approx. 2.3m to S. Investigation of this feature indicates that it was the remains of dump material from the kiln (McManus 1999, 3). Although no recognisable grain was recovered from the deposits, the kiln was probably used for drying corn, as it is similar in shape and construction to those previously excavated. Although no dating material was recovered from the site, the kiln's proximity to the moated site and its similarity to other kilns of medieval date, give it a probable association with the enclosure (McManus 1999, 3-4). Monument is not visible on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 or on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018. See attached excavation plan and location map taken from McManus 1999 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 August 2020

• LI021-187 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  Situated in the SE corner of a pasture field, to the immediate W of a townland boundary with Gorteen and c. 15m to N of a stream. A moated site (LI021-017----) including a second corn-drying kiln lies c. 40m to E and a third corn-drying kiln (LI021-180----) lies c. 70m to NE. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Monument identified as a corn-drying kiln during monitoring (License No. 08E0174) of topsoil stripping along the route of a Limerick County Council water mains upgrade running from Adare to Patrickswell (McKinstry 2011, 4). Monument excavated under the same license in 1999 and described as a keyhole-shaped kiln (L 7.1m NE-SW; min. Wth 0.8m-2.6m NW-SE; max. D 0.7m) consisting of a bowl at the NE end, a hearth at the SW end and a narrow flue linking the two components (ibid, 11). The sides of the kiln were stone-lined and its four fills contained shell fragments, charcoal, gravel and stone. Post-excavation analysis identified oat and hulled barley from one of the fills (ibid, 13). A radiocarbon date (cal. AD 1215-1285) of the fill dates the kiln to the medieval period (ibid). A second kiln was located on the opposite side of the field boundary to E, just outside the ditch of a moated site (LI021-017----) and has been recorded along with that monument. A metalled surface (7m x 3m; T 0.01-0.05m) of small stones and pebbles was located to the N of the kilns (ibid, 11). See attached location map of excavated site taken from McKinstry 2011 Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 10 August 2020

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_851 (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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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.