Land parcel 2064597

Area

15,002 m² (1.5 ha, 3.71 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

G1 Recreation and Amenity (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective
C2.2 Enterprise Industry and Related Uses (Galway City Development Plan 2023-2029 (Variations 1,2,3)) The objective

Townland

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Planning applications on this parcel

• 6 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for development which consists of; the construction and demolition of the temporary stables and the construction of permanent stables, pavilion, machinery and maintenance sheds, pre-parade ring as well as ancillary site works Permission is being sought for a period of 10 years An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this planning application.

  Permission · Galway City Council, 2460279

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.

• GA082-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pastureland within the grounds of the Ballybrit racecourse. This circular rath (diam. 56m) was originally defined by an unusually low broad bank (Wth 8-10m; H 1m). In 1971 when the racecourse was widened the NW quadrant of the enclosing bank and part of the interior were removed under archaeological supervision (Waddell 1971, 73-9). The rest of the monument was undisturbed. A low L-shaped earthen mound noted in NW quadrant of the interior, prior to the works, proved to be the remains of a small double wall-faced drystone structure (max. dims. 4m E-W; 3.8m N-S; ) constructed of undressed limestone blocks. Its purpose was not obvious and its date was inconclusive as no finds were recovered from it. Slightly W of centre traces of a house (GA082-013001-) were evident, and E of this a Y-shaped earthen bank (av. Wth 2m; H 0.5m) appeared to be an internal division. Slight surface irregularities in the SW quadrant may have marked other structural remains and 5m to the S of the bank were the remains of another subrectangular structure (max. int. Wth 5m) (ibid., 73). No trace of a fosse was noted (ibid., 74). Finds included post-medieval pottery, a bronze spear butt and a hone stone. An enclosure (GA082-014----) lay 25m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 30 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 14/1977).

• GA082-013001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the interior of a rath (GA082-013----). Just W of centre traces of a rectangular house (12m E-W; 6.5m N-S) are visible . (Waddell 1971, 73-9) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 30 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 14/1977).

• GA082-014 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pastureland within the grounds of the Ballybrit racecourse; some 25m to the W of a rath (GA082-013----). Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1945-6) as a roughly semicircular enclosure defined by a bank from SSW through W to N. In 1971 when the racecourse was widened most of the monument was removed and only a short arc of the bank (L 5m; Wth 2m; H 0.4m) from SSW to WSW remained undisturbed. No trace of a fosse was evident. Excavation produced nothing but a single post-medieval pot sherd (Waddell 1971, 73-9). It was not possible to determine the original plan of the enclosure and there was no indication that it was ever more than a rough semicircle in plan (ibid., 74). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 30 August 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 14/1977).

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

The EPA radon map did not answer.

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_496 (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.