Coolnagour

Area

43,815 m² (4.38 ha, 10.83 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

Coolnagour

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

• Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162
• Special Protection Area: River Nore SPA 004233

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.

• LA016-016003 Church
  Description

  Reputedly the site of an early foundation established by St Mochaemhog in the late sixth century. A much-modified long rectangular late medieval parish church, largely rebuilt in the eighteenth century, with a sacristy formerly adjoining its NE end, and a belfry added to W end at a later date. The church (int. dims. 16.9m E-W, 6.7m N-S ; wall T 0.78m) is constructed of randomly coursed sandstone rubble, rendered with plaster internally. The original entrance (dims. 2.15m x 1.15m) at W end of N wall was blocked up, together with a rectangular ope at E end of same wall, during rebuilding. Three rectangular windows visible in corresponding S wall. The E gable contains a central round-headed window flanked by two long narrow rectangular lights, this arrangement having replaced the earlier traceried E window, three sidestones of which are incorporated into the later window base. A further three fragments of it are visible in graveyard S of church. Two large mid-eighteenth-century memorials are incorporated into W end of S wall and E end of N wall respectively. A barrel-vaulted sacristy (original ext. dims. 9m N-S, 7.18m E-W, int. H 2.75m), aligned N-S, is at right angle to E end of N wall of church. Constructed of randomly coursed small flat pieces of sandstone, it is rendered with plaster internally. Blocked rectangular light in E wall. The sacristy was detached from N wall of church, reduced in size (present int. dims. 6m x 4.15m) and modified for use as the mausoleum of Sharp of Roundwood and Flood of Middlemount in the early nineteenth century. A square belfry (int. dims. 4.3m x 4.3m, wall T 0.6m) was added on to W end of church, perhaps in the eighteenth century, and was accomodated by breaching W gable wall. Two halves of two separate quernstones and late medieval architectural fragments, including three moulded jambstones and a window sidestone, were found in the graveyard. St Kaban's Well (LA016-016002-) lies 130m to NNW. Area adjacent to graveyard was archaeologically tested by Ellen O'Carroll in 2003 under excavation licence no. 03E1706. Area around church and graveyard was investigated by Dominic Delaney in 2000 under excavation licence no. 00E0785. Test excavation was carried out at the site of a proposed dwelling on 21 October 2000. The site lies within the area of archaeological constraint around an ecclesiastical site comprising a church (LA016-016003-), a graveyard (LA016-016004-), a holy well (LA016-016002-), an incised stone (LA016-016001-) and a settlement. The proposed dwelling site is centrally located between the church/graveyard and the holy well and lies c. 60m distant from each monument. Four test-trenches were excavated on the footprint of the development. The results of testing suggest that there was some industrial activity in this area, but the findings were inconclusive in that the origin and nature of this activity were not clearly established. There was some evidence of burning across the tested area, but the deposits, some of which were over 0.5m thick, were sterile apart from moderate charcoal inclusions. The discovery of occasional burnt stones and fused matter (sand, stone and slag) suggests that some intense burning took place in the vicinity of the tested area. However, the only feature of possible archaeological significance was a curvilinear feature, 2m wide, which was encountered at the junction of Trenches 1 and 2. A section through this feature revealed that it was quite shallow, 0.2m deep, and no clearly defined cut was identified. The finds comprised occasional lumps of slag and animal bone fragments. Heat-fractured stones were present in the upper fill, but the loose nature of this fill and the presence of rounded cobbles may indicate a post-medieval/modern date for this feature. Finds from the topsoil comprised two modern delftware sherds and a sherd of post-medieval/early modern stoneware jar. Further monitoring was recommended (Bennett 2002, 186). In 2003 five test-trenches were excavated (Nat. Grid Ref. 2295; 1912) by Ellen OCarroll of the Archaeology Company under licence number 03E1706 at a proposed development at Coolrane, Anatrim. No traces of archaeological remains were found within the trenches (Bennett 2006, 281-2). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA016-016004 Graveyard
  Description

  Anatrim Church (LA016-016003-) situated in NW quadrant of large rectangular shaped graveyard. Two halves of two separate quernstones and late medieval architectural fragments including three moulded jambstones and a window jambstone found in graveyard. St. Kabans Well (LA016-016002-) lies 130m to NNW. Uninscribed grave-markers visible here. Rectangular graveyard (int. dims. 58m N-S; 51m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall with church in NW quadrant of graveyard. In 2003 five test-trenches adjacent to the graveyard were excavated (Nat. Grid Ref. 2295; 1912) by Ellen OCarroll of the Archaeology Company under licence number 03E1706 at a proposed development at Coolrane, Anatrim. No traces of archaeological remains were found within the trenches (Bennett 2006, 281-2). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

• LA016-016005 Settlement cluster
  Description

  Reference to settlement here (Feehan, 1983, 383). No visible surface remains. Test excavation was carried out at the site of a proposed dwelling on 21 October 2000. The site lies within the area of archaeological constraint around an ecclesiastical site comprising a church (LA016-016003-), a graveyard (LA016-016004-), a holy well (LA016-016002-), an incised stone (LA016-016001-) and a settlement. The proposed dwelling site is centrally located between the church/graveyard and the holy well and lies c. 60m distant from each monument. Four test-trenches were excavated on the footprint of the development. The results of testing suggest that there was some industrial activity in this area, but the findings were inconclusive in that the origin and nature of this activity were not clearly established. There was some evidence of burning across the tested area, but the deposits, some of which were over 0.5m thick, were sterile apart from moderate charcoal inclusions. The discovery of occasional burnt stones and fused matter (sand, stone and slag) suggests that some intense burning took place in the vicinity of the tested area. However, the only feature of possible archaeological significance was a curvilinear feature, 2m wide, which was encountered at the junction of Trenches 1 and 2. A section through this feature revealed that it was quite shallow, 0.2m deep, and no clearly defined cut was identified. The finds comprised occasional lumps of slag and animal bone fragments. Heat-fractured stones were present in the upper fill, but the loose nature of this fill and the presence of rounded cobbles may indicate a post-medieval/modern date for this feature. Finds from the topsoil comprised two modern delftware sherds and a sherd of post-medieval/early modern stoneware jar. Further monitoring was recommended (Bennett 2002, 186). In 2003 five test-trenches were excavated (Nat. Grid Ref. 2295; 1912) by Ellen OCarroll of the Archaeology Company under licence number 03E1706 at a proposed development at Coolrane, Anatrim. No traces of archaeological remains were found within the trenches (Bennett 2006, 281-2). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 17 December 2007

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

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

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.