Garrison

Area

346,559 m² (34.66 ha, 85.64 acres)

Buildings

6 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,043 m².

Zoning

G4 Open Space/Amenity (Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) The objective
R2 Residential 1 - Existing Residential (Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) The objective
R1 Residential 2 (Laois County Development Plan 2021–2027 including Ministerial Direction (as varied) by Variation No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3) The objective

Townland

Garrison

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.

• LA027-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map, a circular 'fort' (max. diam. c. 50m) clipped by a road at SE. Situated in gently undulating countryside. No visible surface remains. 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

• LA027-016 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated on an elevated site in undulating countryside. A rectangular hall-like structure (dims. 17.35m E-W, 6.85m N-S; wall T 0.9m), now two storeys high and with the remains of a S projecting tower in the SW angle and a later extension off the NW angle. A series of opes at first and second floor level in the S wall. The doorway, with the remains of an outer doorway is in the W end of the S wall. It's remaining archstone is hammer dressed with a fine tool margin which dates it to the late sixteenth-century. There is the remains of a murder-hole inside the outer doorway. There is a large fireplace with an oven at the N side of it in the W gable. There is no evidence of a stairwell. There is a possible bawn wall (LA027-016001-) attached to the E end. Marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map 'supposed to be the ruins of a fortress' (O'Flanagan 1933, 91). Described in the OS letters as 'There are old walls in the Townland of Garrison which are supposed to be the ruins of a fortress, but the people know nothing of its history' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, p. 36). 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

• LA027-016001 Bawn
  Description

  Situated on an elevated site in undulating countryside. A rectangular hall-like structure (LA027-016), now two storeys high and with the remains of a south projecting tower in the SW angle and a later extension off the NW angle. There is a possible bawn wall attached to the E end. Castle marked on the Down Survey (1655-6) map and 'supposed to be the ruins of a fortress' (O'Flanagan, 1933, 91). Described in the OS letters as 'There are old walls in the Townland of Garrison which area supposed to be the ruins of a fortress, but the peopl know nothing of its history' (O'Flanagan, 1933, vol. 1, p. 36). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien 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

At the centre of this parcel, 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 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.