Aghody

Area

448,291 m² (44.83 ha, 110.78 acres)

Buildings

9 buildings touch it, 1,702 m² on the ground

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

Aghody

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 5 recorded monuments.

• OF043-026001 Castle - motte
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a hill in undulating countryside, 165m ENE of Moatland Cottage. Depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as a circular mound planted with trees with traces of an enclosing fosse around the base of the mound from E through S to SW. On the revised 1908 ed. OS 25-inch map only a section of this fosse on the SE side of the mound is depicted suggesting that the rest of the fosse had been filled in by this date. Present remains consist of a flat-topped circular earthwork (diam 35m; ext. H 4.5m) the perimeter of which supports trees. Although the site has the appearance of a motte, it lacks evidence for enclosing defences, although these appear to have been field in as the fosse depicted on the OS 6-inch maps is no longer visible. The Ordnance Survey Field Name Books of 1838-40 recorded that to the N of Moatland Cottage are, '2 moats or enclosures of plantations, from which it has very probably derived its name' (OSNB 1838-40). This possible motte may have been reused as a landscape feature when it was planted with trees by the occupants of Moatland Cottage. Described by Cunningham as a motte which may have been a burial mound or some earlier fortification of pre-Norman date (Cunningham 1987, 129). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 4 January 2012

• OF043-026002 Souterrain
  Description

  No surface remains visible of any souterrain in vicinity of possible motte or mound at Danganreagh (OF043-026001-). Classification of a souterrain is based on local information from residents of Danganreagh House who stated that an underground passage was discovered in the mound in the 19th century (Cunningham 1987, 129). Of doubtful antiquity. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-027 Earthwork
  Description

  Potential monument identified from aerial photographs (GSI S 554/3). Present remains consist of a D-shaped area (diam. 33m E-W) defined by a scarp from W through N to E with modern drain and field fence forming boundary at S. There is a slight rise in the centre of the platform which may have been a house site. Possibly a raised platform for a house of unknown antiquity or a small raised platform associated with land reclamation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 04 January 2012

• OF043-028 Enclosure
  Description

  No surface remaisn visible, partial enclosure indicated on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-030 Enclosure
  Description

  On top of high ground in upland area. Semicircular area (diam 16.5m E-W; 23m N-S) enclosed by a poorly preserved earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with no evidence of an outer fosse or entrance feature. Modern road intersects site at W destroying enclosing bank and portion of interior. Field fence intersects site at S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.