Gortacrank

Area

4,182 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 243 m².

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

Gortacrank

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.

• LI047-068001 Settlement cluster
  Description

  The medieval borough of Effin was described in the Urban Survey of Limerick (Bradley et. al. 1989, 125) as following; 'Effin is located in the south of the county about 3km south west of Kilmallock. The early history of the settlement is unclear but two documents in the Black Book of Limerick show that the manor of Effin belonged to Maurice de Rochfort Rupefort) in 1287 (MacCaffrey 1907, 118-20). The sole evidence for the existence of the borough is a reference in the Red Book of Kildare. It states that in 1372 4 marks and 6d were returned in rents to the wife of John Rochford for the burgagery of Effyn (MacNiocaill 1964, 140). The subsequent history of the borough is unknown. No surface trace of the borough survives but the likelihood is that it was located in the vicinity of the parish church (LI047-068002-)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 November 2019

• LI047-068002 Church
  Description

  Westropp (1904-5, 423-4) recorded the following details about St. Mary's Church in Effin; 'A parish and prebend in Coshmagh and Coshlea. In c. 1240 Bishop Hubert granted to G. de Prendergast the advowsons of Killonigan, Kilbygly, and Effyng (B.B.L., iv.). Maurice de Rupefort granted back the church to Bishop Gerald, 1287 (ib., p. 113), who assigned it to support two vicars at 60s., to say masses for M. de Rupefort and others, 1287 (ib., pp. 111-113). John of Kent grants it first fruits, worth 100s. (C.S.P.I, iv., 127); John de Troye, late prebendary of Effyn and Balygady, 1378 (Mem. R.); Ric. Colman was its clerk, 1378 (Close R.); John de Karlell, its rector, 1388 (Pat. R.); Gerald, son of Sir Maurice Ricardi, was granted the prebend of Effyng, and parish church of Moynachi (Cal. Papal L., iv,, p. 476); Effin dedicated to B.V.M., 1410 ; Effyn, Elphin, and Elohin (D.S. (A), 50-58 ; and Petty, 74). Fabric - It is locally "Temple" or "Kill Eifinn". It has a nave 53 feet [16.1m] long, and a choir 30 feet [9.1m] long, and both are 22 feet 8 inches [6.8m] wide. The middle gate, sides of choir, and south wall of nave stood in 1840; the middle wall had a lintelled window to the south, and a pointed door in the middle. The south window of the nave has a flat head (O.S.L., 8, p. 340)'. Effin Church described in the Urban Survey of Limerick as following; 'This very ruined and overgrown church lies in a sub-rectangular graveyard to the west of the modern R.C. church. It is built mainly of uncoursed rubble limestone and the maximum height of the walls is 2.5m. In 1287 the church was granted to the bishop of Limerick by Maurice de Rochfort (Rupefort) and the bishop assigned it to the support of two vicars at 60s per ann. (MacCaffrey 1907, 118-20). It is referred to in 1410 as dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1410 (Westropp 1904-5, 424). It consisted of a nave and chancel but the east wall is now completely missing. The north wall is featureless as is the small surviving fragment of the west wall. The south wall has two splayed flat arched and lintelled windows, one of which is in the chancel and the other in the nave. That in the chancel has red sandstone chamfered jambs but may not be in its original position. The chancel arch/crossing wall has a pointed doorway with chamfered jambs and flat lintelled rear arch in the centre of the wall. The east end of the church may have continued in use after the west end fell into disrepair' (Bradley et. al. 1989, 125-6). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 25 June 2019

• LI047-068003 Graveyard
  Description

  The medieval church ruins (LI047-068001-) of Effin stands in NE quadrant of graveyard which consists of a roughly square-shaped area (approx. dims. 51m N-S x 58m E-W) enclosed by post-1700 stone wall with modern graveyard extension to S and NE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 July 2019

• LI047-068004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Ó Danachair (1955, 210) recorded the following details about this holy well; 'Lady's Well on 1840 map. A good spring in the fosse of a ring fort (LI047-068005-). Now built up with concrete, with an overflow trough for cattle drinking. "Lady's Well, now but seldom frequented". OSL. No devotions now, but still regarded as a holy well'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 3 July 2019

• LI047-068005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture 85m NW of the townland boundary with Gortacrank. 'Lady's Well (LI047-068004-) located immediately to S in fosse of ringfort with Effin church ruins (LI047-068002-) and graveyard (LI047-068003-) 144m to SSE. Depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map as a polygonal-shaped area enclosed by a field boundary with holy well attached to S side of enclosure. It is shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as a raised irregular-shaped area (dims. c. 21m; N-S, 36m E-W) delimited by a scarp with a post-1700 century field boundary from S-W-NW. Ó Danachair (1955, 210) described the site as following; ‘ A good spring (LI047-068004-) in the fosse of a ring fort’. Outline of monument is visible as a roughly rectangular-shaped area (23m NW-SE; 17m NE-SW) delimited by bushes, with a gap at SW, on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimages. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 12 August 2021

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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_958 (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.