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Area

80,492 m² (8.05 ha, 19.89 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it, 331 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

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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 4 recorded monuments.

• LF010-078001 Settlement deserted - medieval
  Description

  On a terrace on a W-facing slope in pasture, c. 1km to the SW of the modern town of Granard. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as 'Old Town of Granard (Site of)' because in 1837 O’Donovan recorded that the 'town of Granard was removed from its original site shortly after the Battle of Aughrim [1691]. It stood originally near the present R.C. Chapel, in the townland of Granardkille, where its ruins are yet traceable' (OSL, 23 4). According to local tradition, it was believed to be the site of the historically attested Anglo-Norman borough of Granard (see LF010-055----). There is little doubt but that these earthworks are the remains of a settlement mentioned in 1611 in a lease from the King to Richard Hardinge, which listed 'One ruinous church [LF010-078002-], 3 messuages [dwellings], 40a arable and 30a pasture, parcel of the lands of the hospital of St Patrick [LF010-078003-], called Granard Kille in O'Ferrall's country; rent 1[pound] 10s [shillings] 0d [pence]' (Cal. pat. Rolls Ire., Jas I, 213). The settlement extends over c. 2.5 hectares and comprises up to 25 houses and hut sites as well as a series of rectangular, wedge and D-shaped enclosures of various sizes, and some grassed-over streets (O’Conor 2006, 319). Archaeological research excavations were carried out over three seasons between 2002 and 2004 in order to establish, primarily, the date of the earthworks (ibid.). One house site and two enclosures were partially excavated, yielding evidence dating to the 16th and early 17th centuries (O'Conor and Dillon 2002, 137-8, O’Connor 2006, 319; 2007, 251). The house was of sod construction and crucks may have supported its roof. The various enclosures around the site were the remains of stock enclosures and vegetable gardens or small arable fields (O’Conor 2006, 319). Evidence indicating early medieval occupation, in the form of a rubbish pit (LF010-078007-) and a souterrain (LF010-078005-), was also uncovered as well as a possible Bronze Age pit burial (LF010-078006-) (ibid.). However, no finds of Anglo-Norman date were found – suggesting that the borough was located elsewhere – possibly in Moatfield, to the W of the motte and bailey (LF010-080001-) (ibid.; O’Conor and De Meulemeester 2007, 91). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 9 December 2013 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1973).

• LF010-078002 Church
  Description

  Immediately to the S of the road, overlooking the deserted settlement (LF010-078001-) to the NE. The church of 'Granardkilly' is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Granard barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.i.47). A lease dated 1611 lists 'one ruinous church’ and ‘the hospital of St Patrick, called Granard-Kille in O'Ferrall's country’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 213). This church may be the medieval parish church of Granard (Bradley et al. 1985, 19-20) (but see also LF010-055002-). Its precise location and that of the hospital (LF010-078003-) have not been identified. However, the church may have been located close to or within the graveyard (LF010-078004-) where a fragment of a round-headed window that may be from it, and which is possibly of late-12th/early 13th-century date, is incorporated into the graveyard wall, adjacent to the entrance. Other window fragments incorporated in the wall may be from the ‘R. C. Chapel’ shown on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This church has been levelled and a small oratory, containing the font from it, now stands on its site. (Masterson 1935, 91) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013

• LF010-078004 Graveyard
  Description

  Immediately to the S of a road, possibly associated with a medieval parish church (LF010-078002-). This irregularly shaped, elongated graveyard (c. 230m NE-SW; c. 40-70m NW-SE) is defined by a stone wall along the roadside and elsewhere by a combination of hedging, concrete walls and mesh-wire fencing. Access is via gates on the roadside. A plaque indicates that it was consecrated by the Rev. Doctor McGauran, Bishop of Ardagh on the 29th September 1826. Incorporated into the wall, adjacent to the entrance, are fragments of round-headed windows. One is possibly from the medieval church and the others may be from the ‘R. C. Chapel’, shown on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map, that formerly stood in the SW end of the graveyard. (Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2013

• LF010-078005 Souterrain
  Description

  Archaeological excavations (02E0795) in 2003 revealed the remains of what was then interpreted as a corn-drying kiln. Further investigations in 2004 revealed that it was the drystone-walled passageway of a souterrain which had been heavily burnt at its entranceway. The souterrain had been completely filled in at some stage after it fell into disuse (O'Conor 2007, 251). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 September 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 6/1973).

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 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.