Gortmakellis

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortmakellis, from 78 m² to 507,027 m² (50.7 ha, 125.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortmakellis in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Apr 2023Conditional

  extension to existing dwelling and for permission for a new wastewater treatment system/percolation area and all associated works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360278

• 25 May 2022Conditional

  the amendment/re-configuration of the existing percolation area (attached to septic tank) and all associated works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2260251

• 13 May 2021Refused

  a HGV & LGV workshop and repair centre with entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21667

• 29 Apr 2021N/a

  HGV & LGV workshop and repair centre with entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works and services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 21590

• 4 Jul 2019Conditional

  the in-fill of existing agricultural lands with inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 05 04) together with all associated site development works including the construction of a temporary haul road

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600748

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 the townland of Gortmakellis.

Recorded monuments

• TS053-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland on a NW-facing slope of low rise of ground with good views in all directions, overlooking River Arglo to the N. Ringfort (TS053-056----) 160m to W. Ringfort consists of a circular area (int. diam. 26m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (base Wth 4m; top Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.2-1m; ext. 0.9m) best preserved from W to N elsewhere reduced to a scarp and outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4.5m; ext. D 0.7m) which is intersected by townland boundary at W on a N-S axis, no entrance feature visible. Interior has been planted witn fir trees possibly in the 19th century may have been used as a landscape feature during this period. Modern gap in bank at N (Wth 4m). Perimeter of tree has thorn bushes, whitethorn trees and conifers planted along perimeter of ringfort the roots of which are now causing damage. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-058 Moated site
  Description

  On flat grassland with good views in all directions. No surface remains visible. Described in 1971 as a monument which was barely traceable (Barry 1977, 202). On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the monument is depicted as a partial rectangular enclosure aligned NE-SW (diam. NW-SE 32m; NE-SW c. 35m) defined on all three sides except at N by a bank. It has been classified as possible moated site based on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map designation. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-059 Moated site
  Description

  In wet reclaimed flat grassland with good views in all directions, moated site (TS053-060----) 150m to S. Monument consists of a much degraded, barely visible, levelled moated site consisting of a rectangular area (approx. int. dims. 30m NW-SE; 28m NE-SW) enclosed by a low barely visible bank (base Wth 4.2m; top Wth 1.6m; H 0.2m) and traces of an outer fosse (top Wth 4m; base Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.2m) and external bank (Wth 3m; H 0.1m) both of which are visible at NW only. Bank visible at NW and SE sides only and visible as a vegetation mark at NE and destroyed at SW by small stream running NW-SE. Small stream running NW-SE forms enclosing feature of moated site at SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS053-060 Moated site
  Description

  In flat wet reclaimed grassland with good views in all directions. Levelled moated site (TS053-059----) 150m to N. Moated site consists of a rectangular-shaped area (int. dims. 26m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m) and broad, flat-bottomed waterlogged outer fosse (top Wth 5m; base Wt 4m; ext. D 0.4m) intersected at W by a stream running on a NW-SE axis. The interior is covered in whitethorn trees some of which have been uprooted causing a lot of damage to the surface of the moated site. Tower house (TS061-011----) visible c. 500m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Off crest of ridge to SW, on a NE break of slope, in undulating terrain, under grass. Field boundary running NE-SW 13m SE of site, curving slightly to respect the site. Extensive view to N; good E and S though limited by hills; restricted upslope to W. Gortmakellis tower house visible c. 380m to ENE. Middle of present Cork-Dublin road is 50m from NW outer edge of ringfort. Univallate ringfort (diam. 28.2m N-S; 29.5m E-W) enclosed by a broad, flat bank (Wth 3.35m crest, 6.75m base; H above int. 0.5m; H above fosse 0.87m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 4.1m; D 0.3m). Bank is best preserved in E and S quads. Interior overgrown with nettles and some brambles but would be relatively clean during winter months. Scrub (hawthorn etc.) growing around edge of bank. Bank broken through in SW quad. (Wth 1.6m), probably a cattle gap. Wide gap (Wth 2.4m) in bank in NE sector and another overgrown gap in SE sector, either of which may be the original entrance. Bank is quite denuded from SW to W and in the NW sector. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-011 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Below rising ground to SE, on ground sloping slightly to W, in undulating terrain. A ringfort (TS061-003----) is visible c. 380m to SW. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a castle tentable', with the proprietor in 1640 is listed as 'Edmond Stapleton of GortmcEllis Irish Papist' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 223). This late 16th/early 17th-century tower house (ext. dims. 7.88m x 10.11m) of four storeys with attic, with a vault over the first floor, is built of roughly coursed rubble, with well-cut limestone quoins and a base-batter (H 2.5-2.8m; Wth 0.16-0.23m) which rests on a basal plinth. It was entered through a pointed doorway at the S end of the W wall which has a yett-hole at apex and impost level in the N jamb. The doorway gives access to a lobby protected by a murder-hole, with a small guardroom to S with two gun-loops and a passage to N leading to spiral stairs rising in the NW angle. The ground-floor chamber is entered from the lobby via a doorway now mostly destroyed. The tower house is lit by a variety of single and double-light windows, including flat-, round-, elliptical- and ogee-headed windows, with larger windows used in the upper floors. There is a broken-out fireplace on the second floor in the S wall, with a tall chimney stack at parapet level, and another broken-out fireplace on the third floor in the N wall, the chimney stack of which is gone. There are two garderobe chambers in the N wall, between first and second floor and second and third floor. The exit chute is in the centre of the N wall, near the ext. ground level. The gables survive in good condition, with a flat-headed window in each to light the attic. Parapet level is accessed via a small cap-house at the top of the stairs, though the doorway does not survive. There were two angle machicolations at NE and SW angles, only the supporting corbels of which survive. Though the tower house is surrounded by tillage there is a fallow area N of the building, c. 20m in extent. This may be a particularly stoney area in the field or may indicate the former location of a bawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-131 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved, very undulating pasture. No visible surface trace. Low rise to immediate SW of NGR location, but this appears natural. Identified by the OS as a sub-circular crop mark on an aerial photograph (OS 7385, mono). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS061-156 Burnt spread
  Description

  Identified during assessment of Cashel bypass but it was not excavated as it was outside the limits of the bypass (O'Brien 2003, 17, 19). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 August 2014

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortmakellis.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Gortmakellis, 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 moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortmakellis.

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.

No address of the register names Gortmakellis with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Gortmakellis · Gort Mhic Eilís

Area

1,457,438 m² (145.74 ha, 360.14 acres)

Civil parish

St. Patricksrock, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Nodstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

622 people lived in 209 households in the Nodstown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyknock, Ballypadeen, Ballysheehan, Clonmore, Garranmore, Garryard, Thurlesbeg

Placenames

Gortmakellis on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.