Lerrig North

106 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lerrig North, from 24 m² to 161,920 m² (16.19 ha, 40.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 65 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 Lerrig North 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Lerrig North 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 the townland of Lerrig North.

Recorded monuments

• KE020-008 Enclosure
  Description

  This circular enclosure appears on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. It also shows up as a possible crop mark on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977). Permission to visit the site was refused. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 690. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-009 Enclosure
  Description

  This circular enclosure is marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps. It also shows up on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs as a possible Crop mark. Permission to visit the site was refused. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 691. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-010 Enclosure
  Description

  Though marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as a circular enclosure, this site has been completely levelled and no surface trace remains. It can, however, be picked up as a crop mark on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 693. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-011 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1842 and 1897 OS maps as a circular enclosure, this site, though levelled, can be seen on the Geological Survey of Ireland's aerial photographs (1977). No surface trace remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 692. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE020-018 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on relatively level terrain. Depicted as a circular area (diam. c. 20m) enclosed by a bank on the 1st ed. (1841) OS 6-inch map. Not depicted on later OS map editions. When visited in 2000 no visible surface trace of the enclosure was evident. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• KE020-019 Burial ground
  Description

  This site, which is marked on the 1897 OS map as 'Tarmenerick' is reputed to be the burial place of St Erc. It is irregular in plan and is constructed of stone, now grassed over. The internal diameter measures 28m N-S and 18m E-W, and its maximum height above the surrounding land is 2.2m. There are two depressions in the interior. One in the W sector is oval in plan, measuring 6m x 1m x 6m deep, and SE of this is a circular depression measuring 8m N-S and .3m deep. Extending out of the SE sector is a bank, c 14m wide at the base, which runs SE for c 13m before being cut by a fieldbank running NE-S. Extending out from the SW end and running W for 9m, before turning S and extending for a further 10m, is a low, gently sloped bank. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 876. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE021-002 Enclosure
  Description

  This circular enclosure appears on the 1841-42 OS map. On the later edition of 1898 it would appear to be enclosed on the W, S and E sides by fieldbanks. However, permission was refused to visit and record this site. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 765. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated SW of KE021-002----, this circular enclosure is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps. This field has been ploughed several times and no visible trace survives today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 766. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-011 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 31m N-S, 30m E-W Lismaddra - Lios a' Mhadra (ringfort of the dog). This circular univallate rath is enclosed by a 7m wide earthen bank which rises to an average of 1.6m above the interior and 2.6m above the external fosse. The fosse encloses the whole site and is well defined and U-shaped: it is 2.5m-4.6m wide and c 1.5m deep. A fieldbank running NE-SW cuts through the fosse in two places, but it does not run through the interior of the fort. The entrance lies to the SE and is 4.6m wide. The entrance would appear to have been stone lined. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 767. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-012 Enclosure
  Description

  Internal diameter 17.5m E-W This site is situated immediately NE of KE021-011----. Marked on the 1841-42 OS map as a circular enclosure, on the 1898 edition it does not show up as clearly and would appear to be somewhat levelled. Today all that survives is a semi-circular earthen bank which is now much levelled. It is very low and wide, being on average 11m wide at the base and .7m-1.2m. high. This site is possibly a satellite fort of the previous rath (767). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 768. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE021-013 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone has been moved from its original position westwards to a nearby fieldbank. It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps as 'Gallaun'. According to the Kerry Field Club Notes (1943) there was a small hole about an inch in diameter at the base of the stone; this cannot be seen today. Markings which may be ogham are displayed on the E and W face. This granite standing stone rises to a height of 2.25m, .45m wide, .5m thick. It is thought to have marked a burial ground. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 24. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• KE021-013001 Standing stone (present location)
  Description

  This stone has been moved from its original position westwards to a nearby fieldbank. It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1898 OS maps as 'Gallaun'. According to the Kerry Field Club Notes (1943) there was a small hole about an inch in diameter at the base of the stone; this cannot be seen today. Markings which may be ogham are displayed on the E and W face. This granite standing stone rises to a height of 2.25m, .45m wide, .5m thick. It is thought to have marked a burial ground. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 24. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lerrig North, 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 the townland of Lerrig North.

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 Lerrig North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Lerrig North · An Leirg Thuaidh

Area

2,005,911 m² (200.59 ha, 495.67 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmoyly, and its townlands

Barony

Clanmaurice

Electoral division

Tubrid, the unit of the census

Census 2022

870 people lived in 299 households in the Tubrid electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardrahan, Ballinvoher, Ballymacandrew South, Baltovin, Baltovin, Banna East, Bawnmore, Dinneens, Garrynaneaskagh, Kilmoyly South, Lerrig South

Placenames

Lerrig North 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.