Deerpark
Deerpark is a townland in the civil parish of Agharra, barony of Shrule, Co. Longford. Its name in Irish is Páirc na bhFianna.
Parcel 6160965
- Area
- 292,054 m² (29.21 ha, 72.17 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 120 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
- Deerpark
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 12 recorded monuments.
- LF023-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low ridge in pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 44m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a wide shallow external fosse, which has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 December 2011
- LF023-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle W-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 27m) defined by a low scarp (H 0.2m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a fosse at the base of the scarp, which has since been infilled. The S half of the rath has been levelled. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- LF023-069 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
On the S-facing slope of a ridge in reclaimed grassland with good views in all directions. A cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 300m to the SSE. A saucer-shaped area (diam. c. 22m) is enclosed by a wide, low denuded bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 6-8m; H c. 1m) that has been levelled at N due to the removal of an E–W field boundary into which it had been incorporated. The original entrance is not recognisable. Possibly the remains of a levelled rath or cashel. On the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map a post-medieval limekiln is depicted c. 15m to the NW. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 January 2012
- LF023-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low rise on an E-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1887 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1987 (SMR file) recorded a largely levelled, slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an apparently natural scarp with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. At the centre of the interior was an area of outcropping rock. Further levelling has since occurred and only the outline of the rath, marked by a low scarp (max. H 0.2m) from S-W-NNE, is identifiable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 December 2011
- LF023-071 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a low rise in unimproved grassland peppered with outcropping rock and within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----). This monument is very unusual in that it combines natural rock outcrop with drystone walling to form a possible cashel-like enclosure. There is no evidence of any levelling of the rock outcrop which protrudes everywhere within the interior. The uneven rocky nature of the latter may suggest that the cashel was constructed as a livestock enclosure - associated with two houses (LF023-071001-; LF023-071002-) that lie c. 25m to the NW and c. 15m to the SW respectively, and the surrounding field system (LF023-071003-). The enclosure consists of a subcircular area (47.8m N–S; 42.2m E–W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (wall T c. 4m), which appears to follow the line of rock outcrop. A break (Wth 3m) at NW may indicate an entrance feature, but a second break (Wth 4m) at SSE appears to be more convincing as the original entrance. There is evidence of internal walling or outcrop forming small subdivisions or paddocks within the interior. There is a field-clearance cairn (diam. c. 6m; H 0.4m) in the S sector. A series of low drystone field walls radiate from the external face of the enclosing wall from NW-N-E and run into a curving field bank, associated with the field system, forming a series of small enclosures or paddocks, some of which contain ridge and furrow. The houses, field system and cashel all appear to be of contemporary date. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 January 2012
- LF023-071001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within a walled deerpark (LF023-135-). A possible cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 15m to the NE and another house (LF023-071002-) lies c. 50m to the N. This rectangular house (int. dims. 13m E-W; 4.3m N-S) is defined by low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.3m; Wall T 0.85m). A small enclosure (int. dims. 15m x 11m) adjoins it to the E. The latter may have been a garden plot. A field system (LF023-071003-) is associated. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-071002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within a walled deerpark (LF023-135-). A possible cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 25m to the SE and another house (LF023-071001-) c. 50m to the S. This poorly preserved rectangular house (ext. dims. 10.7m E-W; 7.1m N-S) is defined by low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.2; wall T 0.8m) and is divided into two rooms. The smaller room (int. dims. 5.4m N-S; 3m E-W) is at the W end. The original doorway is not evident but an internal doorway (Wth 0.9m) is visible at the S end of the internal dividing wall. A field system (LF023-071003-) is associated. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-071003 Field system
Description
On a low rise in unimproved grassland peppered with outcropping rock; within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----). The remains of this relict field system lie to the N and E of a cashel-like enclosure (LF023-071----) and associated houses (LF023-071001-; LF023-071002-). A series of low grass-covered drystone field walls radiate out for a distance of c. 15m from the enclosure from NW-N-E and run into a curving field wall which mirrors the curve of the enclosure. They form a series of small rectangular fields or paddocks (dims. c. 15m x 10m), some of which contain ridge and furrow cultivation ridges. The field boundaries consist of grass-covered earth and stone banks (H c. 0.5-0.7m; Wth c. 1m), in various states of preservation, which extend c. 150m to the NW and c. 50m to the E of the enclosure. The field system, cashel and houses all appear to be contemporary in date. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-134 House - indeterminate date
Description
On a low rise, within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----), with good views in all directions. A cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 250m to SSW and a levelled enclosure (LF023-069----) c. 250m to NW. All that survives are the low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.3m; Wth 0.6m) of a rectangular house (ext. dims. 11.9m NE-SW; 6.2m N-S) orientated on a NE-SW axis. A doorway (Wth 1.5m) is evident at the S end of SE wall. Internally the house was divided into two rooms with the larger one (int. dims. 10.7m N-S; 5m N-S) at the NE end and the smaller one (int. dims. 5m N-S; 3.5m NE-SW) at the SW end. The dating of this house is uncertain but it may pre-date AD 1700. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-135 Deer park
Description
This townland (dims. 1.3km E-W; 720m N-S) may mark the location of a deer park associated with a 17th-century house (LF023-123001-), c. 3.2km to its S (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402348, last accessed 16 October 2012). The deer park is defined by a drystone wall (H 0.5-0.2m; wall T 0.6m) and is best preserved on the E and S sides of the townland. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 February 2013
And 2 more.
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 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 this parcel.
- 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.
- Area
- 110.6 ha
- 273 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 3,486 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Deerpark, from 249 m² to 309,609 m² (30.96 ha, 76.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Deerpark 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Deerpark 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Deerpark.
Recorded monuments
- LF023-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low ridge in pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 44m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded a wide shallow external fosse, which has since been infilled. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 December 2011
- LF023-069 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
On the S-facing slope of a ridge in reclaimed grassland with good views in all directions. A cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 300m to the SSE. A saucer-shaped area (diam. c. 22m) is enclosed by a wide, low denuded bank of earth and stone (Wth c. 6-8m; H c. 1m) that has been levelled at N due to the removal of an E–W field boundary into which it had been incorporated. The original entrance is not recognisable. Possibly the remains of a levelled rath or cashel. On the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map a post-medieval limekiln is depicted c. 15m to the NW. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 January 2012
- LF023-070 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a low rise on an E-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1887 revised ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1987 (SMR file) recorded a largely levelled, slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) defined by an apparently natural scarp with a wide, shallow, external fosse. The original entrance was not recognisable. At the centre of the interior was an area of outcropping rock. Further levelling has since occurred and only the outline of the rath, marked by a low scarp (max. H 0.2m) from S-W-NNE, is identifiable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 December 2011
- LF023-071 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a low rise in unimproved grassland peppered with outcropping rock and within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----). This monument is very unusual in that it combines natural rock outcrop with drystone walling to form a possible cashel-like enclosure. There is no evidence of any levelling of the rock outcrop which protrudes everywhere within the interior. The uneven rocky nature of the latter may suggest that the cashel was constructed as a livestock enclosure - associated with two houses (LF023-071001-; LF023-071002-) that lie c. 25m to the NW and c. 15m to the SW respectively, and the surrounding field system (LF023-071003-). The enclosure consists of a subcircular area (47.8m N–S; 42.2m E–W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (wall T c. 4m), which appears to follow the line of rock outcrop. A break (Wth 3m) at NW may indicate an entrance feature, but a second break (Wth 4m) at SSE appears to be more convincing as the original entrance. There is evidence of internal walling or outcrop forming small subdivisions or paddocks within the interior. There is a field-clearance cairn (diam. c. 6m; H 0.4m) in the S sector. A series of low drystone field walls radiate from the external face of the enclosing wall from NW-N-E and run into a curving field bank, associated with the field system, forming a series of small enclosures or paddocks, some of which contain ridge and furrow. The houses, field system and cashel all appear to be of contemporary date. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 11 January 2012
- LF023-071001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within a walled deerpark (LF023-135-). A possible cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 15m to the NE and another house (LF023-071002-) lies c. 50m to the N. This rectangular house (int. dims. 13m E-W; 4.3m N-S) is defined by low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.3m; Wall T 0.85m). A small enclosure (int. dims. 15m x 11m) adjoins it to the E. The latter may have been a garden plot. A field system (LF023-071003-) is associated. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-071002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within a walled deerpark (LF023-135-). A possible cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 25m to the SE and another house (LF023-071001-) c. 50m to the S. This poorly preserved rectangular house (ext. dims. 10.7m E-W; 7.1m N-S) is defined by low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.2; wall T 0.8m) and is divided into two rooms. The smaller room (int. dims. 5.4m N-S; 3m E-W) is at the W end. The original doorway is not evident but an internal doorway (Wth 0.9m) is visible at the S end of the internal dividing wall. A field system (LF023-071003-) is associated. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-071003 Field system
Description
On a low rise in unimproved grassland peppered with outcropping rock; within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----). The remains of this relict field system lie to the N and E of a cashel-like enclosure (LF023-071----) and associated houses (LF023-071001-; LF023-071002-). A series of low grass-covered drystone field walls radiate out for a distance of c. 15m from the enclosure from NW-N-E and run into a curving field wall which mirrors the curve of the enclosure. They form a series of small rectangular fields or paddocks (dims. c. 15m x 10m), some of which contain ridge and furrow cultivation ridges. The field boundaries consist of grass-covered earth and stone banks (H c. 0.5-0.7m; Wth c. 1m), in various states of preservation, which extend c. 150m to the NW and c. 50m to the E of the enclosure. The field system, cashel and houses all appear to be contemporary in date. (CUCAP, AVJ 51) Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-134 House - indeterminate date
Description
On a low rise, within a walled deerpark (LF023-135----), with good views in all directions. A cashel (LF023-071----) lies c. 250m to SSW and a levelled enclosure (LF023-069----) c. 250m to NW. All that survives are the low grass-covered wall-footings (H 0.3m; Wth 0.6m) of a rectangular house (ext. dims. 11.9m NE-SW; 6.2m N-S) orientated on a NE-SW axis. A doorway (Wth 1.5m) is evident at the S end of SE wall. Internally the house was divided into two rooms with the larger one (int. dims. 10.7m N-S; 5m N-S) at the NE end and the smaller one (int. dims. 5m N-S; 3.5m NE-SW) at the SW end. The dating of this house is uncertain but it may pre-date AD 1700. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 18 June 2012
- LF023-135 Deer park
Description
This townland (dims. 1.3km E-W; 720m N-S) may mark the location of a deer park associated with a 17th-century house (LF023-123001-), c. 3.2km to its S (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13402348, last accessed 16 October 2012). The deer park is defined by a drystone wall (H 0.5-0.2m; wall T 0.6m) and is best preserved on the E and S sides of the townland. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 26 February 2013
- LF023-139 Enclosure
Description
Outline of enclosure (approx. diam. 37m) visible on Digital Globe aerial imagery. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Edmond O'Donovan Date of upload: 30 October 2019
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Deerpark.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Deerpark, 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 Deerpark.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Deerpark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.
The townland
- Name
- Deerpark · Páirc na bhFianna
- Area
- 1,106,177 m² (110.62 ha, 273.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Agharra, and its townlands
- Barony
- Shrule
- Electoral division
- Kilglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 730 people lived in 280 households in the Kilglass electoral division. 81% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymacshane, Killeenboy, Lisaquill, Liscormick, Sheeroe, Tennalough, Tully
- Placenames
- Deerpark 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.