Correal

Area

268,717 m² (26.87 ha, 66.4 acres)

Buildings

4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 625 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

Correal

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

• Special Area of Conservation: Ballinturly Turlough SAC 000588
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballinturly Turlough 000588

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.

• RO041-019001 Church
  Description

  This is probably a Chapel-of-Ease to Fuerty parish church (RO039-063001-) c, 3.5km to the NW, and it is marked as a building with a tower on the Strafford map of c. 1636 (Simington 1949, Athlone (464)). It is located towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope, and described as the ruins of a church (Mason 1814-19, vol. 1, 406). Fragments of the base of the N wall (L 11.45m; T 0.75m; H 0.3-0.6m) and the adjacent E wall (ext. L 2.2m) with the possible N wall of a chancel (ext. L 1.2m) survive within a rectangular enclosure (RO041-019004-) (dims 39m E-W; 36.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank at N (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.05m; ext. H 0.2m) and W (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m), a scarp (H 0.8m) at S and a N-S field wall at E. There are 8 rows of grave-markers (RO041-019002-) (dims c. 0.5m x 0.2m; H up to 0.4m) including one with a chamfered edge within and to the S and E of the church that are placed in rows c. 1.5m apart (dims 13m N-S; 11m E-W). There are two fragments of disc querns (RO041-019005-) at the location. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-019002 Graveyard
  Description

  Towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. There are 8 rows of grave-markers (dims c. 0.5m x 0.2m; H up to 0.4m) including one with a chamfered edge within and to the S and E of the church (RO041-019001-) that are placed in rows c. 1.5m apart (dims 13m N-S; 11m E-W). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-020002 Field system
  Description

  On the crest of a low-lying area to E. Visible as two sub-rectangular enclosures enclosing c. 4 ha, probably fields, on aerial photographs (GSIAP: M155-6). They are not visible at ground level in pasture in an area of c. 1.5 ha (c. 3.5 acres). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-132 Canal
  Description

  Turlough O'Conor moved a fleet from the River Suck to Lough Ree in 1139 by digging a canal, enabling him to surprise his Viking enemies by attacking from an unexpected direction. This could only be done by connecting the River Suck with the headwaters of the Hind River through turloughs at Ballinturly and Correal. A section is thought locally to survive on a col between low hills to the E and W, connecting Ballinturly turlough (dims. c. 2 km E-W; c. 0.5 km N-S) with Correal turlough (dims. c. 600m NE-SW; c. 300m NW-SE) which are c. 500m apart. Described as a depression (L c. 300m N-S; Wth c. 7m; D c. 4m) with earthen banks at E and W (Moran 1993, 10-11) which was reclaimed c. 1980. It is now visible as a depression (Wth c. 5-6m; max. D c. 1m at E) with an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; H at W 0.3m; H at E 1.5m) on the W forming the townland boundary with Correal. The bank is planted with hazel and conifers, and has the base of a stone wall on top of it. A second section (RO041-021----) is c. 800m to the NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO041-133 Souterrain
  Description

  On a gentle E-facing slope. Local traditions of a cave were confirmed in 1968 and again in 1986 when a roofless passage (Wth 0.3m; L c. 1.2m) defined by upright stones was uncovered. It may have been an air-vent, and there was an inaccessible chamber, possibly beehive, at its W end under a field bank. Further E the channel broadened out (Wth c. 0.7m; H 0.7m; total L c. 6m). It is still accessible. (Moran 1993, 88-91) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1340 (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.