Ardanaffrin

Area

114,280 m² (11.43 ha, 28.24 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 149 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

Ardanaffrin

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 3 recorded monuments.

• RO011-058 Linear earthwork
  Description

  Two parallel systems of banks and ditches (L c. 1.6km E-W) cut off a loop of the River Shannon to the N which contains c. 2 km(2). This is identified as a defensive earthwork of Connaught against its enemies in Ulster (Kane 1915) and part of the extensive linear defences called the Black Pig's Dyke and the Danes Cast demarking the boundaries of Ulster (Kane 1909). Described as two principal lines of defence, the one to the N consisting of an inner earthen bank (Wth of base c. 30m; H up to 6m) separated by a 'paved causeway' (Wth c. 4-10m) from an outer double bank (Wth c. 3m; H 1m) further N. There are two entrances (Wth c. 16-23m) with inturned horns (L c. 40m) situated c. 80m and c. 650m from the E end. About 60-100m to the S is a second line of defence surviving only at the E end (L c. 300m) and consisting of two earthen banks (Wth c. 4m; H c. 0.8m) separated by a fosse or 'causeway'. These works are interpreted as a defensive line of Connaught controlling a number of fords in the loop and W of the loop in Cuiltyconway (Condit and Buckley 1989). Geophysical survey (Buckley et al. (1990a,b) revealed the possible presence of a central gatepost in the E entrance of the main rampart. Excavation (Buckley and Condit 1991) revealed that the main rampart may have been enlarged, while a calibrated Carbon 14 date of 338-44 BC suggests Iron Age construction (Lanting et al. 1991). Archaeological testing (04E1301) at the W end of the banks in Ardanaffrin failed to produce any related material (Read 2007a, 371, No. 1430). At its W end it meets the River Shannon and c. 370m SW of that point another section of the double-banks (RO011-188----) continue, parallel with the river. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 30 April 2015

• RO011-059 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Towards the top of the W-facing slope of a NW-SE drumlin ridge at its NW end with a SW-NE section of the River Shannon c. 150m to the NW. Circular grass and scrub-covered area (diam. 27m N-S; 26.5m E-W) defined by an eroded and overgrown earthen bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.4-0.55m; ext. H 0.8-1m) NE-S-SW and a scarp (H 0.8m) elsewhere, with an outer fosse (Wth of top 3-4.5m; D 0.1-0.3m) N-E-S. The fosse is continued by a band of wet ground (Wth 2-3m) SW-NW, and the perimeter is slightly truncated by a field drain at N. There is no visible entrance. The inner bank of the Doon of Drumsna linear earthwork (RO011-058----) is c. 50m to the NE, but excavation in the vicinity outside (97E0347; 99E0029) did not produce any related material (Timoney 1998b; Higgins 2000). Rath (RO011-060----) is c. 200m to the ESE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

• RO011-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of the SE end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge. Circular overgrown area (diam. c. 25m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.6-5m; int. H 0.4m at N to 0.8m at S; ext. H 0.9m at W to 1.7m at S) and an outer fosse (Wth of top 3.1m at S to 4.75m at N; D 0.05m at E to 0.75m at S). The entrance (Wth 3m) is at E. The inner bank of the Doon of Drumsna linear earthwork (RO011-058----) is c. 60m to the NE, and rath (RO011-059----) is c. 200m to the WNW. 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 10 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. Parts of the land are water.

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.