Toorboy

Area

163,932 m² (16.39 ha, 40.51 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 693 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

Toorboy

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 2 recorded monuments.

• SL011-092 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In pasture, located in the valley of the Easkey River. The castle stands on a slightly elevated, level terrace bordering the W bank of the river. To S, W and NW a strip (Wth c. 40-50m E-W) of soft, boggy ground intervenes between the dry terrace and the low ridge which defines the W side of the valley. The stretch of river immediately to E and SE of the castle is shallow and broken by bedrock terraces and low rocky cataracts, and it is likely that this location was chosen as it provides a natural fording point. This castle is indicated on the 1838 OS-6-inch map as a polygonal enclosure (c. 30-35m E-W; c. 25-30m N-S) named ‘Ballynahowna Castle’. It is not marked on the 1913 edition. The outline of a rectangular building (14.4m N–S; 8.5m E–W) is defined on four sides by slumped, sod-covered stone banks (Wth 3-4m; H 0.6-1.7m) representing collapsed walls. No intact masonry is visible. There is a break (Wth 3m) at the S end of the E side. The stone banks/walls slump broadly into the interior reducing it to an irregular-shaped space (c. 7.4m N–S; 4.8m E–W) with a slightly sunken appearance. Two walls, evident as low, sod-covered wall footings (H 0.2m), extend 5-5.5m to W, one from the NW and one from the SW angles of the rectangular building. They may represent an adjoining room, or another structure or enclosure that abutted the castle. Immediately to SW is the barely discernible outline of a square structure (c. 4.5m N–S; c. 4.5m E–W) which appears to be on the line of a wall, slight remnants of which extends to S for a few meters and then curve to SE before petering out. Low, sod-covered wall footings are also evident c. 25m N of the castle. These slight remains of walls and banks may preserve the outline of a bawn (SL011-092001-) or outer precinct which enclosed the castle but the evidence is meagre and difficult to interpret. Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 March 2016

• SL011-092001 Bawn
  Description

  In pasture, at a possible tower house (SL011-092----) located in the valley of the Easkey River, on a level terrace bordering the W bank of the river. A polygonal enclosure (c. 35m E–W; c. 25m N–S), with a short projection to N at the NE corner, is depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map and named ‘Ballynahowna Castle’. It is not shown on the later 25-inch plan or on the 1913 OS 6-inch edition. It may represent a bawn which enclosed a possible tower house (SL011-092----). There is meagre evidence on the ground. The remains of the castle stand on a level, grassy area (Wth c. 40m E–W) bordered to W by damp, boggy ground and at E by a scarp/slope (H c. 2m; Wth c. 4m) which drops to a lower terrace (Wth 5-6m) bordering the river’s edge. Slight remnants of a wall/field boundary, evident as a low, sod-covered rise (Wth 1.5m) define the edge of the grassy area to SW of the castle, and can are also visible c. 25m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 March 2016

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 moderately low, 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.