Currycahill

Area

50,457 m² (5.05 ha, 12.47 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

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

Currycahill

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 8 recorded monuments.

• LF009-022 House - fortified house
  Description

  On a rise in pastureland overlooking a stream to the NW. A large, gable-fronted, two-storey building, within a square-shaped enclosure or bawn (LF009-022003-), is depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Clonbroney parish (NLI, MS 719). Described in 1986 (SMR file) as a level platform on the brow of a low hill bounded by a scarp on the NW, N and E. No visible surface trace of the house survived. Archaeological testing carried out in 2004 to the NE revealed no evidence of any settlement of 17th-century date (Halpin 2007, 250). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 September 2012

• LF009-022001 Cultivation ridges
  Description

  Pre-development testing and monitoring of topsoil removal for a housing development immediately to the NE of the site of a possible 17th-century house (LF009-022----) revealed evidence of cultivation ridges and field boundaries (LF009-022002-) (Halpin 2007, 250). There is no evidence to suggest that these ridges date to before AD 1700 and is likely that they may be 18th century or later in date. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 March 2012

• LF009-022002 Field boundary
  Description

  Pre-development testing and monitoring of topsoil removal for a housing development immediately to the NE of the site of a possible 17th-century house (LF009-022----) revealed evidence of field boundaries and cultivation ridges (LF009-022001-) (Halpin 2007, 250). There is no evidence to suggest that field boundaries date to before AD 1700 and is likely that they may be 18th century or later in date. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 March 2012

• LF009-022003 Bawn
  Description

  Associated with a fortified house (LF009-022003-). Depicted as a square enclosure or bawn, surrounding the house, on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Clonbroney parish (NLI, MS 719). No visible surface trace survives. A rectangular field (c. 40m WNW-ESE; c. 30m NNE-SSW) shown on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map may mirror its outline. Only the N and E sides of this field, which mark the townland boundary, survive. A short section of walling evident on the N side, again, may mirror the line of the bawn wall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 September 2012

• LF009-023 Historic town
  Description

  Near a bridging point on the Camlin River. Ballinalee is derived from Béal Átha na Lao which means the 'mouth of the ford of the calves' (Bradley et al. 1985, 12). The settlement was established in 1618 at the initiative of Oliver St John, from whom it received its name St Johnstown (McNamee 1954, 230). In 1627, under the conditions of the 'Charter of Johnstowne', which was granted by King Charles I, Walter Lecky was obliged to 'build a house upon his portion of the eighty acres allotted for the corporation’ (ibid.). This obligation does not appear to have been followed through because in 1630 John Kennedy was ordered by the Crown to build ‘a castle and bawn in the corporations of St. John's Town, as Walter Lecky was to have done' (Cal. S.P. Ire. 1625-32, 535). The town was granted the right to hold a weekly market and two fairs and to send two members to the Irish parliament until the Act of Union in 1800 (Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 31). It was described in 1682 by Nicholas Dowdall as 'the antientest Corporation in the County called by the name of St Johnstown antiently called Belanelee, signifying calves. It is governed by a Soveraigne and twelve Burgesses' (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 210). The Down Survey (1654-6) map of Clonbroney parish depicts the town as a linear settlement facing onto a road running from a bridge (LF009-023006-) to its W towards the church (LF009-023012-) of Kiltenemedron to its E. The settlement consists of nine substantial dwellings - five on the N side of the road and four on the S side. A larger building, within an enclosure or bawn, is depicted on the S side between the first and second dwellings. It may be the ‘castle and bawn’ (see LF009-022----, LF009-022001-) noted above. The location of the settlement on the Down Survey map does not tie in with the area identified by Bradley et al. (1985, 12-14, Fig. 2), which is the present village. It is orientated on a N-S axis, extending to the S from Ballinalee Bridge. The Down Survey map suggests that the initial settlement was located between the village and Soran Bridge to its W. However, archaeological testing in 2004 (Halpin 2007, 250) in the fields to the E of the bridge and to the S of the road revealed no evidence of any settlement of 17th-century date. Archaeological excavations in 1996, at a proposed residential site within the zone identified by Bradley et al. (1985 Fig. 2), to the S of a burial ground (LF009-023002-) on the W side of the village exposed linear features (LF009-023005-), including a trench (L c. 24m) that supported wooden stakes or posts. These features may have been the remnants of post-medieval fences that could possibly have been related to the 17th-century settlement (Carroll 1997, 72). Further archaeological testing to the N of the burial ground in 2007, prior to the construction of an amenity centre, also revealed a number of possible post-medieval features (LF009-023007-), including the possible foundation trench of a structure and the foundations of a wall. The latter features may also have been associated with the 17th-century settlement (Egan 2010, 303). A school (LF009-023008-), market-house (LF009-023009-), a tannery (LF009-023010-) and an inn (LF009-023011-) are associated. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 August 2013

• LF009-023001 Burial ground
  Description

  On top of a low hill, on the W side of Ballinalee or Saint Johnstown village (LF009-023----). Named 'Grave Yard' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and 'Bullys Acre Grave Yard (Disused)' on the 1911 OS 25-inch plan, where it is shown planted with coniferous trees. The term 'Bully's Acre' often refers to the burial grounds of insurgents who were hanged in the aftermath of the 1798 rebellion. This subrectangular burial ground (max. dims. c. 72m E-W; c. 32m N-S) is defined by a post-and-wire fence along the N, E and most of the S sides. The E end of the S side is occupied by a farm building. A largely collapsed stone wall (Wth c. 1m; max. H 0.8m) encloses the W side, which is bounded by a laneway. Access is via an entrance in the centre of this wall. Centrally located within the interior is a large, shallow rectangular depression of unknown significance. A considerable number of very low, upright stones presumably mark burials. Only two inscribed memorials were noted. One dates to 1763; the second inscription was incomplete. Trial excavations in 1995 and 1996 (Carroll 1996, 56; 1997, 72), in advance of a residential development immediately to the S of the burial ground, yielded traces of human remains and remnants of post-medieval fences (LF009-023005-). In 1998 a stone structure, comprising four large thin stone slabs forming three sides of a rough box and a capstone (H 1.5m; Wth 1.05m), which did not conform to any known archaeological monument type, was exposed, surveyed and removed (ibid. 2000, 138). Also in 1998 (Higgins 2000, 138) monitoring of the excavation of the sockets for a post-and-wire fence yielded an Irish halfpenny coin of George II dated 1760. Other remains comprised clay pipes and animal bones, some bearing saw or knife marks. These were dated to the late 19th/early 20th centuries (ibid.). (Lennon 2005) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 May 2013

• LF009-023005 Excavation - miscellaneous
  Description

  Archaeological test excavations in 1996 to the S of a burial ground (LF009-023002-) exposed linear features, including a trench (L c. 24m) which supported wooden stakes or posts (Carroll 1997, 72). The linear features were interpreted by the excavator as the remnants of post-medieval fences that could possibly have been related to the 17th-century settlement of the town (see LF009-023----). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 25 February 2013

• LF009-023006 Bridge
  Description

  Spanning the Camlin River. Depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Clonbroney (NLI, MS 719). No visible surface trace survives but 'Soran Bridge' may have been built on or close to its site. This single-arch bridge dates from c. 1860. It replaced the earlier bridge that is shown on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and it is likely that it incorporates some of the fabric of that bridge (www.buildingsofireland.ie, Reg. 13304020, last accessed 26 March 2012). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 July 2013

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 moderately low, low.

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.