Clashduff
Townland in the civil parish of Ballingarry (Slievardagh Ra), barony of Slievardagh, Co. Tipperary; in Irish An Chlais Dubh
- Area
- 187.3 ha
- 463 acres
- Land parcels
- 49
- registered freehold, median 3,334 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clashduff, from 64 m² to 442,262 m² (44.23 ha, 109.29 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clashduff 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
18 Jun 2026Conditional
(a) a first floor habitable space to existing original single storey dwelling, (b) elevation changes to existing dwelling, (c) single storey detached shed, including all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660595
6 Jun 2023Conditional
the construction of a 5 bay loose cattle house with all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 23155
7 Sept 2022Conditional
(1) the alteration of the first-floor area to incorporate an additional bedroom (2) the alteration of roof levels of the storey and a half and single storey sections of the house and all associated site works. Permission is also sought for a larger septic tank and an additional length of percolation pipework to accommodate the additional bedroom. This is a change from that previously granted planning permission under planning no. 19/601313.
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 22551
26 Nov 2019Conditional
(1) for the existing development on site consisting of the alteration of existing ground levels, the construction of foundations, rising walls and filling of the base with granular material and (2) Planning Permission for the completion of a storey and a half type house, a waste water treatment system, an entrance and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 19601313
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 Clashduff.
Recorded monuments
- TS049-041 Enclosure
Description
On flat grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Not visible at ground level. An oval enclosure (diam. c. 45m NW-SE; c. 36m NE-SW) depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the subsequent 1903 edition. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS049-042 Castle - unclassified
Description
On a SE-facing slope of rising grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Castle is indicated as site of Williamstown Castle on both the 1st (1840) and subsequent 1903 ed. OS 6-inch maps. The castle is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS049-044 Fish-pond
Description
On a gentle SE-facing slope on poorly drained grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Nearby moated site (TS049-045----) 150m to E and enclosure (TS049-041----) 250m to W. Fish-pond consists of a large waterlogged circular-shaped area (approx. diam. 40m N-S; 50m E-W) which even in the summer time after a dry-spell was still very wet. No enclosing feature visible. Depicted as a circular enclosure and marked on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map as an 'Old Fish Pond', not indicated on the 1903 edition. Remains of enclosure can be seen on the other side of the field boundary to the S, this field boundary bisects the pond on a N-S axis. Stream appears to have fed the fish-pond from the W side running E-W. Fish-pond associated with nearby moated site (TS049-045----) to E. Field boundaries have changed just slightly since first ed. OS 6-inch map, fish-pond may have been levelled when these alterations took place. No evidence of fish-pond in field to NW of junction of field boundaries. At the junction of two field boundaries evidence for fish-pond in SW and SE quadrants, no evidence in NW and NE quadrants. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS049-045 Moated site
Description
On flat elevated reclaimed grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Nearby stream to W with fish-pond (TS049-044----) and enclosure (TS049-041----) to 150m and 400m to the W respectively. All that is visible of the moated site are a series of low undulating earthworks of a much degraded D-shaped enclosure (approx. dims. 40m N-S x 35m E-W) defined by a filled in moat now visible as a cropmark (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.2m). Depicted on the 1st (1840) OS 6-inch map as a square-shaped area with possible building (TS049-045001-) in the centre of the moated site and with field boundaries intersecting the at N and S. These field boundaries were removed by the 1903 ed. OS 6-inch map. The moated site may have been levelled between 1840 and 1905 when the field boundaries were being removed. The monument shows up on an aerial photograph (ASIAP (26)14-18) as a roughly D-shaped cropmark of a levelled moated site. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 27 May 2015
- TS049-045001 Building
Description
On flat elevated reclaimed grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Nearby stream to W with fish-pond (TS049-044----) and enclosure (TS049-041----) to 150m and 400m to the W respectively. This building (dims. c. 12m E-W; c. 7m N-S) is centrally placed within a possible moated site (TS049-045----) which survives as a much degraded D-shaped enclosure. The building is clearly visible on OS Ortho imagery. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 May 2015
- TS049-046 Enclosure
Description
On a SE-facing slope of rising ground in grassland in upland area with good views in all directions. Located near edge of river ravine located to the NE of the enclosure with nearby ringforts (TS049-047---- and TS049-048----) 380m and 530m to SE respectively. Only the N half of the enclosure survives and it is covered in dense vegetation making detailed examination impossible. The S half of the enclosure was located in grassland but no remains survive, field boundary which originally bisected the monument on an E-W axis now forms the S boundary of the enclosure. Depicted as a semi-circular-shaped enclosure on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Monument consist of a circular area (approx. diam 12m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (top Wth 2.5m ; base Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and outer fosse (base Wth 2m; top Wth 4m ; ext. D 0.5m), no entrance feature visible, interior follows slope of terrain from W to E where it falls off into the river valley to E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clashduff.
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
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clashduff.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Clashduff with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Clashduff · An Chlais Dubh
- Area
- 1,872,833 m² (187.28 ha, 462.79 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ballingarry (Slievardagh Ra), and its townlands
- Barony
- Slievardagh
- Electoral division
- Ballyphilip, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballyphilip electoral division: 410 people in 147 households; 86% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballingarry Lower, Bolintlea, Coalbrook, Garranacool, Knockalonga, Lisnamrock
- Placenames
- Clashduff 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.