Knockshanbrittas

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockshanbrittas, from 537 m² to 317,266 m² (31.73 ha, 78.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockshanbrittas 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.

• 9 Jun 2020N/a

  upgrade of existing entrance from public roadway onto forestry lands, to comprise the provision of splayed access, clear visibility sightlines, associated setting back of adjacent roadside boundaries, provision of associated surface water drainage, fences, finished hardcored structures to access area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20576

• 9 Jun 2020N/a

  new entrance from public roadway onto forestry lands, to comprise the provision of splayed access, clear visibility sightlines, associated setting back of adjacent roadside boundaries, provision of associated surface water drainage, fences, finished hardcored structures to access area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 20577

• 11 Jun 2019N/a

  new entrance from public roadway onto forestry lands, to comprise the provision of splayed access, clear visibility sightlines, associated setting back of adjacent roadside boundaries, provision of associated surface water drainage, fences, finished hardcored structures to access area and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 19600640

• 30 Mar 2017Conditional

  construct a dwellinghouse, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, entrance and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 17600324

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: Lower River Shannon SAC 002165
• Special Protection Area: Slievefelim to Silvermines Mountains SPA 004165

Recorded monuments

• TS039-020 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On a W-facing slope of rising ground in mountainous region overlooking Aughvaria river valley to the W with good views from SSE through W to N and overlooking a nearby wedge tomb (TS039-021----) c. 100m to the SW. A well-preserved gallery (L c. 3.7m; Wth 1.2m at W; 0.86m to E) aligned E-W; represented by two sidestones to the N and S with evidence of several outer-wall stones on the N and S sides. The E end of the gallery is either missing or grass covered. Two roofstones (dims. 1.7m x 0.9m x 0.35m; 1.9m x 1.5m x 0.4m) survive over the gallery. There is a septal stone (dims. 1.4m x 0.22m) at the W end of the chamber (L 2.4m; Wth 0.8m) which is proceeded by a portico (L 0.9m; Wth 1.2m). (De Valera & Ó Nualláin 1982, vol.4, 92-3; Borlase 1897, 53-4). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• TS039-021 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On a W-facing slope of rising ground in a mountainous region overlooking the Aughvaria river valley to the W, with a wedge tomb (TS039-020----) c. 100m to the NE. The well-preserved gallery (L. c. 3.25m; Wth 1.1m to W, 0.86m to E) opens to the W and is aligned E-W; represented by two sidestones to the N and S with possible evidence of outer-wall stones on the N and S sides. Two roofstones (dims. 1.4m x 1.9m x 0.3m; 1.9m x 1.7m x 0.35m) survive over the gallery. A septal stone (dims. 1.4m x 0.22m) at the W end of the gallery divides the chamber from the portico (L 1.3m; int. Wth 1.25m; ext. wth 2m). A field boundary intersects the outer walling at the N and S with possible remains of an earthen mound resting on top of the roofstones. (De Valera & Ó Nualláin, 1982, vol.4, 93-4; Borlase 1897, 53-4) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

• TS039-022 Megalithic structure
  Description

  On top of high ground in a mountainous region with good extensive views in all directions. Slight rectangular-shaped rise of ground (dims. 8m N-S; 10m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.1m) which is intersected by an earthen field boundary at the N and by a stone wall, constructed of large stones, at the W. Neither field boundary is depicted on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map. The megalithic structure may have been destroyed when the field boundaries were constructed, possibly using stones from the megalith. It is marked 'Giants grave' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. The Name Book of 1840 calls the feature an 'ancient cromlech' and the 1904 Name Book refers to an 'ancient stone bed' (De Valera & Ó Nualláin 1982, vol.4, 99). 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 Knockshanbrittas.

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).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Knockshanbrittas, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockshanbrittas.

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.

No address of the register names Knockshanbrittas with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Knockshanbrittas · Cnoc Seanbhriotáis

Area

3,351,187 m² (335.12 ha, 828.1 acres)

Civil parish

Doon, and its townlands

Barony

Kilnamanagh Upper

Electoral division

Glengar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

250 people lived in 92 households in the Glengar electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coonmore, Cummer Beg, Curraghafoil (Co. Limerick), Foildarragh, Foilmahonmore, Garracummer, Kilcommon

Placenames

Knockshanbrittas 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.