# Laghtea, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Castletownarra, barony of Owney and Arra, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Leacht Aodha. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 874,680 m² (87.47 ha, 216.14 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,647 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 8 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Castletownarra, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/castletownarra.md - Barony: Owney and Arra - Electoral division: Castletown, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Castletown electoral division: 1,497 people in 560 households; 79% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/46356 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 212212 - Centre: latitude 52.868276, longitude -8.395626 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtea, from 19 m² to 193,850 m² (19.39 ha, 47.9 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 550807: 193,850 m² (19.39 ha, 47.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/550807.md - Parcel 518151: 144,691 m² (14.47 ha, 35.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/518151.md - Parcel 541352: 91,465 m² (9.15 ha, 22.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/541352.md - Parcel 550806: 71,747 m² (7.17 ha, 17.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/550806.md - Parcel 494700: 67,930 m² (6.79 ha, 16.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/494700.md - Parcel 550813: 59,720 m² (5.97 ha, 14.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/550813.md - Parcel 577393: 36,141 m² (3.61 ha, 8.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/577393.md - Parcel 545183: 23,473 m² (2.35 ha, 5.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/545183.md - Parcel 4612600: 15,616 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4612600.md - Parcel 523299: 15,509 m² (1.55 ha, 3.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/523299.md - Parcel 575652: 14,629 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/575652.md - Parcel 1538449: 8,766 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1538449.md - Parcel 4140736: 8,644 m² (0.86 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4140736.md - Parcel 519129: 7,055 m² (0.71 ha, 1.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/519129.md - Parcel 579917: 5,765 m² (0.58 ha, 1.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/579917.md - Parcel 561607: 5,695 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/561607.md - Parcel 582468: 5,678 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/582468.md - Parcel 564075: 5,109 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/564075.md - Parcel 576540: 5,005 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/576540.md - Parcel 508975: 4,672 m² (0.47 ha, 1.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/508975.md - Parcel 501687: 4,432 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/501687.md - Parcel 4686898: 4,367 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4686898.md - Parcel 537240: 3,943 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/537240.md - Parcel 534959: 3,167 m² (0.32 ha, 0.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/534959.md - Parcel 1538448: 3,120 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1538448.md - Parcel 550192: 2,893 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/550192.md - Parcel 556504: 2,732 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/556504.md - Parcel 558808: 2,729 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/558808.md - Parcel 567887: 2,565 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/567887.md - Parcel 514799: 2,505 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/514799.md - Parcel 1539319: 2,376 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1539319.md - Parcel 548896: 2,213 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/548896.md - Parcel 566626: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/566626.md - Parcel 537588: 2,120 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/537588.md - Parcel 534088: 2,074 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/534088.md - Parcel 524425: 2,062 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/524425.md - Parcel 4140737: 2,003 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4140737.md - Parcel 4883073: 1,907 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4883073.md - Parcel 516000: 1,850 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/516000.md - Parcel 504128: 1,813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/504128.md - Parcel 549474: 1,796 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/549474.md - Parcel 552466: 1,303 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/552466.md - Parcel 2606736: 1,013 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2606736.md - Parcel 505841: 1,004 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/505841.md - Parcel 6175086: 960 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6175086.md - Parcel 531516: 937 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/531516.md - Parcel 1539318: 720 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1539318.md - Parcel 576246: 714 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/576246.md - Parcel 573800: 686 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/573800.md - Parcel 4678832: 542 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4678832.md - Parcel 523043: 452 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/523043.md - Parcel 520477: 403 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/520477.md - Parcel 5677511: 388 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5677511.md - Parcel 5677524: 237 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5677524.md - Parcel 567968: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/567968.md - Parcel 579915: 19 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/579915.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Laghtea in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 8 applications, newest first. - 22 Mar 2024, Tipperary County Council 2460199: Conditional. Permission. a side extension, extension to front porch and alterations to existing dwelling and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460199/0 - 12 Feb 2024, Tipperary County Council 2423: Conditional. Retention. domestic car port and stores as constructed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2423/0 - 22 Dec 2023, Tipperary County Council 2361032: Conditional. Permission. to renovate and extend existing cottage, construct a domestic storage shed, install a new waste water treatment system along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2361032/0 - 21 Aug 2023, Tipperary County Council 2360642: Conditional. Permission. extension of existing dwelling house along with all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360642/0 - 26 Nov 2021, Tipperary County Council 211718: N/a. Outline permission. dwelling, entrance, garage, sewage treatment system and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211718/0 - 18 Aug 2021, Tipperary County Council 211227: Conditional. Retention. alterations to existing dwelling to inlcude 1. retention permission for conversion and change of use of existing carport and garage to entrance lobby and artist's studio respectively 2. retention permission for retaining wall and foot bridge 3. retention permission for changes to rear elevation 4. retention permission for the construction of an additional garage and car port and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211227/0 - 5 Aug 2021, Tipperary County Council 211148: N/a. Retention. alterations to existing dwelling to include: 1) conversion of carport and garage to entrance lobby and artist's studio respectively, 2) construction of retaining wall and foot bridge, 3) changes to rear elevations and 4) construction of an additional garage with car port and all ancillary works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/211148/0 - 11 Sept 2020, Tipperary County Council 201031: Conditional. Permission. 1) Renovate and extend existing house to include granny flat. 2) Construct a garden shed to the rear of the property. 3) Upgrade waste water treatment system. 4) Upgrade existing entrance.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/TipperaryCC/AppFileRefDetails/201031/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Laghtea. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - TN019-047: Hillfort, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTN019-047----. Situated on top of Laghtea Hill with extensive views in all directions. A large irregular-shaped area enclosed by two earth and stone banks with intervening fosse (Wth 2.5m) visible from S through W to N. The natural fall of the cliff-edge forms the defensive feature at E. The inner bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 2.5m) is the best preserved while the outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.5m) is covered by peat and furze. The ground surface in the interior is very rugged, occupied largely by rock outcrop. There is a low circular platform (diam. c.20m) containing a stone-edged wall at the N end of the hillfort interior, possibly contemporary with the hillfort construction (Condit 1995, 37). Possible causewayed entrance feature at W. The hillfort was recently described in the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland as following; 'Irregular shaped contour fort surrounding two summits of Laghtea Hill. The enclosing elements are positioned at the base of a steep incline. In commanding position overlooking the S fording point of Lough Derg and with panoramic views from the summit. Bivallate for the entire perimeter with no enclosing elements at SE. The site has a total foot print of 7.8ha. There is a possible original entrance at the W (Condit 1995, 37). Walking track breaks through enclosing elements at S. Low circular platform with well within interior to the N. No other features visible on the surface. Ramparts survive well throughout, however, heavy overgrowth largely conceals the enclosing elements. First identification and monument survey by Condit (1995). The hillfort is not depicted in any historic mapping. Modern walking track breaks through enclosing elements at the S and extends to the N summit where a large cross has been erected. Small modern structure has been near the N summit of the interior. Commercial forestry plantation abutting enclosing elements at W and SW. Hillfort interior heavily overgrown and under light blanket bog. Large areas of rock outcrop near summits. Boundary seperating the townlands of Laghtea and Cloneybrien runs N - S through the center of the hillfort. The S section of the enclosing elements forms the intersection between the two aforementioned townland boundaries and Townlough Upper townland to the S.' (http://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk/records/IR0714.html) Site inspection by Anne Carey, Archaeologist, NMS on the 25/02/2022 noted that; 'Laghtea Hill is accessible via a man-made unbound path which was constructed in c. 2002, with additional works in c. 2015, and which has developed into a very popular walking route, known as the Millennium Cross and Lough Derg Circular (AllTrails). The 3m wide walking path rose in a generally north-easterly direction, with some meanders included, but the point at which it crossed into the hillfort could be seen from the map in Tom Condit’s publication. The path continued to the summit of the hill, past a masonry built, poorly preserved cross base, dating to 1932, to a new cross, erected in 2002. Named the Millennium Cross, it has a man-made foundation measuring c. 9m x 9m. In addition it has four wire stays, anchored to the ground outside the foundation area and there is fixed signage overlooking the scenic view of Lough Derg as well as a tubular metal bench, all necessitating ground works within the area of the hillfort. Steep steps, which were constructed in c. 2015, descend the hillside from the Millennium Cross, continuing the walking trail to the north-west. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Revised by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Anne Carey Date of revised upload: 1 June 2022 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laghtea. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility high, 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 Laghtea. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/laghtea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/laghtea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/laghtea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Laghtea with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary: https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Ballingeer: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballingeer.md - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/castletown-210762.md - Cloneybrien: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/cloneybrien.md - Cooneen: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/cooneen-211026.md - Townlough Lower: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/townlough-lower.md - Townlough Upper: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/townlough-upper.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/laghtea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/tipperary/laghtea