Laghtea

56 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Laghtea, from 19 m² to 193,850 m² (19.39 ha, 47.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

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.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 22 Mar 2024Conditional

  a side extension, extension to front porch and alterations to existing dwelling and all ancillary works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460199

• 12 Feb 2024Conditional

  domestic car port and stores as constructed

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2423

• 22 Dec 2023Conditional

  to renovate and extend existing cottage, construct a domestic storage shed, install a new waste water treatment system along with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2361032

• 21 Aug 2023Conditional

  extension of existing dwelling house along with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2360642

• 26 Nov 2021N/a

  dwelling, entrance, garage, sewage treatment system and all ancillary works

  Outline permission · Tipperary County Council, 211718

• 18 Aug 2021Conditional

  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

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211227

• 5 Aug 2021N/a

  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

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 211148

• 11 Sept 2020Conditional

  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.

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 201031

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 the townland of Laghtea.

Recorded monuments

• TN019-047 Hillfort
  Description

  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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Laghtea.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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: 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.

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

Name

Laghtea · Leacht Aodha

Area

874,680 m² (87.47 ha, 216.14 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownarra, and its townlands

Barony

Owney and Arra

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballingeer, Castletown, Cloneybrien, Cooneen, Townlough Lower, Townlough Upper

Placenames

Laghtea 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.