Nickeres
Townland in the civil parish of Emly, barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Na Coinicéir
- Area
- 32.2 ha
- 80 acres
- Land parcels
- 7
- registered freehold, median 20,466 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Nickeres, from 2,411 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) to 153,672 m² (15.37 ha, 37.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Nickeres 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
No planning application touches the townland of Nickeres 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.
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 Nickeres.
Recorded monuments
- TS066-031 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In pasture, on a low rise of an otherwise NE-facing slope; overlooking poorly drained land to E. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 3.9m E-W) defined by scarp (Wth 0.7m; H 0.1m) and a fosse (Wth 1.6-2.75m; D 0.1-0.15m). Slight trace of levelled outer bank best defined NE-ESE and traceable NW-E-SW. Monument cut into hillslope SW-W-NW to level the interior which has a slight NE-facing slope. Identified on aerial photographs (OS 2396/7 and 2347/8) as a ring-ditch. Ditch-barrows (TS066-031001- and TS066-031002-) are c. 73m and c. 66m to SE respectively. Cork-Limerick Junction railway line is c. 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-031001 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In pasture, on level area of field, at base of a NE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 5.5m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by low profile fosse (Wth 1.4m; D 0.05m). Interior level and is lower than exterior ground level. Identified on aerial photographs (OS 2396/7 and 2347/8) as a ring-ditch. Ditch-barrow (TS066-031002-) is c. 7m to WSW and ring-barrow (TS066-031----) is c. 73m to NW. Cork-Limerick Junction railway line is c. 50m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-031002 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope. Circular area (dims. 4m N-S; 4.2m E-W) defined by fosse (Wth 1.65-1.8m; D 0.05-0.12m) which is best preserved on W-side where it is cut into the hillslope. Fosse is truncated NNE-ENE by linear drain (long axis ESE-WNW). Interior has gentle NE-facing slope. Identified on aerial photographs (OS 2396/7 and 2347/8) as a ring-ditch. Ditch-barrow (TS066-031001-) is c. 7m to ENE and ring-barrow (TS066-031----) is c. 66m to NW. Cork-Limerick Junction railway line is c. 45m to SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS066-032 Enclosure
Description
In improved pasture, but rushes prevail NE-E-W. Large rectangular area (dims. 30m N-S; 24m E-W) defined by low scarp (Wth 1.4m; H 0.3m) to N (L 21m), S (L 19.5m) and at W (L 28m at W). Scarp (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m) least defined to E-side (L 28.5m) where it slopes down more gradually. Fosse (basal Wth 1m; overall Wth 3.6m; D 0.15m) to W and N. Possible outer bank (Wth 4.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.2m) along N-side. Interior has a raised circular area (dims. c. 13m N-S; c. 10m E-W) within centre. Identified as a rectangular enclosure on an aerial photograph (OS 2396/7 mono). 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 Nickeres.
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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility 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 Nickeres.
- 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 Nickeres with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Nickeres · Na Coinicéir
- Area
- 322,004 m² (32.2 ha, 79.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Emly, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Electoral division
- Emly, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Emly electoral division: 682 people in 258 households; 75% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Breansha, Clashdrumsmith, Clasheleesha, Glenbane, Lattin North
- Placenames
- Nickeres 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.