Shevry
Shevry is a townland in the civil parish of Upperchurch, barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, Co. Tipperary. Its name in Irish is Seithe Bhreighe.
- Area
- 387.3 ha
- 957 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 12,532 m² (1.25 ha, 3.1 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shevry, from 286 m² to 463,900 m² (46.39 ha, 114.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Shevry 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
1 Aug 2024Conditional
a shipping container/domestic store and PERMISSION for single storey extensions to the sides and rear of existing storey and a half dwelling house, new treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460621
14 Sept 2023Conditional
1) entrance and 2) horse exercise ring and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2360732
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 Shevry.
Recorded monuments
- TN039-010 Castle - ringwork
Description
Situated on a break in the SE-facing lower slope of a hill in undulating pasture. A roughly rectangular earthen mound (H 2.15m; base dims. 21m x 15.5m; top dims. 15.5m x 10.3m) which tapers towards the NE side with a deep central depression (D 1.23m). The mound is fairly steep-sided, particularly along the SW side and at the NW corner. It is badly disturbed by quarrying in the centre. No outer fosse or defences visible. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN039-011001 Barrow - pond barrow
Description
Situated on the summit of a natural rise, close to the W edge of a gradual fall, overlooking a valley at the base of the slope. The site consists of a flat central area (14.3m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by a compact earthen bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.35-0.55m; ext. H 0.18-0.35m), less visible at S. An entrance gap (Wth 3m) is visible at ESE. There is a small standing stone (TN039-011002-) in the interior in the SW sector with a second stone (TN039-011003-) standing at the entrance at ESE, in line with the outer edge of the bank. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN039-011002 Standing stone
Description
Situated on the summit of a natural rise, close to the W edge of a gradual fall, overlooking a valley below. A small standing stone (H 1m; max. dims. 0.83m x 0.5m) of limestone composition located in the SW quadrant of the interior of a possible pond barrow (TN039-011001). The standing stone is aligned on a N-S axis and is roughly trapezoidal in plan. There is a slight hollow around the base with no evidence of packing-stones. There is a second standing stone (TN039-011003) nearby at the entrance to the barrow in the ESE quadrant. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN039-011003 Standing stone
Description
Situated at the entrance to a possible pond barrow (TN039-011001) on the summit of a natural rise, close to the W edge of a gradual fall, overlooking a valley below. A rectangular standing stone (H 1.3m; dims. 0.63m x 0.34m) of limestone composition aligned on an E-W axis. There is a slight hollow around the base with no evidence of any packing-stones. The top of the stone tapers to a point from W to E. A second standing stone (TN039-011002) is situated in the interior of the same barrow. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN039-019 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a natural platform with ground falling fairly steeply in all directions except to W, in an area of rough pasture. Depicted as an irregular-shaped enclosure on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map but not indicated on the 1905 ed. The area where the enclosure was located is quite disturbed and uneven with a suggestion of lazy bed cultivation and the remains of a bank along portion of the W side - this appears to be part of an old field bank. Not visible at ground level. 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. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
- TN039-038001 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
Situated on a break in an E-facing slope in upland terrain, under pasture. Extensive views in all directions except upslope to SW. A circular area (diam. 11.5m N-S; 11.4m E-W) consisting of a central mound (diam. 4.6m N-S; 4.7m E-W; H 0.23m) enclosed by a water-logged fosse (Wth 1.6m; D 0.26m) and well-preserved outer bank (Wth 1.9m; H 0.3m), partially denuded in the SE quadrant. There are three stones embedded in the N half of the central mound which appear to be set on edge, possibly indicating the presence of a cist (TN039-038002). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- TN039-038002 Cist
Description
Situated on a break in an E-facing slope in upland terrain, under pasture. Extensive views in all directions except upslope to SW. A circular Aring-barrow (TN039-038001) consisting of a central mound enclosed by a water-logged fosse and well-preserved outer bank, partially denuded in the SE quadrant. There are three stones embedded in the N half of the central mound which appear to be set on edge, possibly indicating the presence of a cist. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- TN039-049 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
Situated in wet marshy pasture, atop low hillock with good views of Devils Bit to NE in mountian valley running NE-Sw in upland region. Well preserved possible ditch-barrow consisting of a circular mound (top diam. 9m NW-SE; base diam. 13m NW-SE; H 0.3m) and fosse (base Wth 5m; top Wth 9m; ext. D 0.45m) with no traces of an outer bank. Overall diameter measures 31m NW-SE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shevry.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Shevry, 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 Shevry.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Shevry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Shevry · Seithe Bhreighe
- Area
- 3,873,370 m² (387.34 ha, 957.13 acres)
- Civil parish
- Upperchurch, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Upper
- Electoral division
- Upperchurch, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 311 people lived in 115 households in the Upperchurch electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cooga, Curraghduff, Curraghnatinny, Dooree Commons, Gleninchnaveigh, Graniera, Knockcurraghbola Commons, Roan
- Placenames
- Shevry 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.