# Silverfort, Co. Tipperary: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Magorban, barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Garraí an Stocadúnaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 937,747 m² (93.77 ha, 231.72 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,499 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Magorban, https://everytownland.com/tipperary/parish/magorban.md
- Barony: Middlethird
- Electoral division: Ardsallagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 470 people lived in 167 households in the Ardsallagh electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Tipperary, https://everytownland.com/tipperary.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/47478
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 212959
- Centre: latitude 52.527303, longitude -7.763012 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Silverfort, from 93 m² to 35,406 m² (3.54 ha, 8.75 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 586249: 35,406 m² (3.54 ha, 8.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/586249.md
- Parcel 563532: 29,386 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/563532.md
- Parcel 563029: 25,919 m² (2.59 ha, 6.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/563029.md
- Parcel 587877: 21,091 m² (2.11 ha, 5.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/587877.md
- Parcel 496794: 14,586 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/496794.md
- Parcel 509589: 9,227 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/509589.md
- Parcel 555986: 4,539 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/555986.md
- Parcel 542751: 4,499 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/542751.md
- Parcel 4639937: 4,428 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4639937.md
- Parcel 2884247: 4,078 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2884247.md
- Parcel 4639933: 3,394 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4639933.md
- Parcel 496664: 2,581 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/496664.md
- Parcel 517632: 2,437 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/517632.md
- Parcel 5415391: 1,738 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5415391.md
- Parcel 499649: 93 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/499649.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Silverfort 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Silverfort in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## 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 Silverfort.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- TS061-053: Mill - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS061-053----. In improved pasture, on an E-facing slope. Mill buildings called 'Old Mill' are depicted on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map with the mill, aligned N-S, depicted on the E side of the mill pond and another building to the NE aligned E-W. The mill pond consists of an oval area (dims. 48m E-W; 28m N-S) cut into hillslope on W-half and raised on E-half to create a level interior. Interior defined by face of cutting (scarp Wth 7.9m; D 2.95m) SW-NW and by bank (overall Wth 6.4m; Wth at top 1.0m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.9m) NW-N and ESE-SW where it is best preserved. Bank (overall Wth 13.6m; Wth at top 3m; int. H 1.55m; ext. H 3.9m) has a counter scarp and is very steep on exterior N-ESE, where it has been raised highest to compensate for hillslope. Fosse (overall Wth 4.6m; basal Wth 2.2m; D 1.1m) E-SW appears to have been re-cut and terminates at large bank of earth at SW. Outer bank (overall Wth 4.45m; Wth at top 0.4m; int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.5m) E-SW. A gap (Wth 3.5m) in inner bank at S may be later. Interior is sunken, level and poorly drained; Gap (Wth 2m) at E allows water drain to exterior. Causeway (Wth 6m) at NW allows access into a roughly triangular area (dims. 18m N-S; 14m E-W across centre) defined by bank (overall Wth 4.8m; Wth at top 2.2m; int. H 0.55m; ext. max. H 1.25m) to W (L 18m) and short return to E, on S-side (total L 16m). Bank (overall Wth 14.6m; Wth at top 5.1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m) defines eastern side (L 26m). Fosse (overall Wth 5.15m; basal Wth 2.6m; D 1.35m) along W-side. Causewayed entrance (Wth 6m) at S, providing access to mill pond. Interior is flat bottomed (basal Wth 8m) and poorly drained. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS061-065001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS061-065001-. In improved pasture, on a SE-facing slope. Barely traceable remains of circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by faint outline of fosse. Depicted on 1st (1840) and 2nd (1952-4) eds OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular area (map dims. c. 54m N-S; c. 56m E-W). A sketch plan and profiles drawn in 1954 depict a roughly circular monument enclosed by a bank (Field memorandum files). In 1982 it is described by Cahill (1982, R415) as being 'in fair condition with one bank and one ditch'. Ringfort (TS061-065002-) is c. 8m to S. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS061-065002: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS061-065002-. In improved pasture, on a SE-facing slope. Barely traceable remains of circular area (diam. c. 25m) defined by faint outline of fosse. Trace of linear field fence (long-axis ENE-WSW) truncates monument off-centre to S. Depicted on 1st (1840) and 2nd (1952-4) eds OS 6-inch map as a semi-circular area (map dims. c. 47m ENE-WSW; c. 30m NNW-SSE) truncated by a field fence to which runs ENE-WSW. It is similarly depicted in a sketch plan with sections drawn in 1954 (OS Field Memorandums). Described by Cahill (1982, R414) as being 'in fair condition with one bank and one ditch, disturbed by field fence to S'. Ringfort (TS061-065001-) is c. 8m to N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
- TS061-066: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CTS061-066----. In improved pasture on a gentle SE-facing slope. No visible surface trace. Depicted on 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as an oval area (dims. c. 15m E-W; c. 10m N-S). This feature is depicted as a pond on the 1952/1954 OS 6-inch revision and survives as a pond. As there are a number of associated designed landscape features, particularly tree-rings, within Silverfort demesne this could be a landscape feature. However, it is also possile that this is an earlier enclosure which was excavated post 1840 to create a pond. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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)

- Silverfort House, country house, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 22206105, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TS&regno=22206105. Detached five-bay three-storey over basement country house, built c. 1800, having central porch addition to front, with three-bay full-height return and three-bay three-storey addition to rear, latter supporting cast-iron water tank. Hipped slate roof to main block and return with overhanging sheeted eaves, moulded eaves course and rendered chimneystacks, with lean-to slate roof to addition. Rendered walls to front and west end elevations, lined-and-ruled render to east and roughcast render to rear. Square-headed openings, end windows of front façade being paired, with timber sliding sash windows to lower floors and having timber casement windows to second floor, all with limestone sills. Six-over-six pane windows to first floor and two-over-two pane to ground floor. East elevation has some blind openings to south end bay, barred windows to basement and round-headed first floor window to north end bay, latter being tripartite with slender round-profile mullions to fixed timber lights. Variety of timber sliding sash windows to rear elevation. Glazed timber porch with chamfered support posts, glazed roof and glazed timber double doors with paned overlight, accessed by flight of ashlar limestone steps over area. Round-headed door opening to interior, with spoked fanlight over timber panelled door and sidelights. Pair of three-bay former workers' houses to west, now outbuilding, having pitched slate roof, coursed rubble limestone and sandstone walls, square-headed openings with mainly three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills and brick voussoirs, and square-headed openings with replacement timber doors. Yard to rear of house accessed by segmental-headed doorway and segmental-arched carriage entrance with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs, timber battened double doors and with pitched slate coping to latter entrance. Cobblestone surface in situ. Four-bay two-storey former outbuilding to east, now house, having single-storey single-bay addition to north, with pitched slate roof and brick chimneystack, coursed rubble sandstone and limestone walls, square-headed openings with recent two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills and segmental-arched carriage entrance, with roughly dressed sandstone and limestone voussoirs having glazed timber door to centre. Road entrance has square-profile rendered piers with ball finial caps and sweeping rendered plinth with balustrades and rendered coping terminating in second pair of piers.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Silverfort, about 1 in 10 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Silverfort.
- 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/silverfort.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/silverfort.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/silverfort.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Silverfort 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)

- Ballaghboy: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballaghboy-210081.md
- Ballyherberry: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/ballyherberry.md
- Curraghtarsna: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/curraghtarsna.md
- Foulkstown: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/foulkstown.md
- Kilballyherberry: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/kilballyherberry.md
- Magorban: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/magorban.md
- Woodhouse: https://everytownland.com/tipperary/woodhouse.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.

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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/silverfort
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