Caherbaun

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbaun, from 606 m² to 268,344 m² (26.83 ha, 66.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Caherbaun 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Caherbaun 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.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Suir SAC 002137

Recorded monuments

• WA001-019001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. Circular scrub-covered area (diam. 35m) defined by a slight earthen bank (int. H 0.3m) NE-SE and a complete flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5-7m; Wth at base 1.5-2m; int. D 1.2-1.5m; ext. D 0.3-0.7m). A sunken area (L 8m; Wth 2-3m; D 0.5-1m) with cairn material in the interior may be a souterrain or a quarry. The entrance (Wth 3.3m) and causeway (Wth 5m) are at SE. A rath (WA001-020----) is c. 50m to the E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

• WA001-019002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on a low E-W ridge. A sunken area (L 8m; Wth 2-3m; D 0.5-1m) with cairn material in the interior of rath (WA001-019001-) may be a souterrain or a quarry. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 20 July 2010

• WA001-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of an E-W ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (diam. 29m E-W; 28m N-S) defined by an earthen bank N-SW, which is best preserved at N (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m), and a slight berm (Wth 4m) marked by vegetation change SW-N. There is no visible fosse, but the entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at E. A rath (WA001-019----) is c. 50m to the W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Architectural heritage

• Farm house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, c.1850, retaining early fenestration. Renovated, c.1950, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting lower porch added to centre. Now disused and part derelict. Pitched slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, rendered squat chimney stacks, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Flat concrete roof to porch. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls to front (south) elevation with limewashed lime rendered walls to remainder over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled door. Set back from line of road in own grounds on elevated base with concrete forecourt having limewashed random rubble stone boundary wall with rendered pier, and hoop iron gate. (ii) Detached four-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850, at right angle to south-east enclosing forecourt with square-headed carriageway to right, and single-bay single-storey lean-to end bay to right (south). Now disused. Pitched slate roof (lean-to to end bay) with red clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, timber lintels, and timber fittings including 1/1 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door. Square-headed carriageway with timber lintel, and no fittings. (iii) Detached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1850, at right angle to south-west enclosing forecourt. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed slit-style window openings. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door.

• Farm house, 1830–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, c.1840. Renovated and extended, c.1940, comprising two-bay single-storey lean-to return to west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lean-to corrugated-asbestos roof to return with rendered coping, and timber eaves. Painted roughcast wall to front (east) elevation with painted rendered walls to remainder, and unpainted roughcast walls to return. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, rendered surrounds, and replacement 1/1 timber sash windows, c.1940. Square-headed door opening with rendered surround, and timber boarded door. Set back from road in own grounds with concrete forecourt having limewashed random rubble stone boundary wall with rubble stone piers having rendered pyramidal capping, and wrought iron double gates. (ii) Attached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1840, at right angles to south-east. Reroofed, c.1940. Pitched roof with replacement corrugated-iron, c.1940, iron ridge tiles, rendered coping, and no rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed door openings with timber lintels, and timber boarded doors. (iii) Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1890, to north-west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered squared rubble stone eaves. Limewashed random rubble stone walls. Square-headed door opening with timber lintel, and timber boarded door.

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 10 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 Caherbaun.

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 Caherbaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Caherbaun · An Chathair Bhán

Area

657,525 m² (65.75 ha, 162.48 acres)

Civil parish

Inishlounaght, and its townlands

Barony

Glenahiry

Electoral division

Kilmacomma, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmacomma electoral division: 464 people in 172 households; 82% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glenabbey, Kilmacomma, Russellstown, Russellstown New

Placenames

Caherbaun 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.