Carrigbrack
Carrigbrack is a townland in the civil parish of Seskinan, barony of Decies Without Drum, Co. Waterford. Its name in Irish is An Charraig Bhreac.
- Area
- 293.1 ha
- 724 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 1,464,997 m² (146.5 ha, 362.01 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrigbrack, from 1,450,527 m² (145.05 ha, 358.43 acres) to 1,479,467 m² (147.95 ha, 365.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 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 Carrigbrack 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
5 Nov 2021Conditional
the RETENTION of an existing lattice type meteorological mast, 80m in height and associated instruments the nature of proposed use of the structure is to measure local climatic conditions. Permission is sought for a period of 12 months. RETENTION of the meteorological mast for an additional 12 months to facilitate the collection of a sufficient duration of meteorological data to inform a wind resource assessment for the site. The mast was erected on site as exempted development pursuant to Class 20(A), Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001 (as amended)
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 211029
17 Jun 2021N/a
RETENTION Permission of an existing lattice type meteorological mast, 80m in height and associated instruments the nature of proposed use of the structure is to measure local climatic conditions. Permission is sought for a period of 5 years. The mast was erected on site as exempted development pursuant to Class 20(A), Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001 (as amended).
Retention · Waterford City and County Council, 21565
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Comeragh Mountains SAC 001952
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Comeragh Mountains 001952
Recorded monuments
- WA014-030001 Fulacht fia
Description
Situated at the bottom of a gentle SW- and W-facing slope with the E-W Coumduane Stream c. 60m to the S. A U-shaped, heather-covered mound (dims. 13.5m NE-SW; 6m NW-SE; max. H 1m) is open to the SE and adjacent to a small pond or quarry. It is within a field system (WA014-003003-) and cairnfield (WA014-030002-). 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010
- WA014-030002 Cairnfield
Description
Situated at the bottom of a gentle SW- and W-facing slope with the E-W Coumduane Stream to the S. The fulacht fia (WA014-030001-) and field boundaries (WA014-030003-) are associated with c. 40 cairns (diam. c. 5-6m; H 0.3-0.6m) placed 10-20m apart and covering an area of c. 1 ha. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010
- WA014-030003 Field boundary
Description
Situated at the bottom of a gentle SW- and W-facing slope with the E-W Coumduane Stream to the S. Fulacht fia (WA014-030001-) is within a field system comprising two stone walls (Wth c. 3m; L 60m and 50m respectively), which approach each other at right angles. The cairns of cairnfield (WA014-030002-) are also in the area. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010
- WA014-053 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated in rough pasture on the E bank of the Colligan River in the upper valley. This is a two-room structure (ext. dims. 8m N-S; 2.4m E-W) defined by a stone wall-footing. There is no visible entrance. This area has been reclaimed since 1993 and it was not recognised in 2011. 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrigbrack.
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 Carrigbrack, 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 Carrigbrack.
- 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 Carrigbrack with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Carrigbrack · An Charraig Bhreac
- Area
- 2,930,591 m² (293.06 ha, 724.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Seskinan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Decies Without Drum
- Electoral division
- Knockaunbrandaun, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 209 people lived in 71 households in the Knockaunbrandaun electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Barracree, Barracreemountain Upper, Bleantasourmountain, Coumnagappul, Cutteen North, Glennaneane, Glennaneanemountain, Tooreenmountain
- Placenames
- Carrigbrack 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.