Glenpatrick
Townland in the civil parish of Rathgormuck, barony of Upperthird, Co. Waterford; in Irish Gleann Phádraig
- Area
- 770.7 ha
- 1,904 acres
- Land parcels
- 34
- registered freehold, median 13,642 m² (1.36 ha, 3.37 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenpatrick, from 1,495 m² to 5,288,410 m² (528.84 ha, 1,306.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Glenpatrick 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
30 Sept 2021Conditional
for the partial demolition of a dwelling, demolition of a garage and the construction of a single storey extension and garage and all associated site works at
Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 21913
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
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Toor Wood 001708
Recorded monuments
- WA002-011 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope. A mace-head, a highly polished ceremonial Neolithic artefact almost invariably associated with ritual monuments, was found here (NMI file). According to O'Floinn (pers. comm.) a circular ditched area 50ft [15.2m] in diameter was visible when the field was ploughed in 1986. This monument is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 February 2013
- WA002-029 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the base of a severe NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 39m NW-SE; 34m NE-SW) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.6-1.1m; ext. H 1.8-2m) with traces of external stone-facing. An outer fosse (Wth 3-6m; D 0.4-1.1m) which is slightly round-bottomed NW-SE, does not survive SE-NW where the bank is incorporated into a field boundary. The entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at ENE. 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
- WA002-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the base of a severe NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 32m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3-5m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1-1.4m) best preserved NW-SE, which is incorporated into a field bank elsewhere distorting the shape of the site. The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at NW. A rath (WA002-031----) is c. 50m to the NE. 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
- WA002-031001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated at the base of a severe NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 35m) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 4.5-6m; int. H 0.2m at NE (downslope) to 0.7m elsewhere; ext. H 1.4-1.8m) with a slightly flat-bottomed outer fosse (Wth of top 5.5-7m; Wth at base 1.5m; D 1.2-1.8m) and an external bank (Wth 3-4m; ext. H 0.5-1m). The entrance through the inner (Wth 2.4) and outer (Wth 3m) banks with a causeway (Wth 4.2m) is at ENE. A rectangular house site (ext. dims. 16.3m x 8m) defined by wall footings (Wth 0.7-1m), with possible entrances (Wth 2m) in each of the long sides, is NW of the centre. A NE-SW field bank incorporates the inner bank W-N. A rath (WA002-030----) is c. 50m to the SW. 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
- WA002-031002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Situated at the base of a severe NE-facing slope of the Comeragh Mountains. There is a rectangular house site (ext. dims. 16.3m ENE-WSW; 8m NNW-SSE) defined by wall footings (Wth 0.7-1m), with possible entrances (Wth 2m) in each of the long sides, NW of the centre of rath (WA002-031001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 20th July, 2010.
- WA002-032001 Church
Description
Marked 'site of Burial Ground' only on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and identified as the early church site of Aughnacilla by Power (1952, 415). Situated on level ground at the W side of a S-N stream, it is not visible at ground level and the location is not precisely known. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. 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
- WA002-032002 Burial ground
Description
Marked 'site of Burial Ground' only on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and identified as the early church site of Aughnacilla by Power (1952, 415). Situated on level ground at the W side of a S-N stream, it is not visible at ground level and the location is not precisely known. Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press. 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
- WA002-075 House - indeterminate date
Description
Located on a gentle N-facing, heather-covered slope at the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. It is not recorded on any map. The foundations of four rectangular cells (int. dims. c. 5m x 6m), three with direct access to the outside, form a terrace (dims. 26m NW-SE; 7m NE-SW; H c. 0.5m) protected by an adjacent wall on all sides except the NE where there is evidence of yards extending from the houses (L 10m). 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
- WA002-080 Cairn - unclassified
Description
Located at the summit of Shauneenabreaga Mountain. This is a cairn (diam. 11m; H 0.5-1.6m) with a windbreak and a pyramid of stones erected on top of it. 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
- WA002-082 House - indeterminate date
Description
This may be one of three structures in this area marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Located in pasture on a gentle NW-facing slope at the foothills of the Comeragh Mountains. The foundations of a rectangular two-room structure (ext. dims. 11m NW-SE; 6m NE-SW) are visible as indistinct, grass-covered earthen mounds with some evidence of stone wall-footings. There is an entrance (Wth 2m) to the larger room on the NE wall, and from this room an entrance (Wth 0.5m) to the SE room, which also has direct external access (Wth 1m) on its SE wall. 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: 27 October 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Glenpatrick.
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 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 Glenpatrick.
- 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 Glenpatrick with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.
The townland
- Name
- Glenpatrick · Gleann Phádraig
- Area
- 7,706,596 m² (770.66 ha, 1,904.34 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rathgormuck, and its townlands
- Barony
- Upperthird
- Electoral division
- Gurteen, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Gurteen electoral division: 383 people in 136 households; 89% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boola, Coolishal, Curraghkiely, Glennanore, Knocknaree, Poulavone, Toor
- Placenames
- Glenpatrick 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.