Tober

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tober, from 247 m² to 435,121 m² (43.51 ha, 107.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Tober 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.

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  demolish existing single-storey side extension to existing semi-detached single storey dwelling and to erect a replacement storey and a half side extension, new on site wastewater treatment system. Also to relocate existing on site entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 25170

• 28 Oct 2025N/a

  to demolish existing single storey side extension to existing semi-detached single storey dwelling and to erect a replacement storey and a half side extension , new onsite waste- water treatment system. Also to relocate existing onsite entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 25156

• 8 Sept 2025Conditional

  to construct a cubicle house with slatted Tank, Silage pit with effluent tank and ancillary works

  Permission · Waterford City and County Council, 25129

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  Retention of 1. Conversion of 1st floor attic space to habitable space consisting of 2.no. bedrooms and en-suites. 2. Side elevation porch projection to existing sunroom. Also Permission to install 2.no. velux roof windows to rear elevation.

  Retention, 1 home · Waterford City and County Council, 221061

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tober.

Recorded monuments

• WA028-002001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N with the W-E river c. 1.7km to the N. Circular grass-covered area (diam. 64m E-W; 62m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 2m at N (downslope) to 1.5m at S), with an outer round-bottomed fosse (Wth at base c. 3m; ext. D 0.5-1m) and outer scrub-covered bank (Wth 4m; max. ext. H 0.5m) NW-NE. Tobar Mocuda, which was venerated in May until the late 19th century (OS Name Books), is a pond (diam. 3.5m; D 0.5m) adjacent to the NW, but 'St Carthage's Stone Altar' which is described as a piece of masonry outside the bank at N (ibid.) can no longer be found. A children's burial ground is within the enclosure. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-002002 Altar
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N, and just outside the perimeter of rath (WA028-002001-) at NW. 'St Carthage's Stone Altar' which is described as a piece of masonry outside the bank (OS Name Book, 53) can no longer be found. Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-002003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N. Tobar Mocuda, which was venerated in May until the late 19th century (OS Name Books), is a pond (diam. 3.5m; D 0.5m) adjacent to the NW edge of rath (WA028-002001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

• WA028-002004 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of a plateau overlooking the Blackwater river valley to the N, and within rath (WA028-002001-), abutting the bank at S. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by the remains of an earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; H 1.5m) with no visible fosse or entrance. It contained grave-markers and mounds (OS Name Book, 54) but these are no longer visible. 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. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Tober.

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

At the centre of the townland of Tober, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1500 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Tober with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Waterford.

Name

Tober · An Tobar

Area

865,510 m² (86.55 ha, 213.87 acres)

Civil parish

Lismore and Mocollop, and its townlands

Barony

Coshmore and Coshbride

Electoral division

Castlerichard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

494 people lived in 178 households in the Castlerichard electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyduff Upper, Coolydoody, Coolydoody North, Shean More

Placenames

Tober 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.