Tigroney West
Townland in the civil parish of Castlemacadam, barony of Arklow, Co. Wicklow; in Irish Teach gCróinín Thiar
- Area
- 150.8 ha
- 373 acres
- Land parcels
- 74
- registered freehold, median 5,442 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tigroney West, from 121 m² to 88,208 m² (8.82 ha, 21.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 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 Tigroney West 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 May 2023Refused
detached single storey timber clad cabin for office and gym to rear/side of existing house along with associated ancillary works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 23430
22 Feb 2023Conditional
proposed two storey extension to dwelling and to upgrade the existing sewage treatment system
Permission · Wicklow County Council, 23163
10 Dec 2021Conditional
1 bedroom apartment, 3 no. agricultural sheds, utility and toy store. Permission is also sought for the removal of condition no. 2 from grant of permission 96/4273 and all associated site works
Retention · Wicklow County Council, 211478
7 Sept 2020Unconditional
extend the appropriate period of a permission - 15/473 - Engineering and Public Health & Safety works on a site at East Avoca Mines including (1) re-routing of existing electricity line to run underground along the access road to the east of the site and removal of the pylon located within the site (2) stabilisation, safety and drainage works at the “850 Adit” including rehabilitation and reconstruction of the entrance portal and first 30m (approximately) of the adit, provision of new gates and provision of a 750m long (approximately) drainage pipeline on the floor of the existing adit to address existing safety, structural , environment and drainage issues (3) restoration and stabilisation works to the “Ore Bins” and the adjacent crib wall to address existing structural and safety issues (4) minor protection works to the exposed portal of the “Upper Flat Rod Tunnel” adjacent to the Ore Bins to ensure earthworks in the area do not impact on its integrity or setting (5) development of a surface and underground drainage network on the road to the rear of the site and across the spoil heap to facilitate improved site drainage (6) stabilisation and re-grading of the spoil heaps and embankments, capping of the spoil heaps and landscaping works to facilitate the movement of surface water, to protect human health through the prevention of direct contact and/or airborne inhalation to minimise pollution of adjacent watercourses, and (7) ancillary site development works at the site. Without prejudice the Minister is also seeking retention permission in relation to works to the spoil heaps and associated ground adjacent to the railway line. All of the proposed works relate to the Protected Structure “East Avoca Mines” at Tigroney West (Wicklow County Development Plan Reference PS35-13) which includes features described as “ The flat rod tunnels , spoil heaps and associated disturbed ground AO
Extension of duration · Wicklow County Council, 20880
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Tigroney West.
Recorded monuments
- WI035-030001 Church
Description
Situated in a natural hollow with a steep downhill slope (to the Avoca river) immediately to the W of the site. No visible trace of the church site mentioned by Price (1967, 467), said to have been founded here by Palladius. A holy well (Tobernacla, WI035-030002-), which is marked on both editions of the OS 6-inch map is located in nearby rock outcrop. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI035-030002 Ritual site - holy well
Description
Situated in a steep NE-facing rock outcrop, near a possible church site (WI035-030001-). Natural spring surrounded by boulders; recently tidied and embellished. Marked as 'Tobernacla' on 1838 OS 6-inch map, possibly tobar na cloiche or 'well of the stones'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
- WI035-066 Mound
Description
Situated on the highest point of the shoulder of a hill that rises to the NE with good views to the NW to Croghan Moira and the SW to Croghan Kinsella. A grass covered mound (diam. 15m; H 0.6m) composed primarily of earth but some stone also visible. A field boundary (running NW-SE) skirts the SW edge of the mound. Compiled by: Chris Corlett and Claire Breen Date of upload: 06 March 2013
Architectural heritage
- Avoca Copper and Sulphur Mines, mine/pit, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
Description
Ruins of various copper and sulphur mainly open cast mines, established c.1850. The grouping comprises now mainly ruinous buildings tall industrial chimneys and various tramways. The buildings are all roofless and are constructed in granite while the chimneys are constructed either in brick or a mixture of brick and stone. Large scars are still visible across the landscape.
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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3292 (ZIP).
- 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 Tigroney West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.
The townland
- Name
- Tigroney West · Teach gCróinín Thiar
- Area
- 1,507,708 m² (150.77 ha, 372.56 acres)
- Civil parish
- Castlemacadam, and its townlands
- Barony
- Arklow
- Electoral division
- Cronebane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Cronebane electoral division: 533 people in 195 households; 88% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygahan Lower, Castlehoward, Cherrymount, Cronebane, Kilcashel, Knockanode, Tigroney East
- Placenames
- Tigroney West 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.