Land for sale

A traditional hill farm in the highlands, extending to about 102.52ha (253.33 acres) of grazing land and woodland.

Additional Hill land, 791.98 hectares (1,957 acres), and arable land, 32.38 hectares (80 acres), are available to let to the incoming purchaser by separate negotiation.

Lot 2: 102.52 ha (253.33 acres) of grazing land and woodland

Additional Hill land, 791.98 hectares (1,957 acres), and arable land, 32.38 hectares (80 acres), are available to let to the incoming purchaser by separate negotiation.

Lot 2 (delineated and coloured green on the sales plan): Parcels 1-12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24-35 extending to about 102.52 ha (253.33 acres) of grass and woodland.

Land
Overall, the land extends to 102.52 ha (253.33 acres) or thereby and comprises 33.65 ha (83.15 acres) of permanent pasture, 55.05 ha (136.03 acres) of rough gazing/hill land, 10.96 ha (27.08 acres) of commercial forestry, and 2.86 ha (7.07 acres) native woodland.

The land is classified by the James Hutton Institute of Soil Research as Class 5 (3) and 6(2) and 6(3) with gradient limitations. As such the land is predominantly rough grazing and permanent grass with parcels 7, 9, 11, 17 and 24 being capable of producing a silage crop. The land has been registered as organic for over 25 years.

The land has been registered organic since 1998 and attracts an Organic Maintenance Scheme payment. In addition to this, the property also qualifies for payments under the AECS scheme.

The land is designated Severely Disadvantaged LFA, is IACS registered, and is eligible for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Less Favoured Area Support Scheme. The majority of the lands lies within Payment Region 1 (55.38ha) with some areas Region 2 (40.97ha) and 0 (6.78ha). BPS entitlements will not be included in the sale, but may be available by separate negotiation.

The soils are humus-iron podzols of the Strichen series.

There is the opportunity to lease a further 809.39 ha (2000ac) of hill land and 32.38 hectares (80 acres) of arable land for the right applicant with the option to purchase 700 hefted Blackface ewes and 200 hoggs by separate negotiation.

Woodland
There are three blocks of commercial forestry on Lurgan. Parcel one totals 5.89 ha (14.55 acres) and is planted in approximately half sitka spruce half Norway spruce. Parcel 15 totals 2.4 ha (5.93 acres) and is planted mainly in sitka spruce with some hybrid larch throughout and native planting at the margins. Parcel 33 is 2.67 ha (6.60 acres) and is largely sitka spruce with some mature native trees throughout.

There are five areas of native woodland on Lurgan which are largely young birch and rowan with some mature scots pine scattered throughout.

Historic Designations
Lurgan has a number of historic environment designations and three scheduled monuments relating to cup marked stones. These sites would restrict development or woodland planting in the immediate vicinity of these features.