Cloghbally Upper

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghbally Upper, from 50 m² to 156,901 m² (15.69 ha, 38.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• P5RA - Rural Area (Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural')
  Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027, Meath · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 26 May 2023Conditional

  to construct a 4 bed type Bungalow,Domestic Garage, To upgrade existing entrance on the main road to access a laneway leading to a new proposed private entrance to access proposed site also new BAF Sewage Treatment System with percolation area and with all ancillary site works. Note: the existing entrance enters the townlands of Rantavan & Cloghbally Upper

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2360035

• 10 Dec 2021Refused

  for development consisting of constructing a single storied dwelling house and detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area and to make a new entrance onto the cul-de-sac laneway along with all ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 21747

• 1 Feb 2021Conditional

  to construct a detached domestic garage (in a revised position from that granted previously under planning application ref.no. 03/582) together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2138

• 30 Sept 2020Conditional

  to revise the site boundaries and the site layout from that previously granted under Planning Reference no. 20/73 and which will include relocating the position of the proposed percolation area to the North side of the house and site along with all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 20427

• 4 Mar 2020Conditional

  of (A) the construction of extensions to the sides and rear of existing single storied dwelling along with elevational changes. (B) the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment unit to the rear of the dwelling along with ancillary site works and PERMISSION to relocate the existing percolation area at the rear of the house along with all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2073

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) SAC 000006
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally) 000006

Recorded monuments

• CV044-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int diam. c. 28m) enclosed by a low earthen bank and traces of a possible fosse. Break in bank at SE may represent original entrance. A slight earth and stone bank with a short segment of scarp set at a right angle to its SW side, runs through the interior in a NW-SE direction. At NNE a broad ramp-like feature leads up to the top of the bank from the internal area. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV044-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the W shoulder of a high drumlin ridge. A slight scarp traceable from W-NW-N is the only surviving surface indication of the site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

• CV044-024 Souterrain
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Cloghbally Upper.

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.

• Cloghbally Upper, Mullagh5 sales

Name

Cloghbally Upper · Cloch Bhaile Uachtarach

Area

3,770,900 m² (377.09 ha, 931.81 acres)

Civil parish

Mullagh, and its townlands

Barony

Castlerahan

Electoral division

Virginia, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Virginia electoral division: 5,210 people in 1,733 households; 68% of households own their home; 56% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghbally Lower, Cloghballybeg, Fartagh, Feegat (Co. Meath), Leitrim, Rantavan

Placenames

Cloghbally Upper 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.