Caherblonick North

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherblonick North, from 591 m² to 303,492 m² (30.35 ha, 74.99 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Caherblonick North 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.

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, garage, entrance, wastewater, treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560204

• 1 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a new single storey porch and single storey extension to the side of an existing dwelling, modifications to the existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2360459

• 9 Jun 2023N/a

  to contract a dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, bored well, effluent treatment system including all ancillary site works and services

  Outline permission · Clare County Council, 23334

• 2 Nov 2020Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20799

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 Caherblonick North.

Recorded monuments

• CL016-090 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a slight E-facing slope, on the floor of an E-W valley, in pasture. Named ‘Parknahilly Grave Yd.’ on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and ‘Parknahilly Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1916 ed., where it is depicted as an unenclosed roughly rectangular area extending to the S of a field boundary. Listed as ‘Burial ground’ in the RMP (1996). This trapezoidal-shaped children's burial ground (max. L 14.5m; Wth of N side 14.5m; Wth of S side 20.8m) is defined by a drystone field boundary along the N side. The foundations of a later field wall cross its S extent. The E and W sides are unenclosed but another more recent N-S running field boundary is visible beyond the W limits. Burials are marked by uninscribed stones, a number of which are not set into the ground. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-090----_01.jpg View from E Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload 22 June 2022

• CL016-091 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a N-facing slope with limited views. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1905, 209) as ‘much levelled’. An almost circular cashel (est. dims. 36m N-S; 35.6m E-W) defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth 1.7-2.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.6m) with a rubble core. The core material has been removed from SW to NW and some of it has been placed on top of the wall-faces. A drystone wall has been built along the outer wall-face from N to E. Gaps at E and NW are not original. Apart from dense external scrub between N and E, the wall is clear of overgrowth. The remains of an 18th/19th-century house (CL016-091003-) are visible immediately outside it at SW and the further remains of three similar houses (CL016-091002-, CL016-091004- and CL016-091005-) are located and c. 15m to the W, c. 53m to the WNW and c. 54m to the NW respectively. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-091----_01.jpg. Almost vertical aerial view. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 28 July 2022

• CL016-091002 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope. The grass-covered remains of a three-roomed house, aligned E-W (ext. dims. 24.4m E-W; 6m N-S; wall Wth up to 0.9m; H up to 0.7m) surviving best at the E end. The central room (Wth 3.4m) may have been an entrance hall. On inspection in 1998 this was deemed to be 18th/19th century in date. The remains of two other houses (CL016-091004-, and CL016-091005-) lie c. 15m to the W and the three houses appear to have been built around a square. A cashel lies 15m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 July 2016

• CL016-091003 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated 1m outside the SW outer face of a cashel wall (CL016-091001-). A rectangular house site (int. dims. 3.8m NW-SE; 3.4m NE-SW; wall H 0.3m; Wth 1m). Three 18th/19th century houses (CL016-091002, CL016-091004- and CL016-091005-) lie c. 15m to the W and this house may be associated. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 July 2016

• CL016-091004 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope. The grass-covered remains of a one-roomed house, aligned N-S (ext. dims. 8m E-W; 9.8m N-S; max. wall H 0.4m at S). On inspection in 1998 this was deemed to be 18th/19th century in date. The remains of another house (CL016-091005-) lie 2m to the N and a three-roomed house (CL016-091002-) lies c. 15m to the E. The three houses appear to have been built around a square. A cashel lies 50m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 July 2016

• CL016-091005 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated on a N-facing slope. The grass-covered remains of a one-roomed house, aligned E-W (ext. dims. c. 12m E-W; 8.2m N-S). The W edge extends out to NW. On inspection in 1998 this was deemed to be 18th/19th century in date. The remains of another house (CL016-091004-) lie 2m to the S and a three-roomed house (CL016-091002-) lies c. 15m to the E. The three houses appear to have been built around a square. A cashel lies 50m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 July 2016

• CL016-093 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On the N-facing S slopes of the shallow basin of the River Fergus c. 35m to the W of a cashel (CL016-094----). Views are limited except to the NE where the E Burren hills are visible. Indicated on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and named ‘Dermot & Grania’s Bed’ on the 1916 ed. Referred to by Westropp (1905, 210-11) as ‘Labba’ or ‘Lobba yermuth’ and described as tapered and sloping to the E (L 4.5-4.8m) with an ESE-WNW axis. He described the S sidestone (L 3.07m; Wth 1.3m; T 0.18-0.24m) as having a hole in its side and the W extent is identified as an entrance. Westropp later (1906, 465) describes the site as ‘collapsed’. Recorded in the Megalithic Survey as CL.64 (De Valera and Ó’Nualláin 1961, 53) with the following details. A wedge tomb with a WNW-ESE aligned chamber (L c. 3.5m; Wth c. 2m) which has been cut by the base of a stone fence at SE. The N side of the chamber comprises a single slab (max. L c. 5m; max. H c. 1.5m; T 0.2-0.25m) which has collapsed outwards and broken into two pieces. The S side of the chamber comprises a single slab that has broken into two pieces. The W portion of the S sidestone (L 3.15m; H 1.35m at W; H 1.15 at E; T 0.15m) leans outwards and is chipped along its top edge (L 2.8m). The E portion of the S sidestone (L 2.1m; max. H 0.9m; T 0.15m) is out of line with the W portion and a stone set outside and to the W (L 0.9m; H 0.3m; T 0.2m) may be a packing-stone or an outer wall stone. The W extent of the chamber comprises a single slab (L 1.5m; H 1.35m; T 0.15-0.2m) which leans outwards. The top end of this stone is level with the height of the W portion of the S sidestone. A broken slab in the chamber may be a portion of the roofstone. The backstone in the E (L 1.3m; T 0.1-0.15m; max. H c. 1m) leans to the S and a broken slab (L 2.05m; Wth c. 0.75m; T 0.15m) which leans against it may be another portion of the roof-slab. Two stones located 1.7m to the E of the backstone may be all that remain of an outer wall. Both the N stone (L 0.5m; H 0.2m; T 0.1m) and the S stone (L 0.95m; H 0.4m; T 0.2m) lean heavily towards the E. The following items have been uploaded: CL016-093----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) CL016-093----_01.jpg View of wedge tomb from SW. Date of upload: 28 December 2011

• CL016-094 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  At the outer edge of a slight shelf on a N-facing slope in undulating pastureland. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Described by Westropp (1905, 209-210) as ‘a well-built ringwall of excellent masonry … with the unusual features of several pairs of upright joints, each divided by a line of single blocks’ and it had ‘a bold batter’. Traces of a gateway were evident at E. The foundations of two hut sites were noted in the interior, one at NW, the other near the gate, and slight traces of ‘other enclosures’ were also evident. This oval cashel (ext. dims. 45.2m N-S; 43.3m E-W) is defined by a stone spread best preserved from SW to N to E; from E to S it is less substantial (Wth 5m) and is flush with the interior. The outer wall-facing, reduced to one course, can be traced virtually all around it. A drystone field wall (H 1-2m) has been built over it from SW to N to E. On field inspection in 1998, the base-batter noted by Westropp (ibid.) was faintly visible but there was no trace of the gateway or the hut sites (CL016-094001-; CL016-094002-). Two field walls crossed the interior and met to the N of the centre. A wedge tomb (CL016-093----) is located c. 35m to the W. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-094----_01.jpg Aerial view from SE Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 22 June 2022

• CL016-094001 Hut site
  Description

  Within the N sector of the interior of a cashel (CL016-094----). Described by Westropp (1905, 210) as an oval hut site ’12 feet long [3.6m ]’, which was built against the cashel wall and deeply buried in ‘moss and cranesbills’. No visible trace of it was noted on inspection in October 1998 but a circular area visible on current aerial imagery (Google Earth 25/04/2021) may mark its site. Westropp (ibid.) also noted a second hut site (CL016-094002-) in the E sector of the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 23 June 2022

• CL016-094002 Hut site
  Description

  Within the E sector of the interior of a cashel (CL016-094----). This hut site, ‘9 feet inside [2.7m]’ was noted by Westropp (1905, 210) near the gateway and his plan indicates that it was built just S of it and against the cashel wall. It was deeply buried in ‘moss and cranesbills’. No visible trace of it survives. Westropp (ibid.) noted another hut site (CL016-094001-) in the N sector. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 23 June 2022

• CL016-096 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  At the edge of a ravine, which lies immediately to the E, in an area densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1905, 211) as a caher constructed of ‘beautiful polygonal masonry’ with ‘smooth white blocks very closely fitted together’. The wall had a batter and there was a hut site (CL016-096001-) in the NW sector of the interior. An oval cashel (ext. dims. 43.1m NNW-SSE; 38.2m ENE-WSW) defined by a stone spread (Wth 5-6m; int. H 0.3-1m). The outer wall-face is visible (H 1.6m) all around the perimeter. The N half of the spread (Wth 5-6m) is more substantial than the S half (Wth 3m). From W to NW it has been cleared away from the inner wall-face and a width of the wall (Wth 3.2) is discernible here. The clearing away of the spread has created a pit (Wth 2m at N; D c. 2.2; L c. 8m) which narrows towards the S and is overgrown with briars. There is a breach in the wall at N. The interior slopes towards the N. A grass-covered field wall in the S half formed a paddock (int. dims. 21.5m NW-SE; max. 7m NE-SW) with a gap (2.5m) on the long side. Another ringfort (CL016-098----) is located c. 73m to the NNE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 23 June 2022

• CL016-096001 Hut site
  Description

  Within the NW sector of the interior of a cashel (CL016-096----). Westropp (1905, 211) recorded a hut site in the 'garth' of the cashel, to the 'north-west'. It was not visible on inspection in October 1998. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 23 June 2022

• CL016-131 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in rough pastureland. A trigonometrical point, OD 186, is shown at this location on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A long flat-topped cairn (basal dims. 21.3 E-W; 19.4m N-S; H 1.8-2.2m; max. H 6m at W; dims. at top 9.1m N-S; 6.7m E-W) sloping to the N and NW. Kerbstones visible intermittently from SE to N provide an estimated original diameter (14.6m N-S). A field wall crosses the cairn from roughly N to S and another extends off it at SE. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-131----_01.jpg View from SW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 2 August 2022

• CL016-133 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  At the bottom of a N-facing slope in rough pastureland. Recorded by T. Coffey (SMR file), this flat-topped grass-covered cairn (basal dims. 15m N-S; 11.7m E-W; dims. at top 11.3m N-S; 8.8m E-W; H 0.6-1m) has a central hollow (dims. 2m E-W; 0.8m N-S; D 0.4m). The W extent is irregular in outline and cairn material (Wth 5m; D 2.5m) has been removed from the NW sector. Possibly a field-clearance cairn. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 3 August 2022

• CL016-138 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• CL016-196 Enclosure
  Description

  In an unreclaimed area of rough pasture and scrub. Partially indicated as an outline on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. A subcircular area (diam. c. 45m; max. ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by a field boundary that is superimposed from SW to SE. Traces of a fosse can be made out on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018) curving from SE to SW. Many other cashels and cairns lie close by to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 November 2025

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Caherblonick North.

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.

No address of the register names Caherblonick North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Caherblonick North

Area

1,207,331 m² (120.73 ha, 298.34 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Killinaboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killinaboy electoral division: 347 people in 132 households; 91% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycasheen, Caherblonick South, Cahermacon, Drummoher, Knockroe

Placenames

Caherblonick North 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.