Cahergrillaun

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahergrillaun, from 146,446 m² (14.64 ha, 36.19 acres) to 217,767 m² (21.78 ha, 53.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Cahergrillaun 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Cahergrillaun in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Moneen Mountain SAC 000054
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain 000054

Recorded monuments

• CL009-044 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a slight rise in the centre of Eanty Valley, at the E edge of a wide shallow ravine, with wide views all around. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This well-preserved ring-barrow (26.8m N–S; 26.3m E–W) is defined by a circular flat-topped central mound (H 0.8–1.1m; diam. at base 10.5m N–S; 9.9m E–W; diam. at top 4.9m N–S; 4.8m E–W) surrounded by a well-rounded fosse (Wth of base 2.4–3.4m; ext. D 0.8–1.1m) with a rounded external bank (Wth at base 5.2–5.4m; With at top 0.7–2.5m; ext. H 0.5–0.8). However, at S–WNW the bank has largely eroded into the adjacent ravine. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 25 January 2022

• CL009-053004 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  At the W edge of a karst plateau in rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL005-160001-), the land falls very steeply c. 45m to the W. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, named ‘Cahergrillaun’ on the latter ed. and ‘Cathair Ghrealláin’ on Robinson’s map (1977). This well-preserved subcircular cashel (c. 40m NW–SE; 36m NE–SW) is defined by a high double-faced stone wall (Wth 2.6–4m; ext. H 1.3–c. 4m), which has undoubtedly been rebuilt especially from E to SE. There is a distinct batter to the outer wall-face, in which the stones are laid horizontally, the lower ones are generally large (L c. 1m; H 0.4m) and the upper one, which are probably later, are smaller. The inner wall-face is traceable around most of the circuit, a step or terrace (Wth and H 0.3–0.6m) at the top is probably related to a modern re-build. Westropp (1898, 365) noted at least one flight of five steps at the W of this ‘plinth or very narrow terrace’, leading to a ‘platform’. The entrance (Wth 2.5m; min. L 2.6m; H 1.2m) is at the SE. Westropp (ibid.) described the sides of its passageway as parallel and composed of massive stretchers. He suggested that roofing such a wide entrance would have required the use of wooden beams. He observed external house foundations and enclosures abutting the cashel at the N and S (ibid., 364). These were not visible during a field inspection in 1998 nor was there any trace of the possible souterrain (CL009-053015-) or possible hut site (CL009-053-16-) within its interior (SMR file). Other cashels lie c. 232m to the SSW (CL009-054----) and c. 245m to the NE (CL009-053010-). The following images have been uploaded: CL009-035004- View of external wall-face of cashel (Westropp 1898, 364).jpg CL009-053004- View from SE.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 28 January 2022

• CL009-053015 Souterrain
  Description

  This record relates to a souterrain listed in the RMP (1996). It was noted on an annotated copy of an SMR map (1992) as being within 'Cahergrillaun' cashel (CL009-053004-) (SMR file). On field inspection of the cashel in October 1998, no visible surface trace of it was evident. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 3 February 2022

• CL009-053016 Hut site
  Description

  This record relates to a hut site listed in the RMP (1996). It was noted on an annotated copy of an SMR map (1992) as being within 'Cahergrillaun' cashel (CL009-053004-) (SMR file). On field inspection of the cashel in October 1998, no visible surface trace of it was evident. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 3 February 2022

• CL009-058 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a knoll near the top of a W-facing slope in pasture at the E side of Eanty Valley. The land falls away to the W and N. Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular cashel (int. dims. 17.2m E–W; 16.5m N–S) is defined by the remains of a double-faced stone wall (Wth c. 1.5–2.5m; H c. 0.3m). The interior slopes from NW to SE. There is a souterrain (CL009-058002-) just N of the centre of the interior. A small earthen mound (H 0.2m) is visible to its S. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 1 March 2022

• CL009-058002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated in the N half of the interior of a cashel (CL009-058----), this collapsed souterrain (L c. 6m E–W) comprises a rough passage (L 3m; Wth 1.2m; D 0.5m) at W, narrowing (Wth 0.8m) into a creep in the centre, which leads to a chamber (L 2.4m; upper Wth 2.5m) at E. Some of the original walling, now moss-covered, survives in situ in the E half of the chamber. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 3 February 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cahergrillaun.

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 Cahergrillaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Cahergrillaun

Area

364,981 m² (36.5 ha, 90.19 acres)

Civil parish

Carran, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cahermackirilla, Commons, Meggagh East, Meggagh West, Moheramoylan, Poulcaragharush, Rannagh West, Sladoo

Placenames

Cahergrillaun 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.