Cahermaan

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermaan, from 615 m² to 199,099 m² (19.91 ha, 49.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cahermaan 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 Cahermaan 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cahermaan.

Recorded monuments

• CL009-001007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight rise, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-), on an undulating upland karst plateau in rough pasture, with views of Slieve Elva to the NW and an ENE–WSW ridge c. 325m to the S. Hachured on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and named ‘Cahermaan’ on the 1920 ed. and the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map. Noting this cashel’s relatively small size, Westropp (1915, 54) and Robinson (1977) disagreed with the Ordnance Survey’s assignation of it as Cahermaan cashel (or ‘Cathair medhoin’ [Westropp]; ‘Cathair Meáin’ [Robinson]), ‘first named in 1390’ (Westropp 1915, 54). Both reasonably associate the name with a larger levelled enclosure (CL009-001008-) c. 350m to the NE. A suboval enclosure (22.9m N–S; 21m E–W) defined by a double-faced drystone wall (Wth c. 1.3–1.6m; H c. 1m) of uncoursed medium-sized stones (L 0.3–0.6m; H 0.3–0.4m). The inner facing is mostly concealed by a grass-covered deposit of stones (Wth c. 1.5–2m; H. 0.8–1.1m), except where the cashel wall is broken through by a modern entrance (Wth 1.3m) on the SSW side. The original cashel entrance is not discernible and there are no visible remains in the level, grass-covered interior, which appears to have been cleared. Westropp (1915, 54) described it as being under cultivation. A drystone wall (Wth c. 0.6m; max. H 0.6m) is built over the outer facing of the cashel wall. A rectilinear structure (c. 20m NNE–SSW; c. 2.5m WNW–ENE) with an entrance at its SSW end abuts the SE exterior of the cashel. This is marked as a sheep fold on the 1897 ed. of the OS 25-inch map, and is also drawn on the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001008 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a level karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-), with higher ground c. 300m N and c. 325m S. To the S and SE there is a shallow gully running ENE–WSW. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. OS 6-inch maps. Westropp (1915, 54) and Robinson (1977) identify this as ‘Cahermaan’ (‘Cathair medhoin’ [Westropp]; ‘Cathair Meáin’ [Robinson]), ‘first named in 1390’ (Westropp 1915, 54). A poorly preserved subcircular cashel (42.1m E–W; 41.4m N–S) defined by a stone wall (est. Wth 2m; ext. H 1–1.2m; int. H 0.4–0.7m), the outer face of which can be traced almost all the way around, behind some outward tumble. The W–NW arc of the wall survives best; it has fallen out at the NW–N, and is in poor condition at the S. The top of the wall is overgrown with grass and is flush with or lower than the cashel interior. There is a gap at the SSW (est. Wth c. 8.5m) but this appears to be modern; no original entrance can be discerned. Just N of the cashel’s centre, at the highest point of the interior, there is a hut site (CL009-001041-). The interior of the cashel appears to have been quarried, leaving a long, shallow U-shaped depression (20m NE–SW; 10m NW–SE; D max. 0.9m). This may have destroyed the SSW section of the cashel wall. A drystone wall (L c. 18.5m) is built over the SSW–W arc of the cashel wall. A rectangular structure (L c. 7m; Wth c. 4m) is built against the ENE exterior of the cashel. A drystone wall extends ENE–WSW through the cashel, over the possible quarrying marks. This wall was not yet built in 1839 when the area was surveyed for the 1842 ed. OS 6-inch map, but was in place in 1895 (survey for the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map) following a substantial reorganisation of rundale field systems in the N of Cahermaan. A smaller enclosure (CL009-001007-) is located c. 350m to the SW. It is named ‘Cahermaan’ on the 1920 ed. OS 6-inch map and 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map; however, Westropp (1915, 54) is probably correct in assigning the label to cashel CL009-001008-. The Ordnance Survey Letters (1839) describe ‘Caher-Maan (Cathair Meadhoin), i.e. the Middle Caher’, as a ‘large fort’ (Comber 1997). Westropp (1915, 54) suggests the name originated from the cashel’s location approximately half-way between Cahermakerrila (CL009-001005-) and Cahermacnaghten (CL009-001010-) cashels, which lie 945m to the SW and 1.38km to the ENE respectively. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001041 Hut site
  Description

  Situated at the centre of a cashel (CL009-001008-), at the highest point of the interior. A circular hut site (int. diam. 6.3m N–S) defined by a grass-covered wall (Wth 1.05m; H 0.3–0.4m), the building stones of which are visible in the N sector. A later, drystone field wall runs E-W over the interior. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 21 July 2022

• CL009-009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On limestone pavement with some grass cover, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). The land rises immediately to the N and c. 80m to the S. Listed as ‘Enclosure (possible)’ in the RMP (1996). A rectangular cashel (ext. dims. 40.9m E–W; 34.7m N–S) defined by low grassed-over stone walls (H 0.4–0.7m; Wth c. 1.5m). A later, roughly NNE-SSW running, drystone wall (H 1.3m) is built immediately outside the line of the E wall and another ENE-WSW running field wall is just outside the N wall. Outer wall-facing is visible intermittently along the S, W and N walls. Grassed-over spreads of stone (Wth 4-5m) are visible around the walls. An entrance-like feature (Wth 1.15m) is visible about mid-way along the E wall. It is defined by two upright stones (N stone: H 1.14m; Wth 0.45m; T 0.18m; S stone: H 1.06m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.15m) which are visible immediately inside the NNE-SSW running drystone wall. About 3m to the W of these, two further stones, flush with the ground level of the interior of the cashel, mark what appears to be a raised pathway (H 0.3m; basal Wth c. 2m; upper Wth c. 1m) that leads towards a centrally located rectangular house (CL009-009002-). Another structure (CL009-009003-) is visible against the W wall and there is a small cell-like structure (int. dims. 5m E–W; 4.6m N–S) in the SW angle. The following image has been attached: CL009-009001- (entrance from W).jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 October 2021

• CL009-009002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Roughly centrally located within the interior of a rectangular cashel (CL009-009----). This rectangular house site (int. dims. 9.5m N–S; 7.4m E–W), of indeterminate date, is defined by grass-covered wall footings (Wth 0.8–2.2m; H 0.1–0.4m). The doorway was most likely in the E wall wall as a raised grass-over pathway extends from it to towards the possible stone-lined entrance in the E wall of the cashel. Another structure (CL009-009002-) is visible against the W wall of the cashel. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 October 2021

• CL009-009003 Structure
  Description

  Abutting the inner face of the W wall of a rectangular cashel (CL009-009----). This structure (int. dims. 4m N–S; 3.8m E–W) is defined by grassed-over wall footings/stone spread along the N and E sides. There is no visible surface trace of the S side. The cashel wall forms the W side. A house site (CL009-009001-) is centrally located in the interior of the cashel. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 October 2021

• CL009-011 Enclosure
  Description

  On flat ground at the base of a W-facing slope. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1998 it was not visible at ground level and there was no evidence of land reclamation in the area. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 February 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Cahermaan, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cahermaan.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Cahermaan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Cahermaan

Area

1,752,525 m² (175.25 ha, 433.06 acres)

Civil parish

Killeany, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Mount Elva, the unit of the census

Census 2022

91 people lived in 37 households in the Mount Elva electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 14% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnoe North, Ballymahony, Cahermacnaghten, Cahermakerrila, Knockavoarheen

Placenames

Cahermaan 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.