Cahermacnaghten

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahermacnaghten, from 16 m² to 697,142 m² (69.71 ha, 172.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cahermacnaghten in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

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• 7 Sept 2021N/a

  to construct a new dwelling house, a proprietary waste treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21938

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Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Moneen Mountain SAC 000054
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain 000054

Recorded monuments

• CL009-001001 Field system
  Description

  An extensive field system (c. 6.6km W-E; c. 1.3km N-S) stretching from just N of Lisdoonvarna at W to Cahermacnaghten and Lissylisheen at E. The fields are irregular and are associated with some 28 cashels and 16 enclosures. Named cashels spread across the area include Caherbarnagh (CL008-047----), Cahermakerrila (CL009-001005-), Cahermaan (CL009-001007-), Cahermacnaghten (CL009-001010-), Caheridoula (CL009-001015-) and Lissylissheen (CL009-001016-). Also in this area are ‘Cowelteebrack’ (CL009-001009-), the 15th-16th schoolhouse SW of Cahermacnaghten and used in the 17th century as a residence along with other 16th/17th century houses. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 August 2021

• CL009-001009 School
  Description

  Situated in the SW corner of Cahermacnaghten townland, this building is the focus of a settlement that extends across an area 1600 square metres incorporating the wall footings of four other rectangular buildings (see CL009-001043-, CL009-001045- and CL009-001047-), a kiln (CL009-001048-), several pens and enclosures, and a clochán (CL009-001046-). Listed in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) as ‘House – medieval’ this was designated ‘Church (in ruins)’ on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map and ‘Cowelteebrack (in ruins)’ on the 1916 OS edition. The building (int. dims. 15.5m E-W; 7m N-S; wall T 1.3m), as described by FitzPatrick (2011), has unusual architecture with parish church or medieval hall-type proportions and a late medieval pointed doorway at the E end with half-roll and fillet moulding. It is a single-storey building with a loft area above, at least over its E and W ends. The lofts were reached by ropes or ladders. The gables have no extant openings but breaches in the masonry suggest their former presence. The corners of the building were finished with large, cut and lightly punch-dressed quoin stones, most of which have been robbed out. A total of seven and possibly eight windows of Tudor late Gothic form lit the interior. They were originally shuttered and not glazed. There were four large wall cupboards, two in each gable and a large fireplace occupied a partition wall towards the E end of the building. Research excavation in 2008 (Licence no. 08E435; FitzPatrick 2011, 41-3; Clutterbuck and FitzPatrick 2013, 26-7) revealed that ‘this was probably the schoolhouse of the O’Davoren Brehon lawyers… Three rooms, two internal partition walls, a fireplace and associated deposits …were discovered. The 2008 excavation confirmed that there was considerable disturbance and reuse in the modern period, especially during the 19th century. The material culture from the primary occupation levels of the building was slight, but a tiny fragment of thin, friable slate with a single inscribed character, found in the western room in a very shallow deposit over the karst floor, is a significant find potentially diagnostic of school activity… The schoolhouse appears to have been first built and used in the late 15th or 16th century, as is suggested by a radiocarbon age range of 1488-1603 (UBA 13601) obtained from animal bone in a primary occupation layer at the entrance through the western partition wall of the building.’ According to Clutterbuck and FitzPatrick (2013, 27) ‘the building appears to have been refurbished as a residence, with a new fireplace and internal partition wall inserted during the mid- to late 17th century, most likely when Turlough O’Brien or a tenant of his occupied the townland. The building was abandoned, except for perhaps occasional use, in the 18th to 19th century, finally being used as an animal enclosure in the 20th century.’ Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 8 March 2016

• CL009-001010 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On level ground in the centre of Cahermacnaghten townland on the Burren plateau with higher ground c. 500m to N and S. This lies within a very large field system outlined on the RMP (1996) covering c. 12km square and stretching from Lissylisheen, 2km to the SE to Lisdoonvarna 5km to the W (CL009-001001-/CL005-116---*/CL008-045001*). FitzPatrick (2008, 58-9) notes that this cashel, known as ‘Cathair Mhic Neachtain’ is named in a document of 1606 as the ‘ceann áit’ of the ‘leith sheisre (half quarter)’ of Cahermacnaghten. FitzPatrick continues ‘The cashel itself can be interpreted as the residence of the Ó Dábhoireann brehon in the first instance, possibly as early as the twelfth century and probably by 1364 when the Uí Dhábhoireann were established as ollamhs in north Clare … . It was home to both Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dábhoireann in the early seventeenth century after they divided the contents of the “ceann áit” between them including a partible division of the houses within the cashel [see CL009-001012- and CL009-001049- to CL009-001052-]. As part of that land division process, the “leith sheisre” itself was also irrevocably split into two “ceathrú mír” in 1606… . Whether the cashel was ever actually used as the location for the law school of the brehon line cannot be answered at this time, but the distinctive late medieval building known as “Cabhail Tighe Breac”, sequestered in the southwestern end of the “leith sheisre” has many attributes that might lend themselves to that purpose.’ [see CL009-001009- for Cabhail Tighe Breac]. This cashel has the designation ‘Site of O’Loughlin’s Castle’ on the OS first edition 6-inch map but according to FitzPatrick (ibid., 59) this is in error and is likely to refer to the castle in Ballymahony townland (CL009-014002-) a short distance to the S. This is a circular cashel (ext. diam. 38.8m; int. diam. 33.8m) with an entrance at E. The walls (Wth 1.7-3.3m; ext. H 1.8m at W to 2.5m at E) have an external batter all around and are built with roughly squared large blocks of limestone with a rubble core. Vertical joints can be seen on the outer face varying from 2 to 5m apart. The interior ground level is raised almost to the top of the surviving walls suggesting a long period of habitation. FitzPatrick (2009, 291-2) describes the entrance as follows: ‘The entrance consists of a small external lobby area that leads into the ground floor (2.55 by 2.50m) of what was formerly a modest two-storey gatehouse. The gatehouse projects westward slightly beyond the internal line of the cathair wall into the garth of the site. Its walls are built of large and small, very roughly coursed blocks of flat-bedded facing stones with a rubble and mortar core that would have been standard in late-medieval wall construction. Two roughly hewn, punch-dressed corbels project out from the N wall. These and two former correspondents on the opposite S wall supported beams that carried a timber upper floor.’ FitzPatrick (ibid.) also noted a very large cut and punch-dressed bowed arch-stone in an adjacent boundary and noted that a pair of cut and punch-dressed arch-stones from a semi-pointed doorway were found in topsoil in the field to the W in 2006. A punch-dressed hanging eye was noted as still being in position in 1902 (Macnamara 1912-12, 67). Foundations of 5 houses can be made out arranged around the perimeter. The largest house (CL009-001012-) lies S of centre and the grass-covered foundations of two other houses (CL009-001049- and CL009-001050-) are aligned E-W in the N quadrant, 3m apart. Two other houses (CL009-001051- and CL009-001052-) lie at W and SE. Cahermacnaghten is a National Monument in state care, no. 354. The following images have been uploaded: CL009-001010-_01.jpg Aerial view of cashel. CL009-001010-_02.jpg General view from SW. CL009-001010-_03.jpg External wall construction from SW. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 15 September 2020

• CL009-001011 School
  Description

  Listed as ‘School’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) and named ‘O’Davoren’s Sch. (Site of)’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map within Cathair Mhic Neachtain (CL009-001010-). The fort has been regarded as the home of one of Ireland's most famous medieval law schools run by the O'Davoren family. However, according to FitzPatrick (2008, 58-9) it is unsure whether the cashel was ever actually used as the location for the law school of the brehon line. She notes that the late medieval building known as ‘Cabhail Tighe Breac’ (CL009-001009-) in the SW end of the townland has many attributes that might lend themselves to that purpose. Excavation at Cabhail Tighe Breac in 2008 revealed further evidence to support this. Caher Mhic Neachtain is a National Monument in State Care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001012 House - 16th century
  Description

  Listed as ‘Castle’ in the SMR (1992) and RMP (1996) as it named ‘Site of O’Loughlin’s Castle’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. According to FitzPatrick (2008, 59) the castle name on the map is in error and is likely to refer to the castle in Ballymahony townland (CL009-014002-) a short distance to the S. The foundations of a house (ext. L 8.8m NW-SE; 6.5m NE-SW; int. dims. 12m x 5m; wall T 0.95-1.1m) oriented ENE-WSW lie in the S portion of Cahermacnaghten cashel (CL009-001010-). A break in the wall footings at the W end of the N wall marks an entrance. A smaller house (ext. dims. 10m x 6m) (CL009-001051-) adjoins the W gable and abuts the cashel wall. Two other houses (CL009-001049- and CL009-001050-) lie in the N portion of the interior and a fifth (CL009-001052-) lies nearest the cashel entrance. All the houses are arranged around perimeter leaving the centre open. FitzPatrick (ibid.) cites a reference to Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dabhoireann who divided the contents of the cashel between them in the early 17th century. A deed of 1606 also mentions that the houses had also been the property of their grandfather. Cahermacnaghten is a National Monument in state care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001015 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-), on a W-facing slope overlooking a shallow glacial depression that runs E–W, c. 400m to the SW. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps, and on the 1897 ed. of the OS 25-inch map. The name ‘Caheridoula’ was incorrectly given to this enclosure on the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (FitzPatrick 2008, 64). The name should be associated with a cashel (CL009-001017-) c. 220m to the NE, as recorded from local sources by Westropp (Comber 1999, 154) and Macnamara (1912-13, 64). A small, poorly preserved figure-of-eight-shaped enclosure (14.5m E–W; 7.5m N–S), orientated E–W and defined by a collapsed stone wall (av. Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.2–0.6m; ext. H 0.6–1.1m) built of slabs. These are mostly set with their long axes pointing inwards and there is no visible entrance. The interior slopes gently down toward the E. Westropp proposed that this was ‘an ancient dwelling, […] evidently a house and forecourt, with an outer yard’ (Comber 1999, 154). This enclosure marks the western edge of that Caheridoula settlement’s lands (‘1/3 quarter denomination’), where they met the leith sheisre of Cahermacnaghten (FitzPatrick 2008, 64). The latter cashel (CL009-001010-) lies 530m to the WSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001017 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  At the SW end of a NE–SW rocky ridge, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). The ground drops away very steeply from E to NW. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and identified as the townland’s eponymous ‘Caheridoula’ by Westropp (1911, 364) and Macnamara (1912-13, 64). On the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map this label was erroneously applied to another cashel (CL009-001015-) c. 220m to the SW (FitzPatrick 2008, 63). A subcircular cashel (int. dims. 21.15m N–S; 20.5m E–W) defined by a wide stone wall (Wth 3–3.5m) which is built at the edge of a steep slope or cliff (max. H 2m at SW) from E to SW and at the top of a quarry face (max. H 2m) from SW to NW. The quarry most likely supplied the stone for the cashel and it also added to its defensive appearance in this area. The wall was built in two phases (see attached image). The initial circuit (Wth 1–2m) was typical of cashel walls in the Burren and consisted of two wall-faces and a rubble core. An additional internal skin of coursed masonry and rubble (Wth 1–2m) was subsequently added. A marked difference in height distinguishes the two phases of building. The inner part of the wall survives to a height of c. 0.2–0.4m above the interior, while the outer part is 0.8m-1.4m high. This method of construction with ‘hidden’ internal facings is suggestive of links with ‘Western Stone Forts’ elsewhere in the Burren (e.g. Ballykinvarga (CL009-059012-) and Cahercommaun (CL010-064003)) and on the Aran Islands (Cotter 2012). At SSW a section (Wth 4m) of the outer wall-face has collapsed. The entrance (Wth 1.15), at SSE, is lined by two large slabs on each side (H 0.47–1m; L 0.4–0.65m; T 0.2–0.5m), which rise over the level of the wall. A large stone (exposed L 1.25m) lying outside it is probably one of the two ‘fallen lintels’ noted by Westropp (1911, 364), who described the ‘gateway’ as being of the ‘normal type with coursed jambs’ (see attached image). FitzPatrick (2008, 63) suggests that the original doorway passage (L 4.3m) was square headed. A house site (CL009-001053-) c. 58m to the SE lies within a small cluster of fields and ruined houses. Westropp (1911, 364-5) and FitzPatrick (2008, 64; 2009, 300) suggest that these may be associated with the cashel. FitzPatrick (2008, 64) also suggests that a garden/plot to the SW of the cashel may also be associated with it. The following image has been attached: CL009-001017- v.10 image (Westropp 1911, 363).jpg Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 October 2021

• CL009-001018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On an undulating karst plateau under pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). At the N edge of a level area with lower ground to the N. View restricted by encroaching scrub c. 30m to the W and 60m to the E. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map, and on the OS 25-inch map (1897). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This and another cashel (CL009-001019-) c. 77m to the SE may be those named ‘Kaheriskebohell’ and ‘Karhirballyungane’ in the Book of Distribution (1655) (Westropp 1911, 365), and associated with Caheridoula cashel (CL009-001017-) c. 540m to the N. A small, poorly preserved subcircular cashel (19.4m N–S; 18.95m E–W) defined by a partially intact stone wall, against which lies a deposit of rubble and earth (Wth c. 1m). The upper part of the outer facing of the wall is built of medium-sized horizontally laid stones (H 0.6–0.8m). The internal ground level is higher than the exterior and a wider deposit of earth here (Wth c. 2–4m) is almost flush with the top of the wall (max. H 0.2m). The thickness of the wall cannot be gauged at any point. There is no visible entrance. Abutting the cashel exterior to the ENE are the collapsed walls (Wth c. 0.6m) of a possibly later structure (int. dims. 10.6m N–S; c. 2m E–W). This is made up of three cells or compartments, which get progressively longer toward the S (int. L 1.45m, 2.25m and 5.2m respectively). No entrance is visible and it is not marked on historic maps. A possibly contemporary field wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) extends for c. 5m from the S exterior of the cashel before turning SE for c. 11m. Almost touching the outside of the enclosure at the SW is a field wall aligned NW–SE, which marks the boundary between Cahermacnaghten and Lissylisheen townlands. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 October 2021

• CL009-001028 Structure
  Description

  Situated c. 94m ESE of Cabhail Tighe Breac (CL009-001009-) in an area of limestone pavement and thin grass cover. Listed as ‘Clochan’ in the RMP (1996). A possible beehive hut was recorded at this location in 1996 (pers. comm. T. Coffey, SMR file). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a subrectangular drystone structure (int. dims. 1.6m N-S; 1.7m E-W; max. H 1.8m). There is slight corbelling of the walls but it is too slight to be a clochan. An oval stone structure (CL009-001029-) lies 10m to the E and also appears to be modern. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• CL009-001029 Structure
  Description

  Situated c. 110m ESE of Cabhail Tighe Breac (CL009-001009-) in an area of limestone pavement and thin grass cover. Listed as ‘Clochan’ in the RMP (1996). A possible beehive hut was recorded at this location in 1996 (pers. comm. T. Coffey, SMR file). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a modern oval structure (int. dims. 8m N-S; 5m E-W) defined by a drystone wall with stones set on edge. A subrectangular stone structure (CL009-001028-) lies 10m to the W and also appears to be modern. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 February 2016

• CL009-001043 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Situated on the boundary of a limestone pavement and wet grassland, c. 30m E of Cabhail Tighe Breac (CL009-001009-), the 16th-century law school of the O’Davorens. A rectangular building (int. dims. 9.6m N-S; 6.2m E-W) constructed of impressively large drystone masonry walls (T 0.9m) and using some natural rock faces along the S wall and E gable. The façade of this building and Cabhail Tighe Breac itself face N to a glacial depression. Excavation in 2007 (FitzPatrick and Clutterbuck 2010, 31-3) revealed several phases of activity. The frequent renewal of metalled surfaces to assist traffic in and out showed that the building saw continuous use after construction. The only cut stone found was a punch-dressed spudstone of late medieval/early modern type. According to Clutterbuck and FitzPatrick (2013, 24) ‘Light industrial or craft activity, possibly the preparation of hides, took place here during the late 15th to the 17th centuries, involving the use of lithic tools, among them shale axe-heads, chert and shale flakes scrapers and possible borers. The tools, potentially spanning more than a millennium, had already been recycled, broken and abraded prior to their deposition and they represent ‘collected’ implements rather than an in situ culturally cohesive concentration of lithics from a single tradition.’ There was no evidence of domestic use. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• CL009-001045 House - 17th century
  Description

  Situated c. 25m NW of Cabhail Tighe Breac (CL009-001009-) in the SW corner of Cahermacnaghten townland. The foundations of a small stone building (ext. dims. 6.93m E-W; 4.71m N-S) were excavated in 2010 (Licence no. 10E146; Clutterbuck and FitzPatrick 2013, 24-5). The building measured 3.46m by 5.66m internally with clay-bonded walls (T 0.62-0.79m; H 0.18- 0.67m) constructed either on old ground surface or on roughly packed limestone or stony clay. The entrance (Wth 0.92m) was at the N end of the E gable and survived as a fractured threshold stone and a pivot stone, both of which were cut and punch dressed and appear to have been reused, most likely from Cabhail Tighe Breac. A radiocarbon date of 1631-1688 (UBA-15892) was obtained from animal bone recovered from a primary deposit in the interior. A relict field boundary immediately N of the building appears to have been part of a contemporary enclosure. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 February 2016

• CL009-001046 Hut site
  Description

  Situated in the SW corner of Cahermacnaghten townland at the SW end of a settlement focussed on ‘Cabhail Tighe Breac’ (the probable 15th/16th century schoolhouse of the O’Davoren Brehon lawyers) (CL009-001009-). A subcircular hut site (int. diam. 5.8m E-W; 6.4m N-S) defined by a thick stone wall (Wth 1.55m; max. int. H 1.45m at W; max. ext. H 1.5m) composed of large slabs of flat bedded, drystone karst. The upper courses of the wall have collapsed. A V-shaped entrance (Wth 0.65m) at E has a stone post at S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney with details supplied by Dr. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, School of Geography and Archaeology, NUIG. Date of upload: 8 March 2016

• CL009-001047 Building
  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.

• CL009-001048 Kiln
  Description

  Situated in the SW corner of Cahermacnaghten townland at the SE end of a settlement focussed on ‘Cabhail Tighe Breac’ (the probable 15th/16th century schoolhouse of the O’Davoren Brehon lawyers) (CL009-001009-) which lies c. 80m to the NW. A small structure or enclosure (CL009-001028-) lies 3m to the E. An overgrown kiln (overall L 8.8m) extending WNW-ESE. The lintelled flue (Wth 1.8m) extends 3.5m E from the oven (D 1.2m) which is constructed of flat-bedded karst (wall Wth 0.6m), corbelled to form a roof. Compiled by: Mary Tunney with details supplied by Dr. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, School of Geography and Archaeology, NUIG. Date of upload: 9 March 2016

• CL009-001049 House - 16th century
  Description

  Situated in the NW portion of Cahermacnaghten cashel (CL009-001010-). The grass-covered foundations of a small building aligned E-W (ext. L 9.9m E-W; 4.9m E-W) are represented by the W wall and the walls of a room at the E end (int. dims. 3.55m N-S; c. 1.5m E-W). Another house (CL009-001050-) is 3m to the E and the remains of three other houses (CL009-001051-, CL009-001012, and CL009-001052-) lie inside the S perimeter. The houses within the cashel were divided between Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dabhoireann in 1606 and the deed also mentions that the houses had been the property of their grandfather (FitzPatrick 2008, 59). Caher Mhic Neachtain is a National Monument in State Care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001050 House - 16th century
  Description

  Situated in the NE portion of Cahermacnaghten cashel (CL009-001010-). The foundations of a small building aligned E-W (ext. dims. c. 4.5m N-S; c. 4m E-W) represented by the W and S walls (Wth 0.6-1m). An adjacent building (CL009-001049-) is 3m to the W and the remains of three other houses (CL009-001051-, CL009-001012, and CL009-001052-) lie inside the S perimeter. The houses within the cashel were divided between Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dabhoireann in 1606 and the deed also mentions that the houses had been the property of their grandfather (FitzPatrick 2008, 59). Caher Mhic Neachtain is a National Monument in State Care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001051 House - 16th century
  Description

  Abutting the interior W wall of Cahermacnaghten cashel (CL009-001010-) and adjoining the W gable of a larger house (CL009-001012-) to the E. The grassed-over remains of a house (ext. dims. 10m x 6m). This may be the ‘kitchen house’ mentioned as belonging to the big house in a deed of 1606 (FitzPatrick 2008 61-2). The foundations of three other houses (CL009-001049-, CL009-001050- and CL009-001052-) can be made out inside the cashel wall to the N and E. The houses within the cashel were divided between Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dabhoireann in 1606 and the deed also mentions that the houses had been the property of their grandfather (FitzPatrick 2008, 59). Caher Mhic Neachtain is a National Monument in State Care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001052 House - 16th century
  Description

  Mentioned as a ‘tighe móir’ in a deed of 1606 this house lies just S of the entrance to Cahermacnaghten cashel (CL009-001010-). A long rectangular structure (ext. dims. 11m x 6.2m). The S wall and E gable appear to run into the cashel wall itself. The dimensions of this house are comparable to what is regarded as the principal house of the cashel (CL009-001012-) to the W. The foundations of three other houses (CL009-001049-, CL009-001050- and CL009-001051-) can be made out inside the cashel wall at N and W. FitzPatrick (2008, 62) The houses within the cashel were divided between Aodh and Cosnamhach Ó Dabhoireann in 1606 and the deed also mentions that the houses had been the property of their grandfather (FitzPatrick 2008, 59). Caher Mhic Neachtain is a National Monument in State Care, no. 354. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 July 2018

• CL009-001053 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Situated c. 40m SE of Caheridoula cashel in a group of houses forming a nucleated settlement. Described by Fitzpatrick (2009, 300) as 'a small nucleated settlement of undetermined date. A field wall overlies the S wall of one of the houses in that cluster and it pre-dates the others. Its visible wall-footings indicate an E/W-aligned rectangular building, 6.2 by 4.4m internally. It is smaller in scale than the Cahermacnaghten, Cahermore and Ballyganner houses and appears to have its entrance in the W gable, unlike the former which have entrances in their long walls. The walls of Caheridoula building are 1m thick, constructed of flat-bedded masonry and have rounded quoins.' Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 September 2020

• CL009-210 Hut site
  Description

  On low-lying wet ground in rushes, with a low rocky terrace and slightly higher land c. 10m to the SSW. This small, poorly preserved, sub-circular hut site (int. dims. 7m E-W; 6m N-S) is defined by a low, grass-covered wall (Wth 0.4-0.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) of small earthfast stones, some laid transversely across the wall’s line. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 16 August 2022

• CL009-211 Enclosure
  Description

  On open, level wet ground in rushes. This small circular enclosure (diam. 13.5m N-S) is defined by a mixture of large flags set on edge, double-faced wall and grassed-covered collapsed wall (av. Wth 0.7m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.6m). The enclosing element has been removed between NNE and ESE and a wide gap (Wth 1.8m) at the SSE which may be an original entrance. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 16 August 2022

• CL009-220 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  On a slight S-facing slope on the Burren plateau and within a very large field system (CL009-001001-). An enclosure or possible barrow (diam. c. 23m E-W; c. 20m E-W) defined by a broad earthen bank (Wth c. 5-6m). Visible on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). Cahermacnaghten (CL009-001010- ) lies c. 460m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2023

• CL009-222 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular enclosure (c. 74m NW-SE; c. 70m E-W) defined by a mound wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). A contemporary wall curves away to NE at N and a later stone-walled enclosure overlies the W perimeter. Another enclosure (CL009-223----) lies c. 90 m to the NE and a cashel (CL009-001017-) lies c. 200m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2023

• CL009-223 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gently undulating karst plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-001001-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 32m) defined by a stone wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi orthophotography (MapGenie 2013-2018). Another enclosure (CL009-223----) lies c. 90 m to the SW and a cashel (CL009-001017-) lies c. 200m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 29 March 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cahermacnaghten, 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 Cahermacnaghten.

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

Name

Cahermacnaghten · Cathair Mhic Neachtain

Area

2,971,555 m² (297.16 ha, 734.29 acres)

Civil parish

Rathborney, 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, Baur North, Cahermaan, Cregavockoge, Croagh South, Doonyvardan, Lissylisheen, Poulnabrucky

Placenames

Cahermacnaghten 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.