Carrowdotia
Townland in the civil parish of Kilraghtis, barony of Bunratty Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish An Cheathrú Dhóite
- Area
- 92.4 ha
- 228 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 2,522 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres)
- Zoning
- R2
- Existing Residential
- Planning
- 7
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowdotia, from 82 m² to 137,044 m² (13.7 ha, 33.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - O2Village Growth Area (General)
Barefield Settlement Plan, Clare · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
30 Jun 2026N/a
for the construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, domestic garage & proprietary waste treatment plant, vehicular entrance, including all ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660422
22 Nov 2019Conditional
for the construction of a dwelling house and garage, on site secondary and tertiary treatment systems, connection to public services and all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 19918
4 Jun 2019N/a
for development which will consist of the construction of a dwelling house, garage, ancillary site works and connection to existing services
Outline permission · Clare County Council, 19442
28 Jun 2018Conditional
to carry out alterations and extensions to dwelling house with existing connections to treatment system and main water supply.
Permission · Clare County Council, 18523
2 May 2018Conditional
to retain an existing development at this site. The development consists of an existing 15 metre high telecommunications support structure ( total height with antennas 18.0m) carrying telecommunications equipment, together with existing equipment container and associated equipment within a fenced compound as previously granted under local authority reference P11-848. The development will continue to form part of Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd existing and future telecommunications and broadband network
Permission · Clare County Council, 18348
8 Mar 2018Conditional
for (1) RETENTION permission for the following changes which are at variance with the grant of Planning Permission P09-1071 (a) Additional floor area of dwelling including attic conversion to habitable rooms; (b) Increase in roof pitch and height of dwelling; (c) 5 No. velux windows in roof; (d) Changes to sun room elevations; (e) 3 No. gable windows at attic level and one No. on North East elevation; (f) Increased width of first floor window on South East elevation, 2. PERMISSION for development which will consist of (a) The completion of the above changes; (b) Revised garage design and location at the above address
Retention · Clare County Council, 18170
1 Jun 2017Conditional
to (1) RETAIN the following changes which are at variance with the grant of Planning Permission 09-1071 (a) Additional floor area of dwelling including attic conversion to habitable rooms: (b) Increase in roof pitch and height of dwelling: (c) 3 No. velux windows in main room 1 No in sun room; (d) Changes to sun room elevations: (e) 2 No. gable windows at attic level and the relocation of 1 No. gable window. (2) PERMISSION for development which will consist of (a) The completion of the above changes; (b) New carport linked to garage; (c) Increase in height and pitch of garage roof including Velux roof light
Retention · Clare County Council, 17421
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Carrowdotia.
Recorded monuments
- CL026-030 Enclosure
Description
Situated in pasture on a rise in undulating landscape. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 May 2017
- CL026-031 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On slightly raised ground in gently undulating pasture. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A circular grass and scrub-covered area (int. diam. 24m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.5-3m; int. H 0.3-0.8m; ext. H 0.5-1m), with the original outer facing (H 0.7m) at N. The interior is bisected by a NW-SE field wall and there is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 May 2017
- CL026-032 Enclosure
Description
Situated in a low-lying landscape. Hachured as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A D-shaped grass-covered area with rock outcrop and some scrub (c. 20m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (max. H 0.5m) SE-NW, which is truncated by a NW-SE field wall at NE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 May 2017
- CL026-032002 Fulacht fia
Description
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- CL026-033 Ringfort - cashel
Description
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- CL026-033002 Burnt mound
Description
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- CL026-035 Standing stone
Description
On the summit of a NE-SW ridge in rich pasture. Named ‘Standing Stone’ on the 1920 OS 6 –inch map. A partially overgrown upright of coarse limestone (H 2.3m) with a subrectangular cross-section (1.4m x 0.4-0.45m) aligned N-S and tilting slightly to the SW at the top. Compiled by: Michael Moore and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2025
- CL026-036001 Earthwork
Description
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- CL026-036002 Earthwork
Description
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- CL026-037 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a N and NW slope in fertile pasture with views mainly confined to the W. Hachured on the 1920 OS 6-inch map. A circular area (int. diam. 23m N-S; 20m E-W) defined by a stone spread (Wth 4-6m; int. H 0.2-0.6m; ext. H 0.6-1.2m) with some inner and outer facing stones (dims. 0.4m x 0.7m; H 0.3m) NNE-E (Wth of wall 1.6-1.8m), and at W. A drystone wall (the townland boundary with Craggard) overlies the NE part of the interior. Faint traces of an outer enclosing element are visible on OS MapGenie orthophotographs (2006-2012). Compiled by: Michael Moore and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 17 November 2025
- CL026-167001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
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- CL026-167002 Excavation - miscellaneous
Description
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Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrowdotia.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_579 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrowdotia with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Carrowdotia · An Cheathrú Dhóite
- Area
- 924,323 m² (92.43 ha, 228.41 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilraghtis, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bunratty Upper
- Electoral division
- Kilraghtis, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kilraghtis electoral division: 576 people in 185 households; 92% of households own their home; 49% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballymaconna, Cloontymurphy, Cragard, Curraderra, Derry, Drumquin
- Placenames
- Carrowdotia 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.