Fanygalvan

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fanygalvan, from 6,205 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres) to 740,694 m² (74.07 ha, 183.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Fanygalvan 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 Fanygalvan 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
• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneen Mountain 000054

Recorded monuments

• CL009-084001 Field system
  Description

  An extensive field system (c. 3.3km NE-SW; c. 2km NW-SE) stretching from Sladoo at the N to Sheshodonnell West at the S. Irregular meandering walls can be seen on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) all across the area but particular concentrations occur at NE in Sladoo around an enclosure (CL010-230----) and at SW at the border between Fanygalvan and Cahermackirilla townlands where there are several megalithic tombs (CL009-084007-, CL009-084008- and CL009-084009-), cairns (CL009-084010-, CL009-084012- and CL009-084013-) and a stone row (CL009-084006-). The walls are likely to have both medieval and prehistoric elements. Extensive field systems with prehistoric and medieval elements extend over most of the Burren uplands. Those currently visible on aerial or satellite imagery are outlined for mapping purposes but it is likely that they continue under scrub and meet in certain areas. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 September 2021

• CL009-084002 Booley hut
  Description

  Situated in a hollow with higher ground to the N in an area of open karst with thin grass cover, within a field system (CL009-084001-). Listed as ‘Clochan’ in the SMR (1992) and in the RMP (1996). Indicated on a 1st ed. OS 6-inch map set annotated by Westropp. On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a rectangular drystone structure (c. 4m N-S; c 3.5m E-W) of modern construction with a corbelled roof and a lintelled entrance (Wth 0.8m; H 0.9m) at the S end of the E wall. The interior is D-shaped (3m N-S; 2.2m E-W). The side walls are fairly straight but corbel in to a height of 1.4-1.8m. The top of the roof had fallen in. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 March 2016

• CL009-084003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On quite level ground within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-); the land rises from N to NE and slopes steeply c. 50m to the WSW into a ravine. This subcircular fulacht fia (c. 14.1m E-W; c. 11.5m N-S; c. H 1.2-2m) comprises a grass-covered mound of burnt stones and black soil with two disturbed arms (c. 4.8m N-S; each c. 1.1-1.7m E-W) extending to the N. The top of it (diam. 4.5m) is quite flat. At its N limits a ring of stones (diam. 4.8m E-W) protruding through sod cover probably marks the top of a stone-lined trough (see also Coffey 1990, 61). The two incurving arms extend northwards on either side of this feature. The oval space (c. 4m N-S; c. 4m E-W) enclosed between the arms is 0.4m higher than the external ground level. A well which provides water for the cattle lies c. 10m to the NE. Hut sites (CL009-084022-) and (CL009-084023-) lie c. 27m to the SSW and c. 43m to the S respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 25 April 2022

• CL009-084004 Mound
  Description

  Classified as a fulacht fia in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996) on the basis of Westropp's annotated maps. There is a small grass-covered mound (diam. 2m; H 0.5m) on an open karst landscape that slopes down gently to the S. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 4 November, 2013

• CL009-084007 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  Near the W edge of a plateau, in rough pasture, overlooking hazel-covered craglands to the S and W; within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and named ‘Cromlechs’ on the latter ed. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 27-8 – see link below) as a large partly collapsed wedge tomb (L c. 4.75m; Wth at W 2.1m, narrowing to 0.8m at E; H at W 1.4m, dropping to 0.65m at E) divided into two chambers. The tomb is embedded in the E end of an irregular low elongated mound (c. 20.5m ENE-WSW; c. 4.8-8.5m NNW-SSE; H c. 0.5-0.8m). An unclassified megalithic tomb (CL009-084008-) and a possible cist (CL009-084009-), which appear to have been subsequently added, occupy its W end. The wedge tomb, trapezoidal in plan, is oriented WSW-ENE. A number of the edges and tops of its stones are dressed. The N and S sides of the larger W chamber (L 2.85m; Wth at W 2.1 narrowing to 1.65m at E; H at W 1.4m; 0.8m at E) consist of a single limestone slab. The N sidestone (L 3.25m; T 0.2-0.25m) had collapsed inward, if erect it would have stood 1.2m high at the W end and 0.9m at the E. The S sidestone (L 4.35m; H at W 1.4m; H at E 0.8m; T 0.2-0.25m) is massive and its E end forms part of the S wall of the S side of the smaller E chamber (L 1.9m; Wth at W 1.6, narrowing to 0.8m at E; H at W 0.8m; 0.65m at E). Another slab (L 1.3m; H 0.8m; T 0.15m) completes this side of the latter chamber. The N side is also constructed of two slabs (W slab L 0.8; H 0.85m; T 0.15-0.2m; E slab L 1.3m; H 0.7m; T 0.15m) that are not quite in line with the N side of the W chamber. The chambers are divided by a segmental slab (L 1.5m; H 1m). Part of the roofstone (L 3.15m; Wth at W 3m narrowing to 2.3m at E; T 0.15-0.25m) still caps the tomb. A broken fragment of it (L 1.35m; Wth 3.05m; T 0.15-0.25m) lies on the ground immediately to the W. The W chamber is partially closed by a slab (L 1.4m; H 1.05m; T 0.1m) set 0.4m inside it. Two other stones are lying on the ground to the W of its N sidestone. Traces of outer walling survive on both sides of the tomb. That on the S side (L c. 7.3m) consists of five in situ upright slabs, two recumbent slabs and a slab leaning against the most easterly upright slab. On the N side, only two slabs (L c. 3.8m) survive, 1.8m apart. To the N of the more easterly of these stones, two further parallel slabs suggest ‘some doubling of the outer walling’ (ibid., 28). The narrowing of the enclosing mound between this tomb and the unclassified megalithic tomb, c. 2.5m to the W, and the possible cist, a further 2.5m W, suggested to de Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid.) that the original mound was subsequently enlarged. On inspection in October 1998 the monument was as described above. These tombs form part of a concentration of prehistoric monuments in the immediate vicinity, some of which were investigated by Grant (1995, 31-3). The closest of the monuments in this complex include: a stone row (CL009-084006-), which lies c. 20m to the NW and a standing stone (CL009-084032-), which lies c. 19m to the NNE. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• CL009-084008 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Within the W half of a low elongated mound (c. 20.5m ENE-WSW; c. 4.8-8.5m NNW-SSE; H c. 0.5-0.8m) associated with a wedge tomb (CL009-084007-) that lies c. 2.5m to the NE; a possible cist (CL009-084009-) lies c. 2.5m to the SW. Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and labelled ‘Cromlechs’ on the latter ed. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 28-9) as a completely collapsed structure that was difficult to interpret. It is defined by a roofstone (L 2.55m; Wth 2m; T 0.15m), oriented roughly NE-SW, and almost all the other structural elements are concealed beneath it. A large slab (L 2.1m; Wth 1.05m; T 0.1-0.15m) visible under the S edge of the roofstone may be the collapsed S sidestone; its straight S edge may have supported the roofstone when it was upright. An erect stone (L 0.9m; H 0.75m; T 0.1-0.15m), N of this slab, may mark the E end of the chamber. A set stone (L 1.4m; H 0.45m; T 0.1m) to its E and a second slab may define its N side. The function of a displaced prostrate slab (L 0.9m) at the SW corner of the roofstone could not be determined. The mound associated with the wedge tomb narrows to the E of this structure, which suggested to de Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid., 29) that the original mound had been extended to incorporate it and the possible cist to its W. On the basis of the proportions of the slabs of this structure, de Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid.) concluded that it was best regarded as a small megalithic chamber. On inspection in October 1998 the monument was as described above. These tombs form part of a concentration of prehistoric monuments in the immediate vicinity, some of which were investigated by Grant (1995, 31-3). The closest of monuments in this complex include: a stone row (CL009-084006-), which lies c. 20m to the NW; and a standing stone (CL009-084032-), which lies c. 19m to the NNE. See also linked document, filed with CL009-084007-, for details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• CL009-084009 Cist
  Description

  Within the W end of a low elongated mound (c. 20.5m ENE-WSW; c. 4.8-8.5m NNW-SSE; H c. 0.5-0.8m) associated with a wedge tomb (CL009-084007-) that lies c. 5m to the NE; an unclassified megalithic tomb also lies c. 2.5m to the NE. Indicated on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map and labelled ‘Cromlechs’ on the latter ed. Described by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 28-9) as the remains of a possible long cist (est. 1.85m ENE-WSW; D 0.25-0.5m). It is located within a roughly wedge-shaped hollow (2.6m ENE-WSW; 1.2m NNW-SSE at W, narrowing to 0.8m at E) and is defined by two prostrate slabs (S slab: L 1.3m; Wth 0.3m; T 0.12m; N slab: L 1.85m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.1m). A partly concealed set stone (L 1.1m; H 0.15m; T 0.1-0.15m) is visible under the N slab. The function of another set stone (L 0.6m; H 0.2m; T 0.1m) to the W of the hollow could not be determined. The mound around the wedge tomb narrows to the E of this structure and the unclassified megalithic tomb. This suggested to de Valera and Ó Nualláin (ibid.) that they and the W part of the mound were added to the original mound that surrounded the wedge tomb. On inspection in October 1998 the monument was as described above. These tombs form part of a concentration of prehistoric monuments in the immediate vicinity, some of which investigated by Grant (1995, 31-3). The closest of monuments in this complex include: a stone row (CL009-084006-), which lies c. 20m to the NW and a standing stone (CL009-084032-), which lies c. 19m to the NNE. See also linked document, filed with CL009-084007-, for details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 April 2022

• CL009-084012 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a plateau in rough pasture, with land sloping immediately to the S, and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). This well-preserved grass-covered oval cairn (8.2m NW-SE; 7.3m NE-SW; H 1-1.2m) has quite a straight edge (L 3m) at SE, where it may have been cut back. Two stones (L. 0.4m and 0.8m), aligned NE-SE, protruding from the top of it may be related to what appeared to de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 29) to be the remains of a short cist (Wth 1m; L 0.5m) 'set high up in the mound'. A later D-shaped enclosure (int. dims. c. 12m ENE-WSW; c. 11m NNW-SSE) lies c. 5.5m to the N. The cairn is part of a complex of prehistoric monuments in this area (Grant 1995, 31-3) that also includes two other cairns (CL009-084010- and CL009-084013-) lying c. 47m to the NNW and c. 64m to the NE respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 28 April 2022

• CL009-084013 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In a hollow at the E edge of a plateau in rough pasture, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). This small cairn (4.5m N-S; 3.5m E-W; H 0.2-0.4m) was noted by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 29) and was later recorded as ‘Cairn F’ by Grant (1995, 31-3) as part of an investigation into a concentration of prehistoric monuments in the immediate vicinity. However, its formless shape suggests that it may be a field-clearance cairn. Two other cairns (CL009-084010-and CL009-084012-) lie c. 75m to the WNW and c. 64 to the WSW respectively. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 28 April 2022

• CL009-084019 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a S-facing slope on open karst land, within a field system (CL009-084001-). Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Indicated on an annotated map in 1994 (pers. comm. T. Coffey, SMR file). On inspection in 1998 this was found to be a modern enclosure (diam. 19m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by rough drystone walls (H 1.4m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 March 2016

• CL009-084022 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In a hollow c. 13m to the W of the edge of a precipice and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). This large D-shaped house site (int. dims. 13.1m NW-SE), with a straight side at SW (int. L 9.8m), is defined by a grass-covered stone wall (Wth 0.8-1m; max. int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.2-0.4m) which seems to be faced; some spill is visible on both sides of the wall. The interior is distinctly sunken, most markedly at N and E. Another house site (CL009-084023-) lies c. 19m to the SE and there is a fulacht fia (CL009-084003-) c. 32m to the NNE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29 April 2022

• CL009-084023 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In a hollow c. 13m to the E of a precipice and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). This circular house site (ext. dims. 10.4m NE-SW; 10.2m NW-SE) is defined by a grass-covered double-faced stone wall (Wth 0.6-0.7m; H 0.4-0.6m) with external wall spill (Wth 2.2-3.7m) that is most extensive from W to NE. A house site (CL009-084022-) lies c. 19m to the NW and there is a fulacht fia (CL009-084003-) c. 54m to the N. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 29 April 2022

• CL009-084024 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated at the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope with limited views. Listed as ‘House site’ in the RMP (1996). Indicated as occupied on the 1842 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1998 this was found to be an 18th/19th-century house, aligned E-W and divided into two rooms (W room: ext. dims. 3.4m N-S; 5.5m E-W; E room: ext. dims. 4.4m N-S; 4m E-W) with a double-faced wall surviving to 1.2-1.6m (T 0.6m). The S wall is reduced to its foundations. Each room has a separate entrance in the S wall and there is no connecting doorway. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 March 2016

• CL009-117 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In hazel wood at a high point on an E-W spur; the land slopes steeply in every direction except to the W. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This hazel-covered subrectangular cashel (ext. dims. 33.8m ENE-WSW; 27.2m NNW-SSE) is defined by a stone spread (Wth max. 5.5m; int. H c. 0.4m; ext. H 0.4-1.2m). The outer wall-face, constructed of horizontally laid stones, is clearly visible protruding from it. The wall has clearly deteriorated since Westropp’s (1911, 362) visit, when he described it as narrow (Wth 1.37-1.98m), surviving to eight courses (H 1.83m) with a batter, and composed of large carefully fitted blocks (L 1.22-1.45m; Wth 0.36-0.41m). There is a possible entrance gap (Wth 0.75m) at S but the passage through the wall could not be traced. The ‘two loops of late-looking wall’ recorded by the Westropp (ibid.), adjoining the rampart within the interior, were not noted. Another cashel (CL009-116----) lies c. 140m to the SW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 June 2022

• CL009-121 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a flat-topped knoll of rock outcrop, covered in trees and bushes and rising c. 2-4m from the undulating floor of a small circular valley in reclaimed pasture. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This hazel-covered suboval cashel (ext. dims. 27m NW-SE; 22m NE-SW) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 2.2-2.7m; ext. H 1.4-1.6m), except in the E sector. The external wall-face, constructed of horizontally laid stones, is visible and in places is overlain by a later drystone wall. The E sector is defied by a single boulder wall, which may be a later feature. The outcropping rock in the interior rises c. 1m above the stone spread. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 17 June 2022

• CL010-047003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In a slight hollow with limited visibility, in high (between the 400’ and 500’ contours) rough grazing and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Indicated on both the first edition (1842) and later, Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular cashel (int. diams. 28m E-W; 23m N-S) is defined by a wide, stony bank (Wth 2-4m; H 0.6-0.8m) upon which a later field wall is built. The interior is generally flat, with a small, oval-shaped livestock pen (int. diams. 3m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE) against the NW perimeter. This may be built on an earlier hut site. Immediately outside the cashel at NW is a hut site (CL010-047016-) and field walls radiate off the cashel at E, W and N. There is an enclosure (CL010-047004-) c. 87m to the NNE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 21 February 2023

• CL010-047004 Enclosure
  Description

  In a slight hollow with limited visibility, in high (between the 400’ and 500’ contours) rough pasture and within an extensive, multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Indicated on the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. This subcircular enclosure (int. diams. 23m N-S; 20m E-W) is defined by stony bank (Wth 2-3.2m; max. H 0.7m) upon which a later wall is built. Between SSE and SW, the enclosing wall appears to overlie the NE limits of an adjoining enclosure (CL010-047022-) to the SW. The interior is slightly concave. A small stone structure just outside the enclosure at E, is probably a livestock pen. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 22 February 2023

• CL010-047016 Hut site
  Description

  Situated 3m to the NW of a cashel (CL010-047003-), this circular hut site (int. diam. 2.8m) is defined by stone walling (Wth 0.75m; H 0.9m) which may incorporate traces of corbelling. See attached image: CL010-047016-_01 JPG Hut site viewed from south. Compiled by: Conn Herriott and Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22 February 2023

• CL010-047020 Hut site
  Description

  In high (between the 400’ and 500’ contours) rough grazing, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Visible in aerial imagery (Aerial Premium 2013-2018) as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 10m) defined by an overgrown enclosing element, off which overgrown field walls run at SSE and WNW. A second possible hut site (CL010-047021-) lies c. 28m to the ENE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22 February 2023

• CL010-047021 Hut site
  Description

  In high (between the 400’ and 500’ contours) rough grazing, within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). Visible in aerial imagery (Aerial Premium 2013-2018) as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 9m) defined by an overgrown enclosing element, off which overgrown field walls run at SSE and W and NE. A second possible hut site (CL010-047020-) lies c. 28m to the WSW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22 February 2023

• CL010-047022 Enclosure
  Description

  Immediately SW of, and possibly conjoined to, an enclosure (CL010-047004-). Visible on aerial imagery as a circular enclosure (est. diam. c. 30m) defined by a grassed-over stony bank along the NW, by the enclosing wall of the adjoining enclosure (CL010-047004-) at NE and by a curving, later field wall SSE-W-NNW whose curve appears to respect an earlier enclosing line. See attached image: CL010-047022-_01 JPG Snip from GeoHive MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 22 February 2023

• CL010-268 Enclosure
  Description

  Towards the SW end of a high NE-SW plateau of semi-exposed karst and within a multiperiod field system (CL009-084001-). A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 12m) defined by a grassed-over wall visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 16 August 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Fanygalvan, 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 Fanygalvan.

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

Name

Fanygalvan

Area

989,758 m² (98.98 ha, 244.57 acres)

Civil parish

Carran, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Castletown, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cahermackirilla, Commons, Moheraroon, Poulaphuca, Sheshodonnell West, Sheshymore

Placenames

Fanygalvan 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.