Glenquin

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glenquin, from 2,485 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres) to 1,192,799 m² (119.28 ha, 294.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Glenquin 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 Glenquin 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: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL010-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the SW end of a narrow spur (on the 300’ contour) in improved pasture. Not recorded as an antiquity on OS mapping but indicated on Robinson's map of the Burren (1977). Listed as ‘Cashel’ in the RMP (1996). This oval enclosure (int. dims. 38m N-S; 34m E-W) is defined by an almost levelled earth and stone bank (av. Wth 2.2-3m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6-1.1m) which is lowest W-NNW, where it appears to be composed more of earth than elsewhere. Mature trees and bushes grow on the perimeter N-E-SW. The grass-covered interior slopes gently to the NNW. An enclosure (CL010-077----) lies c. 230m to the NW and another (CL010-202----) c.200m to the WSW. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and by Conn Herriott Date of upload: 10 May 2023

• CL010-214 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  At the highest point of the gently NW-sloping karst limestone summit plateau of Mullagh More, with land to the SE sloping steeply to a natural terrace. A subcircular cairn (c. 11.5m NE-SW; c. 10m NW-SE; H c. 2m) with a conical shape. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 June 2023

• CL010-220 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Near the S edge of the semi-karst summit plateau of Knockanes Hill. This quite large flat-topped cairn (12.3m N-S; 11.8m E-W; H 0.5-0.9m) has been dug out in its W centre, creating a subcircular crater (diam. c. 2m; D 0.6m) with adjacent upcast. There is a pyramidal stone heap (diam. 2.2m; H 1-1.3m) at the S edge of the cairn’s summit. The E edge of the cairn may have been cleared back. The cairn is the meeting-point of three townlands and the baronies of Burren and Inchiquin. Their boundaries are defined by drystone walls which intersect at the top of the cairn. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-220----_01.jpg View of cairn from S Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 June 2023

• CL010-221 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On karst ground at the NE end of a col between Knockanes Hill to the NW and another ridge to the SE, offering wide views from NNE to E and visible from the NE approach to the col. This oval-shaped cairn (11.2m E-W; 8.6m N-S; H 1.7-3m) is composed largely of fist-sized stones and has an even surface. The cairn material forms an E-W ridge (L 2.1m) at the top of the cairn. A later drystone wall overlies the W side of the cairn, and continues to the NW. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-221----_01.jpg View of cairn from the N Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 June 2023

• CL010-223 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the semi-karst summit plateau of Slieve Roe, commanding wide views from E to S. Documented and reported to the National Monuments Service in 2006 by Elizabeth Gills. This small subcircular cairn (circumference 21.6m; 7.7m E-W; 7.2m N-S; H 1.8m) mostly comprises medium/large stones, loosely piled on a rubble base. There are several possible kerbstones set on edge around the perimeter, most visibly on the W side. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 June 2023

• CL010-226 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low limestone ridge running SW-NE within the Burren National Park. A cairn (diam. c. 8m) somewhat inundated by scrub and with evidence of having been disturbed in the past. A second cairn (CL010-227----) lies c. 60m to the SW. (pers. comm. Michael Lynch) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 July 2014

• CL010-227 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low limestone ridge running SW-NE within the Burren National Park. A cairn (diam. c. 8m) somewhat inundated by scrub and with evidence of having been disturbed in the past. A second cairn (CL010-226----) lies c. 60m to the NE. (pers. comm. Michael Lynch) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 30 July 2014

• CL010-280 Enclosure
  Description

  On an E-facing slope at the top of a NE-SW ridge in pasture. An irregular enclosure (c. 53m E-W; c. 45m N-S) defined by a low bank visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A modern field bank overlies the NW side.  Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 10 November 2025

• CL010-305 Hut site
  Description

  In a hollow on the SE slopes of Mullagh More. A possible irregularly shaped hut site (c. 8 N-S; c. 7m E-W) defined by a grassed-over stone wall, visible on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi MapGenie (2013-2018). Noted by Conn Herriott. A cairn lies c. 135m to the NW on top of the hill. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 June 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Glenquin.

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

Name

Glenquin

Area

4,042,740 m² (404.27 ha, 998.98 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Glenroe, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Cooloorta, Creehaun, Gortlecka, Knockans Lower, Knockans Upper, Lackareagh, Leitra, Poulnalour

Placenames

Glenquin 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.