# Gortaveha, Co. Clare: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Feakle, barony of Tulla Upper, Co. Clare; in Irish Gort an Bheithe.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 4,340,600 m² (434.06 ha, 1,072.59 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 31,343 m² (3.13 ha, 7.75 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Feakle, https://everytownland.com/clare/parish/feakle.md
- Barony: Tulla Upper
- Electoral division: Killanena, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 282 people lived in 102 households in the Killanena electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Clare, https://everytownland.com/clare.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/7874
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 31302
- Centre: latitude 53.0313, longitude -8.653142 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaveha, from 914 m² to 1,711,415 m² (171.14 ha, 422.9 acres); 22 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1439873: 1,711,415 m² (171.14 ha, 422.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1439873.md
- Parcel 1465449: 411,382 m² (41.14 ha, 101.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1465449.md
- Parcel 1494572: 281,045 m² (28.1 ha, 69.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1494572.md
- Parcel 1456444: 98,587 m² (9.86 ha, 24.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1456444.md
- Parcel 1503457: 97,360 m² (9.74 ha, 24.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503457.md
- Parcel 1450352: 93,662 m² (9.37 ha, 23.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1450352.md
- Parcel 1461514: 82,610 m² (8.26 ha, 20.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461514.md
- Parcel 1442046: 80,247 m² (8.02 ha, 19.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1442046.md
- Parcel 1453666: 76,464 m² (7.65 ha, 18.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1453666.md
- Parcel 1477785: 70,143 m² (7.01 ha, 17.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1477785.md
- Parcel 1461603: 68,098 m² (6.81 ha, 16.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461603.md
- Parcel 1498071: 65,897 m² (6.59 ha, 16.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1498071.md
- Parcel 1434940: 63,885 m² (6.39 ha, 15.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434940.md
- Parcel 1461362: 63,718 m² (6.37 ha, 15.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461362.md
- Parcel 1501393: 61,025 m² (6.1 ha, 15.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1501393.md
- Parcel 1461586: 54,640 m² (5.46 ha, 13.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461586.md
- Parcel 1518318: 51,456 m² (5.15 ha, 12.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518318.md
- Parcel 1458676: 50,495 m² (5.05 ha, 12.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1458676.md
- Parcel 1518797: 48,551 m² (4.86 ha, 12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518797.md
- Parcel 1445631: 45,392 m² (4.54 ha, 11.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445631.md
- Parcel 1446105: 41,394 m² (4.14 ha, 10.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1446105.md
- Parcel 1445975: 36,796 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1445975.md
- Parcel 1440139: 34,608 m² (3.46 ha, 8.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1440139.md
- Parcel 1510660: 34,221 m² (3.42 ha, 8.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1510660.md
- Parcel 1449640: 34,039 m² (3.4 ha, 8.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1449640.md
- Parcel 1499712: 32,764 m² (3.28 ha, 8.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499712.md
- Parcel 1518344: 32,400 m² (3.24 ha, 8.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518344.md
- Parcel 1443975: 32,218 m² (3.22 ha, 7.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1443975.md
- Parcel 1513082: 31,541 m² (3.15 ha, 7.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513082.md
- Parcel 1516667: 31,401 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1516667.md
- Parcel 1503575: 31,343 m² (3.13 ha, 7.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1503575.md
- Parcel 1513388: 31,245 m² (3.12 ha, 7.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513388.md
- Parcel 1440122: 31,099 m² (3.11 ha, 7.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1440122.md
- Parcel 1479187: 28,731 m² (2.87 ha, 7.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479187.md
- Parcel 1513071: 27,305 m² (2.73 ha, 6.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513071.md
- Parcel 1518423: 26,454 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518423.md
- Parcel 1461475: 25,276 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461475.md
- Parcel 1429571: 22,612 m² (2.26 ha, 5.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1429571.md
- Parcel 1434367: 21,853 m² (2.19 ha, 5.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434367.md
- Parcel 1434526: 20,785 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434526.md
- Parcel 1460335: 17,426 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1460335.md
- Parcel 1514760: 14,892 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1514760.md
- Parcel 1497844: 14,537 m² (1.45 ha, 3.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1497844.md
- Parcel 1518369: 13,863 m² (1.39 ha, 3.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518369.md
- Parcel 1512999: 13,387 m² (1.34 ha, 3.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1512999.md
- Parcel 1434490: 11,049 m² (1.1 ha, 2.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1434490.md
- Parcel 1461524: 10,801 m² (1.08 ha, 2.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461524.md
- Parcel 1433733: 10,307 m² (1.03 ha, 2.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433733.md
- Parcel 1499623: 8,193 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1499623.md
- Parcel 1513189: 7,324 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513189.md
- Parcel 1461621: 6,153 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461621.md
- Parcel 1440253: 6,060 m² (0.61 ha, 1.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1440253.md
- Parcel 1459965: 5,668 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1459965.md
- Parcel 1518280: 5,646 m² (0.56 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518280.md
- Parcel 1518554: 4,325 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1518554.md
- Parcel 1479240: 4,289 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1479240.md
- Parcel 1433267: 3,291 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1433267.md
- Parcel 1517253: 2,429 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1517253.md
- Parcel 1461529: 1,650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1461529.md
- Parcel 1446048: 1,207 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1446048.md
- Parcel 1513224: 914 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1513224.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

2 applications, newest first.

- 12 Dec 2025, Clare County Council 25386: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. is sought for existing off grid domestic dwelling, consisting of timber cabin of floor area circa 42.5 m2 on elevated pile foundation comprising of one bedroom, sitting area, porch, food prep-area and compositing bathroom. The existing dwelling forms part of the circle way regenerative and sustainable living community, which through democratic organising, healthy organic food, and enriched social lives work and live as a sustainable community while minimising ecological impacts. Retention permission is sought for existing dwelling and all site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25386/0
- 12 Dec 2025, Clare County Council 25387: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. is sought for existing off grid domestic dwelling, consisting of timber cabin of floor area circa 19.5 m2 on pile foundation comprising of one space incorporating bedroom, sitting area. The existing dwelling forms part of the circle way regenerative and sustainable living community, which through democratic organising, healthy organic food and enriched social lives work and live as a sustainable community while minimising ecological impacts. Retention permission is sought for existing dwelling and all ancillary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/ClareCC/AppFileRefDetails/25387/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA, site code 004168, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004168
- Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Aughty Bog NHA, site code 001229, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/001229

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CL012-002: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCL012-002----. In a shallow depression at the foot of a N-facing slope, in tree-covered marshy ground surrounded by pasture. Indicated and labelled ‘Holy Well’ on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. This holy well is enclosed by a modern D-shaped well-house with an almost straight W side (L 1.8m), and a steeply pitched roof (H 1.86m) with a flat top (Wth 0.53m). The structure is built of rough unworked flat sandstone slabs bonded with mortar (wall Wth 0.36m at N and S). In the W face of the structure are two low rectangular openings (H 0.41-0.45m; Wth 0.4-0.48m), their bases just above ground level and with a lintel over each (N lintel L 0.74m; T 0.1m; S lintel L 0.56m; T 0.1m). Each opening leads into a pentagonal alcove-like compartment (D 0.56-0.67m) containing two basins. The alcoves are lined by thin flagstones and separated from each other by a narrow stone wall (Wth 0.25m) which is open at the base where the well water is found. Kirby (2021) suggested that one basin may be for cures (eyes ailments and headaches), and the other for drinking water. Placed centrally in the external wall-face over the openings is a D-shaped stone (H 0.33m) with a flat base (L 0.3m). There is a cross (H 0.18m; Wth 0.11m) in the centre of this stone’s face, lined on either side by the engraved words ‘BLEST WELL’ set at a 45° angle on either side of the cross. Outside the structure’s W side is an elongated slab (L 1.5m; Wth 0.65m), and outside the S side are three flat slabs. The well is surrounded by small beech and willow trees, as well as a holly tree at the back (i.e., to the E). During an inspection in 1999 one old willow just to the N of the well had rags, strips of plastic, feathers and shoe laces hanging from its branches. According to Kirby (2021), two entries in the National Folklore Collection relate to this well: one recounts the story of a saint blessing the water here; the other entry mentions how the water was once used to cook potatoes, but when it would not boil the water was recognised as holy. According to a local woman spoken to in 1999, the holy well was referred to by some people as Hoarty’s Well (in reference to the previous landowner - see also Kirby, 2021) and was still visited by older people of the area. This informant stated that the stone superstructure was built over the well compartments as part of a local FÁS scheme in the mid-1990s. According to another account, it was constructed by a local mason from Flagmount (ibid.). The area of the well was fenced in in the late 1990s. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 2-10-2025

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Gortaveha, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortaveha.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaveha.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaveha.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/clare/gortaveha.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gortaveha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare: https://everytownland.com/clare.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Derrybrien South (Co. Galway): https://everytownland.com/galway/derrybrien-south.md
- Derrynaveagh: https://everytownland.com/clare/derrynaveagh-31020.md
- Derrywee West (Co. Galway): https://everytownland.com/galway/derrywee-west.md
- Inchamore (Co. Galway): https://everytownland.com/galway/inchamore.md
- Knockatunna: https://everytownland.com/clare/knockatunna-31605.md
- Knocknahannee: https://everytownland.com/clare/knocknahannee.md
- Reanahumana: https://everytownland.com/clare/reanahumana.md
- Scalp: https://everytownland.com/clare/scalp.md
- Slieveanore: https://everytownland.com/clare/slieveanore.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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