Leamaneh North

42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leamaneh North, from 29 m² to 207,010 m² (20.7 ha, 51.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Leamaneh North 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.

• 2 Feb 2026Conditional

  of an unauthorised structure as a residential unit ancillary to the existing dwelling house for short stays by friends, family, dog sitters & farm helpers. Planning was previously granted for a 46m2 log cabin, the structure installed is 66m2 including external deck area

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 2660043

• 17 Oct 2025Conditional

  for development which will consist of a change of use and refurbishment of an existing single storey agricultural structure as a consultant's office, with connections to existing services and ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2560637

• 28 May 2019Conditional

  for development which will consist of the construction of a 48 square metre single storey freestanding study and utility store to the side of existing dwelling house, with alterations to site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 19433

• 19 Nov 2018Conditional

  to construct a new single storey extension to the front of an existing dwelling and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 18927

• 11 Jan 2018Conditional

  to RETAIN the sunroom to the West and altered fenestration to the Front of the existing Dwelling and PERMISSION to extend the single storey section of the existing Dwelling, by adding first floor accommodation onto it and all associated site and ancillary works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 189

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

• CL016-020025 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the E sector of the interior of a cashel (CL016-020036-). The remains of this souterrain consist of a short passage (L 2.7; Wth 1.23m; max. H 0.95m) aligned ENE-WSW. The walls, which are straight, are constructed of small stones (L c. 0.2m; Wth 0.1m) and the passage is roofed with four lintels. Two further lintels, visible on the surface to the W, indicate the passage was at least 4.7m long. Both ends of the passage are blocked with spoil. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 20 April 2022

• CL016-020026 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture on the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge on the S edge of a shallow ravine aligned E-W with rising ground to the N. Hachured on the 1842 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps and named ‘Caherscreebeen’ on the latter. According to folk tradition it was ‘one of the richest forts in Ireland: it had a room full of gold, another of deer’s tallow, and a third of “beor lochlanagh,” or Dane’s beer’ (Westropp 1896, 368). A subcircular cashel (ext. dims. 41.5m E-W; 41.4m N-S) defined by a thick two-phase stone wall comprising an inner wall-face, a primary outer wall-face (H 1m) and a secondary outer wall-face (H 1.3m) with a rubble core. The inner wall-face is concealed by collapse and the inner wall is represented by a stone spread (Wth 2-2.5m) which is widest to the W (Wth 7m). The primary outer wall-face (original ext. dims. 33.3m E-W, c. 34.2m) is traceable only intermittently from N to S, being clearest between NE and ESE and between SW and W. A secondary outer wall-face defines the outer wall (Wth 3.6-4.8m; H 3-3.4m) and can be traced around most of the circumference of the monument. No clear entrance thorough either wall is visible, although both walls are lowest to the E, suggesting a possible location. An animal path crosses the walls at ESE. The interior of the cashel is level with the top of the walls. The cashel contains a house site (CL016-020038-) and a souterrain (CL016-020037-). Westropp (1900-2, 431) noted that the cashel had ‘traces of enclosures, and two souterrains’ and he included two ‘caves’ in his plan (1913, 255). He did not mention a second souterrain in his main description of the site (1896, 368). As the two ‘caves’ on his plan are fairly close together it may represent another part of the one souterrain noted on inspection in 1997. Four low field boundaries run N-S across the cashel garth, one of which overlies the house site. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 28 March 2023

• CL016-020029 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  At the bottom of an E-W running ravine and overlooked by higher ground to the N and S; within a field system (CL009-059001-). This court tomb is ruined and the surviving remains consist of an unroofed two-chambered gallery, aligned E-W and opening to the E, surrounded by an oval cairn. The E chamber (L 2.3m) is defined by two sidestones on the N and S sides and it narrows from E (Wth 1.7m) to W (Wth c. 1.5m). Two pointed transversely set jambstones (N stone: L 0.5m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.8m; S stone: L 0.5m; Wth 0.4m; H 1m), set 0.5m apart, mark the division between the two chambers. The W chamber (L 2.05m) is defined by at least one sidestone on the N side and two on its S side. The N side may have continued further to the W (est. L 1m). This chamber also narrows from E (Wth 1.8m) to W (Wth 1.5m). A small circular cairn (diam. c. 2m) to the W of the chamber may be a collection of cairn material. The cairn (dims. 11m E-W; 7.6-9.5m N-S; H c. 1m) itself widens to towards the W. No trace of the court survives. An N-S running field wall crosses the E limits of the cairn. This court tomb is one of five recorded in the county (see also CL008-002001-, CL009-059063-, CL016-170---- and CL017-180007-). A cashel (CL016-020026-) lies c. 95m to the SSW. (Coffey 1988, 50) The following image has been uploaded: CL016-020029-_01.jpg View of tomb from W Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 20 April 2022

• CL016-020036 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a gentle S and W facing slope within a field system (CL009-059001-). This rectangular cashel (ext. dims. 38.8m N-S; 34.5m E-W) is defined by a stone spread (Wth 3.6-7m; general ext. H 0.5-1m), which is highest on the W side (max. ext. H 1.8m) but barely rises above the interior (max. int. H 0.2m). Intermittent traces of the outer wall-face survive all round. A gap (Wth 2.2m) in the S wall, c. 0.8m from the SE corner, may mark the entrance. A large cairn (10.65m N-S; 10.5m E-W) occupies the SE corner. An ill-defined central open area (3.9m E-W; 2-3m N-S) within it could possible indicate a chamber that defended the entrance but no wall-footings were evident. There is a souterrain (CL016-020025-) in the E sector of the interior. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 22 April 2022

• CL016-020037 Souterrain
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of Caherscreebeen (CL016-020026-). Westropp (1900-2, 431) noted that the cashel had ‘traces of enclosures, and two souterrains’ and he included two ‘caves’ in his plan (1913, 255). He did not mention a second souterrain in his main description of the site (1896, 368). As the two ‘caves’ on his plan are fairly close together it may represent another part of the one souterrain noted on inspection in 1997. That comprised a short undifferentiated passage aligned SSW-NNE (L 3.05m; max. Wth 1.47m; max. H 1.68m). It was accessed through an opening close to the inner wall of the cashel and extended NNE terminating at a shallow stone bench (T 0.3m; H 0.5m). The walls are corbelled inwards from the bottom and the passage is roofed with four stone lintels. The cashel also contains a house site (CL016-020038-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 28 March 2023

• CL016-020038 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the centre of Caherscreebeen (CL016-020026-). A rectangular house site (10.5m E-W; 7.4m N-S) defined by a grass-covered wall spread (Wth 0.7-1m; H 0.2-0.4m) with an entrance (Wth 1.2m) in the centre of the E wall. The E wall is overlain by the remains of a field wall orientated N-S. A souterrain (CL016-020037-) lies within the cashel to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 28 March 2023

• CL016-032001 Walled garden
  Description

  Listed as 'Archaeological Complex' in the SMR (1992) and as 'Garden/Landscape Features' in the RMP (1996). This record is for a large rectangular enclosure (c. 275m E-W; c. 114m N-S) on a S-facing slope immediately E of Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-). It is aligned NE-SW and is defined by a rubble wall bonded with clay mortar (H up to 3m; Wth 0.7m at base, narrowing toward the top). The wall does not survive in good condition and does not appear to have been defensive. A circular decorative turret (max. H 3.45m) is built on the NE angle and appears to be built on top of the rubble wall. An external string course 1.4m from the top distinguishes a parapet (ext. diam. 3.9m; int. diam 2.75m) from the tower but no crenellations survive. A terrace (Wth 9m) extending along the N edge of the garden is named ‘Turret Walk’ on the 1840 and 1916 editions of the OS 6-inch map. It is defined by a stone wall at S (H 0.4m over the walk; H 0.6m over ground to S). The 1840 map shows that the road coming from the N extended along the N side of the garden and turned S at a point NW of the castle. The later road cuts right through the walled garden to meet the Corofin road more directly. About half way along the N wall a stone-built structure (int. dims. 4.5m E-W; 3.5m N-S; wall T 0.7-0.8m) projects to N. This is named ‘Summer House’ on the 1916 OS map. It has one light of dressed limestone on the W wall and the external façade has two statue niches in brick. A series of fish-ponds (CL016-032010-) lie within the walled garden towards the S. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Situated at the junction of the roads from Corofin, Ballyvaughan and Kilfenora with good views to S and SW. A five-storey 15th-century tower house with a 17th century fortified house (CL016-032003-) attached at W and walled gardens (CL016-032001- and CL016-032011-) at E and W. Only the services wing of the tower house remains built of dressed limestone blocks and containing the stairs and small rooms with narrow lights. The original halls were replaced by the fortified house in 1648. The tower had no garderobes and only one fireplace at third-floor level. The doorways to W are not at the correct floor height to permit access to the three floors and attic of the present four-bay house. Both the tower and the house have a base-batter and good quoins except the W wall of the tower indicating that it was rebuilt. The tower house was built c. 1490 by Turlough Donn Ó Briain, King of Thomond. One of the earliest references to the castle is in a will of Murrough O’Brien dated 1551 where he leaves it to his son Donough. Ownership passed through many hands between then and 1639 when Conor O’Brien married Maire Rua and subsequently built the fortified house. Her son Donough lived at Leamaneh until 1684 when he moved to Dromoland. The property then passed to his son Lucius who died in 1717, to his son Sir Edward who owned it in 1728 and to his son Captain Edward who held it in 1764. By 1773 it was held by Charles MacDonnell who was married to Catherine O’Brien. The MacDonnells lived at Newhall and let Leamaneh go to ruin whereupon it passed back to Edward. The castle was most likely lived in until about 1800. (See Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997 (uploaded) for historical details and references). The ground floor of the tower (ext. dims. 10.1m N-S; 4.85m E-W) has an entrance passage towards the S. The outer door at E (Wth 1.17m; H 2.6m) is pointed and has a long bar-hole in the S jamb. There is also an external recess for a yett and a squint in the S jamb which opens on the stairs. There is a hanging-eye on the N side and a murder-hole overhead (1.4m x 0.4m). The doorway at the W end of the passage is also pointed (Wth 1.16m; H 2.6m) with a bar-hole in the S jamb. The N wall of the passage seems to be a replacement and a lintelled door and a small window connect the passage and a barrel-vaulted chamber to N (3.15m N-S; 2.5m E-W). The chamber is lit by a simple rectangular light in the N wall. A loft is evidenced by two surviving corbels in situ. The doorway to the stairs is pointed and the stairs is lit by a pointed light (H 0.82m; wth 0.08m) with a separate gun-loop or slop-stone below. The stairs have narrow lights and slop-stones at each level. The embrasures of the rooms of the tower are generally rounded. The first-floor room (5.25m N-S; 2.85m E-W) is entered through a pointed door and is lit by an ogee-headed window at E and N. There is a cupboard in the E wall. This floor is half-way between the ground and first floor of the adjoining house. A pointed doorway (Wth 1.06m; H 1.75m) leads to what would have been the second floor of the original adjoining house. This door arch has a small cross carved in high relief. Also at second floor level there is a room lit by ogee-headed windows at E and N and by a light at the NE angle. On the third floor a pointed door leads through a passage towards the adjoining house (between the second and third floors). A pointed door with a bar-hole on the W jamb and a hanging eye at E leads to a chamber with two lights on the E wall, on either side of a recessed fireplace, and one on the N wall. The fireplace from this floor (dated 1553) was removed in the 19th century to Dromoland and subsequently to the first floor of the tower house (CL033-082007-) in the Old Ground Hotel, Ennis. On the fourth floor a pointed doorway with a bar-hole and hanging-eye leads to the attic level of the adjoining house. Also at this level a pointed doorway leads to a barrel-vaulted chamber with wicker centring and with single lights on the N and E walls. On the fifth floor there is a blocked doorway presumably to the wall-walk of the house. The chamber at this level has a damaged light in the N wall and a double ogee-headed window in the E wall with a cupboard to the N. Five steps S of the door lead to a lookout and the corbels for a machicoulis survive. A large walled garden (CL016-032001-) extends to the E within which there are a series of fish-ponds (CL016-032010-). A second walled garden (CL016-032011-) lies to the W. Gate piers (CL016-032008-) survive c. 40m to the NW of the 17th-century house at the NW corner of the complex, while another set are 400m to the N (CL016-020032-). Gate piers (CL016-032009-) to SW no longer survive. A large gateway (CL016-032007-) originally stood in front of the house but was moved to Dromoland castle (CL042-063003-) in 1907 where it serves as the entrance to a walled garden. The road S towards Corofin from Leamaneh is named ‘Sir Donat’s Road’ (CL016-121---*/CL017-023----/CL010-111---*/CL011-017---*) after Donough O'Brien who was created a Baronet in 1686 and became known as ‘Donat’. Leamaneh Castle is a National Monument in State care, no. 448. (Westropp 1900, 403-407; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1987; O'Connell and Gosling 1991, 135-40; Leask 1995 (reprint), 133-4; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997) The following items are attached: CL016-032002-_01.pdf Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. CL016-032002-_01.jpg View of the tower house from S with a fortified house (CL016-032003-) attached at W. CL016-032002-_02.jpg View from E. CL016-032002-_03.jpg The interior of the fortified house (CL016-032003-) and the W wall of the tower house. CL016-032002-_04.jpg A view from SSE at a time when the remains of the gateway (CL016-032007-) were still in place S of the fortified house. This gateway is now in the garden at Dromoland (CL042-063003-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Michael Moore Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032003 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated at the junction of the roads from Corofin, Ballyvaughan and Kilfenora with good views to S and SW. A 17th-century fortified house attached to the W side of a five-storey 15th-century tower house (CL016-032002-) with walled gardens (CL016-032001- and CL016-032011-) at E and W. Only the services wing of the tower house remains, the original halls were replaced by the fortified house in 1648. The doorways to W of the tower house are not at the correct floor height to permit access to the three floors and attic of the later four-bay house. Both the tower and the house have a base-batter and good quoins except the W wall of the tower indicating that it was rebuilt. A gateway (CL016-032007-)(now in Dromoland) stood in front of the house, possibly on the line of a bawn wall, and had an inscription that read ‘This was built in the year of our Lord 1648 by Conor O’Brien and by Mary Ni Mahone, wife of the said Conor’. This was the illustrious 'Maire Rua' and Conor was her second of three husbands. Her son Donough lived at Leamaneh until 1684 when he moved to Dromoland. The property then passed to his son Lucius who died in 1717, to his son Sir Edward who owned it in 1728 and to his son Captain Edward who held it in 1764. By 1773 it was held by Charles MacDonnell who was married to Catherine O’Brien. The MacDonnells lived at Newhall and let Leamaneh go to ruin whereupon it passed back to Edward. The castle was most likely lived in until about 1800. (See Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997 (uploaded) for historical details and references). The house consists of an oblong block (ext. dims. 18.95m E-W; 10.1m N-S; wall T 1.3-1.5m; int. dims 17.95m E-W; 7.33m N-S). A contemporary stairs tower is attached at NW with small single and double lights in dressed limestone with square hood mouldings. There are no remaining stairs inside the tower and all the doorways connecting to the house are just conserved openings. To the E of this tower are the foundations of a secondary lean-to structure (ext. dims. 4.72m E-W; 4.31m; N-S) which had a doorway on the E wall. There are two, two-light windows with square hood mouldings at ground-floor level in the N wall and three, four-light mullioned and transomed windows in the S wall, much of which are carefully reconstructed and a fireplace recess in the W wall. The main entrance doorway is at S and is round-headed (Wth 1.28m; H 2.2m). Much of the E wall (the original W wall of the tower) is rebuilt. The first floor also has four, four-light mullioned and transomed windows at S with one on the N wall at a lower level. At the E end of the N wall there is a small with a simple light which may have been a garderobe. The second floor is similar with four, four-light windows at S and a recess for a fireplace at W. A three-light, square-headed window at N is again at a lower level than the windows at S, at a level that would correspond with the second floor of the tower. An inaccessible chamber at the E end of the S wall is likely to have been a garderobe. A doorway in the SW angle above floor level gives access to a rectangular bartizan supported on five corbels with pistol-loops on the S face and at the angles. The stairs return continues to attic level. Walls rising above the guttering indicate a wall-walk and the W wall rose to the same height as the tower. The S wall has a central gable with a three-light rectangular window. Lean-to or half gables were built against the W wall and the tower each having three-light rectangular windows. A large walled garden (CL016-032001-) extends to the E within which there are a series of fish-ponds (CL016-032010-). A second walled garden (CL016-032011-) lies to the W. Gate piers (CL016-032008-) survive c. 40m to the NW of the 17th-century house at the NW corner of the complex, while other gate piers (CL016-032009-) to SW no longer survive. A large gateway (CL016-032007-) originally stood in front of the house but was moved to Dromoland castle (CL042-063003-) in 1907 where it serves as the entrance to a walled garden. The road S towards Corofin from Leamaneh is named ‘Sir Donat’s Road’ (CL016-121---*/CL017-023----/CL010-111---*/CL011-017---*) after Donough O'Brien who was created a Baronet in 1686 and became known as ‘Donat’. (Westropp 1900, 403-407; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1987; O'Connell and Gosling 1991, 135-40; Leask 1995 (reprint), 133-4; Ua Cróinín and Breen 1997) The following items have been uploaded: CL016-032003-_01.pdf Details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen. CL016-032002-_01.jpg Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032004 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated 60m SE of Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-/CL016-032003-) and just outside the walled garden (CL016-032001-). Indicated on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and named ‘Tobermarteen’ on the 1916 edition. Listed as a blessed well opposite Leamaneh Castle (Doolan 1991, 169) and named ‘Tobar Mhartáin’. A large trapezoidal area (2.7m E-W; 2.4m N-S; D 1m, deepest at E) with drystone walls one of which (at E) is curved. It is covered over by a large slab. There are no local traditions of a holy well here. The well appears to have fed the fish-ponds (CL016-032010-) within the walled garden to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032007 Gateway
  Description

  This record is for the original location of a large gateway that stood in front of the 17th-century fortified house at Leamaneh (CL016-032003-) along the line of a wall defining a courtyard. The gateway was moved to Dromoland castle in 1907 where it serves as the entrance to a walled garden. See CL042-063003- for present location and description. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-032007-_01.jpg View of gateway c. 1950 from SE showing remnant of wall attached at E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 November 2018

• CL016-032008 Gateway
  Description

  Situated 40m NW of Leamaneh fortified house (CL016-032003-) towards bottom of a N-facing slope and probably associated. Named ‘Gate Piers’ in Gothic script on the 1916 OS 6-inch map. Two piers, 2.95m apart, of dressed and mortared limestone blocks. The W pier (H 2.05m; T 0.82m N-S, 0.92m E-W) is complete with a rebate on the S side with a hanging eye. The E pier (H 1.24m) is not complete. There is a shot-hole for a simple latch in its rebate. The piers were attached to walls (T 0.82m) extending W and E of them and they don’t stand proud of those walls to either the N or S. This arrangement is similar to piers 400m to the N (CL016-020032-) with which these may be associated. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 November 2018

• CL016-032010 Fish-pond
  Description

  Situated just E of Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-/CL016-032003-) within a large walled garden (CL016-032001-). Two or possibly three long narrow fish ponds fed by water from a well (CL016-032004-) just outside the garden wall to W and separated from each other by low earthen banks or causeways. The most westerly pond (Wth at top 10m; Wth at base 8.4m; D 0.7-1.3m) is the most complete. The fish-ponds vary from c. 50m to c. 175m in length. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032011 Walled garden
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope some 50m W of Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-/CL016-032003-). A rectangular walled area (c. 96m N-S; c. 70m E-W) named ‘Leamaneh Gardens’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and ‘Garden’ in Gothic script on the 1916 edition. This garden is depicted on the 1840 edition has having a formal layout. Defined by very thin double-faced stone walls (Wth 0.65m at N). The S wall is almost entirely gone while the other walls survive to c. 1.5m. A turret (ext. dims 5.42m E-W; 5.38m N-S; wall T 0.7m) (also so named in Gothic script on the 1916 OS 6-inch map) projects N at the NW angle and the W and N walls are bonded to it. It had a wide doorway (Wth 1.7m; H 2.2m) at S but this is filled in with a simple narrow doorway. The interior (int. dims. 4m N-S; 3.7m E-W) had a simple barrel vault running N-S and the springing of the arch can be seen inside. It now has a lean-to roof, being highest at W (H 3m). There is a single light in the N wall at ground level. Larger stones at the lower level indicate a two-phase construction. According to O’Brien (1996, 14) Sir Donat O’Brien continued the upkeep of the gardens of Leamaneh, under the care of Robert White the gardener, long after he had moved to Dromoland in the late 17th century. His son Lucius wrote to his wife in 1712 from England with the following instructions… ‘pray order the ground to be well stir’d about all the trees great and small in the orchard, & if any of the wall trees in the pleasure garden have failed, let the best of the same kind that are to be had in the country be got to supplye their places…’. This ‘pleasure garden’ may refer to this walled garden W of the castle. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 7 November 2018

• CL016-032012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope immediately N of the Corofin/Kilfenora road and immediately W of a walled garden (CL0216-032011-) associated with Leamaneh Castle (CL016-032002-/CL016-032003-). Hachured as a ringfort on the 1840 OS 6-inch map (max. diam. 30m) and named ‘Fort’ on a plan of Leamaneh by Westropp (1900, 404). A curving field fence at W appears to respect the former presence of a feature but there are no visible remains at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload; 14 August 2019

• CL016-033 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the base of a flat valley c. 80m to the E of Leamaneh Castle walled garden (CL016-032001-) and with a complex of monuments including a ring-barrow (CL016-037----) and ring-ditch (CL016-182----) on Knockloon Hill rising c. 450m to the S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A grassed-over subrectangular stony mound (12.5m N-S; 12m E-W; H 0.4-0.7m), highest at S, with a flat top (diam. 10m) and a raised upper edge (H 0.1-0.2m). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 May 2022

• CL016-035 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a knoll in the highest part of the Leamaneh valley with ground sloping away in all directions particularly to the E and W where the valley is lower and rising in the N and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘cashel’ with the number CL016-035001- in the RMP (1996). Described by Westropp (1913, 255) as ‘a levelled ring-wall near the avenue’. A roughly circular earthen enclosure (31.9m E-W; 29.2m N-S; crest to crest; int. dims. 26.6m N-S; 26.1m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 3-5m; H 0.3-0.5m). A later, collapsed and largely removed drystone wall is visible in the N and was built on the bank. A grass-covered field wall/bank (Wth 1.5m; H c. 0.4m) with visible stone traverses the site from N-S and is similar in form to a wall/bank which encloses the site at S and W. A cashel (CL016-036----) is located c. 87m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 May 2022

• CL016-037 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Situated on top of Knockloon Hill. A ring-barrow partially excavated by the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archeology (NUIG) in 2018 (Ó Maoldúin 2020). Excavation revealed a sequence of activity stretching from the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age to the modern day. The Chalcolithic/EBA activity identified was funerary in nature, comprising depositions of small deposits of cremated bone accompanied by artefacts including a small white flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. Four white flint flakes were also found on the barrow possibly representing one knapping episode. The excavation of the barrow ditch may have contributed to the raising of the interior however the majority of upcast material appears to have been used to construct the external bank. A standing stone was erected centrally at some point. Prior to excavation just a small portion protruded above the grass. More cremation deposits were placed around this, apparently as late as the 6th-9th century AD. Other activity that occurred on the barrow during this time appears to have included feasting and possible glass bead production. Radiocarbon dates will follow to determine the sequence of fills in the ditch and the activity in the centre of the barrow. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 October 2020

• CL016-038 Children's burial ground
  Description

  At the E edge of a col in the Leamaneh valley with higher ground to the N and W and sloping ground to the E with extensive views over a basin from E to S. Named ‘Children’s Burial Ground’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘Burial ground’ in the RMP (1996). A D-shaped mound (16.8m E-W; 13m N-S; H 0.3-0.5m) with a straight edge at the W, covered in small stones aligned in E-W rows. The stones are best preserved at the W where the rows are c. 1m apart. The largest stones (H 0.5m, 0.15m x 0.3m; H 0.45m, 0.15m x 0.35m) are place c. 0.85m apart. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 May 2022

• CL016-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a level shelf at the bottom of a SE facing slope with rising ground c. 100m to the N, overlooking a valley to the E. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as ‘enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). A roughly circular area (int. dims. 17.1m E-W; 14.3m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (18.5m E-W; 16.1m N-S crest to crest) visible from SW to NE but reduced to an external scarp (H 1.2m) elsewhere. The bank varies in width and height (Wth 3.3-5.3m; int. H 0.4-0.85m; ext. H 0.6-1.2m) and is widest and highest in the N. The original entrance (Wth 1.2m) is at ESE. A gap at NNW may be related to the construction of a later grass-covered field wall which runs N-S through the ringfort and a second gap at NE may be an animal gap. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 May 2022

• CL016-132 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope on poor grassland with limestone pavement and with limited views. A poorly preserved wedge tomb with an E-W aligned chamber (1.5m E-W; 1.3m N-S) within a triangular or wedge shaped cairn defined by kerbs visible at the N and S and extending out to W (Wth 3m). The cairn is narrow at the W (Wth c. 4m) and wider at the E (Wth 7.6m). The chamber is difficult to identify, two stones at the N may have been sidestones and stones in the S may also have been sidestones. The cairn material is sparse and internal walling may exist at N. Sod and stone walls are attached to the cairn at N and S, extending to the NE and S. An unclassified cairn (CL016-134----) is located c. 63m to the NNW. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-132----_01.jpg View of tomb from W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 July 2022

• CL016-134 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On a high point on an E-W ridge, in rough pastureland, overlooking a ravine c. 50m to the N. This almost circular cairn (dims. 7m E-W; 6m N-S; H 0.5m) was recorded by T. Coffey (SMR file). Loose stone (dims. c. 2m, H 0.5m), largely covered in bushes, visible towards its centre may be field-clearance material that was thrown up on it. A wedge tomb (CL016-132----) is located c. 63m to the SSE. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 3 August 2022

• CL016-179 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, on an elevated area, on the lower W-facing slope of an E-W ridge named 'Knockloon'. There are excellent views of the surrounding landscape S-NE. Identified on Digital Globe satellite aerial photography. The monument consists of a roughly oval area (21m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a well-formed scarp (Wth 3.6m; H 0.85m) SSE-N. It is cut into the W-facing hillslope N-SSE, where there is an inner scarp (Wth 3m; H 0.85m). The interior has a gentle W-facing slope across the S-half and is flat across the N-half. The monument is bisected by a field boundary (long-axis E-W). A second field boundary (long-axis N-S) bisects the N-half at a right angle to the E-W field boundary. A distinct limestone erratic is located c. 7m to NW and a second, smaller rock is located a similar distance to WNW. A ring-barrow (CL016-037----) lies 210m to the E at the top of the ridge. The following images have been uploaded: CL016-179----_01.jpg From WNW. General landscape view of monument. CL016-179----_02.jpg From E. General view of monument. CL016-179----_03.jpg From NW. General view across interior. CL016-179----_04.jpg From NE. Cross-section view of scarp at NW. CL016-179----_05.jpg From NE. Cross-section view of inner scarp at SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 21 May 2018

• CL016-180 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of Knockloon Hill, c. 25m E of a ring-barrow (CL016-137----). A circular enclosure discovered as a geophysical anomaly by the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archeology (NUIG) and partially excavated in 2018 (Ó Maoldúin 2020). The enclosure comprises a ditch and levelled remains of an internal bank. The excavations are not complete and it is intended to continue in due course. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 October 2020

• CL016-181 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of Knockloon Hill, c. 40m E of a ring-barrow (CL016-137----) and c. 12m E of another enclosure . A circular enclosure partially revealed as a geophysical anomaly by the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archeology (NUIG) and partially excavated in 2018 (Ó Maoldúin 2020). The enclosure manifested as an enclosure c. 18m in diameter defined by a 1m wide ditch with a possible entrance at E. The excavations are not complete and it is intended to continue in due course. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 October 2020

• CL016-182 Ring-ditch
  Description

  On the top of Knockloon Hill, c. 75m W of a ring-barrow (CL016-137----) and two circular features (CL016-180---- and CL016-181----). A small circular feature, most likely a ring-ditch (diam. c. 7m) revealed during a magnetic survey in 2017 by the Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archeology (NUIG) (Ó Maoldúin 2020). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 13 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility 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 Leamaneh North.

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

Name

Leamaneh North · Léim an Eich Thuaidh

Area

1,525,859 m² (152.59 ha, 377.05 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Killinaboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Killinaboy electoral division: 347 people in 132 households; 91% of households own their home; 27% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballycasheen, Caherfadda, Clooneen, Deerpark, Leamaneh South, Sheshymore

Placenames

Leamaneh North 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.