Milltown

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Milltown, from 57 m² to 222,371 m² (22.24 ha, 54.95 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Milltown 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.

• 9 Mar 2026Conditional

  to alter and extend an existing agricultural shed with underground slurry storage and to extend an existing separate slurry storage tank plus all ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2660139

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 25145

• 20 Jan 2025Conditional

  to construct extensions to side and rear of existing dwelling house, to use part of the dwelling as a granny flat, and to install new effluent treatment system all with associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 2514

• 18 Aug 2022Conditional

  (Reference No. P21-953) to demolish an existing farm building and to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22742

• 30 Jun 2022Conditional

  to replace existing sub-standard dwelling with a new dwelling house and proprietary treatment system along with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22577

• 25 Nov 2021Conditional

  to construct a single dwelling house, garage, advanced wastewater treatment system along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211253

• 9 Sept 2021Conditional

  to demolish an existing farm building and to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road, and all associated site works

  Outline permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21953

• 16 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, entrance from the public road, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20637

• 8 Apr 2020Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 20238

• 30 Nov 2017Conditional

  To construct a dwelling house & garage with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public rd, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 17921

• 17 Feb 2017Conditional

  to construct a private detached garage to the side of dwelling house, along with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Clare County Council, 17106

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Milltown.

Recorded monuments

• CL035-004 Cist
  Description

  This feature, named as ‘Diarmuid and Grania’s Bed’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map, stood in gently undulating, improved pasture with reasonable views. Some rock outcrop forms a low rise close to NE. The monument is named as ‘Site of’ on the OS 25-inch map suggesting that it was no longer extant by the late 19th century. Westropp (1902-04, 112) concurs with cartographic evidence that the monument was gone by the turn of the 20th century and describes it as having been ‘a ruined box of slabs’. On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such features at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 25 October 2017

• CL035-005002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On an area of outcropping rock, fenced off from improved pasture, c. 45m to SE of the Kiltanon River. A multi-storey tower house over a wicker vaulted basement. Depicted and named ‘Milltown Castle (in ruins)’ on OS historic mapping. The castle appears to survive as described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997, vol. 6, 189) and was built by Domhnall MacConmara c. 1490 and by 1570 had passed to the O’Brien’s. The MacNamara clan held the castle in 1618 and it was during the following 30 years that they are understood to have carried out renovations on the castle including additional fireplaces, chimneys and large windows (ibid.). One of the last recorded owners is Philip Bigoe who was granted the castle after the Cromwellian wars of the 1640s. The SE, SW and NW walls stand to full-height and are completely laden with ivy from basement to chimney level which obscures all features. According to local information, the NE-wall collapsed in 1981. It is now strewn down the side of the rock outcrop and consists of random rubble and some roughly hewn limestone protruding from a thick layer of moss. The survey of this structure is very limited due to the heavy ivy obscuring the interior and the exterior. On the exterior, all cut stone has been robbed out of the SW basement window and the surround is not visible on the NW basement window due to ivy cover. It is also inaccessible within the interior due to the collapsed NE wall which almost seals the basement just below the apex of the pointed wicker vault. A narrow gap affords a view into the basement at this point, however access is not easily gained and is not advisable. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-005002-_01 From SW. Landscape view of tower house and bawn. CL035-005002-_02 From SE. Interior of basement window, in NW wall (view only – not accessible). CL035-005002-_03 From SE. Wicker-centred vault over basement. CL035-005002-_01.pdf 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. Revised by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of revision: 11 December 2017

• CL035-006 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This feature, named as ‘Dermot and Grania’s Bed’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map stood in gently undulating pasture, toward the top of a gentle SE-facing slope with limited views of the surrounding landscape. Westropp (1902-04, 112 (b)) drew a plan of the monument and described it as ‘a defaced little cist, 12 feet long and 4 feet 9 inches wide. The sides and ends remain; and a cover-slab, now partly buried, lies on the north-west slab. The south side lies ENE and WSW’. The monument is named as ‘Site of’ on the OS 25-inch map suggesting that it was no longer extant by the late 19th century. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 91, no. 2) describe it as the site of a probable wedge tomb. On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such features at ground level. The site of another wedge tomb (CL035-007----) is c. 55m to the S. The following document is uploaded: CL035-006----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Revised by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of revision: 25 October 2017

• CL035-007 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In improved, gently undulating pasture, on a gentle SE-facing slope. There is a mature isolated tree within the same field, further to the NW. A field boundary with hedgerow is c. 14m to the SW. Limited views of surrounding countryside due to tree-lined field boundaries. Not depicted or named on any OS historic mapping. There is no visible surface trace of a megalithic tomb at this location. According to the Discovery Programme (2006), a number of megalithic structures are described by Westropp (1902-04, 111-14), however not all of these could be matched with the respective SMR numbers. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 92, no. 3) describe this as the site of a probable wedge tomb. The site of another wedge tomb (CL035-006----) is c. 55m to the N. The following document has been uploaded: CL035-007----_01.pdf 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: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 25 October 2017

• CL035-009 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This feature, named ‘Dermot and Grania’s Bed’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map, stood in a generally level area in an otherwise gently undulating field with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. The field has some rock outcrop close to the surface. Described in the Ordnance Survey letters (OSL, vol. 2, 285) as being ‘in the form of an ordinary grave (coffin) measuring 19 feet 6 inches in length and 4 feet 5 inches in breadth at the foot, and 6 feet 4 inches in breadth at the head, the thickness of the stones all round being included in the measurement. This was enclosed by a number of large stones placed at a few feet distance, and following the form of the grave.’ It is described by Westropp (1902, 113, No. 25i) as a ‘cist….lying in the field near the junction of the by-road and the Tulla road….’. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 98), indicate that the tomb had been destroyed before Westropp’s visit, hence his reference to a ‘cist’. They noted several almost concealed blocks, obviously ‘not in-situ’ (ibid.). On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such features at ground level. The following document has been uploaded: CL035-009---_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Revised by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of revision: 7 November 2017

• CL035-010 Henge
  Description

  In improved pasture, at the ESE-end of a gently undulating ridge (long-axis c. E-W) with reasonable views of surrounding landscape. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Depicted as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a slightly smaller enclosure (c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) on the OS 25-inch map. The enclosure is not depicted on the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map, suggesting that it had been levelled by the early 20th century. In 1997 a very broad low bank (Wth 9-13m) was noted by staff of the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme giving an overall diam. of c. 52m. Inspection in 2017 revealed an oval area (32m N-S; 28m E-W) defined by a scarp (Wth 8m; H 0.25m) NE-E-SE with very little trace SE-S-WSW. There is an internal scarp (Wth 10m; H 0.4m) WSW-N, where it falls from an area of rock outcrop on the exterior, down into the W sector of the interior which is dish-shaped. The possible remains of an entrance (Wth c. 6m) are at W. Four megalithic tombs (CL035-009---, CL035-013002-, CL035-015----, CL035-011----) are situated within a 270m radius to E, ESE, SE and NW and several other similar megalithic monuments are located within the wider vicinity. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 7 November 2017

• CL035-011 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In improved pasture, on a very gentle ESE-facing slope with reasonable views. The monument survives as described by De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, vol. 1, 78, no. 101). It is depicted and named as ‘Dermot & Grania’s Bed’ on all OS historic mapping and is shown on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map within the rectangular plot of a small building. According to Curry in 1839 (OSL, vol. 2, 159), it once formed part of a pig-sty near Green’s House. A well-preserved wedge tomb (2.2m N-S; 3.15m E-W; max. H 1.3m) defined by an orthostat to N, S, E and W. The capstone is a substantial subrectangular megalith covered in sod (H 0.25m) which accentuates the height of the monument. The weight of the capstone is borne only by the N and S orthostats, which taper down slightly from W to E. A small pinning stone is lodged between the S orthostat and the underside of the capstone. The interior is a rectangular area (1.6m N-S; c. 2.26m E-W) which is open at the NE and SE corners where the orthostats do not touch. The base of the interior is flat and contains numerous loose stones, probably derived from modern field clearance. An embanked enclosure (CL035-010----) lies 80m to the NNW and the sites and scant remains of several megalithic tombs lie in the vicinity to N and E. The following documents and photos have been uploaded: CL035-011----_01.pdf Details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) CL035-011----_01.jpg View of wedge tomb from N. CL035-011----_02.jpg From E. CL035-011----_03.jpg From S. CL035-011----_04.jpg From W. Revised by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of revision: 8 November 2017

• CL035-012 Burial ground
  Description

  In a gently undulating field of improved pasture with rock outcrop close to the surface. Depicted as an oval area (c. 17m NW-SE; c. 12 NE-SW) and named ‘Grave Yard’ on the 1840 edition OS 6-inch map. Named ‘Graveyard (site of)’ on the OS 25-inch map, suggesting that it had been levelled by the late 19th century. There are no visible remains at ground level at this location. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 8 November 2017

• CL035-013001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a generally level area of a gentle SW-facing slope, in improved pasture. Depicted as a large oval enclosure (c. 34m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) on the 1840 OS 6-inch map and indicated on subsequent OS historic mapping. Not visible at ground level. The site of a megalithic structure (CL035-013002-) is located c. 5m to S and a standing stone (CL035-013003-) formerly stood c. 15m to SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 13 November 2017

• CL035-013002 Megalithic structure
  Description

  This feature, named ‘Cromlech’ on the 1840 edition of the OS 6-inch map stood on a generally level area of a gentle SW-facing slope in pasture with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. Described by Westropp (1902-04, 113, no. 25h) as having been removed which concurs with the OS 25-inch map, where it is named ‘Cromlech (site of)’. On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such feature at ground level. A levelled enclosure (CL035-013001-) is located c. 5m to N and a standing stone (CL035-013003-) formerly stood c. 22m to E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 13 November 2017

• CL035-013003 Standing stone
  Description

  In improved pasture, on a generally level area of a gentle SW-facing slope with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. This feature is not named on any OS historic mapping. Described as, ‘a possible standing stone (limestone) …located in the field wall (running SW-NE) at the inner edge of the bank of the levelled enclosure (CL035-013001-)’ (North Munster Project, Discovery Programme 1997). On inspection in 2017 there is no extant field wall at this location and there is no such standing stone visible at ground level. A levelled enclosure (CL035-013001-) is located c. 15m to NW and a megalithic structure (CL035-013003-) formerly stood c. 22m to W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 13 November 2017

• CL035-014 Cist
  Description

  This feature, named as ‘Dermot & Grania’s Bed’ on the 1840 edition OS map, stood on a very slight NW-facing slope, in generally level pasture with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. According to Westropp (1902-04, 112-13), he sketched the dolmen in 1883, however it was blown-up by the tenant farmer in July 1890. It consisted of ‘a small box of three slabs and a cover, and sloped towards the south; it lay east and west’ (ibid.). In a later article, he states that he found ‘the sides of the blown-up cist in a low mound, 15 feet long north and south, 9 feet east and west. It was a small cist 3 feet 6 inches wide and long to 2 feet 6 inches wide,’ (Westropp 1907, 469). Named as ‘Dermot & Grania’s Bed (site of)’ on the 25-inch OS map, suggesting that it was no longer extant by the late 19th century. De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 97) describe the last potential extant record: ‘the tops of two sets of stones, one 1.2m long and 0.4m high and the other 0.4m long and 0.3m high protrude from an irregular mound 4.5m across’. On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such feature at ground level. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 8 November 2017

• CL035-015 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  This feature, named as ‘Giant’s Grave’ on the 1840 edition OS 6-inch map, stood on a gentle SW-facing slope, in improved pasture with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape. The surface of this field is uneven and gently undulating suggesting that there is limestone rock outcrop close to the surface. Named ‘Giant’s Grave (site of)’ and no longer depicted on the 25-inch OS map. The monument not seen by Westropp (1902, 113), but he suggests a dark patch of grass in a small depression may mark the site. According to Curry in 1839 (OSL, vol. 2, 159 and 285) the monument was ‘in the form of an ordinary grave (coffin) measuring 19 feet six inches in length and 4 feet 5 inches in breadth at the foot and 6 feet four inches at the head, the thickness in the stones all round being included in the measurement. This was enclosed by a number of large stones placed at a few feet distance, and following the form of the grave’. On inspection in 2017 there were no visible remains of any such features at ground level. An enclosure (CL035-013001-), a megalithic structure (CL035-013002-) and a standing stone (CL035-013003-) are c. 55m to the NW. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1961, 92, no. 4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 8 November 2017

• CL035-016 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slightly elevated area overlooking a short, steep slope to SE and a gentle slope to SW, in pasture with reasonable views. There are a lot of surface undulations and rock outcrop exposed across this field. Depicted on the 1840 edition OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. 40m) truncated by a field boundary (aligned c. E-W) across the N sector. Depicted as a penannular enclosure on the 25-inch OS map, where it is truncated by a field boundary (aligned NW-SE) across the NE-sector and is abutting a field boundary to SW. Depicted on the 1921 edition of the OS 6-inch map truncated by field boundaries (aligned NW-SE) across NE and SW-sectors. Not visible at ground level. An enclosure (CL035-013001-), a megalithic structure (CL035-013002-) and a standing stone (CL035-013003-) are c. 68m to WSW and a megalithic tomb (CL035-015----) is c. 65m to SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Alison McQueen Date of upload: 8 November 2017

• CL035-143 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At the base of the rock outcrop on which is built Ballymullen Castle (CL035-005002-), in gently undulating pasture, c. 30m to SE of the Kiltanon River. Listed as a 'Megalithic structure (possible)' in the SMR (1992). According to Westropp (1902-04, 112(a)), this feature was situated, ‘not far north of the……ivied peel-tower of Milltown…….among the crags.’ It is described as ‘a large, rugged block of limestone, supported on lesser stones. It is apparently artificial, and formed a cist of different and ruder type than the others in the townland’ (ibid.). On inspection in 2017 a number of large, irregular limestone erratics were noted around the base of the outcrop, however none of these appear to be forming a coherent structure and have been deposited in a haphazard fashion. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 15 November 2017

• CL035-148 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Abutting a field boundary (long-axis ESE-WNW) and forming a gatepost to a field entrance at the N side of a tertiary road. An ex situ cut limestone window sill (H 1.07m; Wth 0.36m; T 0.1m) set upright as a gatepost and identified in 1997 during the North Munster Project of the Discovery Programme. The side which faces in toward the gate has an upstand (H 0.5-2cm) where it would have been set horizontally to receive a window frame. A hole has been made in the upper portion of this face in order to receive the gate latch. The narrow face which would have formed part of the outer elevation of a building (now overlooking the road) has vertical line dressing. The finish on the opposite narrow side is rough, where it would have been incorporated into the masonry of the structure. The following image has been uploaded: CL035-148----_01.jpg View of architectural fragment from W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 15 November 2017

• CL035-166 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle W-facing slope, in improved pasture, with reasonable views of the surrounding landscape to W and N. Depicted on the 25-inch OS map as a large oval enclosure (c. 54m NW-SE; c. 37m NE-SW) which is truncated by a tertiary road (long-axis NNE-SSW) across the ESE-sector. The monument has been levelled with very little trace to W of the tertiary road. The low profile remains evident to ESE of the road are defined by a scarp (Wth 1m; H 0.1m) and a fosse (basal Wth 0.65m; overall Wth 3.25m; D 0.2m) NE-SE. A cropmark is not readily visible on modern aerial photography due to shadows cast by the adjacent tree-lined field boundaries (Digital Globe 2012). Identified during cartographic analysis of OS mapping for the Clare Archaeological Survey 2017. The following images have been uploaded: CL035-166----_01.jpg General view of remains in E field from ESE. CL035-166----_02.jpg Cross-sectional view of low-level remains from SSW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 21 November 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Milltown.

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

Name

Milltown · Baile Uí Mhaoilín

Area

1,885,574 m² (188.56 ha, 465.94 acres)

Civil parish

Tulla, and its townlands

Barony

Tulla Upper

Electoral division

Tulla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Tulla electoral division: 1,138 people in 437 households; 77% of households own their home; 42% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyslattery or Newgrove, Caherloghan, Kiltanon, Knockdrumleague, Moymore, Poulaforia

Placenames

Milltown 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.