Brockagh

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brockagh, from 39 m² to 1,266,995 m² (126.7 ha, 313.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 14 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 Brockagh 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.

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ERECTION OF A DRY BEDDED SHEEP SHED INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950621

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: Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park SAC 002047
• Special Protection Area: Derryveagh And Glendowan Mountains SPA 004039
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloghernagore Bog And Glenveagh National Park 002047

Recorded monuments

• DG050-001 Kiln - lime
  Description

  On a steep WSW-facing slope in rough mountainous terrain. Not marked on any edition of the OS six-inch map. Approximately rectangular structure (max. dim. c.3m; max. H 1.2m) defined by a drystone-built wall. The NNE side is built into the slope of the hillside. The bowl (diam. 1.4m; max. H 0.2m-0.45m) has been infilled. The raking/stoking hole (H 0.93m; Wth. 0.58m) is centrally located in the WSW wall. This is a post-1700 monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-002 Structure
  Description

  On a ledge close to the base of a steep S-facing cliff in rough mountainous terrain. Approximately rectangular structure (dims. 3.2m N-S; 2.8m E-W – Wall T 0.9m) defined by the remains of a very poorly built drystone wall (Wth. 0.9m) composed of stones of varying sizes. It is best preserved on the E side were it is composed of a series of large stones, set on edge, augmented in places by smaller stones. The E side has largely collapsed. There is no indication of a doorway or of a hearth. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-003 Structure
  Description

  On a ledge close to the base of s steep S-facing cliff in rough mountainous terrain. Approximately rectangular structure (dims. 2.3m E-W; 1.75m N-S) defined by the remains of a very ruined drystone wall. The E side is defined by a single large upright slab (L 1.26m; H 0.76). The N side is defined by three stones. Immediately outside the NE angle is an upright boulder. The evidence for the presence of the W wall is two boulders set on edge. Immediately outside the SW angle is a boulder. Only a few small stones mark the course of the S face. There are a number of stones of varying sizes at the edges and within the interior. This is almost certainly collapse from the afore mentioned cliff face. There is no indication of a doorway or hearth. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-004 Structure
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope, overlooking Lough Croangar, in rough mountainous terrain. Approximately rectangular area (dims. 3.7m NW-SE; 3m NW-SE) defined by the ruins of a poorly-built drystone wall. The NW side comprises four large boulders set on edge. The collapsed SE side is composed of stones of varying sizes. Aside from a few loose stones there is no evidence for the wall on the other two sides. There are a number of loose stones within the interior. There is no indication of an entrance or hearth. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-005 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in rough mountainous terrain, overlooking Lough Crumbane. At the base of a low rocky cliff face on an E-facing slope overlooking Lough Croangar and Lough Crumbane. Rough mountainous terrain. Approximately D-shaped area (dims. 5.1m E-W; 3.25m N-S). The straight side is formed by a cliff face; the remainder by 9 stones. Just one, at WSW, is upright. This is roughly triangular in profile tapering progressively to a point (L 0.5m; H 0.75m). There is no indication of an entrance. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-006 Structure
  Description

  At the base of a collapsed SE-facing cliff face in rough mountainous terrain, overlooking Lough Croangan and Lough Crumbane. The upstanding remains comprise a series of small and medium-sized stones which may mark the collapsed basal portion of a small subrectangular building (dims. 2.9m NW-SE; 2.1m NE-SW). There are a number of loose stones within the interior.There is no indication of an entrance or hearth. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

• DG050-007 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  On level ground at the foot of a low collapsed cliff face at the base of a collapsed SW-facing cliff face in mountainous terrain, overlooking Lough Croangan and Lough Crumbane. D-shaped area (dims. 9.4m NW-SE; 5.6m NE-SW) whose straight side is formed by the cliff face. The remainder of the circuit is defined by a series of 11 stones of varying sizes. The largest are at SE. There is no indication of an entrance. The nature and function of this feature cannot be determined with any degree of confidence on the basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 28 June 2012

Architectural heritage

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

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 20 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Brockagh.

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 Brockagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Brockagh · Na Brocacha

Area

6,380,880 m² (638.09 ha, 1,576.75 acres)

Civil parish

Templecrone, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Crovehy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crovehy electoral division: 165 people in 64 households; 82% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmeen, Commeen, Derrynagrial, Derrynanaspol, Loughagher, Meenderryherk Glebe, Tangaveane, Tor

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Brockagh 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.