Carmoney

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carmoney, from 1,095 m² to 1,002,508 m² (100.25 ha, 247.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carmoney 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.

• 21 Feb 2022Conditional

  REPLACEMENT OF (A) EXISTING PORTACABIN CLASSROOM WITH NEW STANDALONE UNIT (B) WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SAND POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250296

• 21 Dec 2021Conditional

  EXISTING FOUNDATIONS, SUBSTRUCTURE WALLS AND SITE EXCAVATIONS IN EXCESS TO THAT APPROVED PREVIOUSLY UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION 11/40292 AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY DWELLING ON THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURE WALLS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SEPARATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152569

• 30 Nov 2021N/a

  FOUNDATIONS, SUBSTRUCTURE WALLS AND SITE EXCAVATIONS IN EXCESS TO THAT APPROVED PREVIOUSLY UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION 11/40292 AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY DWELLING ON THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS AND SUBSTRUCTURE WALLS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SEPARATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152380

• 13 Sept 2021N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO AND HALF STOREY DWELLING (ON EXISTING FOUNDATIONS OF DWELLING APPROVED UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION 11/40292) & PROVISION OF SEPARATE ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151818

• 22 Jan 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE WITH ON SITE SEWERAGE TREATMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150072

• 12 Jun 2020Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE WITH ON SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050750

• 19 Oct 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE AND PROVISION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851609

• 4 Oct 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE AND PROVISION OF AN ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851524

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 Carmoney.

Recorded monuments

• DG027-011 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This tomb and the one nearby (Dg. 18) are at the eastern limit of an extensive tract of hilly ground that stretches westward to Glen Lough, 5.5km distant. They are near the top of a boggy S-facing slope and overlook the inner end of Mulroy Bay, 2.3km to the SE The monument is rather well preserved but deeply embedded in the bog. It consists of a wedge-shaped gallery, which was at least 10m long, aligned SSW-NNE. The back of the gallery, to the NNE, is missing or concealed. A transverse slab, 1.8m from the present end of the gallery, indicates the presence of a rear chamber. Roofstones, some now cracked, cover much of the gallery. Several stones protruding from the bog at either side of the gallery represent closely set outer-walling. A narrow grassy mound, c. 15m long, 7m wide and 0.8m high, surrounds the greater part of the structure. At around mid-length, grass-grown fill blocks the gallery for c. 1.5m. This apart, the present floor of the gallery, which is subject to flooding, is between 0.7m and 1m below the roofstones. Beyond the E end of the structure a hole, 1.2m by 1m, has been dug to the depth of the gallery floor. The front orthostat on the N side of the gallery is set inside the line of the others on the same side, as are the two front stones at the S. That at the N is 0.6m in exposed height. The outer stone at the S is 0.7m in exposed height, and the inner one is 0.8m. These three stones narrow the gallery to a width of 1.2m, and it seems likely that they formed the sides of an entrance feature, perhaps a portico. The gallery is 1.9m wide a little beyond the feature just described and narrows to 1.35m at the transverse slab c. 6m to the NNE. The orthostats forming this portion of the gallery vary considerably in size. Some are relatively large slabs, and others are small and pillar-like. Nine sidestones, one of which forms part of the rear chamber, are visible at the N, and eight are exposed on the S. These range from 0.2m to 1.6m long and from 0.1m to 0.3m thick. Some are as much as 0.9m in exposed height, and a number midway along the gallery are all but concealed by the fill referred to above. A general diminution in the heights of the gallery sidestones from W to E is evident from the disposition of the roofstones. A split in the longest sidestone on the N side is indicated by a pecked line on the plan. The eastern endchamber was at least 1.8m long and narrows to 0.8m at the back. The transversely set slab separating this chamber from the rest of the structure spans the width of the gallery and rises to roof height. The northern side of this chamber is represented by part of the orthostat extending beyond the transverse slab and by two other stones. These two stones and the one remaining stone on the southern side of the chamber, the lowest of the gallery sidestones, are all exposed to a depth of 0.7m. Two intact roofstones and at least four others, variously damaged, cover the greater part of the gallery and are laid directly on the sidestones. That toward the front measures 2.9m by 0.9m and is 0.3m thick. The next, 0.7m to the E, though split into three pieces as indicated by pecked lines on the plan, retains, more or less, its original position. When intact it measured 2m by 1m by 0.25m thick. Though not apparent from the plan, it is supported by two inward-leaning sidestones at the N, as well as by two sidestones at the S. The adjoining roofstone is split into two approximately equal parts along its long axis. The western part is in place, but the eastern is tilted skywards. When intact this stone measured 2.3m by 1.5m by 0.35m thick. Beyond this two displaced slabs that appear to have formed part of the roof protrude from the fill of the gallery. The bigger one, at least 1.5m in maximum dimension and 0.3m thick, rises above the southern side of the gallery. The smaller, at least 0.5m by 0.4m, rises above the northern side of the gallery. The roofstone beyond these is in position above the gallery and measures 1.8m by 1.4m by 0.25m thick. The adjoining roofstone covers the endchamber. Unlike the others, this slab has been placed with its long axis along rather than across the gallery. It is now split into two parts but holds its position and measures 1.75m by 1.5m by 0.25m thick. Two outer-wall stones can be recognised to the N of the gallery. One, 0.3m beyond the front of the gallery, is 0.3m in exposed height. Between this outer-wall stone and the gallery side and extending a short distance to the E are four small stones, not hatched on the plan. Only the tops of these are visible. They seem firmly set, but their status is uncertain. They may represent an intermediate line of walling between the gallery side and the close-set outer-walling or may simply be packing-stones. The second outer-wall stone at the N is 4.3m E of the first and is 0.15m in exposed height. Four outer-wall stones survive at the S, all outside the front half of the gallery. The westernmost of these, a large boulder, is immediately outside the westernmost orthostat on this side of the gallery and rises 0.3m above it. It is 1.1m in exposed height. The second, close to the first, is 0.3m in exposed height and the same height as the gallery side. The third outer-wall stone, 0.5m beyond the second, is 0.4m in exposed height. The fourth, 1.3m to the E of the third, is a low stone, 0.2m in exposed height. A brief description of the monument in an OS Revision Name Book (1848-9) indicates that it was then in much the same condition as it is now. Otway 1827, 35 (described as a long cave c. 34 feet (c. 10.3m) long); Hill 1847, 15 (giant's bed in Drummuckalathery recte Drummacaladerry, a townland adjoining Carmoney, refers); OS Revision Name Book, sheet 27 (1848-9), 23; Prim 1849-51, 15 (mentions Otway's reference quoted above); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 39, no. 93; SMR 1987, 27:11; Ó Nualláin 1989, 136; RMP 1995, 27:11. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG027-012 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  This tomb stands 35m SE of the last and is also deeply embedded in the bog. Part of a short, markedly wedge-shaped gallery covered by a single roofstone survives here. It is aligned SW-NE. Each of the sides of the gallery is represented by a long and a short orthostat. The long orthostats are opposite each other, and an inclined transverse slab is set between their western ends. Outer-walling is represented by a single stone at the S. In front of the western orthostat on the N side of the gallery there are two stones that may have formed part of the gallery side or may be the remains of a doubling of the gallery wall. A low stone immediately outside the larger of the two gallery orthostats at the N is of uncertain status but may also represent a doubling of the gallery side. There are no traces of a cairn on the surface of the surrounding bog. The exposed gallery structure is 2.7m long. It is 1.6m wide at the W and narrows to 0.8m at the present E end of the N side. Both sides of the gallery decrease in height from W to E. In what appears to be a reference to this tomb, Otway (1827, 35) claimed that it was 20 feet (c. 6.1m) long. The structure now visible is 4.2m in overall length. The western orthostat on the S side of the gallery reaches a maximum height of 0.95m at its outer end. The stone next to it is 0.5m high. The western orthostat at the N side of the gallery is 0.95m high. The stone beside it is 0.75m high at the W and declines to the E. The low stone outside this is 0.5m long and 0.2m thick, and its top is flush with the surface of the bog. The transverse slab is pitched inward, with an upper corner resting against the inner face of the adjoining northern sidestone. It would stand 0.6m high if upright. When upright it is likely to have risen to within c. 0.2m of the roofstone. It seems to be a septal-stone marking a division of the gallery into a portico, of which little remains, and a main chamber. However, it is possible that the surviving roofed structure is the rear or E endchamber of an otherwise largely demolished gallery. The roofstone, laid directly on the gallery sides, is 2.65m long and 0.3m thick and narrows from 2.15m wide toward its higher, western end to 0.65m near the eastern end. It may be significant that this roofstone has been positioned with its long axis along rather than across the gallery, given that at the nearby wedge tomb (Dg. 17) only the roofstone covering the E end of the gallery is so aligned. The lone outer-wall stone at the S leans outward. If upright it would stand 0.75m high. The western of the two adjoining stones in front of the N side of the gallery is 0.15m high. The stone next to it leans southward and would stand 0.9m high if upright. Otway 1827, 35 (described as a long cave c. 20 feet (c. 6.1m) long); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 39, no. 94; SMR 1987, 27:12; Ó Nualláin 1989, 136; RMP 1995, 27:12. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Carmoney, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, 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 Carmoney.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carmoney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Carmoney

Area

2,357,325 m² (235.73 ha, 582.51 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacrenan, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Cranford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

610 people lived in 238 households in the Cranford electoral division. 89% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 16% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cool Lower, Cranford, Devlinmore, Drummacaladdery, Tullagh, Woodquarter

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Carmoney 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.