Claggan

116 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Claggan, from 32 m² to 555,160 m² (55.52 ha, 137.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Claggan 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.

• 1 Jul 2026Conditional

  EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661225

• 6 Feb 2026Conditional

  GARDEN SHED AND DOMESTIC CRAFT STUDIO

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660151

• 6 Dec 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351880

• 29 Apr 2022Conditional

  DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATEMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250759

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  (1) RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUNGALOW TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO ROOF TO PROVIDE INNER COURTYARD, PROVISION OF MEZZANINE FLOOR TO PART, THERMAL UPGRADE OF WALLS INCLUDING NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS AND SOME MODIFICATIONS TO OPENINGS (2) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR TO PROVIDE NEW ENTRANCE LOBBY (3) REROOFING AND RENOVATIONS OF EXTERNAL WALLS TO EXISTING TWO-STOREY OUTHOUSE AND PROVISION OF EXTERNAL WALL COMPLETIONS (4) RE-ROOFING OF EXISTING TURF STORE (5) ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250629

• 1 Apr 2022N/a

  DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250559

• 26 Aug 2021Conditional

  DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151706

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  (1) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES (2) THE REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE (3) ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE (4) INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151338

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  (1) FRONT FACADE OF DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) DOMESTIC SHED

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051248

• 29 Aug 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851360

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: Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC 000147
• Special Protection Area: Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA 004194
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Horn Head And Rinclevan 000147

Recorded monuments

• DG015-004 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The tomb is c. 400m from the sea cliff at the W side of Horn Head peninsula and on the N side of a broad shallow valley. It commands an extensive outlook westward along the N coast of County Donegal and NW to Tory Island, 13km distant. Light grazing is available in the vicinity. The court tomb in the same townland (Dg. 33) lies almost lkm to the SE The monument consists of a long cairn, 33.5m E-W, at the E end of which is a narrow roofless chamber. The cairn, its perimeter partly grass grown, is formed of slabs 0.5m in maximum dimension and reaches a height of c. 0.7m. It is 13m wide at the chamber and narrows to c. 5m at the W. The chamber, in which there is a considerable fill of cairn stones, stands 6m from the rounded E end of the cairn. It faces E, and its N and S sides are both formed by a portal-stone and a single sidestone. The two stones at the N both lean inward, and, as their bases are hidden by cairn fill, their positioning relative to each other is unclear. The portal-stones are set longitudinally. The northern one is pointed on top, and the southern one is flat topped. The gap between them was originally more than the present measurable 0.6m. That at the N would stand 1.3m high if upright. It leans against the S portal-stone, which is l.1m high. The sidestone at the S, 1.2m high, leans against the outer edge of the adjoining portal-stone. It appears that a piece may have been broken from the top of the N sidestone, which is at least 0.9m high. It seems that when intact this chamber would have been at least 2m long and close to 1m wide. It is clear from Thomas Fagan's (1845-8) account of the monument that it was in its present state when he saw it. Fagan 1845-8, book 1, 8; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 15 (1847-9), 14; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 290 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 30, no. 50 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 93, Donegal no. 2; SMR 1987, 15:4; Cody 1995, 36-8 (plan); RMP 1995, 15:4. 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)

• DG015-005 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument, 1km SE of the last described, is on a level patch of ground on the lower S-facing slopes of Crocknabuckan Hill, toward the N end of Horn Head peninsula. The mountains of Muckish and Errigal dominate the skyline to the S. The sea is visible at Pollaguill Bay, 1.6km to the SW, along the valley of the Pollaguill Burn. Rock outcrops in the immediate vicinity of the site indicate shallow soil cover, which today provides fair pasture and a little tillage. Fagan (1845-8) recorded that within local memory this monument had lain concealed and unrecognised under soil and heather until rabbit-hunters 'tore up the cairn and disfigured many of the graves beneath'. The monument consists of the remains of a court at the NNW, leading to a ruined gallery now 8.5m long divided into an antechamber and two main chambers. It is likely that there was at least one further main chamber here. Part of the W side of the gallery has been incorporated in a field wall that crosses the court. The remains of a cairn are traceable to the W of this wall. This is visible as a low, poorly defined, grass-grown spread of stones measuring 20m N-S and extending a maximum of 8m westward from the gallery side. There is no identifiable trace of the cairn to the E of the gallery, but two set stones 2m beyond the eastern arm of the court and parallel to it may be kerbstones. The southern one is 0.4m high, and the northern is 0.2m high. A stone next to the last, 0.55m long, 0.3m thick and 0.15m high, is not definitely in situ. The court is c. 4.5m wide and was at least 5m long. Four stones of its eastern arm are in place. A fifth stone at the northern extremity of this arm has fallen. The fallen stone, not hatched on the plan, would be 0.7m high if upright. The courtstone next to it, a substantial block, is 1.05m high. This stone rises 0.15m above the top of the next one to the S. Next to the last is a large round block 1m high. Between this and the gallery entrance is a pillar-like courtstone also 1m high. A scatter of cairn stones hinders identification of the W arm of the court, but one large rounded stone at the wall edge and close to the gallery entrance seems to be a courtstone. It is exposed to a depth of 0.4m in a hole in the cairn. Approximately 1m NW of the last is a stone 0.6m high, which may also be a courtstone. The status of three other set stones, two just S of the last and one to the N, is unclear. From S to N, these measure 0.1m, 0.3m and 0.15m high. The jambs at the entrance to the gallery are transversely set and stand 0.8m apart. That to the W is 0.8m in exposed height. A thin slab at its inner edge is 0.35m high. The eastern jamb is 0.65m high. Approximately 0.5m S of the last and rising 0.1m above it is another jamb. This stone seems intended to divide an antechamber c. 1m long from the rest of the gallery. The front chamber of the gallery extends for 3.2m behind the inner of the eastern pair of entrance jambs and is 2.3m wide. A single orthostat survives on either side of the outer half of this chamber. That at the E rises 0.25m above the top of the adjoining jamb. The orthostat at the W is 1m high. Between this stone and the entrance jamb is a set stone, 1m high, at right angles to the line of the gallery. Its status is uncertain. Toward the back of the E side of the chamber is a leaning slab that would stand c. 1m high if upright. It is uncertain whether it is in situ. A sillstone with a longitudinally placed jamb at its W end marks the division between the first and second chambers. The sillstone is 0.35m in exposed height. The jamb is 0.95m high. The sides of the second chamber are missing, but another jamb and sill arrangement, similar to the last, marks its southern end and shows that it was c. 3m long. The flat-topped sillstone is 0.6m high. The jamb, at its western end, is 1.1m high. This would seem to be a segmenting feature, and so it appears that at least one further chamber existed at this end of the structure. Approximately 1m W of the present end of the gallery and between it and the field wall crossing the site are two set stones, the northern one 0.6m high and the southern 0.2m high. It is not clear whether these form part of the original structure. An orthostat shown at the E side of the second chamber on an earlier plan (de Valera 1960) seems to be part of a stone-faced earthen bank that joins the gallery at this point, rather than a sidestone (Lacy 1983, 324, no. 1863). The western extremity of this bank is shown on the plan published here. Fagan 1845-8, book 1, 12-14; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 15 (1847-9), 18; de Valera 1960, 105, DG. 5 (plan); Killanin and Duignan 1967, 263 ('Cleggan'); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 18, no. 13 (plan); SMR 1987, 15:5; Killanin and Duignan 1989, 170 ('Cleggan'); Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Cody 1995, 38-40 (plan); RMP 1995, 15:5. 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)

• DG015-006 Enclosure
  Description

  An oval area 75m SE-NW by 32m NE-SW enclosed by a low, grassed-over wall of loose stones revetted on the inner and outer sides by a loose row of small blocks. A 23m stretch of similarly constructed wall runs from the enclosure in a straight line towards the NW. It stops only .6m from the side of Claggan Court-tomb (DG015-005-). This wall and the enclosure wall are clearly of a single construction. They are 3m to 3.5m in width. The revetment edges are .4m high but the inner 'core' is slightly lower. There is a 2m gap in the enclosure wall to the SW. A ruined wall runs roughly NE-SW across the middle of the site. A ruined field bank meets the enclosure wall just N of the gap. There are a number of heaps of loose stones in the interior and some rock outcrop. The site is on a low rise at the SW of a plateau of high ground with steep fall to the S and W, in an area of light pasture. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG015-008 Fulacht fia
  Description

  The site appears as a grassed-over mound, crescentic in plan, measuring c. 12m N-S and c. 7m E-W and c. 1m in height. The in-curved front of the mound faces NE. It is located in a marshy area and two streams flow closeby, one to the N and the other to the S. It is situated on a gentle NE to SW downwards slope, in wet pasture, and is overlooked by high ground to the N and S. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG015-009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 14m N-S, c. 12m E-W. A circular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall, originally 1.5m in width, and in places incorporating stretches of rock outcrop. To the N about 2m below the level of the cashel there is an arc of stones on edge, concentric to the cashel wall which merges with rock outcrop at both ends. Outside this is a level D-shaped area measuring c. 20m N-S, defined on the N by a sheer cliff edge just inside of which is a ruined drystone wall. The site is on a hilltop in a defensive position. There is rough pasture over most of the hill, but there is good grazing in the D-shaped area. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Claggan.

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

Name

Claggan

Area

3,516,214 m² (351.62 ha, 868.88 acres)

Civil parish

Clondahorky, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Dunfanaghy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfanaghy electoral division: 1,015 people in 376 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloghernagh, Largatreany, Lurgabrack, Muntermellan, Pollaguill

Placenames

Claggan 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.