Clontallagh
Townland in the civil parish of Mevagh, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Cluain tSalach
Parcel 1377159
- Area
- 103,806 m² (10.38 ha, 25.65 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it, 9 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Clontallagh
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Sept 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461383
5 Sept 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A PERMANENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461374
16 May 2024N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460720
17 Apr 2024N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460531
3 May 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350609
28 Sept 2022Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251630
11 Oct 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751538
1 Sept 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751338
23 Aug 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751290
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: Mulroy Bay SAC 002159
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- DG016-003 Ringfort - cashel
Description
The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps indicate a 'Fort' here. It is now not visible. It stood on the E-facing slope overlooking Mulroy Bay in poor ground marked by much rock outcrop. Local geology suggests it was a stone enclosure. 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 on this parcel.
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).
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 93.2 ha
- 230 acres
- Land parcels
- 79
- registered freehold, median 2,771 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 15
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
79 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clontallagh, from 65 m² to 354,610 m² (35.46 ha, 87.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clontallagh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2026N/a
ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWELLING, WITH PROPOSED CONNECTION TO EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661591
10 Jun 2026N/a
ALTERATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661064
9 Sept 2024Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461383
5 Sept 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A PERMANENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461374
16 May 2024N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460720
17 Apr 2024N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460531
3 May 2023N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350609
28 Sept 2022Refused
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251630
23 Oct 2020Conditional
ALTERATION TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING APPLICATION REF NO. 20/50265, THE ALTERATION CONSISTS OF SECOND ENTRANCE TO THE SITE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051583
4 Mar 2020Conditional
CONVERSION OF PART OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE INTO A YOGA STUDIO AND SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT AND PROVISION OF A NEW ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND THE PROPOSED APARTMENT AND YOGA STUDIO TO THE NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050265
21 Feb 2020N/a
CONVERSION OF PART OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE INTO A YOGA STUDIO AND SELF CONTAINED APARTMENT AND PROVISION OF A NEW ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND THE PROPOSED APARTMENT AND YOGA STUDIO TO THE NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050191
11 Feb 2019Conditional
RETENTION OF EXTENSION TO A DWELLING AND AN ATTACHED GARAGE TO SIDE OF THE DWELLING
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1950163
11 Oct 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751538
1 Sept 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751338
23 Aug 2017N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751290
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Mulroy Bay SAC 002159
Recorded monuments
- DG016-003 Ringfort - cashel
Description
The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps indicate a 'Fort' here. It is now not visible. It stood on the E-facing slope overlooking Mulroy Bay in poor ground marked by much rock outcrop. Local geology suggests it was a stone enclosure. 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
- DG016-004001 Church
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and empha-sised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. 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
- DG016-004002 Cross - High cross
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and empha-sised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. The following description of the Clontallagh High Cross is taken from, P. Harbison (2002-) The High Crosses of Ireland: An Iconographical and Photographic Survey, 3 vols., Habelt, Bonn, vol. 1. 58). Undecorated Cross 'An undecorated cross, about 2.60m high and without ring, stands in an old churchyard about 2 miles north of Carrigart'. 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
- DG016-004003 Standing stone
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and empha-sised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. 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
- DG016-004004 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and emphasised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. 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
- DG016-004005 Rock art
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and empha-sised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. 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
- DG016-004006 Graveyard
Description
Mevagh Church: It was described in 1622 as 'the ancient parish church now ruinated' (Royal Commission, 216). Built of rubble with pinnings, the surviving church remains, 13.15m by 5.5m internally, consist of the E gable with attached N return, the S wall and a small section of the W gable. The NE quoin is of rough ashlar construction with small pinnings; the SE corner has fallen away. The interior is littered with collapse and graveyard debris. The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing. The ope, .21m wide, has an estimated height of 1.88m. Immediately S of this window is the splayed ingoing of a smaller window. Part of its head survives giving an ope height of .87m and, though its exact width cannot be determined, it was probably similar to that of the present E window. The position of this window in the E gable supports the suggestion that it was one of a pair. Although no evidence for a corresponding N window survives, it may have been completely removed when the larger E window was built. The S wall, 3.6m high, preserves the ingoing of a deeply splayed window at its E end; it is of similar construction to the central E window. A relieving arch survives above the bond holes of a wooden lintelled doorway in this wall; the splayed ingoings remain but the jambs have fallen away. A small section of the W gable survives to an interior height of 1.5m. Spalled masonry, particularly on the inner face of the S wall, was caused by fire in this area. The details of door and window construction are suggestive of a medieval date for this church. The church stands inside a modern graveyard (DG016-004007-) which contains a number of other early features: (1) A cross (DG016-004002-) carved from a single slab 2.5m in height and c. 15cms thick. The angles where shaft and arms meet have been hollowed and empha-sised by a small knob-like projection. It stands to the S of the church. (2) A standing stone (DG016-004003-) .75m in height, .4m wide and 12 cms thick also stands to the S of the church. The small 'wishing stone of Mevagh' (DG016-004004-) (now missing) is said to have rested on top of the standing stone (JRSAI 1902, 231). (3) Lying on the ground near the SW corner of the church is an irregularly-shaped stone (DG016-004005-), overall 1.55m × 0.57m. Twenty three clear cup-marks are visible on the upper surface c. 6cms in diameter and 1.5cms deep. The site is located on the E limit of a stretch of high ground marked by ridges of rock outcrop, To the E, cultivated land slopes steeply to Mulroy Bay. 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 Clontallagh.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Clontallagh, Downings6 sales
The townland
- Name
- Clontallagh · Cluain tSalach
- Area
- 932,115 m² (93.21 ha, 230.33 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mevagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Rosguill, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardbane, Derrycassan, Dundooan Upper, Magherabeg, Mevagh
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Clontallagh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.