# Keeldrum Lower, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Tullaghobegly, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Caoldroim Íochtarach.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 865,339 m² (86.53 ha, 213.83 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,628 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 14 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Tullaghobegly, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/tullaghobegly.md
- Barony: Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division: Gortahork, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,693 people lived in 667 households in the Gortahork electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14450
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51526
- Centre: latitude 55.113176, longitude -8.151615 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keeldrum Lower, from 23 m² to 62,039 m² (6.2 ha, 15.33 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1395669: 62,039 m² (6.2 ha, 15.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395669.md
- Parcel 1311937: 57,814 m² (5.78 ha, 14.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311937.md
- Parcel 1305054: 39,720 m² (3.97 ha, 9.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305054.md
- Parcel 1350212: 32,719 m² (3.27 ha, 8.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350212.md
- Parcel 1420712: 30,361 m² (3.04 ha, 7.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420712.md
- Parcel 1351452: 29,451 m² (2.95 ha, 7.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351452.md
- Parcel 1345337: 23,404 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345337.md
- Parcel 1341635: 23,061 m² (2.31 ha, 5.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341635.md
- Parcel 5634727: 22,508 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5634727.md
- Parcel 1319282: 22,477 m² (2.25 ha, 5.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319282.md
- Parcel 1307973: 21,470 m² (2.15 ha, 5.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307973.md
- Parcel 1362225: 20,961 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362225.md
- Parcel 1316927: 20,799 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316927.md
- Parcel 1320429: 20,597 m² (2.06 ha, 5.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320429.md
- Parcel 1343913: 20,465 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343913.md
- Parcel 1350995: 18,187 m² (1.82 ha, 4.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350995.md
- Parcel 1362530: 18,068 m² (1.81 ha, 4.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362530.md
- Parcel 1356233: 16,752 m² (1.68 ha, 4.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356233.md
- Parcel 1314414: 15,742 m² (1.57 ha, 3.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314414.md
- Parcel 1353528: 15,312 m² (1.53 ha, 3.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353528.md
- Parcel 1426425: 14,967 m² (1.5 ha, 3.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426425.md
- Parcel 1307740: 14,499 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307740.md
- Parcel 1313956: 14,494 m² (1.45 ha, 3.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313956.md
- Parcel 1386018: 14,214 m² (1.42 ha, 3.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386018.md
- Parcel 1402188: 13,244 m² (1.32 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402188.md
- Parcel 1316554: 12,923 m² (1.29 ha, 3.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316554.md
- Parcel 1347750: 11,893 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347750.md
- Parcel 1314802: 10,948 m² (1.09 ha, 2.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314802.md
- Parcel 4927879: 10,675 m² (1.07 ha, 2.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4927879.md
- Parcel 1311178: 9,943 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311178.md
- Parcel 1319529: 9,685 m² (0.97 ha, 2.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319529.md
- Parcel 1309083: 9,405 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309083.md
- Parcel 1356201: 8,655 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1356201.md
- Parcel 1313541: 8,332 m² (0.83 ha, 2.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313541.md
- Parcel 6036516: 7,744 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6036516.md
- Parcel 1310884: 7,719 m² (0.77 ha, 1.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310884.md
- Parcel 1316295: 6,907 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316295.md
- Parcel 1319458: 6,451 m² (0.65 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319458.md
- Parcel 1368385: 6,109 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1368385.md
- Parcel 1341564: 5,999 m² (0.6 ha, 1.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341564.md
- Parcel 1314443: 5,516 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314443.md
- Parcel 3663959: 5,455 m² (0.55 ha, 1.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663959.md
- Parcel 1401204: 5,378 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401204.md
- Parcel 1421500: 5,352 m² (0.54 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421500.md
- Parcel 1313098: 5,327 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313098.md
- Parcel 1367775: 5,159 m² (0.52 ha, 1.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1367775.md
- Parcel 1318880: 5,060 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318880.md
- Parcel 1420296: 4,826 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420296.md
- Parcel 1371423: 4,628 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371423.md
- Parcel 1401793: 4,494 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1401793.md
- Parcel 1421202: 4,450 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421202.md
- Parcel 1349709: 4,044 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349709.md
- Parcel 4831831: 3,646 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4831831.md
- Parcel 1316208: 3,213 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316208.md
- Parcel 1347770: 2,769 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347770.md
- Parcel 1319471: 2,695 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319471.md
- Parcel 1313193: 2,569 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313193.md
- Parcel 1423592: 2,550 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423592.md
- Parcel 3663960: 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663960.md
- Parcel 1425325: 2,368 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1425325.md
- Parcel 1344571: 2,358 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344571.md
- Parcel 1422626: 2,325 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422626.md
- Parcel 1400249: 2,284 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400249.md
- Parcel 4392520: 2,200 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4392520.md
- Parcel 1319446: 2,184 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319446.md
- Parcel 6019503: 2,158 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6019503.md
- Parcel 1422837: 2,029 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422837.md
- Parcel 1371753: 2,010 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371753.md
- Parcel 5904902: 1,966 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5904902.md
- Parcel 1371608: 1,954 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371608.md
- Parcel 1420536: 1,864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420536.md
- Parcel 4295695: 1,808 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4295695.md
- Parcel 1390338: 1,801 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390338.md
- Parcel 1369008: 1,737 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369008.md
- Parcel 1317462: 1,717 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317462.md
- Parcel 1389650: 1,713 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389650.md
- Parcel 1422932: 1,712 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422932.md
- Parcel 1388009: 1,609 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1388009.md
- Parcel 4866021: 1,498 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4866021.md
- Parcel 4833197: 1,004 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4833197.md
- Parcel 1390760: 896 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1390760.md
- Parcel 6060789: 892 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6060789.md
- Parcel 1325809: 617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325809.md
- Parcel 1389742: 564 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389742.md
- Parcel 4852349: 475 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4852349.md
- Parcel 5904926: 379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5904926.md
- Parcel 1342967: 350 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342967.md
- Parcel 4190250: 184 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4190250.md
- Parcel 4190248: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4190248.md
- Parcel 4890617: 158 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4890617.md
- Parcel 4190236: 128 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4190236.md
- Parcel 1423715: 115 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423715.md
- Parcel 4190245: 99 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4190245.md
- Parcel 1313523: 97 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313523.md
- Parcel 4190246: 80 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4190246.md
- Parcel 4890619: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4890619.md
- Parcel 4890611: 23 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4890611.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Keeldrum Lower in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

14 applications, newest first.

- 2 Jul 2025, Donegal County Council 2561118: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A REDESIGNED COMMERCIAL GARAGE WITH OFFICE AND STORAGE AREA GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50456 AND INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561118/0
- 9 Jun 2025, Donegal County Council 2560947: Conditional. Permission. ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING WITH ADDITIONAL WINDOWS AND DOOR AS PART OF THE DWELLING RENOVATIONS AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560947/0
- 11 Feb 2025, Donegal County Council 2560161: Refused. Permission. INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A SOIL POLISHING FILTER AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560161/0
- 14 Nov 2024, Donegal County Council 2461843: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE WITH A NEW EXTENSION WITH A PITCHED ROOF, (2) EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING HOUSE INCLUDING NEW WINDOWS TO THE EASTERN FAÇADE, A NEW DOOR TO THE NORTH FAÇADE AND NEW VELUX WINDOWS TO THE ROOF, (3) ATTIC CONVERSION TO PROVIDE A NEW BEDROOM, WC AND STORAGE AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE LOCATED TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461843/0
- 1 Nov 2024, Donegal County Council 2461754: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461754/0
- 15 Mar 2021, Donegal County Council 2150456: Conditional. Retention. (1) ENTRANCE, ACCESS ROAD AND YARD AREA (2) COMMERCIAL GARAGE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW COMMERCIAL GARAGE WITH CANOPY FOR STORAGE, WEIGHBRIDGE, ONSITE CARPARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150456/0
- 20 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051550: Conditional. Permission. SEID TALMHAIOCHTA A THOGAIL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051550/0
- 28 Nov 2019, Donegal County Council 1951844: Conditional. Permission. ALTERATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING & DEMOLITION OF EXISTING EXTENSIONS TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951844/0
- 14 Nov 2019, Donegal County Council 1951744: N/a. Permission. ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951744/0
- 29 Oct 2019, Donegal County Council 1951636: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. TEACH CONAITHE, DABHACH SÉARACHAIS LE LIMISTEAR SIOTHLAITHE AGUS SEID TALMHAÍOCHTA A THÓGÁIL. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951636/0
- 30 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950614: Conditional. Permission. INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE (ATM) TO THE EXISTING SHOPFRONT FACADE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950614/0
- 11 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950309: N/a. Permission, 1 home. COMPLETION OF A DWELLING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER 08/31063 CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED TO SUBFLOOR LEVEL AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950309/0
- 6 Mar 2019, Donegal County Council 1950280: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF:08/31073 AND EXTENDED UNDER REF NO:14/50217. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950280/0
- 9 May 2018, Donegal County Council 1850734: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALSO UPGRADE WORKS TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850734/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

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

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG024-014: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG024-014----. This feature is named 'Dermot and Grania's Bed' on the OS 6-inch map of 1847-52. It is 1.4km SW of Gortahork on level ground above the valleys of the Owentilly River to the W and the Glenna River to the E, both of which reach the sea at the inner end of Ballyness Bay, 1.3km to the N. Thomas Fagan (1845-8) described it as 'the ruins of an ancient sepulture called Dermot and Grania's Bed which at present consist in one grave 8 feet [c. 2 m] long enclosed at either side by a slab of nearly equal length placed edgeways in the ground and standing 11/2 feet [c. 0.45m] above the latter and supporting as cover to the grave a large flag 6 feet [c. 1.8m] long, 41/2 feet [c. 1.4m] broad and 9 inches [c. 0.2m] thick and a portion of its upper side partially studded with holes 1 to 2 inches [c. 25-50mm] diameter and 1/2 inch [c. 12mm] deep. Here stood other graves the enclosing stones of which have been long since removed to modern erections.' Two opposed stones, aligned N-S and standing 0.7m apart, mark the site. They are at right angles to a field wall that has been built over them and largely obscures them. The eastern stone is 1m long, 0.1m thick and 0.7m high. The western is 0.9m long, 0.15m thick and also 0.7m high. Just 0.4m W of this is a partly buried, prostrate slab measuring at least 1.3m in maximum dimension. According to local information, there was further structure here until recent decades, but its extent and relationship to the two set stones are unclear. The remains cannot now be reconciled with Fagan's account, and the nature of the site remains to be satisfactorily determined. Fagan 1845-8, book 4, 23; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 45, no. 131; SMR 1987, 24:14; RMP 1995, 24:14. 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
- DG024-015: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG024-015----. This site, according to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), was known locally as 'Dermot and Grania's Bed' and then consisted of two slabs, one standing upright, which was 31/2 feet (c. 1.05m) long, 8 inches (c. 0.2m) thick and 41/2 feet (c. 1.4m) high, and the other, somewhat smaller, leaning against it. A 'few' other stones lay prostrate here; there were others on edge in the ground; and all appeared to have originally lain within an enclosure 25 yards (c. 22.85m) in diameter. This site was excavated in 1976. According to the excavator's account (Kilbride-Jones 1997), a rubble-cored wall, faced internally and externally, formed a round enclosure 23m in diameter. At the S the excavation revealed a chamber filled with midden material within the thickness of the wall. At the NE there was a gap in the wall, and 3m S of it were the two stones noted by Fagan. These still stand at the site. The excavator has suggested that they stood as opposed sidestones of a small megalithic chamber. According to him, there was a socket behind each of these and a further one forming a back to the chamber at the W. Immediately E of and in front of the supposed chamber the excavator identified a small 'forecourt' delimited by sockets. Two periods of activity were identified in the enclosure, the earlier represented by sherds of Western Neolithic pottery, by a plano-convex flint knife and possibly by sherds of coarse pottery. The later period was represented by spindle whorls of stone, a bone needle, a bracelet and ring, both of chlorite, and a heavily corroded iron object. Animal bones and piles of shells were recovered from different parts of the enclosure, and a small amount of cremated human bone was also found there. The site, substantially obscured by furze bushes (in 1994), looks like a ruined cashel with an entrance-like feature at the S consisting of the two stones described by Fagan, one leaning against the other. The nature of the supposed megalithic chamber with forecourt identified by Kilbride-Jones is uncertain. The context of the undoubted Neolithic activity at the site is unclear. Fagan 1845-8, book 4, 22; Kilbride-Jones 1977; Lacy 1983, 52, no. 194; SMR 1987, 24:15; RMP 1995, 24:15; Kilbride-Jones 1997. 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
- DG024-015001: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG024-015001-. This site, according to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), was known locally as 'Dermot and Grania's Bed' and then consisted of two slabs, one standing upright, which was 31/2 feet (c. 1.05m) long, 8 inches (c. 0.2m) thick and 41/2 feet (c. 1.4m) high, and the other, somewhat smaller, leaning against it. A 'few' other stones lay prostrate here; there were others on edge in the ground; and all appeared to have originally lain within an enclosure 25 yards (c. 22.85m) in diameter. This site was excavated in 1976. According to the excavator's account (Kilbride-Jones 1997), a rubble-cored wall, faced internally and externally, formed a round enclosure 23m in diameter. At the S the excavation revealed a chamber filled with midden material within the thickness of the wall. At the NE there was a gap in the wall, and 3m S of it were the two stones noted by Fagan. These still stand at the site. The excavator has suggested that they stood as opposed sidestones of a small megalithic chamber. According to him, there was a socket behind each of these and a further one forming a back to the chamber at the W. Immediately E of and in front of the supposed chamber the excavator identified a small 'forecourt' delimited by sockets. Two periods of activity were identified in the enclosure, the earlier represented by sherds of Western Neolithic pottery, by a plano-convex flint knife and possibly by sherds of coarse pottery. The later period was represented by spindle whorls of stone, a bone needle, a bracelet and ring, both of chlorite, and a heavily corroded iron object. Animal bones and piles of shells were recovered from different parts of the enclosure, and a small amount of cremated human bone was also found there. The site, substantially obscured by furze bushes (in 1994), looks like a ruined cashel with an entrance-like feature at the S consisting of the two stones described by Fagan, one leaning against the other. The nature of the supposed megalithic chamber with forecourt identified by Kilbride-Jones is uncertain. The context of the undoubted Neolithic activity at the site is unclear. Fagan 1845-8, book 4, 22; Kilbride-Jones 1977; Lacy 1983, 52, no. 194; SMR 1987, 24:15; RMP 1995, 24:15; Kilbride-Jones 1997. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Droicheadh Bhedlam [Bedlam Bridge], bridge, 1780–1820, Regional interest, registry number 40811002, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40811002. Single-arched bridge crossing Abhainn Ghleann Átha [Glenna River], built c. 1800. Coursed rubble stone construction to spandrels; coursed rubble stone parapets having rendered coping over. Round-headed arch having roughly dressed voussoirs; rubble stone construction to arch barrel. Tarmacadam deck. Modern steel pedestrian bridge to north, erected c. 1995. Water pipe to the south elevation.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Keeldrum Lower, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Keeldrum Lower.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-lower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-lower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-lower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Keeldrum Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ards Beg: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ards-beg.md
- Ards More: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ards-more.md
- Ballynacraig: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballynacraig.md
- Cashel: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cashel-50543.md
- Gortahork: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortahork-51395.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keeldrum-lower
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/keeldrum-lower