Muntermellan

185 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Muntermellan, from 10 m² to 410,362 m² (41.04 ha, 101.4 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 Muntermellan 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.

• 11 Mar 2026Conditional

  COFFEE TRAILER AND CAR PARKING AREA INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660389

• 8 Oct 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561759

• 12 Jun 2025Conditional

  12M TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE CARRYING ANTENNA AND DISHES, COMMUNICATIONS CABIN AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITHIN A PALISADE FENCED COMPOUND (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 09/30530) INCLUDING ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560990

• 24 Mar 2023Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING HOUSE, INCREASING THE OVERALL FLOOR AREA FROM 170SQM TO 294SQM, INCLUDING ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350382

• 11 Jan 2023Conditional

  EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350018

• 23 Dec 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252093

• 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

• 22 Jun 2021N/a

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151223

• 9 Jun 2021Conditional

  UPGRADING OF EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151137

• 10 Feb 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150204

• 16 Nov 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051727

• 16 Nov 2020Conditional

  EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES, DETACHED GARDEN STUDIO AND BOUNDARY WALLS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2051736

• 9 Nov 2020Conditional

  REMOVAL OF A CHIMNEY, INSTALLATION OF NEW WINDOWS, REPLACING FOUR LIVING ROOM WINDOWS WITH A CORNER WINDOW, PATIO DOORS, INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051684

• 10 Jun 2020Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050747

• 5 Jun 2020N/a

  REMOVAL OF FOUR LIVING ROOM WINDOWS AND REPLACING WITH A CORNER WINDOW WITH PATIO DOORS TO THE LIVING ROOM OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050715

• 24 May 2020N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050574

• 23 Apr 2020N/a

  REMOVAL OF FOUR LIVING ROOM WINDOWS AND REPLACING WITH A CORNER WINDOW WITH PATIO DOORS TO THE LIVING ROOM OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050528

• 5 Nov 2019Refused

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951685

• 8 Aug 2018Unconditional

  DEMOLITION OF ONE DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851212

• 18 Jul 2018N/a

  ERECTION OF A PART TWO STOREY, PART SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, PROPOSED NEW ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC ROAD AND DRIVEWAY , ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851099

• 12 Dec 2017N/a

  DEMOLITION OF ONE DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751857

• 4 Dec 2017N/a

  DEMOLITION OF ONE DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751814

• 22 Jun 2017Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO PROVIDE TWO BEDROOMS AND A STUDY AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750969

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  (1) THE REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE (2) THE ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE (3) THE INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750995

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

• DG015-013 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  The monument is on a break in the south-eastern slopes of Horn Head peninsula and overlooks Dunfanaghy. It is on the floor of a small level tract of pasture, c. 100m N-S, which is flanked to the E and W by rocky ridges c. 40m apart. It is built at the base of the eastern of these ridges. Immediately S of the tomb the ground falls sharply to the inner reaches of Sheep Haven Bay c. 600m distant. There is an extensive outlook in this direction as far as Muckish Mountain, 10km away. The monument consists of a long cairn, toward the northern end of which is a well-preserved portal tomb. The cairn is formed of slabs, the larger of which are up to 1m in maximum dimension. It is 24m long (N-S) and 9-10m wide over the forward two-thirds of its length, beyond which it narrows gradually toward the back. It is 1m or more in height. A rough wall, composed of cairn stones, has been heaped up along its south-eastern edge. The chamber, which contains a fill of stones, is built with relatively thin slabs and stands almost 5m back from the broadly rounded N end of the cairn. It is 1.8m long and narrows from 1m wide near the front to 0.8m at the back. At the N are two tall portal-stones, set longitudinally, at either side of a doorstone that appears to be just over half their height. A single orthostat set outside the portal-stone forms each side of the chamber. The chamber is closed by a backstone set between the inner ends of the sidestones. There is a displaced corbel beside the western sidestone. A subsidiary roofstone, laid horizontally, covers the chamber area behind the portal-stones. A gap between the base of this roofstone and the top of the inner end of the eastern sidestone is blocked by a slab, leaning inward slightly, set outside of and rising above the sidestone. The subsidiary roofstone rests on the two sidestones. A small flat stone (not on plan) measuring 0.6m by 0.5m by 0.1m thick, resting on top of the cairn, is interposed between the underside of the roofstone and the top of the outer end of the eastern sidestone. This may not be an ancient feature. The main roofstone, now displaced, rests against the W side of the chamber. The cairn reaches to the tops of the sidestones. Both portal-stones lean inward slightly. The gap between them, 0.35m at the front, widens to 0.55m at the doorstone. The eastern portal-stone is 2.5m high. The top edge of this stone slopes down toward the backstone. The top of the western one, which may be broken, is 0.2m lower than the eastern. The doorstone is 1.3m in exposed height. Its pointed top, which is c. 1m below the tops of the portal-stones, rises just above the level of the subsidiary roofstone and thus blocks entry to the chamber. Both sidestones lean in against the backstone and their respective portal-stones. They are around the same height as the doorstone. The western one is 1.2m in exposed height. The eastern one is 1.1m in exposed height at its N end, 1.3m at the middle, and slopes to ground level at the S. The inward-leaning stone set outside the inner end of this sidestone is 0.9m high. The backstone is 1.1m in exposed height. The displaced corbel outside the western sidestone is split, but the two pieces remain alongside each other. When intact it measured 1.15m by 1m by 0.1m thick. The subsidiary roofstone is 2.2m long, 1.85m wide at the front, narrowing to c. 0.8m near the back, and 0.15-0.25m thick. The large displaced roofstone is 3m long and narrows from 1.5m wide at its N end to 1m near the S end. It is 0.2-0.3m thick. The portal-stones, because they are quite thin slabs with their tops unusually close together, seem to have been unsuited to the task of supporting this substantial roofstone. It is clear from OS documents of the mid-19th century that the monument was by then in its present state. Fagan 1845-8, book 1, 9-10; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 15 (1847-9), 12; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 291-2 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 35, no. 69; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 93, Donegal no. 3; SMR 1987, 15:13; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Cody 1995, 40-41 (plan); RMP 1995, 15:13. 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

• DG015-014001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 15m. A subcircular area enclosed by a ruined stone wall. It is adjoined on the S by a smaller subcircular space c. 10m in diameter also surrounded by a ruined stone wall. The wall seems to have been originally 1.4m in width. There is a 5m square foundation (DG015-014002-) in the interior of the main enclosure, defined by a grass-covered disturbed wall. The site is located at the base of a rock-strewn hill to its N, in rough pasture, with better land on the lower levels towards Sheephaven 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

• DG015-014002 Hut site
  Description

  A subcircular area (DG015-014001-) enclosed by a ruined stone wall. It is adjoined on the S by a smaller subcircular space c. 10m in diameter also surrounded by a ruined stone wall. The wall seems to have been originally 1.4m in width. There is a 5m square foundation in the interior of the main enclosure, defined by a grass-covered disturbed wall. The site is located at the base of a rock-strewn hill to its N, in rough pasture, with better land on the lower levels towards Sheephaven 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

• DG016-001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Internal Dimensions 55m NE-SW, 32m NW-SE. Named 'Duncap Isle' on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map the site is a steep-sided subcircular natural promontory. There is a low grassed-over stone wall around the perimeter. This is higher (.65m) on the landward side. About midway on this side also is an entrance 1.1m wide. The site is approached by a narrow isthmus which leads to a stone-defined path in turn leading to 'stairs' cut in the natural rock rising to the enclosure, there are several other defensive features guarding the site. It is overlooked by higher ground on the land side. This is an area of wet rough grazing. 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 Muntermellan.

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1566 (ZIP).

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

Name

Muntermellan · Muintir Mhealláin

Area

4,370,506 m² (437.05 ha, 1,079.98 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

Claggan, Largatreany, Lurgabrack

Placenames

Muntermellan 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.