Caherbroder

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbroder, from 5 m² to 134,289 m² (13.43 ha, 33.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 37 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Caherbroder 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.

• 15 Oct 2018Conditional

  to erect flood lighting for existing playing fields.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 181454

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 Caherbroder.

Recorded monuments

• GA128-026 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a ridge in level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (53m NNE-SSW) defined by a collapsed drystone wall which is obscured by dense overgrowth. A field boundary cuts across the SW quadrant of the interior. Gaps at NE and ENE appear to be modern. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017

• GA128-027 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a low rise in grassland. Well-preserved roughly circular cashel (diam. 29.6m) defined by two grass-covered drystone walls and an intervening fosse. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 1.6m) at E. At SSW a curving grass-covered stone wall (L c. 10m) abuts the outer enclosing element. A souterrain (GA128-027----) lies in the SW quadrant of the interior. A bullaun stone (GA128-031----), which is traditionally associated with St Patrick, lies c. 50m to the N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 January 2017

• GA128-027001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the SW quadrant of a cashel (GA128-027----). This poorly preserved drystone-built souterrain (L >12m) is roughly L-shaped in plan and consists of two passages connected by a creep. Access to the 1st passage (L 5.3m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.2m), which runs NE-SW, is gained at the SW end. A blocked creep (L 1.3m; Wth 0.85m; H 0.4m) is evident near the S end of its E wall, just inside the present access point. The 2nd passage (L 5.4m; Wth 1.6; max. H 1.4m) extends from it in a NW-SE direction and access to it is via a collapsed roof lintel. Possible air vents are evident in the NW corner of the 1st passage and in the W wall of the 2nd one. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2017

• GA128-028 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In level grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular cashel (53m NW-SE; 44m E-W) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. Field-clearance rubble obscures the enclosing element at SW. Several breaches in the wall appear to be modern. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2017

• GA128-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In reclaimed grassland. Subcircular rath (36m E-W; 31m N-S), in fair condition, defined by two banks of earth and stone and an intervening fosse. There is a well-defined stone-lined entrance gap (Wth 1.5m) at E. From NW through N to NNE a field boundary overlies the outer bank. Within N half of the interior an internal division is indicated by two grass-covered stone walls. A field boundary radiating from the monument at W adjoins another rath (GA128-030----) c. 25m to SW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2017

• GA128-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough grazing land. This poorly preserved subcircular rath (52m E-W; 50m N-S) is defined by a bank of earth and stone from ESE to S, and by a scarp from NNW through N to NNE. A field boundary overlies the enclosing element elsewhere. A gap (Wth 6m) at E appears to be modern. Field boundaries radiate from the monument at NW and N. Within the interior, two banks of earth and stone indicate internal divisions. Another rath (GA128-029----) lies c. 25m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2017

• GA128-031 Bullaun stone
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA128-032001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. This children's burial ground is defined by an unenclosed rectangular area (L 15m; Wth 9m) within which a number of unworked limestone uprights indicated graves aligned E-W. According to the landowner, the last child was buried there in the 1920s and a penal priest is also reputedly buried there. A holy well (GA128-032001-) lies c. 14m to the SSE and there is a bullaun stone (GA128-031----) c. 180m to the WNW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 August 2019

• GA128-032002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 14m to the SSE of a children's burial ground (GA128-032001-). Known locally as St Patrick's Well; on inspection in May 1986 the holy well consisted of a D-shaped spring well (2.2m N-S) enclosed by natural rock outcrop. A wall has subsequently been erected around it (see https://field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org/content/archaeology/field-monuments/childrens-graveyard). The annual pilgrimage was held on August 15th. A bullaun stone (GA128-031----), also associated with St Patrick, lies c. 190m to the WNW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 August 2019

• GA128-094 Souterrain
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Caherbroder, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_769 (ZIP).

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 Caherbroder with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Caherbroder · Cathair Bhruadair

Area

1,431,628 m² (143.16 ha, 353.76 acres)

Civil parish

Beagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Beagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

789 people lived in 274 households in the Beagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ashfield Demesne, Ballybaun, Ballyboy, Bunnasrah, Laghtyshaughnessy

Placenames

Caherbroder 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.