Caherglassaun

60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherglassaun, from 425 m² to 150,845 m² (15.08 ha, 37.27 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 30 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 Caherglassaun 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.

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  & permission to complete dwellinghouse, garage, onsite wastewater treatment/percolation & all associated services on revised site boundaries (original planning reference 21/2144)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361067

• 10 Feb 2022Conditional

  Construction of dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works 276 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260092

• 17 Nov 2021Conditional

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 196.7 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212144

• 3 Jun 2021Refused

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 216.1 sqm, Garage: 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21976

• 3 Jun 2021Refused

  for dwelling house, garage, on site waste water treatment / percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 196.7 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21977

• 31 Aug 2020Conditional

  to erect a single storey garage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 56 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 333.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201227

• 6 Aug 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of a change of house type to a revised single storey dwelling with a revised associated domestic garage and carport from that granted under Pl Ref: 19/1532. The vehicular entrance to the site, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site development works are to remain as previously approved. Gross floor space of proposed works: Dwelling 211 sqm, Garage 36 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201096

• 14 Feb 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new storey and a half dwelling house and garage with septic tank and percolation area along with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 284.5 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20191

• 6 Feb 2020N/a

  for dwelling house, garage, on site wastewater treatment/percolation and all associated services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 196.70 sqm, Garage 60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20129

• 3 Oct 2019Conditional

  to construct a new bungalow type dwelling and garage. Permission is sought to include all site services and landscaping, waste treatment plant and percolation area. Gross floor space of proposed works: House - 204 sqm, shed/garage - 28 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191532

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: Cahermore Turlough SAC 002294
• Special Area of Conservation: Caherglassaun Turlough SAC 000238
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Caherglassaun Turlough 000238

Recorded monuments

• GA113-059 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  On a NE-facing slope in undulating pastureland. This poorly preserved and heavily overgrown subrectangular enclosure (c. 97m NE-SW; c. 76m NW-SE) is defined by a drystone wall which is traceable only as a low stony mound incorporated into the present field boundaries. The interior is subdivided by a number of field walls and it is densely overgrown with briars and thorn bushes. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 December 2017

• GA113-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the summit of a low hill in tillage. Well-preserved circular rath (diam. 38m) defined by a bank and external fosse. Traces of an inner stone revetment are visible intermittently. There is a stone-lined causewayed entrance gap (Wth c. 2.5m) at S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

• GA113-061 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a ridge in pastureland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 34m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall surmounted by a modern field wall. No visible surface trace survives from NW through N to E. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

• GA113-063 Quarry
  Description

  No visible surface trace survives of this sand or gravel quarry that is marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 August 2014

• GA113-064 Mound
  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.

• GA122-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. A well-preserved circular rath (diam. 24m) defined by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse; traces of the latter only survive intermittently. Some inner stone-facing is visible at N. A gap (Wth 3.5m) at ESE may be original. Two house sites (GA122-026001- and GA122-026002-) are visible in the interior at W and N, and internal divisions are evident in NE and SE quadrants. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017 The following images have been uploaded: GA122-026----_02.jpg View from ENE GA122-026----_03.jpg View from NNE with tower house (GA122-029----) in centre background

• GA122-026001 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the W sector of the interior of a rath (GA122-026----). This rectangular house site (N-S; L 10m; Wth 4m), with an internal dividing wall, is defined by a low grassed-over stony bank (c. 1.8-2.2m; H 0.3m). The W limits of the house are obscured by slippage of the bank of the rath. A lot of field-clearance material has been dumped into the interior, particularly the S half. Another house (GA122-026002-) is evident in the N sector. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

• GA122-026002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within the N sector of the interior of a rath (GA122-026----). The possible house site (L 5m; Wth 4.5m) is almost square in plan and is defined by a low grassed-over stony bank which abuts the inner face of the bank. A couple of stones protruding through the sod cover within it suggest an internal division. Another house (GA122-026001-) is evident in the W sector. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

• GA122-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland overlooking Caherglassaun Lough to the S. Well-preserved subcircular rath (diam. 15.7m) defined by a bank best preserved from W through N to ESE. A gap (Wth 2m) at ENE may be original. A field boundary borders the monument to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

• GA122-029 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On a slight promontory with a deep ravine to the N and overlooking Caherglassaun Lough from E to S. In existence in 1574 when it was the possession of ‘Oheyn’ (Nolan 1901, 114). This rectangular tower house (9.35m E-W, 8.1m N-S ) survives to a height of three/four storeys. It is constructed of large well-coursed limestone blocks and mortar, and dressed quoinstones; the latter have been robbed out of the SE corner. A base-batter rises to the 1st-floor level. The original doorway, much destroyed, is in the E wall. It accesses a small lobby with an overhead murder-hole. Further doorways off it lead to the stairs to the N and the main ground-floor room to the W. The stairs runs straight initially but spirals anticlockwise from the NE corner to the top of the tower. Only a few of its steps survive. It is lit by flat-headed loops and angle loop at 1st-floor level. The floor of the main room is littered with rubble due to the collapse of the internal wall-faces of the W and N walls. It was lit by three narrow slit windows set in deep embrasures. Only that in the S wall survives intact. Those in the W and N walls are destroyed; a large breach marks the location of that in the N wall. Due to collapse of the wall-face, the garderobe exit chute is visible both internally and externally at the W end of the N wall. Corbels in the N and S walls indicate that the floor above was wooden. There is a stone vault between the 1st/2nd floor. A fireplace in the S wall in the main room on the 1st floor is a later insertion as it blocks an earlier single-light ogee-headed, which is visible in the external wall-face. The windows in the W and N walls at this level comprise square two lights (both missing their central mullion) and a rectangular flat-headed light in the E wall that was inserted into an earlier slit window. An intramural garderobe passage, in the haunches of the vault, is accessed off the stairwell and runs E-W along the N wall. It is lit by two flat-headed loops. Another opening off the stairs above this accesses a narrow chamber running N-S along the E wall. It is lit by a flat-headed loop in the S wall. The 2nd floor comprised one room but it is not accessible. The original parapets are gone, apparently felled by an earthquake in 1755 (Mac Eoin 1981). (Nolan 1901, 114; Fahey 1893, 113). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 August 2021 The following image has been uploaded: GA122-029-----03.jpg View from E

• GA122-030 Enclosure
  Description

  In grassland overlooking Caherglassaun Lough to the S. Marked on the 1922 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure (diam. c. 30m N-S; c. 27m E-W). No visible surface trace survives. A tower house (GA122-029----) lies c. 90m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 February 2019

• GA122-031 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In grassland overlooking Caherglassaun Lough to the S. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a subcircular enclosure (c. 40m N-S; c. 36m E-W). Described in 1967 as a 'ring of stones ... low and wide and with some scrub' (SMR file). No visible surface trace survives. An enclosure (GA122-030----) lay c. 200m to the NE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 February 2019

• GA122-032 Mine
  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.

• GA122-034 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pastureland. This roughly circular cashel (diam. 31m) is almost completely levelled with the exception of the lower courses of the SW quadrant which is overlain by a later field wall. Traces of a single course of the inner wall-face survive at NE. The interior was inaccessible due to a coniferous plantation. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 January 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_686 (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 Caherglassaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Caherglassaun · Cathair Ghlasáin

Area

2,070,941 m² (207.09 ha, 511.74 acres)

Civil parish

Ardrahan, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Cahermore, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cahermore electoral division: 620 people in 198 households; 86% of households own their home; 50% of homes were built since 2001; 3% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybuck North, Ballykilladea, Ballynastaig, Cahercon, Cahermore, Killomoran, Pollnaveagh, Shigaunagh, Turloughkeeloge

Placenames

Caherglassaun 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.