Callow

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Callow, from 474 m² to 323,781 m² (32.38 ha, 80.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Callow 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Callow in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Callow Lough 001239

Recorded monuments

• GA073-026001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  On a natural rise in gently rolling farmland, S of Callow Lough. This CBG consists of apoorly preserved rectangular area (L 18m, Wth 14m) slightly raised above field level. Traces of a low enclosing wall are visible at N and E. The interior is occupied by large and small limestone boulders aligned in rows indicating graves oriented N-S. The 1st ed. OS 6-inch map suggests the area was once surrounded by an enclosure (D c. 20m), no visible surface trace of which survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA073-026002 Enclosure
  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.

• GA073-027 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  On a slight rise in undulating pastureland overlooking Callow Lough to NE. In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Wm OKelly' (Nolan 1901b, 120). All that survives are sections of W wall (L 16m), while a short section of a wall running off to NE may be part of the original building. The only architectural features are a plain lancet window on ground floor and a recess for corbels on 1st floor. A farmhouse with outhouses has been built to E of the wall. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 604) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA073-028 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a rise in gently rolling grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank survives only at N. A field wall overlies the enclosing elements at S. A gap (Wth 3m) at E could be original. A square banked enclosure to NE appears modern. A ringfort (GA073-029----) lies c. 150m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA073-029 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Some 150m E of a ringfort (GA073-028----). Well-preserved circular rath (D 26m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the outer bank survives from NE to E, and it is overlain from SE through S to SW by a field bank. A gap (Wth 2m) at S could be original. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA073-030 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a hillock in undulating grassland. A circular rath (D 31m) defined by two well-preserved banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is for the most part overlain by a field wall, and no visible surface trace of it survives at E. A gap (Wth 3m) at SW could be original. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA073-031 Quarry
  Description

  A small hachured feature marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection to be a disused gravel pit and not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 April 2015

• GA073-032 Crannog
  Description

  In the W half of Callow Lough. This tree-covered crannog has been described by Curley (2021, 27-30-1) as a roughly circular artificial island (diam. c. 30m), rising 2m above the waterline. Its perimeter is defined by a revetment of large square stones, inside of which a substantial dump of stone and earth was piled. A subrectangular stone structure (GA073-032001-) is centrally located on it. On its E side, a stone-built jetty (L 7-8m; Wth c. 0.7m), defined by two stone linear features, is visible beneath the waterline. Following Fredengren (2002, 83-6), Curley (ibid., 28) suggests that the crannog could be classed as a high-cairn crannog and is possibly of late-medieval date. It may have been part of the historically attested ‘Callow cenn áit’ or lordly centre of the Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) of Uí Maine and Tír Maine (ibid., 4, 27) and it may be connected with the castle (GA073-027----) on the shoreline c. 180m to the SSW. (Alcock et al. 1999, 30) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 December 2022 References: Alcock, O., de Hora, K. and Gosling, P. 1999 Archaeological Inventory of County Galway. Vol. II. North Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office. Curley, D. 2021 Le triúcha chéd in Chalaidh a máeraidecht idir mincís agus mórthobach - Multidisciplinary approaches to recoverning an Ó Cellaig cenn áit in later medieval Uí Maine. Eolas 13, 2-42. Fredengren, C. 2002 Crannogs: a study of people's interaction with lakes, with particular reference to Lough Gara in the north-west of Ireland. Bray. Wordwell.

• GA073-032001 Structure
  Description

  Centrally located on the tree-covered crannóg (GA073-032----) in Callow Lough. Described by Curley (2021, 29) as a subrectangular stone structure (ext. dims. 5.8m E-W; 4.7m N-S; av. H 1.3m) built of unmortared stone (av. wall Wth 0.88m). A gap (Wth 0.5m) at SW provides access. The structure may have been originally roofed and was possibly a house. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 14 December 2022 References: Curley, D. 2021 Le triúcha chéd in Chalaidh a máeraidecht idir mincís and mórthobach - Multidisciplinary approaches to recoverning an Ó Cellaig cenn áit in later medieval Uí Maine. Eolas 13, 2-42.

Architectural heritage

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

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

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Callow.

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

Name

Callow · An Caladh

Area

1,442,413 m² (144.24 ha, 356.43 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconnell, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Kilconnell, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilconnell electoral division: 658 people in 225 households; 91% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attiregan, Cartrondoogan, Gortyroyan East, Lecarrowmactully, Liscune Upper, Lisdonnellroe, Loughaclerybeg, Loughaunbrean

Placenames

Callow 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.