Crossursa

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Crossursa, from 1,661 m² to 235,107 m² (23.51 ha, 58.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 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 Crossursa 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.

• 3 Apr 2023Conditional

  for an extension to an existing slatted agricultural shed with associated services

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2360335

• 13 Oct 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 198sqm, Garage: 60sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221107

• 2 Jun 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 198 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22718

• 17 Feb 2022Refused

  to construct a dwelling house, sewage treatment system and garage, together with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 198 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22204

• 11 Feb 2020Conditional

  consisting of the construction of a proposed new detached dwelling house, garage, new entrance, new waste water treatment system, connections to site services and landscaping. Gross floor space of proposed works: 315.80 sqm (Incl Shed)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20159

• 11 Jul 2019Conditional

  of a dwellinghouse, garage and fuel store on revised site boundaries. Permission is also sought for the construction of a single-storey extension onto the existing dwellinghouse. Gross floor space of proposed works: 30.7 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 332.9 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191060

• 26 Apr 2018Conditional

  of dwelling house and domestic garage as constructed. Gross floor space of proposed works (house) 202 sqm. (garage) 27.7 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18517

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 Crossursa.

Recorded monuments

• GA042-107 Well
  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.

• GA042-109 Standing stone
  Description

  In low-lying grassland, the area to S is liable to flooding. A thin limestone slab (H 1.4m), rectangular in plan, aligned NW-SE. 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

• GA042-111 Cross
  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.

• GA042-113 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in gently undulating grassland. A subcircular enclosure (N-S 40m, E-W 34m), in very poor condition, which was bulldozed c. 20 years ago. A low bank of earth and stone enclose the monument from N through E to ESE; no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. It is overlain by a partially collapsed field wall from SW through W to N. 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

• GA042-114 Burial
  Description

  On a slight rise, in undulating grassland. According to the landowner, three human skeletons were unearthed, c. 1947, by Galway County Council while digging for sand in a 'mound' which was c. 6m in diameter and c. 0.3m high. The skeletons were reburied nearby and no visible surface trace 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

• GA042-114001 Burial (present location)
  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.

• GA042-115 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  On a slight rise in grassland. According to local information, there was a 'ring' of collapsed stone (D c. 6m) at this spot. However, it was removed during land reclamation when 'ashes' were uncovered from a hollow in its centre. No visible surface trace survives. Possibly a kiln or settlement site. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Crossursa, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Crossursa · Crois Fhursa

Area

2,252,090 m² (225.21 ha, 556.5 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcoona, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Kilcoona, the unit of the census

Census 2022

662 people lived in 215 households in the Kilcoona electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybaun, Ballycasey, Ballycolgan, Cahernaheeny, Donaghpatrick, Gortarica, Gortnaporia, Liss

Placenames

Crossursa 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.