Fiddaun

63 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fiddaun, from 65 m² to 334,843 m² (33.48 ha, 82.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 47 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 Fiddaun 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.

• 12 Aug 2021Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, treatment unit and all associated site works. Part of the proposed dwelling house will be inserted into an existing stone shed whilst an existing ruin will be demolished to make way for the remainder of the dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works 156 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211466

• 6 Apr 2021Refused

  for the construction of dwelling house, treatment unit and all associated services. part of the proposed dwelling house will be inserted into an existing stone shed whilst an existing ruin will be demolished to make way for the remainder of the dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 156 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21519

• 14 Jul 2020Refused

  for construction of a new detached, single dwelling house, new waste water treatment system and all associated site works. Part of the proposed dwelling will be inserted into an existing stone shed whilst an existing ruin will be demolished to make way for the remainder of the dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works; 156sqm, Gross floor space of work to be retained; 52sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20941

• 29 Jun 2020Conditional

  to demolish existing substandard dwelling, construction of new dwelling along with garage, all alterations to existing boundaries and associated site works including connections to existing on site services. Gross floor space of proposed works; 230.85sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20837

• 19 Mar 2020N/a

  to demolish existing substandard dwelling, construction of new dwelling along with garage, all alterations to existing boundaries and associated site works including connections to existing on site services at Fiddaun Tubber. Gross floor space of proposed works 230.85sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20360

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: Termon Lough SAC 001321
• Special Area of Conservation: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Termon Lough 001321

Recorded monuments

• GA128-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle rise in grassland. This very poorly preserved subcircular rath (26.5m E-W; 24.5m N-S) is defined by an almost completely levelled bank (max. H 0.2m). The monument has been bulldozed. According to local information, prior to levelling, the bank was almost 1m high and was composed of earth and stone; there was an entrance feature at W. A souterrain (GA128-047001-) lies in the centre of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

• GA128-047001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the centre of a rath (GA128-047----). This drystone-built rectangular chamber (L 2.3m; Wth 1.2m; H 1.25) runs NE-SW. Access is gained at the NE end where some collapse has occurred. Two steps were noted protruding from the base of the collapsed material but it was unclear whether they were an original feature. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

• GA128-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low hillock overlooking a lake to the NE. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (39.5m N-S; 36m E-W) defined by a bank of earth and stone from SW through N to E. Stone-facing is evident on the inner face of the bank at N. Traces of the N side of a possible stone-lined entrance gap are visible at E. Immediately to the S of this a large pit has been dug into the monument and no trace of the bank survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

• GA128-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Subcircular rath (27.5m E-W; 26m N-S), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone which is overlain by field boundaries at N and E. A gap (Wth 4.5m) at SSE may be original. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

• GA128-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). A roughly NE-SW running field boundary ran immediately outside its SE sector. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• GA128-051 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in level grassland. Roughly circular rath (diam. 27m), in fair condition, defined by a bank of earth and stone. Field boundaries surround the enclosing element at E, S and W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 December 2017

• GA128-052 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In bogland on a low spur of outcropping limestone that separates Lough Doo to the W and Lough Aslaun to the E. This well-preserved and partially restored tower house (11.9m N-S; 8.7m E-W), which is a National Monument, was in existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'John Oshagnes' (Nolan 1901, 114); it remained in O'Shaughnessy ownership until 1697 when it was confiscated (Harbison 1975, 91). The tower is six-storeys high with a gabled roof and a slight base-batter. It is protected by two bawns (GA128-052001- and GA128-052002-) and is centrally located in the inner one. It is accessed by a pointed arched doorway in the N wall, which leads to a small lobby with a murder-hole overhead. Doorways off the lobby access the spiral staircase to the E and the main chamber to the S. The doorway to the guardroom to the W is blocked up and that room is now accessed by a robbed-out doorway at the W end of the N wall of the main chamber. The ground and upper floors each consist of a main chamber with a subsidiary one to the N, with the exception of the 5th floor where the wall which separated the chambers has been destroyed; this is now an open area floored by concrete. Stone vaults exist between the 1st and 2nd floors, and between the 4th and 5th floors of the main chambers. All the other floors (now gone) were wooden and were carried on corbels, some of which survive in the E and W walls. A barrel vault also exists over the guardroom; otherwise the floors of the subsidiary chambers were also wooden. Again all are gone part from that at 1st-floor level which survives intact. Intramural passages between the main and subsidiary chambers on the 1st and 4th floors accessed garderobes at their W ends. Cochrane (1905-6, 82) indicates that there is also an intramural passage in the W wall on the 3rd floor. It is accessed by a narrow doorway in the S jamb of a small window and it too leads to a garderobe. The exit chute is visible on the external face of the W wall near ground level. Fireplaces in the W wall on the 2nd and 3rd floors and in the S wall on the 5th floor are later insertions; that on the 2nd floor partially blocks an ogee-headed window. From the 5th floor stairs lead to the wall-walk and attic. The S gable is intact and carries a chimney but the N gable no longer survives. There is also a chimney on the W wall. Angled bartizans survive on the NW and SE corners at 2nd-floor level, and on the top of the tower at the SW corner there is a semicircular machicolation. At this level on the NE corner three corbels indicate the former presence a similar defensive feature. A projecting string course is visible at the top of the walls, and between the chimney and the SW bartizan enclosed crenellations survive. Windows vary from narrow rectangular lights on the stairwell to single, double and three-light round and ogee-headed windows in the subsidiary and main chambers. (Cochrane 1905-6, 79-87) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 September 2016 This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 206.

• GA128-052001 Bawn
  Description

  This well-preserved six-sided bawn (c. 41.2m NNE-SSW; c. 25.8m WNW-ESE) is the inner bawn protecting the tower house (GA128-052----), which is centrally located within it. Only traces of the outer bawn (GA125-052002-) survive. The inner bawn is rectangular in plan with a V-shaped projection off its S wall. Access is gained through the pointed arched entranceway of a two-storey gatehouse in its W wall. The main feature of this building is a small guardroom immediately to the S of the entranceway. There is a fireplace and chimney in its S wall. Musket loops in the S wall and NW corner provided cover for the S end of the W wall of the bawn and the entranceway itself. Another musket loop to the N of the entranceway protected the N end of the W wall. The 1st floor is accessed from the steps, to the N of this building, that accessed the wall-walk. At this level a machicolation protects the entranceway below. Musket loops are evident in all the walls and the one in the E wall provided cover for the interior of the bawn. There is also a small slit window at the S end of this wall. The wall-walk survives all around the bawn wall. Musket loops survive in all the walls and there is an angle bartizan at the NE corner. A blocked-up arched entranceway towards the N end of the E wall appears to be contemporary with the wall. A V-shaped projection extending off the S wall is defended by four embrasures for musket loops and other embrasures along the wall-walk are angled downwards to defend the base of the wall along this section. A small garderobe is evident towards the E end of the S wall. Within the interior of the bawn the gable lines of a building that was built against the W end of the S wall are clearly visible. A fireplace and chimney, probably associated with this building, survive in the S wall of the bawn and they appear to be contemporary with it. Another building was constructed against the internal face of the E wall. Only its N and S end walls and an internal wall survive. The S end is packed with rubble. A fireplace and blocked-up window are visible in the N wall. This building is not bonded into the bawn wall and it blocks the wall-walk. A section of walling off the W end of the N wall may relate to another building, which is also not bonded into the bawn wall. (Cochrane 1905-6, 79-87) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 September 2016

• GA128-052002 Bawn
  Description

  This large irregular outer bawn (c. 300m N-S; c. 200m E-W) protects the tower house (GA128-052----) and inner bawn (GA128-052001-) that are located in its S half. It incorporates the natural defensive features of the area to great effect. The lakes to the E, Lough Aslaun, and W, Lough Doo, form natural barriers. A channel running between the lakes to the N of the tower is defended by a three-storey high gatehouse (4.3m NW-SE; 3.6m NE-SW) that originally had a drawbridge. A rebate on the external wall-face of entranceway in the NE wall indicates the position of the drawbridge when lifted. The SE end of the house, including the entrance archway and overhead machicolation, has been reconstructed. The vaulted entranceway is defended by a small guardroom to the NW. Musket loops are visible in the NW and NE walls and there is a fireplace in the NW wall. The entrance passage was also defended by musket loops on each side of its NE end. Straight stairways to the SW of the guardroom access the 1st and 2nd floors; that to the latter floor is partially destroyed. The 1st floor is now floored with concrete but the corbels which supported the 2nd floor are visible in the NE and SW walls. Musket loops are visible in the four walls at 1st-floor level. In addition, two openings over the entranceway may have conveyed the ropes that raised and lowered the drawbridge. A fireplace is visible in the NW wall at 2nd-floor level. Traces of the original S wall of the bawn are incorporated into a later field wall that extends between the two lakes c. 100m to the S of the tower house. In a section of the original walling (L 7.5m; H 2.3m; T 0.85m) to the SE, an embrasure and musket loop are visible. Here the wall is constructed of irregular limestone blocks with a rubble core. Its foundation line continues for a further 8.5m to the E. Almost to the S of the tower house a number of partially robbed-out embrasures are evident in another section of the wall (L 29m). Part of this wall projects southwards for c. 3m and contains two musket loops facing SW and W. This section may mirror the V-shaped projection in the S wall of the inner bawn. No visible surface trace survives of the field wall indicated on the OS 6-inch maps to the NW of the tower house, running between Lough Doo and the channel to the W of the gatehouse. This wall followed a line of natural limestone outcrop and it is possible that it may indicate another section the line of the bawn. There is also no visible trace of the building shown on the 1938 OS 6-inch map c. 35m to the NW of the inner bawn. (Cochrane 1905-6, 79-87) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 7 September 2016

• GA128-053 Country house
  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.

• GA128-091 Fulacht fia
  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 Fiddaun.

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 moderately low, 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 Fiddaun.

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

Name

Fiddaun · An Feadán

Area

3,061,123 m² (306.11 ha, 756.42 acres)

Civil parish

Beagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Beagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

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

Neighbouring townlands

Attyslany North (Co. Clare), Attyslany South (Co. Clare), Ballyboy, Carhoon, Carrowcraheen (Co. Clare), Curtaun, Derry, Derryowen (Co. Clare), Lurga, Rathwilladoon, Termon

Placenames

Fiddaun 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.