Poundcartron

1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Poundcartron, from 3,241,738 m² (324.17 ha, 801.05 acres) to 3,241,738 m² (324.17 ha, 801.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Poundcartron 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 Poundcartron 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Maumturk Mountains SAC 002008
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Maumturk Mountains 002008

Recorded monuments

• GA025-012 Stone row
  Description

  In a low-lying boggy area on the valley floor of Gleann Glaise a short distance to N of the Bealnabrack River. Comprises four white quartz stones, aligned N-S, and measuring 7m overall. The first and third stone, from N to S, have fallen but the original heights appear to have been variable (c. 0.9m, 0.9m, c. 1.5m, 0.75m). There are three fulachta fiadh (GA025-016----, GA025-020----, GA025-021----) in the same valley. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 195) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA025-016 Fulacht fia
  Description

  At the side of a modern trackway on S side of Gleann Glaise, immediately overlooking the Bealnabrack River and valley floor. It consists of a subcircular area (N-S 4.2m, E-W 5m) defined by low boulders, adjoined on its E and SE sides by a large grassed-over mound (N-S 4.2m, E-W 6.5m, H 1-1.6m). The latter has been damaged by the trackway, revealing shattered, burnt stone and humic earth. A stone row is visible on the valley floor c. 300m to N (GA025-012----), and there are two other fulachta fiadh (GA025-020----, GA025-021----) in the valley c. 305m and c. 730m to ESE and E respectively. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA025-020 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a steep slope on S side of Gleann Glaise overlooking the Bealanabrack River. It consists of an oval to subrectangular area (E-W 4.5m, N-S 3m) defined by a line of small boulders. This is adjoined on the downslope side by a mound (D 6m, H 0.6-2m) composed of shattered sandstone, some quartz and humic earth. Though there is no stream in the area, there is considerable surface run-off. In the same valley as GA025-016---- and GA025-021----. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA025-021 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a steep slope on S side of Gleann Glaise, immediately overlooking the Bealnabrack River. A slightly crescentic, grass-covered mound (N-S 9m, E-W 4.5m, H l-2m) open to W where a small stream flows past. In the same valley as GA025-016---- and GA025-020----. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Poundcartron · Cartrún an Phóna

Area

3,243,411 m² (324.34 ha, 801.46 acres)

Civil parish

Ross, and its townlands

Barony

Ross

Electoral division

Letterbrickaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Letterbrickaun electoral division: 262 people in 85 households; 67% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derreen, Gowlaunlee, Knockaunbaun, Lee

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Poundcartron 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.