# Sheeauns, Co. Galway: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), barony of Ballynahinch, Co. Galway; in Irish Na Siáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,696,801 m² (269.68 ha, 666.39 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 6,438 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballynakill (Clifden Ra), https://everytownland.com/galway/parish/ballynakill-clifden-ra.md
- Barony: Ballynahinch
- Electoral division: Cleggan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 304 people lived in 112 households in the Cleggan electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 19% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Galway, https://everytownland.com/galway.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/18100
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 63852
- Centre: latitude 53.551149, longitude -10.069129 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sheeauns, from 47 m² to 2,153,062 m² (215.31 ha, 532.03 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1988219: 2,153,062 m² (215.31 ha, 532.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988219.md
- Parcel 1962466: 133,685 m² (13.37 ha, 33.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962466.md
- Parcel 4738467: 77,105 m² (7.71 ha, 19.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4738467.md
- Parcel 1962465: 50,535 m² (5.05 ha, 12.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962465.md
- Parcel 1962468: 31,801 m² (3.18 ha, 7.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962468.md
- Parcel 1962464: 29,781 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962464.md
- Parcel 1962460: 17,815 m² (1.78 ha, 4.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962460.md
- Parcel 1962470: 14,929 m² (1.49 ha, 3.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962470.md
- Parcel 1988220: 8,168 m² (0.82 ha, 2.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988220.md
- Parcel 4683415: 7,851 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4683415.md
- Parcel 1962469: 6,738 m² (0.67 ha, 1.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962469.md
- Parcel 1988218: 6,139 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988218.md
- Parcel 1988217: 6,022 m² (0.6 ha, 1.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988217.md
- Parcel 1962456: 5,092 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962456.md
- Parcel 1962462: 4,096 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962462.md
- Parcel 1962471: 2,925 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962471.md
- Parcel 1962459: 2,850 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962459.md
- Parcel 1962457: 2,680 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962457.md
- Parcel 1962461: 2,636 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962461.md
- Parcel 1962458: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962458.md
- Parcel 1988221: 2,020 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1988221.md
- Parcel 1962463: 47 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1962463.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Sheeauns in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

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

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Natural Heritage Area: Tooreen Bog NHA, site code 002436, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/nha/002436

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- GA022-060: Stone row, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-060----. On a low ridge overlooking Lough Sheeauns to N. Comprises three rounded granite stones, aligned NNW-SSE, and measuring c. 4.50m overall. The N stone (L 1.2m) has fallen, and centre stone (H 0.5m) is considerably smaller than S stone (H 1m). An outlying monolith of ?schist, with quartz inclusions, lies c. 7.5m NNW of the fallen N stone. Part of a complex of monuments centred on Lough Sheeauns (GA022-006----). (Ó Nualláin 1988, 195; Gibbons and Higgins 1988b) 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
- GA022-061: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-061----. On the summit of a steep-sided hill overlooking Cleggan Bay to W. Poorly preserved oval enclosure (E-W 20.5m, N-S 13.5m), the enclosing wall of which is overlain in all portions by a modern field wall. Kinahan (1871, 351) suggested that it was 'probably a Caher' but the discovery of a pair of saddle querns at the monument may indicate a prehistoric date (Molloy and O'Connell 1987, 205). 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
- GA022-062: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-062----. On a low knoll in an upland area of cutaway bog. Poorly preserved irregular enclosure (N-S 54m, E-W 34m) defined by a dry stone wall. Centrally placed within the interior is an almost circ­ular house (E-W 9.7m, N-S 9.3m) with an entrance at E. A number of other houses (GA022-113----) lie nearby. 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
- GA022-062001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-062001-. 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.
- GA022-063001: Megalithic tomb - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-063001-. On a low hillock overlooking the inner end of Cleggan Bay to W. The monument, partly incorporated in a field wall, consists of a polygonal chamber (L c. 1.6m, Wth c. 1. 1m) open to NE and covered by a single roofstone. The chamber area has been dug out and the closing stone at SW may not be an original feature. The tomb is contained in a mound (6.5m by 5.5m). The remains are insufficient to permit classification. See also GA022-006----. 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
- GA022-063002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-063002-. Lying c. 40m N of megalithic tomb (GA022-063001-). The poorly preserved foundation lines of a circular structure (E-W 4.3m, N-S 4.2m) defined by small boulders set on edge. The interior has been dug out and spoil heaped on the enclosing element. 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
- GA022-077: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-077----. In cutaway bog on N-facing hillslope to S of Lough Sheeauns. Comprises a large number (over ten to date) of discontinuous stretches of pre-bog field walls which form no obvious pattern, and at least one possible field clearance cairn. They cover an area c, 700m E-W by 400m N-S and are visible as low stony banks. A cutting through one wall revealed it to be built of quartz boulders revetting a rubble core (Wth 1.6m, H 0.9m). These walls are part of a complex of monuments centred on Lough Sheeauns (GA022-006----); within the area occupied by the walls themselves is a court-tomb (GA022-106----), a stone row (GA022-060----), and the remains of a number of houses (GA022-113----), but their exact relationship to any of the walls is unknown. (Gibbons and Higgins 1988b) 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
- GA022-077001: Cairn - clearance cairn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-077001-. 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.
- GA022-077002: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-077002-. 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.
- GA022-098: Mine, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-098----. 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.
- GA022-098001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-098001-. 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.
- GA022-104: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-104----. In a low-lying position, in cutaway bog, between a small stream to W and higher ground to E. A discontinuous stretch of pre-bog field wall (L 70m), running ENE-WSW. Built of irregular blocks including some quartz boulders, partly robbed. Bifurcates at WSW end as it approaches the stream. Overlooked by a standing stone (GA022-015001-) to NW. 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
- GA022-106: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-106----. In a hollow to S of Lough Sheeauns. This tomb is very ruined. At E are the remains of a funnel-shaped court and 2m to W of this the rear chamber of the gallery (L 3m, Wth 1m). A large stone at the gallery entrance may be a displaced jamb. Traces of a low mound are visible to N and S of the monument and the remains of an old field wall survive to SW. See also GA022-006----. 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
- GA022-113: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113----. In cutaway bog on N-facing slope to S of Lough Sheeauns. Preliminary fieldwork in this area has indicated the foundations of at least eight houses, one of which is rectangular (L 4.8m, Wth 4m). The remainder are circular, ranging in diameter from 6m to 11.5m. Although spatially associated with a complex of monuments around Lough Sheeauns, including a pre-bog field system (GA022-077----), court-tomb (GA022-106----) and a stone row (GA022-060----), their exact relationship to each other is unknown. 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
- GA022-113001: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113001-. 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.
- GA022-113002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113002-. 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.
- GA022-113003: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113003-. 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.
- GA022-113004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113004-. 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.
- GA022-113005: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113005-. 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.
- GA022-113006: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113006-. 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.
- GA022-113007: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CGA022-113007-. 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.

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Sheeauns, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sheeauns.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeauns.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeauns.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/galway/sheeauns.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Sheeauns with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway: https://everytownland.com/galway.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballynew: https://everytownland.com/galway/ballynew-60461.md
- Cartron: https://everytownland.com/galway/cartron-61048.md
- Cleggan: https://everytownland.com/galway/cleggan.md
- Cloon: https://everytownland.com/galway/cloon-61194.md
- Laghtanabba: https://everytownland.com/galway/laghtanabba.md
- Shanboolard: https://everytownland.com/galway/shanboolard.md
- Shinnanagh: https://everytownland.com/galway/shinnanagh.md
- Tooreen: https://everytownland.com/galway/tooreen-64072.md

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.

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Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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