Stowlin

15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Stowlin, from 651 m² to 149,839 m² (14.98 ha, 37.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Stowlin 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.

• 21 Apr 2022Conditional

  for the following development; (a) construction of a domestic garage and (b) all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22528

• 7 Jul 2021Conditional

  (a). Construction of a new dwelling (b) Construction of a domestic garage (c) Wastewater treatment system with percolation area (c) New site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 286sqm (House) + 58.33sqm (Garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211222

• 17 Dec 2020Refused

  for [a] construction of a new dwelling [b] construction of a domestic Garage [c] Wastewater treatment system with percolation area [d] New site entrance and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 182 msq & 41 msq

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201946

• 21 Mar 2017Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, garage, septic tank/treatment unit with percolation area and all associated site works. (Gross floor space of proposed works: hse 255 sqm, garage 59.5 sqm.)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 17372

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

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Moorfield Bog NHA 001303

Recorded monuments

• GA108-218 Quarry
  Description

  On the N face of a hillock in grassland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a sand pit that was still in use. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 August 2014

• GA108-219 Quarry
  Description

  On a hummock in grassland. No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map when inspected in 1984. Extensive field clearance had occurred in the area. Cartographic evidence suggests it was possibly a quarry of post-AD 1700 date and as such it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 August 2014

• GA108-223 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Some 175m WNW of Kilquain church (GA108-224----) and graveyard (GA108-224001-), in level grassland. Named ‘St Patrick’s well’ on the 1838 and 1945 editions of the OS 6-inch OS maps. The well occupies the NE sector of a low rectangular platform (13.5m E-W; 12.9m N-S; H 0.4m), which is defined by a scarp and surrounded by a shallow external fosse (Wth 1.4m). The well itself is delimited by a much-collapsed drystone-built circular wall (diam. 1.8m; H 0.15m; Wth 0.7m). On inspection, it was dry and the remains of a tree trunk lay across it. A hawthorn tree was growing to its E. Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 9 May 2023

• GA108-224 Church
  Description

  In W half of a roughly subrectangular graveyard (GA108-224001-) in undulating grassland, formerly demesne land. Described in 1838 (Herity 2009, 176-7) as a rectangular 'ruined' church '32.5 ft long [c. 9.9m], and about 20 feet [c. 6.1m] broad'. A short stretch of N wall, S half of E gable and the entire S wall and W gable then survived. The only architectural feature noted was a 'lancet window' near E end of S wall. However, a large breach (Wth c. 3m) noted near W end of the same wall may have been a robbed doorway. All that now survives is an ivy-clad portion (L 7m) of the W gable, indicating a building aligned E-W. The graveyard itself is enclosed by a modern wall and is surrounded by an enclosure (GA108-224002-). A holy well (GA108-223----) lies 175m to WNW. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 9 September 2016

• GA108-224001 Graveyard
  Description

  This subrectangular graveyard (60m E-W; 40m N-S), which was very heavily overgrown at the time of visit, is enclosed by a modern concrete wall. The entrance is in the S wall. The majority of the headstones date to the 20th century but some illegible ones may be of 19th-century date. The remains of ‘Kilquain Church’ (GA108-224----) are in the NW part of the graveyard and it is surrounded by an enclosure (GA108-224002-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 9 September 2016

• GA108-224002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  In pastureland. This ploughed-out ecclesiastical enclosure came to light in 2013 following a geophysical survey around the church (GA108-224----) and graveyard (GA108-224001-) which are almost centrally located within it. A drone survey carried out in July 2018 confirmed that the enclosure (153m N-S; 138m E-W) was roughly oval-shaped in plan and that enclosing element most likely consisted of a bank (Wth 5-7m) and fosse. Further features revealed in this survey included a number of internal rectangular and subrectangular enclosures that may be associated with the ecclesiastical enclosure or may be later features (Carey no date). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 June 2019

• GA108-225 Quarry
  Description

  On a hummock in meadowland. No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Gravel Pit (Disused)' on the OS 25-inch plan, when inspected in 1984. As it was of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 August 2014

• GA108-226 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Quarry (Disused)' proved on inspection in 1984 to be defined by an overgrown rectangular depression. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 August 2014

• GA108-227 Quarry
  Description

  In undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a sand quarry, part of which was being used as a silage pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 13 August 2014

Architectural heritage

• Stowlin House, house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c.1780, having flat-roofed entrance porch to front (south) elevation, two-bay side elevations, gabled stairs return to middle of rear, and two-storey return to east side of latter. Currently disused and being renovated. Hipped slate U-plan roof with bracketed timber sheeted eaves, and paired centrally placed rendered chimneystacks. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls. Render pilasters to corners of porch, with moulded cornice, and parapet. Square-headed window openings throughout, having timber sliding sash windows to front and west elevations, three-over-six pane to first floor and six-over-six pane to ground floor, with replacement uPVC windows to east elevation and east bay of first floor of front elevation. Mixed timber sliding sash windows and replacement uPVC windows to rear elevation and extensions. Square-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and sidelights. Square-headed doorway to east elevation with paned overlight, and approached by ramp with rendered parapets. Detached L-plan multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to yard to rear, with pitched corrugated steel roof, rubble limestone walls and square-headed window openings with timber louvres, brick surrounds, and cut-stone sills. Decoarative cast-iron double-leaf gate to road entrance to south, with square-plan rendered piers, rendered quadrant walls and matching terminating piers.

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 Stowlin, about 1 in 10 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 Stowlin.

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

Name

Stowlin · Stabhlann

Area

2,190,396 m² (219.04 ha, 541.26 acres)

Civil parish

Kilquain, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Kilquain, the unit of the census

Census 2022

303 people lived in 107 households in the Kilquain electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardgraigue, Cloonnamaskry, Killachunna, Kilquain, Magheranearla, Moorfield or Gortnamona, Raheen, Skehanagh

Placenames

Stowlin 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.