Cloghchurnel

57 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cloghchurnel, from 21 m² to 358,160 m² (35.82 ha, 88.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Cloghchurnel 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.

• 24 Jun 2022Conditional

  the erection of a detached single storey dwelling, detached garage, new site access to the public road with entrance gates and piers, access lane, waste-water treatment plant with percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 22144

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 Cloghchurnel.

Recorded monuments

• LF007-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In well-drained, level pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 36.5m) enclosed from N-S-WNW by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.4-7m; H 0.7-1m), which is truncated by a modern ENE-WSW roadway from NW-N-NNE. At the base of the bank at W and WNW is a shallow fosse (Wth 5.9m; D 0.7-0.8m). A recently widened break (Wth 4.5m) in the bank at E probably marks the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011

• LF007-004 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  On a low but prominent hillock in otherwise relatively flat pasture affording excellent views in all directions. A report in 1975 (SMR file) described it as a circular area (diam. c. 11m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone with a wide, shallow external fosse. The internal ground level rose from the perimeter to the centre of the interior where there was an irregularly shaped depression. The monument has since been levelled and is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF007-005001 Standing stone
  Description

  In well-drained, slightly rolling pasture. This is the W example of two stones (see also LF007-005002-) marked on the revised edition of the OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1879) and named 'Standing stones'; the name is in not printed in Gothic script, the font used to denote antiquities. A report, dated 1944, recorded 'two huge standing stones, each 8 [2.4m] or 9 feet [2.7m] in height and standing about 30 yds. [27.4m] apart' (ITA Survey). No visible remains. The megalithic tomb-like structure that now occupies the site was erected by the landowner (SMR file 1999; Fredengren et al. 2010, 105, Pl. 3.13). It is composed of two upright slabs (H of N slab 1.05m; H of S slab 1.4m) with a 'capstone' (L 1.8m) over them. According to the landowner, all of these boulders once lay on the ground. Their dimensions suggest that it is unlikely that either of the possible standing stones were incorporated in this feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 27 February 2012

• LF007-005002 Standing stone
  Description

  In well-drained, slightly rolling pasture. This is the W example of two stones (see also LF007-005002-) marked on the revised edition of the OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1879) and named 'Standing stones'; the name is in not printed in Gothic script, the font used to denote antiquities. A report, dated 1944, recorded 'two huge standing stones, each 8 [2.4m] or 9 feet [2.7m] in height and standing about 30 yds. [27.4m] apart' (ITA Survey). No visible remains. The megalithic tomb-like structure that now occupies the site was erected by the landowner (SMR file 1999; Fredengren et al. 2010, 105, Pl. 3.13). It is composed of two upright slabs (H of N slab 1.05m; H of S slab 1.4m) with a 'capstone' (L 1.8m) over them. According to the landowner, all of these boulders once lay on the ground. Their dimensions suggest that it is unlikely that either of the possible standing stones were incorporated in this feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 November 2011

• LF011-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a terrace on a NE-facing slope. A raised oval area (34.5m E-W; 27m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 1-1.6m), which has been has been modified and incorporated into a field bank from ESE-S-SW. There is no trace of a fosse and the original entrance is not recognisable. Another rath (LF 011-003----) lies c. 12m to the E. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011

• LF011-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a terrace on a NE-facing slope in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 34m) is defined from SE-S-NE by a scarp (H 1.8-2.8m) with a wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.3-0.7m) from S-SSW-SW and from NW-N-NE. A NNW-SSE running road cuts through the rath from NE-E-SE. A report in 1975 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance may have been at SW. Another rath (LF 011-002----) lies c. 12m to the W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 29 November 2011

• LF011-006 Moated site
  Description

  On a level shelf of ground on a NNE-facing slope. A raised wedge-shaped area (max. dims. 32.8m N-S; 31.5m E-W), widest at its N end, is defined by a scarp (H 0.5-4.2m) with a very wide, flat-bottomed, external fosse (Wth 6-10.7m; D 0.2-1m) along its W, N and E sides. The bank on the S side has been levelled but traces of the fosse are evident. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 3 May 2012

• LF011-007 Stone circle
  Description

  In pasture just to the NW of the top of a ridge, with extensive views of the surrounding countryside, and immediately to the SW of a WNW-ESE roadway. This incomplete stone circle (diam. c. 40m) consists of 19 stones arranged in a roughly D-shaped configuration with two stones at ENE, adjacent to the road-side fence, giving a straight edge to the circle on this side. Neither of these stones appears to be set in the ground and they may be displaced. The arrangement of the other surviving stones supports the interpretation of it being a true ‘circle’ and, if this is correct, then the entire monument is contained to the SW of the road which, as a routeway, would have respected its presence in skirting its N perimeter. A number of the stones are set contiguously while others are widely spaced. Nine of the stones are upright monoliths set on edge with their axes along the perimeter of the circle. One of these, the eighth in order from the road-side field boundary at ENE, is atypical in having its axis at an angle to the perceived line of the circle. The remaining stones are either recumbent or, in the case of the two at ENE nearest the road-side fence, possibly displaced. The highest stone (H 1.7m; Wth 1.1m; T 0.8m) is at SE and the largest recumbent stone (L 1.95m; Wth 0.98m; T 0.59m) is at ESE. The interior rises towards the centre and this does not appear to be artificial. There is a standing stone (LF011-061----) c. 120m to the NW. (O’Donovan 2003, 18) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 1 March 2012 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1983).

• LF011-061 Standing stone
  Description

  On the highest point of a prominent drumlin hill affording excellent views in all directions. This irregularly shaped block tapers to a point (H 1.51m; Wth 1.2m; T 0.43m) and is aligned N-S. A stone circle (LF011-007----) lies c. 120m to the SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 1 March 2012

Architectural heritage

• Columbia House, outbuilding, 1820–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings, built c. 1830 and c. 1860, arranged around a courtyard to the south of two-storey house (not in survey). Comprises a three-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north of yard having a two-bay single-storey addition to the north gable end. and multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding on L-shape plan to the south and southwest of yard. Pitched natural slate roof to two-storey outbuilding, pitched corrugated-metal roofs to single-storey ranges. Rubble stone walls, painted to single-storey ranges. Square-headed openings to two-storey building with battened timber doors and loading bays. Square-headed openings to single-storey ranges having battened timber doors and replacement windows. Square-headed window opening to the south gable end of building to south of range having early six-pane timber window. Segmental-headed carriage to the south end of single-storey outbuilding to the west having battened timber double doors. Square-headed carriage arches to outbuilding to the south. Outbuilding to the south of complex set along road alignment. Main entrance gate to complex to the southeast comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having cast- and wrought-iron double gates. Complex located to the northeast of Granard. Modern farm outbuildings to the west and the northwest, rendered boundary walls to site.

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 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 Cloghchurnel.

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 Cloghchurnel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Cloghchurnel · Cloch Choirnéil

Area

2,274,645 m² (227.46 ha, 562.08 acres)

Civil parish

Granard, and its townlands

Barony

Granard

Electoral division

Creevy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Creevy electoral division: 326 people in 116 households; 95% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghnagarron, Ballinrud East, Ballinrud Glebe, Ballinrud West, Cartronfree (Co. Cavan), Clooneen, Creevy, Tullygullin (Co. Cavan)

Placenames

Cloghchurnel 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.