# Capnagower, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilgeever, barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo; in Irish Ceap na nGabhar.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 537,512 m² (53.75 ha, 132.82 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,766 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 7 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilgeever, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilgeever.md
- Barony: Murrisk
- Electoral division: Clare Island, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 194 people lived in 71 households in the Clare Island electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36981
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150556
- Centre: latitude 53.80708, longitude -9.950161 (WGS 84)

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

38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Capnagower, from 28 m² to 108,853 m² (10.89 ha, 26.9 acres); 2 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 934144: 108,853 m² (10.89 ha, 26.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/934144.md
- Parcel 956693: 81,034 m² (8.1 ha, 20.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956693.md
- Parcel 936503: 58,886 m² (5.89 ha, 14.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/936503.md
- Parcel 934766: 53,633 m² (5.36 ha, 13.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/934766.md
- Parcel 936632: 50,342 m² (5.03 ha, 12.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/936632.md
- Parcel 932102: 37,064 m² (3.71 ha, 9.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932102.md
- Parcel 939149: 29,613 m² (2.96 ha, 7.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/939149.md
- Parcel 936781: 24,957 m² (2.5 ha, 6.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/936781.md
- Parcel 4749971: 22,099 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4749971.md
- Parcel 953919: 10,531 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953919.md
- Parcel 953929: 8,529 m² (0.85 ha, 2.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953929.md
- Parcel 890947: 5,704 m² (0.57 ha, 1.41 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890947.md
- Parcel 923898: 5,011 m² (0.5 ha, 1.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/923898.md
- Parcel 5362773: 4,839 m² (0.48 ha, 1.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5362773.md
- Parcel 4938874: 3,782 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4938874.md
- Parcel 4749962: 3,664 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4749962.md
- Parcel 4570693: 3,245 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4570693.md
- Parcel 936029: 3,111 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/936029.md
- Parcel 6010733: 3,009 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6010733.md
- Parcel 5938899: 2,524 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5938899.md
- Parcel 2696198: 2,472 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2696198.md
- Parcel 957453: 2,131 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/957453.md
- Parcel 889472: 1,726 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/889472.md
- Parcel 914763: 1,568 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/914763.md
- Parcel 1533516: 1,471 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1533516.md
- Parcel 893096: 1,366 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/893096.md
- Parcel 916071: 859 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/916071.md
- Parcel 964118: 813 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/964118.md
- Parcel 956689: 727 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/956689.md
- Parcel 3465538: 658 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465538.md
- Parcel 915247: 645 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/915247.md
- Parcel 3561753: 618 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3561753.md
- Parcel 963970: 515 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/963970.md
- Parcel 889619: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/889619.md
- Parcel 3561711: 230 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3561711.md
- Parcel 4965187: 222 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965187.md
- Parcel 4798597: 86 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4798597.md
- Parcel 4965184: 28 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4965184.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Capnagower 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)

7 applications, newest first.

- 26 Mar 2026, Mayo County Council 2660229: Conditional. Permission. The development will consist of Change of Use and mnor alterations from existing Education Use as General Purpose Rooms and Study Space, as grantd under Planning permission ref: P10/992, to new use as an audio-visual Interpretive Centre including Cafe and Souvenir Facilities.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660229/0
- 18 Mar 2026, Mayo County Council 2660206: N/a. Permission. Change of use and minor alterations of existing multi-purpose and study rooms to an audio/visual Clare Island Interpretative Centre, including a café and souvenir facilities. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660206/0
- 28 Oct 2025, Mayo County Council 25441: N/a. Permission. Section 5 DeclaratIon: No alterations to external facade or roof. Minor internal alterations to include knocking one wall, upgrade of mechanical and electrical decoration, wall & ceiling insulating, floor finishes. Convert two small rooms into a light catering facility for group soup and sandwiches. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/25441/0
- 11 Mar 2024, Mayo County Council 2460123: Conditional. Retention. Planning Permission to retain extension and minor alterations to existing dwelling house previously granted under P11/542 and to retain revised site layout including all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460123/0
- 21 Dec 2021, Mayo County Council 211364: Conditional. Permission. THREE SMALL ONE STOREY PREFABRICATED (MODULAR POD) ROOM STRUCTURES AND A NEW SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211364/0
- 16 Dec 2021, Mayo County Council 211321: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WHICH INCLUDES VELUX WINDOWS TO FRONT ROOF, GABLE WINDOWS, FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND TO RETAIN GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211321/0
- 14 Dec 2021, Mayo County Council 211311: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN AND COMPLETE MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WHICH INCLUDES: THE OMISSION OF A FLAT ROOF STRUCTURE AND REPLACED WITH AN 'A' ROOF STRUCTURE, MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO WINDOW FENESTRATION TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS PREVIOUS PLANNIING REFERS: P15/813 AND P08/1724. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211311/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Clare Island Cliffs SAC, site code 002243, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002243
- Special Protection Area: Clare Island SPA, site code 004136, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004136
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clare Island, site code 000477

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

- MA085-009002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009002-. 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.
- MA085-009003: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009003-. 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.
- MA085-009004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009004-. Situated just off the summit on the gentle south-western slopes of a hill in enclosed grassland at the north-eastern end of the townland. The house has wide views across the eastern part of the island. Old tillage ridges run right up to the monument on the western and southern sides. An unclassified structure (MA085-009008-) lies c. 50m to NE. The house appears to have been much disfigured during spade cultivation of the area in earlier times, principally by the robbing of large slabs and dumping of small stones around the perimeter. It consists of a roughly circular area (SSE–NNW 6.8m internally; WSW–ENE c. 7m) defined by a broad but intermittent band of large boulders. The mass of small stones beyond the boulders may have been accumulated during field clearances. Although many of the large boulders look displaced or form no coherent pattern, the remainder suggest that there was once an inner revetment of set slabs and boulders. Short segments of the inner revetment survive at N and E, but in both sectors the slabs appear partially displaced and lean inwards to a marked degree. Only in the western sector does the inner revetment survive in a reasonable condition, comprising an arc (L 1.7m) of four large, contiguous slabs. The southernmost slab is the largest (L 1.7m × Wth 0.3m) standing up to 0.9m high. Traces of an outer revetment also survive here and at N, where the tops of a number of set slabs suggest a wall thickness of c. 1.15m. At N, one slab stands up to 0.9m high, and there is an arc of three contiguous slabs immediately W of it. No trace of any entrance feature is visible. The interior is relatively flat underfoot, save for a grassy hollow just S of centre, which is flanked on W by two mossy boulders. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-009005: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009005-. One of four fulachtaí fia (MA085-009006-, MA085-009007-, MA085-058----) situated in an oblong peat basin that runs ENE–WSW and is delimited on all sides by low hillocks. The fulacht fia is situated c. 18m ENE of MA085-009006-, also among boulders, once again situated right on edge of the peaty floor of the basin. A small grassy mound, oval in plan (NW–SE: 3.6m, NE–SW: 4.8m, H c. 0.5m), with heat-fractured stone exposed on the northern and north-eastern sides. Immediately S of the mound is a small irregular cutting in the surface of the bog (1.4m × 1.6m) that is between 0.15m and 0.2m in depth. This has exposed a scattering of burnt stone around the stump of an ancient (?) pine tree preserved in the bog. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-009006: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009006-. One of four fulachtaí fia (MA085-009005-, MA085-009007-, MA085-058----) situated in an oblong peat basin that runs ENE–WSW and is delimited on all sides by low hillocks. The fulacht fia is situated c. 31m SW of MA085-009007- in a flat, but very stony, boulder strewn area on the northern side of the peat basin. This mound is smaller and lower than MA085-009007- and is also less well defined. It is slightly lunate in plan (WNW–ESE 10m, SSW–NNE 7.2m, H 0.5m on SW side) and opens towards S. Heat- fractured stone is exposed on the summits of both arms of the fulacht fia and also around its base at ESE, S and SW. On top of SE arm is an oblong area of slabs and small boulders measuring 2.5m × 1.5m, its long axis running roughly N–S. However, none of the slabs and boulders (0.75m × 0.6m × 0.3m max.) are bedded in the mound. They appear to have once formed a small rectangular feature now totally dilapidated, possibly a small turf- drying stack. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-009007: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009007-. One of four fulachtaí fia (MA085-009005, MA085-009006, MA085-058----) situated in an oblong peat basin that runs ENE–WSW and is delimited on all sides by low hillocks. Cutover bog forms the flat bottom of basin that is between 15–25m wide (N–S). The basin is closed off at ENE end by a small hillock that is now cut through by an outflow channel to drain water. The site described here is the easternmost of three fulachtaí fia on the northern side of the basin. It is situated at its ENE end, just above waterline/ limit of cutaway peat on a stony but flat terrace. A turf-drying stack stands 10m to ENE. Another fulacht fia (MA085-009006-) lies c. 31m to SW. This is the best defined and arguably the best preserved fulacht fia on Clare Island. It consists of a very distinct grassed-over mound (NNW–SSE 11m, ENE–SSW 11.6m, H 0.75m) with a classic horseshoe shape in plan. The open end of the horseshoe faces SE, towards the peat basin. Burnt stone is exposed on the summits of both arms of the fulacht fia, and there is a slight saddle between the arms at NW. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-009008: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-009008-. Situated close to the highest point (39m OD) of a hill in the north-eastern part of the townland, c. 50m WSW of a circular house (MA085-009004-). There are wide views from NE through E to S across and along Clew Bay from the site, but the view in other directions is limited. The monument lies in an area of grassed-over, well-preserved tillage ridges that abut the monument in the northern and eastern sectors. Two roughly parallel dilapidated drystone walls running E–W partially overlie the edges of the monument along N and S sectors. A sheep pen lies 15m to NE, and another (much dilapidated) appears to have been built into the south-western sector of the monument. It consists of a roughly circular area (NW–SE 15.3m, NE–SW 15.7m externally) comprising a central hollow defined by a band of cairn-like material that is externally revetted. The external revetment, which consists of large blocks and small boulders, is much dilapidated and obscured in places. While many of the revetment stones are of relatively modest proportions (max. dim. 0.5m), one slim slab at N is almost megalithic in character (L 1.5m × Wth 0.25m × H 0.7m). From SW through W to NW, the revetment is most clearly defined, although dilapidated. Elsewhere it is either embedded in soil/stones, overlain by field walls or removed. At SSW an oblong hollow (NE–SE c. 3m, NW– SW c. 1m)—possibly a sheep pen—has been partially cut into the side of the monument, completely removing the revetment and part of the cairn. There is no trace of the revetment at E for a distance of 3m: the presence of a number of transversely set slabs here suggests that there may have been a gap in the line or possibly an entrance in this sector. The revetment delimits the outer edge of a wide band (Wth 3–4m) of cairn-like materials (a mass of stones). These, in turn, surround the central hollow, roughly circular in plan (dia. 7.20–8.00m), its sides defined by a grassy scarp. Although now up to 1.2m below the surrounding cairn, this hollow has been disfigured (but not deepened) by at least one and possibly two tillage ridges (Wth 2m) that run across it roughly N–S. From its morphology, this monument is unlikely to be a dwelling. It could be a ring- cairn/barrow, but the transversely set slabs at S may indicate that it was a penannular monument. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-012001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-012001-. Situated on a level but frequently waterlogged pasture in enclosed farmland: described by Westropp (1911a, 25) as ‘a bushy hollow’ but it is now devoid of any shrubby vegetation. The land in the area slopes generally towards SE, and the site overlooks the shoreline and Kinnacorra Point 250m distant. The enclosure is part of a cluster of monuments associated with a holy well (MA085-012002-): it lies immediately to S of the latter. An altar (MA085-012003-) and a cell (MA085-012004-) occupy its NE quadrant, and there is a mound (MA085-012005- ) outside it to SW. A dilapidated field wall runs past the enclosure immediately to E following a N–S axis. In local lore, these monuments are the focus of traditions concerning Granuaile (Westropp 1911a, 26; Cullen and Gill 1992d, 8). On first edition of Ordnance Survey map (1840), this monument is shown as a small trapezoidal enclosure (c. 15m × c. 12m), its long axis running NNW–SSE. However, it appears to have been remodelled by the time of the first Clare Island Survey (Westropp 1911a, 17, 25–7). Westropp (1911a, 26–7) noted that it was ‘evidently rebuilt, even in recent times’ adding that ‘all the wall to the west and south has been much rebuilt; but the foundations and set slabs are in situ, and the northern and eastern parts are mainly ancient’ (1911a, 26). He described its plan as ‘irregularly quadrilateral, with rounded corners’. Although little has changed since, it can be more simply summarised as an enclosure of roughly circular plan (ESE–WNW 17m, NNE–SSW 17.1m) defined by a double-faced drystone wall. The wall (Wth 1.4m × H 1.1m max.) is roughly built of large limestone blocks (max. dim. 0.6m) and stones: a few sandstone blocks are also present, particularly at the entrance. Although well preserved from SE through S and W to NNW, the wall is much dilapidated elsewhere, particularly in the vicinity of the stone-built cell at N and at E. In the latter sector all that defines its line are two massive upright slabs (H 0.65m) along its inner edge. The entrance, at S, is neatly built but is unusual in that its jambs splay outwards (Wth: inner end 1.2m, outer 1.9m). The interior is flat and springy underfoot save for a few stones and slabs that protrude from the grassy surface in the eastern half and a number of stones that have been displaced from the enclosing wall (Corlett 2001, 121). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-012002: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-012002-. Situated within a cluster of ecclesiastical monuments associated with an enclosure (MA085-012001-). The well lies on relatively level but soggy ground 5.3m to N of the enclosure. Externally, this spring well resembles a small loose cairn, D-shaped in plan (E–W 2.2m, N–S 2m, H 0.5m max.). However, within this cairn is a very small, low chamber, which is rectangular in plan (E–W 1.1m, N–S 0.5m, H 0.6m, internally max.) and open at its eastern end. Its drystone sidewalls are neatly built, and it is roofed by two flat slabs. Westropp (1911a, 25, also 17) notes that although the well is dedicated to the feast of St Bridget, the pattern day was traditionally held on 15 August. He also (1911a, 25–7) relates a number of stories, customs and cures associated with the well, noting in particular that ‘its repute spreads from Galway and Sligo to America’ (1911a, 25). Although no pattern is celebrated there today, its former observance is still remembered locally (Kathleen Bessie O’Malley, pers. comm.). At the time of visit the water was 0.25m in depth and no offerings were in evidence. See also Otway (1839, 416), Browne (1900, 68), Cullen and Gill (1992d, 6 and 9) and Corlett (2001, 119–21 and pl. 97). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-012003: Altar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-012003-. Situated in the north-eastern quadrant of an enclosure (MA085-012001-). It stands 1.5m S of a stone-built cell (MA085-012004-). Though the third edition of the Ordnance Survey map labels ‘Altars’, Westropp (1911a, 17, 27) noted only one such feature, describing it as ‘a shapeless heap of uninscribed slabs’. What survives today is a loose pile of stone (H 0.6m max.), roughly oval in plan (2.1m × 1.9m max.), its long axis lying NNW–SSE. From the presence of a number of flat slabs on its surface, it would appear that it was once flat-topped. On it, Westropp (1911a, 27) noted ‘large rounded pebbles from the beach, and a couple of ‘anchor stones’. He describes the latter as ‘large blocks, with a groove round them for a rope, doubtless votive from some fishing-boat saved from destruction.’ Though none of the pebbles are now visible, one of the so- called ‘anchor-stones’ is still present and compares well with one of two such stones illustrated by Westropp (1911a, pl. V). It is a geological oddity: the product of the differential weathering of bands of sandstone. See also Browne (1900, 68) and Cullen and Gill (1992d, 7–9). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-012004: Clochan, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-012004-. Situated in the north-eastern quadrant of an enclosure (MA085-012001-). It stands 1.5m N of an altar (MA085-012003-). Described variously by Westropp (1911a, 12, 17, pl. III) as a ‘cell’, a ‘hut’, and a ‘clochán’ and named by him (1911a, 27) as ‘the Labbabreed (Leaba Brighdhe), or St. Bridget’s Bed’. It comprises a small drystone structure, roughly rectangular in plan (NE–SW 2.1m, NW– SE 1.65m externally), with a corbelled stone roof and an entrance on the south-eastern side. The walls are crudely built of angular limestone blocks of varying sizes, gapped in many places. From the roughly rectangular basal course (Wth 0.7m max.), the corbelled sidewalls assume a circular form as they rise towards the roof. The latter con- sists of three flat slabs. The entrance (Wth 0.4m) is crudely defined, having no formal lintel or jambs. The interior is roughly oval in plan (NW–SE 1m, NE–SW 0.8m, H 0.85m max.). It is slightly sunken but dry and is littered with small rounded stones. Westropp (1911, 27) considered this structure ‘as evidently rebuilt, but not so recently as the cashel’ (MA085-012001-) and speculated as to ‘how far the foundation ... is old’ (1911, 12). He also records details of a cure effected in the ‘labba’ (1911, 26). No definite surface trace was noted of the ‘lines of set blocks, probably the original foundations, 3 feet south of the present face [of the cell]’ noted and illustrated by him (1911, 27, pl. III). See also Cullen and Gill (1992d, 7–9). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-012005: Penitential station, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-012005-. Situated in a cluster of ecclesiastical monuments associated with an enclosure (MA085-012001-) the mound lies in rough grazing land c. 10m SW of the enclosure. It consists of a small low mound of irregular plan (NW–SE c. 6.7m, NE–SW c. 5.9m, max.) and profile (H 0.5m, max.). The limits of the mound are very indistinct, and its surface is mantled in a thick growth of heather and grass. However, a number of large stones are present beneath the growth at various points. Possibly a penitential monument related to the ecclesiastical remains. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 4 December 2018
- MA085-031: Midden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-031----. Situated on a low cliff on the shoreline c. 260m NNW of the island’s harbour. The branch road to the island’s hotel lies c. 10m inland from the cliff edge. The ground between it and the cliff is relatively level and grassy. Faint traces of old cultivation ridges are visible and one small tillage plot is currently being worked. The midden is briefly mentioned by Westropp (1911, 17, 28) but is not accurately located or described. It is exposed in a low vertical cliff face at the northern end of the beach at the point where the sand begins to give way to a more rocky foreshore. Occupation debris in the form of seashells, charcoal fragments and the occasional sherds of modern pottery are traceable for a distance of c. 20m northwards from the beginning of the cliff face. The exposed section face is composed of sand and boulder clay that is being gradually eroded by the combined action of wind, rainwater and the winter seas. A detailed examination of the layers exposed in the cliff face was made at a point just S of the aforementioned tillage plot. Four layers were noted in the exposed section face as follows: the depths given are relative ones below the ground surface on top of cliff. Layer A: (D 0.1m) Dark brown sod and topsoil. Layer B: (D 0.5m) Mid-brown coloured sand with numerous small stones (L <0.5m), seashells (mainly winkle and limpet) and some charcoal fragments. A number of sherds of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century pottery were noted in this layer along with a heavily encrusted iron (?)nail. Layer C: (D 0.3m) Orange-brown coloured sand with little or no stone or shell but some fish bone fragments. At time of visit, a barbed and tanged arrowhead of chert (see below) was found on a very narrow shelf-like feature at the interface of this layer and Layer D. Layer D: (D c. 1.2m) Pale yellow glacial till (‘boulder clay’) that contains a number of large stones and boulders. The ‘shelf-like feature’ noted in the description of Layer C above may well be the result of differential erosion between the softer material of Layer C and the more weather-resistant Layer D. Consequently, the arrowhead may have been in a secondary rather than a primary position when found. As it survives the arrowhead is a diminutive artefact, roughly triangular in shape (L 13mm, L 15mm max.). It is only 3mm in maximum thickness at centre, tapering to sharp edges at the point and along the sides. Both faces of the arrowhead bear clear traces of pressure flaking. It originally had a tang and two flanking barbs at its base, but these were already broken off when found. However, the notches indicating the positions of both barbs survive. These indicate that the tang was 6mm wide, while the barbs appear to have been in the region of 2mm wide. The rock type is a black chert that has a thread-like, whitish ‘vein’ running through it: it was identified by Dr Adrian Phillips, TCD (pers. comm.) as ‘comparable to the bedded cherts in the Ballytoohy Formation near the Lighthouse’. Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (NMI reg. no. 2006:83) (see also Corlett 2001, Fig. 5). Resistivity survey failed to detect this feature, perhaps because of a combination of faulty equipment and proximity to the sea (it is possible that a high salt content caused lower readings) (Kulessa 1993, 61). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-046: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-046----. Situated on the southern bank of a stream on an ENE-facing slope in marshy, enclosed land. A holy well (MA085-012002-) lies c. 30m to SE. The fulacht fia consists of a small oblong grassy mound (N–S 4m, E–W 2.4m). At its southern end a large stone (L 0.95m × Wth 0.55m × H 0.25m) sits on the surface of the mound: it has a natural depression in its upper surface. The location of the trough area is not obvious. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-048: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-048----. Situated c. 6m SW of a small stream on a flattish patch of ground immediately S of Michael Gerry O’Malley’s house, and the road leading to Kinnacorra Point. The land in the area falls generally eastwards towards Kinnacorra Point. Two other fulachtaí fia (MA085-049----, MA085-057----) lie within 100m of the monument. The fulacht fia comprises of a very low, grassy, U-shaped mound (SE–NW 8.25m, SW–NE 6.6m, H. c. 0.45m on NW side) opening towards NE. It consists of two almost separate mounds forming the arms of the fulacht fia that are separated by a saddle-like depression at the point where they join. The north-western arm is oval in plan, but the south-eastern one has been partially dug away, leaving a shallow crater-like feature along its southern side that has distorted the ground plan in this area. Heat-fractured stone is exposed here. A small boulder (L c. 0.4m) lies on the western slope of the mound. A geophysical survey was carried out on this monument in 1993, but the results added little in the way of new information (see Slater 1996, labelled MN 101 and Kulessa 1993, 54). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-049: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-049----. Situated c. 20m NW of an enclosure (MA085-054----) on north-eastern side of a marshy basin. The fulacht fia comprises of an oblong grass-covered cairn (N–S 7.5m, E–W 5.7m, H c. 1.6m max. on the southern side) of loose, medium-sized stone, much of it apparently derived from field clearance. However, quite a number of the smaller stones that protrude from its surface display traces of heat fractures. On its north-eastern and north-western sides, the base of the cairn is abutted by broad but short (stunted) tillage ridges that run on a NE–SW axis from the cairn to the edge of the marshy basin. The burnt stone is likely to be derived from a fulacht fia destroyed by the tillage ridges, or part of a fulacht fia mound on to which field clearance has been heaped. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-050: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-050----. Situated close to head (W end) of a small marshy basin below the Capnagower Road directly opposite ‘Burke House’. The fulacht fia lies at the foot of a NE-facing slope and there is a small spring c. 15m to NW that feeds into the basin. A number of small clumps of bog myrtle grow around flanks of the basin, one clump immediately SE of the monument. Another probable fulacht fia (MA085-049----) and an enclosure (MA085-054----) lie on the opposite side of the basin c. 125m to ENE and c. 165m to E, respectively. The fulacht fia comprises a very large, somewhat lunate but natural-looking mound (NNW–SSE 13.6m, WSW–ENE c. 9m, H c. 2m max. on the east- ern side) partly overlain by tillage ridges along south-western side. Apart from one or two large (c.0.2m) stones that protrude from the sod close to its summit, its surface consists of a spongy covering of grass and moss that is completely mantled in bracken during the summer months. A small area of heat-fractured stone (dia. c. 0.4m) was noted at the south-south-eastern end of the mound summit on 12 October 1992. The cutting of drains on eastern side and along northern foot of the mound in 1993–4 also revealed scatters of burnt stone in the drain faces. These exposures hint that the whole mound may be a very large fulacht fia. However, the con- cave face of the mound faces SW, i.e. upslope and away from the peat basin and there is no visible stream or water source directly uphill from the mound. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-051: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-051----. Situated on the flat marshy bottom towards the eastern end of a small peat basin in enclosed grazing land. It lies 7.6m SSW of an enclosure (MA085-054----). Two other fulachtaí fia (MA085-052----, MA085-053----) lie 18m to E and 28m to SE, respectively. The fulacht fia is exposed in the north-north-eastern face of a recently cut drain (c. 1993–4) that runs WNW–ESE is a lens of heat-fractured stone (L 7.1m, T c. 0.2m), partially overlying peat. The lens comprises small, angular sandstone type rock (max. dim. 0.05–0.1m), although a number of flat slabs (max. dim. 0.5m) are also visible among the upcast on the northern bank of the drain. No visible surface traces survive. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-052: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-052----. Situated c. 20m S of another fulacht fia (MA085-053----) on the southern bank of the stream. A U-shaped fulacht fia comprising two contiguous, oblong grassy mounds (NNW– SSE 11.5m, ENE–WSW 12.2m, H 1m max. on the eastern side). The U opens to NW, towards the stream. The north-eastern arm consists of a large grassy mound with some burnt stone exposed towards its flat summit at north-western end. Just beyond its north-western limits is a small oval mound of similar character, perhaps representing a subsidiary dump of stone, although no stone is visible. The SW arm has a lower and flatter profile. As with the neighbouring fulacht fia (MA085-053----), there is a saddle-like depression between the mounds at SE that fades out on the outer (upslope) edge of the fulacht fia. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-053: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-053----. Situated on an E-facing slope at the outflow point (E end) of a small marshy basin below (to SE the Capnagower Road. The fulacht fia sits on the northern bank of the stream that rises in the and is c. 8m N of the stream bank. Directly opposite, on the southern side of stream is another fulacht fia (MA085-052----) c. 20m distant. There is also an enclosure (MA085-054----) just to NNW, the southern side of which is only c. 4m from centre of the fulacht fia. It consists of two contiguous, roughly ovate grassy mounds forming a rough horseshoe shape in plan (ENE–WSW 7.8m, NNW–SSW 6.5m, H c. 0.75m max. on E side). The U opens to SSE, towards the stream. The easternmost mound is the larger of the two, but only slightly so. A number of stones (max. L 0.3m × H 0.2m) protrude from its grassy surface along its south- ern side. The western mound has a flatter profile with a level summit and also has a number of similar-sized stones protruding from its grassy surface along its south-eastern and southern sides. At its southern tip is an orthostatic boulder (H 0.7m), tapering towards its top. The orthostatic boulder and another more block-like boulder (L 0.75m × H 0.35m) immediately to NNW may have formed part of a revetment. Between the two mounds, in the trough area, is a small stony area (c. 1m × 0.8m) mostly covered by moss and protruding only slightly from sod. No burnt stone is visible. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-054: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-054----. Situated on the northern edge at eastern end of a small marshy basin below the Capnagower Road, which drains away to E, towards Kinnacorra Point. Four fulachtaí fia lie within 25m of the enclosure around the fringes of the basin: MA085-053---- lies 4m to SE, MA085-052---- some 25m to SE, MA085-053---- lies 20m to NW and MA085-051---- is 7.6m to S. There is also a circular house (MA085-062----) 20m to NE. The Ordnance Survey maps show a roughly D-shaped enclosure (N–S 17m, E–W 15m) that consists of a dilapidated drystone wall curving from SE, through S and W, to NW. At either end it abuts a sturdy CDB boundary wall running on a NW–SE axis that forms the straight side of the enclosure. The interior is flat. Centrally placed within it is a very slightly raised, rectangular area defined by a scatter of stone (N–S 6.1m, E–W 2.6m); probably the footings of a hay stand. Although undoubtedly a modern enclosure, its curving line follows the line of an older oval enclosure, traces of which are discernible beneath the curving wall as a low bank of loose stone. This is c. 0.50m high and c. 3.7m wide at W. Its chord would have been in the region of 15m, measured on NW–SE axis along the line of the boundary wall. Very slight traces of it also survive to NE of the boundary wall as a loose scatter of boulders. In total, its line is traceable from ESE, through S and W to WNW, indicating a diameter of c. 20m on ESE–WNW axis. A number of possible revetment stones survive at N just to NE of the boundary wall. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-055: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-055----. Situated on an E-facing slope in enclosed grazing land overlooking Kinnacorra Point. The fulacht fia comprises a badly disturbed lens cut through by a narrow modern drain that channels a small shallow stream (D c. 0.5m). At a point where the drain bifurcates, a lens of small heat-fractured angular stones is exposed intermittently (SSW–NNE c. 3m, WNW–ESE c. 2.25m) in both of its roughly cut faces. Scatters of burnt stone are also visible on both banks amid a myriad of small boulders that have also been cast up from the drain. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-056: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-056----. Situated towards upper, N end of a small SE-facing hollow through which a small stream flows. A number of trees and bushes grow in the vicinity. One bush grows at south-eastern foot of the mound itself. The fulacht fia comprises a small well-defined, steep-sided mound (EW 6m, N–S 3.8m, H 1.1m, on S side) mantled by grass and heather. It is slightly lunate in plan, opening towards N away from the stream that lies to SSW of it, c. 12m distant. No visible trace of burnt stone noted, but probing with a surveyor ’s arrow revealed a mass of small stones on the southern side at the base of the mound. It is flanked along the eastern side by a modern field wall running NNW–SSE. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-057: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-057----. Situated at the lower, south-eastern end of the peat basin directly behind (to NW of) Michael Gerry O’Malley’s house. The basin is overlooked at the north-western end by two other fulachtaí fia (MA085-059----, MA085-060----). Traces of the fulacht fia are visible on the north-eastern bank of the stream close to its outflow point from this basin. A narrow trackway runs along the north-eastern bank of the stream, separated from it by a low embankment. An almost totally obliterated fulacht fia, apparently destroyed during the construction of the trackway that runs along the stream bank. John Gerry O’Malley (pers. comm.) remembered seeing lots of ‘red stones’ when making/widening the trackway some years ago. A mass of small heat-fractured stone (L c. 8m) is still visible in the face of the embankment on the south-west- ern side of the trackway. Another exposure of burnt stone occurs on the north-western side of the trackway, at a point 30.6m NW of the north- western corner of the house. Here there is a small grassy mound (NW–SE 3.4m, NE–SW 2.5m; H c. 0.4m), the northern side of which has been dug into, revealing a mass of heat-fractured stone. A large boulder (0.5m × 0.7m) also protrudes from its south-western side. Just under 3m N of this mound is the southern end of a large curving earth and stone bank (W 3.3m × H 0.75m max.). This bank measures 15.3m along its curving length (chord 12.6m). At the foot of the slope at its southern end, a number of small heat-fractured stones are also visible protruding from the sod. While this arc of bank could conceivably be the remains of another fulacht fia, it could equally be the by-product of landscaping connected with the house and/or the trackway construction. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-058: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-058----. One of four fulachtaí fia (MA085-009005-, MA085-009006-, MA085-009007-) situated in an oblong peat basin that runs ENE–WSW and is delimited on all sides by low hillocks. The fulacht fia is situated c. 38m SSE of MA085-009006- , on a flat terrace just above the limits of the peaty floor of the basin. A mass of heat-fractured stone has been exposed in four very small peat cuttings— in reality areas recently de-sodded (c. 1991) to see if peat was present. These cuttings (L 1.9m max. × 5m D 0.2m max.) have exposed the burnt stone but offer no real clues as to the extent, depth orientation of the fulacht fia. The maximum traceable dimensions are 6.3m on NE–SW axis by 3.4m NW–SE. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-059: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-059----. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope, close to the watershed between the peat basin in which fulachtaí fia (MA085-009007-, MA085-009006-, MA085-009005-, MA085-058----) lie and another, but smaller, peat basin below this monument, to SE. The surrounding area is marshy and drains off to SE towards this basin. The monument is over- looked by higher ground to E and W. It is situated just to NW of the angle of two field walls, one of which, meandering along a NW–SE axis, just clips the edge of the mound. Another fulacht fia (MA085-060----) lies slightly downslope, 20.3m to SSE. A low, grass-covered fulacht fia comprising two contiguous ovate mounds forming a U-shape in plan (SSW–NNE 7.5m, ESE–WNW 3.7m, H c. 0.4m max.). The open side of the U faces WNW, where there is a patch of marshy ground. There is a distinct saddle between the two mounds at ESE. Here also is a stone protruding from the sod. Very little burnt stone is visible except on the summit of SSW mound, the south-south-western edge of which is overlain by the field wall. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-060: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-060----. Situated 20.3m to SSE of MA085-059---- and slightly downslope from it. The fulacht fia directly overlooks the northern end of peat basin behind (to NW of) Michael Gerry O’Malley’s house. It consists of a low horseshoe-shaped grassy mound (NW–SE c. 8.20m, NE–SW c. 6m, H0.3m max. on NW side), opening to SW towards marshy ground. The mound itself comprises two roughly ovate arms that appear to have a saddle- like feature between them at NE. However, this is somewhat obscured by a dilapidated field wall meandering on a NNW–SSE course, which runs across the eastern side of the mound. The SE arm is of very faint outline along the southern side and is overlain by the wall along the eastern side. The NW arm is better preserved but is partly covered by heather growth. The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018
- MA085-062: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA085-062----. Situated on the flattish summit of a low hummock in enclosed land that falls away generally towards E. A small marshy basin lies to NE. Aspect to E and SE is good, overlooking Kinnacorra Point. An oval enclosure (MA085-054----) lies 20m to SSW. The house site consists of a roughly circular and flat area (N–S c. 7.50m, E–W c. 7–8m), notably grassy and stone free, is delimited by a loose scatter of stone around rim of the hill summit. This stone scatter (H 0.4m max.) appears to be the remnants of the robbed walls of a house, possibly a double- faced wall with a rubble core. Only a couple of revetment-like set slabs survive, however, at N. At E, is a possible entrance gap (Wth c. 2m). The above description is derived from: New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 5: Archaeology. Edited by Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell. (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 2007). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 29 November 2018

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 Capnagower.

## 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 Capnagower, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Capnagower.
- 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/mayo/capnagower.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/capnagower.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/capnagower.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

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

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

- Fawnglass: https://everytownland.com/mayo/fawnglass.md
- Glen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/glen.md
- Lecarrow: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lecarrow-152321.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.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/capnagower
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/capnagower