Glen

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Glen, from 55 m² to 101,372 m² (10.14 ha, 25.05 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 4 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Glen 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.

• 20 Sept 2024N/a

  Section 5: 12m high stout wooden pole and 600mm radio-link dish. The proposal will include a dual bay cabinet, 600 x600 fibre chamber and underground cable connections. The site will be enclosed by a 1.2m high post and rail fence. All for the provision of fibre broadband to the habitable islands of the coast of Ireland.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24397

• 24 Jul 2023Conditional

  amendments to existing planning permission reference no. P21/896 to realign the proposed dwelling house in line with the currently establisehd building line as per adjoining property on lands to the west, the construction of a garage together with all associated site works and services

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23424

• 18 Oct 2021Conditional

  AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PERMISSION TO RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER P21/178 INTO 2 NO. SELF-CATERING TOURIST ACCOMMODATION UNITS TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 211118

• 19 Aug 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND PROPRIETARY TREATMENT UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21896

• 4 Mar 2021Conditional

  RENOVATE AND EXTEND EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE INCLUDING ATTIC CONVERSION TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21178

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: West Connacht Coast SAC 002998
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clare Island 000477

Recorded monuments

• MA085-016001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land on the flat bottom of a drained peat basin at southern foot of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). The fulacht fia lies c. 47m SSE of MA085-016005-. The field in which it lies was until recently (c. 1989) mantled in tillage ridges but has been drained and ploughed, exposing a number of fulachtaí fia. Two others (MA085-016003-, MA085-016004-) lie 28.5m to WSW and 46m to SW, respectively. The fulacht fia comprises a scatter of heat-fractured stone (N–S c. 5m), bleached to a grey-white colour by rainfall, was visible on surface of the recently ploughed field. 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

• MA085-016002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land on the flat bottom of a drained peat basin at southern foot of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). The fulacht fia is exposed in the northern face of a recently cut field drain, 19.5m WSW of MA085-016003-. It consists of a layer of stone (WSW– ENE 3.2m, T. 0.4m) and some charcoal, the top of which is c. 0.6m below the ground surface. The upper levels of the deposit are very much dried out and leached of colour, but the lower 0.2m is still waterlogged. The bulk of the stones are small (<100mm) and heat fractured. However, five large unburnt stones with a rounded profile (c. 0.15–0.25m) are also visible as well as a number of water-rolled pebbles and stones (30–100mm) and one or two lumps of quartzite. At least one of the larger stones is a conglomerate (greenish matrix with red inclusions). One carbonised hazelnut fragment was noted. 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

• MA085-016003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land on the flat bottom of a drained peat basin at southern foot of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). This fulacht fia is exposed in both faces of a field drain, 20m to SSW of another fulacht fia (MA085-016004-) and close to the south-western end of the peat basin. It is overlooked by higher, drier ground, immediately to S and SW, which forms the southern limits of the basin. Another fulacht fia (MA085-016002-) is also exposed in the northern side of the same drain 19.5m to WSW. A portion of this fulacht fia was archaeologically excavated (92E163) in September–October 1992 (King 2007, 239-248). Prior to excavation, a narrow band of charcoal and heat-shattered stones was visible in both section faces of the E−W drainage trench, c. 0.2m below the ground surface. There was no above ground trace of a mound. The excavation revealing a mound (c. 3.5m E-W; c. 6.7m N-S) of burnt sandstone fragments and a heavy concentration of charcoal (King, 2007, 244-248). It may originally have been oval or horseshoe-shaped in plan, but was disturbed by later agricultural activity and the drainage ditch. The trough was not located during excavation, or by a resistivity survey undertaken in the unexcavated areas, and it may have been destroyed by the drainage ditch. A sandstone hammer stone was recovered. A charcoal sample produced a radiocarbon date of 2957 +/-33 BP(UB 6827) suggesting usage in the later Bronze Age in the period 1293-1053 BC (Ibid. 246). 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

• MA085-016004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land on the flat bottom of a drained peat basin at southern foot of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). The fulacht fia is located c. 28.5m to WSW of MA085-016001- . Another fulacht fia (MA085-016003-) lies 20m to SSW along a modern field drain. It comprises a scatter of heat-fractured stone (NNE– SSW c. 8m) visible on the surface of the recently ploughed field. 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

• MA085-016005 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land at the foot of the steep S-facing slopes of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’). The fulacht fia is now overlain by the island’s West Road and the roadside bank on the southern side of same. There is no visible trace of any stream nearby but the location, at hill foot, is likely to have produced surface run-off after rain; the centre of the fulacht fia is 5m to E of a culvert that runs beneath the road. The immediate topography must have extensively remodelled during the construction of the road, an event that took place sometime before 1816. Another fulacht fia (MA085-016001-) lies c. 47m to SSE further downslope. The fulacht fia was noted during fieldwork at Easter 1992, it had been exposed by drain cutting the previous year. It consists of a dense layer of small heat-fractured stone visible in the northern face of the drain directly under a field gate (now defunct). An archaeological excavation (92E163) was conducted on this monument in September–October 1992 (King 2007, 239-248). An E-W section was excavated through the mound (8.2m E-W; H 0.6m) of burnt stone and charcoal, where it was exposed in a drainage trench (King 2007, 239-244). The N-S limit could not be ascertained as the mound partly underlies a modern road bordering the field. The mound was composed of several layers of varying densities of stone and charcoal. The lack of uniformity in the layers appeared to indicate different phases of accumulation reflecting different usages of the site, including at least three separate firings of stones. A radiocarbon sample produced a date suggesting activity at the site in the later Bronze Age during the period 1260-1010 BC (Ibid. 246). A pestle stone (NMI 1992:09) of green sandstone was found c. 5m E of the fulacht fia in spoil from a re-cut 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

• MA085-017 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated at the foot of the steep, S-facing slope of Knocknaveen (known locally as ‘Glan Hill’), in enclosed land directly below ‘Red John’s’ old house. It lies in the north-eastern part of the basin c. 130m WSW of another fulacht fia (MA085-018----). Its siting is very similar to MA085-016005-, which lies c. 160m further to WSW, except that this site lies 17m S of the island’s West Road. The fulacht fia comprises of a light spread of angular heat-fractured stone (E–W c. 6m, N–S c. 5.5m) was noted on the surface of this recently reclaimed (deep- ploughed) field: the field surface had previously been covered in old grassed-over cultivation ridges. 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

• MA085-018 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on a gentle SW-facing slope at the extreme E end of a drained peat basin in enclosed land. The site is overlooked by a steep hill a short distance to SE. This basin also contains six other fulachtaí fia, MA085-017---- lies c. 130m distant to WSW. The fulacht fia is visible as a small deposit of heat-fractured stone exposed only in northern face of a recently deepened, V-shaped drain (Wth 1– 1.5m × D 0.5–0.75m) that runs downslope from NE to SW. It takes the form of a thin band (L c. 2.1m × T c. 0.25m) of small heat-fractured sandstones and numerous fragments of charcoal, the top of that lies c. 0.4m below the surface of the pasture field. 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

• MA085-022 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated on the southern shore of the island 700m SW of the main harbour. This stretch of coast is bounded by low cliffs, and the promontory is flanked to W by a jagged cove and to E by a small boulder beach. The promontory fort is overlooked by higher ground on the landward side. It is named ‘Doon Cloak’ in Roman script on first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1840), in contrast to the later editions, which attach the words ‘Site of’. The name is noted by Mac Neill (1913, no. 151, 27) and by Ó Muraíle (1999, 109, 112, 123). The fort occupies a large, natural sea promontory, roughly rectangular in outline, whose long axis lies roughly E–W, parallel to the mainland. It is connected to the latter by a narrow grassy neck at its north-eastern end. Saddle-like in profile, this neck slopes downwards from the landward (N) side, narrowing to 5m wide before rising sharply to S, towards the promontory summit. At its outer end, it is partially cut across by a well-defined and slightly curving fosse, running roughly E–W. Although impressive at its eastern end (Wth 2.8m, D 2m), where it runs out onto the boulder beach, the fosse decreases in scale west- wards. It finally peters out after 14.2m, leaving a 3m-wide gap for access to the promontory. The fosse is flanked externally by a slight bank (Wth 0.8m × H 0.3m max. at W end) and internally by a low, partially faced drystone wall (Wth 0.6m × H 0.2m max. at W end). Both the bank and wall peter out towards E end of the fosse. The steep sides of the fosse and character of the flanking bank and wall suggest that they are all of recent origin. In this regard, it is perhaps significant that none of the above-mentioned features is mentioned in Westropp’s descriptions (1911a,17, 22–3; 1914, 326): however, the fosse is clearly visible in a sketch of ‘Doon Cloak’ made by him in 1909 (Westropp 1911b, 265 Pl. II). In his more detailed description (1911a, 22), Westropp records it as being ‘only slightly fenced by a mound of earth and stones at the summit of the neck, and eastwards along the face’. This feature still survives as a grassy N-facing scarp (H 0.8m) at the break of slope where the steeply rising neck reaches the promontory summit. A number of large boulders deeply bedded in its face suggest that it may once have been revetted. The promontory itself is composed of a mass of rock with a soil cap of varying depth that sup- ports a rich grassy sward. Along the southern or seaward side this soil has been eroded away, exposing a large area of bedrock. The grassy summit (E–W c. 65m, N–S c. 25m) is remarkably smooth underfoot and its western half is almost level: the eastern half slopes gently to E. It is defined on all sides by grassy scarps, probably all natural. The ‘traces of a bank running along the southern and western edges’ noted by Casey (1999, 142, Mayo 45), were not found. 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

• MA085-023001 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Located on a short, low promontory on the SE side of Clare Island, overlooking the modern harbour, which lies immediately to N. Before the piers were built, the castle would have dominated this sheltered anchorage, with its gently shelving sandy beach, which must always have been the safest landing place on the island. This tower house is a National Monument (no. 198) in state ownership. As with the island itself, there are few references to the castle before AD 1800. The earliest record of its existence occurs in a list of O’Malley castles dating from 1574 (Knox 1908, 348). The next mention of it is in the Ordnance Survey Name Books (c. 1838): ‘the castle remained in good repair until about the year 1750 when it was allowed to decay and remained in ruin until about [the] year 1826, when it was again roofed and repaired (by Sir S. O’Mally), the owner of the island, and is now occupied by police’ (as quoted in Ó Muraíle 1999, n. 31, 113). This explains its labelling on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey maps as ‘Grania Wael’s Castle & Police Barracks’ (Ordnance Survey 1839). Externally the tower house has a rather squat appearance, with bartizans on the NE and SW corners at first storey level. In plan it forms an irregular rectangle measuring 9.95-10.4m × 7.95-8.3m externally at ground level. The lower parts of the walls have an outward slope or batter from about first-floor level. Virtually all the opes were altered externally in the nineteenth century or earlier, and no crenellations survive on the parapets. The bartizans are each supported on five massive corbels and project out an average of 0.40m from the wall faces at the NE corner and 0.55m at the SW corner. They are covered in small slates for weatherproofing, part of the early nineteenth-century restoration of the building, renewed in the 20th century. The original entrance was near the N end of the E wall. Its original cut-stone surround was removed in the 19th century. Outside the doorway is a roofless lean-to porch of nineteenth-century date. Inside the entrance is a lobby in the thickness of the wall, from which, to the left, a narrow passage leads to the mural stairs. Straight ahead, an inner doorway leads to the ground-storey chamber. This doorway has also been widened and retains no original dressed stone. The ground-floor chamber (6.1m × 4m; Wall T c. 2m thick) has opposed loops with wide, pointed arched embrasures in the N and S walls, and a small nineteenth-century fireplace in the W wall. The passage leading to the stairs from the entrance lobby extends a short distance to W, after a right-angled bend, before ending. There is a small wall cupboard in this end wall and another in its southern wall. The stone stairs start above this end-wall almost at first-floor level. The first flight of stairs may originally have been in wood, although the walls of the passage show no evidence for a stairs in either stone or timber. The entrance from the stairs to the first storey chamber is at the E end of its S wall and consists of a plain flat-headed doorway. Four large sockets in the northern and southern walls held the beams that supported the wooden floor. This was the main living room, with access from it to the small chambers in the bartizans and to a garderobe. At the W end of S wall of this chamber is a tall, arched recess like an embrasure, but without any external opening. A window embrasure in S end of the W wall has three steps leading up from floor level to its base: a doorway in its S side leads into the SW bartizan; the N side of the embrasure has been encroached upon to provide space for a small modern fireplace, and the flue from the fireplace on the ground storey. The interior of the bartizan measures roughly 1.8m ×1.8m and has a small rectangular window facing W. There is also evidence for a blocked-up gun loop set diagonally in the external corner. The garderobe in the NW corner is at the end of a passage opening off the W side of an embrasure in the centre of the N wall. This embrasure has a small rectangular window, and the garderobe chamber itself has a tiny wall cupboard, as well as a small window in the W wall. Neither the garderobe chute nor its outlet are in evidence. The NE bartizan (c. 2.1m by 2.1m) is accessed through a doorway set diagonally in the corner of the chamber with its base a few steps above level of the floor. A drawbar hole indicates that this door could be secured from inside the bartizan, which has one window in its E wall. The stairs continue up through the S wall and at the top give access through a rectangular doorway to the SW corner of the second floor chamber. Two small windows in the S wall light the stairs, one at first floor level, the second at the top of the stairs. No evidence of the original second floor survives, only the small joist holes from the nineteenth-century floor. There are two windows in the N wall, both with low, flat-lintelled embrasures. The embrasure to the E has a cupboard in its E wall. There is a small nineteenth-century fireplace in the E wall and another wide, low, flat-headed embrasure at the E end of the S wall, with a window facing S and a narrowing extension eastwards ending in a small external loop. The gables and chimneys are of nineteenth-century date, and it appears that many modifications were made to the original structure of this upper section at that time. There is a wall walk, 0.75m wide, between the gables and the parapet and along the top of the N and S walls. The parapet has been partially rebuilt. There are holes in the base of the parapet on all four sides to drain water from the roof in the medieval manner. This suggests that the original roof was hipped. The interior wall faces of the building show that it was generously plastered and lime-washed over the years. Coupled with the shortage of historical documentation, the removal of virtually all of the original doors and windows in the early nineteenth century makes the dating of the castle’s construction difficult. However, the occurrence of bartizans and the lack of a vault would suggest a late date, probably in the early to mid-sixteenth century. This is description is derived from Paul Gosling, Conleth Manning and John Waddell (eds.) New Survey of Clare Island Vol. 5: The Archaeology. Date of upload: 31 October 2018

• MA085-023002 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated on the headland now occupied by the castle (MA085-023001-) at the island’s main harbour. Although Westropp (1911, 22) considered this as a potential site, he thought it unsuitable for a promontory fort (1914, 326). However, Casey (1999, 203: Mayo P12) does include it in his catalogue as a potential site. As he has pointed out, the strategic location of this headland vis-à-vis the naturally sheltered mooring and landing place, make this a likely place for a fortification (see also Gosling 1990, 10). Whether it was fortified before or contemporary with the construction of the castle in the sixteenth century is unclear, although the survival of the placename ‘An Bábhún’ (Ó Muraíle 1999, 124, no. 168) might suggest the latter. Although no definite surface traces of any entrenchments are visible, some of the early photographs of the castle do show a slightly sunken lane traversing the promontory from NE to SW just outside the present boundary wall: possibly the line of an entrenchment. On the promontory itself, Casey (1999, 203) noted a ‘faint bank [that] can be seen running across … part of the headland from the air’. This is part of a roughly rectangular grassy platform (L 15m, Wth c. 10.5m) that lies immediately E of the castle. Its long axis runs NE–SW, and it is defined along its SW and NW sides by grassy scarps up to 1.5m in height. Its NE and SW sides are more ragged, being formed by cliff edges. This platform could be the last vestiges of a hall associated with the castle. 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

• MA085-040 Burial ground
  Description

  Situated in enclosed farmland, in the upper (western) part of the valley that opens out at the harbour. The location of this graveyard is misplaced on Ordnance Survey maps (MA085-020----) the actual site, which was pointed out by local people, lies c. 170m to SW of the old ‘Presbytery’. It is situated in a sight hollow flanked to N and S by small hillocks. The hollow is delimited on W by a modern field wall and on S by an old wall now surmounted by a wire fence. According to a number of local people (John and Mary-Anne Salmon, pers. obs.; Chris O’Leary, pers. obs.; Michael-Bob O’Malley, pers. obs.), this is the site of the graveyard marked on Ordnance Survey maps further to NE (MA075-004----). No visible surface traces of any graves survive, but there are traces of old cultivation ridges. Mary- Anne Salmon remembered seeing a wooden cross at this spot, and Michael-Bob O’Malley recalled that it was named ‘Garra Deaneen’. Westropp (1911a, 2) mentions it in passing as ‘a graveyard believed to be Christian, but without monuments’. 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

• MA085-041 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land at the foot of a short steep N-facing slope, part of the E–W ridge that defines the southern side of the wide valley to W of the island’s harbour. The fulacht fia is close to the watershed between the valley and the western part of Glen townland. The monument is now situated just inside (to S) of the roadside fence of the island’s main west road. Originally, it may well have been on/or close to the bank of a stream (now re-channelled as a drain) that rises a short distance to W and now runs along the northern side of the road opposite the fulacht fia. The fulacht fia is exposed in the lower end of a large grassed-over tillage ridge (Wth c. 2.2m × H 0.5m) is a mass of heat-fractured stone and some charcoal (Wth 0.8m × H 0.55m). The exposure was probably caused by sheep-rubbing. At the point where it terminates, the tillage ridge is immediately S of a small drain that runs past it on a roughly E–W axis, draining towards E. 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

• MA085-042 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in enclosed land at the foot of the fairly steep southern slopes of the wide valley to W of the island’s harbour. The fulacht fia is located below the West Road, to N of the Island’s old generating station and lies at the break of slope where the ground levels out onto the flat marshy valley floor (now reclaimed). It is visible as a thin, intermittent layer of heat-fractured stones and charcoal (L c. 2.7m × T 0.15m) exposed in the newly cut eastern face of a stream channel. The course of the stream has recently been widened and deepened. At the point where the monument lies, the stream takes a turn from its previously diagonal course down the hill slope to take up a new N–S course that runs parallel to and immediately W of an earthen field boundary. The top of the layer of burnt stone lies c. 1m below the top of the earthen boundary but is only c. 0.3–0.5m below the surrounding ground surface. Accompanying the burnt stone are one or two fragments of white quartz and masses of charcoal: in fact, charcoal makes up the bulk of the deposit. The layer rests on c. 0.3m of peat that in turn overlies a gravelly subsoil that forms the stream bed. No trace of this layer is visible in the western face of the stream, but the bank is much degraded at this point. 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

• MA085-043 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on the banks of a small stream at the upper, western end of the broad valley that opens out at the Island’s harbour. The stream rises on the southern flank of the valley and runs downslope in a SW–NE direction through enclosed pasture fields. All that is visible of the fulacht fia are intermittent pockets of heat-fractured stone exposed in both faces of the stream bank. On the N bank, pockets of small, heat-fractured angular stone are visible intermittently over a distance of 3.8m in the grassy face of the bank. The top of the stones lie c. 0.2–0.3m below the ground surface. Opposite this, on the southern bank, another pocket of small angular stones is discernible (L c. 1m × T 0.3m) beneath the sod and overlying a peaty layer. Some heat-fractured stone is also visible at the northern end of a small mound-like feature (N–S 1.5m, E–W 2.6m) that juts out into the stream bed from the southern bank at this point, but no definite trace of any surface features 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

• MA085-078 Midden
  Description

  Located in an eroding cliff face, at the NW end of a small cove on the SE shore of Clare Island. This midden was exposed by storm action in 2014, and is visible in section as a thin layer (L 1m; T 0.1m) in the upper levels of the rocky cliff face. It consists predominately of limpet and periwinkle shells, but also includes animal and bird bone. Overlying the midden is a thin layer (T 0.2m ) of soil, which is overlain by a sod layer (T 0.1m). Fragments of slate were noted above the midden layer. There is a tower house (MA085-023001-) c. 15 m to N. The attached images of the midden viewed from the SE are uploaded courtesy of Deb Rotman: MA085-078----_01 MA085-078----_02 Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 February 2015

Architectural heritage

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

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

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

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 Glen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Glen · An Gleann

Area

978,510 m² (97.85 ha, 241.8 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgeever, and its townlands

Barony

Murrisk

Electoral division

Clare Island, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Clare Island electoral division: 194 people in 71 households; 73% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Capnagower, Fawnglass, Kill, Lecarrow

Placenames

Glen 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.