Clashygowan

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clashygowan, from 353 m² to 294,918 m² (29.49 ha, 72.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Clashygowan 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.

• 3 Mar 2026N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND CONNECTION TO SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660313

• 14 Oct 2024Conditional

  SURFACING OF EXISTING ACCESS ROAD WITH A HARD SURFACE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461620

• 2 Jun 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY WORKS WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350795

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FARM YARD CONSISTING OF (A) MEAL STORE, (B) 2 NO. SILAGE PITS, (C) SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED AND HANDLING FACILITIES AND (D) ACCESS VIA A NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950452

• 24 May 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL ROOFLESS CUBICLE MEASURING 170 SQM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750782

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 Clashygowan.

Recorded monuments

• DG054-044 Standing stone
  Description

  There is no trace of the 'Standing Stone' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on good land on the NE facing slope of a hill. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG054-045 Standing stone
  Description

  The 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map note a 'Standing Stone' here. A stone, c. 2.6m long, set in a field boundary was identified by the landowner as the standing stone he had removed during reclamation. Another stone, c. 0.95m high, is still standing in the same field. Situated on the crest of a NW-SE running ridge. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG055-024 Enclosure
  Description

  An aerial photograph (St. Joseph, AVR 61) indicates at least one circular cropmark, 30m-40m in diameter, here. Other possible features are also suggested. The site which is located in good farmland was not inspected. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG055-025001 Souterrain
  Description

  In 1956 a souterrain was reported here (NMI). It was about 14ft long × 4ft deep × 3ft wide. Halfway along, the passage narrowed to about 2ft 2in and then widened again. It was built of stone and the report suggests that there were indications of other such structures possibly other chambers, on the site also. An inscribed slab (DG055-025002-) now in private possession was said to have been found in the souterrain. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG055-025002 Inscribed stone
  Description

  In 1956 a souterrain (DG055-025001-) was reported here (NMI). It was about 14ft long × 4ft deep × 3ft wide. Halfway along, the passage narrowed to about 2ft 2in and then widened again. It was built of stone and the report suggests that there were indications of other such structures possibly other chambers, on the site also. An inscribed slab now in private possession was said to have been found in the souterrain. The above description was published in the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG055-026 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as a single-ringed enclosure. There is now no sign of the monument above ground. It was situated in a prominent position on good ground. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG055-027 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 2.2m high × 1.34m wide × 0.48m thick; N-S. Situated on a level shoulder of land which falls away to N and E. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Architectural heritage

• Mill (water), 1800–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey over basement former corn mill, built c. 1810 and altered c. 1865, having external cast-iron waterwheel with remains of timber panels. Now in use as an agricultural outbuilding with single-storey extensions to south. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with tin ventilator to roof ridge. Rubble stone construction with brick repairs in places. Concrete blockwork walls and corrugated-metal cladding to extensions to south. Square-headed openings with remains of timber louvers and battened timber doors. Relatively intact mill workings to interior (not viewed) including cast-iron waterwheel with remains of timber paddles and sandstone quern stone inscribed ‘Kay & Hilton, Fleet Street, Liverpool 1862’. Located to the south bank of small unnamed river flowing into the River Foyle at Saint Johnstown to the east. Millrace formerly ran from the west to east running past the east elevation of mill. Remains of former mill pond, now partially silted-up to the west of site. Formerly detached two-storey former store to the west of site, built c. 1860 and possibly containing earlier fabric, with pitched natural slate roof, rubble stone walls with brick repairs to the north-east end of east elevation and having red brick block-and-start quoins to corners to south, and square-headed window and door openings with red brick reveals, some timber lintels, and remains of battened timber fittings. Set back from road in the rural countryside to the west of Saint Johnstown. Modern grain silos and outbuildings 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

At the centre of the townland of Clashygowan, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Clashygowan.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Clashygowan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Clashygowan

Area

2,315,654 m² (231.57 ha, 572.21 acres)

Civil parish

Taughboyne, and its townlands

Barony

Raphoe North

Electoral division

St. Johnstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,396 people lived in 537 households in the St. Johnstown electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 40% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altaskin, Castlethird, Dernacally, Dundee, Glentown, Gortnamoney, Kilgort, Kinnacally, Rockfield

Placenames

Clashygowan 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.