Caherbullaun

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherbullaun, from 53 m² to 472,168 m² (47.22 ha, 116.68 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Caherbullaun 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.

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  for the installation of 6 no. shepherd's Huts for the purpose of overnight accommodation, install a wastewater treatment system, soil polishing filter and make alterations to the existing site entrance including all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 22835

• 5 Mar 2021Conditional

  to a) RETAIN stable / store to rear of dwellinghouse b) RETAIN site boundaries / site layout as constructed and c ) decommission existing septic tank and install new waste water treatment unit / percolation area along with all associated site works and services

  Retention · Clare County Council, 21200

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: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Special Protection Area: Corofin Wetlands SPA 004220
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL017-043 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On mixed karst and scrub but with a strip of improved pasture running NE-SW immediately to the N and another running NW-SE to the SW. Hachured on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map and indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This subcircular enclosure (int. diam. 27m E-W) is defined by a loose wall (Wth 1.3-1.4m; int. H 1-1.2m; ext. H 1m) and associated collapse, with a noticeable angle at E. At N, the wall is reduced to footings (Wth 1.8-2m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

• CL017-044001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On fairly level overgrown karst. Hachured and named ‘Caherahoagh Forts’ (also referring to an adjacent cashel (CL017-044002-) c. 25m to the NE) on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. Also hachured but named ‘Caherbullaun Forts’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map, and referred to as ‘Caherbullaun’ by Westropp (1896, 367). This partly damaged subcircular cashel (int. diam. 30m N-S) is defined by an overgrown wall (Wth 2-2.4m; int. H 0.4-0.6m; ext. H 1m) and associated internal collapse (Wth 2m; H 0.8m) at S. The wall has been removed from NE-E and SW-W. At the N, a drystone field wall is built over the cashel wall, which has also been obscured by field-clearance material. The interior is covered with trees. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

• CL017-044002 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On fairly level overgrown karst. Hachured and named ‘Caherahoagh Forts’ (also referring to an adjacent cashel (CL017-044001-) c. 25m to the SW) on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. Also hachured but named ‘Caherbullaun Forts’ on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) and the Cassini edition (1920) of the OS 6-inch map but referred to as ‘Caherahoagh’ by Westropp (1896, 367). Named ‘Cathair an Bhulláin’ on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). This tree-covered but well-preserved circular cashel (int. dims. 29.3m E-W; 28m N-S; ext. dims. 34.6m E-W; 33.4m N-S) is defined by a stone wall (Wth 2.4-3.6m; ext. H 1.6-2.3m) with external batter and a terrace (max. Wth 1m; av. 0.6-0.8m under top of wall) on its inner wall-face, accessed at ENE via six recessed steps (Wth 0.8m; H 1.4m; max. D at top 0.6m). Westropp (1896, 367; 1913, 253-254) described this as a possibly late 15th-century ‘stone ladder’ comprising five very steep steps above tumble, and at the top another four steps leading left from the terrace to the top of the cashel wall. Westropp (1913, 254), subsequently noted, however, that the steps had been nearly destroyed between his visits and the upper flight of four steps was not visible when inspected in 1999. At ESE is a splaying fortified entrance (Wth 2.1m on the inside, narrowing to Wth 1.55m on the outside). On its S side, the wall batters inwards as it rises (max. H 1.8m-2.2m) and the opposite N side (max. H 1.7m) contains two draw-bar sockets placed one above the other. The entrance is constricted (Wth 1.35m; L 0.5m) at its centre. Westropp (ibid.) concluded that the entrance was rebuilt ‘with dressed stone and mortar’ in the 15th century. According to FitzPatrick (2009, 290), ‘Evidence for late-medieval alterations to cathair entrances assumes two forms in the Burren: the insertion of a gatehouse, as seen at Cahermacnaghten (CL009-001010-) and Cahermore (CL005-094002-) in the central Burren uplands; and the construction of a gateway with a cut-stone arch, punch-dressed jambs and door fixtures such as deep bar-holes, which can be seen at Caherahoagh in the south-eastern area of the Burren.’ (While the head of the doorway is missing at Caherahoagh, FitzPatrick (op. cit. 296) noted a single, cut-stone, punch-dressed arch-stone, similar to the pair from Cahermacnaghten, lying in the collapsed masonry outside the entrance.) Within the cashel’s tree-filled interior, to the S of the entrance, is a rectangular drystone wall structure (L 3m E-W; Wth 2.5m N-S; wall H 1m), and collapsed wall stones lie against the inner wall-face (Wth 1-2.8m; H 0.3-1.2m). FitzPatrick (op. cit. 297) also noted ‘remnants of a possible stone building in the northern half of the garth.’ See attached images: • CL017-044002-_01 Snip of Westropp’s sketch details of the monument (Westropp 1913, 253, Fig. 9) • CL017-044002-_02 Snip of Westropp’s sketch of steps in cashel wall (Westropp 1896, 366). Note ‘upper steps’. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 20 July 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Caherbullaun, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Caherbullaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Caherbullaun

Area

1,653,653 m² (165.37 ha, 408.63 acres)

Civil parish

Killinaboy, and its townlands

Barony

Inchiquin

Electoral division

Corrofin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,362 people lived in 535 households in the Corrofin electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 41% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballard, Dabrian, Kells, Lisduff, Rinroe

Placenames

Caherbullaun 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.