Poulcaragharush
Poulcaragharush is a townland in the civil parish of Carran, barony of Burren, Co. Clare.
Parcel 1486852
- Area
- 380,975 m² (38.1 ha, 94.14 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Poulcaragharush
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 95 recorded monuments.
- CL009-030001 Field system
Description
An extensive field system (c. 2km SW-NE; c. 500m NW-SE) stretching from Caherconnell at SW to Eantybeg North at NE and visible intermittently on Digital Globe (2011-2013) and on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) in an area of exposed karst with patches of dense scrub cover. The fields are very irregular and are associated with 11 cashels including Caherconnell itself (CL009-030010-) and Caherlissaniska (CL009-045----) and a number of enclosures. Some parts of the field system may have prehistoric elements given the presence of a Bronze Age house (CL009-030018-) close to Caherconnell, a megalithic structure (CL009-045004-) in Eantybeg North and two unclassified cairns, one in Eantybeg North (CL009-147----) and one in Eantybeg South (CL009-170----). Many of the surrounding fields have been reclaimed. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 1 September 2021
- CL009-030007 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Near the base of S-facing slope, with limited views across the valley to S. In blackthorn, hazel and rough pasture within a multiperiod field system (CL009-030001-). Hachured on the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). This small subcircular cashel (int. dims. 18.5m NW–SE; 15.4m NE–SW; ext. dims. 22.9m NW–SE; 21m NE–SW) is defined by a double-faced wall (Wth 2.2m; H 0.2–0.6m) which is visible at NW and SE. Elsewhere a bank of rubble (Wth 3–4m; H 0.5–1m) marks the circuit of the collapsed wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 5 January 2022
- CL009-030008 Ringfort - cashel
Description
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- CL009-030009 Ringfort - cashel
Description
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- CL009-030010 Ringfort - cashel
Description
A drystone ringfort (ext. diam. 42m, wall Wth up to 3m; H up to 3.6m) situated on karst limestone on the northern slopes of Kilcorney valley immediately W of the R480 road that links Leamaneh and Ballyvaghan. One of four stone enclosures in the townland and within a field system (CL009-030001-). Test excavation in 2007 was followed by the establishment of an international field school (the Caherconnell Archaeological Field School) in 2010 for research excavation purposes. Seasonal excavation continued up to 2019 (Comber 2019, https://excavations.ie/report/2019/Clare/0027630/, Licence no. 10E087). A number of features of multiple periods have been identified in the interior and in the immediate vicinity. Comber outlines the the following phases of activity and there is ongoing follow-up study into the refinement of the chronological history of the site. PHASE 1: A small mound covering two cists. The cashel wall had been built over the top of it, with half of the mound inside the cashel interior, the other half beneath the cashel wall. Late 6th – early 7th century AD. PHASE 2: A fire-pit quarried into the bedrock, produced a 7th-century AD date. PHASE 3: This phase is marked by the levelling off of the uneven ground surface and the construction of Caherconnell cashel. Late 10th-century date. PHASE 4: Early occupation of the cashel, marked by a habitation layer, post-settings, a curvilinear house, an ironworking area, a probable non-ferrous metalworking structure/workshop, and an extensive domestic midden. 2019 added a cereal-drying kiln. 10th-11th-century date for this phase. PHASE 5: Middle occupation of the cashel. A slab surface was laid down inside the cashel and occupation material accumulated on top of this. A stone setting for a post and two burnt deposits were uncovered as part of this surface. Also relevant are a straight-walled house with hearth and associated deposits, three post-holes and a path leading to the house entrance, a pathway and lengths of wall, an external hearth, and a secondary domestic structure with external fire-pit to its east. No new features of this date were uncovered in 2019. 10th-11th-century date. PHASE 6: Late occupation of the cashel. Phase 6 saw the laying of a new slab surface, and the build-up of occupation material on top of it. Features include a hearth and two paths, the continued use of the straight-walled house from Phase 5 and its entrance path, a possible small structure just inside the west wall of the cashel, complete with hearth and post-settings. The secondary domestic structure built in Phase 5 continued in use in Phase 6. Also relevant are a couple of external hearths, a rock-cut pit, and the gable end of another rectangular structure located at the opposite side of the cashel from that excavated in 2016/2018. 11th-14th century AD. PHASE 7: Final phase of occupation within the cashel. A new entrance was inserted, and a rectangular house built inside the north wall of the cashel. The previous straight-walled house was demolished, with much of its stone probably used to build a wall dividing the cashel interior in two. This wall was probably designed to separate the human and animal occupants of the cashel. The possible remains of a small structure were uncovered in 2018, and 2019’s Cutting K added a small circular or open-sided structure to activity of this date. The phase dates to the 15th-16th century, possibly into the start of the 17th. PHASE 8: The final phase of activity includes post-occupation use of the cashel as an animal pen, collapse of structures and tumble of stone from parts of the cashel wall. This phase dates from the 17th century to the early 20th century.
- CL009-030011 Structure
Description
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- CL009-030012 Enclosure
Description
Situated in an area of bare pavement on a gentle E-facing shelf with a small turlough to the N. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and as ‘Stone enclosure’ in the RMP (1996). Described (McMahon 1982, 6) as D-shaped and comprising thin limestone slabs placed side by side with an entrance feature opposite which was a large stone slab, resembling a stone circle. On inspection in 1998 this was found to be an enclosure (dims. 16m N-S; 13.5m E-W) defined by the remnants of a drystone wall of relatively modern construction with most of the stones laid transversely. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 February 2016
- CL009-030016 House - medieval
Description
Located in the N interior of Caherconnell cashel (CL009-030010-), this subrectangular house (int. dims. c. 10m E–W; c. 5m N–S) is defined by stone walls (max. Wth 1.2m; max. H 0.8m). An excavation trench (5.4m NNE–SSW; 1m ESE–WNW; max. D 0.8m) was dug across this house in 2007 (Hull and Comber 2008; Comber and Hull 2010; Hull 2010), wherein it was recorded as ‘Structure A’. The house was fully excavated in 2015 (Comber 2015). The walls are double-faced, comprising mortared limestone slabs laid in horizontal courses with a rubble and clay core. Along the N-S walls large contiguous limestone revetting slabs were set on edge against the inner and outer wall-faces (Hull and Comber 2008; Comber and Hull 2010). The east gable was replaced during the occupation of the house (Comber 2015). The N wall lies 1m to the S of the cashel wall and has an entrance (Wth 1m) with a yew door/doorframe and raised threshold paved with limestone slabs (Hull and Comber 2008, 30; Comber and Hull 2010, 146). There is evidence for internal divisions in the house, with a central hearth, oven, and lime-mortar floor (Comber 2015). A large number of artefacts were recovered during excavations here (Comber 2015; Hull and Comber 2008; Comber and Hull 2010, 147–9), but their exact provenance and relationship to this house has not been confirmed. However, an iron nail fragment and a corroded iron strip, possibly from a hook or clasp have been securely associated with this house (Hull and Comber 2008, 31; Comber and Hull 2010, 148). The house has been dated to the 15th/16th centuries, possibly continuing into the early 17th century—the final phase of the cashel’s occupation (Comber 2011, 058)—when a family belonging to the lesser nobility may have lived here (Hull and Comber 2008, 32; Comber and Hull 2010, 159). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 January 2022
- CL009-030018 House - Bronze Age
Description
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- CL009-030019 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated on karst limestone in the ‘high’ Burren at the crossing point of two adjacent routeways in a sheltered area on a S-facing shelf. A cashel (CL009-030008-) is c. 40m to the N and Caherconnell cashel (CL009-030010-) is c. 120m to the N. A sub-square drystone enclosure (37m x 34m) with straight sides and slightly rounded corners. The walls (Wth c. 3m) were built with large blocks laid horizontally to form faces with slightly smaller stones in between. Some external wall-facing survives and a possible entrance lies mid-way along the S wall. A modern drystone wall runs along the top of the earlier wall. Remains of three structures and a number of subdividing walls were excavated in the interior which is 1-2m lower than external ground level at N and higher than the external ground level at S. Associated deposits were rich in faunal remains and a quantity of artefacts was also recovered. Bronze dress pins and glass beads were imported to the site. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the enclosure was used from the 7th to the 9th centuries AD which may suggest an ancestral link with 6th/7th-century burials found under a mound beneath Caherconnell Cashel. (Comber and Jones 2008; Comber 2016) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 31 May 2017
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Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 73.8 ha
- 182 acres
- Land parcels
- 1
- registered freehold, median 380,975 m² (38.1 ha, 94.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
1 registered freehold parcel lies mostly in Poulcaragharush, from 380,975 m² (38.1 ha, 94.14 acres) to 380,975 m² (38.1 ha, 94.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Poulcaragharush 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
No planning application touches the townland of Poulcaragharush in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Poulcaragharush.
Recorded monuments
- CL009-036001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On an undulating ridge extending NE from a plateau in rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-), with level ground S–W and sloping away in other directions. Hachured on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. Labelled ‘Cathrach an Rois’ on Robinson’s map of the Burren (1977). This irregularly rectilinear cashel (L 34.4m NE–SW; Wth 29.8m NW–SE) is defined by a stone wall (est. Wth at N c. 3.4m; int. H 0.4–0.9m; ext. H. 0.4–1.5m) which has mostly collapsed to form a stone spread which is less substantial at SE and SW (Wth 3–4.6m; int. H 0.4–0.7m; ext. H 0.3–0.7m) but more substantial elsewhere (Wth 6–7m; int. H 0.4–0.9m; ext. H 0.4–1m). The outer wall-face is best preserved at NE and NW (H 1.5m), where small horizontally laid stones (L 0.5m; H 0.2m) are visible. The wall-face has a straighter edge at NW, but this may be due to later re-building. The cashel appears to have been in a dilapidated state when described by Westropp (1898, 362): ‘poorly built and levelled within a foot or two of the ground.’ Later drystone walls (Wth c. 0.7m; H c. 1.1m) are built over the cashel wall at NW, SE and SW. A N–S wall footing (L 12.5m) extends through the NW sector of the interior. A possible enclosure (CL009-036004-) lies c. 25m to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 1-10-2025
- CL009-036002 Cairn - unclassified
Description
In rough pasture on a NE–SW shelf in a plateau, with higher ground to NW and sloping away in other directions, and within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-). This small cairn (4.1m N–S; 4m E–W; H 0.4–0.9m) has a level surface (2m E–W; 1.7m N–S). A stone (0.8m N–S; 0.2m E–W; H 0.45m) with suboval cross-section protrudes up from the cairn at E. Poulcaragharush sink-hole lies c. 103m to E. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 2-10-2025
- CL009-036004 Enclosure
Description
In high (500’ contour) rough grazing, within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-). Visible on DigitalGlobe (2011-2013) aerial imagery as a circular area (est. diam. c. 18m) defined by a stone wall traceable from S-W-N which looks collapsed and grassed-over from N-E. A later field boundary wall runs NE-SW across the perimeter at SE. A cashel (CL009-036001-) stands c. 25m to the N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on information supplied by Conn Herriott. Date of upload: 1-10-2025
- CL009-036005 Road - road/trackway
Description
Visible on Digital Globe (2011-3013) and MapGenie (3013-2018) aerial imagery in rough pasture as a relict, meandering trackway (est. max Wth c. 4.5m) running upslope (between the 400’ and 500’ contours; traceable L c. 280m SW-NE) from near a main road at SW towards the NE and an area containing numerous archaeological monuments – cairns, cashels and enclosures (including, inter alia, CL009-042001-, CL009-042002-, CL009-043----, CL009-136001-, CL009-136002-, CL009-152----, CL009-267---- and CL009-269----). This may have been the trackway mentioned by Westropp (1898, 361-2), while on his way to inspect some of these monuments, when he wrote, ‘Crossing a grass-grown old road …’. The trackway is defined by stone walls with the apparently better preserved wall along the NW edge recorded as a field boundary on both the first (1842) and Cassini (1920) editions of the OS 6-inch map. The opposite wall, along the SE edge, is not recorded by the OS and appears less well-preserved and intermittently gapped on the aerial imagery. Three other shorter sections of possible relict trackways lie to the SW (CL009-036006-), S (CL009-036007-) and SE (CL009-036008-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on information supplied by Conn Herriott. Date of upload: 2-10-2025
- CL009-036006 Road - road/trackway
Description
Visible on Digital Globe (2011-3013) and MapGenie (2013-2018) aerial imagery in rough grazing as a relict trackway defined by grassed-over stone walling (est. Wth c. 3-4m) running NE (traceable L c. 65m SW-NE) from a main road at its SW end. Three other trackways are present in the area: ENE (CL009-036007-), NE (CL009-036005-), and ESE (CL009-036008-) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on information supplied by Conn Herriott. Date of upload: 2-10-2025
- CL009-036007 Road - road/trackway
Description
Visible on Digital Globe (2011-3013) and MapGenie (3013-2018) aerial imagery in rough grazing as a relict trackway defined by grassed-over stone walling (est. Wth c. 4m) running roughly E-W (traceable L c. 105m E-W), crossed by a later field wall mid-way along its course and truncated by a second later field wall at its E end. Three other trackways are present in the area: to WSW (CL009-X3 NEW GC) to N (CL009-X2 NEW GC), and SW (CL009-X5 NEW GC). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on information supplied by Conn Herriott. Date of upload: 2-10-2025
- CL009-036008 Road - road/trackway
Description
Visible on Digital Globe (2011-3013) and MapGenie (3013-2018) aerial imagery in rough grazing as a relict trackway defined by grassed-over walling (est. Wth c. 4m) running roughly W (traceable L c.50 m E-W), the E end terminating at an enclosure (CL009-037001-). At its W end, the N wall of the trackway extends NW (traceable L c. 75m) but there is no obvious visible trace of a corresponding parallel trackway wall to its S. Three other possible trackways are present in the area: to WNW (CL009-036006-), NNW (CL009-036007-), and N (CL009-036005-). See attached image: CL009-036008-_01 Annotated snip from MapGenie (2013-2018) aerial image with trackway arrowed red and nearby trackways to WNW (CL009-036006-), NNW (CL009-036007-), and N (CL009-036005-) arrowed orange, and nearby monuments labelled. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy based on information supplied by Conn Herriott. Date of upload: 2-10-2025
- CL009-037001 Enclosure
Description
Situated in rough pasture in an area of high undulating land. Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) with the number CL009-037---- and in the RMP (1996) with the number CL009-037001-. This is a D-shaped enclosure (diam. c. 20m) defined by a drystone wall (H c. 1.2m). The wall appears to be of modern construction and is not built on an older wall. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 23 February 2016
- CL009-042001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On high ground overlooking the Eanty Valley to N, with land sloping steeply from WNW to NE. In rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-). Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. This poorly preserved subcircular cashel (20m N–S; 18.1m E–W) is defined by a stone wall (Wth c. 1.4m; max. H 0.8m) which is visible from NNE to E, with sections of the outer wall-face intermittently visible from WNW to E. At one point along the NE–SE arc of the wall it appears to be narrower (Wth 1m); this may be a remnant of a possible wall parapet (Wth 1m) or rebuilding. Elsewhere the perimeter is defined by a moss-covered stone spread (Wth 2.5–5m). There are four breaks in the wall along the NE–SE arc, some of which may be apertures in the outer wall-face into cells or cavities (Wth 0.9m; D. 0.7m) within the wall. There is a possible entrance (Wth 0.7m) at E, with its N side traceable by a straight-edged E–W line of stonework (H 0.8m) extending through the wall. A modern drystone wall (H 1m) is built over the cashel wall spread from SE to WNW. This cashel was already ‘in parts nearly levelled’ when visited by Westropp (1898). Another cashel (CL009-042002-) lies c. 26m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 19 January 2022
- CL009-042002 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On high ground overlooking the Eanty Valley to the N and another valley to the SE, with land sloping in all directions except NW. In rough pasture and hazel within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-). Hachured and named ‘caher’ on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and hachured on the 1920 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This circular cashel (22.8m E–W; 22.6m N–S) is defined by a stone wall (Wth c. 1.85–2.35m; int. H 0.2–0.3m; ext. H 1–1.8m) with an outer wall-face of horizontally laid stones. A modern drystone wall is built over the outer wall-face. There is an entrance (Wth 1.4m; visible H 1m) at E, its exterior mostly obscured by hazel. However, a large lintel (L 2.1m; H 0.3m; T 0.5m) is visible in position over the entrance on the outer wall-face. Behind this there is a displaced lintel (L 1.45m; H 0.3m; T 0.3m). Westropp (1898, 362) described this entrance gateway as of quite high-quality masonry, its jambs as non-inclining, with a short corner doorpost stone on the S side (see his drawing attached). The cashel interior is generally at the same level as the surviving wall. There is a spread of stone collapse (Wth 2–4m; H 0.2–0.3m) against the inner wall-face. In the NW interior there are the remains of a souterrain (CL009-042003-). Other cashels lie c. 26m to the NW (CL009-042002-) and c. 136m to the SSE (CL009-043----). The following images have been uploaded: CL009-042002-_01.jpg Photo of entrance from W. CL009-042002-_02.jpg Drawing of gateway (Westropp 1898, 362) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL009-042003 Souterrain
Description
In the NW interior of Poulcaragharush cashel (CL009-042002-) S of an accumulation of cairn material. A sunken passage (visible L 2m; Wth 1.15m) oriented NNE-SSW and filled with loose stone. Corbels are visible on the E side. There is a crater-like depression (diam. 1.4m) in the cairn, 2m to the N of the sunken passage. However, there is no evidence of a souterrain chamber here. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL009-047 Enclosure
Description
On a gentle NE-facing slope covered with hazel, overlooking a valley. A large oval area (c. 50–55m N–S; c. 40m E–W) is defined by a moss- and grass-covered wall spread (max. H 0.5m; Wth 3–5m) in which some large stones (L c. 0.5m) are visible. A later drystone wall, shown on the 1836 and 1916 eds. of the OS 6-inch maps, overlies its E half. The interior slopes down gently to the N. A house site (CL009-047001-) occupies its N end. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 January 2022
- CL009-047001 House - indeterminate date
Description
Within the N end of the interior of an enclosure (CL009-047----) and overgrown with hazel. Depicted as a circular hachured enclosure (overall diam. c. 16m) on the 1842 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as an almost square enclosure (c. 10m E-W; c. 9m N-S) on the 1916 ed. It consists of a slightly raised rectangular area (int. dims. 9.3m N–S; 8.7m E–W) defined by a low grass-covered stone wall (Wth c. 0.65–1.35m) with outer wall-facing visible at the E. A drystone wall overlies it at S. This appears to be a pre-modern house site, although perhaps not contemporary with the enclosure. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 26 January 2022
- CL009-073 Ringfort - cashel
Description
At the S edge of a plateau, in rough pasture and bushes within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-), with land immediately to S falling steeply into Poulacarran Valley. Hachured on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Possibly referred to by Westropp (1898, 362) as a ‘finely-built but dilapidated ring wall’. This heavily overgrown subcircular cashel (c. 35m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) is defined by a wall (H 0.4-1.4m) of horizontally laid stones, with stone spill against the wall exterior (Wth 3m; H 1m) and interior (Wth 2m; H 0.4m) at W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 6 April 2022
- CL009-075006 House - indeterminate date
Description
Part of a Settlement Cluster (CL009-075005-) in level pasture immediately NW of Carran Church (CL009-075001-) and Graveyard (CL009-075002-), overlooking the Poulacarran Valley to the E. This is the most northerly of six houses (CL009-075006- to CL009-075011-) and comprises the foundations of a rectangular structure (ext. dims. 9m E-W; 5.75m N-S; int. dims. 7.7m E-W; 4.45m N-S; H max. 0.7m) aligned ENE-WSW and defined by double-faced walls (Wth 0.55-0.75m) which are collapsed along the S (Wth 2m). There is short internal wall (Wth 0.65m) at N, 1.5m from the NE corner. Another house (CL009-075007-) lies c. 9m to the SE. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022
- CL009-075007 House - indeterminate date
Description
Part of a Settlement Cluster (CL009-075005-) in level pasture immediately NW of Carran Church (CL009-075001-) and Graveyard (CL009-075002-) overlooking the Poulacarran Valley to the E. This slightly bow-shaped, rectangular house (15.3m WNW-ESE; 6.65-7m NNE-SSW) is the largest of the six houses (CL009-075006- to CL009-075011-) in the settlement and is defined by a double-faced wall (at N: Wth 2-2.7m; H 0.6-0.9m; at S: H 0.3-0.7m). The external ground level is higher than the interior which is divided into two rooms by a denuded cross-wall (H 0.1-0.3m) with a doorway (Wth 0.9m) centrally placed (E-room L 3.2m NNE-SSW). There is no obvious entrance but it is likely to have been in the S wall. A road/trackway (CL009-075013-) runs WNW-ESE immediately to the S of this house, and parallel with its SSW wall. The trackway then curves N around the SW corner of the house, and continues toward a house (CL009-075006-) c. 9m to the NW. Another house (CL009-075008-) lies c. 15m to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022
- CL009-075008 House - indeterminate date
Description
Part of a Settlement Cluster (CL009-075005-) in level pasture immediately NW of Carran Church (CL009-075001-) and Graveyard (CL009-075002-) overlooking the Poulacarran Valley to the E. One of six houses (CL009-075006- to CL009-075011-), it lies to N of centre in the settlement. This rectangular structure (int. dims. c. 6.6m E-W; 2.25m N-S; ext. dims. 7.8m E-W; 4.45m N-S) is defined by a double-faced stone wall (Wth c. 0.7m; H c. 0.2-0.5m). The S wall is overlain by a modern drystone boundary wall forming the N side of a farm lane immediately to the S. There is a gap (Wth 2.2m) in the N wall, 1.75m from its W end. To the N of the house, a small platform (7m N-S; c. 6m E-W) defined by low scarps on the N and E, and a low bank on the W may have been a garden. There is another house (CL009-075009-) c. 7.5m to the SE, and another (CL009-075007-) c. 15m to the N. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022
- CL009-075013 Road - road/trackway
Description
Part of a Settlement Cluster (CL009-075005-) in level pasture immediately NW of Carran Church (CL009-075001-) and Graveyard (CL009-075002-) overlooking the Poulacarran Valley to the E. Running (traceable L c. 40m) from just S of a house (CL009-075007-) in a WNW-ESE direction (parallel with the house's SSW wall). This trackway is defined on either side by a grass-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 1.6m; ext. H 0.6m; int. H 0.2m) and extends ESE until truncated by a farm lane. To the SE of the house (CL009-075007-), the trackway broadens (Wth 2.5-3m) and is defined on the N side by a low scarp. There is a gap (Wth 1.2m) in the trackway's S-bank, just to the W of a tall upright stone (H 1.8m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.2m) oriented NNE-SSW. Some 8.4m to the ESE along this bank is another upright stone (H 1.6m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.2m), oriented NE-SW. There are several quite large stones lying prone on the bank between these two upright stones. A second road/trackway (CL009-075014-) lies to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 24 August 2022
- CL009-151 Settlement cluster
Description
In a shallow E-W hollow on a karst limestone plateau with thin grass cover. Listed as ‘Settlement deserted - possible’ in the RMP (1996) at ITM 524067, 697735. On inspection in 1997 no archaeological remains were found at that location. A subcircular enclosure (c. 27m N-S, c. 22m E-W) defined by a grassed-over stone wall is visible on Aerial Premium orthophotos (2012-2018) at ITM 523952, 697692 some 80m to the W. Several small structures are also visible immediately to the N. This may have been the intended location. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 June 2022
- CL009-267 Enclosure
Description
On high ground overlooking the Eanty Valley to N, with land sloping steeply at WNW–NE. In rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-032001-). A small circular enclosure (diam. c. 10m) visible on OSi Aerial Premium (2012-2018) and noted by Conn Herriott. A cashel (CL009-036001-) lies c. 90m to the SW and two cashels lie c. 160m to the NE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 January 2022
- CL009-268 Enclosure
Description
On karst upland overlooking Poulacarran to the S and within an extensive field system (CL009-032001-). An oval enclosure (c. 20m NE-SW; c. 18m NW-SE) defined by a stone wall. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-13). Noted by Conn Herriott. Two cashels (CL009-042001- and CL009-042002-) lie c. 140m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 January 2022
- CL009-269 Enclosure
Description
On karst upland overlooking Poulacarran to the S and within an extensive field system (CL009-032001-). A small enclosure (c. 8m NW-SE; c. 7m SW-NE) defined by a stone wall. Visible on Digital Globe (2011-13). Noted by Conn Herriott. A cashel (CL009-042002-) lies c. 60m to the NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 25 January 2022
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Poulcaragharush.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Poulcaragharush, 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 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 Poulcaragharush.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Poulcaragharush with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.
The townland
- Name
- Poulcaragharush
- Area
- 737,988 m² (73.8 ha, 182.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Carran, and its townlands
- Barony
- Burren
- Electoral division
- Castletown, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caherconnell, Cahergrillaun, Cahermackirilla, Iskancullin, Moheramoylan, Poulacarran, Poulawack
- Placenames
- Poulcaragharush 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.