Cahersherkin

82 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cahersherkin, from 97 m² to 236,317 m² (23.63 ha, 58.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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 Cahersherkin 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.

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  for development which will consist of a dwelling house with proprietary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter together with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211315

• 15 Jun 2021Conditional

  to demolish an existing farm building and to construct a dwelling house and garage, with effluent treatment system, new entrance from public road and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 21621

• 20 May 2021Unconditional

  to Extend the Appropriate of Planning Permission P16-595 to construct a dwelling house with effluent treatment system, and all associated site work, on a site containing an existing derelict dwelling and out-buildings

  Extension of duration · Clare County Council, 21495

• 25 Oct 2018N/a

  to erect dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 18854

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 Cahersherkin.

Recorded monuments

• CL016-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the summit of a steep and prominent hill in an area of hilly, uncleared coarse pasture and with a conifer plantation to the E. The field boundaries in the area have been levelled, the land to the N shows signs of earlier cultivation and the views are panoramic. Hachured and named ‘Cahersherkin’ on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as Ringfort - cashel in the RMP (1996). Referred to by Westropp (1900, 430; 1905 361; 1913, 260) as ‘Cathair Seircin’ and described (1913, 260) as ‘only a small defaced ring-fort’. A roughly circular rath (42m N-S; 41m E-W) defined by a steep-sided and rounded inner bank, a steep-sided and flat bottomed, marshy fosse (Wth 1.8m at base; max. Wth 2.5m in NW) and an outer bank which is wide at the base and narrows towards the top (Wth 1.4-3.1m at top; ext. H 0.3-0.6m; int. H 0.5-0.9m). Several cattle gaps are visible in the inner bank in the N, S and SW and a gap in the E (Wth 3.15m) along with a faint causeway across the fosse (H 0.1-0.2m) in the E is an original entrance gap. A single boulder lies near the causeway in the E. The outer bank is similar in form to the nearby earthen field boundaries and it may have been used and rebuilt as an earthen field boundary. Several cattle gaps cut through the outer bank which has been reduced to a low spread of earth (H c. 0.1m) from NE to E. The interior (19m N-S; 19m E-W) slopes to the E and is overgrown with rushes and reeds. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-104----_01 Aerial view of rath (Archaeological Survey Aerial Photo) Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 19 July 2022

• CL016-149 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a shallow basin on a gentle S-facing slope in rough pasture. Recorded by MacMahon (1991, 48). A flat-topped oval or D-shaped grass-covered stone spread (dims. at base 13.6m N-S; 10.3m E-W; dims. at top 10.1m N-S; 7.2m E-W) sloping gently to the SW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 4 August 2022

• CL016-158001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in a haggard located to the S of a laneway, which leads to a farmhouse further to the S. According to local information, this holy well is dedicated to St Behan and it provides a cure for skin disorders. Two penitential stations (CL016-158002-) and (CL016-158003-) are associated. The well (dims. 1.2m x. 0.8m) is horseshoe shaped, open to the S, and is delimited by a drystone wall (H 0.4m). There is a wall recess on its W side. One step (Wth 0.55m) leads down to the brackish water. A canopy feature over the enclosing wall consists of a glass-fronted cement block-built press (Wth 0.9m, D 0.73m; H 0.6m) with a stone roof; it contains statutes of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sacred Heart, as well as Lourdes holy water bottles. Beneath it, a recessed shelf holds mostly empty ink bottles. The well occupies the SW angle of a triangular cairn (c. 3.6m N-S; c. 3m E-W) or penitential station (CL016-158002-) that decreases in height from S (H 0.6m) to N where it is flush with the ground surface. A path outside the cairn, from the SW angle to the N apex, leads to the Saint’s seat which consists of four blocks cemented on top of each other and capped with a stone that is naturally scalloped and shaped, and looks similar to a tractor seat in appearance. The well and cairn are located within a stone-walled enclosure (c. 15m N-S; c. 5-6m E-W). A dried-up stream bed visible to the E of them exited the enclosure at SE. The 2nd penitential station (CL016-158003-) consists of a stone (dims. 0.8m x 0.5m; H 0.8m), D-shaped in section, leaning to the N. Damage on its S face appears to be the result of a crowbar. There is a small plantation of lime trees c. 10m to its S. In the past an attempt was made to extend this northwards, towards the round, and a number of saplings were planted but the following morning they were all found to have been pulled out of the ground, a sign that the saint was protecting the route of the round. When people did the round of the well, they approached it from the W, along the laneway, before tuning S and passing the stone, and then turning W again to cross a stile, S of the spring well, and proceeding to the well. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-158001-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 August 2022

• CL016-158002 Penitential station
  Description

  This is one of two penitential stations (see also CL016-158003-) associated with a holy well (CL016-158001-). It consists of a triangular cairn (c. 3.6m N-S; c. 3m E-W) that decreases in height from S (H 0.6m) to N where it is flush with the ground surface. The well occupies its SW angle. A path outside the cairn, from the SW angle to the N apex, leads to the Saint’s seat that consists of four blocks cemented on top of each other and capped with a stone, which is naturally scalloped and shaped, and looks similar to a tractor seat in appearance. The well and cairn are located within a stone-walled enclosure (c. 15m N-S; c. 5-6m E-W). Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 August 2022

• CL016-158003 Penitential station
  Description

  This is the second of two penitential stations (see also CL016-158002-) associated with a holy well (CL016-158001-). It consists of a stone (dims. 0.8m x 0.5m; H 0.8m), D-shaped in section, leaning to the N. Damage on its S face appears to be the result of a crowbar. Visitors approached the well from the W, along the laneway, before tuning S and passing the stone, and then turning W again to cross a stile, S of a spring well, and proceeding to the well. Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 August 2022

• CL016-159 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Near the bottom of a SE-facing slope in a landscape that generally slopes to the S. The site is overgrown with long grass for silage with some scrub at the perimeter in the S. A subcircular ringfort (dims. 26.7m E-W; 23.7m N-S, crest to crest) defined by a bank which is best preserved from N to NNE where it is flat-topped (Wth 0.6m at top; Wth 2m at base; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m). From NNE-SSE the bank is reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and from ESE-SSE the slope of the bank has been further reduced for use by vehicles. From SSE-S, the scarp is sharp and well defined (H 0.5m). From SW to N a stone-faced wall has been incorporated into the ringfort bank (Wth 3.3m) and there is an external drain. A gap at NE (Wth 2m) may be original and a gap at NNE (Wth 3m) may be modern. A shed and a disused quarry are located to the N. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 25 July 2022

• CL016-160 Burial
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing slope in a lowlying area with higher ground to the N and E. A slightly raised rectangular area (9.3m NW-SE; 10.4m NE-SW at base: 8m NW-SE, 7.6m NE-SW at top: H 0.1-0.3m except at S where it is 0.8m). There is a slight mound (Wth 1.6m; H 0.1m) at NE and a raised rectangular platform (3m x 2.2m; H 0.2-0.3m) at the W corner. There are some flat stones (0.2m x 0.15m) on the surface and as a form of cladding from W to NW. Described by the landowner as a famine burial. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 8 June 2016

• CL016-184 Enclosure
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a low hill in pasture. A circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by a low scarp or bank visible on on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A subrectangular enclosure (CL016-185----) lies c. 15m to the SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 November 2025

• CL016-185 Enclosure
  Description

  On the SE-facing slope of a low hill in pasture. A subrectangular enclosure (c. 45m NW-SE; c. 40m SW-NE) defined by a low bank or scarp visible on OSi MapGenie orthophotography (2013-2018). A circular enclosure (CL016-184----) lies c. 15m to the NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 18 November 2025

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cahersherkin, 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 Cahersherkin.

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

Name

Cahersherkin · Cathair Seircín

Area

2,457,542 m² (245.75 ha, 607.27 acres)

Civil parish

Clooney (Ennistimon Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Ballagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

191 people lived in 81 households in the Ballagh electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardmore, Ballagh, Clooney North, Clooney South, Gorteenmacnamara, Knockanulty, Knocknagraigue West, Lisroe

Placenames

Cahersherkin 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.