Woodfield

150 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Woodfield, from 29 m² to 204,362 m² (20.44 ha, 50.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 Woodfield 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.

• 18 Apr 2025Conditional

  sought to construct a new 4 bay slatted shed with underground effluent storage facilities and loose storage area and the installation of concrete aprons and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 193 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560444

• 7 Mar 2025N/a

  to construct a new 4 bay slatted shed with underground effluent storage facilities and loose storage area. Full planning permission also sought to install concrete aprons and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 190.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560234

• 19 Feb 2025N/a

  to construct a new 4 bay slatted shed with underground effluent storage facilities and loose storage area, and to install concrete aprons with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2560173

• 27 May 2024Conditional

  for the existing dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary site works

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460622

• 10 Aug 2023Conditional

  to demolish two existing shed & to renovate the existing dwellinghouse, construct an extension to the existing dwellinghouse, construct a domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, treatment system, percolation area & all ancillary site works. Gross floor area of proposed works: proposed extension - 108 sqm; proposed garage/fuel store - 60 sqm. Demolition of sheds 1 & 2: 32+34 sqm = 66 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360934

• 7 Apr 2020N/a

  to widen existing forestry access entrance and all associated site works to existing forestry lands.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 20442

• 15 Mar 2019Conditional

  of domestic garage and fuel store and associated site works. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 32 sqm

  Retention · Galway County Council, 19370

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: Lough Corrib SAC 000297
• Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bog NHA 000247

Recorded monuments

• GA005-112 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 27m, E-W 25.5m) defined by two tree-lined banks and an intervening fosse. A number of field boundaries radiate from the monument. A gap (Wth 2m) at SE may be original. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA005-113 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland. Poorly preserved oval rath (NW-SE 44m, NE-SW 33m) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is visible only at NE. Numerous breaches in the bank appear modern. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-079 Boundary mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA017-154 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On S-facing slope of a rise in otherwise level grassland. Poorly preserved circular ringfort (D 48.3m) defined by a bank of earth and stone from NW through N to NE, and by a scarp from ESE to SE. No visible surface trace survives elsewhere. A road cuts the monument at E and W. A ringfort (GA017-156----) lies c. 300m to WSW. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-155 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the summit of a hillock in undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (E-W 41m, N-S 36m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse and outer bank survive from SE through S to W; no visible surface trace survives elsewhere. There is an entrance causeway at E. According to local information, there is a 'tunnel' (possible souterrain) in the interior at N which could be entered by lifting a 'large slab'. No visible surface trace survives. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-155001 Souterrain
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA017-156 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a gentle rise in undulating pasture, overlooking bogland to S. A D-shaped rath (N-S 66m, E-W 52m), in fair condition, defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is present from E to SE; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field bank cuts the monument at NW and NE and no visible surface trace survives to N of it. A small subcircular cairn (L 4m, Wth 8m) occupies the interior. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA017-156001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA017-157 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• GA018-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by a scarp from W through N to E; elsewhere a field bank overlies the enclosing element. A miscellaneous burial (GA018-066----) lies c. 30m to NW. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA018-064 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a rise in grassland. Well-preserved circular rath (D 34m) defined by a bank. There is an entrance at S. (Knight c. 1975, 111) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA018-065 Quarry
  Description

  In low-lying pastureland. A hachured subrectangular area marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and named 'Gravel Pit' on the OS 25-inch plan, was inspected in 1984. No visible surface traces survived. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 July 2014

• GA018-066 Burial
  Description

  During construction work in 1975, a number of human bones were discovered 30m NW of ringfort (GA018-063----). They were found at a depth of 0.4m and reputedly rested on or in a shallow pit in the underlying boulder clay (Topgr. Files, UCG). Possibly the remains of a crouched burial in an unlined pit. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

Architectural heritage

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

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 Woodfield, 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.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Woodfield, Dunmore7 sales

Name

Woodfield · Coill an Chaclaigh

Area

4,819,739 m² (481.97 ha, 1,190.98 acres)

Civil parish

Boyounagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Carrownagur, the unit of the census

Census 2022

405 people lived in 143 households in the Carrownagur electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castle, Cluid, Gortaleam, Knockaunbrack, Lisheennaheltia, Lissyconor, Slieve, Tobernaclug

Placenames

Woodfield 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.