Blackgarden
Blackgarden is a townland in the civil parish of Kilconickny, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is An Garraí Dubh.
Parcel 1939263
- Area
- 114,556 m² (11.46 ha, 28.31 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 89 m².
- 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
- Blackgarden
Planning applications on this parcel
9 Feb 2026Conditional
to construct a single storey extension to the side of his dwelling house
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2660192
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 2 recorded monuments.
- GA104-068 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In level pastureland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 218, no. 14) as a very ruinous circular ‘Stone fort’, the wall of which was composed of ‘rocky debris’. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019
- GA104-265 Castle - tower house
Description
On the gentle N-facing slope of Seefin Hill. In existence in 1574, when it was in the possession of 'Richard McVllig' (Nolan 1901, 113), this rectangular tower house (11.25m E-W; 9.3m N-S) is one of a small group of tower houses in Co. Galway that display two-phases of construction. In the initial construction phase, a tower block housing the doorway, spiral stairs and the subsidiary chambers was built and, subsequently, a second block housing the main chambers was added. On inspection in March 1983, the first-phase block was still standing fairly intact but the additional block was in a much-collapsed state. The initial block consisted of a five-storey high tower (9.3m N-S; 4.15m E-W) built of coursed limestone blocks with dressed quoinstones and a base-batter, sections of the latter had been robbed out in several places. The original doorway, centrally placed in the E wall, was robbed out. It would have accessed a lobby from which further doorways lead to the guardroom in the NE corner, the spiral stairs in the SE corner, and, most likely, a doorway in the W wall that would have accessed the main ground-floor chamber of the later block. It was evident that there was a vault over the latter chamber and there were also vaults over the guardroom and between 2nd/3rd-floor subsidiary chambers. Windows in the initial block comprised simple slits, rectangular- and ogee-headed single lights and an angle loop at the NE angle on the 2nd floor. The masonry of 4th floor differed from that below suggesting that it was added when the second block was being built. No trace of the parapets or roof survived. Door opes, which would have accessed the second block, were visible off the stairwell at the S end of the W wall. All that survived of the second phase were collapsed walls indicating a rectangular building (9.3m N-S; c. 7.1m E-W). Opposing corbels on the W and E walls at 2nd-floor level would have carried the joists that supported the wooden floor. On re-inspection in December 2009, following a report that part the tower had collapsed, it was found that the entire S wall, including the spiral staircase, and the returns of the E and W walls had fallen down. The resulting rubble extended out to about 10m from the line of the S wall, while some masonry was found 20m out from it. Numerous cut and dressed stones were visible embedded in and scattered throughout the rubble. (ASGAP 112:13) The following images have been uploaded: GA104-265----_04.jpg View from SE GA104-265----_05.jpg View from SSW GA104-265----_12.jpg View from N GA104-265----_13.jpg View from W Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 July 2023
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 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 ha
- 180 acres
- Land parcels
- 52
- registered freehold, median 2,348 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Blackgarden, from 28 m² to 114,556 m² (11.46 ha, 28.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Blackgarden 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
24 Mar 2021Conditional
to construct a serviced dwelling house and domestic garage. Gross floor space of proposed works - house 219.9 sqm and garage 60sqm
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 21443
9 Feb 2017Conditional
of (1) attic conversion to living accommodation and (2) elevation alterations (Gross floor space retention 45.4 sqm)
Retention · Galway County Council, 17147
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 Blackgarden.
Recorded monuments
- GA104-067 Enclosure - large enclosure
Description
In an area of improved pastureland. Marked on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a large roughly circular field (diam. c. 90m) cut by a field wall at NW and SE. The monument, which appeared to be 'an ancient circular enclosure', along with a number of the adjacent field walls, was almost completely bulldozed away in the early 1960s and only two short sections of the ‘thick, tumbled stone rampart-segments’ survived at NW and SE, with ‘only very slight traces’ evident elsewhere (SMR file). No visible surface trace of the wall survives but a slight rise in the field level from NE to SE and again at SW clearly indicates its outline. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 August 2019
- GA104-068 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In level pastureland. Marked on the OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). Classified by McCaffrey (1952, 218, no. 14) as a very ruinous circular ‘Stone fort’, the wall of which was composed of ‘rocky debris’. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 15 February 2019
- GA104-069 Well
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.
- GA104-293 Stone head
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.
- GA104-294 Architectural fragment
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Blackgarden.
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 Blackgarden, 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 Blackgarden.
- 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
- Blackgarden, Craughwell10 sales
The townland
- Name
- Blackgarden · An Garraí Dubh
- Area
- 730,164 m² (73.02 ha, 180.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilconickny, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Kilconickny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 678 people lived in 217 households in the Kilconickny electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 44% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Derryhoyle More, Knockroe, Knockroe Beg, Lecarrow, Seefin
- Placenames
- Blackgarden 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.