Caherpeak West
Caherpeak West is a townland in the civil parish of Kilcolgan, barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Cathair Phéac Thiar.
Parcel 1948153
- Area
- 811 m²
- 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
- Caherpeak West
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Fingall Complex SAC 000606
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fingall Complex 000606
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- GA103-218 Milestone
Description
In a grassy verge on the E side of the R458, just S of a junction with the L85602. Named ‘M.S.’ on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map, this milestone (H 0.57m; Wth 0.3m at front, 0.45 at rear; D 0.36m) consists of a well-dressed trapezoidal-shaped limestone pillar with a very slight chamfer to the front margins. The OS bird’s foot benchmark is deeply inscribed on the top of it. The inscription on the front face reads: ‘10 From Galway’ but the numeral 0 has been partly removed due to spalling (O’Sullivan 2021, No. 8). The milestone is one of nine in the study area, see also GA122-098----, GA122-147----, GA122-148----, GA113-189----, GA113-217----, GA113-218----, GA103-217---- and GA103-219----). (McManus 2022, 23-4, No. 8) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 March 2023 McManus, G. 2022 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road' from Gort to Galway. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group. O'Sullivan, J. 2021 Nine 18th-century milestones on the 'Old Galway Road'. Unpublished specialist report, Ardrahan Heritage Group.
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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_722 (ZIP).
- 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
- 163.9 ha
- 405 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 33,738 m² (3.37 ha, 8.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherpeak West, from 811 m² to 150,392 m² (15.04 ha, 37.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caherpeak West 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 Caherpeak West 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
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Fingall Complex SAC 000606
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fingall Complex 000606
Recorded monuments
- GA103-071 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.
- GA103-072001 Enclosure
Description
In undulating pastureland and rock outcrop. Marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map (1933) as line of hachures curving from N to SSE (C c. 30m). When inspected in 1969 it was described it as a substantial drystone enclosure with no proper inner or outer wall faces, suggesting the possibility that it might be a sheepfold (SMR file). When revisited in 1992 the area has been extensively cleared and no visible surface trace survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 29 May 2017
- GA103-072002 Sheepfold
Description
This record was incorrectly classified as Enclosure in the RMP (1997). It has been reclassified as a Sheepfold as it was described in 1969 (Topgr. Files, Dúchas) as 'a very small sheepfold'. Due to extensive field clearance in the area no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014
- GA103-072003 Quarry
Description
This record was incorrectly classified as Enclosure in the RMP (1997). It has been reclassified as Quarry based on details recorded in 1969 when it was described as 'a piece of disturbed (quarried) limestone' (SMR file). Due to extensive field clearance in the area, no visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 8 August 2014
- GA103-073 Ringfort - rath
Description
In level grassland. Circular rath (diam. 51.1m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. Traces of stone-facing are evident on the outer bank at SE. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.3m) at S may be original. (McCaffrey 1952, 187, no. 45) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
- GA103-074 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a low ridge in undulating pastureland. Poorly preserved roughly circular cashel (diam. 26.8m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall. (McCaffrey 1952, 187, no. 53) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
- GA103-075 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a slight rise in scrubland. Poorly preserved roughly circular cashel (diam. 15.5m) defined by a drystone wall from NNW through E to SW; elsewhere field-clearance rubble obscures the enclosing element. A field boundary cuts the monument at NW and WSW and another extends from it and cuts it at SE. (McCaffrey 1952, 187-8, no. 55) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
- GA103-076 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In scrubland. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 36.2m) defined by two collapsed drystone walls. A laneway cuts through the monument at N and S. The inner wall is best preserved from N to SSE; some outer wall-facing is evident from N to E. No visible surface trace survives from SE to WSW and a field wall overlies it from SSW to WSW. The outer wall only survives from N to E. A field wall cuts through the interior at E. (McCaffrey 1952, 187, no. 54) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
- GA103-077 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.
- GA103-078 Ringfort - cashel
Description
On a gentle rise in grazing land. Poorly preserved circular cashel (diam. 38.4m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall overlain by a field boundary at E. Traces of inner and outer wall-facing are visible intermittently. A field boundary cuts across the monument at and S and field clearance-rubble obscures the enclosing element at N. A ouse site (GA103-079----) lies c. 60m to the (McCaffrey 1952, 188, no. 57) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
- GA103-079 House - indeterminate date
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.
- GA103-080 Ringfort - rath
Description
On a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Tullaghnafrankagh Lough. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS map (1933) as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) and classified by McCaffrey (1952, 188, no. 62) as an ‘Earthen fort’ which was ‘ploughed out’. Apart from a very slight rise in the field surface at NE and SW, no visible surface trace of the enclosing element survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 18 January 2017
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Caherpeak West.
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 Caherpeak West, 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_721 (ZIP).
- 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 Caherpeak West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Caherpeak West · Cathair Phéac Thiar
- Area
- 1,638,619 m² (163.86 ha, 404.91 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilcolgan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunkellin
- Electoral division
- Drumacoo, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,561 people lived in 514 households in the Drumacoo electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 50% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Caherpeak East, Carraghadoo, Cuildooish, Killeely More, Killeenmunterlane South, Kiltiernan East, Kiltiernan West, Newtown Kilcolgan
- Placenames
- Caherpeak West 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.