Castlegrove East
Castlegrove East is a townland in the civil parish of Kilbennan, barony of Dunmore, Co. Galway. Its name in Irish is Garrán an Chaisleáin Thoir.
Parcel 1948592
- Area
- 494,435 m² (49.44 ha, 122.18 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
- Castlegrove East
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 1 recorded monument.
- GA016-021 Castle - tower house
Description
In flat pastureland, now partially planted with conifers. This Nat. Mon. is known locally as 'Jenning's Castle'. According to Harbison (1975, 91), it was built by the de Burgos in the late 16th or 17th C. It comprises a very well-preserved rectangular five-storey tower (L 12.2m, Wth 9.8m) which is built on a plinth. A series of (?)modern steps lead to the finely dressed pointed arch doorway near N end of E wall: probably a later insertion of 17th-C date. The doorway is flanked by two small loops, possibly for guns, though the presence of an iron hinge in one jamb suggests that it was once guarded by an iron grill. The doorway opens into a lobby from which access is gained to a guardroom to N and main chamber to W. An intramural stairs, to S, leads to the spiral staircase in SE angle. The 1st floor comprises a main chamber with a subsidiary one to E, but there is only one large chamber on each of the upper floors. A stone vault exists between 1st/2nd floors. There is small chamber in S wall concealed in the haunches of the vault. Intramural passages occur in S wall on 1st floor, and in N wall on 2nd floor: the latter leads to a garderobe. A later intramural stairs also connects the ground and 1st floors, cutting through a garderobe chute in the process. Beginning in a window embrasure in N wall, it rises within N and W walls before exiting in another window embrasure in W wall on 1st floor. Fireplaces occur in N wall on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors, and in W gable on 4th floor. That on 2nd floor of N wall is a later addition, inserted into the embrasure of a twin-light ogee-headed window. Both gables, which survive to their original height, rise inside the parapets. Chimney stacks rise from W gable and N wall. Semicircular machicolations survive on all corners; that at NE extends along E wall to defend the doorway below. The windows include simple slits, flat and pointed arch single lights and a number of square twin-light mullioned windows with hood mouldings. A covered well lies immediately to S of the tower and a ha-ha ditch c. 200m to E and S. (Costello 1904, 6; Killanin 1951, 119-20) 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 428.
Architectural heritage
- Castlegrove House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey country house, built c.1830, over basement. Now ruinous and standing to rear of Feartagar Castle. Rendered walls with paralled raised quoins of dressed limestone, heavy moulded limestone cornice, sills of tooled limestone. Remains of tetrastyle Ionic porch, columns lying across front steps.
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 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 low. Parts of the land are water.
- 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
- 116.9 ha
- 289 acres
- Land parcels
- 23
- registered freehold, median 27,974 m² (2.8 ha, 6.91 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlegrove East, from 526 m² to 494,435 m² (49.44 ha, 122.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Castlegrove East 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
19 Mar 2019Conditional
consisting of the construction of a detached dwelling house and domestic detached garage, installation of a tertiary effluent treatment system and polishing filter and all ancillary works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 481 sqm (414 sqm - House, 67 sqm - Garage)
Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19383
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 Castlegrove East.
Recorded monuments
- GA016-017 Designed landscape - tree-ring
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.
- GA016-018 Designed landscape - tree-ring
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.
- GA016-019 Designed landscape - tree-ring
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.
- GA016-021 Castle - tower house
Description
In flat pastureland, now partially planted with conifers. This Nat. Mon. is known locally as 'Jenning's Castle'. According to Harbison (1975, 91), it was built by the de Burgos in the late 16th or 17th C. It comprises a very well-preserved rectangular five-storey tower (L 12.2m, Wth 9.8m) which is built on a plinth. A series of (?)modern steps lead to the finely dressed pointed arch doorway near N end of E wall: probably a later insertion of 17th-C date. The doorway is flanked by two small loops, possibly for guns, though the presence of an iron hinge in one jamb suggests that it was once guarded by an iron grill. The doorway opens into a lobby from which access is gained to a guardroom to N and main chamber to W. An intramural stairs, to S, leads to the spiral staircase in SE angle. The 1st floor comprises a main chamber with a subsidiary one to E, but there is only one large chamber on each of the upper floors. A stone vault exists between 1st/2nd floors. There is small chamber in S wall concealed in the haunches of the vault. Intramural passages occur in S wall on 1st floor, and in N wall on 2nd floor: the latter leads to a garderobe. A later intramural stairs also connects the ground and 1st floors, cutting through a garderobe chute in the process. Beginning in a window embrasure in N wall, it rises within N and W walls before exiting in another window embrasure in W wall on 1st floor. Fireplaces occur in N wall on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors, and in W gable on 4th floor. That on 2nd floor of N wall is a later addition, inserted into the embrasure of a twin-light ogee-headed window. Both gables, which survive to their original height, rise inside the parapets. Chimney stacks rise from W gable and N wall. Semicircular machicolations survive on all corners; that at NE extends along E wall to defend the doorway below. The windows include simple slits, flat and pointed arch single lights and a number of square twin-light mullioned windows with hood mouldings. A covered well lies immediately to S of the tower and a ha-ha ditch c. 200m to E and S. (Costello 1904, 6; Killanin 1951, 119-20) 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 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 428.
Architectural heritage
- Castlegrove House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Detached seven-bay three-storey country house, built c.1830, over basement. Now ruinous and standing to rear of Feartagar Castle. Rendered walls with paralled raised quoins of dressed limestone, heavy moulded limestone cornice, sills of tooled limestone. Remains of tetrastyle Ionic porch, columns lying across front steps.
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 Castlegrove East, 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
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castlegrove East.
- 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 Castlegrove East with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.
The townland
- Name
- Castlegrove East · Garrán an Chaisleáin Thoir
- Area
- 1,169,007 m² (116.9 ha, 288.87 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilbennan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dunmore
- Electoral division
- Foxhall, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 675 people lived in 239 households in the Foxhall electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Castlegrove West, Fartagar, Fartamore, Lissaleen, Lissananny, Park, Pollacorragune, Sylaun
- Placenames
- Castlegrove East 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.