Carrowroe West

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowroe West, from 720 m² to 286,510 m² (28.65 ha, 70.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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 Carrowroe 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.

• 14 Dec 2023Conditional

  for the construction of private dwelling house, on-site wastewater treatment system, domestic garage, along with all associated site services and civils works is proposed at this site. The private dwelling will be no higher than 7.8m and the domestic garage will be no higher than 4.8m. Gross floor space of proposed works: 306.40 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361499

• 14 Dec 2021N/a

  to demolish existing dwelling house, the construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, treatment system/septic tank, percolation area and all ancillary site development works on lands. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212370

• 11 Jun 2021Conditional

  to construct (I) Milking parlour building incorporating holding yard with crush/ drafting yard, meal bin, Office, slatted tank with flow channel, storage rooms and plant rooms, (ii) Cubicle shed with slatted tanks (iii) Wall silage slab and all assorted site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 1123m2

  Permission · Galway County Council, 211041

• 9 Sept 2020Conditional

  to construct a silage slab. Gross floor space of proposed works: 420.00 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201280

• 28 Jul 2020Conditional

  to construct a slatted cattle shed with calf creep. Gross floor space of proposed development: 302.4 msq

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201030

• 17 Jan 2020Conditional

  to construct a silage slab. Gross floor space of proposed works: 326 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2040

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  to construct a 6 bay single slatted sheep shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 328sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 17136

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Drumbulcaun Bog 000263

Recorded monuments

• GA017-067 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In low-lying grassland. Known locally as 'Orchard Fort' (Neary 1914, 115, no. 115), this well-preserved subcircular rath (N-S 45m, E-W 39m) is defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is present from S to W. Numerous breaches in the bank appear modern. Field banks radiate from the monument at NW and NE. 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

• GA030-028 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Known locally as 'Black Fort' (Neary 1914, 115, no. 114), this well-preserved subcircular ringfort (N-S 40m, E-W 37m) is defined by two stone-faced banks and an intervening fosse. A silage pit has been dug into NE section of the monument. Within the interior is a probable souterrain (GA030-028001-) 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

• GA030-028001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA030-028----). Neary (1914, 115, no. 111) states that 'The garth [of this ringfort] ... contains a souterrain'. According to the landowner, it was situated in the centre of the interior but all that is now visible is an infilled hollow. 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

• GA030-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in undulating grassland overlooking marshy terrain to S. Known locally as 'Finnegan's Fort' (Neary 1914, 115, no. 112), this circular rath (D 26m) in fair condition, is defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is present at NW; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. The outer bank survives from SSW through W to N and at E. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument from N to ENE. A field wall cuts the enclosing elements at SW and NW. 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

• GA030-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in undulating grassland. Subcircular rath (E-W 42m, N-S 39.5m), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The latter is present from NNW through E to SSW. The bank is overlain throughout by a stone wall, and the numerous gaps in it appear modern. (Neary 1914, 116, no. 114) 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

• GA030-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (N-S 28m, E-W 26m) defined by a bank which survives from SE through S to NW. A road cuts the N section of the monument. A circular hollow (D 4.5m) within the interior appears modern. (Neary 1914, 115, no. 113) 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

• GA030-032 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hill summit in rolling grassland. Poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 28.5m) defined by a degraded scarp from SE through W to NE. A field wall overlies the enclosing element from NE through E to SE. Within SE quadrant of the interior are two mounds of earth and stone (average D c. 2.1m), another lies just outside E limits of the monument. 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

• GA030-131 Enclosure
  Description

  In pastureland. This subcircular enclosure (c. 43m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) is clearly visible on Google Earth satellite imagery (© Google Earth, imagery dated 3/11/2014). It was identified and reported to the Survey by Jean-Charles Caillère. A levelled field bank running roughly E-W is visible immediately to its S. The following image has been uploaded: GA030-131----_01.jpg Google Earth, imagery dated 3/11/2014. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 24 September 2020

Architectural heritage

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

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Carrowroe 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Carrowroe West with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Carrowroe West · An Cheathrú Rua Thiar

Area

1,896,584 m² (189.66 ha, 468.66 acres)

Civil parish

Dunmore, and its townlands

Barony

Ballymoe

Electoral division

Clonbern, the unit of the census

Census 2022

388 people lived in 133 households in the Clonbern electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintise, Ballynamona, Carrowntanlis, Carrowrevagh More, Carrowroe East, Drumbulcaun, Dunblaney, Knockaloura East, Sylaun East

Placenames

Carrowroe 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.