Carrowmore

58 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmore, from 168 m² to 288,669 m² (28.87 ha, 71.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Carrowmore 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.

• 11 Nov 2024Conditional

  for proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 246.46sqm (H), 32.37sqm (G)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2461514

• 11 Aug 2023Conditional

  for proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2360949

• 4 May 2022Conditional

  for proposed domestic dwelling, domestic garage, treatment plant, percolation area with all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 289 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22577

• 25 Mar 2019Conditional

  to construct a serviced detached dwelling and change of use of existing agricultural storage to domestic storage. Gross floor space of proposed works: 246.25 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19422

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 the townland of Carrowmore.

Recorded monuments

• GA097-069 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a rise in gently undulating scrub and grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (26.6m N-S; 21.6m E-W) defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is visible from SE through S to N. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 January 2017

• GA098-064 Enclosure
  Description

  In level marshy grassland surrounded by a stream. This rectangular enclosure (32.9m NE-SW; 21.7m NW-SE), in fair condition, is defined by an earthen bank and external fosse. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument along the S and W sides. A bank and fosse run NW for 3.5m to the W of the enclosure and a series of rectangular earthworks, possibly associated, lie to the NW and SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 19 February 2019

• GA098-064001 Field system
  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.

• GA098-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level grassland. Known locally as ‘Lisin na bPaistidh’ (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 499), this very poorly preserved subcircular rath (38m E-W; 36.2m N-S) is defined by a bank which is visible only from E to ESE. Elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A field bank overlies the monument from N to E. There is a children’s burial ground (GA098-065001-) and a souterrain (GA098-065002-) within the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 January 2017

• GA098-065001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within the interior of a rath (GA098-065----). Numerous set stones indicating graves aligned NE-SW are visible in an unenclosed trapezoidal area (17m NW-SE; 12m NE-SW). A souterrain (GA098-065002-) lies c. 5m to the NW. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 499) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 January 2017

• GA098-065002 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of a rath (GA098-065----). This drystone-built souterrain (L 1.8m; Wth 1.5m) runs ENE-WSW. Access is gained via a modern breach at its WSW end. A linear depression (L 4.3m Wth 1.4m) suggests that it extended further from its ENE end. A children’s burial ground (GA098-065001-) lies c. 5m to the SE. (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 499) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 24 January 2017

• GA098-066 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
  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.

• GA098-067 Standing stone
  Description

  In level grassland. This standing stone consists of a squat granite boulder (H 0.9m; max. Wth 1m; ), oval in plan and aligned N-S. It is used by cattle as a scratching post. It is similar in shape to the Turoe stone (GA097-152----) but is smaller than it and is undecorated. Another possible standing stone (GA098-067001-) lies c. 10m to the SSE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 16 December 2019

• GA098-067001 Standing stone
  Description

  In grassland c. 10m to the SSE of a standing stone (GA098-067----). This possible standing stone consists of a roughly circular granite boulder (diam. 1.9m; H 0.65m) which tapers towards the top giving it a conical profile. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 December 2019

Architectural heritage

• Carra Bridge, bridge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch limestone road bridge, built c.1860, carrying road over river. Dressed snecked walls with cut-stone string course. Segmental arch with cut-stone voussoirs. Dressed stone parapet walls with dressed coping stones.

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 Carrowmore, about 1 in 20 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 Carrowmore.

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

Name

Carrowmore · An Cheathrú Mhór

Area

2,337,200 m² (233.72 ha, 577.53 acres)

Civil parish

Bullaun, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Bullaun, the unit of the census

Census 2022

340 people lived in 112 households in the Bullaun electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bellayarha North, Ben More, Cahernagarry, Carra

Placenames

Carrowmore 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.