Turloughmartin

Area

2,355 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres)

Buildings

3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 189 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

Turloughmartin

Planning applications on this parcel

• 17 Feb 2022Refused

  for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new replacement dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed

  Permission, 2 homes · Galway County Council, 2260121

• 3 Feb 2022N/a

  for the demolition of an existing dwelling and the construction of a new replacement dwelling with and effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works: 566 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 89.60 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22117

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 Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 3 recorded monuments.

• GA057-089 Castle - tower house
  Description

  This tower house is sited on a low partially natural platform on the W bank of the River Clare: the original river flowed c. 10m to its E but a subsequent channel now flows c. 70m to the E of it. According to the Annals of the Four Masters, it was built in 1451 by Lord Clanrickarde (Nolan 1901a, 26-7) and it was in the possession of 'Richard Burke' in 1585 (ibid. 1901b, 118). On inspection in November 1983, it comprised a rectangular four-storey tower (L 11.8m, Wth 10.4m) constructed of coursed well-dressed stone with a gently base-batter. The pointed arch doorway, set off-centre in the NE wall, opened into a small lobby with a murder-hold overhead. The presence of opposing vertical slots in the side-walls directly inside the door, indicated that it was also defended by a portcullis. An intramural stairs to the E lead to the 1st floor from where the spiral stairs rose in the E angle. There were stone vaults between ground/1st and 2nd/3rd floors. Intramural passages were evident in the SE wall on the 1st floor and in the SW wall on the 2nd floor; the former lead to a garderobe in the SW wall. A mural chamber was visible in the NE wall on the 2nd floor and a fireplace survived in the NW wall. Only the central section of the SW wall on the 3rd floor survived. Corbels centrally placed on top it formerly supported a machiolation. Apart from simple slits, all the windows had been robbed out (SMR file). In January 2009, following a reported lightning strike, some masonry from various sections of the SW wall fell to the ground. The tower stands at the S corner of a roughly subrectangular earthen platform (E-W 41m, N-S 38m) defined by a stony scarp (H 1.4m): traces of a wall foundation are visible on its crest along the SE side. On 1st ed. of the OS 6-inch map, an artificial-looking side channel of the river skirts the W and N sides of the platform before rejoining the main channel to the N. An 'Old Br.' is indicated across the channel at NW but no visible surface trace of it survives. These features may be part of the 'causeway and drawbridge' referred to by Nolan (1901a, 27). Within the interior of the platform, a rectangular area (NW-SE 18.5m, NE-SW 12.5m) defined by a low bank adjoins the tower on its NW side, and aerial reconnaissance (CUCAP BDN 77) shows a possible rectangular house foundation in the E corner. 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). Edited by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 7 July 2023

• GA057-089001 Bridge
  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.

• GA057-091 Bridge
  Description

  Spanning the River Clare at Corrofin (see GA057-146----). It comprises a mortared limestone bridge (E-W; L 132m, Wth 5.45m) of twelve arches, built in two phases and still in use. The 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map shows a bridge of twelve or thirteen arches flanked by cutwaters. The surviving fabric of this bridge, possibly of 17th-C date, is indicated by the ten westernmost round-headed arches, the seventh of which, being the largest, probably marks the centre of the pre-drainage river channel. These arches are flanked by nine cutwaters, with corresponding refuges in the parapet walls above, on N or upstream side but S side is plain, indicating that the bridge has been widened. This work is probably coeval with its extension to E which is commemorated by a stone plaque: 'Corofin Bridge Drainage Commission 1848'. The new channel flows through the twelfth arch. This bridge probably replaced an earlier crossing point (see GA057-161----) a short distance downstream. 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

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_711 (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.