Clooneen

Area

36,801 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 29 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

Clooneen

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 Corrib SAC 000297

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 7 recorded monuments.

• GA017-069 Castle - hall-house
  Description

  In NW corner of a large enclosure (GA017-069001-). This Nat. Mon. consists of a massive multiperiod castle which Harbison (1975, 91) suggests dates from the early 14th C. However, the lower sections may incorporate part of the original castle built by de Bermingham c. 1225. At any rate, it was evidently rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th C when an extra floor was added. The remains comprise the sharply battered shell of a rectangular keep (L 14m, Wth 8.2m), five storeys in height. The original castle was probably of two or three storeys with a hall at 1st-floor level. The original doorway (now robbed) is at S end of E wall at 1st-floor level. Two beam holes which supported the framework for an external stairs are visible below it. A later doorway inserted directly below this, on ground floor, now provides access. A broken spiral stairs in NE angle connects ground and 1st floors. There is no evidence of a stone vault. Traces of the line of gables are visible internally on E and W walls between 2nd/3rd floor. Fireplaces occur in N wall on 1st and 2nd floors, in E gable on 2nd and 3rd floors, and in W gable on 3rd floor. There is a garderobe in NW angle on 1st floor. Slop-stones occur on N, E and S walls at parapet level. The gables rise inside the parapets and while the chimney breast on W gable is on the outer face, that on E gable is on the inner face The surviving windows include an oculis on 3rd floor of N wall, two mullioned windows with hood mouldings in S wall and a number of rectangular slits. (Neary 1914, 124, no. 63; O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 18-21) 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 248.

• GA017-069001 Enclosure
  Description

  In a commanding position on N bank of the Sinking River, 1km NW of 3Aof Dunmore town (GA017-002----). This enclosure is probably coeval with the 13th-C castle (GA017-069----) in its interior. However, it may incorporate an earlier fortification, known as Dún Mór, erected by Turloch O' Conor in the early 12th C (Neary 1914, 95-8; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 267). The present remains comprise a poorly preserved rectangular platform (NNW-SSE 64m, WSW-ENE 31m) on the summit of a partly natural hillock. It is defined by a steep scarp (H c. 6m max.) particularly along SE side where the river flows past. Neary (ibid., 124, no. 63) plotted the line of 'ruined walls' around the perimeter which survived at one point along S side to a height of 4.9m. He also noted 'a building about 10 ft. square [3.05m] … extending a few feet through the wall on S. side and some feet beyond it ... and east of this ... a sunk, walled recess 31/2 ft. wide, 5 ft. long and 6 ft. deep [1.05m, 1.5m, 1.8m]': the latter may have been a latrine. Knox (1911b, 305; 1921, 25-6) mentions a 'gate' and a 'ditch' at W. Little or no visible surface trace of any of these features survive today. The interior, which slopes gently from N to S, contains the castle in NW corner along with several earthen mounds. Two limekilns have been built into the edges of the platform at NW and E. To W, at a lower level than the rectangular enclosure, is a poorly preserved but roughly oval platform (E-W 40m) which is now separated from the former by a laneway running N-S. According to Neary (ibid.), this 'courtyard' was defined by a scarp along N and S sides and a 'small portion of [its] wall remains at Commin's garden'. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 12-13) 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

• GA017-069002 Bawn
  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.

• GA017-069003 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA017-069004 Kiln - lime
  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.

• GA017-069005 Earthwork
  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.

• GA017-073 Mill - unclassified
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Bridge, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-arch random rubble limestone road bridge, built c.1760, over Sinking River. Slightly pointed central arches flanked by segmental arches. Thin rubble stone voussoirs to arch rings, gunnelling to arch soffits. Flat-fronted concreted cutwaters. Metal bracing clamps to either side of each arch. Random rubble limestone spandrels and parapets, latter with stones laid on edge. Section of parapet to south-west replaced with concrete block and flat coping. Recent concrete blockwork supporting pipework to south-west elevation. Random rubble limestone walls to adjoining fields.

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.

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.