Caltragh

71 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caltragh, from 99 m² to 272,634 m² (27.26 ha, 67.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Caltragh 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 May 2024Conditional

  for variations to dwelling house from previously permitted under planning permission ref. no. 21/2344 with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 212.10 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2460552

• 28 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel store, septic tank, and treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 189 sqm (house) & 60 sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22410

• 10 Dec 2021Conditional

  for a dwelling house, garage and private wastewater treatment system with all associated works and ancillary services. Gross floor space of proposed works: House: 182 sqm, Garage: 48 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212344

• 14 Feb 2018Conditional

  for construction of a serviced dwelling with an effluent treatment system and a garage/shed. Gross floor space of proposed works 220 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 18158

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: Knockmaa Hill 001288

Recorded monuments

• GA042-061 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hill in grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 28m) defined by two banks (inner bank Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.35m; outer bank Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m) and an intervening fosse (Wth 1m) best preserved at S. Elsewhere the banks are barely discernible and the fosse is infilled. There is a souterrain (GA042-061001-) within the interior. 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 206/1955).

• GA042-061001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within a ringfort (GA042-061----). Well-preserved drystone-built souterrain, roughly Z-shaped in plan, consisting of three chambers connected by two creeps. Present access via modern opening at SW end of 1st chamber (L c. 8m, Wth 1.9m at entrance) which runs SW-NE. A creep (L 1.4m, Wth 1.4m max.) leading N, at NE end, accesses 2nd chamber (L 8.95m) which runs roughly N-S. The 2nd creep (L 0.63m Wth 0.61m), at NE end of this chamber, leads to 3rd chamber (L 9.2m) which runs E-W. A plan of the souterrain drawn up by Costello (1903, 9) indicates that a possible 4th chamber extended off SW end of 1st chamber, in a N-S direction. It is described (ibid.) as being 'much filled up and only a small part remains open'. All that survives is a dug-out hollow strewn with collapsed stone. 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 is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 206/1955).

• GA042-062 Enclosure
  Description

  On a slight rise in low-lying pastureland. A poorly preserved circular enclosure (D 37m), almost completely levelled, defined by slight traces of a bank. 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

• GA042-063 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  On upper W-facing slopes of Knockmaa, 285m WNW of a cairn (GA042-064----). A partially collapsed drystone-built structure, roughly U-shaped in plan and open towards W (N wall: L 13.7m, E wall: L 14m: S wall: L 9m). The double-faced walls appear to vary in thickness but are best preserved at S where they are up to 2.2m in height. The internal plan is completely obscured by collapsed stone. Another folly crowns the cairn to ESE. 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

• GA042-064 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of Knockmaa, c. 130m WNW of the largest cairn (GA042-064002-). What survives is a large amorphous mass of stone crowned by 'Finvarra's Castle', an early 19th-C folly (OFlanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 127-8). The latter consists of a square drystone structure surrounded at a lower level by two concentric circular drystone walls (overall D c. 29.75m). A series of steps at NE, five of which survive, give access to the top of the much-collapsed central structure. The surrounding walls, c. 3m apart, are extant from ESE through S to WNW; elsewhere there is total collapse. A folly (GA042-063----) lies 285m to WNW. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 305; CUCAP ATF 28) 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

• GA042-064001 Designed landscape - folly
  Description

  On the summit of Knockmaa, c. 130m WNW of the largest cairn (GA042-064002-). What survives is a large amorphous mass of stone (GA042-064----) crowned by 'Finvarra's Castle', an early 19th-C folly (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 127-8). The latter consists of a square drystone structure surrounded at a lower level by two concentric circular drystone walls (overall D c. 29.75m). A series of steps at NE, five of which survive, give access to the top of the much-collapsed central structure. The surrounding walls, c. 3m apart, are extant from ESE through S to WNW; elsewhere there is total collapse. A folly (GA042-063----) lies 285m to WNW. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 305; CUCAP ATF 28) On a revisit in February 2015 it was noted that the outer encircling wall of the folly had collapsed from SE to SW and the resulting collapse had spread 3-4m downslope of the cairn. 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 12 June 2015

• GA042-064002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of Knockmaa, a prominent hilltop to SW of Tuam. A very large well-preserved subcircular cairn (E-W 22.2m, N-S 20.5m, H c. 5m) with a trigonometrical station on its flat summit. This is the largest and most prominent of a group of four cairns on the hilltop (see GA042-064003-, GA042-064---- and GA042-064004-): the others stand c. 70m to WSW, c.130m to WNW and c. 230m to W respectively. There are also cairns on the summits of the adjoining hills to E and W (GA043-033001-, GA042-093----, GA042-150----). Killanin and Duignan 1967, 305; CUCAP ATF 26, 28) 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

• GA042-064004 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  On the summit of Knockmaa, c. 230m W of the largest cairn (GA042-064002-). A very low but well-defined circular platform of loose limestone boulders (D 14.8m) up to c. 1m in height. Its surface is flat but there are faint traces of a stony bank around the perimeter. (CUCAP ATF 28) 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

• GA042-064005 Cross
  Description

  Near the summit of Knockmaa, c. 18m to the SE of Finvarra's Castle (GA042-064001-). This is a tall plain 20th-century limestone cross inserted into a rectangular limestone plinth. It is dedicated to the memory of Denis Kirwan Bernard (1882-1956). The immediate vicinity of the cross is heavily overgrown with scrub, thorn and briars. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 June 2015

• GA042-065 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland on the lower SE slopes of a hill. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m). The monument is cut by a field fence at NNE and SW, and all that is visible are faint traces of a circular enclosure (D 21.5m) defined by a denuded bank from W through N to NNE and from SE to S. 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

• GA042-066 Enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 40m) cut by a field wall at NW and SE. No visible surface trace survives to SW of the wall, and all that survives to NE is a curving degraded stony bank (NW-SE 38m). Some displaced stone is visible along its line at N. 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

• GA042-067 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 20m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA042-068 Enclosure
  Description

  Immediately S of an earthwork (GA042-067----). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 20m). No visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA042-069 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On an E-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m); no visible surface trace survives. 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

• GA042-070 Cist
  Description

  On a gentle slope in grassland close to W foot of Knockmaa. A polygonal-cist was discovered during ploughing in 1959. Excavation by Rynne (1961) revealed that it was constructed of eight upright stones, placed in a circular pit (D 1m, H 1m) roofed with a capstone. It contained an inverted urn of 'the vase urn category' (Waddell 1990, 90) within which were cremated bones of at least one adult and a child. A plano-convex flint knife and a bone pin were also found. No visible surface trace survives. (Waddell 1975, 12) 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 in the townland of Caltragh.

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 Caltragh, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Caltragh · An Chealtrach

Area

2,687,012 m² (268.7 ha, 663.98 acres)

Civil parish

Killower, and its townlands

Barony

Clare

Electoral division

Killower, the unit of the census

Census 2022

925 people lived in 302 households in the Killower electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballintleva, Carheens, Castlehacket, Cave, Pollnahallia, Tobermina

Placenames

Caltragh 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.