Abbeyland Great

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Abbeyland Great, from 65 m² to 244,470 m² (24.45 ha, 60.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 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 Abbeyland Great 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  for the construction of a single storey dwelling, construction of a domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new site entrance & all associated external site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 25196

• 28 Feb 2023Conditional

  of a straw bedded cattle shed and for permission to construct a slatted underground slurry tank alongside the shed, a milking parlour, dairy including a plant room and office/store, unroofed side drafting yard including slurry channel, unroofed slatted collecting yard with an underground slurry tank, a loose shed ancillary concrete and all associated site works and also permission to open a new entrance to the public road R356, a new entrance roadway and to permanently close two existing entrances to the farmyard. Gross floor space of proposed works: 204.2 sqm. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 168 sqm

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2371

• 30 Aug 2022N/a

  to construct a milking parlour, dairy including plant room and office/store, loose cattle shed, unroofed side drafting yard, collection yard, underground slatted slurry tank, ancillary concrete and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 119 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 221010

• 23 Aug 2022Refused

  for retention of one existing entrance from public road R356 to farmyard and for permission to close permanently a second entrance to the farmyard and also for retention permission for a loose cattle shed. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 168 sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 22994

• 5 Mar 2019Conditional

  for alterations to previously approved planning application (18/1019). These alterations consist of revisions to the previously approved floor plans and elevations of the proposed dwelling. Gross floor space of proposed works: 175 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19305

• 18 Jul 2018Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, domestic garage, new site entrance, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 307.60 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181019

• 27 Nov 2017Conditional

  to demolish existing dwelling house and build new dwelling house, domestic garage/fuel shed with septic tank and percolation area and all ancillary siteworks Gross floor space of proposed works Dwelling 252sqm, Garage 61sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition 95sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171695

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 Abbeyland Great.

Recorded monuments

• GA100-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating grassland. When inspected in February 1985 this very poorly preserved circular rath (diam. 39m) was defined by a bank overlain by a field wall from S to SW; elsewhere a scarp formed the enclosing element. Traces of stone-facing were visible on the inner face of bank. Quarrying had encroached upon the monument from NE to E and from SW to NW. The current OSi digitalglobe imagery suggests that the monument has since been levelled. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 February 2019

• GA108-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland. Oval rath (66m N-S; 56m E-W), in fair condition, defined by a bank and external fosse. The bank is present from SW through N to SE, and the fosse survives from SW through W to N and at SE. The latter has been quarried out from N to E; quarrying has also encroached upon the monument at S. Centrally placed within the interior is a circular grassed-over stone structure (diam. 4.7m); probably a house site. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 October 2016

• GA108-002 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-003 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a small disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure which is cut by a road from E to W. Only S half of this poorly preserved rath (diam. 34m) survives. It is defined by a bank and external fosse; the latter is indicated by a darker band of vegetation. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 October 2016

• GA108-005 Enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. c. 29m) defined by a slight traces of a low earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.4m). According to local information, the monument was levelled in the mid 1930s. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 February 2019

• GA108-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland overlooking marshy land. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (48m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. No visible surface trace of the enclosing elements survives at N due to quarrying. There is a causewayed entrance gap (Wth 7.5m) at E. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 October 2016

• GA108-008 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In a level marshy field adjacent to a stream. This circular earthwork (diam. 14.5m) is delimited by a low bank and external fosse. The interior is slightly dished in profile which suggests that it may be a ring-barrow. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 16 July 2019

• GA108-010 Quarry
  Description

  In rough grazing land. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large, disused quarry indicated by a series of grass-covered mounds and hollows. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-012 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a small disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-014 Quarry
  Description

  In rough grazing land. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large disused quarry indicated by a series of grass-covered mounds and hollows. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 12 August 2014

• GA108-015 Church
  Description

  In pastureland overlooking marshy terrain to the S. A short stretch of walling (L 6m; H 1.2m; Wth 0.4m) incorporated into a NE-SW running roadside field boundary of earth and stone is regarded locally as the remains of a ‘church’. A gateway at its SW end accesses the field to the N. The wall is constructed of small roughly worked stones bound by limestone mortar. It is partially plastered over and the top of it is also capped with plaster and upright stones. No architectural features are evident. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 16 January 2020

• GA108-239 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a slight rise overlooking wet ground to the E and S. A roughly C-shaped mound (11m N-S; 9.5m E-W; H at N 0.7m) opening to the E. The mound is grass covered and overgrown with nettles. Poaching indicates it is of a stony composition. This monument was brought to our attention by Dr C. Cunniffe. The following image has been uploaded: GA108-239-----01.jpg View from N Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 19 July 2023

• GA108-246 Enclosure
  Description

  In pastureland. The cropmark of a subcircular enclosure (c. 45m NW-SE; c. 43m NE-SW) is visible on Google Earth aerial imagery dating from March 2015. A roughly N-S running drain cut through its E limits. Identified and reported by Jean-Charles Caillère. The following image has been uploaded: GA108-246-----_01.jpg Google Earth image (March 2015) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 July 2022

Architectural heritage

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, having two-storey return with catslide roof to rear (north) elevation, and single-bay single-storey addition with pitched slate roof to west. Now disused and derelict. Hipped slate roof with centrally located rendered chimneystacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Segmental-headed window openings to front elevation with tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, timber casement windows to west addition, and mixed timber sliding sash windows and timber casement windows to rear elevation, all with cut-stone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door, overlight and sidelights. Two-bay two-storey outbuilding to west gable of house, having pitched tiled roof, cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings with timber fittings, and having rendered external steps to north elevation.

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 Abbeyland Great, 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 Abbeyland Great.

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

Name

Abbeyland Great · Fearann na Mainistreach Mór

Area

3,277,598 m² (327.76 ha, 809.91 acres)

Civil parish

Clonfert, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Clonfert, the unit of the census

Census 2022

454 people lived in 157 households in the Clonfert electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynakill, Brackloon, Cappaluane, Cloonshease (Persse), Eyrecourt Demesne, Fynagh, Goatland, Keenaghan, Lisgar, Lismore Demesne, Lispheasty

Placenames

Abbeyland Great 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.