Gortnahorna (Clanricarde)

62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnahorna (Clanricarde), from 77 m² to 173,010 m² (17.3 ha, 42.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 26 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 Gortnahorna (Clanricarde) 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.

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  for a wastewater treatment system to serve an existing house

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23494

• 12 Jun 2020Conditional

  for erection of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works; 191sqm (house) 76sqm (garage)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 20727

• 2 Apr 2019Conditional

  to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage, to install a treatment system and percolation area and to upgrade the existing water connect to the Clontuskert Group Water Scheme from agricultural to domestic and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: (House) 199 sqm, (Garage) 72 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 19474

• 26 Sept 2018Refused

  to construct a dwelling house with a domestic garage attached, to install a treatment system and percolation area and to upgrade the existing water connection to the Clontuskert Group Water Scheme from agricultural to domestic and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works, 258sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181351

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 Gortnahorna (Clanricarde).

Recorded monuments

• GA087-101 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In a low-lying position in gently undulating grassland, c. 50m W of a stream. Subcircular rath (N-S 27.5m, E-W 26m), in fair condition, defined by a bank best preserved from SE through S to SW. A band of vegetation evident from S through W to NE may indicate an external fosse. A gap (Wth 2m) at SW could be original. Quarrying has disturbed the bank from ENE through E to SE. An enclosure (GA087-102----) lies c. 270m to W. 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

• GA087-102 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating grassland. A poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 36m, N-S 34m) defined by a scarp. Traces of an external fosse, indicated by a shallow ill-defined depression, are evident from N to E. The interior is no used as a garden. 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

• GA087-103 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating grassland. Very poorly preserved oval rath (N-S 46m, E-W 39m) defined by a bank and external fosse. From NE through E to SSE a scarp forms the enclosing element. Field boundaries disturb the enclosing elements at E and S, and there is a quarry at SW. A ringfort (GA087-105----) lies c. 230m to E. 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

• GA087-104 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a hummock in slightly undulating grassland. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W 32m, N-S 27m) defined by a bank from SW through W to N; elsewhere a scarp forms the enclosing element. A gap (Wth 6m) at E could be original. Within N half of the interior, a keyhole-shaped mound of stone is visible. 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

• GA087-105 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating grassland. Poorly preserved circular rath (D 33m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A field bank overlies the inner bank from N through E to SE. The fosse and outer bank survive from SSW to W. A gap (Wth 2m) at N could be original. A trapezoidal-shaped enclosure (N-S 14m) extends from the monument at SSW. A ringfort (GA087-103----) lies c. 230m to W. 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

• GA087-106 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In grassland, c. 200m N of a stream. Subcircular overgrown rath (NE-SW 36m, NW-SE 32m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The outer bank is best preserved at NW. Quarrying has disturbed the fosse and outer bank from E to SE. 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 Gortnahorna (Clanricarde).

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 Gortnahorna (Clanricarde), 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortnahorna (Clanricarde).

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 Gortnahorna (Clanricarde) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Gortnahorna (Clanricarde) · Gort an Charna (Clanricarde)

Area

1,810,993 m² (181.1 ha, 447.51 acres)

Civil parish

Clontuskert, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Kellysgrove, the unit of the census

Census 2022

386 people lived in 129 households in the Kellysgrove electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Crossconnell More, Drum, Eskerkeel, Garryduff, Glenaun, Gorteencahill, Gortnahorna (Clancarty), Kellysgrove, Tristaun

Placenames

Gortnahorna (Clanricarde) 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.