Craughwell

78 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Craughwell, from 823 m² to 490,155 m² (49.02 ha, 121.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Craughwell 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.

• 12 Oct 2023Conditional

  to construct a new dwellinghouse, domestic garage, treatment unit with percolation area & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 23413

• 28 Jul 2017Conditional

  for a change of design of my existing planning permission under planning reference number 15/524 for a private dwelling house, on site effluent treatment plant, garage and all associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 277.0sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 171153

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Moorfield Bog NHA 001303

Recorded monuments

• GA108-042 Quarry
  Description

  In meadowland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a small depression, probably a disused sand or gravel pit. 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

• GA108-043 Quarry
  Description

  In pastureland. No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map when inspected in 1984 due to land reclamation in the area. Cartographic evidence indicates it was a hollow, probably a disused sand or gravel pit. As it was 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

• GA108-044 Quarry
  Description

  On the W face of a ridge in pastureland. No visible surface trace survived of a hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map when inspected in 1984. Cartographic evidence indicates it was a hollow, probably a disused sand or gravel pit. As it was 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

• GA108-045 Quarry
  Description

  In grassland. A hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a slight depression. Cartographic evidence suggests it was a sand or gravel pit and it was probably infilled during land-reclamation works in the area. As it was 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

• GA108-046 Enclosure
  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.

• GA108-047 Quarry
  Description

  On the N face of a hummock. Apart from a band of nettles marking its site, no visible surface trace survived of this hachured feature marked on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch map when inspected in 1984. Cartographic evidence suggests it was a sand or gravel pit. As it was 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

• GA108-048 Enclosure
  Description

  On a S-facing slope in grassland, overlooking bogland. This poorly preserved circular enclosure (diam. 36m) is defined by a low narrow bank from SW through N to SE. There is a wide breach (Wth 10m) from SE to SW. Tentative indications of a fosse and outer bank are visible SW. The interior has been extensively quarried out. A beech tree is growing on the bank at E and a there are a number of large tree stumps of trees to its S. The cartographic evidence and the narrowness of the bank suggest that this may be a tree-ring enclosure. However, it is not associated with a large house or demesne. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 26 February 2019

• GA108-049 Enclosure
  Description

  On a hillock in pastureland, overlooking marshland to the W. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an unenclosed subcircular mixed tree plantation (c. 45m N-S; c. 43m E-W). On the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16) it is more irregular in outline with a straight section from S to W; the latter section is all that is shown on the 1944-5 revision of the 6-inch map. On inspection in July 1984, this proved to be a NW-SE running earthen bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.1m) with traces of a shallow fosse at W, otherwise no visible surface trace survived. A number of mature beech trees were growing on the bank. The cartographic evidence suggests that this is a landscape feature. However, according to local information, it is known as 'the Fort' and it was knocked down in 1922; beech trees had been planted in the interior and around it. It may possibly be a rath. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 27 February 2019

• GA108-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In grassland encompassing the summit of a hillock, known locally as 'Sheeaun Hill'. Poorly preserved subcircular rath (47m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The inner bank is extant from SE to SSW; from N to SE a scarp forms the enclosing element and no visible surface trace survives from SSW to N. The fosse and outer bank only survive from S to WSW. A trackway cuts through the line of the fosse and outer bank from NE to SE. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 1 December 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Craughwell.

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 Craughwell, 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 Craughwell.

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

Name

Craughwell · Creachmhaoil

Area

3,112,566 m² (311.26 ha, 769.13 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltormer, and its townlands

Barony

Longford

Electoral division

Laurencetown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

397 people lived in 141 households in the Laurencetown electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghcallow, Ballydonagh, Belview or Lissareaghaun, Dooros, Feagh, Feaghbeg, Garrison, Moorfield or Gortnamona, Raheen

Placenames

Craughwell 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.