Ashfield Demesne

92 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ashfield Demesne, from 10 m² to 75,886 m² (7.59 ha, 18.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ashfield Demesne 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.

• 11 Oct 2017N/a

  and completion of a dwelling house treatment unit and all associated services on revised site boundaries to previous planning No. 09/1259bis. Gross floor space of work to be retained 66.3sqm.

  Retention · Galway County Council, 171474

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 Ashfield Demesne.

Recorded monuments

• GA128-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a ridge in undulating grassland. Well-preserved subcircular rath (38.5m E-W; 32m N-S) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. The fosse survives from SE through W to NE. The outer bank is visible from SW through W to NW. There is a souterrain (GA128-005001-) in the NW quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 October 2016

• GA128-005001 Souterrain
  Description

  Within the NW quadrant of a rath (GA128-005----). This souterrain is indicated by a shallow rectangular depression (L 1.7m; Wth 1.3m) running NW-SE. Some stone and a possible entrance point are evident at its NW end. Beyond this a slight rise in the ground level may indicate the line of a passage extending further to the NW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 6 September 2019

• GA128-006 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA128-007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the brow of a low esker ridge, overlooking Colman’s Lough to the S. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular enclosure (int. diam. c. 15m; max. diam. c. 27m). No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 16 July 2019

• GA128-008001 Chapel
  Description

  Within a graveyard (GA128-008003-) at the N end of Shanaglish village. Named 'Old Chapel' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map and depicted as an L-shaped building. No visible surface trace survives apart from three steps which, according to local information, led up to the church. An architectural fragment (GA128-008004-) visible in the N end of the associated graveyard may also be from it. It consists of a moulded jambstone from a doorway or window. It may now mark a grave. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 20 October 2017

• GA128-008002 Church
  Description

  This is a 19th-century church. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 October 2017

• GA128-008003 Graveyard
  Description

  This roughly rectangular 19th-century graveyard (c. 55m NNE-SSW; c. 25m E-W) is enclosed by a modern stone wall. Access is via a gateway and style at S. The earliest grave noted dated to 1868. An architectural fragment (GA128-008003-) is associated. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 October 2017

• GA128-008004 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Standing upright within a graveyard (GA128-008003-), possibly marking a grave, is a moulded jambstone from a window or doorway. Possibly from the church (GA128-008001-). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 20 October 2017

• GA128-009 House - 18th/19th century
  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.

• GA128-011 Gate lodge
  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.

• GA128-088 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  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

• Saint Anne's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cruciform-plan Roman Catholic church, built c.1880, having three-bay nave, full-height single-bay transepts with projections to re-entrant corners, and single-bay full-height chancel, gabled sacristy to north-east, and flat-roofed extension to west of latter. Flat-roofed entrance porches to south side of transepts, catslide roof to re-entrant projections, and flat-roofed entrance porch to south elevation of nave. Pitched slate roof having terracotta ridge crestings, cut limestone copings, Celtic cross finials to gables, some cast-iron rainwater goods, and painted eaves brackets. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render plinth course. Entrance to south elevation of nave set within porch built c.1985, having double-leaf glazed timber door. Pointed-arch openings to side entrance porches having tooled limestone block-and-start surrounds, hood-moulding and double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-headed opening to east with tooled limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Multifoil oculus to upper south gable of nave, having quatrefoil to centre and trefoils radiating, in carved limestone surround with hood-moulding having stops, and stained glass. Rose window to south elevation of each transept with tooled limestone surrounds and quatrefoil stained-glass openings. Three-light limestone pointed arch opening to chancel comprising trefoil-headed lights with cinquefoil and trefoil lights above, having carved tracery, block-and-start surround and hood-moulding with stops. Double-light pointed arch limestone openings to nave and transept gables comprising trefoil-headed lights with block-and-start surrounds and sills. Trefoil-headed light to north-west projection having tooled stone block-and-start surround. Pointed arch window openings to entrance porches. Square-headed limestone triple window to west elevation of sacristy with block-and-start surrounds and stained glass. Square-headed limestone openings to rear of sacristy having tooled block-and-start surrounds and stained glass, one double light. Square-headed openings to extension with painted sills and timber windows. The interior has an open truss roof, balcony and polished granite columns to transept arcades. Rubble limestone grotto having render balustrade to south-west of church. Metal belfry to rear of church. Graveyard to east, and some graves to grounds of church. Site accessed via pair of square-profile tooled limestone piers having chamfered edges, limestone plinths and caps, with recent pedestrian gates, set to rendered boundary wall.

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 Ashfield Demesne, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ashfield Demesne · An Cluainín

Area

1,878,519 m² (187.85 ha, 464.19 acres)

Civil parish

Beagh, and its townlands

Barony

Kiltartan

Electoral division

Beagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

789 people lived in 274 households in the Beagh electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardamullivan, Ballyboy, Bunnasrah, Caherbroder, Cregmahon, Derry

Placenames

Ashfield Demesne 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.