Newcastle

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newcastle, from 33 m² to 211,412 m² (21.14 ha, 52.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 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 Newcastle 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 Mar 2022Conditional

  to construct a private dwelling house, with sewerage treatment system and all other site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 157 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 22430

• 6 Dec 2021Conditional

  for a new dwelling house, comprising of a mix of single storey and two storey elements, one garage, outbuildings/stables, site entrance, driveway, wastewater treatment and soakaways, hard and soft landscaping and all associated works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 222 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 212295

• 22 Mar 2018Conditional

  for the construction of two forest access roads and two entrances.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18337

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 Newcastle.

Recorded monuments

• GA086-198 Ringfort - unclassified
  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.

• GA086-198001 Souterrain
  Description

  On a ridge in grassland. Subcircular rath (NNW-SSE 39.6m, E-W 37.6m), in fair condition, defined by a bank at N and S, and elsewhere by a scarp. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at SW and at N. Possible entrance at S. According to local information, there is a 'cave' (possible souterrain) within SE quadrant of the interior. It was blocked up to prevent cattle from falling into it. 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

• GA086-199 Enclosure
  Description

  On a gentle S-facing slope in grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1948) as a large circular platform (D c. 70) with a spur-like feature, slightly hollow in the centre, shown projecting from it at S. What survives is a roughly oval enclosure (NNE-SSW 79.5m, WNW-ESE 59m) defined by a low degraded scarp. This is best defined from NW to N (H 0.8m) but is much degraded elsewhere, and completely quarried out from SSW to W. From SSE to SSW, the scarp veers off sharply to S, forming the spur-like projection mentioned above; this is up to 2m in height at one point. A mass rock lies c. 90m 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

• GA086-200 Enclosure
  Description

  In level reclaimed grassland, S of a stream. Marked on OS 6-inch maps 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

• GA086-201 Quarry
  Description

  In poorly drained pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1947-8 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 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: 22 July 2014

• GA086-203 Mass-rock
  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.

• GA086-204 Burial
  Description

  In pastureland. A list of 'Monumental stones between Aughrim and Killagh' was forwarded to the National Museum of Ireland in 1937 by Mr. J.R. Wade (NMI Topgr. Files). Most proved to be erratics and of no archaeological significance. Included on the list, numbered 79, was a 'Cist found and destroyed in 1933 or 1934.' On inspection in 1985 a low mound (3m N-S; 2.2m E-W; H 0.2m) was visible. According to local information, one body, accompanied by candlesticks, was buried here below a large slab. It was believed that the body might be that of a priest, who was re-interred in Kilconnell Abbey (GA086-001----). 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

• GA087-196 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a hummock in low-lying marshland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (D c. 30m) and on 3rd ed. (1946) as on oval enclosure (c. 35m) by c. 25m) flanked at E by an annexe-like appendage. What is visible are two contiguous platforms (18m by > 15m and 38m by 23.4m) around which are a series of irregular field banks and some patches of tillage ridges. While the map designations are indicative of a ringfort, the visible remains are probably tillage plots. 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

• GA087-197 Enclosure
  Description

  In level grassland, it is skirted to E and S by a road. A. poorly preserved subcircular enclosure (E-W 70m, N-S 65m) defined by a scarp (H 0.8m max.) except from WSW to WNW where slight traces of a bank are discernible. Quarrying has encroached upon the enclosing element 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

• GA087-198 Quarry
  Description

  On the S face of a hummock in undulating pastureland. A hachured feature marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a grass-covered pit - probably the result of quarrying. 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: 23 July 2014

Architectural heritage

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

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 Newcastle, 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 Newcastle.

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

Name

Newcastle · An Caisleán Nua

Area

3,021,509 m² (302.15 ha, 746.63 acres)

Civil parish

Aughrim, and its townlands

Barony

Kilconnell

Electoral division

Killallaghtan, the unit of the census

Census 2022

512 people lived in 178 households in the Killallaghtan electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballynaclogh, Caltragh, Cloghagalla Eighter, Cloghagalla Oughter, Hazelfort, Moat, Oatfield, Rayhill

Placenames

Newcastle 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.