Oranhill

599 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Oranhill, from 1 m² to 126,231 m² (12.62 ha, 31.19 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Residential Existing (Existing residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 546 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential (Phase 1) (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 27 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Open Space/Recreation & Amenity (Open space, park)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N1.5Transport Infrastructure (Mixed/general transport uses)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3Community Facilities (Community facilities)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4Residential (Phase 2) (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1Residential Infill (New/proposed residential)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N2.1Water/Rivers/Streams (Water)
  Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028, Galway County · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

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Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Cregganna Marsh SPA 004142
• Natural Heritage Area: Cregganna Marsh NHA 000253
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Galway Bay Complex 000268

Recorded monuments

• GA095-103 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a prominent ridge in rough pastureland. This irregularly shaped rath (c. 72.5m NW-SE; c. 45m NE-SW), in fair condition, is defined by a bank and external fosse. Several gaps in the bank appear to be modern. A field wall cuts across the monument at NW and S. A souterrain (GA095-103001-) lies in the NE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

• GA095-103001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the NE quadrant of a rath (GA095-103----). This partially collapsed drystone-built souterrain (L >30m) consists of three chambers linked by two creeps that form a zig-zag arrangement on plan. Access is gained at three points, through gaps between the roof lintels of each chamber. The 1st chamber (L 6.7m) runs NNE-SSW. Only its NNE end (L 2.7m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.25m) remains intact. A blocked-up creep at the N end of the ESE wall would have accessed the 2nd chamber (L c. 8m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.55m), which runs WNW-ESE. A drop-hole creep (L .55m; Wht 0.7m; H 0.7m) extends off the S end of its ENE wall and leads to the 3rd chamber which runs ENE-WSW. Only the extreme SW end (L c. 2m) of this chamber is intact. A small wall recess is evident in the ESE wall close to its S end. A linear depression (L c. 10.2m; Wth 2.7m; D 0.8m) indicates that this chamber continued further to the ENE; the tops of the side walls of the chamber are evident in the sides of the depression. (Athy 1914, 133; McCaffrey 1952, 139, no. 7) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

• GA095-104 Souterrain
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in grassland, c. 150m to the SW of a rath (GA095-103----). A hand-written note, 'souterrain (?)', on the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map in the Department of Archaeology, NUIG indicates the presence of a possible souterrain at this location. On inspection in December 1982 no visible surface trace of it was evident. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 October 2019

• GA095-105 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• GA095-106 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  On a rise in flat marshland. Described by McCaffrey (1952, 20, 139, no. 8a) as 'the remains of a tumulus' that may have belonged to the barrow class of monuments. It comprised an almost circular mound ‘58 feet by 55 feet ... maximum height of 4 feet 6 inches [17.6m by 16.7m; H 1.4m]’ with kerb consisting of ‘a simple ring of limestone slabs placed on edge’. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 November 2019

• GA095-107 Enclosure - large enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland, overlooking marshland to the S. This large subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 105m int.), in fair condition, is defined by a low earthen bank and an external fosse. Modern field walls overlie the bank from SE through S to NW. A causewayed entrance gap (Wth 2.9m) at SSE may be original. A small field-clearance cairn is visible in the SW quadrant of the interior. There is a low mound of earth and stone to its S but its function is unclear. A NNW-SSE running field boundary cuts across the monument at N and ESE. A house site (GA095-109----) lies c. 25m to the S. (Lynch Athy 1914, 138) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 August 2019

• GA095-109 House - indeterminate date
  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

• Oranmore National School, school, 1870–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former national school, built c.1880, having gabled porch to front (north), and external stone steps with metal handrail to east gable leading to first floor. Now in use as house, with recent near-full-width single-storey sunroom extension to rear. Pitched slate roof having clay ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods with dressed limestone chimneystacks. Dressed coursed limestone walls, rubble stone walls to porch, with tooled limestone plaque to front wall of building over front porch. Square-headed window openings having stone sills and replacement timber windows, rubble voussoirs to first floor and rusticated lintels to ground floor. Square-headed door opening to front porch having replacement timber battened door. Square-headed door opening to first floor of east gable having replacement glazed timber door. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with spearhead details and square-profile tooled limestone piers with pointed caps, and rubble stone boundary walls.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c.1800. Pitched thatched roof having decoratively scolloped raised ridge, and low rendered chimneystack. Painted roughcast rendered walls having painted smooth rendered quoins, plinth, and eaves course. Square-headed openings with convex render surrounds. Window openings have painted sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Half-glazed timber panelled door. Wrought-iron pedestrian gate with square-profile rendered piers with domed caps, and painted rubble stone boundary walls to front garden. Lean-to outbuilding to east, with corrugated-iron roof.

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 Oranhill, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_624 (ZIP).

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.

• Oranhill, Oranmore5 sales

Name

Oranhill · Cnoc Óráin

Area

1,394,322 m² (139.43 ha, 344.54 acres)

Civil parish

Oranmore, and its townlands

Barony

Dunkellin

Electoral division

Clarinbridge, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,143 people lived in 1,459 households in the Clarinbridge electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 56% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cregganna Beg, Moneyduff, Oran More, Parkroe, Rinville East, Rinville West, Rockhill, Rocklands

Placenames

Oranhill 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.