Corralea West

Area

88 m²

Buildings

5 buildings touch it, 198 m² on the ground

Zoning

M2 Town Centre (Tuam Local Area Plan 2023-2029) The objective

Townland

Corralea West

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 19 recorded monuments.

• GA029-177 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In NW suburbs of Tuam town (GA029-199----), 100m NNE of the 'Abbey of the Holy Trinity' (GA029-178----); formerly in level marshy grassland but now surrounded by a housing estate. Well-preserved spring well defined by a circular cemented limestone wall, capped by a series of limestone blocks and opening out to S. Access is gained via a series of steps. It may have been associated with the abbey. Another possible holy well (GA029-175----) lies 160m to NNE. 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

• GA029-178 Religious house - Premonstratensian canons
  Description

  On W outskirts of Tuam town (GA029-199----) in low-lying pasture prone to flooding, its site is now occupied by a housing estate. This abbey, a daughter house of the Premonstratensian Canons, was probably founded c. 1203-4 by William de Burgo (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 206-7). Described in the early 13th C as being situated 'in the suburbs of the metropolis of Tuam' (ibid.). According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 62-3), 'a considerable part of it remained till the year 1791, when Archdeacon Burton carried off the stones for the building of a house'. Depicted on James Morris's 1720 map of Tuam as a H-shaped building aligned N-S. The 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1932) indicates an oblong mound (WNW-ESE c. 45m, NNE-SSW c. 25m), but this appears to have been destroyed by road building and house construction in the mid-1970s during which time human remains were unearthed (Ó Murchú 1970, 13-14). A commemorative roadside plaque marks the site. A holy well (GA029-177----) lies 100m to NNE. 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

• GA029-178001 Burial
  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.

• GA029-179001 Cathedral
  Description

  At S end of high St., in the centre of Tuam town (GA029-199----). It is now sandwiched between the 19th-C Protestant cathedral of St Mary and the 14th-C Synod Hall (GA029-179002-). A Romanesque nave and chancel church built in the late 12th C (Clyne 1988, 90). The nave was destroyed by fire in 1767 (ibid.) but the chancel, square in plan (L c. 5.5m), with its fine barrel-vaulted roof survives. This was subsequently used as a porch for the adjoining Synod Hall. A Nat. Mon., the surviving architectural features include an outstanding ornate Romanesque chancel arch of six orders supported by coulumns, three decorated round-headed Romanesque windows in E gable, and another in S wall (Leask 1977, 153-4). (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 98-100; Harbison 1975, 101-2; Stalley 1981) 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

• GA029-179002 Cathedral
  Description

  Adjoining the Romanesque cathedral (GA029-179001-) at E, it now forms E end of the 19th-C Gothic revival cathedral of St Mary. Popularly known as the 'Synod Hall', this substantial building appears to have been designed as the choir of a new cathedral, 'evidently part of a scheme, never completed, to rebuild the whole cathedral' (Leask 1960a, 131). Its construction can be tied down to the first decades of the 14th C, under the stewardship of Archbishop William de Bermingham (Clyne 1988, 90). It consist of a rectangular choir (E-W; L 21.65m, Wth 8.2m), built on the same line and axis as N side-wall of the Romanesque cathedral (ibid., 92), and entered through a high pointed arch doorway at W end. The present oblique entrance, in SW corner, is of uncertain date. In the 18th or early 19th C, the chancel of the adjoining Romansesque cathedral was converted into a W porch and entrance (see Ó Murchú 1970, 49, also 9-10; Lewis 1837, vol. 2, 647). The side-walls are lit by three tall pointed double- and triple-light traceried windows, flanked externally by substantial weathered buttresses. In E gable is a fine five-light traceried window (Leask 1960a, 131-2). The side-walls are capped by a continuous arcaded corbel course which carries a reconstructed 19th-C crenellated parapet. A tall slender 'friary-like tower', probably of 15th-C date, surmounted the junction of the Synod Hall and the Romanesque chancel until the mid-19th C, when it was 'swept away' during the construction of the Gothic revival cathedral (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 444); only the stump now remains. Excavations outside its N wall in 1986 revealed wall foundations and burials, including two with scallop shells, indicating pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella (Clyne ibid., 99-101). 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

• GA029-179003 Graveyard
  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.

• GA029-179004 Cross - High cross
  Description

  In St Mary's (C of I) Cathedral (GA029-179002-), in Tuam town (GA029-199----). According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 48-9), it 'was found sunk under the earth, where the Communnion [sic] table is now, inside the church', i.e., e end of the 'Synod Hall'. It consists of the shaft of a 12th-C sandstone cross (H 1.45m, L 0.45m, Wth 0.25m), the edges of which are defined by rolled and cavetto mouldings. The broad faces are decorated in animal interlace and fretwork patterns, while the narrow sides bear two inscriptions, as follows: (a) 'Prayer for the King, Turdelbuch O'Conor [/] Prayer for the wright Gill Christ O'Toole', and (b) 'Prayer for the successor of Iarlath, for Aed O Hossin who had the cross made' (Harbison 1992, 177, no. 218) 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

• GA029-179005 Cross - High cross
  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.

• GA029-179006 Cross - High cross (present location)
  Description

  In St Mary's (C of I) Cathedral (GA029-179002-), in Tuam town (GA029-199----), to which it was moved in 1990 from the Market Square. Known as 'The Market Cross', as presently constituted it comprises fragments of two separate sandstone crosses of mid-12th-C date: (a) the base and shaft, and (b) the head (see GA029-179007-). It was assembled from scattered fragments for the Great Industrial Exhibition in Dublin in 1853: the base originally stood in 'the old shambles' (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 47) which was on W side of Vicar St. Though subsequently returned, it was not erected in the Market Square until 1874. The square tapering base (L 1.65m, Wth 1.1m, H 0.65m) bears the inscription: 'Prayer for Turloch O'Conor ... of Iarlath by whom was made' (Harbison 1992, 175, no. 216). There are also two small circular vertical holes, and two pairs of figures in high relief, on the opposing faces. On the tapering rectangular shaft (L 0.7m, Wth 0.3m, H 2.9m), there is a small square hole on one of the narrow faces and a rectangular hole on the upper part of one of the broad faces. Both base and shaft are covered in lightly carved Urnes-style ornament. (Claffey 1966; Henry 1970, 140-3) 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 This monument was taken into Guardianship under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 505.

• GA029-179007 Cross - High cross (present location)
  Description

  Now forms part of 'The Market Cross' (GA029-179006-), Tuam. What survives is a ringed head (H 1.1m, Wth 1.2m) of sandstone, of mid-12th-C date. It bears a figure of Christ crucified on one face and that of a bishop, flanked by two pairs of small figures, on the other, all in high relief. There are also a number of figures on the ends of the arms, while the undersides of the arms and ring are decorated with interlace and a chequer pattern. The head sprang from a rectangular shaft (L 0.35, Wth 0.25m) and it is crowned by a tenon (H 0.05m). (Harbison 1992, 175-6, no. 217) 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

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Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_707 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.

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