Ballycloghduff (molston)

Area

129,823 m² (12.98 ha, 32.08 acres)

Buildings

No building touches it.

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Ballycloghduff (molston)

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 3 recorded monuments.

• WM030-020 Exhibitionist figure (present location)
  Description

  A male exhibitionist figure cemented into the gate pillar of Ballycloghduff House carved in relief on a rectangular-shaped cut stone (dims. 0.6m x 0.3m) which came from the site of a medieval castle (WM030-130---) located 110m to the E of the present gateway. This carved stone was taken from the levelled castle site and inserted into gate pier by present landowners. A photograph taken by the landowner shows the figure carved in relief on a rectangular-shaped cut stone possibly a quoin or jamb stone from a window or doorway surround of the medieval castle. Figure was mistakenly identified as originally coming from the corn mill located 150m to the E (Weir 1980, 64-5). This figure was inserted into the gate pillar of Ballycloghduff House along with other stones from the levelled castle site by the present landowner. Ballycloghduff Castle is depicted on the 1659 Down Survey map where it is shown standing beside a medieval mill (WM030-131----) (NLI, MS 723-4). The present corn mill appears to be standing on the site of the medieval mill depicted on the Down Survey map. Described in 1973 as a carved figure 'built into a gate pier of Ballycloghduff House. The stone appears to be of limestone and was at one time painted over. The figure is cut in low relief and shows, head, arms, torso and legs. The feet are turned in towards each other. In the left hand the figure holds a key. The right hand is placed between the legs and may be holding the genitals' (SMR File 30/03/1973). Described by Weir (1980, 64-5) as a grotesque figure which has 'a large head and slightly bulbous, round eyes, with pupils. The feet are inturned on unsplayed legs. The mouth is large and the lips are parted to display sharp teeth. With his right hand he holds-or holds down-a very large penis, while in his left he clutches a large key to his chest'. In 1986 the figure was described as possessing a ‘large round head turned slightly to one side, with almond-shaped eyes under a heavy eyebrow ridge; the pupils are mere slits. The feet are in-turned, on unsplayed short straight legs, and the body cannot be distinguished from behind the two arms. The left hand carries a key pointing diagonally to the left shoulder. The right arm, rather longer, is parallel but passes downward and the hand clutches a large, downward pointing penis. There is no scrotum’ (Weir and Jerman 1986, 29). Recorded by Cherry as an exhibitionist figure that was mistakenly identified as a sheela-na-gig (Cherry 1992, 10). Described by McMahon and Roberts as a, ‘figure located 4.5 km east-north-east of Carne Castle, on the gatepost of a former mill a rare example of a male Sheela-na-Gig or Seán-na-Gig can be found. The right arm is holding an over-large downward pointing penis and the left arm reaches across his chest to rest underneath the armpit. A diamond or chevron is distinctly carved on the middle of the chest and unusually the figure has inward pointing feet’ (McMahon and Roberts 2001, 175). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 25 June 2015

• WM030-130 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on top of high ground with good views in all directions with corn mill 45m to SE. A pile of rubble lying on the surface of the field known locally as the 'haggard' marks the site of a post-medieval barn which was built with cut stone from Ballycloghduff Castle. A rectangular building depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map may be this agricultural outbuilding. The outbuilding which was built with cut stone from the medieval castle may have been built on the site of the levelled castle. It is possible that the castle may have been located elsewhere within the vicinity of the haggard field as there are no surface remains of the castle site in the field known locally as the haggard. However the quantity of cut stone from the medieval castle which has been incorporated into the levelled agricultural outbuilding makes this field the most likely location for the castle. The stone wall enclosing this field contains dressed cut stone from the castle including one fragment of a spandrel from a possible ogee-headed single light window. At the nearby corn mill a second fragment of a similar window spandrel has been incorporated into a section of the mill race of the mill. In 1612 Robert Dillon of Cannorstown was granted a 'castle, a bawn, 30 houses, a water-mill (WM030-131----)' in the townland of 'Bealanecloghduffe and Killnedrae' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 228). This castle is depicted as a tower house type fortification on the 1659 Down Survey map of Drumrany parish where it is shown standing beside a medieval watermill (WM030-131----) on the W bank of the Tang River (NLI, MS 723-4). The terrier of the 1659 Down Survey parish map recorded that in 1641 this castle and the lands of 'Ballinacloghduffe & Ruans' amounting to 380 plantation acres of profitable land belonged to the 'Irish papists', Henry Dillon and John Dillon (Ibid.). The terrier of Drumrany Parish map record that there was in 'Belanagh Cloghduffe & Ruans a Castle and a Mill' (Ibid.). The present corn mill appears to be standing on the site of the medieval watermill depicted on the Down Survey map. A male exhibitionist figure (WM030-020----) cemented into the gate pillar of the entrance avenue to Ballycloghduff House located 90m to the W came from the site of the medieval castle. Punch-dressed stone of 16th / 17th century date which was taken from the levelled castle site has been reused in building of the gate pier to the entrance driveway of Ballycloghduff House and in parts of the mill race of the adjoining corn mill. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 July 2015

• WM030-131 Water mill - vertical-wheeled
  Description

  Situated in slight hollow with castle site (WM030-130---) 45m to NW. In 1612 Robert Dillon of Cannorstown was granted a 'castle (WM030-130----), a bawn, 30 houses, a water-mill' in the townland of 'Bealanecloghduffe and Killnedrae' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 228). The post-medieval corn mill depicted on the OS 6-inch maps may have been built on the site of the medieval watermill depicted on the 1659 Down Survey map of Drumrany parish (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map the watermill is depicted as a building with waterwheel standing on the W bank of the Tang River or on the mill race diverted from the said river. The mill is shown standing beside a medieval castle (WM030-130----). The terrier of the 1659 Down Survey parish map recorded that in 1641 this castle and the lands of 'Ballinacloghduffe & Ruans' belonged to 'Irish papists', Henry Dillon and John Dillon (Ibid.). The terrier of Drumrany Parish map record that there was in 'Belanagh Cloghduffe & Ruans a Castle and a Mill' (Ibid.). Today only a small portion of the eastern end of the post-medieval corn mill survives, the rest of the mill was levelled and the mill race was mainly filled in and covered with a modern concrete yard. A portion of this mill-race has been preserved at the W end of the farmyard and a decorated window spandrel from Ballycloghduff Castle (WM030-130----) has been built into this section of the mill race surround. Cut stone fragments of the medieval castle can also be seen in the vicinity of the weir where they have been reused as facing stones for the E bank of the river. Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 24 July 2015

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).

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