Aghadoon

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghadoon, from 82 m² to 147,225 m² (14.72 ha, 36.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghadoon 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.

• 1 Oct 2026N/a

  demolition of existing flat roof extension, the erection of a new front and rear porch, alterations to the existing dwelling, the installation of a ground mount solar panel array and to include all other ancillary site services and development works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26237

• 24 Feb 2025N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: 3 new coastal loop walks on the Northern End of the Mullet Peninsula,using minor roads, existing tracks, parts of the existing Erris Head Loop Walk and some areas of farmland/bog

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2557

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONSTRUCT PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS, CONSTRUCT NEW DOMESTIC ENTRANCE, CARRY OUT ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20189

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Erris Head SAC 001501
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Erris Head 001501

Recorded monuments

• MA002-006 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated on one of several finger-like projections which jut out into the sea along this part of the coastline of the Mullet peninsula. The area is one of hilly coarse grazing and bog, with two other fortified headlands nearby (MA002-001---, MA002-007001--). The view from the site is panoramic and the two coves which flank the headland are accessible from a point immediately outside the site. A freshwater stream flows down the cliff face outside the site. This long narrow precipitous promontory, known as 'Dun Fiachrach' is defended by a series of walls and ditches which span the narrow neck. The interior measures 110m long and 40m at its widest point. The defences have deteriorated considerably since they were described by Westropp (1912b, 17-19). The innermost defensive feature consists of a now nearly totally collapsed stone wall. Its faces are still visible and it is 2.6m wide. It was built of random coursed limestone drystone masonry and a clearly defined entrance l.lm in width lies 6m from the northern edge. At either end only a 4.5m wide grassed over bank is visible where the wall has collapsed and fallen into the sea. The wall stands 1.7m in height and a 2.5m wide berm separates this from a deep fosse which runs parallel to and outside the wall. The fosse is 2.3m deep and 7m wide across the top. It is flat bottomed and steep sided and is transversed by a 1.9m wide causeway. At a distance of 5m east of this again are the poorly preserved remains of a second stone wall, 1.78m wide and only 4m long. Its northern part has fallen into the sea, as has most of the deep external fosse which lay immediately outside it. To the E of these features are several undulations in the ground and the remains of at least one earthen bank crossing the neck at its narrowest point. This bank is 1.2m high and traces of two ditches are visible on either side of it. The interior of the site is covered with traces of old lazybeds, some of which end directly at the cliff edge, suggesting recent erosion. A faint earthen bank runs along the cliff edge except at the W. The garth is level at the west but slopes down to the defences and is otherwise featureless. These descriptions are derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• MA002-007001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated on an upland area of bog and poor grazing land. The site is overlooked by high ground to the E and the view is spectacular with two nearby fortified headlands clearly visible (MA001-001---- and MA002-006----). The site consists of a broad W facing headland measuring 55m across and 90m long which is defended by a convex stone wall with an external bank and ditch. The wall has a clearly defined entrance and the remains of two hut sites (MA002-007002-, MA002-007003) lie nearby. The stone wall, which runs from cliff edge to cliff edge, is 2.6m in width and both inner and outer facing are visible, though nowhere is it more than two courses (c.0.5m) high. The core of the wall has disappeared. At a distance of 15m from the southern edge is a stone defined entrance 1.6m in width and 3.6m in length. A faint causeway crosses the ditch at this point. A low earthen bank runs parallel to the wall on the outside. The inner edge of the bank is scarped away, leaving a level berm 3.4m to 4m wide. A ditch 2m wide and 0.8m lower than the bank lies immediately outside it. Its outer edge is also very shallow, averaging only 0.2m below the field level. Old cultivation ridges visible along the edge of the fosse may have hastened its erosion. The triangular garth slopes down towards the E and is flanked by a sheer cliff to the S and sea rocks to the N. Access to the sea is possible from the northern edge of the site. A low earthen bank is intermittently visible along the cliff edge. The interior is strewn with rocks along the western and northern edges, and traces of former cultivation can be seen. Outside the site 20m to the E lies a circular mound of earth and stone (diam. 5m) with a rectangular hut within it (MA003-007002-). To the S of the site across a small cove lies a circular grassed over hut site along the cliff edge (MA002-007003-). It is 3m in diameter and its N corner has slipped into the sea. The relationship between these huts and the fort is unclear. A small headland immediately to the S is crossed by a low earthen bank, but this seems too insubstantial to be the remains of a fort. These descriptions are derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• MA002-007002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated just 20m to the E of the external bank of the promontory fort (MA007-003001-) lies a circular mound of earth and stone (diam. 5m) with a rectangular hut within it. This description is derived from the MA thesis of Markus Casey 1999 The coastal promontory forts of Ireland. A survey of counties Sligo, Mayo, Galway and Clare. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Uploaded on: 3 April 2019

• MA002-007003 Hut site
  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

• Farm house, 1680–1685 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, dated 1681, originally two-bay single-storey. Extended, post-1922, producing present composition. Now disused. Fishnet-covered pitched grass or rush thatch roof on collared timber construction with dry stone dwarf chimney stack, date-inscribed ("1681") limewashed rough hewn rubble stone crow stepped coping to gables, and exposed wire stretchers to eaves tied on timber pegs. Limewashed battered walls. Square-headed window openings with rough hewn rubble stone sills, and limewashed rough hewn rubble stone lintels framing timber casement windows. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn rubble stone lintels framing timber boarded doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth. Set in own grounds on a slightly elevated site.

• Farm house, 1840–1916 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey direct entry thatched farmhouse, extant 1916. Fishnet-covered pitched reed thatch roof on bog deal-scraw base on collared driftwood construction with limewashed dwarf chimney stack, limewashed rough hewn rubble stone crow stepped coping to gables, and exposed twine stretchers to eaves tied on timber pegs. Limewashed battered walls with limewashed buttress to front (south-east) elevation. Square-headed window openings with limewashed rough hewn rubble stone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed opposing door openings with rough hewn timber beam lintels framing timber boarded doors. Interior including kitchen retaining hearth. Set in own grounds on a slightly elevated site.

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 Aghadoon, 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Aghadoon with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Aghadoon · Achadh Dúin

Area

2,698,914 m² (269.89 ha, 666.92 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmore, and its townlands

Barony

Erris

Electoral division

An Geata Mór Thuaidh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,014 people lived in 386 households in the An Geata M�r Thuaidh electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughernagalliagh, Clooneen, Corclogh, Gortbrack

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Aghadoon 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.