Annagh

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annagh, from 161 m² to 167,841 m² (16.78 ha, 41.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Annagh 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.

• 17 May 2018N/a

  RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF THE 1.1M HIGH AGRICULTURAL FENCE WITHIN AND ABUTTING A SPECIAL AREA OF CONSERVATION, A SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA AND A CANDIDATE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18359

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: West Connacht Coast SAC 002998
• Special Area of Conservation: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC 000470
• Special Protection Area: Termoncarragh Lake and Annagh Machair SPA 004093
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex 000470

Recorded monuments

• MA009-010001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  This previously unrecorded site lies at the extreme western end of Annagh Head on the Mullet peninsula in a low lying area of rough grazing. The view from the site is good in all directions. A broad roughly oval shaped headland measuring 125m E-W by 110m N-S is defended by a massive stone wall running across the isthmus. The headland faces S-W and is flanked by a deep chasm to the S-E and shingle beach to the N-W. The interior of the site is very hilly and is strewn with large boulders and outcropping rock. A ruined stone rectangular building measuring 3m by 5m stands on the hilltop in the center of the interior near the World War II lookout post. Other artificial settings of stones are intermittently visible but no discernible pattern car be seen. The wall which defended the promontory has now collapsed and is up to 10m thick in places. It is circa 40m long and is well preserved along the E where its original inner and outer faces are visible. It was originally 3m thick and was built of drystone walling with a rubble core. Long horizontal slabs were placed perpendicular to the wall face at intervals within the core to add strength. This suggests that it was once much higher than its present maximum height of 2m above the outer ground level. The huge amounts of collapsed rubble on either side supports this theory. It varies in height from 1m to 2m outside and stands only two to three courses high inside. There are two entrances into the interior. One lies 25m from the eastern edge and seems to have been recently broken through the wall. It is 5m wide and iscurrently in use by farm machinery. A second one lies to the W of the modern entrance. It is 7.5m in width and was reached via a stone defined pathway 21m long running across the rough ground immediately outside the site. The wall peters out W of a rectangular hut and becomes a steep scarp which runs for a length of 37m along the edge of the shingle beach. This is then replaced by a stone wall 1.2m high and 1.5m wide which runs along the cliff edge to the southwestern point of the headland. The ground outside the main defensive wall undulates and though there are some traces of an artificial earthen bank and several depressions, there are no clear indications of an outer bank or fosse. A small square hut was built within the wall core immediately to the W of this entrance. It is 2m square. To the E of the entrance inside the site lie two subcircular huts. These are conjoined and are 3m in diameter. Their walls have collapsed and stand only three to four courses high (circa 0.4m) and are 1m wide. A fourth hut lies near the western end of the wall. It is rectangular in plan and measures 3.5m by 4m and has a narrow entrance in its south wall. A small circular hut 2m in diameter lies outside this one. A hollow 6m in diameter visible in the wall collapse near the eastern end may be the remains of yet another hut. A bullaun stone (MA009-010008-) lies near a stream outside site but its association with the fort is unclear. This site was surprisingly dismissed by Westropp who considered the walls to be modern (1912, 211). It is possible that he only viewed the site from a distance and did not notice the hut sites or the entrance feature. The site was not marked on any edition of the OS maps, although the bullaun stone appears on both. 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. Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• MA009-010003 Gatehouse
  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.

• MA009-010004 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.

• MA009-010005 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.

• MA009-010006 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.

• MA009-010007 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.

• MA009-011 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.

• MA009-012 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.

• MA009-013001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  This previously unrecorded promontory fort lies on one of several headlands suitable for fortification along the W coast of the Mullet peninsula. The area is one of gently undulating pasture and sand dunes. The surrounding fields are covered with traces of lazybeds. There is a good view from the site and it is visible from several directions. The promontory fort consists of a triangular SSW facing headland lying 40 feet above sea level, it is defended by a single bank and ditch. The bank is slightly convex to the land and consists of a round topped 4.5m wide bank of earth and stone. Its inner face has been nearly reduced to a scarp averaging only 0.40m high. The external ditch lies 2.5m below the bank at the east, diminishing to 0.90m at the western cliff edge. The ditch is 8m to 10m wide across the base and is U-shaped in section. Several large slabs lying against its inner face may be the remains of a revetting, while a rise in ground level in the base of the fosse near the western end may be the remains of an entrance causeway. The fosse averages 1.5m deep below the outer ground level and there is no counterscarp bank. Recent slippage along the western cliff edge has exposed a section through the defences. This clearly shows the old ground level 0.35m below the present surface, and a bank of earth with a vertical revetting of slabs along the inner face. The interior of the site is nearly level, and except for old cultivation ridges, is quite featureless. It measures 25m in length and is 21m wide. Access to the shingle coves flanking the headland is possible. A larger headland immediately to the E was also defended (MA009-013002-). 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. Date of upload: 5 December 2018

• MA009-013002 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Situated in an area of fertile undulating pasture and sand dunes. The surrounding land is covered with traces of old cultivation ridges and the view from the site is good. A smaller site lies immediately to the W (MA009-013001-). A broad low triangular S facing headland 90m across by 100m long shows traces of a deep fosse at the eastern edge of the headland running for a distance of 18m before diminishing to a faint depression. It reappears again as a substantial ditch 8m from the western end. A faint earthen bank can be traced running across the headland between the two lengths of fosse. It is possible that this is an example of an unfinished fortification which may have been abandoned during construction, possibly in favour of the smaller site lying immediately to the W. The faint line might be the remains of a bank marking out the position of the intended defences. The interior of the site is featureless except for traces of old lazybeds. The sea is accessible from the interior. 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. Date of upload: 5 December 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Annagh, 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 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 Annagh.

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

Name

Annagh · An tEanach

Area

2,185,614 m² (218.56 ha, 540.08 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

Termoncarragh, Tonamace

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Annagh 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.