Ballindoo or Doocastle

475 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballindoo or Doocastle, from 225 m² to 122,761 m² (12.28 ha, 30.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 66 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Ballindoo or Doocastle 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 Sept 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission to (a) retain location of existing dwelling house (b) retain elevational changes to existing dwelling house, (c) retain existing domestic garage, together with all ancillary site works and services on site at Lugoon or Doocaslte, Co.Mayo.

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560599

• 5 Feb 2025Conditional

  construct a new dwelling along with installation of a new effluent treatment system with soil percolation area and associated site

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560060

• 7 Sept 2023Conditional

  Construct a new dwelling house with septic tank and soil percolation area and associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360359

• 29 Jul 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC SHED (GARAGE), TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22648

• 9 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION INCORPORATING THE EXISTING GARAGE AND DWELLING, MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING ELEVATIONS AND REVISE SITE BOUNDARIES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22181

• 27 Jun 2019Conditional

  Permission to construct a storey and a half dwelling house, garage, proprietary effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site, together with all ancillary site works and services. Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with this application

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19502

• 31 Mar 2017Conditional

  1 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEAD AND SECURITY GATE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17236

• 31 Mar 2017Conditional

  1 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS,WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEAD AND SECURITY GATE, INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17237

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: Cloonakillina Lough SAC 001899
• Special Area of Conservation: Doocastle Turlough SAC 000492
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cloonakillina Lough 001899
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Doocastle Turlough 000492

Recorded monuments

• MA051-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture at the junction of two field fences, located on a low rise. Views are good to N, but somewhat restricted generally by field fences and trees. Substantially raised circular area or platform (22.5m E−W; 19.8m N−S) defined by a scarp (H 1.4m at S, 1.6m at NNW), which is enhanced by the natural slope. At S−W the scarp has been modified and incorporated into a N−S and a E−W field fence which intersect at the rath, and largely respect its curve; here the scarp is faced with drystone walling, and is topped by a low jumble of loose stones. The scarp on the E arc has an almost vertical face, and shows evidence of erosion. The interior has a slight slope down from centre to SW. The original entrance is not obvious; it may have been at SE where there is a low section of scarp, now partly blocked by a field fence. A ring of deciduous and coniferous trees are planted around the perimeter on top of the rath platform. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2020

• MA052-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise. Views are best to S and W; generally not extensive, restricted now by high field fences/hedgerows. Slightly raised circular area (34m N−S; 34.5m E−W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.65m at E, 2.6m at W; int. H 0.65m at E, 0.45m at W; ext. H 1.4m at E, 1.2m at W). Stones protruding on the inner face may be remnants of stone facing or a kerb. The profile of the bank is broad and low; a section at NE is narrower (Wth 1.7m) with a pointed top, and incorporates much stone, suggesting recent modification –a low berm (Wth c. 1m) on its outer edge probably indicates the original width of the bank here. Outside the bank at SW−W there is a slight, indistinct depression (Wth 1-2m). It might be evidence of a fosse, but could also be the result of recent disturbance; it cannot be traced elsewhere around the circuit. There are narrow, eroded breaks in the bank at NNE and SSW; a gap (Wth 1.4m) at SE might mark an original entrance. A field fence has been built against the external face of the bank on the S arc, and the bank is topped with post and wire fencing at W. Another field fence abuts the rath at N. Interior is level and grassy, with clumps of gorse in the NW quadrant, and moderate hawthorn and gorse around the perimeter. A roughly circular pit (diam. 4m) has been dug in recent times immediately to NW of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-002 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  Located in pasture, with gently rising ground to N. There is a N−S field fence immediately to W, and to W of that is an enclosure (MA052-002001-). This unclassified megalithic tomb is not shown 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. Several upright stones, megalithic in size, are evident over an area of c. 10m NE−SW by c. 5m NW−SE. Two large close-set upright boulders are located immediately adjacent to the N−S field fence; one stone is partly incorporated into the fence; the other stone is immediately to NW. A third large upright stone is located 4m to SW of these, with a number of adjacent stones of uncertain significance. A cluster of three uprights are located 4.5m NW of the pair of large boulders: there are two close set stones on a NW−SE axis and the third stone is immediately to E of these and set perpendicular to them. The remains are too fragmentary to classify with certainty, and are partly concealed by a thicket of blackthorn. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-002001 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in average pasture, with gently rising ground to N. This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch maps; it is shown on the 1920 edition as a D-shaped area defined on the straight side at W by a field boundary on a roughly N−S axis. The remains consist of an enclosure that may originally have been circular or oval, but is now roughly D-shaped (28.6m NNE–SSW; c. 26m E–W to field fence), defined on its curving side N-SW by a low sod-covered stony bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.3m), and bordered on the straight W side by a field fence on a NNE–SSW axis. The enclosing bank is thickly sod-covered, but eroded sections reveal that it is largely composed of small and medium-sized stones. The interior is level, but appears slightly sunken relative to exterior ground level, especially to SW. There is a low linear scarp (H 0.3m at W) extending for c. 10m from the bank at NE into the interior to SW. Much of the interior to SW, W and NE is engulfed in an impenetrable thicket of blackthorn. The overgrowth also conceals the relationship of the enclosure to a megalithic tomb (MA052-002----) which lies immediately to W. Relict cultivation ridges on a N-S axis can be seen in the surrounding field. A pit or hollow filled with wrecked cars is c. 8m to SSE of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-003001 Burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (MA052-003002-). The level interior of the rath has been used as a burial ground, and is marked as such on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. The highest density of graves appears to be in the W half of the interior, the majority of which appear to be 20th-century in date. There is an extension of the graveyard to W and S of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-003002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, located on a slight rise. This rath has been modified and its interior used as burial ground (MA052-003001-) in the modern era. It consists of a slightly raised circular area (34.8m N−S; 31m E−W) defined by a bank. Outside the bank at NW−E is a fosse with an external bank. The inner bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.9m, at E) is well defined on the E half, but degraded on the W arc where it has been disturbed by burials. The fosse varies in width; it is narrower (Wth 2m) at NW−N, and widens at NE−S (Wth 3.3m, at E). It is defined on its outer edge by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.9-1m, at E), faced on its external slope with drystone walling. The external bank has clearly served as a field fence, and it is unclear if it is primary to the rath. The fosse and external bank/field fence are not evident at SW−N, where they appear to have been levelled as a result of an extension of the graveyard beyond the confines of the rath. The rath interior has an uneven surface. Much of the W half is covered by graves, the majority of which appear to be of 20th-century in date. Sycamore trees grow on the external bank. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In fairly level pasture, overlooked by a low ridge to SSW. Circular area (26.5m N−S; 27m E−W) defined by an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1m). The bank is similar in appearance to adjacent field fences: it is quite narrow and straight/high-sided in profile, with traces of possible drystone facing on both the internal and external faces. A short stretch at the SW is higher and more substantial (Wth c. 2.4m; H 1.4m). At N−NE there is a slight dip or depression outside the bank, but it is not evident elsewhere around the circuit. There are narrow breaks (Wth 0.7-0.8m) at W and NE, a broader gap (Wth 1.6m) at E, and a low/eroded area (Wth 1.6m) at SE. The interior is level, and not noticeably raised relative to exterior ground level. The bank is ringed with hawthorn. There is another rath (MA052-005----) 150m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located at the NW end of a roughly NW−SE ridge, which provides good views, most extensive to S−SW over a flat expanse of bog which stretches S from the base of the ridge. Slightly raised, broadly oval area (29.5m NNE−SSW; 24.3m ENE−WSW) defined by a bank. The bank (Wth 2.15m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.65m, at SW) is best preserved on the W arc, but has been reduced to a scarp (H 0.5m) on the E arc, except at SE where a short section of bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m) is intact. At NW-N a portion (L 8m) of the bank has been dug away, at E a short semicircular section (L 4-5m) is dug out of the scarp, and the bank is levelled at SSE−S. The interior has a slight slope down towards the NE. A NE−SW field fence/property boundary cuts across the interior, and an E-W field fence clips the S edge of the rath. There is another rath (MA052-004----) 150m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-006 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise, with higher ground to S. Views good to N, but are restricted elsewhere. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 27m N−S) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.8m at NW, 1.5 m at S). A possible external fosse is evident at W−NE, visible as a very slight depression immediately outside the bank. There is a slight dip in the SE quadrant of the interior. It slopes down towards a gap (Wth 2m) in the bank at E, which may be an original entrance. There is also an eroded break at SW. A road (Wth 6.5m), flanked by field fences, cuts through the rath, to S of centre, on a roughly E−W axis. The portion of the rath to N of the road is grassy and relatively free of overgrowth; to S of the road, there are gorse, hawthorn and brambles growing on the rath perimeter. There is another rath (MA052-007----) 20m to S. A bowl barrow (MA052-009----) is visible, located on a hill 400m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gently rising slope, with open views to N, in an area of mixed rough and average pasture and wet ground. There is a well 75m to SW. This bivallate rath consists of a slightly raised circular area (34m N−S; 32.6m E−W) define by a short length of upstanding bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.9m) at E, which is reduced elsewhere around the circuit to a scarp (H 0.8-1.1m) with a slightly raised internal lip. Outside the bank/scarp is a fosse (Wth 4m) with an external bank (Wth 2.3m at W, 2.6m at E; int. H 0.4m at W, 0.6m at E; ext. H 0.5m at W, 0.3m at E). The enclosing scarp has broad gaps/damaged sections at ESE (Wth 6m), S (Wth 10m), and NW (Wth 5m), and N (Wth 5-10m). The fosse is well defined, marked by a dense growth of yellow flag. The outer bank is low, with several severely eroded sections; a large section (L 10m) is levelled at NNE; it is truncated by or incorporated into a field fence at SSE−S and at SW−W. The W half of the interior appears to be at a slightly higher level to the E half. In the SW quadrant immediately adjacent to the scarp, there is a shallow hollow (c. 4m across), marked by a growth of nettles and thistles. Another rath (MA052-006----) is located 20m to NNE. A bowl barrow (MA052-009----) is visible on a hill 300m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-008 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located at the W end of an E−W ridge, with a steep fall of ground to W. There is a more gradual slope down to N, and also to the S where ground level dips and then rises again. Views are most extensive to W, overlooking an expanse of bog which stretches to SW. This possible rath is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m). It is depicted on the 1920 edition as a semicircular hachured area (diam. 25m N−S), curving S−W−N, with a possible external fosse on the NW arc, which is truncated by a NNW−SSE field boundary. It has been levelled. Slight undulations at ground level, and a single hawthorn tree at NW, partly define its original outline. A bowl barrow (MA052-009----) is located 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-009 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, at the junction of four field fences, prominently located on a top of a hill, the highest point (OD 372’) in the locality, with panoramic views of the surrounding grassland mixed with expanses of bog. Knocknarae, crowned by Maeve’s cairn (SL014-), is visible on the far horizon to N, with Ben Bulben to NW. This bowl barrow is named ‘Doomore Fort’ on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a substantial circular mound (diam. 27.4m; H 5m) with a domed profile. Enclosing the base of the mound is a broad, shallow depression/fosse, defined on its outer edge on the W half by an earthen field fence (Wth 0.8-1m; int. H 1.35m; ext. H 0.55m) and on the E half by a field wall (Wth 0.8m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.3m). The fosse varies in width (Wth 7-8m at E and W, 5.5m at N, 6.5m at S). It appears slightly sunken relative to exterior ground level, suggesting that it is a primary fosse, rather than merely a gap intervening between the mound and field fence. The field fence is similar in form to others in the vicinity; it is relatively narrow relative to the fosse, and does not appear to be an original enclosing bank. A small eroded section of the mound slope at W reveals that it is composed of earth and stone. It is grass-covered, with gorse bushes growing on S side. The encircling field fence is ringed with hawthorn bushes. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise. Ground rises gently to SW. This possible rath is shown on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m). It has been levelled. A slight subcircular undulation (diam. 25-28m) is visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-011 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low rise, with good views over surrounding rough grassland and flat expanses of bog. Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m). By the time of the 1920 edition, it is shown as roughly semicircular area (25-30m E−W), suggesting that a portion of the S arc had been dug away, and a field boundary is shown zig-zaging through the interior from SW to N. The enclosure if engulfed in gorse and brambles, and is difficult to examine. The remains appear to cover an area measuring c. 16.5m N−S by c. 25m E−W. Part of a low, relatively narrow enclosing bank (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.20m at N, 0.45m at E; ext. H 0.8m at N, 0.65m at E) can be traced curving N−E. It has been incorporated into later field fences at S, and field fences radiate from it at SE, S and N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 June 2020

• MA052-018 Castle - tower house
  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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballindoo or Doocastle.

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

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballindoo or Doocastle.

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.

No address of the register names Ballindoo or Doocastle with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Ballindoo or Doocastle · Baile an Dumha nó Caisleán an Dumha

Area

7,929,522 m² (792.95 ha, 1,959.43 acres)

Civil parish

Kilturra, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Doocastle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Doocastle electoral division: 383 people in 153 households; 90% of households own their home; 17% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowkeel (Co. Sligo), Cloonakillina, Cloonlarhan, Derrykinlough, Doobeg (Co. Sligo), Flughany, Magheranore (Co. Sligo), Moylough (Co. Sligo), Mullanabreena (Co. Sligo), Powellsborough (Co. Sligo)

Placenames

Ballindoo or Doocastle 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.