Barnacahoge

158 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnacahoge, from 73 m² to 256,423 m² (25.64 ha, 63.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Barnacahoge 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.

• 12 Oct 2025Conditional

  Permission is sought for the continued use of an existing authorised industrial facility (comprising a concrete batching plant, aggregate crushing, screening and washing facilities) on the site as currently permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 16/1001, within an application area of c.18 hectares, for a further period of 35 years. The development includes the continued use of the established site entrance with road signage, internal access road, importation of materials, processing plant, ESB substation, closed-circuit lagoon system, wheelwash, weighbridge, office, and a hardstand area with hydrocarbon interceptor. No new works are proposed as part of this application.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560713

• 3 Jun 2021Conditional

  RETENTION PERMISSION FOR THE DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED ALONG WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS, PREVIOUS PLANNING REF. P03/3245

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 21576

• 9 Oct 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17791

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 the townland of Barnacahoge.

Recorded monuments

• MA072-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located at the break of slope on a rise on the top of a high ridge, with very good views in all directions. This possible rath is shown on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. 25-30m), clipped on the E arc by a road that respects the curve of the enclosure. The remains comprise a roughly D-shaped area (c. 30m N−S; 21.6m E−W), bordered on the straight side at E by the road. The W half of the enclosure is defined by a scarp (H 1m; Wth slope 2-3m) which curves SW−NW, petering out at N; the scarp is cut into a natural slope. The scarp drops to a terrace or berm (Wth 2m) from which there is another drop or scarp (H 1.2m). The NE−SE arc of the enclosure has been truncated by the road. The interior is level. In the N half there is a narrow grassed-over depression (Wth 1.5m; D 0.5m) which extends for 4.2m to NNW, then turns to WSW for 6m, expanding in width (Wth 2.4m) and ending close to the scarp at NW. A few meters to S of this feature, there is a very slight circular hollow (diam. c. 3m). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 March 2021

• MA072-063001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Prominently located on the top of a knoll, at the N end of a N−S ridge, flanked by stream valleys, which merge at NW with another valley. The location provides good views into the valleys and over the surrounding sharply undulating landscape of small, stone-walled fields of rough, stony pasture. Much of the surrounding lands have been converted to forestry. This cashel is a National Monument (no. 561) in state ownership. It is consists of a circular area (26m N−S; c. 25m E−W) enclosed by a massive drystone wall (Wth 2m). The interior encompasses the entire flat top of the knoll, and there is a steep fall of ground immediately outside the enclosing walls at W, N and E. The exterior wall face is constructed of large, roughly rectangular limestone blocks, with massive blocks in the basal courses. It is best preserved on the E half, surviving to a height of 1.6m, rising to 2m at S. At E a pronounced batter is evident, compensating for the steep natural slope, but at S, where the slope is more gradual, the wall face is vertical. The wall is lower and less well preserved on the W half. It is partly collapsed at SW−WSW, with evidence of relatively recent rebuilding (H 0.6-0.8m), and at WNW−N only the basal courses (H 0.4m) remain in situ. The internal wall face is intact at NE (H 1m), and for short lengths at E and SE, but for most of the circuit it has collapsed to a slumped jumble of stones. The enclosing wall expands to a thickness of 3m at SE, where it is pierced by an entrance passage (Wth 1.3m exterior), which narrows toward the interior (Wth1.15m). The passage is flanked by massive stone blocks. It is unroofed, but a large slab (L2.4m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.22m), lying on the ground immediately outside the entrance, is likely to be a displaced roofing lintel. The entrance faces the spine of the ridge, leading to a more gradual slope at SE, which provides a natural access route. The interior is strewn with loose stone. In the centre there is a square structure of rough drystone construction. This appears originally to have measured c. 2m by 2m, with a height of c. 1m, but is now partly collapsed and spreads over an area of diameter c. 3m. It is of uncertain function, and appears to be of relatively recent date. It may be one of the features described as possible houses (MA072-063002-), which according a local source, were noted in the interior. The cashel is known in local tradition as 'Caiseal Claine Meirg'. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2018

• MA072-063002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In a cashel (MA072-063001-). This record refers to possible house sites, which according to a local source, were noted in the cashel interior (SMR file). In the centre of the cashel there is a square structure of rough drystone construction. This appears originally to have measured c. 2m by 2m, with a height of c. 1m, but is now partly collapsed and spreads over an area of diameter c. 3m. It is of uncertain function, and appears to be of relatively recent date. No other structures resembling houses are evident. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2018

• MA072-064 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise in an undulating landscape of mixed pasture and bog. There is a derelict farmstead c. 60m to N. Circular area (int. diam. 23.4m NNW−SSE) defined by a dilapidated, partly tumbled drystone wall. The interior is not noticeably raised above exterior ground level. The exterior wall face remains largely intact (H 1.6m at W and E, 2m at NE) on the N half of the circuit. It is constructed of large and medium-sized stones in rough courses, with the largest blocks in the basal courses. The upper parts of the wall here consist of loose heaps of smaller stones, and the inner wall face has collapsed to a slumped slope (Wth c. 2.5m; H 0.9m), which drops to a broad, lower spread of loose rubble (Wth 4-5m; H 1.4m) spilling into the interior. On the S arc, the exterior wall face has collapsed to a low jumble of stone, but the inner wall face (H up to 2m) is still standing, rising proud of the exterior slump, but some sections appear to be at least partly rebuilt. Interior is flat and grass-covered. The original entrance is not clear. There is a partial break or collapsed section (Wth 4m) of wall at N, and at NW a possible gap or break (Wth c. 2m) appears to have been blocked up. An unusual flight of three small steps (Wth 0.55m) is built into the exterior wall face at NE; this may be a late feature. A trackway, bordered by a drystone wall, skirts the E half of the cashel, leading from the vernacular farmstead at N. A rectangular building, which is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, abutting the E side of the cashel has been removed. At SE a rectangular space (10.8m NE−SW; 5m NW−SE) abutting the exterior face of the cashel is enclosed by a drystone wall. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 May 2021

• MA072-086 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on top of a ridge in undulating terrain of pasture and bog. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. It is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-087 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough, bracken-covered pasture, located on top of a rise in an undulating stony landscape. An old farm trackway, flanked by field walls, is located immediately to E. A subcircular enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, with a cluster of vernacular houses immediately to S. It is shown on later map editions as an irregular-shaped enclosure crossed on the E side by a N−S field wall, and incorporated into a network of small, irregular walled fields. It is also recorded on an aerial photograph (SMR file: OS 5 6851 -2; Roll 217, pr. 15). In the aerial photograph, part of the NW quadrant of the interior is enclosed by a wall, abutting the inner face of the cashel wall, and a possible field clearance cairn abuts the cashel wall at S. The western two thirds of the cashel were destroyed during land reclamation. A remnant of the original enclosing wall survives in a shallow arc (cord L 18m) at NE–SE. The wall (Wth 1.8-2m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m) is evident as sod-covered jumble of stones, but remnants of the internal wall face remain intact in parts. Field clearance stones are heaped on the wall. Immediately to W is a later N−S field wall which cuts across the E edge of the cashel. A souterrain (MA072-087001-) is located roughly in the centre of the cashel interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-087001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located roughly in the centre of a destroyed cashel (MA072-087----). An opening (0.45m E–W; 0.2m N–S) at ground surface reveals a subterranean passage (Wth 0.65m; H 1m) of drystone construction with lintel roofing. The passage, which is oriented N−S, is partly blocked with stones and inaccessible. A stone slab protruding from the sod 8m to S may mark the line of the passage. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-090 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, located in a hollow on a ridge. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as a cairn on the basis of a small circular feature visible on an aerial photograph (SMR file: OS 5 6851-2; roll 217, pr. 19). No visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-091 Structure
  Description

  In rough heather-covered, rock-strewn boggy pasture, located on top of a ridge. Listed in the RMP (1997) as a possible hut site based on a circular feature visible in an aerial photograph (OS 5 6851 -2; Roll 217, pr. 17). Field inspection determined that the feature consists of a circular, sunken area (int. diam. 1.6m; D 0.8m) defined by sod-covered remnants of a stone-built wall (Wth 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 0.25m). It appears to be a ruined limekiln of the 19th or 20th century, probably associated with the cultivation ridges which are visible in the fields immediately to NW and S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015

• MA072-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise on top of a ridge. Listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as an enclosure on the basis of a circular feature visible on an aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 685- 4). Shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an irregular-shaped enclosure, with a rectangular vernacular house immediately to SE; indicated on the 1930 edition as a roughly oval enclosure. Raised roughly oval area (28m N–S; 20m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.3m at W), which is incorporated at N–E into a later field wall. Remnants of drystone walling on the external face, and on top of the scarp to W appear to be the result of relatively recent modification. A gap (Wth c. 2m) in the scarp at SE may be an original entrance. The interior slopes down gently from centre to SE. There is a local tradition of a souterrain (MA072-092001-) in the rath. Long grass and ferns grow in the interior; the perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn, ash with a few conifers planted on E side. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-092001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a rath (MA072-092001-). There is a local tradition of a souterrain associated with the rath. No visible trace. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-093 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a ridge, with a steep fall of ground 15m to SSW. This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is indicated on the 1930 edition as a roughly oval enclosure incorporated into a system of field walls. It is recorded on an aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 685 -4; Roll 218, pr. 3). A subrectangular or polygonal enclosure (18m NE−SW; 15.7m NW−SE) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 0.8-1m; H o.8-1m). The wall is similar in size and form to adjacent field walls. There is a narrow gap (Wth 0.6m) at SSW. The interior is level and slightly sunken relative to exterior ground level, which rises naturally to N and S−SW. An internal wall encloses a small space (1.8m NE−SW; 2m NW−SE) against the inner face of the enclosing wall in the SE corner of the interior. This appears to be simple field enclosure –probably for farm stock- and most likely 19th-century in date. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-103 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, c. 30m E of a small stream. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Listed in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) on the basis of information from a local source, who noted a circular enclosure or possible ringbarrow here. No visible trace is now evident at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 May 2021

• MA072-104 Burnt mound
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, located at the base of a gentle NE-facing slope, where the ground levels out towards a stream which is 20m to NE. Listed in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) as a fulacht fia on the basis of information from a local source. When inspected in 1997, the remains consisted of a low grass-covered roughly semicircular rise (c. 4m NW−SE) but there was no definitive evidence of charcoal-rich soil or burning. The nature of mound is uncertain. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-105001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In damp, rush-grown pasture, located on the N bank of a stream. A low, grass-covered roughly circular mound (diam. c. 6m) composed of small angular stones in dark soil. The mound appears to have been partly levelled or disturbed in the past. Slight ridging is evident across the top of the mound and the SE side is straight, defined by a slight scarp. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-109001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a ridge, at the break of slope on the E side, overlooking a stream valley. There are very good views along the course of the valley, especially to SE, and extensive views to N. Ground rises slightly to W and WSW. This rath is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled. The remains are evident as circular area (diam. c. 22.7m N−S; c. 21m E−W) defined by a curving scarp (Wth slope 5.5m; ext. H 3m) at NE−SE, which merges with the steep natural ridge slope, and elsewhere by a slight undulation representing a levelled bank or scarp. A field fence on a roughly N−S axis crosses the E edge of the rath. A portion of the rath scarp/ridge slope has been quarried away at NE. According to local information, there is a souterrain (MA072-109002-) in the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-109002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA072-109001). According to local information, there is a souterrain in the rath interior, which has ‘two chambers and a creep’. The rath has been partly levelled and there is no visible trace of the souterrain at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-110 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Located on the E bank of a stream which flows to N through a narrow, steep-sided valley. Compact horseshoe-shaped mound (12m NNE−SSW; 10.3m WNW−ESE; H 1m at N-E, 1.4m at W) composed of heat-shattered stones in charcoal-rich soil. A hollow area (3m WNW−ESE; 1.2m NNE−SSW) between the ‘arms’ of the mound opens to WNW facing the stream, and may indicate the location of a trough. The mound is covered by a thin layer of sod and heather, and is truncated on its SSW edge by an E−W field wall. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-113 Barrow - ring-barrow
  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.

• MA072-114 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge, with a steep fall of ground into a valley immediately to NE. Good views generally; rising ground to NNW. This cairn is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Oval grass-covered raised area (11m NNE–SSW; 8m WNW-ESE) defined on the perimeter by a stone bank. The stone bank (Wth c. 2.7-.3m; int. H 0.4m at E, 1m at W; ext. H 0.8m at E, 1.25m at W) is broad and compact, composed of close-packed small and medium-sized stones. It is noticeably higher on the W side. The breadth and height of the bank reduces the internal space (diam. 3-5m) and produces a distinctive concave or dished profile. Moss and low scrub covers most of the stone bank. The nature of this cairn is uncertain; it might be the remains of a hut site or it may simply be a field clearance heap. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-115 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In flat, wet boggy pasture, located on the S bank of a small W-flowing stream, at the blind E end of a small valley, overshadowed at N, E, and S by the steeply rising valley sides. A grass- and heather-covered subcircular mound (8.7m E−W; 9.5m N−S; H 0.55m at NW, 0.3m at E) composed of heat-shattered stones in a matrix of black, charcoal-rich soil. The mound is higher at W−NW, sloping down gently toward the stream at N. A number of flat slabs lie on the bog surface in the vicinity of the mound. A cashel (MA072-082----) is located at the top of the slope at S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-116 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a flat expanse of wet, boggy pasture, located on the W bank of a stream in a steep-sided valley, close to the rising slope of the W side of the valley. A low, grass-covered crescent-shaped mound (5.4m E−W; 3.5m N−S) composed of heat-shattered stones in black charcoal-rich soil, enclosing a shallow hollow (Wth 1.8m E-W) on the S side. The hollow, which probably indicates the position of the trough, is marked by thick growth of rushes. A N−S field wall now lies between the mound and the stream, and there is an E−W field wall immediately to S of the mound. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-127001 Field system
  Description

  This field system covers an area of c. 300m N−S by c. 340m E−W. On the 1838 OS 6-inch map this area is shown as a large open space, with an irregular area enclosed at its W limits, a few isolated rectilinear fields on the S limits, and a number of rectangular houses bordering the road which defines the N limits of the area. On the 1930 edition an irregular-shaped area (c. 170m E−W; c. 100m N−S) of rough ground, spanning the NW and centre of the area, remains open, but the remainder of the area at SW, N and E is subdivided into a series of contiguous rectangular fields. The fields are bounded the drystone field walls (Wth 0.9-1m; H 0.5-1.7m), and are dotted with field cairns (MA072-127002-). Relict cultivation ridges are evident in some of the fields, some of which appeared to pre-date the clearance cairns. The field walls and cairns appeared to be 19th-century in date; the long, narrow fields in the E half of the area are reminiscent of Land Commission ‘stripes’. Land reclamation has taken place along the S limits of the area, and most of the field divisions here have been removed (pers. comm. R. Crumlish, 2017). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-127002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  This record was listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as 'cairns'. These are field clearance cairns, dotted throughout a field system (MA072-127001-) of narrow rectangular and subrectangular fields. The cairns (max. dims. 3-5.5m; H 1.3-1.6m) are irregular in shape, varying from crescentic to subtriangular to subcircular in plan, and most likely date to the 19th century (pers. comm. R. Crumlish, 2017). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

• MA072-129 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet pasture, located on the E bank of a stream in a secluded semicircular valley, sheltered NE–S by steeply rising slopes. The stream meanders around a rocky rise on the W bank. Compact, horseshoe-shaped mound (11.7m NNW/SSE; 10.3m ENE/WSW; H 0.8m) composed of heat-shattered stone in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil, with hollow area (max. dim. 1.5m) between the ‘arms’ of the mound to SW, facing the stream. Sod, moss and heather grow on the mound. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 May 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, 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 Barnacahoge.

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

Name

Barnacahoge · Barr na Caóige

Area

5,299,627 m² (529.96 ha, 1,309.57 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbeagh, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Sonnagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Sonnagh electoral division: 1,242 people in 457 households; 76% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnalyra, Curryaun, Derryronan, Killaturly, Shammerdoo, Stripe

Placenames

Barnacahoge 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.