Belladooan

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belladooan, from 969 m² to 272,338 m² (27.23 ha, 67.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Belladooan 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.

• 10 Feb 2021Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2195

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 Belladooan.

Recorded monuments

• MA021-006 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA021-008 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 3 January 2012

• MA021-009 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.

• MA021-025 Enclosure
  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.

• MA021-031 Enclosure
  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.

• MA021-077001 Slab-lined burial
  Description

  Located on the summit of a NE-SW ridge/esker, skirted at W-N-SE by the Belladoan River. This is one of three stone-lined graves (MA021-077001-; MA021-077002-; MA021-077003-) found at approximately this location in the 1930’s during quarrying for sand at the NW end of an esker (pers. comm. Micheal Carroll, Belladoan, June 2016). This grave and another (MA021-077002-) were uncovered in 1931 and recorded by Morris (1932, 191-200). They were found at a depth of c. 0.3m below the surface, lay parallel to each other, c. 3m apart, and were aligned E−W. Both graves were constructed of thin slabs of ‘greenstone’, a stone type not common in the vicinity. This grave (L c. 1.8m; Wth 0.3-0.4m; D. c. 0.3m) had three upright slabs on the long N and S sides, and a single upright slab closing the W end. There was no closing slab at the E end. It was roofed with two large slabs. The floor was unpaved. The grave contained an extended male skeleton, with head to the W. No grave goods were found. The skeleton was in good condition apart from the foot bones, which had decayed. The bones were removed and stored in UCG. In the 1990’s, a bone sample from the skeleton was submitted for radiocarbon analysis and produced the following date, suggesting a late Iron Age or Early Medieval date: OxA-3226 1590±90, 1 sigma = AD382-575, 2 sigma = AD256-640 (Hedges et al. 1993). The second grave (MA021-077002-) was empty. The third grave (MA021-077003-), which contained a skeleton, was uncovered during quarrying in 1938, at a distance of c. 6m from the other two (NMI Topographical Files). No trace of the graves survives; at the location there are old quarry pits, several meters in diameter, and c. 2m deep, engulfed in overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 July 2016

• MA021-077002 Slab-lined burial
  Description

  Located on the summit of a NE-SW ridge/esker, skirted at W-N-SE by the Belladoan River. This is one of three stone-lined graves (MA021-077001-; MA021-077002-; MA021-077003-) found at approximately this location in the 1930’s during quarrying for sand at the NW end of an esker (pers. comm. Micheal Carroll, Belladoan, June 2016). This grave and another (MA021-077001-) were uncovered in 1931, and recorded by Morris (1932, 191-200).They were uncovered at a depth of c. 0.3m below the surface, lay parallel to each other, c. 3m apart, and were aligned E−W. Both graves were constructed of thin slabs of ‘greenstone’, a stone type not common in the vicinity. This grave (L. c. 1.8m; Wth c. 0.35m; D c. 0.3m) was constructed of three, upright slabs on each of the long sides, and a single slab at each of the short sides. There were no roof slabs, and Morris (Ibid., 194) suggested that it may originally have been roofed with timber. It was filled with sand, and no skeletal remains or grave goods were found. The adjacent grave (MA021-077001-) held an extended skeleton, with head to the W. The third grave (MA021-077003-), which contained an extended skeleton, was discovered in 1938 at a distance of c. 6m from the earlier finds (NMI Topographical Files). In the 1990’s, a bone sample taken from one (MA021-077001-) of the burials and produced the following radiocarbon date, suggesting a late Iron Age or Early Medieval date: OxA-3226 human bone 1590±90 1 sigma = AD382-575, 2 sigma = AD256-640 (Hedges et al. 1993, 305-26). No trace of the graves survives; at the location there are old quarry pits, several meters in diameter, and c. 2m deep, engulfed in overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 July 2016

• MA021-077003 Slab-lined burial
  Description

  Located on the summit of an esker. This marks the approximate location of three stone-lined graves found in the 1930’s during quarrying at the NW end of an esker. Two of the graves (MA021-077001-; MA021-077002-) were discovered in close proximity in 1931 (Morris 1932, 62, 191-200). This grave (L 1.85m; Wth 0.45m; D 0.45m) was discovered in 1938 about 6m distant from the earlier finds, at a depth of c. 0.3m below the surface finds (NMI Topographical Files). It was rectangular in plan and was constructed of stone slabs, a single slab forming the long N side and two slabs forming the S side, with a single slab closing each of the short E and W ends. Seven small, overlapping slabs roofed the grave. The floor was unpaved. The grave contained an extended skeleton, with head to the W, but the bones were poorly preserved. A bone sample taken from the skeleton in one (MA021-077001-) of the graves provided a radiocarbon date, suggesting date in the late Iron Age or Early Medieval date period: OxA-3226 human bone 1590±90 1 sigma = AD382-575, 2 sigma = AD256-640 (Hedges et al. 1993). No trace of the graves survives; at the location there are old quarry pits, several meters in diameter, and c. 2m deep, engulfed in overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 July 2016

• MA021-100001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a broad low rise or small knoll, effectively an island of dry ground surrounded by a flat expanses of damp pasture and boggy ground. There is a steep fall of ground at N–E, dropping at E to a flat marshy area. The slopes are more gradual to S and W, with a flat expanse of damp ground stretching to the small, meandering Belladooan River located 120m to W. At this location there is a low, grass-covered bank (Wth 3.5-4.5m) which extends E–W for a length of 19m, arcing very slightly to N. It coinciding with the natural break of slope at the top edge of the N side of the knoll. This gives the N-facing slope of the bank a pronounced drop (H 1.2m; Wth slope c. 2.6m), enhanced by the natural fall of ground. The S face of the bank is low (H 0.4m), with a broad slump. A few stones protrude randomly from the bank along its length. A number of larger stones are visible at the base of the N slope. There is a shallow, roughly semicircular hollow (max. dim. c. 2m) at the base of the N-facing slope towards the W end of the bank, probably the result of past disturbance/digging. There are two discrete, very low grass-covered rises or mounds (max. L 4m; Wth c. 1m; H 0.2-0.3m), of uncertain significance immediately to S of the W end of the bank. The bank is not shown on the 1838 and 1923 OS 6-inch maps. In local tradition, it is known as ‘moat’, and is associated with a possible souterrain (MA021-100002-). The bank may represents the remains of an enclosure, which may have encompassed the level top of the knoll, however, but it is not now possible to trace the outline of an enclosure at ground level. There is an enclosure (MA021-025----) 110m to NW and three slab-lined burials (MA021-077001-; MA021-077002-; MA021-077003-) were located c. 150m to E. Attached images: MA021-100001-_01.JPG: Bank viewed from W MA021-100001-_02.JPG: Bank viewed from NE MA021-100001-_03.JPG: Bank viewed from SW MA021-100001-_04.JPG: Bank viewed from NW Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 December 2019

• MA021-100002 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, located in a broad low rise or knoll, surrounded by a flat expanse of boggy ground. According to local tradition, there is an 'underground passage' or possible souterrain at this location. It is associated with an earth and stone bank (L 19m E-W; Wth c. 4.5m), known locally as ‘moat’, which may be the remains of an enclosure (MA021-100001-). According to local information, the souterrain was used as a hide-out during the 1798 Rebellion. It is said to have been ‘opened’ or explored in 1910 by a local landowner, James Henry. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 December 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Belladooan, 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Belladooan · Béal Átha an Duáin

Area

1,758,754 m² (175.88 ha, 434.6 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfian, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Kilfian East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

242 people lived in 89 households in the Kilfian East electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloyrawer, Creevagh More, Doonanarroo Upper, Drinaghan, Farmhill, Kincon, Ratheskin

Placenames

Belladooan 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.