# Belladooan, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilfian, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish Béal Átha an Duáin. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,758,754 m² (175.88 ha, 434.6 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 37,368 m² (3.74 ha, 9.23 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilfian, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilfian.md - Barony: Tirawley - Electoral division: Kilfian East, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34434 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150370 - Centre: latitude 54.20211, longitude -9.341598 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Belladooan, from 969 m² to 272,338 m² (27.23 ha, 67.3 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 974382: 272,338 m² (27.23 ha, 67.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974382.md - Parcel 974381: 206,325 m² (20.63 ha, 50.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974381.md - Parcel 974384: 154,956 m² (15.5 ha, 38.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974384.md - Parcel 974386: 136,520 m² (13.65 ha, 33.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974386.md - Parcel 974383: 119,172 m² (11.92 ha, 29.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974383.md - Parcel 4681965: 101,838 m² (10.18 ha, 25.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4681965.md - Parcel 879689: 101,010 m² (10.1 ha, 24.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879689.md - Parcel 873428: 100,972 m² (10.1 ha, 24.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873428.md - Parcel 879685: 83,964 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879685.md - Parcel 971525: 76,395 m² (7.64 ha, 18.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971525.md - Parcel 879690: 75,009 m² (7.5 ha, 18.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879690.md - Parcel 961919: 54,200 m² (5.42 ha, 13.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/961919.md - Parcel 967198: 45,161 m² (4.52 ha, 11.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967198.md - Parcel 973650: 44,852 m² (4.49 ha, 11.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973650.md - Parcel 1011798: 38,029 m² (3.8 ha, 9.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011798.md - Parcel 965269: 36,707 m² (3.67 ha, 9.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965269.md - Parcel 890468: 32,973 m² (3.3 ha, 8.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890468.md - Parcel 974385: 29,585 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974385.md - Parcel 879688: 12,599 m² (1.26 ha, 3.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/879688.md - Parcel 924804: 9,423 m² (0.94 ha, 2.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/924804.md - Parcel 3968174: 4,828 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3968174.md - Parcel 942657: 4,077 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/942657.md - Parcel 4361146: 3,986 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4361146.md - Parcel 947557: 3,096 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947557.md - Parcel 4681788: 2,139 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4681788.md - Parcel 928666: 2,136 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/928666.md - Parcel 879691: 1,933 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/879691.md - Parcel 4673600: 1,825 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4673600.md - Parcel 6151040: 1,496 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6151040.md - Parcel 6151015: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6151015.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 1 application, newest first. - 10 Feb 2021, Mayo County Council 2195: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLISH EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, CONSTRUCT REPLACEMENT DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2195/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Belladooan. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA021-006: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-006----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-008----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-009----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-025----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-031----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-077001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-077002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-077003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-100001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA021-100002-. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Belladooan. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/mayo/belladooan.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/belladooan.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/belladooan.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Belladooan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo: https://everytownland.com/mayo.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cloyrawer: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cloyrawer.md - Creevagh More: https://everytownland.com/mayo/creevagh-more.md - Doonanarroo Upper: https://everytownland.com/mayo/doonanarroo-upper.md - Drinaghan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drinaghan.md - Farmhill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/farmhill-151699.md - Kincon: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kincon-152107.md - Ratheskin: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ratheskin.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/belladooan - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/belladooan