Brownstown Or Donnageaga
Townland in the civil parish of Robeen, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Dún na Géige
- Area
- 140.9 ha
- 348 acres
- Land parcels
- 62
- registered freehold, median 10,503 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
62 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Brownstown Or Donnageaga, from 103 m² to 101,776 m² (10.18 ha, 25.15 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Brownstown Or Donnageaga 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
15 May 2023Conditional
The development will consist of the following: the construction of an extension to the side of the existing dwelling house; alterations to all elevations; internal reconfigurations; new garage; new on-site wastewater system together with all ancillary site development works.
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2360165
22 Jul 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTIONOF A NEW HOUSE, GARAGE, CARPORT, ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21792
8 Jul 2021Refused
RENOVATION OF EXISTING COTTAGE, CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDE EXTENSION, REINSTATEMENT OF EXISTING DISUSED SHED, AND THE UPGRADING OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A NEW PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE SERVICES AND CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 21730
31 May 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT UNIT AND PERCOLATION AREA
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 21563
28 Jan 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCT DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES
Permission · Mayo County Council, 2035
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
- Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA 004051
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774
Recorded monuments
- MA110-007 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, on peninsula 'Rinneen', on slight NE-facing slope. Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure. Levelled; no visible surface traces. Possibly a ringfort. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 319. Date of upload: 25 October 2013
- MA110-009 Enclosure
Description
In wettish, rough pasture. Circular enclosure on OS map (1838). Much disturbance due to quarrying. Small portion of bank may survive but difficult to interpret. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 320. Date of upload: 28 October 2013
- MA110-024 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Oval-shaped raised area (42m N-S; 35m E-W), defined by earthen bank (H 0.4m) NW to SE, reveted with stone in NE. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 112. Date of upload: 28 October 2013
- MA110-078 House - 16th/17th century
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
- Dovecote/pigeon house/aviary, 1841–1894 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay single-stage tower, extant 1894, on an octagonal plan. Now disused. Roof now missing. Lichen-covered coursed rubble limestone walls. Round-headed door opening with remains of limestone ashlar voussoirs[?]. Set back from road in unkempt grounds.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Brownstown Or Donnageaga with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Brownstown Or Donnageaga · Dún na Géige
- Area
- 1,408,547 m² (140.85 ha, 348.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Robeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmaine
- Electoral division
- Newbrook, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowslattery, Cloondaver, Coolylaughnan, Cornfield
- Placenames
- Brownstown Or Donnageaga on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.