Bunacrower

44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunacrower, from 307 m² to 134,762 m² (13.48 ha, 33.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bunacrower 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.

• 21 Feb 2024Conditional

  retention and to complete the construction of the renovation and extension to existing derelict dwelling from that previously granted under P22/496. The changes for which retention permission includes increase in height of the rear extension, addition of 2 no. gable windows to the rear extension, use of rear extension attic space for storage, addition of roof windows to the rear extension and any other minor changes as noted on the site layout, plans and elevations

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2446

• 21 Jun 2022Conditional

  Planning permission to renovate existing derelict dwelling house, construct new extension to the rear, install new onsite wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. Retention planning permission to retain temporary mobile home on site for the limited duration required to carry out the proposed works listed above

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22496

• 6 Sept 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A 3 BAY DRY STORE SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21942

• 10 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A 3 BAY SLATTED SHED, LOOSE CALVING SHED AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20176

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 Bunacrower.

Recorded monuments

• MA118-039 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In pasture, on slightly raised mound, with commanding view all round. Poorly preserved remains of tower (6m N-S; 10m E-W), with N wall standing to height of 6m. Rubble covers most of the wall foundations and site's interior. Outline of building (8m N-S; 6m E-W) outside N wall; similar outline (7m N-S; 4m E-W) on S side. Tower stands in NW sector of irregular-shaped bawn; sod-covered foundations just visible above ground level. 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. 706. Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-039001 Bawn
  Description

  In An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District this bawn is recorded as an irregular-shaped area defined with sod-covered foundations just visible above ground level. There is a tower house (MA118-039----) in the NW sector. (Lavelle 1994, 106-107, no. 706) Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-040 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough undulating pasture. Standing stone (MA118-041----) c. 100m to S. Roughly rectangular in plan (H 2.4m; Wth 0.4m; T 0.2m), main axis orientated E-W. Packing stones protrude at the base. 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. 52. Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-041 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture with rock outcrop, c. 100m S of standing stone (MA118-040----). Long, narrow limestone slab (max. dims. H 2.6m; Wth 0.5m; T 0.2m), orientated E-W. Packing stones protrude at base. 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. 53. Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-042 Enclosure
  Description

  In rolling pasture, with surrounding rock outcrop. 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. 321. Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-043 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, 100m N of ringforts (MA118-044----) and (MA118-045----). Roughly circular-shaped area (37m N-S; 31m E-W), enclosed by low bank (H 0.3m) of earth and stone. Possibly associated with field system (MA118-165----). 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. 113. Date of upload: 20 November 2013

• MA118-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture with ringforts, (MA118-043----) to NE and (MA118-045----) to E. Roughly circular-shaped area (36m N-S; 32m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.5m), quarried on NE. Cultivation ridges and rock outcrop in interior. Possibly associated with field system (MA118-165----). 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. 114. Date of upload: 21 November 2013

• MA118-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise in gently rolling terrain broken by limestone outcropping. Subcircular area (36m N−S; c. 36m E−W) defined a broad, low grass-covered stony bank (Wth 3-4m; H 0.3-0.4m at N, ext. H 0.8m at S). The bank has a pronounced external slope on the S arc where there is a natural dip in exterior ground level, but it has been levelled to little more than a low undulation on the W arc, and it is truncated at E by old, grassed-over quarry pits (diam. c. 8m; D 0.5m) and SE (diam. c. 8m; D c. 0.8m). The S half of the interior encompasses a low domed rise from where the ground slopes downwards towards the perimeter. A limestone boulder protrudes from the NE edge. This part of the interior is obscured nettles, long grass and hawthorn trees. There is a rath (MA118-171----) 170m to SE, and a cluster of three raths (MA118-042---- to MA118-044----) is located within 200m to W and NW. A field system (MA118-165----) surrounds the raths. Attached images: MA118-045----_01.JPG Viewed from S MA118-045----_02.JPG Viewed from NE Revised upload: 26 August 2021

• MA118-165 Field system
  Description

  In pasture, immediately E of, and possibly associated with, cluster of ringforts (MA118-043----, MA118-044----, MA118-045----). Series of low earthen banks, defining subrectangular areas, covering an area of c. 3000 sq.m (Lavelle 1994, 76). The field system extends across and area of in gently rolling terrain broken by limestone outcropping. It is evident as a series of low, grass-covered stony banks/ walls (Wth 1-2m; H 0.2-0.3m) and linear undulations and scarps from which occasional stones and boulders protrude randomly. The remains are fragmentary and no longer define complete fields. Some of the low banks/walls follow natural contours or changes in ground level. They appear to have enclosed a network of small subrectangular fields, which became obsolete and were levelled and enlarged into the current layout of larger rectilinear field enclosed by drystone walls. There are relict cultivation ridges, now barely discernible, within the area of the field system. The field system surrounds a cluster of raths (MA118-042---- to MA118-045----; MA118-171----), and several of the banks/walls intersect with the raths. The date of the field system is uncertain; it may post-date the raths. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 26 August 2021

• MA118-171 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In the SE corner of a pasture field, located in gently rolling terrain. This rath is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Slightly raised D-shaped area (39m E−W; 29.5m N−S to field wall) defined on the curving side at SW−SE by low bank (Wth 2m at W, 2.5m at E; int. H 0.1-0.25m; ext. H 0.3m at W, 0.75m at E) and on the straight side to S by an E−W field wall, which forms the S boundary of the modern field. The enclosing bank is reduced almost to a scarp at W and to a low undulation for sections at NW-N. The best preserved section is on the E arc, where the external slope is enhanced by a natural dip in ground level. The rath must originally have been oval or circular, but the S arc (to S of the E−W field wall) has been levelled. A gap (Wth 3m) at E may be an original entrance. The interior is flat, featureless and grassy. There is a subcircular quarry pit (diam. c. 10m; D 1.5m) 3m to W of the rath, now partly concealed by hawthorn trees and overgrowth. A roughly N−S length of stony bank (Wth c. 1.7m; H 0.3m) extends between the quarry pit and the E−W property wall at S; this appears to be a remnant of a field wall, probably of later date than the rath; the gap between it and the rath bank varies between 2.5-3m. Another oval quarry pit (8m NW−SE; 5.5m NE−SW; D 1.4m) is located immediately to NE of the rath. There is a rath (MA118-045----) 150m to WNW Attached images: MA118-171----_01.JPG Viewed from N MA118-171----_02.JPG Viewed from NE MA118-171----_03. JPG Entrance, viewed from NE Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 March 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_399 (ZIP).

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

Name

Bunacrower · Muine Creabhair

Area

924,973 m² (92.5 ha, 228.57 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainemore, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilmaine, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmaine electoral division: 1,014 people in 375 households; 82% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballina, Carrowmore, Cloonkeeghan Commons, Lecarrow, Lisheenmanus, Skealoghan

Placenames

Bunacrower 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.