# Caherwiclaun, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmainemore, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cathair Mhuicleáin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,132,752 m² (113.28 ha, 279.91 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 39,636 m² (3.96 ha, 9.79 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmainemore, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilmainemore.md
- Barony: Kilmaine
- Electoral division: Kilmaine, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,014 people lived in 375 households in the Kilmaine electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35044
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150544
- Centre: latitude 53.598359, longitude -9.098921 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherwiclaun, from 1,629 m² to 87,260 m² (8.73 ha, 21.56 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 944390: 87,260 m² (8.73 ha, 21.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944390.md
- Parcel 926955: 84,609 m² (8.46 ha, 20.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926955.md
- Parcel 933777: 73,866 m² (7.39 ha, 18.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933777.md
- Parcel 4888238: 63,227 m² (6.32 ha, 15.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4888238.md
- Parcel 976070: 52,499 m² (5.25 ha, 12.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976070.md
- Parcel 909035: 50,094 m² (5.01 ha, 12.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/909035.md
- Parcel 883834: 50,049 m² (5 ha, 12.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/883834.md
- Parcel 1011450: 48,733 m² (4.87 ha, 12.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011450.md
- Parcel 1004673: 48,153 m² (4.82 ha, 11.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1004673.md
- Parcel 944590: 47,771 m² (4.78 ha, 11.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944590.md
- Parcel 926120: 45,954 m² (4.6 ha, 11.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926120.md
- Parcel 911291: 45,590 m² (4.56 ha, 11.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911291.md
- Parcel 882472: 43,351 m² (4.34 ha, 10.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882472.md
- Parcel 967953: 42,841 m² (4.28 ha, 10.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967953.md
- Parcel 890651: 41,873 m² (4.19 ha, 10.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890651.md
- Parcel 991189: 39,636 m² (3.96 ha, 9.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991189.md
- Parcel 875779: 37,194 m² (3.72 ha, 9.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875779.md
- Parcel 944591: 36,770 m² (3.68 ha, 9.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944591.md
- Parcel 981544: 34,925 m² (3.49 ha, 8.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/981544.md
- Parcel 875780: 31,633 m² (3.16 ha, 7.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/875780.md
- Parcel 984743: 29,771 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984743.md
- Parcel 986362: 26,354 m² (2.64 ha, 6.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986362.md
- Parcel 926957: 24,890 m² (2.49 ha, 6.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/926957.md
- Parcel 979919: 10,547 m² (1.05 ha, 2.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/979919.md
- Parcel 4914430: 3,071 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4914430.md
- Parcel 946923: 2,644 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/946923.md
- Parcel 974206: 2,397 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/974206.md
- Parcel 906274: 1,855 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/906274.md
- Parcel 878401: 1,776 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/878401.md
- Parcel 907388: 1,687 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/907388.md
- Parcel 5948214: 1,629 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5948214.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Caherwiclaun 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)

3 applications, newest first.

- 16 Oct 2024, Mayo County Council 24444: Conditional. Permission. renovation and extension to existing derelict dwelling house, install new onsite wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24444/0
- 16 Sept 2022, Mayo County Council 22807: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22807/0
- 24 Jun 2022, Mayo County Council 22520: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLINGHOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22520/0

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 Caherwiclaun.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- MA119-052001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052001-. In pasture, on a slight rise in lowlying rolling limestone grassland, with good views in all directions. Subcircular raised area (int. 42m E−W; 44m N−S) defined by a broad, low partly sod-covered stone bank/wall (overall Wth 6-7m; Wth top c. 2.5-3m). In situ facing stones protrude at random around the circuit, and a broad stony external slump (ext. H 0.9m; Wth slope c. 3-4m) emphasizes the platform. Heaps of small, loose stones occur around the circuit, probably field clearance stones. A single large prostrate slab lies on the external face of the enclosing wall at W. It is not sod-covered, and appears to be resting on the surface, with many small stones in a slight cavity beneath it; it does not appear to be part of a structure, such as a souterrain. A gap (Wth 2.5-3m) in the enclosing wall at ESE is likely to be an original entrance. The terminals retain remnants of stone facing, and a gently sloping ramp flanked by low stony banks, extends outwards from the gap. A ruined rectangular house (MA119-052003-) occupies much of the space in the centre of the interior, and another possible house (MA119-052004-) abuts the inner edge of the cashel wall at SE. Levelled remnants of a field system (MA119-052002-) surround the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-052002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052002-. Surrounding a cashel (MA119-052001-) in lowlying rolling limestone grassland, with good views in all directions. In 1986 the cashel and a portion of the field system were surveyed and planned to scale (SMR file). The plan shows linear field walls radiating from the cashel and enclosing rectilinear fields. A number of small subrectangular fields (max. dim. 35-55m) wrap around the cashel at E−S, and these are subdivided into smaller spaces by internal walls. One of these fields encloses a ruined rectangular house (MA119-052005-), and a similar rectangular house (MA119-052003-) and a possible house (MA119-052004-) are located within the cashel. Larger rectilinear fields extend beyond the cashel in all directions but their full extent is not clear on the plan. The walls appear to follow a roughly NW−SE axis, and their layout differs from and clearly pre-dates the present-day regular grid of large rectangular fields. These field walls were subsequently levelled during land reclamation works. When inspected in 2000, the fragmentary outline of some of the walls could still be traced as slight surface undulations or as linear cropmarks. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-052003: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052003-. Slightly W of centre in the interior of a cashel (MA119-052001-). This rectangular house is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but not on later map editions. The ruined remains takes up much of the central space in the cashel interior. It is evident as a low rectangular platform (16.3m NNW−SSE; c. 7m ENE−WSW) defined by a wall reduced now to a sod-covered stone bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.1; ext. H 0.3-0.6m). The NW half is quite well defined, with a rough break in the middle of the NW wall. The NE wall has been largely obliterated. The SW wall is partly truncated at its S end by an irregular-shaped linear depression/trench (8m N−S; 1.7m at S, 4.5m at N) which cuts through the S half of the house interior on a roughly N-S axis. The depression is wider at the N end and is now filled with loose stones. The SE end wall of the house appears to merge with a low wall/bank which subdivides the S portion of the cashel interior. The date of the house is uncertain. It might be relatively late, associated with a field system (MA119-052002-) that encloses the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-052004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052004-. In a cashel (MA119-052001-). Slight remnants of a subrectangular structure (c. 5m E−W; c. 7-8m N−S) abut the inner face of the cashel wall in the SE quadrant of the interior. Only the N wall and the E wall can still be traced. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-052005: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052005-. Within a field system (MA119-052002-), c. 25m S of a cashel (MA119-052001-). A scale plan of the field system drawn in the 1986 records a rectangular two-room house (c. 8-10m E-W; 4-5m N-S) on a roughly E-W axis (SMR file), located in the SW quadrant of a subrectangular field appended to the S arc of the cashel. The SW corner of the house abutted the curving SW wall of the field. A number of walls subdivided the field into smaller subrectangular spaces, one of which abutted the NE end of the house. This house and the field walls were subsequently levelled during land reclamation. When inspected in 2000, no remains of the house were visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-052006: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-052006-. Located c. 15m N of a cashel (MA119-052001-) within a field system (MA119-052002-). A scale plan of the field system drawn in the 1986 records a rectangular building (8-10m N−S; 4-5m E-W) bordered on its W side by a N-S field wall (SMR file). This possible house and the adjoining field wall were levelled during land reclamation. When inspected in 2000, the house was not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-053: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-053----. In pasture, on a natural rise in rolling grassland, with excellent views in all direstions. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) is shown on the 1838 OS-6-inch map; it is indicated on the 1915 edition as an irregular oval-shaped enclosure (48m N−S; 35m E−W). It has been levelled. A faint undulation (c. 35-40m N−S; c. 32-35m E−W) following the natural contours of the rise can be traced at ground level. An E−W field wall traverses the N edge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023
- MA119-067001: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-067001-. 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.
- MA119-067002: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-067002-. 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.
- MA119-070001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-070001-. 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.
- MA119-070002: Field system, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-070002-. 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.
- MA119-070004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-070004-. 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.
- MA119-070005: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-070005-. 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.
- MA119-070006: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA119-070006-. 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.

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 Caherwiclaun.

## 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 Caherwiclaun, about 1 in 5 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_428, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_428.zip (ZIP).
- 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/caherwiclaun.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/caherwiclaun.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/caherwiclaun.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Caherwiclaun 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)

- Ardkill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ardkill.md
- Killernan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killernan.md
- Kilquire Upper: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kilquire-upper.md
- Rathgranagher (Lindsay): https://everytownland.com/mayo/rathgranagher-lindsay.md
- Thomastown: https://everytownland.com/mayo/thomastown-153069.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.

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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.

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