# Carn, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballinchalla, barony of Kilmaine, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Carn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 857,944 m² (85.79 ha, 212 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 5,089 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballinchalla, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballinchalla.md - Barony: Kilmaine - Electoral division: Neale, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 879 people lived in 298 households in the Neale electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35097 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150587 - Centre: latitude 53.587225, longitude -9.256993 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carn, from 89 m² to 284,116 m² (28.41 ha, 70.21 acres); 26 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 872464: 284,116 m² (28.41 ha, 70.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872464.md - Parcel 976045: 103,689 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976045.md - Parcel 962964: 58,475 m² (5.85 ha, 14.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962964.md - Parcel 954484: 51,788 m² (5.18 ha, 12.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/954484.md - Parcel 894222: 50,199 m² (5.02 ha, 12.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894222.md - Parcel 938707: 50,035 m² (5 ha, 12.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938707.md - Parcel 918122: 39,818 m² (3.98 ha, 9.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918122.md - Parcel 967836: 25,210 m² (2.52 ha, 6.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967836.md - Parcel 883919: 14,583 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/883919.md - Parcel 945799: 11,847 m² (1.18 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945799.md - Parcel 943333: 11,759 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943333.md - Parcel 1002868: 11,737 m² (1.17 ha, 2.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1002868.md - Parcel 930892: 11,000 m² (1.1 ha, 2.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930892.md - Parcel 979998: 7,647 m² (0.76 ha, 1.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/979998.md - Parcel 943297: 6,949 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943297.md - Parcel 945663: 6,799 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945663.md - Parcel 986356: 5,089 m² (0.51 ha, 1.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986356.md - Parcel 941751: 4,816 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941751.md - Parcel 927238: 4,410 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927238.md - Parcel 945452: 3,760 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/945452.md - Parcel 943081: 3,647 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943081.md - Parcel 5057120: 3,424 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5057120.md - Parcel 4557372: 3,369 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4557372.md - Parcel 925940: 3,257 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/925940.md - Parcel 928191: 3,230 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/928191.md - Parcel 3570070: 2,954 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3570070.md - Parcel 894334: 2,608 m² (0.26 ha, 0.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894334.md - Parcel 984709: 1,716 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/984709.md - Parcel 890619: 1,513 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/890619.md - Parcel 874580: 1,206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/874580.md - Parcel 911954: 895 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/911954.md - Parcel 2597953: 728 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2597953.md - Parcel 2597954: 89 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2597954.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Carn 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) 4 applications, newest first. - 4 Jul 2026, Mayo County Council 2660539: Conditional. Permission. The extension and renovation of the existing dwelling house, the upgrade of the existing septic tank system, and all associated site development works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660539/0 - 24 Mar 2022, Mayo County Council 22238: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT A PRVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22238/0 - 13 Nov 2020, Mayo County Council 20861: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/20861/0 - 21 Jan 2019, Mayo County Council 1928: Conditional. Permission. (A)Retention planning permission is being sought to retain an existing machinery and dry storage shed and (B) Full planning permission is being sought to construct an agricultural slatted shed for the purposes of housing bovine livestock to include cattle crush and holding pen along with all associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/1928/0 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 Carn. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA117-032: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA117-032----. In mixture of reclaimed pasture, karst and scrub. Named 'Caherdoonaun' on the OS 6-inch maps. Subrectangular area (40m N-S; 44m E-W), enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 1.8m; H 1m). Stone field fence bisects site's interior E-W. Interior covered in dense vegetation. 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. 237. Date of upload: 7 November 2013 - MA117-042001: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA117-042001-. In pasture, on a height sloping downwards to the W. Commanding view to W and N. Oval-shaped cairn (diam. 43m E-W; H 6m) delimited by kerbing on the S. Situated in interior of henge (MA117-042002-). Harbison (1970, 172) suggests the cairn may cover a passage grave. It is traditionally known as 'Eochy's Cairn' and according to legend is the burial place of King Eochai, last king of of the Fir Bolg. This is a National Monument in State guardianship (No. 246). 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. 30. Date of upload: 7 November 2013 - MA117-042002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA117-042002-. In pasture, on hilltop. Earthen bank (H 2.1m), levelled NE to S, with internal fosse, on SW and NW to N, enclosing circular-shaped area (diam 142m N-S). Enclosing element shown intact on OS map (1838). Bank overlain on S by stone field boundary. Interior contains cairn (MA117-042001-). Possible standing stone (H 0.6m) inside bank to SW. Old field walls ran through interior of site. 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. 51. Date of upload: 7 November 2013 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 Carn. ## 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 Carn, 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carn. - 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/carn-150587.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carn-150587.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carn-150587.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Carn 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) - Aghafadda: https://everytownland.com/mayo/aghafadda.md - Ballyrourke: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballyrourke-150298.md - Caherrobert: https://everytownland.com/mayo/caherrobert.md - Castletown: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castletown-150840.md - Killour: https://everytownland.com/mayo/killour.md - Lackaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lackaun-152275.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/carn-150587 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/carn-150587