Carrowkeel

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkeel, from 186 m² to 106,359 m² (10.64 ha, 26.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrowkeel 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.

• 12 Sept 2022Conditional

  RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED AND POSITION OF ENTRANCE GATE TO SITE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P97/1793

  Retention, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22776

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Bellacorick Bog Complex SAC 001922
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bellacorick Bog Complex 001922

Recorded monuments

• MA038-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, located on rise, overlooking lowlying, damp ground fed by a natural spring which is located 40m to S. There is rising ground to N. When inspected in1996, this rath consisted of a raised circular area (30.5m N-S; 28.4m E-W) defined at SW-NW by remnants of earthen bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 1.3m), reduced elsewhere to a scarp (H 1.5m at SE). The level interior appears to have been created by scarping the natural rise, and probably also by building up the ground in parts to N where it backs onto rising ground. The bank at NW-N was subsumed into a field fence bordering an E-W road. At the NE a stone-built shed of relatively recent date abutted the scarp. In 2002-3 the northern portion of the rath was excavated (02E0598) in advance of road construction (Zajac 2011, 331-343). The excavation revealed that the bank was carefully constructed with alternate layers of material dug out from the fosse and very cohesive material brought in from the lower ground surrounding the rath, all reinforced with a stone revetment on the inner and external face. It was enclosed by an external U-shaped fosse (Wth top 2.3m, base 0.6m; max. D 2.4m), with an entrance causeway (Wth 5m) across the fosse on the E side of the rath. The occupation levels of the rath were poorly preserved. In the SE sector a large oval fire pit (2m N–S; 1.2m E–W) was found, containing iron slag, fire-reddened stones, and animal bones. It was surrounded by a charcoal-enriched occupation layer, also containing animal bones. The assemblage of artefacts recovered included the shaft of a copper-alloy ringed pin, iron objects, a bone needle, beads of blue glass and white faience, and a spindle whorl. Analysis of the animal bones showed that cattle were the main livestock species, with lesser numbers of sheep and pig. The majority of the cattle were killed between 2-3 years of age, at prime meat-bearing age, but the sheep were killed later in adulthood, indicating that they were raised for wool as well as meat. The range of skeletal elements found indicated that the animals were slaughtered on site. Bones of horse, dog and cat were also recovered, and one complete skeleton of a kitten, which had been buried in a pit. Archaeobotanical samples produced evidence for six-row hulled barley, oat, wheat, and hazelnuts. A pot quern found in the uppermost fill of the fosse suggests that occupation or use of the rath may have continued into at least the later medieval period. In the modern era, an area in the N part of the rath interior was used as a children’s burial ground (MA030-004003-). The excavation also revealed that the rath overlay a Neolithic habitation site (MA030-004001-) with a possible associated enclosure (MA030-004002-). (Zajac 2011). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 July 2019

• MA038-004001 Habitation site
  Description

  Located on a low natural rise or hillock with a southerly aspect, underlying a rath (MA038-004----) and a children's burial ground (MA038-004003-). In 2002-3 an excavation (02E0598) was carried out on the northern half of the rath in advance of road construction. It revealed that prior to the construction of the rath, the hillock was the focus of prehistoric activity (Zajac 2011, 336-8). The evidence included an occupation layer, into which a number of cylindrical pits were cut. One of the pits contained pottery sherds, which yielded a radiocarbon determination of 3510-3350 cal. BC, indicating an early Neolithic date. The sherds were in a fresh condition and came from a single pot, which had been broken in antiquity, prior to deposition in the pit. Approximately a third of the pot was present in the pit. One suggested interpretation is that the pot was placed in the pit as part of a ceremonial or ritualistic offering (ibid. 338). The other pits contained occasional animal bones and small quantities of plant remains, including fragments of hazelnut shells and indeterminate cereal grain fragments. The excavation also produced evidence for an enclosure (MA038-004002-), which predated the construction of the rath. It is though likely to have enclosed the prehistoric habitation site and its pits, but a direct relationship was not established due to the confined extent of the excavation. (Zajac 2011) Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 July 2019

• MA038-004002 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a low natural rise or hillock with a southerly aspect, underlying a rath (MA038-004----). In 2002-3 an excavation (02E0598) was carried out on the northern half of the rath in advance of road construction (Zajac 2011). It revealed evidence of an enclosure defined by a narrow fosse, which predated the construction of the rath. The fosse (Wth 0.6-1m at top; D 0.4-0.8m) underlay the later rath bank, and was traced in an arc W–NE. It varied in profile from U-shaped to V-shaped, and appeared too shallow and insubstantial to be defensive in nature. It is thought to be pre-historic in date, most likely associated with a Neolithic habitation site (MA038-004001-), which underlay the rath. The enclosed space may even have had a ceremonial or ritual dimension (ibid. 338). Part of the enclosure, extended beyond the road take and remains unexcavated, underlying the S side of the rath. (Zajac 2011). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 July 2019

• MA038-004003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (MA038-004----). In 2002-3 the rath was partly excavated (02E0598) in advance of road construction (Zajac 2011). The excavation revealed that a confined area (2m N–S; 4.5m E–W) in the northern sector of the rath interior was used as a children's burial ground. Several graves had crude stone markers at both the head and foot of the grave. The majority of the burials were poorly preserved, the bones disturbed and co-mingled, but five oval-shaped grave-cuts, oriented roughly E–W, contained intact skeletons. A minimum of 34 but possibly as many as 60 individuals were interred here, aged between 29 weeks in utero and six months. There was a single burial of an adolescent/adult. Shroud pins, as well as nails and fragments of pine wood, probably from coffins, were recovered. The burials were dated to the late 19th-century, based on the evidence of the shroud pins and on radiocarbon determinations. The burial ground was fully excavated, and following post- excavation analysis, the bones were reinterred in Crossmolina graveyard. (Zajac 2011). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 July 2019

• MA038-169 Burnt mound
  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

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

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 10 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrowkeel.

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

Name

Carrowkeel · An Cheathrú Chaol

Area

1,159,272 m² (115.93 ha, 286.46 acres)

Civil parish

Crossmolina, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Deel, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Deel electoral division: 491 people in 179 households; 90% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowkilleen, Coolturk, Polladoohy, Tobermore

Placenames

Carrowkeel 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.