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

Townland in the civil parish of Crossmolina, barony of Tirawley, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Cheathrú Chaol.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,159,272 m² (115.93 ha, 286.46 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 25,340 m² (2.53 ha, 6.26 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Crossmolina, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/crossmolina.md
- Barony: Tirawley
- Electoral division: Deel, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/34377
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150666
- Centre: latitude 54.100352, longitude -9.394418 (WGS 84)

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

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkeel, from 186 m² to 106,359 m² (10.64 ha, 26.28 acres); 34 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 943025: 106,359 m² (10.64 ha, 26.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943025.md
- Parcel 890432: 97,433 m² (9.74 ha, 24.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/890432.md
- Parcel 943310: 82,838 m² (8.28 ha, 20.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943310.md
- Parcel 1005020: 73,985 m² (7.4 ha, 18.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1005020.md
- Parcel 937059: 62,994 m² (6.3 ha, 15.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937059.md
- Parcel 910286: 62,808 m² (6.28 ha, 15.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/910286.md
- Parcel 943242: 59,262 m² (5.93 ha, 14.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943242.md
- Parcel 991966: 58,670 m² (5.87 ha, 14.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991966.md
- Parcel 992739: 57,812 m² (5.78 ha, 14.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992739.md
- Parcel 961981: 51,077 m² (5.11 ha, 12.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/961981.md
- Parcel 908789: 37,152 m² (3.72 ha, 9.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/908789.md
- Parcel 904005: 36,914 m² (3.69 ha, 9.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904005.md
- Parcel 893985: 36,534 m² (3.65 ha, 9.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893985.md
- Parcel 937420: 30,744 m² (3.07 ha, 7.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/937420.md
- Parcel 985540: 29,780 m² (2.98 ha, 7.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/985540.md
- Parcel 980741: 29,309 m² (2.93 ha, 7.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980741.md
- Parcel 938008: 26,609 m² (2.66 ha, 6.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938008.md
- Parcel 941011: 25,553 m² (2.56 ha, 6.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941011.md
- Parcel 928581: 25,127 m² (2.51 ha, 6.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/928581.md
- Parcel 902949: 21,581 m² (2.16 ha, 5.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/902949.md
- Parcel 931192: 20,202 m² (2.02 ha, 4.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/931192.md
- Parcel 909208: 19,484 m² (1.95 ha, 4.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/909208.md
- Parcel 948861: 17,610 m² (1.76 ha, 4.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948861.md
- Parcel 893526: 14,874 m² (1.49 ha, 3.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/893526.md
- Parcel 977265: 11,880 m² (1.19 ha, 2.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/977265.md
- Parcel 1006751: 11,163 m² (1.12 ha, 2.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1006751.md
- Parcel 4060287: 10,426 m² (1.04 ha, 2.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4060287.md
- Parcel 927818: 10,089 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927818.md
- Parcel 930843: 8,597 m² (0.86 ha, 2.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930843.md
- Parcel 6189940: 3,800 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6189940.md
- Parcel 948860: 3,464 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948860.md
- Parcel 1007370: 2,897 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1007370.md
- Parcel 947016: 2,627 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947016.md
- Parcel 947310: 1,088 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/947310.md
- Parcel 5161766: 320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5161766.md
- Parcel 903368: 186 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/903368.md

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

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 12 Sept 2022, Mayo County Council 22776: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. RETAIN DOMESTIC SHED AND POSITION OF ENTRANCE GATE TO SITE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER P97/1793. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/22776/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Bellacorick Bog Complex SAC, site code 001922, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001922
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bellacorick Bog Complex, site code 001922

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

- MA038-004: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA038-004----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA038-004001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA038-004002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA038-004003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA038-169----. 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 Carrowkeel.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: About 1 in 10 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: 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, 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/carrowkeel-150666.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowkeel-150666.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowkeel-150666.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Carrowkeel 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)

- Carrowkilleen: https://everytownland.com/mayo/carrowkilleen-150684.md
- Coolturk: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolturk.md
- Polladoohy: https://everytownland.com/mayo/polladoohy.md
- Tobermore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tobermore.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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