Cashel

86 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cashel, from 143 m² to 105,083 m² (10.51 ha, 25.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 38 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cashel 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.

• 14 Aug 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to construct a stand –a lone, one room extension to Robeen National School as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460507

• 10 Aug 2023Conditional

  construct an astroturf all weather playing field, fencing and boundary wall with connections to existing services as shown on plans and all ancillary site developments

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 23456

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A STAND ALONE, ONE ROOM EXTENSION TO NATIONAL SCHOOL.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20442

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 Cashel.

Recorded monuments

• MA110-014001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, utilising a roughly E−W elevation with a fall of ground to S to a flat expanse of damp pasture, where there is a spring c. 30m to SW. This monument is recorded in the 1838 OS Letters as 'a cashel or round fort of stone in the Townland of Cashel, which the progress of cultivation has removed.' (O’Flanagan 1927, 211 (83)). Knox (1911, 302) suggested that the remains are of ‘a miniature motte and bailey work’, basing this on the fact that ‘Mote’ is written on the 17th-century Down Survey county map in this general area. Oval platform (46m E−W; 29m N−S) defined by a scarp (H 1m at N; 1.5-1.8m at S), with a stony bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.5m) surviving on the E arc. The platform is constructed on a natural rise and the enclosing scarp utilises the natural fall of ground at N and S, highest on the S side. A few large stones protrude randomly from the scarp at SW, possibly remnants of stone facing. The stone bank at E is broad, low flat-topped and sod-covered; it is clipped on its outer edge by a N−S field boundary engulfed in brambles and blackthorn bushes. There are intermittent hints of outer enclosing features. At the N−NE there is a very slight depression (Wth 2-3) immediately outside the platform scarp, possibly a fosse. At the foot of the scarp at SSW−NW, there is a terrace (Wth 2-2.5m) at the outer edge of which the natural slope falls away; a grassed-over quarry pit (6m E−W; 7m N−S) cuts into the terrace at SW. At NW the outer edge of the terrace has a sharply defined scarp (ext. H 0.7-0.9m) with a low internal lip/bank (Wth c. 1m; H 0.1-0.2m). This scarp probably post-dates the ringfort, continuing beyond it to W and turning to N for a few meters from the N edge of the terrrace. A low slumped area/break (Wth c. 2m) in the platform scarp at NE, bordered on the S side by the N terminal of the bank, may be an original entrance. In the interior, there is noticeable but poorly-defined rise in ground level, spanning an area of 7-10m towards the W end of the platform; this may be the location of ‘foundations of stone buildings’ (MA110-014002-) noted by Knox (1911, 302). The rise is defined on its E edge by a very slight scarp and on its NW edge by a low sod-covered stony bank (L m; Wth 1.6m; H 0.4m) which curves W−NE. The NE end of the bank is cut by a subrectangular pit (11m E−W; 5m N−S; D 1.2m at W end) dug into the NW sector of the platform, 1m in from the top edge of the scarp. The pit is grassed over; a few large stones protrude randomly from the sides/edge of the pit at N and S and a single, large slab (L at least 1m; Wth 0.55m; T c. 17m) lies in its base towards the SW end. The platform is grass-covered, with hawthorn trees growing on the scarp at S−W. Attached images: MA110-014001-_01.JPG viewed from N MA110-014001-_02.JPG viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 November 2021

• MA110-014002 Building
  Description

  In a possible cashel (MA110-014001-). Knox (1911, 302) recorded that ‘there are foundations of stone buildings on the top [of the cashel platform], but nothing quite definite.’ These may have been in the W half of the cashel, where a low, poorly defined rise (max. dim. c. 7-10m) is evident. It is defined on its E side by slight N−S scarp and at NW by short length of low sod-covered stony bank (L m; Wth 1.6m; H 0.4m) which curves S−NE, and is truncated at its NE end by a subrectangular pit (11m E−W; 5m N−S; D 1.2m at W end) dug into the NW sector of the cashel platform. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 October 2021

• MA110-014003 Field boundary
  Description

  Associated with a possible cashel (MA110-014001----). Knox (1911, 302) recorded 'low banks of earth run north from the east and west ends [of the cashel], and turn to join and enclose a rectangular space of about 40 yards by 20 yards [c. 37m by 18m]. The banks, much broken down, are like common field banks…'. Knox interpreted these as part of a possible bailey extending to N of the cashel which he suggested was a small motte. The banks noted by Knox are no longer evident. Slight surface undulations immediately to NW of the cashel hint at a possible field division or cultivation plot but this is very uncertain. Straight field boundaries/field walls, engulfed in overgrowth, extend roughly N−S and delimit the E, N and W sides of the modern rectilinear field, a space much larger than that specified by Knox; the E field boundary clips the outer edge of the cashel platform and clearly post-dates it. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 October 2021

• MA110-015 Enclosure
  Description

  In a field of flat, improved pasture. This feature is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but is not shown on later map editions. It is depicted on the 1838 map as two close-set parallel solid lines, flanked by trees, which describe an elongated shallow flattened arc (L c. 100m) curving WNW−ENE. The arc is closed on its S side by a straight E−W field boundary. The straight E-W field wall is extant, but there is no visible trace of the elongated arc at ground level. The nature of this monument is uncertain –it may have been a field boundary or a laneway or the N arc of a large enclosure. Compiled by; Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 10 March 2022

Architectural heritage

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, church/chapel, 1950–1955 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eight-bay double-height Catholic church, built 1952, on a cruciform plan comprising six-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay (single-bay deep) double-height transepts centred on single-bay double-height chancel to crossing (east). Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan, clay ridge tiles with lichen-covered Celtic Cross finials to apexes, slightly sprocketed eaves, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth with rendered band to eaves. Round-headed window openings with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Round-headed "Trinity Window" (east) with concrete sill, and concealed dressings framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass panels. Round-headed window openings ("cheeks") with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Round-headed "Trinity Window" to entrance (west) front with concrete sills, and rendered surrounds having chamfered reveals framing storm glazing over fixed-pane fittings having stained glass margins centred on leaded stained glass "lozenges". Full-height interior with stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----), carpeted central aisle between timber pews, stained glass memorial windows (----) centred on timber panelled confessionals, and herring bone-pattern timber parquet stepped dais to sanctuary to crossing (east) retaining arcaded communion railings with round-headed chancel arch framing cut-veined white marble stepped "predella" supporting pierced quatrefoil-panelled altar below stained glass memorial "Trinity Window" (----). Set in landscaped grounds.

• Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, gates/railings/walls, 1765–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar octagonal piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on rosette-detailed panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar outer piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting arrow head-detailed cast-iron railings. Repositioned, 1952. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.

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 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 Cashel.

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.

• Cashel, Claremorris5 sales

Name

Cashel · An Caiseal

Area

1,688,032 m² (168.8 ha, 417.12 acres)

Civil parish

Robeen, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Newbrook, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Newbrook electoral division: 554 people in 201 households; 92% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnacally, Bloomfield, Creggarve, Cuillaun, Derryfadda Upper, Parknakillew, Skeheen and Lisseveleen

Placenames

Cashel 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.