# Castleburke, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballintober, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Caisleán an Bhúrcaigh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 853,722 m² (85.37 ha, 210.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,911 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballintober, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/ballintober.md - Barony: Carra - Electoral division: Clogher, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 618 people lived in 213 households in the Clogher electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35741 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 150821 - Centre: latitude 53.740428, longitude -9.256736 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castleburke, from 302 m² to 244,180 m² (24.42 ha, 60.34 acres); 11 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 991327: 244,180 m² (24.42 ha, 60.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991327.md - Parcel 900494: 176,273 m² (17.63 ha, 43.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/900494.md - Parcel 4634693: 148,444 m² (14.84 ha, 36.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4634693.md - Parcel 906100: 62,415 m² (6.24 ha, 15.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/906100.md - Parcel 4766981: 26,681 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4766981.md - Parcel 1012300: 23,731 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1012300.md - Parcel 4767051: 18,626 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4767051.md - Parcel 962701: 10,874 m² (1.09 ha, 2.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962701.md - Parcel 902267: 5,884 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/902267.md - Parcel 3656514: 3,973 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3656514.md - Parcel 971982: 3,849 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/971982.md - Parcel 950147: 3,629 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/950147.md - Parcel 5490136: 2,725 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5490136.md - Parcel 919618: 2,549 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/919618.md - Parcel 921726: 2,546 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/921726.md - Parcel 958441: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/958441.md - Parcel 5490116: 722 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5490116.md - Parcel 5490155: 647 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5490155.md - Parcel 4767037: 438 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4767037.md - Parcel 878409: 302 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/878409.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Castleburke 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 15 Oct 2024, Mayo County Council 24426: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24426/0 - 31 May 2024, Mayo County Council 2460336: Conditional. Permission. Extension and alterations to existing House, new access onto the public road, new wastewater treatment system together with all ancillary works, siteworks and services at Castleburke, Ballintubber, Co. Mayo. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460336/0 - 13 Nov 2023, Mayo County Council 23622: Conditional. Permission. construct an agricultural slatted shed for the purposes of housing livestock with incorporated slurry storage facilities, animal handling facilities and solar PV panels to roof area along with all associated site services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/23622/0 - 8 Oct 2021, Mayo County Council 211077: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HOUSE, GARAGE, ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/211077/0 - 20 Oct 2017, Mayo County Council 17830: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND FOUL TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/17830/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC, site code 001774, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001774 - Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA, site code 004051, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004051 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex, site code 001774 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA099-013: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-013----. Formerly known as Kilvoynell, held by Myles Mac Evilly in 1574, later owned by Theobald Bourke (Tibbot-na-Long) son of Granuaile (Blake 1929, 101). Four-storey rectangular tower (9.5m N-S; 12.6m E-W) in SW corner of large bawn with some later ancillary buildings. Built on high cleft of rock on NE shore of Lough Carra. Much of S and E walls have collapsed. Entered at ground level by doorway at E end of N wall. Ground floor divided into two rooms by N-S running wall which continued upwards to 1st-floor. Mural stairs on S, now inaccessible, leads to 1st-floor where spiral stairs begins, leading to uppermost storey. At first-floor level are three pointed finely-cut doorways which give access to main chamber; mural chamber with lintelled roof on W wall; and mural chamber with pointed vault on S wall. Similar doorways in 2nd-floor lead to main chamber with short rėmains of vaulting; mural passage leading to garderobe on S wall and mural chamber with pointed vault on S wall. Spiral stairs ends at 3rd floor, though it may have continued higher. On 3rd floor, small room containing stairs running S, now blocked, may have given access to wall walk. Main chamber well lit by large windows. Bawn survives in parts with turrets in NE and SE corners, both displaying gun loops. Other later buildings along S wall. 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. 710. Date of upload: 22 January 2013 - MA099-013001: Bawn, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA099-013001-. 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. - MA100-037: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA100-037----. In rough pasture, with much outcrop and clearance cairns. Shown on OS map (1931) as oval-shaped enclosure (est. max. diam. c. 42m). Levelled; no visible surface traces. 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. 421. Date of upload: 24 January 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 Castleburke. ## 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 Castleburke, 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Castleburke. - 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/castleburke.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castleburke.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/castleburke.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Castleburke 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) - Baunoges: https://everytownland.com/mayo/baunoges.md - Burriscarra: https://everytownland.com/mayo/burriscarra.md - Clogher: https://everytownland.com/mayo/clogher-150886.md - Dromore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/dromore.md - Glasgort: https://everytownland.com/mayo/glasgort.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/castleburke - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/castleburke