Corrower

184 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Corrower, from 10 m² to 93,160 m² (9.32 ha, 23.02 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 Corrower 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.

• 9 Sept 2024Conditional

  Planning Permission to 1): Refurbish existing dwellinghouse, to include alterations to window openings on front elevation 2): Construct new extension to front and southern gable elevation 3): Convert attic space to habitable accommodation and to include insertion of 3No rooflights on front elevation. 4): Carry out all ancillary site works at Currower, Ballina, Co Mayo

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2460560

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  Construct new dwelling house and to construct garage, install effluent treatment system with percolation area, carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22980

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. DWELLING HOUSE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER. INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 22806

• 13 Dec 2019Refused

  5 NO. DETACHED SELF-CONTAINED GLAMPING PODS EACH WITH INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING AREAS AND TOILET FACILITIES, IN ADDITION, A SEPARATE COMMUNAL AREA WILL FACILITATE MALE AND FEMALE SHOWER AND TOILET FACILITIES, A VEHICULAR PARKING AREA TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS TO THE FACILITY AND A TERTIARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA TO SERVE THE PROPOSED FACILITY, TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19965

• 19 Apr 2018Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING HOUSE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE, WITH A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 18265

• 22 Jun 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17481

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 Corrower.

Recorded monuments

• MA040-041 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  This mound barrow was evident as a low, circular grass-covered mound when in 1937 it was quarried for sand and stone for road building. During the quarrying, a cremated burial with food vessel was exposed. Further burials were uncovered in 1939. The National Museum subsequently undertook an excavation of the barrow, approximately half of which had already been disturbed or destroyed (Raftery 1960, 79-93). The excavation revealed that the barrow (diam. c. 13m; H c. 1m) consisted of a circular mound (H c. 0.6m) of brown sandy soil on top of which, slightly to N of centre, there was a cairn of stones. The cairn was defined by a U-shaped setting of kerb stones. Underlying the barrow were nine graves -five pits or possible pits and four cists -which were built on or dug into the underlying subsoil. In all, the pits and cists contained the cremated remains of thirteen, possibly fourteen individuals, two of which were children. It was not possible to determine the gender of the remains. Food vessel pots accompanied the cremations in five of the graves. The evidence suggested that all the burials had been deposited at the same time, and then covered by the mound barrow. The excavator interpreted the remains as a Bronze Age cemetery (Raftery 1960, 90) Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-042 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In a wooded area, with both deciduous and coniferous trees, located on a rise in an area of undulating terrain. There are good views, especially to E. This ringfort is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure, and on the 1922 edition as a walled circular enclosure, named ‘Greyfort’. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 20-22m) defined by a wall (Wth c. 1.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m), which is engulfed in moss and overgrowth. It is unclear if the enclosing wall is a primary feature, or whether it was built in the modern era. There is a souterrain (MA040-042001) in the centre of the interior. Trees and brambles grow throughout the ringfort. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-042001 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a ringfort (MA040-042). This souterrain is L-shaped in plan, consisting of an E−W passage, at the W end of which there is a chamber, which extends to S. In the centre of the ringfort interior there is a sunken area (1.8m E−W; 1.50m N−S), the W side of which incorporates a lintelled opening (Wth 0.99m; H 0.69m) to a passage (Wth 0.94m; H 0.88m) of dry-stone construction. The walls of the passage consist of two to three courses of large roughly rectangular stone blocks, with a slight corbelling at the top to support the massive roof lintels. The passage extends for 3.65m to W, ending in a short lintelled constriction (Wth 0.5m; H 0.6m), which drops abruptly at its W edge into the NE end of a chamber (3.4m N−S; 1.9m E-W; H 1.7m). The chamber is roughly oval in plan, with its floor at a depth of 0.7m below that of the passage. The N wall of the chamber is more or less on the same E−W line with the N wall of the passage, and the long axis of the chamber extends to S of the passage. The walls of the chamber are rock-cut from floor level to a height of 0.5-0.7m, above which they are of dry-stone construction, with a slight corbelling at top to support the massive roof lintels. Towards the S end of the E wall there is a recess (Wth 0.77m; H 0.7m) that extends into the wall to a depth of 0.7m, narrowing at the back to a width of 0.64m. A small, partly blocked, opening at the back of the recess may be an air vent. The floor in both the passage and the chamber is earth covered. There is a spread of loose stone at the W end of the passage and a heap of large stones at the S end of the chamber. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-043 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise in an area of sharply undulating terrain. Views are good, especially to E, but not extensive. Not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; shown on the 1922 edition as a circular hachured area (diam. c. 20m), overlain by two intersecting field boundaries. This enclosure is covered in dense overgrowth of hawthorn, blackthorn and gorse, and is difficult to examine. It appears to consist of a slightly raised circular area (diam. 15-20m) defined by a scarp (Wth slope c. 3m; ext. H 1.3m at W). A remnant of a NW−SE field fence, removed elsewhere in the field, clips the E side. Another ruined field fence extends on a roughly NE−SW axis through the centre of the enclosure. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-045 Cist
  Description

  This cist was discovered in 1961 by the landowner while he was digging foundations for a concrete path. It was reported to the National Museum, and was subsequently excavated (Rynne 1962, 1). The excavation revealed a rectangular slab-lined grave (int. dim. 0.48m NW-SE; 0.3m NE-SW; D 0.5m) dug into sandy, gravelly soil. Each of the four sides was formed by a single upright slab, supported externally by piles of small packing stones. Small horizontally-laid support stones, resting on the side stones, supported six overlapping capstones. A deposit of cremated human bone lay on the natural gravel floor of the cist. There were no accompanying grave-goods. (Rynne 1962, 1; plate II). A house now overlies the location. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 October 2018

• MA040-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a prominent rise or spur, in an area of sharply undulating terrain. Views are good, especially to S and NW, but not extensive. Raised broadly oval area (21.5m E−W; 25.5m N−S) defined by a scarp (Wth slope 3.5m; ext. H 1.5m at N, 2.3m at S). An area (Wth c. 3m) of ramp-like slump in the scarp at SE may be the location of an original entrance. Grass cover, with some hawthorn and blackthorn bushes on the perimeter. Field clearance boulders have been piled along the top of the scarp on the S arc. A possible burial mound (MA040-047----) is located 100m to SSE and there is a rath (MA040-047----), both visible from this location. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-047 Burial mound
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise with a fall of ground to W. This monument is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is depicted on the 1922 edition as a circular hachured enclosure (diam. c. 15m) beside which is written ‘David’s Fort’ and ‘Graves’. Aldridge (1969, 85) considered it 'an obvious cist burial mound', though he gives no corroborating details, and he recorded that it was ‘reputed to have been used for the burial of children’ (MA040-047001-). Raised flat-topped oval area (c. 16m NE−SW; c. 12.5m NW−SE) defined by a stony scarp. The scarp is most pronounced (H 0.9-1m) at NW where there is a natural drop in exterior ground level; field clearance stones are heaped against it at NE−E, it is evident as broadly slumped slope at SE−S, and a low rise (H 0.35m) at SW−W. Set c. 2-2.5m in from the top edge of the scarp, an arc of low stones protrudes from the level interior. This appears to be the footings of a stone wall, which can be traced in a curve E−NW, but peters out at N−NE; it may be related to the tradition of use as a children’s burial ground. It is enveloped in dense overgrowth, with piles of field clearance stones in interior and around perimeter. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-047001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a possible burial mound (MA040-047----). ‘Graves’ is written on the 1922 OS 6-inch map adjacent to the possible burial mound, which is named ‘David’s Fort’. According to Aldridge (1969, 85) the possible prehistoric burial mound was locally ‘reputed to have been used for the burial of children’. No graves are now evident. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-048 Ogham stone
  Description

  In a pasture field adjacent to a farmyard, located on a low rise in an undulating landscape of low rounded hills and ridges. Views to E−SE are defined by the N−S spine of the Ox Mountains. Nephin Mountain rises prominently on the far horizon to SW. Ground rises gently for c. 65m to S to an elevation topped by a cairn (MA040-105----). A rath (MA040-046----) is visible on a low hill c. 380m to NNE. Massive upright slab (H 3m; Wth 1.05m N−S; T c. 0.3m E−W), with long axis aligned N−S, roughly rectangular in shape but tapering gently at the base, and tapering also in thickness to relatively narrow edges (T c. 0.1m) at the N and S ends, both of which bear ogham inscription. The top surface of the stone is stepped with the higher, flat-topped peak at the N end. The stone leans gently to E. Ogham inscription was previously recorded on both the N and S ends of the stone (SMR file, NMI Topographical Files 1938). The N end tapers to a relatively narrow edge (T 0.1m). The upper half is thickly obscured by lichen, and the ogham inscription cannot be seen. The lower half is relatively clear of lichen, and the edge is smooth and polished in parts, most likely as a result of farm stock using the stone as a scratching post. At a height of 0.8-1m above the base, a number of slight indentations or possible notches can be seen, which may be part of the ogham inscription. On the S end of the stone, the ogham inscription, weathered but clearly visible, extends from the top of the stone to a point c. 1.3m above ground, coinciding with the narrowest edge (T 0.5-0.1m) of this end of the stone. Below this point, the stone presents a somewhat broader, flatter face (T 0.2m), with a rough surface, on which ogham scores cannot be distinguished. A dense growth of lichen covers the upper third of the stone, with more moderate surface mottling elsewhere. Several rounded stones and small boulders protrude from the sod at the base of the stone, and a slight hollow encircles the base, eroded by farm stock. (Jane O’Shaughnessy, NMS field report) The exceptional size of the stone suggested to Macalister (1945, 9-10, no. 7) that it was originally a prehistoric standing stone, adapted by a later ogham carver for an inscription. Macalister (ibid) noted that the scores are rather broad and shallow, pocked and rubbed smooth, up on both edges and reading: --]MAQ CERAN[I] AVI ATHECETAIMIN. Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 2 May 2017

• MA040-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, straddling a rise in an area of undulating terrain. Broadly oval raised area or platform (21.4m E−W; 20-15m N−S) defined by a scarp. The scarp is lowest (H 0.4m) on the N−NE arc, and higher and steeper (H 1.8m; Wth slope 3.5m) on the S half where there is a natural fall of ground. The rath is boxed in by later field walls. The field walls lie close (within 1m) to the base of the enclosing scarp at E−SE and NW, but are 3-4m outside the scarp at S−SW, and form a polygonal outer ring around the rath. There is local tradition of a souterrain (MA040-049001-) associated with the rath. The rath perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and blackthorn, and there is a dense tangle of blackthorn and brambles throughout the interior. There is a massive boulder and a few smaller stones in the space between the scarp and the outer enclosing field wall at NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-049001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA040-049----). There is local tradition of a souterrain associated with the rath. No visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2020

• MA040-068 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low rise, with a gradual fall of ground to NW, in undulating terrain. This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but shown on later editions as a D-shaped hachured area, with the straight side at SW defined by a NW−SE field boundary. It is evident as a slightly raised D-shaped area (15m NW−SE; 16m NE−SW) defined by a low stony scarp (H c. 0.45m at E). The scarp on the straight side at SW is higher (H 0.8m) and incorporates large stones; it was incorporated into a later NW−SE field boundary, which has since been removed. Remnants of another field wall merge with the NW side of the enclosure. The enclosure has been partly levelled, and is almost entirely obscured by heaps of field clearance stones and boulders. There is another enclosure (MA040-069----) 140m to E. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• MA040-069 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located an area of gently undulating terrain, with good but not extensive views. This enclosure is not indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is shown on later editions as a D-shaped walled enclosure, with the straight side at SW. It is evident as a roughly D-shaped area (28.4m N−S; 25.4m E−W) defined by drystone stone walls (Wth 0.8-1m; H 0.8m). The wall on the straight side at SW is part of a NW−SE field wall, which extends beyond the enclosure. There is a gap (Wth 1.8m) at SE. The interior is not raised relative to exterior ground level, and slopes down slightly to E. The enclosing walls are similar in form and size to surrounding field walls, and merge with them. There is no convincing evidence that this is a rath or cashel; it may simply be a field enclosure of relatively recent date. Blackthorn, hazel and brambles ring the perimeter. There is another enclosure (MA040-068----). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• MA040-070 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on rising ground in hilly terrain. There is a spring-fed pool at the base of the slope c. 100m to NE, where there is a holy well (MA040-074) and a fulacht fia (MA040-103). Ballymore Lough is 150m to SW and Lough Caorhann and Cartron Loughs are 200m and 500m to ENE, respectively. There is an area of quarrying to S. This rath is named ‘Lisatrawbuie’ on the 1922 OS 6-inch map. It consists of a raised circular area or platform (33m N−S; 34.5m E−W) defined by an earthen bank/scarp, and enclosed by a fosse with an external bank of earth and stone. A short arc (L c. 5m) of the inner earthen bank (Wth c. 3m) appears to survive at S, but is largely concealed by overgrowth; elsewhere it is reduced to a scarp (H 1.6-1.8m), with stones protruding from the external face in parts. The fosse is a broad, shallow depression (Wth 4.3m at E, 5m at WSW) defined on its outer rim by the external bank (Wth 5.3m at WSW, c. 7m at E; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.6m at WSW, 2.5m at NE). At S−SW the fosse changes in form to a narrow terrace (Wth 2-3m) and the external bank is reduced to a broad, steep scarp which merges with a later field wall. The location of the original entrance is uncertain. It may have been at NE where there is a gap (Wth 1.2m) in the scarp, now obscured by overgrowth, with a corresponding break in the outer bank, now blocked by a later field wall. There are narrow breaks eroded by farm stock at W and a low area in the external bank at NNW. The interior slopes gently down from centre to SE. In the NW quadrant there is a small, roughly circular hollow (diam. 1.6m; D 0.3m) with a slightly raised stony rim. The interior is grassy; the perimeter is ringed with hazel, blackthorn, brambles and gorse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 June 2020

• MA040-071 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a natural, lowlying basin of damp, rush-grown ground bordered at NE−SW by the steeply rising slope of a ridge. This holy well is named on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps as ‘Tober Patrick’. It consists of a subcircular pool (diam. c. 10-12m; D c. 0.5m) fed by a natural spring. The pool has a mud base and is surrounded by willow scrub. The outflow extends to W and SW, partly flooding the ground for a distance of c. 25-30m SW of the pool. Horsetail plants grow in the pool, and more profusely in the overflow area. A post and wire fence encloses the pool and this adjacent wet area. A fulacht fia (MA040-103----) is located immediately to S of the well. A rath (MA040-070----) crowns a hillock c. 120m to WSW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• MA040-103 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In damp, rush-grown pasture, located immediately adjacent to a spring-fed pool, in a natural hollow of damp ground, bordered in a sheltering arc at NE−SW by the steeply rising slope of a ridge. This fulacht fia is evident as a roughly circular, well-defined, compact mound (15.7m E-W; 17m N-S; H 0.65m) composed of heat-shattered stone fragments in a matrix of black, peaty charcoal-rich soil. A shallow central hollow (2m E−W; 3.5-4m N−S) on the top of the mound opens to N facing the pool, and may indicate the location of a trough. A small semicircular depression (max. dim. c. 1m) evident on the SE side of the mound is likely to be the result of relatively recent disturbance. A field drain (Wth 1.2-1.6m; D 0.4-0.5m) cuts across the SE edge of the mound, and extends beyond it to NNE and to NW; burnt stone and charcoal fragments are visible in the section face in parts. The fulacht fia is distinguished by its covering of short, green mossy sod, amidst the surrounding rough grass and rushes. A post-and-wire fence, which borders the pool, clips the NW edge of the mound. The pool was used as a holy well (MA040-071----), known as Tober Patrick. A rath (MA040-070----) crowns a hillock c. 120m to WSW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 February 2019

• MA040-104 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  In hilly pastureland, located on a rise overlooked by higher ground 40m to N. Nephin Mountain is visible on the far horizon to WSW. Two upright boulders set 1.44m apart, on a N-S axis. The S stone (H 1.6m; Wth 1.6m; L 1.6m; T 0.35m at top, 0.75m at base) is the largest and has a triangular profile. The N stone (H 1.05m; L c. 0.9m; T 0.45m at top, 0.6m at base) also narrows towards the top in a roughly triangular shape, but has a more rounded profile, and leans slightly to the E. There is an ogham stone (MA040-048----) and a mound (MA040-105----) 200m and 150m to NW, respectively. A rath (MA040-069----) is located 150m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2020

• MA040-105 Mound
  Description

  In undulating pasture, situated on a low rise. A low ridge blocks views to the E, but otherwise there are good views over the surrounding pastureland, with Nephin Mountain on the far horizon to WSW. Circular, flat-topped mound (8m E-W; 7.5m N-S; H 0.75m at W, 1.45m at E) of earth and stone, with the perimeter of the flat top defined by a slightly raised rim. Stone protrudes from the surface of the mound, some of which may be the result of field clearance. There is a shallow surface depression (diam. 2m) off centre to NW on top of the mound. Stones also protrude from the scarp, in parts resembling rough kerbing. The scarp to E is broadly slumped. The nature of this mound or cairn is uncertain. It is partly obscured by hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles, and it is difficult to determine if it is composed primarily of stone or earth. It has clearly been a focus for field clearance stones in recent years, but this may not be its primary function. An ogham stone (MA040-048----) is located c. 60m to N in the same field. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 June 2020

• MA040-110 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a pasture field which encompasses part of a flat valley of damp ground. A few meters to E of the mound the ground rises. Low, roughly kidney-shaped mound (15m NE−SW; 11m NW−SE; H 0.6m), with a shallow, poorly-defined, roughly U-shaped depression (2.5-3m NW−SE; 1m NE−SW) mid-way along the NW side, which may indicate the location of a trough. The mound is compact and marked by a growth of short, green grass. In parts, where the sod cover has eroded by farm stock, it is possible to see that the mound is composed of a concentration of stone fragments in dark soil. Attached images: MA040-110----_01.JPG viewed from NW MA040-110----_02.JPG viewed from W Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 October 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Corrower, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

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

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_445 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Corrower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Corrower · Corr Odhar

Area

3,489,502 m² (348.95 ha, 862.27 acres)

Civil parish

Attymass, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Sallymount, the unit of the census

Census 2022

509 people lived in 171 households in the Sallymount electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymore, Breaghwy, Carrowcastle, Cartron, Kildermot, Kilgellia, Lissard More, Mullaghawny

Placenames

Corrower 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.