# Cross (Boyd), Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmore, barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Chrois.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,166,605 m² (116.66 ha, 288.27 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 14,613 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmore, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilmore.md
- Barony: Erris
- Electoral division: An Geata Mór Theas, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 881 people lived in 329 households in the An Geata M�r Theas electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35265
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151250
- Centre: latitude 54.206136, longitude -10.07434 (WGS 84)

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

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cross (Boyd), from 271 m² to 206,277 m² (20.63 ha, 50.97 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 956961: 206,277 m² (20.63 ha, 50.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956961.md
- Parcel 873407: 134,108 m² (13.41 ha, 33.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/873407.md
- Parcel 947587: 110,649 m² (11.06 ha, 27.34 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/947587.md
- Parcel 975167: 38,550 m² (3.85 ha, 9.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/975167.md
- Parcel 915842: 36,670 m² (3.67 ha, 9.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915842.md
- Parcel 915840: 34,991 m² (3.5 ha, 8.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915840.md
- Parcel 956959: 31,669 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956959.md
- Parcel 956960: 31,374 m² (3.14 ha, 7.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956960.md
- Parcel 956958: 31,197 m² (3.12 ha, 7.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956958.md
- Parcel 956953: 30,877 m² (3.09 ha, 7.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956953.md
- Parcel 915841: 30,659 m² (3.07 ha, 7.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915841.md
- Parcel 956948: 29,747 m² (2.97 ha, 7.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956948.md
- Parcel 877084: 29,376 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/877084.md
- Parcel 953838: 26,140 m² (2.61 ha, 6.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/953838.md
- Parcel 1010762: 22,025 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010762.md
- Parcel 976866: 20,992 m² (2.1 ha, 5.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976866.md
- Parcel 965167: 20,956 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/965167.md
- Parcel 915849: 20,770 m² (2.08 ha, 5.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915849.md
- Parcel 2710816: 19,305 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2710816.md
- Parcel 992097: 18,087 m² (1.81 ha, 4.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992097.md
- Parcel 876683: 18,086 m² (1.81 ha, 4.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/876683.md
- Parcel 912321: 17,223 m² (1.72 ha, 4.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912321.md
- Parcel 973632: 15,935 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/973632.md
- Parcel 969384: 15,932 m² (1.59 ha, 3.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/969384.md
- Parcel 930426: 14,613 m² (1.46 ha, 3.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930426.md
- Parcel 943500: 13,251 m² (1.33 ha, 3.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/943500.md
- Parcel 1011257: 12,975 m² (1.3 ha, 3.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011257.md
- Parcel 882384: 10,538 m² (1.05 ha, 2.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/882384.md
- Parcel 5719285: 9,041 m² (0.9 ha, 2.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5719285.md
- Parcel 3465156: 8,762 m² (0.88 ha, 2.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3465156.md
- Parcel 915843: 8,047 m² (0.8 ha, 1.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915843.md
- Parcel 956944: 7,015 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956944.md
- Parcel 956945: 6,294 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956945.md
- Parcel 905745: 5,614 m² (0.56 ha, 1.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/905745.md
- Parcel 4746135: 5,585 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4746135.md
- Parcel 915850: 5,326 m² (0.53 ha, 1.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/915850.md
- Parcel 956946: 5,179 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956946.md
- Parcel 958703: 4,932 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/958703.md
- Parcel 956947: 4,929 m² (0.49 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/956947.md
- Parcel 1010497: 4,728 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1010497.md
- Parcel 4815659: 4,264 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4815659.md
- Parcel 891473: 3,041 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/891473.md
- Parcel 918508: 2,890 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/918508.md
- Parcel 956957: 1,882 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/956957.md
- Parcel 5719308: 683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5719308.md
- Parcel 5063633: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5063633.md
- Parcel 4746131: 360 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4746131.md
- Parcel 5336358: 354 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5336358.md
- Parcel 933215: 271 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/933215.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cross (Boyd) 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)

2 applications, newest first.

- 16 Aug 2019, Mayo County Council 19636: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT CATTLE SLATTED SHED UNIT TO INCLUDE ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT WORKS ASSOCIATED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19636/0
- 26 Mar 2019, Mayo County Council 19214: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DWELLING TO INCLUDE NEW FIRST FLOOR DORMER ACCOMMODATION, EXTENSIONS TO FRONT ENTRANCE AND LIVINGROOM AREA, SINGLE STOREY BAY WINDOW TO SIDE, NEW STORAGE BUILDING TO REAR, NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, INTERNAL RECONFIGURATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19214/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex SAC, site code 000470, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000470
- Special Protection Area: Blacksod Bay/Broad Haven SPA, site code 004037, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004037
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mullet/Blacksod Bay Complex, site code 000470

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

- MA016-004001: Religious house - Augustinian canons, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004001-. 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.
- MA016-004002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004002-. 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.
- MA016-004003: Headstone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004003-. In a church (MA016-004001-), built into the W side of a stone-built grave structure which spans the width of the church. Listed in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) as ‘inscribed stone’ on the basis of a reference in Westropp (1914, 77) which mentions that one of two tall pillars, set close to the N wall in the interior of the church, had 'a long epitaph'. This 19th-century headstone or memorial stone consist of an upright slab (H 1.78m; Wth 0.38m N-S; T 0.15m E−W) of dressed limestone, rectangular in shape with a rounded top, with a memorial inscription inscribed on the W face. An ogham stone (MA016-004004-) stands 2m to E on the opposite side of the grave structure. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 May 2017
- MA016-004004: Ogham stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004004-. On W shoreline of the Mullet Peninsula, located in the interior of a ruined, medieval church (MA016-004001-), named Cross Abbey on the 1921 OS 6-inch map, which was part of a priory of Augustinian Canons, and a cell of Ballintubber Abbey (MA089-058004-). The church stands in the NW end of a roughly D-shaped graveyard (MA016-004002-), which is bordered on the W side by a cliff dropping to a rocky shoreline, at the NE end of a long sweep of beach. Westropp (1914, 77) recorded this stone as one of two tall stone pillars, one on either side of a ‘walled burial space, 7 feet wide [2.1m],’ which spanned the width of the church. He described this stone, on the E side of the burial space, as follows: ‘6 feet 5 inches high [1.95m] by 8 inches [0.2m] by 6 inches [0.15m], and shows notches on the natural-squared edge and faint traces of straight and slant scores'. Upright, straight-sided pillar-like stone (H 1.95m; Wth 2.3m N−S; T 0.17m E−W), rectangular in cross-section, with an ogham inscription cut across the NW angle. The top of the stone has an upward slant from N to S. A section of the upper E face has sheared off in a flat plane, reducing the E−W thickness of the upper 0.57m of the stone to 0.1m. The stone tilts very slightly to N. The ogham stone is built into the E side of a flat-topped, vertical-sided rectangular grave structure (Wth 2.3m E−W; H 0.6-0.7m), built of mortared stone , which is located c. 6m from the E end of the church, and spans the N−S width of the church. This structure, the ‘walled burial space’ recorded by Westropp (1914, 77), is relatively late in date (it blocks a doorway in the N wall of the church), and is somewhat dilapidated, with a largely grass-covered upper surface. The ogham stone is incorporated into the outer edge of the low E wall of the grave structure, at a distance of 1.1m from the N wall of the church. The base of the stone is flanked on the S, W and N sides by the grave wall; the E face is more or less flush with the external face of the grave wall. (Jane O’Shaughnessy, field report) The upper marks on the ogham stone are so badly worn that a reading is impossible, but more legible marks [including an R] exist lower down and continue into the ground (pers. comm. Karl Brady) (Condit and Corlett 2005, 98). Compiled by: Nora White Date of upload: 2 May 2017
- MA016-004006: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004006-. 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.
- MA016-004007: Midden, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-004007-. 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.
- MA016-005001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-005001-. 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.
- MA016-005002: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-005002-. 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.
- MA016-006001: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-006001-. 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.
- MA016-006002: Burial, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA016-006002-. 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 Cross (Boyd).

## 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 Cross (Boyd), 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Cross (Boyd).
- 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/cross-boyd.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cross-boyd.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cross-boyd.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cross (Boyd) 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)

- Ballymacsherron: https://everytownland.com/mayo/ballymacsherron.md
- Cross (Wallace) West: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cross-wallace-west.md
- Cross Common: https://everytownland.com/mayo/cross-common.md
- Drumreagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drumreagh.md
- Rinanagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/rinanagh.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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