Cuillaun

275 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuillaun, from 41 m² to 79,977 m² (8 ha, 19.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 84 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• P1Agriculture
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, Mayo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 9 Apr 2026Conditional

  refurbishment of existing dwelling and the construction of a new extension, new effluent treatment unit and percolation area with associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2680

• 8 Dec 2025Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house, domestic garage, septic tank treatment system and percolation area along with ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25495

• 28 Aug 2023Conditional

  construct a proposed new dwelling house, garage, septic tank system and percolation area complete with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23485

• 13 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20181

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLINGHOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19857

• 21 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A RAW WATER BALANCE TANK, CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLIDS RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TO INCLUDE BACKWASH SETTLEMENT AND EQUALISATION TANKS, SUPERNATANT BALANCE TANK, THICKENING TANK AND HOLDING TANK), INSTALLATION OF CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, INSTALLATION OF KIOSK ENCLOSURES TO HOUSE PUMPS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19813

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killaturly Turlough 000511

Recorded monuments

• MA062-087001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge, but below the highest point. Slightly raised circular area (34.4m E–W; 28m N−S) defined by a scarp. At NE−SE the scarp is very low and degraded where it is incorporated into a field fence; it is topped with a post and wire fence, overlain in parts by field clearance stones, and obscured by blackthorn scrub. At SSE−W the scarp retains a slightly raised stony internal rim, and the base of its external slope is defined by a close-set kerb of large stones. At WNW−NW the scarp is truncated by a straight N−S field wall, and at NNW−NNE the scarp is incorporated into a field wall that respects the curve of the enclosure. The centre and NW quadrant of the interior is level and at a slightly higher level that the rest of the interior; this elevated area is demarcated by a slight slope or scarp that curves through from NE through the centre of the interior to W. There is a souterrain (MA062-087002-) in the S half of the interior. A small corrugated iron shed stands adjacent to the rath at NW. There is a rath (MA062-088----) c. 150 m to ENE, and another rath (MA062-089001-) c. 300m to SE on the summit of a ridge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

• MA062-087002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA062-087001-). A souterrain is indicated on the 1837 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps as ‘Cave’ in the S half of the rath. There is a cavity (max. dim. c. 1m at top; D 1.2m) close to the enclosing scarp at the S edge of the rath interior. At the time of visit this was blocked by wooden pallet. On the N side of the cavity, at a depth of 0.8m below the surface, an opening to a stone-built passage can be seen. The opening is roofed by a stone lintel which rests on side walls constructed of large boulders. The passage extends through the interior to N. An area of surface subsidence, partly caused by animal burrows, located c. 5m to N may follow the line of the passage; a large stone slab visible in one of the burrows may be a lintel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

• MA062-087003 Souterrain
  Description

  Located to W of a rath (MA062-087001-). A ‘stone chamber’ was noted at roughly this location (pers. comm. F. McCann, 1991). No other details were reported. There is no visible trace at ground level. The location now lies within the garden of a modern house. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

• MA062-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a terrace on the N-facing slope of a ridge, providing good views NW−SE over a valley of lowlying grassland. It is overlooked to SW−S by the rising slope of the ridge, on the crest of which there is a rath (MA061-089001) c. 230m to S. There is another rath (MA062-087001-) c. 150m to W. Circular area (34.7m N-S; 33m E-W) defined at SSE-NW by a sod-covered stone bank (Wth 2.3m at SE, 3.4m at SW; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.4m), which varies in height and width; at NW−N by a stony scarp (ext. H 1m) and at NNE-SE by a wall/field fence (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1m at N) that respects the curve of the enclosure. The interior has a very slight slope down from S to N. Immediately to WSW of the enclosure, there is a slightly raised sub-rectangular or oblong area (c. 22m NE–SW; c. 8m NW–SE), which incorporates a number of large stones and boulders, and is defined on the N side by a low stony scarp (H 0.3m). Its significance is uncertain, but it may relate to a rectangular vernacular building shown abutting the S of the ringfort on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; remnants of a NW–SE field fence abutting the ringfort at S also appear to date to that period. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 December 2020

• MA062-092 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, located on a gentle S-facing slope, just below the summit of an E–W ridge. Croagh Patrick is visible on the far horizon to SW and Nephin Mountain to W. This mound is not shown on the 1837 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. It was listed in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) on the basis of an aerial photograph (OS 2 8791-2; Roll 216, pr. 9; SMR file). It consists of a sod-covered, circular platform (7.5m N–S; 7.4m E–W; H 0.5m at N, 1m at S) of earth and stone. Stones protrude randomly around the perimeter, forming a rough kerb. There is a slight hollow at E on the level top, from which a stone protrudes. Two bowl barrows (MA062-093001-; MA062-093002-) are located to W, c. 140m and 200m, respectively, on the summit of the same ridge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• MA062-093001 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, prominently sited on the summit of a roughly E–W ridge, affording panoramic views, with Croagh Patrick silhouetted on the far horizon to SW, Nephin mountain to W, and the Ox mountains defining the skyline at NW–E. Roughly circular mound (20m N–S; 17m E–W; H 3.5m at N, 2.5m at S) with steeply sloping sides falling from a narrow, flat top (diam. c. 5m). A fosse encloses the base of the mound, discernible at NE–S and NW as a very shallow depression (Wth 3-3.5m). A slight rise at the outer edge of the fosse at NE hints at an external bank. The mound is sod-covered and appears to be largely of earthen construction. However, disturbance at the top of the mound reveals stone filled cavities that may represent an internal stone chamber or cist. At W–N a field fence merges with the base of the mound, respecting its curve. A few meters to S of the barrow there is an E–W field fence/townland boundary, 20m to S of which is a complex of buildings associated with a water reservoir and telecommunications mast. Another bowl barrow (MA062-093002-) is located 40m to E on the same ridge top, and there is a mound (MA062-092) c. 140m down slope to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• MA062-093002 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, prominently sited on the summit of a roughly E–W ridge, affording panoramic views, with Croagh Patrick silhouetted on the far horizon to SW, Nephin mountain to W, and the Ox mountains defining the skyline at NW–E. Roughly circular mound (16.6m E–W; 13.5m N–S; H 2m at W, 2.3m at E) with steeply sloping sides falling from a narrow, flat top (diam. 3.8m). Enclosing the base is a broad, shallow fosse (Wth 4m), with a slightly raised rim (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 0.2-0.6m) on its outer edge at W–N–E, which appears to be the remnants of an external bank. The fosse is barely discernible on the S arc. An upright stone (L 1.2m; Wth 0.4m; H 0.45m), long axis WNW–ESE, is set in the base of the fosse at W. The mound is sod-covered; where the sod has been denuded in parts by farm stock, the mound appears to be of earthen construction. It is overlain on its S edge by a field wall/townland boundary that arcs slightly to respect the curve of the mound. To S of the wall, the poorly defined fosse is slightly truncated by a complex of buildings associated with a water reservoir and telecommunications mast. There is another bowl barrow (MA062-093001-) located 40m to W, and a mound (MA062-092----) c. 200m down slope to W on the same ridge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• MA062-094 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located in a natural depression. Listed in the 1991 SMR and the 1996 RMP as an enclosure based on a small circular feature (diam. c. 5-10m) visible in an aerial photograph (OS 2 8791 -2; Roll 216, pr. 11). No visible trace. A circular vegetation mark (diam. c. 10m) is visible in current aerial views. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• MA062-095 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, located on a steep NNE-facing ridge slope. This cairn is not shown on the 1837 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. It was listed in the SMR (1991) and the RMP (1997) on the basis of aerial photograph (OS 2 8791 -2; Roll 216, pr. 10; SMR file). It consists of a roughly square heap (7.5m N−S; 8m E−S) of small and medium-sized stones, highest at the upslope S end (H 1m) and sloping down from there to N; the slope reflects the natural fall of the ridge slope. The sloping top of the cairn is flat rather than domed in profile. It is partly moss-covered. This has the appearance of a relatively recent field clearance cairn. Two bowl barrows (MA062-093001-; MA062-093002-) are located c. 150m to SW on the summit of the ridge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 December 2020

• MA062-099 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located at the break of slope on the N side of a roughly E–W ridge. There is a steep fall of ground to NW–NE, giving extensive views over lowlying grassland bordered several hundred meters to N by an expanse of bog. To S and W there is undulating hilly terrain. Circular area (29.5m E–W; 29m N–S) defined by a drystone wall, adapted at NE–SW to serve as a field boundary. There is an abrupt fall of ground immediately outside the enclosing wall at NW−N. The appearance of the wall is not uniform around the circuit: At NE–SE it is low and narrow (Wth 0.9m; H 0.8m), differing little from adjacent field walls; at SE–WSW it has a relatively intact external face (H 1.6m) of rough drystone walling but the internal face (H 1.2m) has largely collapsed to a broadly slumped heap of loose stone; at W–N it is low and dilapidated, incorporating some large boulders at its base, and at N it is reduced to a low stony rise (Wth 0.6m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) topping an earthen scarp (ext. 1m) cut into the ridge slope. The interior is flat, featureless and grass-covered. The ridge slope immediately to NNE has been quarried out. This enclosure may be the remains of a cashel but the extant walling appears quite narrow and insubstantial, it is difficult to determine to what degree it represents the original enclosing element. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-100001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a hill providing good views in all directions, with expanses of bog lying within a few hundred meters to SE and to N. Killaturly Lough is 670m to SE. Broadly oval area (28m E–W; c. 24m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6-2.9m; int. H 0.45-0.5m; ext. H 1-1.5m) and enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2.5m), which is evident at SW–NW, with remnants of an external bank (Wth 2-2.5m; int. H c. 0.5m) at SW–WSW. The inner bank incorporates stones, some of which may be remnants of an internal facing or kerb; it is reduced to a scarp at NNW–NNE. The interior has a slightly humpbacked profile reflecting the contours of the knoll. There is a souterrain (MA062-100002-) evident as a N−S linear depression in the N half of the interior. A ruined N–S field wall extends across the interior to W of centre. The rath spans the full width of a modern field, with a N−S field wall at E clipping the inner bank and another field wall at W clipping the fosse and truncating the external bank. A broad break (Wth 7.5m) in the bank at NE and a similar break (Wth 10m) at SE allows tractor passage through the rath from the adjacent fields at N and S. A short section of the rath scarp has been dug away at N, and part of the NW slope of the knoll on which the rath stands has been quarried out. Grass cover, with hawthorn, blackthorn and hazel on the perimeter, particularly dense at W–N where it obscures the fosse and external bank. There a cashel (MA062-099----) c. 200m to WNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-100002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a rath (MA062-100001). There is a collapsed/roofless souterrain passage in the N half of the rath interior. It is evident as a grassed-over, linear depression (Wth 1-1.7m; D 0.6m) which extends from the rath scarp at N for 3m to SSE, then swings to S for 8m. Remnants of stone facing are visible at the N end. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-101 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, in an area of rough, boggy heather-covered land. Not indicated on the 1837 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. This record was included in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as a possible cashel (pers. comm. F. McCann, 1990). There is no visible trace at ground level or in current aerial views, and no local memory or tradition of a cashel here. It is possible that an inaccurate location was given to the SMR. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-104 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located at the break of slope on top of the S side of a roughly E–W ridge. There are extensive views in all directions, and it overlooking Killaturly Lough, which is located 300m to S. This enclosure, probably a ringfort, is depicted on the 1919 OS 6-inch map as an oval hachured area (c. 35m E–W; c. 25m N–S), clipped at the NW and at E by roads. The interior may have sloped to the S, reflecting the natural fall of ground. It has been levelled; there is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-106 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In pasture, located near the E end of a low ridge overlooking Killaturly Lough c. 300m to S. This wedge tomb is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a ‘Giant’s Grave’; it is not shown on the 1919 edition. DeValéra and Ó Nualláin (1964, 74, no. 82) recorded it as an oval-shaped mound (11m NE–SW; 8m NW–SE) partly obscured by overgrowth and used as a dump for field stones. Near the centre, part of a roof stone was exposed, resting on a possible side stones. Towards the SW end of the mound four uprights in an irregular NW–SE line appeared to represent the façade of an outer wall, and a number of other stones on the outer edge of the mound may have represented outer walling. It was subsequently destroyed during land reclamation and there is now no visible trace at ground level. A number of large stones heaped against the E-W field fence at S may be from the tomb. See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-107001 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In wettish, rushy pasture, located on a slight rise. Ground rises steeply towards a ridge to N, and falls gently to S for c. 150m to the shores of Lough Killaturly. A farm lane lies a few meters to NW. Low, circular platform (6m N–S; 5.3m E–W; H 0.7m at N; 0.65m at S) enclosed by a narrow fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 0.25m). There is a slight rise (Wth 1.2m; ext. H 0.15m) on the outer edge of the fosse at the SE, which may be the remnant of an external bank. At NNW–N the fosse is truncated by a shallow, rectangular pit, which is bordered on its N side by the farm laneway. Another small, oval quarry pit lies 1.5m to E. Another ringbarrow (MA062-107002-) is located c. 140m to S at the lake shore. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

• MA062-107003 Structure
  Description

  In rough, rushy pasture, located at the SE end of an elongated NW–SE peaty rise or turf bank, on the E margins of an expanse of cutaway bog that stretches to W, and lies close to the NW shore of Lough Killaturly. A disused rectangular ball alley (c. 9m N−S; 5.6m E−W) lies 15m to NW, at the NW end of the turf bank. This structure consists of a broadly slumped stone bank (Wth c. 2m) forming a U-shaped arc (6.5m E–W; 6.5m N–S), open to W. The stone arc is partly obscured by a thin covering of sod and heather; the enclosed space is also heather-covered but feels stony underfoot. The function and date of this structure is uncertain. A sod-covered linear feature (L 3.5m NW–SE; Wth 1.2m; H 0.15-0.3m), possibly a wall, lies immediately in front of the open side of the arc, and appears to extend to NW beneath the SE end of the oblong peat-covered rise or turf bank (c. 25m NW–SE; c. 11m NE–SW; H c. 1m). The turf bank is evident as a low, heather-covered island rising from the surrounding flat damp pasture. A few stones are exposed or protrude from the NW end of the peat rise –but it is unclear if they have any archaeological significance. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 January 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_611 (ZIP).

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.

No address of the register names Cuillaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Cuillaun · An Coilleán

Area

2,667,915 m² (266.79 ha, 659.26 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconduff, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Swineford, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Swineford electoral division: 2,629 people in 1,062 households; 76% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cloonaghboy, Cloonlara, Cuilmore, Derryronan, Kilbride, Killaturly, Rathscanlan

Placenames

Cuillaun 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.