Culliagh

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Culliagh, from 21 m² to 144,037 m² (14.4 ha, 35.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Culliagh 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Culliagh in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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 Culliagh.

Recorded monuments

• MA073-008 Enclosure
  Description

  In rolling pasture, located on a low hillock, with excellent views in all directions. Raised oval area (16m NNE–SSW; 11m WNW–ESE) defined by an irregular sod-covered scarp (H 1m at E, 1.2m at W) from which stones protrude in parts. Sections of the scarp at NE and SW are degraded. The E half of the level interior there a sub-rectangular concentration (c. 6m N–S; 1.2m E–W) of stones protrudes from the sod, including at least six low stones that appear to be set upright. A single upright stone is also visible in the S of the interior. The stones do not form any clear structural pattern, and their significance is unclear. A property wall on a WNW–ESE axis cuts across the S–SW edge of the enclosure. Hawthorn bushes grow around the perimeter. There is a small quarry pit (max. dim. c. 8m; D 0.4m) 14m to NW. A rath (MA073-009----) is located 170m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 June 2021

• MA073-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In average pasture, broken by rock outcropping, located on a low hill with good views. Ground falls towards a stream/drain c. 50m to N. Broadly oval slightly raised area (24m NW–SE; 28.5m) defined by a scarp (H 1m at NNE; 0.35m at S) incorporating stones. The scarp is well defined on the NE arc, but is lower and partly obscured by brambles on the SW arc. There is break/low area (Wth 6m) in the scarp at SE. The interior, which is crossed centrally by a field wall on a NW–SE axis, is level, with a slight dip in the SE quadrant. A bramble-covered stony rise at the base of a large tree stump, in the NW quadrant is a probably a field clearance heap. There is a similar stony heap at the base of a hawthorn tree in the S half of the interior. An enclosure (MA073-008----) is located on a hillock 170m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 June 2021

• MA073-025 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in pasture, with ground rising to a woodland-covered ridge at S and falling towards a stream/drain c. 80m at N, beyond which is an expanse of flat, drained pasture. An oval enclosure (max. dim. c. 15-20m NW–SE) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. At this location there is a low hillock or rise, with a flattish top (c. 15m E−W; c. 9m N−S) and a broad N-facing slope. No trace of an enclosure is evident. Remnants of a field wall cross the S side of the hillock, and a beech tree grows on the W edge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on the N side of a rise, with good views. The N side of the field is bordered by an expanse of deciduous woodland. Raised circular area (32m N–S; 32m E–W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 6.3m at NNW, 6.8m at S; int. H 0.9m at NNW, 1.45m at S; ext. H 2.55-3m at NNW, 2m at S). Stones protrude randomly in parts on the inner face of the bank. An arc of hachuring is shown on the 1919 OS 6-inch map outside the bank at E–SE, possibly indicating a fosse and/or outer bank; no corresponding feature is now evident at ground level. However, a slight depression, emphasised by naturally rising ground on its outer edge, is evident outside the bank at NW, which may indicate the presence of a fosse. A gap (Wth c. 2m) in the bank at ENE appears to be the location of an original entrance. There is a slightly raised area in the NW quadrant of the otherwise level interior. Close to the inner face of the bank at N there is a shallow rectangular hollow (2m E–W; 1m N–S; D 0.1m) of unknown function; it does not appear to be the remains of a souterrain. The bank is ringed with oak, hazel, birch and hawthorn trees. The interior is grassy, with a few small hazel and hawthorn trees. A N–S field fence which lay immediately to E of the rath has been removed. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-027 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, spanning the width of a narrow rectangular modern field, located at the break of slope on the NE-facing side of a NW–SE ridge, providing extensive views N–NE towards a stream/drain located 180m to NE. Slightly raised, broadly oval area (28.4m N–S; 34.6m E-W) defined by a levelled bank/scarp. The scarp remains relatively well defined at W–ESE, except for a short section at N-NNE which is partly dug away. It is barely discernible or absent along a stretch (L 11m) at SE−S, and this may have been the location of an original entrance. The scarp is reduced to a low, grass-covered rise or undulation at SSW–W, with a particularly low section (L 8m) at WSW. The interior has a slight slope from centre down to NE, and according to local information, has a souterrain (MA073-027001-). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-027001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA073-027----). According to local information, there is a ‘cave’/souterrain in the interior of the rath. It was blocked up in the past and its exact location is now unknown. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-038 Enclosure
  Description

  Located in a slight dip or hollow on elevated rough, stony pasture. Not indicated on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. Included on RMP (1997) as 'earthwork' on the basis of an aerial photograph (SMR file: GSI M 681 -0; Roll 218, pr. 5). It consists of a roughly square, stone-built structure (max. dim. 9-10m). The enclosing wall is largely collapsed to a jumble (Wth c. 3m) of small and medium-sized stones but short sections of drystone masonry remain in situ at NE (H 1.55m), NW and S (H 1.75m), preserving the N and S angles of the structure. There is a break (Wth 2.9m) where the E angle should be, and the W angle has also collapsed. The interior is obscured by dense overgrowth of ferns, brambles and blackthorn. It appears to be of relatively recent date; its original function is unclear, possibly an animal shelter. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015

• MA073-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in rolling pasture, with a gradual fall of ground to E–SE towards an expanse of heather-covered bog. There is an area of woodland c. 100m to S. This rath is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a slightly raised circular area (24m N–S; 26.5m E–W) defined at N–E by a sod-covered stony bank (Wth 3.5-4m, int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.65m), at ESE–S by a scarp (H 1.4m) with a slightly raised internal rim and at S–N by a scarp (H 1.2m) incorporated at W–NW into a linear field wall. There is a break or slump (Wth 2.5m) in the scarp at E which may be an original entrance. The interior is fairly level; in the W half, there is a slight roughly circular rise (diam. c. 10m) with a slope down to SW towards the rath scarp. The rath interior is grass cover, with a few hawthorn trees around the perimeter. Immediately outside the rath, to W of the field wall, is a sub-circular shallow depression (diam. c. 10m), possibly a quarry pit. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 Culliagh, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Culliagh.

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 Culliagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Culliagh · An Choilleach

Area

2,352,075 m² (235.21 ha, 581.21 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmovee, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Kilmovee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

660 people lived in 265 households in the Kilmovee electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghadiffin, Corgarriff, Curraghsallagh (Co. Roscommon), Kilcashel, Kilmovee, Sraheens

Placenames

Culliagh 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.