Gortaneden

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortaneden, from 3,851 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres) to 226,158 m² (22.62 ha, 55.88 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Gortaneden 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.

• 8 Jun 2026Conditional

  Retention of 1 No. Domestic House. Including upgrade of existing Septic tank system, existing access, boundaries and all other associated works & services.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660443

• 21 Jul 2025Conditional

  Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House, Garage & Wastewater Treatment System with Soil Polishing Filter. Including all other ancillary site work and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560492

• 17 Sept 2024Conditional

  Consist of the Construction of 1 No. Dwelling House, Garage & Wastewater Treatment System with Soil Polishing Filter. Including all other ancillary site work and services.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460582

• 15 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MILKING PARLOUR, DAIRY, PLANT ROOM, SLATTED ROOFED COLLECTING YARD, SLATTED CUBICLE SHED AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANKS ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22204

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 Gortaneden.

Recorded monuments

• MA038-036 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on the S-facing shoulder of a prominent rise in an area of undulating terrain. Circular area (23.6m E–W; 21m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.6m at N, 0.2m at SW; ext. H 0.8m at N, 0.95m at SW) of earth and stone. The bank is very low internally at SW–W, and is reduced to a scarp in parts at E–S. Stones piled on top of the bank are probably the result of field clearance. Outside the bank at N there is a shallow depression (Wth 2.5m) that may be evidence of an enclosing fosse. The interior slopes down gently from N to S. There is a small heap of stones, most likely field clearance, in the W half. The perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn, hazel, and brambles, and there are clumps of brambles in the interior. A field fence skirts the rath at SE. There is a cairn (MA038-156----) c. 30m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a ridge, with a steep fall of ground to NW–N, and extensive views over the surrounding sharply undulating terrain. This possible rath is shown on the 1838 and the 1922 OS 6-inch maps as a circular, ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. c. 25m), named ‘Rathleenan’. It was destroyed during land reclamation; there is no visible trace at ground level. Field boundaries which abutted and lay adjacent to the rath have also been removed. There is an enclosure (MA038-039----) c. 100m to S. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, straddling a rise, with good views generally. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (23.9m N–S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at S, 1.6m at N). At NW–NNE the scarp has been incorporate into a later field boundary, which respects the curve of the rath; here the scarp retains a low internal rim (int. H 0.2m), and has been faced externally with stones. At NE–SE the scarp is topped with stones. There are two narrow breaks at ENE (Wth 0.5m) and at E (0.6m), but the original entrance is not evident. The interior slopes down slightly from N to S. There are dense clumps of blackthorn and brambles in the N half of the interior, and the perimeter is ringed with hazel. There is a rath (MA038-040----) c. 40m to S, and an enclosure (MA038-039----) c. 150m to ENE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, located on top of a ridge providing good views to N. This possible rath has been largely levelled. The outline of a broadly oval area (c. 45-50m E–W; c. 50-55m) can still be traced, bisected S of centre by a property fence on a roughly E–W axis. To S of the fence, an arc of enclosing bank (Wth 2.75m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.8m), with rough stone facing, survives SE–S, reduced S-SW to a stony scarp (ext. H 1m); to N of the property fence, the curve of the enclosure at WSW–ESE is defined only by an ephemeral, semi-circular undulation representing a levelled bank. There are raths (MA038-037----; MA038-038----; MA038-040----) 100m to N, 150m to WSW, and 60m to SW respectively, and a mound (MA038-147----) 120m to ESE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, located on a rise. This rath is named ‘Rathnaboogh’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a circular area (21m N–S; c. 22m E–W) defined by a scarp (H 1.4m). At NW–NE the scarp retains the hint of an internal lip (int. H 0.2) suggesting that the bank was originally 3.5-4m in width. At SE–SW the external face of the scarp is faced with large stones and boulders. Outside the scarp at SE–SW is a field bank (Wth 2m) of earth and stone that respects the curve of the rath, with a low undulation suggesting that it once continued around the W arc of the rath. This field fence may incorporate, or mirror the curve of, an original external bank, and the intervening gap (Wth 3m) between it and the rath scarp may preserve the line of a fosse. The rath interior is level. In the NW quadrant there is a shallow, irregular depression (3m E–W; c. 2m N–S) of unknown significance. The rath is boxed in at N and E by field fences: there is a roughly E–W field fence immediately to N, and a roughly N–S field fence clips the external face of the rath scarp at E. The perimeter is ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn and hazel. There is a rath (MA038-038----) 40m to N, a possible motte (MA038-041----) 120m to SSE, and a possible rath (MA038-039----) 160m to NE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-041 Castle - motte
  Description

  In pasture, utilising a prominent natural rise, giving good views, especially S–W over the surrounding undulating landscape. This monument is covered in an impenetrable thicket of blackthorn which impeded inspection. It appears to consist of a substantially raised, flat-topped earthen mound or platform (diam. c. 25m; H c. 3m). An earthen bank (ext. H 1.75m), set 2m outside the base of the platform, encloses the platform at S–NW merging with the natural slope of the rise, and a field fence, possibly incorporating the original external bank, curves around the platform at NE–S. At NNW a semi-circular area (max. dim. c. 10m) has been quarried out of the slope of the mound. A hamlet/farmstead, located c. 150m to SE, is named ‘Moat’ on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. There is a rath (MA038-040----) c. 120m to N. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 July 2019

• MA038-147 Mound
  Description

  In pasture, located on a level ground in an area of gently undulating terrain. Sub-circular rise (28.4m N–S; c. 30m E–W; H 2.9m) with a somewhat flattened top (diam. c. 6m). The curving slope on the W half is sharply defined but there is a broader, more gradual slope at SE. Several stones of various sizes protrude from the sod on top of the mound but form no structural pattern. A massive boulder rest on top of the NE end of the mound. A portion (5m E–W; 4m N–S) of the slope at ENE has been quarried out, and a smaller, shallower area of disturbance is visible on the S slope. A field bank (Wth 1.65m; H 0.7m) abuts the base of the rise at S. There are several similar rounded rises or small drumlin-like natural mounds in the surrounding landscape. This rise, however, appears more clearly defined; it may be a constructed mound or a modified natural mound. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 15 August 2019

• MA038-156 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, in the SE corner of a subrectangular field, located on a rise in an area of undulating terrain. and The location provides extensive views to N over rolling pasture, with Nephin Mountain looms on the far horizon to SSW. Oval mound or cairn (21m N–S; 17m E–W; H 2.5m at N) of earth and stones, with a domed profile, slightly flattened at top. The base of the cairn at E–S is incorporated into a later field boundary, which respects its curve, and another field boundary, oriented roughly N-S axis, skirts the W side of the cairn. Vestiges of an E-W field fence also appear to traverse the N-facing slope. Though classed here as a cairn, it is in fact uncertain if it is constructed predominately of earth or stones. It is largely sod-covered, with dense hazel and hawthorn scrub on the S arc, and clumps of gorse and brambles on top. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 August 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_311 (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 Gortaneden with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Gortaneden · Gort an Éadain

Area

768,390 m² (76.84 ha, 189.87 acres)

Civil parish

Crossmolina, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Crossmolina South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Crossmolina South electoral division: 870 people in 349 households; 82% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Creevy, Kildaree, Kilmurry More, Lecarrowcloghagh, Rathmacostello, Richmond

Placenames

Gortaneden 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.