# Kildun, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), barony of Erris, Co. Mayo; in Irish Cill Ghoin.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,272,195 m² (127.22 ha, 314.37 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 27,847 m² (2.78 ha, 6.88 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilcommon (Belmullet Ra), https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/kilcommon-belmullet-ra.md
- Barony: Erris
- Electoral division: Ballycroy South, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 332 people lived in 125 households in the Ballycroy South electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36953
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 151997
- Centre: latitude 53.988077, longitude -9.841541 (WGS 84)

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

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kildun, from 383 m² to 290,004 m² (29 ha, 71.66 acres); 7 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 904174: 290,004 m² (29 ha, 71.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904174.md
- Parcel 963232: 209,126 m² (20.91 ha, 51.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/963232.md
- Parcel 986717: 150,412 m² (15.04 ha, 37.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/986717.md
- Parcel 899947: 107,612 m² (10.76 ha, 26.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899947.md
- Parcel 1003716: 83,900 m² (8.39 ha, 20.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003716.md
- Parcel 933033: 72,548 m² (7.25 ha, 17.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/933033.md
- Parcel 874471: 67,143 m² (6.71 ha, 16.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/874471.md
- Parcel 898765: 52,310 m² (5.23 ha, 12.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/898765.md
- Parcel 894837: 49,645 m² (4.96 ha, 12.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/894837.md
- Parcel 992745: 47,649 m² (4.76 ha, 11.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/992745.md
- Parcel 996005: 31,696 m² (3.17 ha, 7.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996005.md
- Parcel 996708: 31,556 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/996708.md
- Parcel 872288: 24,139 m² (2.41 ha, 5.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/872288.md
- Parcel 998267: 21,791 m² (2.18 ha, 5.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/998267.md
- Parcel 967333: 8,231 m² (0.82 ha, 2.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/967333.md
- Parcel 2586670: 6,220 m² (0.62 ha, 1.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2586670.md
- Parcel 957264: 4,953 m² (0.5 ha, 1.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/957264.md
- Parcel 930238: 4,235 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/930238.md
- Parcel 5328077: 2,917 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5328077.md
- Parcel 871352: 2,274 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871352.md
- Parcel 961672: 2,250 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/961672.md
- Parcel 997499: 1,544 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/997499.md
- Parcel 5137790: 539 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5137790.md
- Parcel 943848: 383 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/943848.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Kildun 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)

1 application, newest first.

- 30 Aug 2024, Mayo County Council 2460544: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. Permission To Construct A New Dwelling House, Proprietary Effluent Treatment System And Associated Percolation Area Together With All Necessary Site Development Works Permission Is Also Sought To Retain Site Development/Clearance Works Carried Out Under Previous Planning Permission P06/3865. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460544/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kildun.

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

- MA044-009001: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009001-. This is a National Monument in State ownership (No. 423). It is shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as rectangular enclosed area (c. 20m E-W; c 13m N-S) marked 'Burial ground', and on the 1920 edition as an oval area, indicated by a dotted line, marked 'Giant's Grave' and Burial ground (disused)'. It consists of a low, approx. oval-shaped mound of earth and stone (14.05m ENE-WSW; 10.2m NNW-SSE) rising to a maximum height of 0.9m. Centrally located on the mound is cross-inscribed slab (MA044-009002-). At the SW end of the mound is a standing stone (MA024-009003-). de Valéra and Ó Nualláin (1964, Appendix. no. 14, 97-98) assessed this monument as follows: ‘This feature is shown on the O.S. 6”1837 as a “Burial Ground”. The name “Giant’s Grave” first appears on O.S 6” revision of 1893. At the site is a mound about 15.00 m. by 10.00 m. and up to 1.00 m. high. Two pillar-stones, one with an inscribed cross in circle, are set upright in the mound. About forty yards westward are two small heaps of stones about 5.00 m. diameter and .75 m. high. There is no reason to assume that a megalithic tomb existed here.’ Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2018
- MA044-009002: Cross-inscribed pillar, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009002-. Located in a burial ground (MA044-009001-), which survives as a low mound (14.5m ENE-WSW; 10.2m NNW-SSE). The cross-inscribed pillar is centrally located on the mound. It is a National Monument in State ownership (No. 423). It consists of an upright, roughly rectangular-shaped schist slab (H 2.02m; Wth 0.43m; T 0.23m), aligned WNW-ESE. The upper portion of the WNW face is occupied by an Maltese cross-in-circle (diam. 0.37m), incised in false relief. A number of small packing or support stones surround the base of the stone. There is a standing stone (MA044-009003-) located at the SW end of the burial ground. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2018
- MA044-009003: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009003-. Located in a burial ground (MA044-009001-). The burial ground survives as a low mound (14.5m ENE-WSW; 10.2m NNW-SSE). The standing stone is located at the SW edge of the mound. It is a National Monument in State ownership (No. 423). It consists of an upright, subrectangular-shaped stone (H 1.46m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.23m), tapering to a point at top, and aligned NNE-SSW. It tilts slightly to WNW. Moran (1942, 149) recorded that the W face is divided into a number of 'diamond shaped figures by intersecting lines'. These 'lines' are natural faults in the stone. There is a cross-inscribed pillar (MA044-009002-) located a few meters to NE, at the centre of the burial ground. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2018
- MA044-009004: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009004-. 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.
- MA044-009005: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009005-. In pasture, located on an ENE facing slope overlooking an inlet of Blacksod Bay. Included in the RMP (1997) on the basis of a published record (Moran 1942, 149) of a ruined rectangular building (c. 9m x c. 13m) and circular building (MA044-009006-) which were located c. 90m to NW of a mound (MA0044-009001-) and cross-inscribed pillar (MA044-009002-). A rectangular building or house, on a NE–SW axis, is shown at roughly this location on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, and on the 1920 edition as a rectangular 3-sided structure or ruined building. Field inspection determined that the building is a ruined vernacular structure used as an animal shelter. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015
- MA044-009006: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA044-009006-. In pasture, located on an ENE facing slope overlooking an inlet of Blacksod Bay. Included in the RMP (1996) on the basis of a record published by Moran (1942, 149) who recorded a circular building (diam. c. 12m; wall T c. 0.9m) located ‘just to the west’ of a rectangular building (MA044-009005-) and c. 90m to NW of a burial ground (MA0044-009001-) and cross-inscribed pillar (MA044-009002-). Field inspection in 1997 determined that the building is a ruined vernacular structure used as an animal shelter. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 July 2015

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 Kildun.

## 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 Kildun, 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 high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kildun.
- 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/kildun.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kildun.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/kildun.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Kildun 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)

- Claggan: https://everytownland.com/mayo/claggan-150859.md
- Drumgollagh: https://everytownland.com/mayo/drumgollagh.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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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

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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