Knocknamucklagh

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknamucklagh, from 1,758 m² to 1,252,077 m² (125.21 ha, 309.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 31 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 Knocknamucklagh 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 Knocknamucklagh 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
• Special Protection Area: Lough Mask SPA 004062
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments

• MA117-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Oval-shaped area (21m N-S; 26m E-W), enclosed by ruinous earthen bank (H 0.3m) SW to N; levelled in most of the W. Stone field fence bisects site, N to S. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 183. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-034 Earthwork
  Description

  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.

• MA117-035 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In farmyard on E shore of Lough Mask. Built by the deBurgos in 1480; altered and repaired in 1615 and 1618. Tower with tall chimneys. Lower vaulted chamber displaying wickerwork. Other feature include finely-cut gargoyles and two fireplaces, one dated to 1618 (Heyward 1943, 111). Access denied. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 718. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-036001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope, 250m E is ringfort (MA117-037----). Circular area (52m N-S; 50m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.9m) SE to E, heavily overgrown on the E. Gap on ESE where enclosing bank turns W to run towards the interior for 24m. Souterrain (MA117-036002-) in N. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 184. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-036002 Souterrain
  Description

  In E half of ringfort (MA117-036001-). Displaced lintels give access to a stone-built chamber, largely collapsed. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 525. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-037 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, with much scrub. On E slope of natural rise, 250m to W is ringfort (MA117-036001-). Oval-shaped area (23.5m N-S; 30m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.3m), partly overlain by clearance material. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 185. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

• MA117-038 Enclosure
  Description

  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.

• MA120-001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In very rough woodland, 100m N of canal. Circular area (diam. 26m N-S), enclosed by collapsed stone wall (Wth 1m; H 1.5m). N wall incorporated into surrounding field fence. Hut site (3m N-S; 2m E-W) adjoining inner face of W wall. Interior surface uneven, containing outcrop and clearance. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 293. Date of upload: 24 February 2014

• MA120-001001 Hut site
  Description

  In a cashel (MA120-001----). Recorded by An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District (Lavelle 1994; 46, no. 293) as a ‘hut site (3m N-W; 2m E-W) adjoining inner face of W wall’ of the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 February 2014

• MA120-003 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on OS map (1929) as circular enclosure (est. max. Diam. c. 38m). Access denied. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 462. Date of upload: 7 November 2013

Architectural heritage

• Loughmask House, house, 1835–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over part raised basement land agent's house, under construction 1838, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height breakfront; single-bay (west) or two-bay (east) full-height side elevations. Sold, 1886. Leased, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Hipped slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks having cut-limestone stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls on dragged cut-limestone cushion course on rendered base with rendered quoins to corners. Elliptical-headed central door opening approached by flight of five lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings, "Torus"-detailed chamfered timber mullions, and moulded rendered surround framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with lichen-covered cylindrical piers having "Cavetto"-detailed cornices below capping supporting replacement mild steel "farm gate".

• Sluice/sluice gate, 1850–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sluice, built 1855-6; extant 1894. Now disused. Set spanning Cong Canal with unkempt banks to canal.

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 5 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknamucklagh · Cnoc na Muclach

Area

1,951,031 m² (195.1 ha, 482.11 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinchalla, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Neale, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Neale electoral division: 879 people in 298 households; 90% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinchalla, Caherloughlin, Killimor, Killour

Placenames

Knocknamucklagh 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.