# Mountain, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Bekan, barony of Costello, Co. Mayo; in Irish An Sliabh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 893,316 m² (89.33 ha, 220.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 60,563 m² (6.06 ha, 14.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 2 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Bekan, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/bekan.md - Barony: Costello - Electoral division: Loughanboy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 323 people lived in 131 households in the Loughanboy electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/36379 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152554 - Centre: latitude 53.790498, longitude -8.743246 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountain, from 365 m² to 118,663 m² (11.87 ha, 29.32 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 927398: 118,663 m² (11.87 ha, 29.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/927398.md - Parcel 932617: 93,706 m² (9.37 ha, 23.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/932617.md - Parcel 929790: 83,983 m² (8.4 ha, 20.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/929790.md - Parcel 976284: 78,016 m² (7.8 ha, 19.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/976284.md - Parcel 980225: 76,845 m² (7.68 ha, 18.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/980225.md - Parcel 911074: 67,786 m² (6.78 ha, 16.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/911074.md - Parcel 4684764: 63,330 m² (6.33 ha, 15.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4684764.md - Parcel 1003101: 60,563 m² (6.06 ha, 14.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1003101.md - Parcel 887852: 17,493 m² (1.75 ha, 4.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/887852.md - Parcel 984933: 4,000 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/984933.md - Parcel 886071: 3,608 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/886071.md - Parcel 881938: 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/881938.md - Parcel 948222: 2,029 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/948222.md - Parcel 951238: 1,176 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/951238.md - Parcel 884010: 365 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/884010.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountain 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) 2 applications, newest first. - 15 Jan 2025, Mayo County Council 2510: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: Construct a 4 bay slatted cattle shed. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2510/0 - 2 Sept 2024, Mayo County Council 24362: Conditional. Retention. retain extension to existing dwelling house together with all ancilary site works and services. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24362/0 Applicants are not shown. ## 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 Mountain. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA093-028: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-028----. 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. - MA093-090: Crannog, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA093-090----. Located in the centre of Caheer Lough, c. 120m NE of another crannog (MA093-027001-). When inspected in 1988, the crannog was largely submerged. The perimeter was defined by a double line of wooden stakes. Timbers, part of the crannog structure but largely obscured by mud and silt, were also visible on the lake bed. A large quantity of deer antlers lay scattered on the ground and in the surrounding lake bed. A bush was growing on the highest point. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 June 2022 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 Mountain. ## 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 Mountain, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_862, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_862.zip (ZIP). - 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/mountain.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mountain.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mountain.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountain 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) - Coolnaha South: https://everytownland.com/mayo/coolnaha-south.md - Forthill: https://everytownland.com/mayo/forthill.md - Gorteen More: https://everytownland.com/mayo/gorteen-more.md - Tawnaghmore: https://everytownland.com/mayo/tawnaghmore-153021.md - Togher: https://everytownland.com/mayo/togher-153080.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. --- 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. - Page: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mountain - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/mountain