# Mountpleasant, Co. Mayo: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Touaghty, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo; in Irish Lios Ualtair de Búrca. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 802,494 m² (80.25 ha, 198.3 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 13,676 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010 - Civil parish: Touaghty, https://everytownland.com/mayo/parish/touaghty.md - Barony: Carra - Electoral division: Roslee, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 443 people lived in 154 households in the Roslee electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Mayo, https://everytownland.com/mayo.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/35219 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 152560 - Centre: latitude 53.746583, longitude -9.195624 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountpleasant, from 1,486 m² to 133,664 m² (13.37 ha, 33.03 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1011240: 133,664 m² (13.37 ha, 33.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011240.md - Parcel 902428: 114,607 m² (11.46 ha, 28.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/902428.md - Parcel 944183: 98,917 m² (9.89 ha, 24.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/944183.md - Parcel 899659: 93,503 m² (9.35 ha, 23.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/899659.md - Parcel 938686: 80,635 m² (8.06 ha, 19.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/938686.md - Parcel 1008600: 77,631 m² (7.76 ha, 19.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1008600.md - Parcel 962712: 64,634 m² (6.46 ha, 15.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/962712.md - Parcel 902569: 48,692 m² (4.87 ha, 12.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/902569.md - Parcel 978312: 47,797 m² (4.78 ha, 11.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/978312.md - Parcel 887884: 30,627 m² (3.06 ha, 7.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/887884.md - Parcel 941563: 23,628 m² (2.36 ha, 5.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/941563.md - Parcel 997282: 14,630 m² (1.46 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/997282.md - Parcel 904705: 12,722 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/904705.md - Parcel 4740869: 7,877 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4740869.md - Parcel 912801: 6,658 m² (0.67 ha, 1.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/912801.md - Parcel 895491: 5,828 m² (0.58 ha, 1.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/895491.md - Parcel 991329: 2,506 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/991329.md - Parcel 871934: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/871934.md - Parcel 952587: 2,458 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/952587.md - Parcel 995802: 2,430 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/995802.md - Parcel 1011050: 2,380 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1011050.md - Parcel 923076: 1,957 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/923076.md - Parcel 911124: 1,707 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/911124.md - Parcel 967057: 1,486 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/967057.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountpleasant 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. - 15 Oct 2024, Mayo County Council 24426: N/a. Permission. Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/MayoCC/AppFileRefDetails/24426/0 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 Mountpleasant. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - MA100-014: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA100-014----. In pasture, on NW-facing slope. Roughly circular area (41m N-S; 36m E-W), enclosed by substantial earthen bank (H 1m), with external fosse (D 0.5m) W to N. Gap in bank to NE (Wth 2.2m). Possible souterrain (MA100-014001-) in 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. 197. Date of upload: 23 January 2013 - MA100-014001: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA100-014001-. In S of ringfort (MA100-014----). Stone-lined depression (L 7.2m; Wth 1.9m) may be a collapsed souterrain. Inaccessible at the time of survey. 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. 548. Date of upload: 23 January 2013 - MA100-014002: Children's burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA100-014002-. 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. - MA100-157: Cist, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CMA100-157----. In rough pasture, with lake to W. Long cist (L 1.3m; Wth 0.7m; D 0.6m) built of stone slabs backed up by dry-stone walling, covered by capstone, 0.2m below ground surface. Contained extended skeleton of adult male, head resting on flagstone. Flint scraper and some animal bones recovered (NMI). 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. 23. Date of upload: 21 February 2013 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) - Mount Pleasant, walled garden, 1800–1838, Regional interest, registry number 31310006, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31310006. Walled garden, extant 1838, with creeper- or ivy-covered coursed rubble limestone boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown coping. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Mount Pleasant. - Mount Pleasant, gate lodge, 1800–1838, Regional interest, registry number 31310007, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=MA®no=31310007. Detached single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey pedimented gate lodge, extant 1838. Now disused. Pitched (gable-fronted) slate roof with clay ridge tiles centred on cut-limestone chimney stack having stringcourse below capping, lichen-covered cut-limestone coping to gable forming open bed pediment, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on limewashed rendered eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered limestone ashlar wall to front (south) elevation; limewashed rendered surface finish (remainder). Set in unkempt grounds. ## 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 Mountpleasant, 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 low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mountpleasant. - 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/mountpleasant.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mountpleasant.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/mayo/mountpleasant.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountpleasant 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) - Burren: https://everytownland.com/mayo/burren-150508.md - Knockatotaun: https://everytownland.com/mayo/knockatotaun-152166.md - Lisrobert: https://everytownland.com/mayo/lisrobert-152434.md - Parks: https://everytownland.com/mayo/parks.md - Weatherfort: https://everytownland.com/mayo/weatherfort.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/mountpleasant - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/mayo/mountpleasant