Newcastle

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Newcastle, from 147 m² to 123,759 m² (12.38 ha, 30.58 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 41 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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• MA071-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, straddling a rise overlooking the Gweestion River 30m to SW. Raised oval area or platform (22.6m NE–SW; 35.8m NW-SE) defined by an earthen scarp (H 1.35m at NE, 2.8m at SW). The external face of the scarp, which is markedly vertical, is enhanced by the natural fall of ground on the SW side. At SW−W the scarp drops to a low terrace (Wth 3-4m) which appears to be a natural feature. There is a low area or gap (Wth 2.4m) in the scarp at the ESE which most likely marks the original entrance. There is a pronounced slope down from the NW quadrant to E and SE, which gives the rath a slightly domed profile on the NE–SW axis. The rath scarp is thickly ringed with hazel trees; the interior is grassy. The base of the rise immediately to NW of the rath has been quarried out. There is a rath (MA071-019----) 175m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 June 2021

• MA071-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, crowning the top of a knoll, with good views of undulating pasture and flat bog. Raised circular area (c. 21.5m N–S) defined by a stony scarp (H 0.55m at SE, 1.2m at N–W), which retains a slightly raised internal lip (Wth 1.6m) in parts. The scarp is low and eroded for much of the circuit, especially on the E arc. A gap (Wth c. 2m) at SE may be an original entrance, but is now eroded by farm stock. The interior surface is strewn with stones. There is an oval pit (1.5m NNW–SSE; 1.1m ENE–WSW; D 0.8m), with a small stony mound beside it, in the centre of the interior. Hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles densely ring the rath perimeter and have encroached on the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2021

• MA071-023 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise on a roughly E–W ridge, with good views along the valley of the the Gweestion River and of the surrounding undulating landscape. A possible fording point of the river is c. 100m to SW. A circular enclosure (diam. 25-30m) is shown on 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. The enclosure appears to have utilised a natural rise or projection on the ridge. Traces of a stony scarp (H 1.1m at SE, 2.6m at SW) survive SE–SW in a shallow arc (L 33m E–W), enhanced by the steep natural slope. A portion of the scarp has a slightly raised lip (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.15m) at its outer edge, which may preserve the S arc the enclosure. A field fence, which traverses the ridge top on an E–W axis, lies c. 7m to N of the curving scarp. No trace of the enclosure is visible to N of the fence. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2021

• MA071-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, crowning top of knoll, with good views over gently undulating pasture and stretches of lowlying bog. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) is shown on the 1838 and 1931 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled. A flat subcircular area (c. 20.4m E–W; c. 16m N–S) is evident on the summit of the knoll, defined at NNW–ESE by traces of a levelled scarp; elsewhere the scarp is levelled so that it merges seamlessly with the natural hill slope. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2021

• MA071-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a low ridge in undulating landscape. There is a plantation of deciduous and evergreen trees immediately to NE and SW. Oval area (29.3m E–W; 38.5m N–S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m at NE, 0.7m at W; ext. H 1.2m) which retains a low internal rim on the N half but is largely reduced to a scarp elsewhere. A short remnant of a possible outer bank (L 9m; Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.55m) with an intervening gap/fosse (Wth 3.4m) is evident outside the inner bank at N. The interior slopes gently down to SE−S towards a gap (Wth 4m) in the bank at SSE, possibly the location of the original entrance. There is another break in the bank (Wth 5m) at the SW. The rath is lightly ringed with hawthorn, ash and brambles, with long grass in the interior. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 July 2021

Architectural heritage

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

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 low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Newcastle · An Caisleán Nua

Area

1,766,751 m² (176.68 ha, 436.57 acres)

Civil parish

Meelick, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Meelick, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Meelick electoral division: 541 people in 208 households; 88% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barleyhill, Carrowgallda, Clooneen, Clooninshin, Collagh, Laghtmacdurkan, Lecarrow, Meelick, Tullyroe

Placenames

Newcastle 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.