Pollaweela

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Pollaweela, from 251 m² to 428,787 m² (42.88 ha, 105.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Pollaweela 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.

• 19 Oct 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT DWELLING HOUSE, ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 17811

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

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

Recorded monuments

• MA111-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, utilising the contours of a prominent rise overlooking a bend in the River Robe. There are excellent views over along the river valley, especially to SW and W. The Partry Mountains define the far horizon to W-NW, with the summit of Croagh Patrick visible to NW. Slightly raised subcircular area (40.8m N−S; 46.3m E−W) defined by an earthen bank, outside which is enclosed by a fosse with traces of a counterscarp/external bank. The inner bank (Wth 3.2m at N and E, 2.3m at W; int. H 0.3-0.45m; ext. H 1.25m at N, 1.5m at S, 0.9-1m at E and W) has a low internal lip with a flattish top, and a low, but well defined external slope. It is reduced to a scarp at WNW−NNW and for a short section at S. The fosse (Wth 2m) is shallow and flat-based. It is bordered on its outer edge at NE−WSW by a low earth and stone rise (Wth 2.2m at S, 3.2m at W; int. H 0.2m at S, 0.8m at W; ext. H 0.3m at S, 0.6m at W), possibly the remnants of an external bank or counterscarp. There are several narrow gaps/low areas in the bank; the largest gap (Wth 2m) is at NE. The interior slopes down very gently from centre to NW. To S-SW of centre there is a slight, amorphous rise. There is no visible trace of a souterrain (MA111-002001-) and a children’s burial ground (MA111-002002-), which according to local tradition are located in the rath interior. The subcircular plan and the slight internal slope are largely dictated by the natural contours of the rise; the interior appears raised above exterior ground level only on the N arc where exterior ground level naturally dips. Grassy interior, with a concentration of thistles in the S half; bank lightly ringed with hawthorn and gorse bushes. A N−S field fence, merges with the counterscarp at E, but has been removed where it extended beyond the rath Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 December 2022

• MA111-002001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA111-002----). According to local tradition there is a souterrain in the S half of rath; no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 December 2022

• MA111-002002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a rath (MA111-002----). According to local tradition the rath interior was used for the burial of unbaptised babies. No graves are now visible. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 December 2022

• MA111-004 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a level area with a break of slope at W−NW. A circular embanked enclosure (diam. 25-30m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; it is not shown on later map editions. There is no visible trace at ground level. A house now partly overlies the location. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 December 2022

• MA111-005 Earthwork
  Description

  In level pasture, on the S bank of the Robe River. A cropmark of a polygonal enclosure (c. 20m NW–SE; c. 40m NE–SW) is visible in an aerial photograph (GSI M 26 -7; Roll 205, SMR file). There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 December 2022

• MA111-109 Burnt mound
  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.

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Pollaweela, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Pollaweela with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Pollaweela · Poll an Mhaola

Area

834,688 m² (83.47 ha, 206.26 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcommon (Ballinrobe Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Coonard, the unit of the census

Census 2022

306 people lived in 120 households in the Coonard electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Boleybeg, Clareen, Knockalegan, Lenanaboll, Pollraddy, Tagheen East, Tagheen West

Placenames

Pollaweela 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.