Rosturk

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosturk, from 29 m² to 805,491 m² (80.55 ha, 199.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 33 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 Rosturk 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.

• 18 Jun 2026N/a

  The development consists of the retention of the extensions to the dwelling and all associated site works within the area.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2660478

• 5 Nov 2024Conditional

  construction of 1 no. shed including solar panels and a timber frame sauna, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24468

• 11 May 2023Conditional

  remove existing house foundations from previously granted planning permission P78/1035 and also replace existing mobile home with dwelling house, wastewater treatment unit and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23269

• 30 May 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED NEW EXTENSION TO THE SIDE & REAR OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY, ROOF DORMER TO THE REAR AND ROOFLIGHTS TO THE FRONT FACADE OF EXISTING ROOF, SEPARATE GARGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND LANDSCAPING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22422

• 18 Dec 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT 2 NO. AGRICULTURAL SHEDS TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19984

• 6 Feb 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION AND MAKE ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING COTTAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 1867

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  UPGRADE EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 171013

• 3 Nov 2017Conditional

  ESSENTIAL REPAIRS TO EXISTING 38KV LINE BETWEEN NEWPORT STATION AND ACHILL STATION. WORKS WILL INCLUDE REPLACING EXISTING DOUBLE WOOD POLES, STAYS AND HEADGEAR IN THE TOWNLANDS OF CARRICKANEADY, CLOONESHIL, DRUMLONG, CAMCLOON, DERRYLOUGHAN, DERRINTAGGART, KILTARNAGH, SHANVALLYHUGH, DERRADA, DERRYCOOLDRIM, CARROWSALLAGH, KNOCKBREAGA, TIERNAUR, ROSSGALIV, ROSSTUR, BUNNAHOWN, MURREVAGH, MALLARANNY, COIS LEICE, AN ABHAINN DUBH, TON RE GAOTH, POLL RAITHNI

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17872

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: Clew Bay Complex SAC 001482
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Clew Bay Complex 001482

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Rosturk.

Architectural heritage

• Rosturk Castle, country house, 1840–1881 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two- and three-storey split-level country house, extant 1881, on a square plan with single-bay three-storey turrets on circular plans centred on single-bay three-stage breakfront originally with single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor; two-bay two-storey (south) or four-bay three-storey (north) side elevations with single-bay three-stage towers on square plans. Occupied, 1911. Seized, 1921. Sold, 1976. Repaired, 1994. Interior including (ground floor): vestibule; pointed-arch door opening into hall with glazed timber panelled double doors; top-lit double-height hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with chamfered timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in chamfered timber newels, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and wind braced rafters to vaulted ceiling centred on lantern; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in unkempt landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having battlemented capping supporting looped wrought iron double gates.

• Rosturk Castle, farmyard complex, 1840–1901 · Regional interest
  Description

  Farmyard complex, extant 1901, including (west): Attached six-bay two-storey coach house on a symmetrical plan. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on strutted King post timber construction with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered rock faced cut-limestone battlemented crow stepped coping to gables with rendered chimney stacks to apexes having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards retaining cast-iron downpipes. Limewashed roughcast walls. Series of six segmental-headed carriageways with concealed red brick voussoirs. Square-headed window openings (first floor) centred on square-headed loading opening with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings with no fittings surviving. Set in wooded grounds shared with Rosturk Castle.

• Rosturk Castle, gate lodge, 1840–1898 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single-bay two-storey flat-roofed gate lodge, extant 1898, on a square plan. Now disused. Flat roof not visible behind parapet. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rendered parapet on dentil consoles having concrete coping. Square-headed window openings, concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing boarded-up fittings. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Rosturk Castle.

• Rosturk Castle, gate lodge, 1912–1915 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey gate lodge, extant 1915, on a rectangular plan with three-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Renovated, ----, to accommodate occasional private residential use. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement cement rendered walls centred on cut-limestone panel (first floor). Square-headed central door opening with concealed dressings framing replacement glazed timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with drag edged tooled cut-limestone (ground floor) or concrete (first floor) sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows. Set perpendicular to road at entrance to grounds of Rosturk Castle.

• Post box, 1939–1962 · Regional interest
  Description

  Wall-mounted cast-iron "wall box" post box, between 1939-62, with "P7T [Posts and Telegraphs]" monogram. Set in rendered wall.

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 Rosturk, about 1 in 10 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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.

• Rosturk, Mulranny8 sales

Name

Rosturk · Ros Toirc

Area

2,022,423 m² (202.24 ha, 499.75 acres)

Civil parish

Burrishoole, and its townlands

Barony

Burrishoole

Electoral division

Newport West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

799 people lived in 290 households in the Newport West electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 31% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunnahowna, Glennamaddoo, Rosgalliv

Placenames

Rosturk 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.