Tavraun

309 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tavraun, from 46 m² to 110,715 m² (11.07 ha, 27.36 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 56 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 Tavraun 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.

• 27 Aug 2024Conditional

  Retention of all developments on site namely: Changes to site layout, House type, construction of Domestic Garage & Fuel Store from the previous grants of planning permission P971748, P002841

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 2460533

• 12 Aug 2019Conditional

  UPGRADING OF AN EXISTING FARM ENTRANCE TO A FORESTRY STANDARD ENTRANCE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19621

• 26 Jul 2019Conditional

  UPGRADE EXISTING FARM ENTRANCE TO A FORESTRY STANDARD ENTRANCE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19586

• 27 Sept 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT 2 NO. FOREST ROAD ACCESS'S WITH ASSOCIATED TURNING HEADS AND SECURITY GATES INCLUDING ALL OTHER ANCILLARY SITE WORK AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18739

• 12 May 2017Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING SHED, PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE, ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND UPGRADE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 17360

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

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gower 000523

Recorded monuments

• MA073-021 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, prominently sited on a drumlin, overlooking an expanse of boggy ground to N–NW and an area of mixed grassland to SW. A drain/stream, coinciding with the townland boundary, is located c. 50m downslope to N. Lough Gower is located 300m to W. Circular ringfort-sized enclosure (diam. c. 25m) is shown on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. It has been levelled and there is no visible trace at ground level. There is a rath (MA073-021---) c. 300m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low rise. This well preserved rath consists of a raised, circular area (36.5m E–W; c. 37m N–S) enclosed by three banks with intervening fosses. The innermost bank (Wth c. 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.8m), which defines the central platform, drops into a well defined fosse (Wth 3.8m) with an external bank (4.9m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H1.1m). Outside this, the second fosse (Wth 3-3.5m) can only be traced at S–NE, and the third or outermost bank (Wth 2.7m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 1m) has been removed at SE−SW, serves as a field boundary at SW–NW and is incorporated into the line of a later field boundary at NW−NNE. There is a gap (Wth 3m) in the inner bank at SE, with traces of stone-faced, which most likely marks an original entrance. The access route across the innermost fosse here is flanked by low banks, partly stone lined, leading to a corresponding gap in the second/middle bank; the outermost fosse and bank have been levelled at this point. The rath interior is obscured by clumps of brambles and long grass; the perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn, sycamore and brambles. Two raths (MA073-023----; MA073-024----) are located c. 250m to SSW and there is an enclosure (MA073-021----) c. 300m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-023 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a slight rise, in a stand of deciduous woodland in the grounds of Tavraun House, with a cluster of farm buildings 10-15m to SW. Roughly circular raised area or platform (34m N–S; 31.4m E–W) defined by a scarp and enclosed at S–ENE by a fosse (Wth 3.5m) and external bank (at N: Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.6m). A field wall, on a NNW–SSE axis, has truncated the external bank at E. Another field wall, oriented roughly N−S, lies immediately to W of the external bank on the W arc. A slumped area in the enclosing scarp at SE may mark an original entrance. The interior slopes down slightly from NW to SE. In the W half of the interior, there is a trench-like depression (L 19m; Wth 3.6-4m; D 0.7m) close to the inner edge of the scarp, which arcs gently, respecting the curve of the enclosure -this appears to be the result of relatively recent disturbance. Immediately to E of this is a low stony rise (c. 3m E–W; c. 4m N–S). The interior and perimeter are planted with sycamore, hazel, hawthorn and rhododendron. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In the gardens of Tavraun House, located on a slight rise, c. 70m E of the house and farm buildings. A slightly raised, circular area (34m N–S; c. 35m E–W) defined at NW–S by an earthen bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.45m) and fosse (Wth 4m), with an external bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 0.6m) surviving at NW–ESE. The W arc of the enclosure has been levelled to barely discernible undulations. The surviving arcs of bank slump broadly into the fosse. A section of the external bank at N is faced with modern stone walling. The rath interior is now maintained as a lawn area and the perimeter is thickly covered with ash, hawthorn, rhododendrons and brambles. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 June 2021

• MA073-048 Mass-rock
  Description

  According to local tradition, there was a mass rock in Tavraun townland. It was listed in the RMP (1997) at this location based on information from a local source. No trace of the mass rock was found during an inspection in November 2016 (pers. comm. G. Walsh 2016). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2021

Architectural heritage

• Tavraun House, farm house, 1880–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1895, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay two-storey projecting end bay. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stepped capping, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on rendered cut-limestone eaves. Rendered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening in square-headed recess with timber mullions on step threshold supporting timber transom, and rendered "bas-relief" surround framing replacement timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Paired square-headed window openings centred on square-headed window opening (first floor) with dragged cut-limestone sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors centred on carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers; 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 landscaped grounds with margined limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having cut-limestone pyramidal capping.

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 Tavraun, 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 low, 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 Tavraun.

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.

• Tavraun, Kilkelly9 sales

Name

Tavraun · Teamhrán

Area

4,652,871 m² (465.29 ha, 1,149.75 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmovee, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Urlaur, the unit of the census

Census 2022

513 people lived in 224 households in the Urlaur electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowbeg, Cloonfaulus, Glentavraun, Sonvolaun, Urlaur

Placenames

Tavraun 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.