Caherwiclaun

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caherwiclaun, from 1,629 m² to 87,260 m² (8.73 ha, 21.56 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Caherwiclaun 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.

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  renovation and extension to existing derelict dwelling house, install new onsite wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24444

• 16 Sept 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22807

• 24 Jun 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLINGHOUSE, PROPRIETARY EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT, PERCOLATION AREA AND DOMESTIC GARAGE ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22520

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 Caherwiclaun.

Recorded monuments

• MA119-052001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a slight rise in lowlying rolling limestone grassland, with good views in all directions. Subcircular raised area (int. 42m E−W; 44m N−S) defined by a broad, low partly sod-covered stone bank/wall (overall Wth 6-7m; Wth top c. 2.5-3m). In situ facing stones protrude at random around the circuit, and a broad stony external slump (ext. H 0.9m; Wth slope c. 3-4m) emphasizes the platform. Heaps of small, loose stones occur around the circuit, probably field clearance stones. A single large prostrate slab lies on the external face of the enclosing wall at W. It is not sod-covered, and appears to be resting on the surface, with many small stones in a slight cavity beneath it; it does not appear to be part of a structure, such as a souterrain. A gap (Wth 2.5-3m) in the enclosing wall at ESE is likely to be an original entrance. The terminals retain remnants of stone facing, and a gently sloping ramp flanked by low stony banks, extends outwards from the gap. A ruined rectangular house (MA119-052003-) occupies much of the space in the centre of the interior, and another possible house (MA119-052004-) abuts the inner edge of the cashel wall at SE. Levelled remnants of a field system (MA119-052002-) surround the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-052002 Field system
  Description

  Surrounding a cashel (MA119-052001-) in lowlying rolling limestone grassland, with good views in all directions. In 1986 the cashel and a portion of the field system were surveyed and planned to scale (SMR file). The plan shows linear field walls radiating from the cashel and enclosing rectilinear fields. A number of small subrectangular fields (max. dim. 35-55m) wrap around the cashel at E−S, and these are subdivided into smaller spaces by internal walls. One of these fields encloses a ruined rectangular house (MA119-052005-), and a similar rectangular house (MA119-052003-) and a possible house (MA119-052004-) are located within the cashel. Larger rectilinear fields extend beyond the cashel in all directions but their full extent is not clear on the plan. The walls appear to follow a roughly NW−SE axis, and their layout differs from and clearly pre-dates the present-day regular grid of large rectangular fields. These field walls were subsequently levelled during land reclamation works. When inspected in 2000, the fragmentary outline of some of the walls could still be traced as slight surface undulations or as linear cropmarks. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-052003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Slightly W of centre in the interior of a cashel (MA119-052001-). This rectangular house is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map but not on later map editions. The ruined remains takes up much of the central space in the cashel interior. It is evident as a low rectangular platform (16.3m NNW−SSE; c. 7m ENE−WSW) defined by a wall reduced now to a sod-covered stone bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.1; ext. H 0.3-0.6m). The NW half is quite well defined, with a rough break in the middle of the NW wall. The NE wall has been largely obliterated. The SW wall is partly truncated at its S end by an irregular-shaped linear depression/trench (8m N−S; 1.7m at S, 4.5m at N) which cuts through the S half of the house interior on a roughly N-S axis. The depression is wider at the N end and is now filled with loose stones. The SE end wall of the house appears to merge with a low wall/bank which subdivides the S portion of the cashel interior. The date of the house is uncertain. It might be relatively late, associated with a field system (MA119-052002-) that encloses the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-052004 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In a cashel (MA119-052001-). Slight remnants of a subrectangular structure (c. 5m E−W; c. 7-8m N−S) abut the inner face of the cashel wall in the SE quadrant of the interior. Only the N wall and the E wall can still be traced. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-052005 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Within a field system (MA119-052002-), c. 25m S of a cashel (MA119-052001-). A scale plan of the field system drawn in the 1986 records a rectangular two-room house (c. 8-10m E-W; 4-5m N-S) on a roughly E-W axis (SMR file), located in the SW quadrant of a subrectangular field appended to the S arc of the cashel. The SW corner of the house abutted the curving SW wall of the field. A number of walls subdivided the field into smaller subrectangular spaces, one of which abutted the NE end of the house. This house and the field walls were subsequently levelled during land reclamation. When inspected in 2000, no remains of the house were visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-052006 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  Located c. 15m N of a cashel (MA119-052001-) within a field system (MA119-052002-). A scale plan of the field system drawn in the 1986 records a rectangular building (8-10m N−S; 4-5m E-W) bordered on its W side by a N-S field wall (SMR file). This possible house and the adjoining field wall were levelled during land reclamation. When inspected in 2000, the house was not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-053 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a natural rise in rolling grassland, with excellent views in all direstions. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) is shown on the 1838 OS-6-inch map; it is indicated on the 1915 edition as an irregular oval-shaped enclosure (48m N−S; 35m E−W). It has been levelled. A faint undulation (c. 35-40m N−S; c. 32-35m E−W) following the natural contours of the rise can be traced at ground level. An E−W field wall traverses the N edge. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 August 2023

• MA119-067001 Ringfort - cashel
  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.

• MA119-067002 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA119-070001 Enclosure
  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.

• MA119-070002 Field system
  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.

• MA119-070004 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA119-070005 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA119-070006 House - indeterminate date
  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 Caherwiclaun.

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 Caherwiclaun, 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 low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_428 (ZIP).

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

Name

Caherwiclaun · Cathair Mhuicleáin

Area

1,132,752 m² (113.28 ha, 279.91 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmainemore, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Kilmaine, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,014 people lived in 375 households in the Kilmaine electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardkill, Killernan, Kilquire Upper, Rathgranagher (Lindsay), Thomastown

Placenames

Caherwiclaun 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.