Towerhill Demesne

36 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Towerhill Demesne, from 210 m² to 617,142 m² (61.71 ha, 152.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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 Towerhill Demesne 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.

• 15 Oct 2024N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426

• 31 Jul 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A SLATTED SHED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19600

• 13 May 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT MILKING PARLOUR, CUBICLE HOUSING WITH SLATTED STORAGE TANK, SILAGE SLAB, ACCESS ROAD AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 19344

• 12 Nov 2018N/a

  CONSTRUCT AGRICULTURAL BUILDING CONSISTING OF A NEW MILKING PARLOUR AND CUBICLES WITH ANCILLARY SILAGE SLAB. CONSTRUCT ROAD UNDERPASS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18902

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: Towerhill House SAC 002179
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Towerhill Lake 000550

Recorded monuments

• MA100-061 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture. Shown on OS map (1931) as circular enclosure. Levelled; no visible surface traces. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 490. Date of upload: 1 February 2013

• MA100-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture; 150m SE and 250m S, are ringforts (MA100-063----) and (MA100-064----), respectively. Circular area (31m N-S; 33m E-W), enclosed by earthen bank (H 0.7m); levelled, W to E. Low, linear earthen bank runs off site to N, running parallel to nearby stone fence. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 224. Date of upload: 1 February 2013

• MA100-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture with ringforts, (MA100-062----) 100m to NW and (MA100-064----) 120m to SW. Circular area (27m N-S; 30m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.3m). Slight traces of external fosse. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 225. Date of upload: 1 February 2013

• MA100-064 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on summit of ridge sloping sharply to W. Commanding view to W. Raised (H 1.5m) circular area (56m N-S; 56m E-W), enclosed by low (H 0.4m) earthen bank, with external fosse (0.5m). Entrance (Wth 5.1m) with causeway on E, rises to interior. S and W sides have been quarried. Locals say two outer banks were levelled during clearance. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 226. Date of upload: 1 February 2013

• MA100-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough undulating pasture, E of extensive area of forestry. Raised oval-shaped area (23.5m N-S; 32m E-W), enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank (H 0.8m). Possibly a ringfort. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 491. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

• MA100-089 Crannog
  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.

• MA100-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on W side of ridge. Oval-shaped area (45m N-S; 35m E-W), enclosed by poor remains of earthen bank (H 1.2m). Overlain by field fence on E. Interior quarried in a number of places. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 227. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

• MA100-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope, 200m SE of ringfort (MA100-090----) and 250m N of ringfort (MA100-092----). Roughly circular area (47m N-S; 43m E-W), enclosed by two earthen banks, with intervening fosse (D 0.9m). Inner bank (0.9m) contains much vegetation and is eroded in places. Fosse and outer bank (H 0.3m) levelled, E to SW. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 228. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

• MA100-092 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on E-facing slope, 250m S of ringfort (MA100-091----). Raised circular area (38m N-S; 41m E-W), defined by low inner bank (H 0.3m); intervening fosse (D 0.2m) and external bank (H 0.2m). Entrance (Wth 2.4m) with causeway, in NE. W side has been quarried. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 229. Date of upload: 5 February 2013

• MA100-152001 Burial ground
  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.

• MA100-152002 Church
  Description

  Annalists mention a church or cell, dedicated to St. Patrick, in use here as late as 1614 (AFM). Site now occupied by Tower Hill House. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 630. Date of upload: 21 February 2013

• MA100-152003 Earthwork
  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

• Towerhill House, country house, 1785–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay (three-bay deep) two-storey over part raised basement country house, built 1790, on a rectangular plan centred on two-bay full-height pedimented breakfront; five-bay full-height rear (north) elevation centred on single-bay full-height pedimented projecting breakfront. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Vacated, 1947. Sold, 1949. In ruins, 1976. Hipped roof now missing with no rainwater goods surviving on ogee-detailed cut-limestone cornice. Creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast coursed or snecked limestone walls with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners including drag edged rusticated cut-limestone quoins to corners (breakfront) supporting ogee-detailed cut-limestone pediment. Round-headed central door opening with fittings now missing. Square-headed flanking window openings with sills now missing, and remains of drag edged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds centred on keystones with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed cut-limestone voussoirs with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation centred on square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (ground floor), drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed cut-limestone voussoirs with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins including (basement): groin vaulted cellars. Set in wooded grounds.

• Towerhill House, bridge, 1785–1838 · Regional interest
  Description

  Single-arch hump back bridge over river, extant 1838. Now disused. Drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar walls with balustraded parapets having lichen-spotted cut-limestone coping. Single segmental arch with lichen-spotted drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar voussoirs. Set in unkempt grounds shared with Towerhill House spanning Annies River with overgrown banks to river.

• Towerhill House, gates/railings/walls, 1840–1894 · Regional interest
  Description

  Gateway, extant 1894, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of vermiculated-banded drag edged dragged limestone ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed cornices below capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with vermiculated-banded drag edged dragged limestone ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on benchmark-inscribed plinths having monolithic stringcourses below capping. Now disused. Road fronted on a corner site at entrance to grounds of Towerhill House.

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 Towerhill Demesne, 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 high, 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 Towerhill Demesne.

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

Name

Towerhill Demesne · Cnoc an Túir

Area

1,861,374 m² (186.14 ha, 459.96 acres)

Civil parish

Touaghty, and its townlands

Barony

Carra

Electoral division

Burriscarra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

453 people lived in 166 households in the Burriscarra electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownacon, Carrownagreggaun, Carrownahaltore, Clooneencarra, Clooneenkillew, Deerpark, Parks, Stuckeen

Placenames

Towerhill Demesne 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.