Woodpark

Area

28,732 m² (2.87 ha, 7.1 acres)

Buildings

1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 28 m².

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Woodpark

Planning applications on this parcel

• 28 Nov 2022N/a

  Section 5 Declaration: Construction of a cover sheep pinning unit with floor area not more than 200m2 and a height to ridge not exceeding 8m

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 221036

• 29 Apr 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A COVERED SHEEP PENNING UNIT TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 22332

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 this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.

• MA103-002001 Church
  Description

  Within a graveyard (MA103-002002-). Ruined, rectangular stone-built church (16.75m E−W; c. 8.3m N−S) with walls reduced to sod-covered wall footings, except for a portion (L 5.5m; Wth 0.9m) of the S wall which stands to a height of 3.2m. The surviving length of wall is constructed of random rubble. The basal courses incorporate very large boulders resting on a shallow plinth (H 0.3m) of horizontally laid stones, which projects c. 0.3m from the base of the wall. There is a break, partly filled with loose rubble, towards the W end of the S wall, and a similar break roughly mid-way along the N wall. A children’s burial ground (MA103-002003-), consisting of a low rectangular platform, abuts the S wall of the church. The S wall of the church is incorporated into the line of a later field wall, evident now as a single line of contiguous stones and boulders; this extends across the field to NW from the SW corner of the church, and also for a short distance to SSE from the SE angle of the church, where it borders the E side of the children’s burial ground. Another church (MA103-002001-) and a holy well (MA103-002002-) are located 300m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-002002 Graveyard
  Description

  In a broad expanse of average pasture, located on a low rise with a fall of ground towards a stream 75m to N. An area of wet boggy ground extends to N of the stream. A slightly raised, roughly rectangular area (c. 40m E−W; c. 30m N−S) with a ruined stone-built church (MA103-002001-) in the centre. The perimeter cannot be traced on the SW angle and is barely discernible at W. It is clearly defined on the N side by a grass-covered scarp (H 1.5m; Wth slope 5m) which is enhanced by a natural fall of ground, and on the E side by a lower, slumped scarp (H 0.6m; Wth slope 2.5m). The S portion is occupied by a children’s burial ground (MA103-002003-) on a low platform which abuts the S wall of the church. This enclosure appears to be the remains of a graveyard associated with the church. It is not indicated on the 1838 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps, and no gravemarkers are evident within the area to W, N or E of the church, suggesting that it went out of use at an early stage, long before the southern portion was reused as a children’s burial ground. A field wall on a roughly NW−SE axis crosses the graveyard merging with the S wall of the church. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-002003 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In a graveyard (MA103-002002-), adjacent to a church (MA103-002001-). A low rectangular platform (17m E-W; 12.4m N−S) abuts the S wall of the church, extending the full E-W length of the wall. It is defined on the E, S and W sides by a grass-covered scarp (H 0.4-0.5m). Small, low uninscribed stone gravemarkers densely cover the platform surface, many set upright in the ground, others apparently lying on the surface. Similar gravemarkers are evident in the interior of the church, particularly numerous on a slightly raised area roughly midway along the N wall. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-002004 Font
  Description

  Deeply embedded in a small roughly oval, flat-topped earth and stone rise (5m NE−SW; 3.7m NW−SE; H 0.35m) on level ground 30m N of a graveyard (MA103-002002-) which encloses a church (MA103-002001-). A large stone block (max. dim. c. 0.8m) with a central circular depression (diam. 38m; D 0.16m) in its upper surface. A narrow shallow dip or break (0.09m) extends from one edge of the stone to the central hollow. The stone is sunk in the ground, with its top flush with surrounding ground level, and it is not possible to determine its full size. It is named ‘St. Patrick’s Font’ on the 1916 OS 6-inch map, and according to local tradition, water in the central hollow was used as a cure for warts. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 4 October 2022

• MA103-074 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, located adjacent to a SE-flowing stream/drain in a small valley. There is damp boggy ground on the N side of the stream. A layer of angular stone fragments in black soil is exposed in the W terminal of a field bank than lines the S bank of a stream gully (Wth 4m). It was not possible to determine the extent of the layer, or whether it is in situ, or merely represents displaced material incorporated onto the field bank. On the opposite bank of the river, a thin lens of dark soil is exposed in section beneath the sod. Possibly the remains of a destroyed fulacht fia. Dredging of the stream has taken place and heaps of upcast material line the N bank of the stream. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 November 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

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).

Ground and risks

Radon

At the centre of this parcel, 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_789 (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.

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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.