Rockfield

107 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rockfield, from 130 m² to 313,187 m² (31.32 ha, 77.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rockfield 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.

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  construction of a new single storey dwelling house, construction of a new single storey detached domestic garage and installation of a new tertiary wastewater treatment system with polishing filter and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 25526

• 12 Dec 2025Conditional

  intend to apply for full planning permission to construct a cattle shed with underground effluent storage facilities. Full planning permission also sought to construct a concrete apron, dungsted, meal bin silo and all ancillary site works at the above location.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560924

• 11 Jan 2021Conditional

  RETAIN AND COMPLETE DWELLING HOUSE AS PER DOCUMENTS LODGED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2110

• 16 Mar 2020Conditional

  DEMOLISH EXISTING SIDE EXTENSION AND CONSTRUCT NEW EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 20185

• 17 Oct 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCT AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING HOUSE AND UPGRADE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK/PERCOLATION AREA TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19818

• 25 May 2018Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF 4 NO. GROUND FLOOR BEDROOMS IN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO BED AND BREAKFAST USE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18386

• 16 Feb 2018Conditional

  DEMOLISH AND REMOVE EXISTING BARN STRUCTURE, DEMOLISH AND REMOVE EXISTING SLATTED SHED STRUCTURE AND REPLACE WITH A NEW SHED STRUCTURE, CONSTRUCT A NEW AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 1895

• 27 Jan 2017Conditional

  RETENTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS AND SERVICES

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 1739

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 Rockfield.

Recorded monuments

• MA092-057001 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on relatively level ground, at the base of the NE-facing slopes of a cluster of low drumlin-like rises. There are open views to NE. An E-W field fence lies a few meters to N and there is a farmyard immediately to NW. A circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is not shown on the 1917 edition. The enclosure has been partly levelled but can still be traced at ground level. The remains consists of a slightly raised, roughly circular area (19m N–S; 20m E–W) defined by a dilapidated stony scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). The scarp is best defined at N−NE (H 0.9m) where it was built up to compensate for the natural fall of ground, but elsewhere it is degraded and at NW–N is almost entirely levelled. Large stones protrude from the outer face of the scarp at N, forming a rough kerb –this is probably the result of the incorporation of the enclosure into a later E−W field boundary. Stones also protrude randomly from the scarp at NE−S. The interior is level and grassy. According to local information, it is known as ‘Lisheen’ and was used as a children’s burial ground (MA092-057002-). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 February 2018

• MA092-057002 Children's burial ground
  Description

  At an enclosure (MA092-057001-) known as ‘Lisheen’. According to local information, the interior of the enclosure was used for the burial of unbaptized babies. No graves are now evident at surface level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 February 2018

• MA092-058 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at a junction of four field walls, located on a rise in undulating terrain with good views, most extensive to N–NE. Raised oval area (22.8m N–S; 28.5m E–W) defined N–E by a scarp with a broad external slope, and elsewhere by a vertical, partly stone-faced scarp which serves as a field boundary. The interior is level and grassy, with a slight slope down from E of centre to E. Sections of the scarp at ENE and NNW have been broken down by farm stock. The perimeter is ringed with thorn bushes, brambles and gorse. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-062001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a slight rise with good views, most extensive to E–SE. Subcircular area (31.7m N–S; 30.4m E–W) defined by a sod-covered earth and stone bank (Wth 2.6m at NE, 3.6m at SW; int. H 0.4m at NE, 0.65m at SW; ext. H 1m at NE, 0.65m at SW). Stones protrude randomly from the inner face of the bank but some may be remnants of a kerb. A possible external bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.45m) with an intervening gap/fosse (Wth 2.8m) can be traced at SW–N. This external bank, earthen with large stones protruding at intervals, is relatively narrow and insubstantial, and may simply be a later field boundary; at its SW end it veers to S to intersect with a relict field bank which skirts the S side of the rath, at a distance of 5.8m from the inner bank. The interior is generally level, except for a slight dip to E. The original entrance is most likely at the SE where there is a gap (Wth 2.4m) facing a gentle fall of ground to E. There is also a break (Wth 0.8m) in the bank at E. Prominent cultivation ridges traverse the interior on a NE–SW axis, and are also visible in the surrounding field. There is a heap of field clearance stones in the SE quadrant. A property fence on a NE–SW axis crosses the SE edge of the interior. There is a souterrain (MA092-062002-) in the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-062002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in a rath (MA092-062001). The souterrain of drystone construction, indicated as ‘Souterrain’ on the 1917 OS 6-inch maps, has three interconnecting chambers in a roughly N-S line, one at N now collapsed and two to S of that still intact, and there is evidence that other chambers/passages may exist. It is currently accessed through a collapsed oval chamber (Wth 1.6m; H 1.37m) which is located immediately outside the external face of the inner bank on the N side of the rath. The N part of the chamber is greatly ruined and the lintel roofing has been removed. The slightly corbelled walls of the S half of the chamber are largely intact and a single roof lintel remains in situ at the S end. At floor level at the S end of the chamber, there is a lintelled opening (Wth 0.58m; H 0.44m) into a creep-way (L 0.6m) giving access to the N end of a second chamber. The creep-way is short, flanked on each side by a single upright flag, and is positioned beneath the inner bank of the rath. The second chamber (L 4.8m NNE–SSW; Wth 1.8m; H 2.15m), oblong in plan with rounded corners, extends roughly southwards through the rath interior. The walls, rising from a basal course of larger stone block, are vertical for a height of c. 1m and above that are corbelled slightly to support a roof of large, overlapping lintels. In the NW corner of the chamber a heap of earth that has spilled into the chamber from a small opening (Wth 0.4m; H c. 0.2m) located about half way up the W wall. The disturbance here appears to be the result of animal burrowing, but it is possible that the opening represents a vent or shaft. At floor level in the SW corner of the chamber, there is a well constructed creep-way (L 0.95m; Wth 0.67m; H 0.8m) lined by two upright slabs on the W side and by three on the E side, and roofed with two lintels. It is funnel- or wedge-shaped, narrowing (Wth 0.38m) and reducing in height (H 0.54m) at its SSW end where it opens into the NE corner of a third chamber/ passage (L 7m N-S; Wth 1.85m; H 1.67m). The third chamber is on a roughly N–S axis, and is also oblong in plan with rounded corners, with a basal course of large slabs and boulders. Just below the lintel roof at the W end of the N wall, there is an opening (Wth 0.56m; H 0.5m) into a narrow passage or shaft which extends for c. 1.4m to NW on a slightly upward trajectory before becoming infilled with soil. The S end of the chamber is largely infilled with soil and scattered stones, and has been used as a fox den. The soil heap obscures the S wall of the chamber, but there is some indication that there may be further openings/creep-ways at both the W and E ends of that wall. According to local tradition, the souterrain consists of up to six interconnected chambers, and is said to extend beyond the rath to another entrance hole, now blocked up, located in the adjoining field to SE. Within the rath interior, several discrete areas of surface collapse, with large stones protruding through the sod, are visible at ground surface. These would appear to confirm that the souterrain extends both towards the bank at W and through the centre of the rath towards the bank at ESE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-062003 Enclosure
  Description

  In reclaimed pasture, located on a slight N–facing slope of a rise. This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, but is recorded in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4343 –4; Roll 216, pr. 20; SMR file). At ground level the remains are evident as a very slightly sunken subcircular area (c. 25m N–S; c. 22m E–W) defined by a slightly raised rim which is most clearly defined at NW. There is a small roughly circular, domed rise (diam. c. 10m) c. 15m to NW which appears to be a natural feature. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-062004 Earthwork
  Description

  Located in pasture, with a gently fall of ground to SE. This earthwork is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps; it is recorded in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4343 –4; Roll 216, pr. 19; SMR file). Subrectangular area (16m NE–SW; 20m NW–SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.5m at NE, 0.8m at SW), incorporated on the SE side into a later property fence. Stones protrude from the scarp in parts. The interior surface is uneven with several hummocks and dips, and with stones protruding from the sod in parts, especially at the SE. At SW two parallel narrow, shallow trenches (Wth 0.9m) set 1.9m apart traverse the length of the earthwork on a NW-SE axis, possibly cultivation features. Overgrowth of hawthorn and brambles made examination difficult. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-062005 Field boundary
  Description

  In pasture, located in gently undulating terrain. A discrete patchwork of rectangular and sub-rectangular fields (max. dim. c. 40-50m) on a roughly NW–SE axis. The fields are enclosed by earthen banks (Wth c. 1.7-2m; H 0.5m) incorporating large stones, and in some cases, merely by a wall consisting of a single line of close-set stones and boulders, with some stones set transversely to the long axis of the wall. The banks and walls generally follow a linear trajectory, but meander gently to follow natural contours where natural rises or rock outcropping occurs. Cultivation ridges, oriented both NW–SE and NE–SW, are visible within the fields. The occurrence of cultivation ridges also within a rath (MA092-062001-), which lies at the SE limits of the field system and is respected by the field boundaries, suggests that this field system post-dates the rath. The overall impression is that it is post-1700 in date. There is an enclosure (MA092-062003-) at the NW limits of the field system, and an earthwork (MA092-062004) is located c. 25m to SSW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 May 2022

• MA092-064001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Located on a low rise in gently undulating pasture. Named ‘Children’s Grave Yard’ on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and ‘Children’s Burial Ground (Disused)’ on the 1917 edition. Recorded in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4342-3; Roll 216, Pr. 21; SMR file). The remains consist of a dense, subrectangular concentration (c. 17m NE–SW; c. 15m NW–SE) of low stones. Some of the stones are set upright in the ground; many barely protrude above the sod or appear to simply lie on the surface. At the NNE limits of the spread there is a low, sod-covered irregular-shaped stony mound (MA092-064001-). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 May 2022

• MA092-064002 Mound
  Description

  Adjacent to a children’s burial ground (MA092-064001-). Included in the SMR (1991) and RMP (1997) as ‘mounds’ on the basis of a number of small subcircular features visible in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4342-3; Roll 216, Pr. 21; SMR file). When the area was inspected in 1998, a single low, sod-covered irregular-shaped stony mound (6m WNW–ESE; 4m NNE–SSW; H 0.4-0.8m) was noted at the NNE edge of the children’s burial ground. It may be a grave but more closely resembles a field clearance heap. No other mounds are evident. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 May 2022

• MA092-065 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on level damp ground on the N bank of an E-flowing stream, with rising ground immediately to S. Ground also rises gradually to N and views in general are restricted. A circular embanked enclosure is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map; by the time of the 1917 edition it is depicted as penannular, with a large break at E−S. The W half of the rath survives as a slightly raised, semicircular area (26.6m NNE–SSW; 16.6m WNW–ESE to field fence) defined on the curving W side by a low bank of gravelly earth (W 1.7m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7m) and bordered on the straight side to E by a field fence. To E of the fence, the E half of the enclosure has been levelled with no trace now evident at ground surface. The surviving arc of bank is generally rather low and dilapidated, particularly at NW–N. A few large stones protrude from the base of the external slope at the W, possibly remnants of stone facing. At S–SW the external face (H 1.8m) of the bank merges with the stream gully. A dense clump of blackthorn obscures the NW quadrant of the interior. There is a possible rath (MA092-065001-) c. 30m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 May 2022

• MA092-065001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, located on level ground bordered immediately to E by a natural rise. Views are good but not extensive. This monument is not shown on the 1838 and 1917 OS 6-inch maps; it is recorded in an aerial photograph (GSI M 97-8; SMR file). A raised semicircular area (26.5m NNE–SSW; 16.6m WNW–ESE) defined on the curving side W side by a degraded scarp, and on the straight side to E by a field fence. It may originally have been circular, but no trace of the E half is now evident. A quarry pit (10m E–W; 5m N–S; D 0.7m) has been dug into NW quadrant of the interior. This may be the remains of a rath. It is similar in size and construction to the nearby a rath (MA092-065----) which is located 30m to S. Immediately to W of this enclosure, there is small subrectangular or roughly D-shaped enclosure (15-16m NE−SW; 6.3m NW−SE), abutting an overgrowth-covered field fence on its NW side. The other three sides are defined by a low stony bank/wall (Wth 1.8m; H 0.3m). The interior appears slightly hollow in the centre. This small enclosure appears to be a late feature. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 May 2022

• MA092-097 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, bordered to E by boggy ground. Listed in the RMP (1997) as a possible enclosure on the basis of a roughly circular cropmark, truncated on W side by a straight field fence, visible in an aerial photograph (GSI M 98 -7; Roll 213, pr. 30; SMR file). This feature corresponds on the ground with a roughly circular shallow depression (diam. c. 18-20m; max. D c. 0.5m at SE) bordered by a low natural rise to SE. The depression is not sharply defined; the surrounding ground grades seamlessly with its sides. The NNE–SSW field boundary has been removed. There is an irregular-shaped hollow c. 25m to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-098001 Enclosure
  Description

  In improved pasture, in an area of undulating stony pasture broken by limestone outcropping. A possible enclosure, with a possibly ancient field wall (MA092-098002-) to N, is recorded in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4343 –4; Roll 216, pr. 18; SMR file). In the photograph, the possible enclosure is evident as a broadly oval area (max. dim. 15-20m N−S) defined by a ruined stone wall or possibly rock outcropping. At SE–S it is bounded by a later field wall, which appears to respect the curve of the enclosure. Reclamation works have taken place in this field, and there is now no trace of this possible enclosure at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-098002 Field boundary
  Description

  In an area of undulating stony pasture broken by limestone outcropping. A relict field wall is visible in an aerial photograph (OS 2 4343 –4; Roll 216, pr. 18; SMR file). In the photograph, the field wall follows a zig-zag course through rough pasture, skirting an area of outcropping, and possibly respecting natural contours. There is a possible enclosure (MA092-098001-) to S. This wall was removed during reclamation works. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-099 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.

• MA092-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on a prominent rise, utilising a natural fall of ground to NNE. Very good views N–E, less extensive over undulating terrain to S. Main road (N17) borders the W side of the field a few meters to W of the enclosure. This possible rath is not indicated on the OS 6-inch maps. It was identified from aerial photo (pers. comm. Gerry Walsh, 1993). The remains consist of a slightly raised, roughly circular area (c. 32m N–S; C. 33.5m E-W) defined NNW–NE by an earthen scarp (H 1.5m; Wth slope 1.8m), built up to compensate for the natural fall of ground, and elsewhere by a slight undulation marking a levelled bank/scarp. An occasional large stone protrudes from the scarp at N. Outside the scarp at N–NE there is a hint of a terrace (Wth c. 2m) that may preserve the line of an fosse/outer enclosing element. In the centre of the level interior, a slight, roughly circular (diam. c. 5-6m) rise can be discerned, to the N of which there is a slight dip in ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-118 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located in uneven, undulating terrain broken by rocky outcrops and low rises strewn with limestone boulders. The enclosure encompasses an area of level ground lying between three natural rocky rises. The field has undergone reclamation work, and heaps of field clearance stones are piled on some of the natural outcrops. This enclosure is not on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. The remains consist of a flat, circular area (33.3m N–S; 33m E–W) enclosed slight remnants of a stone bank/wall (Wth 1.7-2m; H 0.4m). The stone bank is evident as a low, sod-covered rise with large stones and limestone boulders protruding from it in parts. It appears to be more substantial at NE, SSW and NW where it backs onto areas of outcropping. A later field wall skirts the outer edge of the enclosure at S–SSW. A break (Wth 2.4m) at SW provides tractor access to the interior. There are remnants of a possible field wall or scarp at the base of the rocky rise immediately to NW of the enclosure, and a relict field boundary (a single row of stones) skirts the S-SW edge of the site. There is a possible hut site (MA092-118001-) on top of the adjacent rocky rise c. 12m to W, and a possible enclosure (MA092-098001-) and field walls (MA092-098002-) are located c.150m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-118001 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, located on the level grassy top of a natural rocky rise, in uneven, undulating terrain broken by rocky outcrops. The field has undergone reclamation work and heaps of field clearance stones are piled on some of the natural outcrops. Roughly oval area (c. 6m NW–SE; 4.5-5m NE–SW) defined by a sod-covered, somewhat irregular, stony bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m). The interior appears slightly sunken. There is an enclosure (MA092-118----) c. 12m to E, and a possible enclosure (MA092-098001-) and field walls (MA092-098002-) are located c.150m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rockfield.

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 Rockfield, 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 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 Rockfield.

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.

• Rockfield, Claremorris8 sales

Name

Rockfield · Ceathrú na gCloch

Area

3,541,345 m² (354.13 ha, 875.09 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcolman (Claremorris Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Clanmorris

Electoral division

Ballyhowly, the unit of the census

Census 2022

479 people lived in 182 households in the Ballyhowly electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfarnagh, Carrowbeg, Corbally, Derry, Loughaunnaman, Mace Upper, Magheraboy

Placenames

Rockfield 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.