Gorteen

45 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteen, from 234 m² to 110,136 m² (11.01 ha, 27.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Gorteen 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.

• 20 Aug 2026N/a

  construction of a new agricultural shed incorporating slatted tank storage area, cubicle lying area and milking parlour along with ancillary site works

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 26198

• 27 Oct 2023Conditional

  retention permission for dwelling house as constructed along with all ancillary site works. Previous planning ref. no. P92/691

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 23593

• 12 Mar 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF EXISTING ROOF, GABLE WINDOWS AND REAR BATHROOM EXTENSION OF 4.9 SQM TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING ALONG WITH RETENTION OF EXISTING GARAGE, UTILITY AREA AND TOILET AREA 30.82 SQM.

  Retention · Mayo County Council, 18162

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: River Moy SAC 002298

Recorded monuments

• MA061-151 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• MA071-002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a rise/undulating on the top of a ridge, with good views over the surrounding undulating landscape. Broadly oval platform (32m NNW−SSE; 29m ENE−WSW) defined by a scarp (ext. H 1.8m at W, 1.95m at E) and enclosed by a fosse (Wth 3.4m at W, 3.7m at E) with an external bank (Wth 3.4m at W, c. 5m at E; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 1.45m at W, 1m at E). The scarp retains a hint of a raised internal lip (int. H 0.3m) at NE−E. The external bank on the E arc is partly levelled to a broad and low rise. A gap (Wth 2m) in the scarp at NE and a corresponding gap in the outer bank probably mark an original entrance. There may be a causeway across the fosse here, but ground disturbance makes this uncertain. The level interior is grassy, with brambles and thorn bushes encroaching in parts; the perimeter is thickly ringed with hawthorn, blackthorn and brambles. There is a quarry pit in the hill slope immediately to NW of the rath. Another rath (MA073-003001-) is located 100m to SE. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• MA071-003 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge, at the break of slope on the E side where ground falls away in a gently slope towards a stream which is 350m to E. There are excellent views over the surrounding undulating landscape, particular good along the stream valley to E; less extensive to SW where there is gradually rising ground. Raised circular area (34.5m E−W; 34.4m N−S) defined by remnants of a bank (Wth 4-6m; int. H 1m at W, 0.15m at E; ext. H 1.3m). The bank is best defined on the W arc; elsewhere it is broadly slumped internally. Stones protrude randomly in parts along the top and slope of the bank. Remnants of an enclosing fosse and outer bank may be preserved in a broad, low terrace (Wth 5m) which curves around the rath at SE−SSW and in a field bank (Wth 1-1.5m; int. H 1.4m; ext. H 0.6m) that curves around the W arc of the rath, with an intervening gap (Wth 2.3m) between it and the rath scarp. The rath interior has a slight slope down from E of centre towards a gap (Wth 1.4m) in the bank at E, probably an original entrance. There is a sod-covered stone heap (diam. 3.8m; H 0.75m at E, 0.35m at W), most likely a field clearance cairn, in the E half of the interior. According to local information, there is a souterrain (MA071-003001-) in the interior. There are raths (MA073-002----; MA071-004----) 100m to NW and 200m to SW, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• MA071-003001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA071-003----). According to local information, the souterrain is of drystone construction, with a roof of stone slabs and a partly paved floor. It has at least three chambers which are large enough to stand upright in. There is no visible trace at ground surface and its exact location in the rath is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• MA071-004 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a ridge, with a gradual fall of ground towards a stream 150m to SW. This rath remains well defined on the W half but has been levelled on the E half. Slightly raised circular area (42.4m N−S; c. 42 E−W) defined on the W half by a scarp (H 2.5m; Wth slope 3.7m at W), levelled on the E half to a slight rise/undulation, and enclosed by a fosse and external bank. The scarp has been modified to serve as a field boundary on the W arc. The fosse (Wth 4m) and external bank (Wth 5.7m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.8m) are well defined at SSW−NW; the fosse can be traced at NW−N as a shallow depression and the outer bank as an ephemeral undulation. A road truncates the fosse and outer bank at NE−E. A remnant of the outer bank is also evident as a slight undulation at SE. Interior ground level rises slightly in the NW quadrant. According to local information, there is a souterrain (MA071-004001-) in the interior. The rath is ringed with hawthorn. There are raths (MA071-002----; MA071-003----) 200m to NNE and 190m to NE, respectively. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• MA071-004001 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (MA071-004----). According to local tradition, there is a souterrain in the W half of the rath interior. It is of dry-stone construction and consists of three chambers connected by short creepways. There is no visible trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 June 2021

• MA071-006 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.

Architectural heritage

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

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 Gorteen, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gorteen.

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

Name

Gorteen · An Goirtín

Area

977,935 m² (97.79 ha, 241.65 acres)

Civil parish

Templemore, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Strade, the unit of the census

Census 2022

647 people lived in 239 households in the Strade electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghaward, Ardacarha, Ballylahan, Carrowgallda, Oughtagh

Placenames

Gorteen 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.