Burriscarra

Area

13,984 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 55 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

Burriscarra

Planning applications on this parcel

• 15 Oct 2024N/a

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

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426

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: Lough Carra/Mask Complex SAC 001774
• Special Protection Area: Lough Carra SPA 004051
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Carra/Mask Complex 001774

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 6 recorded monuments.

• MA100-040 Historic town
  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.

• MA100-040001 Church
  Description

  On W-facing slope overlooking abbey (MA100-04003-) to SW. Restored remains of 14th century parish church (9.7m N-S; 29.4m E-W), with base batter, most pronounced on W gable to allow for slope. Two round arched doorways with evidence of bar slaths; larger doorway to W. Two narrow splayed windows in N wall. E gable contains base of partially reconstructed, three light window. Remains of five windows and partially blocked up doorway with pointed arch on S wall. W gable (int. H 7.5m) has flat headed single light window, in splayed flat headed lintelled embrasure in apex. This is a national monument (no. 222) in state care. 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. 607. Date of upload: 24 January 2013

• MA100-040002 Graveyard
  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.

• MA100-040003 Religious house - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, with church (MA100-040001-) immediately NE. Known as 'Burriscarra Abbey'. Originally a house of Carmelite Friars when founded founded in 1298, probably by Adam de Staunton; abandoned sometime before 1383. In ruins by 1413 when it was handed over to the Augustinian friars of Ballinrobe. Later granted to Sir Henry Lynch whose family held it until the last century (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 296-7). Conserved by OPW in 1962. Some parts of the church and the buildings to the N were constructed in the 15th century, when the present windows were inserted. The main church (6.6m N-S; 31.8m E-W) is aligned E-W, with the main door at the W end. Triple light, switchline tracery E window, only partly survives. String coursing on external and internal wall facings. The S wall has a piscina and an arched sedilia carried on single columns with capitals which are decorated, with hood moulding above. The sedilia originally terminated in carved heads (both broken). A later ogee headed window with hood moulding outside was inserted in the back of the sedilia. On the first floor of the S wall there are three large window embrasures, most of whose tracery is missing, and a much narrower window near the E corner. Near the W end of the S wall, two large arches provide access to a south aisle (3.3m N-S; 15.4m E-W), whose W wall is tied in with that of the main church and whose E window is well preserved. Its S wall has a restored piscina and two blocked up openings. The N wall of the church which still retains some plaster, has two doors at ground level and a window on first floor level near the W end. The larger of the two doors leads to the cloister garth, around which a number of buildings were neatly set. Around the cloister there are no clear buildings visible to the N. Along the E side there are four separate buildings all probably domestic, with features such as fireplaces, ogee windows, narrow-light windows, wall cupboards and corbels for flooring at a higher level. One of the buildings is still roofed with a vaulted ceiling. The larger building at the S end, is divided in two, and connects up with the N end of the church via a doorway. It contains two windows of different periods on its E wall, and elsewhere wall niches and a narrow rectangular window. Some string coursing is to be found on outer face of wall. The W side of the cloister has a later domestic building built against the church wall. Most features are on its W wall and include three ogee windows (one twin light, one single light), one narrow window and a fireplace, with a garderobe on the first floor. Its N wall has a main doorway, with a second door in its external corner, with the east wall providing access to the garderobe via steps. This is a National Monument in State care (No. 222). 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. 636. Date of upload: 24 January 2013

• MA100-040004 Graveyard
  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.

• MA100-040005 Earthwork
  Description

  In pasture, immediately E of Burriscarra Abbey (MA100-040003-) and Church (MA099-017----). Series of low, linear earthen banks are visible on aerial photograph (CUCAP). Possibly associated with nearby ecclesiastical settlement. 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. 337. Date of upload: 24 January 2013

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 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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.

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.