Carrownagreggaun
Carrownagreggaun is a townland in the civil parish of Burriscarra, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú na gCreagán.
Parcel 974580
- Area
- 73,726 m² (7.37 ha, 18.22 acres)
- Buildings
- 4 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 388 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
- Carrownagreggaun
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
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 2 recorded monuments.
- MA100-058 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying rough pasture, between two ridges. Circular raised area (36m N-S; 34m E-W), enclosed by poor remains of two earthen banks, with intervening fosse (D 0.4m). Inner bank (H 0.6m) extant N to NW, gap in NE, possible entrance. Outer bank (H 0.6m) levelled S to E. Souterrain (MA100-058001-) in NE. 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. 130. Date of upload: 25 January 2013
- MA100-058001 Souterrain
Description
In NE of ringfort (MA100-058----). Depression (L 5.1m E-W; Wth 2.3m), with displaced stones visible. Inaccessible at time of survey. 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. 506. Date of upload: 25 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.
- Area
- 62 ha
- 153 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 5,136 m² (0.51 ha, 1.27 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownagreggaun, from 328 m² to 73,726 m² (7.37 ha, 18.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownagreggaun 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
12 Feb 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to construct gate lodge together with landscaping, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and all ancillary site works and services. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure.
Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2560074
15 Oct 2024N/a
Section 5 Declaration: 53km of cattle fencing along waterways throughout the Lough Carra Catchment Area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 24426
12 Oct 2023Refused
construct dwelling house and proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area
Permission · Mayo County Council, 23570
18 Apr 2018Conditional
RETAIN A CONSERVATORY AND A GARAGE AND FOR PERMISSION TO CONNECT A 2 BEDROOMED HOUSE TO A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Mayo County Council, 18262
7 Mar 2018N/a
RETAIN A CONSERVATORY AND A GARAGE AND FOR PERMISSION TO CONNECT A 2 BEDROOMED HOUSE TO A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
Retention · Mayo County Council, 18146
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Towerhill House SAC 002179
Recorded monuments
- MA100-058 Ringfort - rath
Description
In low-lying rough pasture, between two ridges. Circular raised area (36m N-S; 34m E-W), enclosed by poor remains of two earthen banks, with intervening fosse (D 0.4m). Inner bank (H 0.6m) extant N to NW, gap in NE, possible entrance. Outer bank (H 0.6m) levelled S to E. Souterrain (MA100-058001-) in NE. 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. 130. Date of upload: 25 January 2013
- MA100-058001 Souterrain
Description
In NE of ringfort (MA100-058----). Depression (L 5.1m E-W; Wth 2.3m), with displaced stones visible. Inaccessible at time of survey. 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. 506. Date of upload: 25 January 2013
Architectural heritage
- Burrisacarra School, school, 1845–1855 · Regional interest
Description
Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey national school, built 1850[?]; extant 1894, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height "bas-relief" breakfront with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor. In use, 1911. "In good repair", 1976. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with pitched (gabled) slate roof to porch, clay ridge tiles, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in unkempt grounds on a slightly elevated site with ivy-covered tooled limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having overgrown capping.
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, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Carrownagreggaun, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownagreggaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Carrownagreggaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownagreggaun · Ceathrú na gCreagán
- Area
- 619,644 m² (61.96 ha, 153.12 acres)
- Civil parish
- Burriscarra, 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, Clooneenkillew, Lawarreen, Rinaneel, Rooghaun, Towerhill Demesne
- Placenames
- Carrownagreggaun 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.