Cullentragh

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cullentragh, from 48 m² to 209,179 m² (20.92 ha, 51.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cullentragh 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.

• 18 Dec 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A NEW FOREST ACCESS ROAD ENTRANCE

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 171006

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 Cullentragh.

Recorded monuments

• MA092-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low NW–SE ridge between Culleentragh Lough, which is c. 230m to W and Derrykin Lough, which is c. 120m to E. Broadly oval platform (44m E-W; 49.5m N–S) defined by a scarp (H 1.5m at E, 3.5m at W, 2.7m at N, 1m at S). The enclosing scarp presents a fairly vertical external face, with traces of stone facing in parts, especially at SE–S, suggesting relatively recent modification of the rath. The marked height of the scarp at W is related to a trackway, which skirts the rath at S–NW. The trackway is 2m wide at S–SW, increasing to 4m at W. The rath interior is level, except for a slight dip to NE of centre. There are several narrow gaps eroded by farm stock. The original entrance may have been at SSE where the scarp is lowest and there is a sloping gap (Wth 2m). The external face of the scarp flanking the entrance is faced with stone, but this may be a relatively late addition. The rath interior is grassy; the perimeter is ringed with hawthorn and sycamore trees. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 23 February 2022

• MA092-027 Crannog
  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.

• MA092-089 Crannog
  Description

  In Derrykin Lough. A small oval island (max. dim. c. 15m) is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map in Derrykin Lough, very close to the W shore, with another small island/possible crannog (MA092-027----) c. 95m to NNW; neither is shown on later map editions where the margins of the lake are depicted as marshy. The lake levels have dropped so that the lake shore has receded by perhaps 20m from the levels shown on the 1838 map, leaving a margin of wettish reedy pasture. Ground rises gradually to W. No trace of a crannog is visible. A possible fulacht fia (MA092-111----) is located some meters to NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 May 2022

• MA092-102 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
  Description

  On a stream (Wth 1.2m) close to the NE end of Mannin Lough, in an overgrowth-covered area adjacent to a farmyard. Much of the adjoining land to E−NE is under forestry. A mill, named ‘Corn Mill’, is depicted as a rectangular building straddling the stream on the 1838 and 1917 OS 6-inch maps. A ‘Mill dam’ is shown immediately to E on the 1838 map but not on the 1917 edition, which shows a ‘Mill Race’ with two ‘Sluices’. There is now no trace of the mill building at ground level. According to local information, it was still intact in the early 20th-century. Remains of a mill race, now largely silted-up, can still be seen; a narrow stone slab spanning the mill race may be the remnant of a sluice. A broken millstone (diam. 1.27m; T 0.1m; central perforation diam. 0.15) lies on the ground surface adjacent to the mill race, and according to local information, there are other millstones nearby, either buried or obscured by overgrowth. A ruined rectangular stone building (9.9m NE–SW; 3.8m NW-SE) located a few meters to N, is said to be where the corn was dried before milling. Knox (1906-07, 265-266) recorded a working corn mill here, powered by a horizontal water-wheel. He noted that in Connacht such mills were known as ‘gig-mills’: ‘The mill is about 20 feet long [6m], by 10 feet wide [3m]. The water tunnel, about 6 feet wide [1.8m], is at the east end of the mill, which lies east and west across the stream. The wheel is modern, but on the old principle.’ It seems likely that this mill dates to the modern era. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-110 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located at the base of a NE-facing ridge slope, in a 20m wide margin of rough, wet pasture and reeds bordering the W shore of Derrykin Lough. This burnt mound appears to have been partly levelled. It consist of a low, grass-covered oblong mound (13.9m N–S; c. 12m E–W; H 0.3m at W, 0.8m at E) forming a shallow arc of firm dry ground amidst the surrounding damp terrain. The E side of the mound is broadly slumped. In parts where the sod cover has been denuded, concentrations of small angular sandstone fragments are exposed in a matrix of charcoal-rich soil. A surface spread of stone and charcoal was noted extending for a c. 10m to the SE–S of the mound. The exact limits of the mound are uncertain. Another burnt mound (MA092-111----) is located on the same shoreline c. 60m to SE. A possible crannóg (MA092-027----) is indicated on the 1838 map in Derrykin Lough close to this location, and another possible crannóg (MA092-089----) is shown in the lake c. 70m to SW. There is a rath (MA092-026----) c. 140m to WNW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 May 2022

• MA092-111 Burnt mound
  Description

  Located at the base of a ridge slope, in a 20m wide margin of rough, wet pasture and reeds, bordering the W shore of Derrykin Lough. This burnt mound appears to have been partly levelled. The remains are visible as a low mound (max. dim. c. 15m), irregular in shape and of uncertain extent, covered in hummocky grass, located 3m from current shoreline of the lake. A central raised core (c. 7m NW–SE; c. 5m NE–SW; H 0.5m) is surrounded on all sides by a low spread of angular stone and charcoal fragments. Another burnt mound (MA092-110----) is located on the same shoreline c. 60m to NW. A possible crannóg (MA092-089----) is indicated on the 1838 map in Derrykin Lough close to this location, and another possible crannóg (MA092-027----) is shown in the lake c. 70m to NW. There is a rath (MA092-026----) c. 180m to WNW. 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 Cullentragh.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Cullentragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Mayo.

Name

Cullentragh · An Chuileanntrach

Area

1,046,437 m² (104.64 ha, 258.58 acres)

Civil parish

Bekan, and its townlands

Barony

Costello

Electoral division

Knock South, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Knock South electoral division: 799 people in 322 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Caldragh, Cloontarriff, Derryool, Kilgarriff, Killylea, Liscat, Lispatrick, Reask

Placenames

Cullentragh 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.