Cross East

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cross East, from 1,007 m² to 277,755 m² (27.78 ha, 68.63 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Cross East 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.

• 30 May 2025Conditional

  front extension consisting of pitched front gable roof, rear kitchen extension c/w flat roof, construction of 40m2 garage

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 25216

• 12 Jul 2023Conditional

  construct a private dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit and percolation area along with all associated services

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 23389

• 13 Aug 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ANNEX, UPGRADE OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 21876

• 2 Nov 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A 5 BAY ENCLOSED SLATTED SHED AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20818

• 6 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A 5 BAY OPEN SLATTED SHED AND UNDERGROUND SLURRY STORAGE TANK ALONG WTIH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS.

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 20175

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: Mocorha Lough SAC 001536
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Mocorha Lough 001536

Recorded monuments

• MA121-101 Enclosure
  Description

  Oval-shaped raised platform (36m N-S; 46m E-W). No evidence of bank. Stone field fences intersect on S of interior. 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. 352. Date of upload: 9 January 2015

• MA121-102 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In low-lying pasture. Circular area (27m N-S; 28m E-W), enclosed by stone wall (Wth 2m; H 1m). Much of wall appears to have been rebuilt. 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. 277. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-103 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.

• MA121-104 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.

• MA121-105001 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.

• MA121-105002 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.

• MA121-106 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.

• MA121-107001 Church
  Description

  In rich level pasture, set within irregular-shaped stonewall. Rectangular-shaped church (7.5m N-S; 17.9m E-W), built of roughly coursed stonework on a stone plinth. E gable (H 8.5m) contains pair of lancets above a relieving arc, of a possible blocked niche. Part of splayed window on S wall. Later tower house (MA121-107002-) built on internal W end of church, making use of church walls. May have been a castellated church. 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. 612. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-107002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In pasture. Rectangular tower, constructed on plinth, at W end, of earlier medieval church (MA121-107001-). Ground-floor made use of church; upper floors more evenly coursed. Entrance on E through damaged doorway to ground floor chamber (5.8m N-S; 2.9m E-W). Chamber lighted by narrow windows and roofed by vaulted ceiling; containing square opening (0.7m X 0.7m) giving access to 1st- floor. 1st-floor contains small arched windows and corbels on E and W walls; mural stairs on N wall rises to 2nd-floor of which little remains. Built by Richard MacSheonin in mid 1500's (Neary 1938, 40). 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. 716. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-113 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Shown on OS map (1838) as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m). No visible surface traces. Local tradition of ringfort. 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. 351. Date of upload: 12 January 2015

• MA121-177 Enclosure
  Description

  In undulating pasture. Circular, tree-lined area (diam. 37m N-S), enclosed by heavily overgrown earthen bank, topped with stone field fence. 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. 447. Date of upload: 16 January 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cross East, 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 Cross East.

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.

• Cross East, Cross5 sales

Name

Cross East · An Chrois Thoir

Area

1,873,468 m² (187.35 ha, 462.94 acres)

Civil parish

Cong, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmaine

Electoral division

Cong, the unit of the census

Census 2022

994 people lived in 325 households in the Cong electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cornacartan, Cregnanagh, Cross West, Drumelly, Houndswood Middle, Houndswood North, Houndswood South, Kiltogorra, Knocknageeha

Placenames

Cross East 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.