Castlebarnagh

47 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlebarnagh, from 609 m² to 87,101 m² (8.71 ha, 21.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Castlebarnagh 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.

• 17 Mar 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for (a) renovation and extension of an existing derelict dwelling house, (b) alterations to elevations of existing dwelling house and roof lights added to front elevation. (c) installation of a new wastewater treatment system which includes an effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter on site together with all ancillary site works and services at Castlebarnagh, Midfield, Co..Mayo

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 2560150

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 Castlebarnagh.

Recorded monuments

• MA072-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In improved pasture, located on a ridge, which provides excellent views, especially to N−NE. This possible rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked enclosure, skirted by a road on the NW arc, and on the 1930 edition as an enclosure skirted by a field boundary at W and clipped by a road at NE. It has been levelled. The outline of a slightly raised circular area (c. 30m N-S; c. 27m E-W) can still be traced discernible, with remnants of an enclosing scarp surviving at W−NW where it is incorporated into a later field boundary (ext. H 1m). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• MA072-045 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on a low E−W ridge, which provides good view over the surrounding undulating landscape, especially to NW and NE along the course of a broad, flat stream valley. Slightly raised oval area (30m N−S; 24.8m E−W) defined by a substantial drystone wall (Wth 1.4m). The external wall face retains much of its original wall construction, especially in the basal 2-3 courses which are intact and incorporate large limestone blocks and boulders. A section at W survives to a height of 5 courses (H 1.6m) and appears to be built on top of a low earthen scarp (H 0.3m), now partly obscured by a heap of field clearance stones and by hawthorn bushes. The upper courses of the external wall face consist of rough, uncoursed walling, possibly rebuilt in parts, with several area of outward slumping or collapse. The external wall face is lowest (max. H 0.6m) on the N arc, where it is topped with a low jumble of small stones, probably field clearance. The inner wall face stands to a height of 1-1.5m on the S arc, but appears crudely constructed, with much small stones piled on top, and is likely to have been at least partly rebuilt here in the modern era. On the N arc it has collapsed to a rough jumble of stones (max. int. H 0.7m), which barely rises above interior ground level in parts. There are low or slumped areas in the wall at SE, WSW and NNW but no clearly defined entrance gap. The interior is fairly level, but with occasional small sod-covered rises or undulations. A heap of stones (2.8m NE−SW; 2m NW−SE; H 0.3m) is piled against the inner wall face at S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• MA072-046 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on a rise, with a gradual fall of ground to N−NE. Indicated on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps as an oval enclosure (c. 28m N−S; c. 23m E−W), named ‘Cashelbeg’. It has been destroyed; a slight oval rise (diam. c. 20m) is still discernible, crossed on its S edge by field wall on a roughly E−W axis. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• MA072-047001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on a ridge, at the break of slope on the NE-facing side, with excellent views in all directions. This cashel, named ‘Cashelmore’ on the 1838 and 1930 OS 6-inch maps, consists of a subcircular area (44.2m N-S; 43.3m E-W, int.) enclosed by a drystone wall. The wall is constructed of roughly square limestone blocks and boulders, with particularly large blocks in the basal courses and in the external wall face, especially at SW. The wall is largely intact on the W half of the cashel: it is most substantial at S−W (Wth 3.4m; int. H 1.8m; ext. H 1.7-2m), narrowing somewhat at NW (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.8m). On the NE arc, the external wall face is intact (H 1.6m), standing on a scarp incorporating large boulders (H 1m), but the internal wall face has collapsed to a low sod-covered stony rise, almost flush with interior ground level. At E−ESE the external wall face has slumped to a broad, sod-covered jumble of stones, topped on its inner edge by a low rebuilt wall (Wth 0.7m; H 0.6m). On the SE arc the external wall face is intact (H 1.4m) but the inner face is reduced to a broad spread (Wth 3.5-4m; int. H 1m) of loose stones. An entrance passage (Wth 1.5m ext., 1.4m int.) at NNW is flanked by distinctive walling of massive horizontally laid slabs. The passage narrows slightly along its length from exterior to interior. A roof lintel (L 2.1m; Wth 0.5m) covers the outermost section of the passage; this was placed there by the landowner, but is said to be an original roof slab. A massive horizontally laid slab set in the largely collapsed inner wall face at SSE overlies a cavity now filled with loose stone. This may be remnants of a mural chamber or passage (Wth 1.35m; H 0.78m). A large slab jutting from the exterior face of the cashel wall may be part of the same structure. The interior of the cashel has a gently slope down from the SW quadrant to the N and NE. There is a large pile of loose clearance stones (7m NW−SE; 2m NE−SW; H 1.5m) in the SW quadrant, and a smaller heap (diam. c. 3m; H 0.8m) a few meters to NE. A drystone field wall, on a roughly N−S axis, cuts across the interior, slightly to E of centre. There is a souterrain (MA072-047002-) in the W half of the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• MA072-047002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the W half of a cashel (MA072-047001-). A lintelled opening at ground surface opens onto a subterranean passage (Wth c. 1.5m) of drystone construction, which extends for 3m to SSE, at which point it is blocked by a heap of stones. Immediately to N of the lintelled opening there is a shallow, grassed-over depression (L 2m N−S) representing a portion of collapsed passage, at the N edge of which a stone slab, can be felt beneath the sod, probably another in situ lintel. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 April 2021

• MA072-111001 Fulacht fia
  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.

• MA072-111002 Standing stone
  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.

• MA072-111003 Standing stone
  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 Castlebarnagh.

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 Castlebarnagh, 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 Castlebarnagh.

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

Name

Castlebarnagh · Caiseal Bearnach

Area

987,668 m² (98.77 ha, 244.06 acres)

Civil parish

Kilconduff, and its townlands

Barony

Gallen

Electoral division

Brackloon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

655 people lived in 236 households in the Brackloon electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brackloon, Carrownaculla, Castlesheenaghan, Rabaun, Treanlaur

Placenames

Castlebarnagh 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.