Castletown

97 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castletown, from 16 m² to 245,825 m² (24.58 ha, 60.74 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Castletown 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.

• 15 Aug 2024Conditional

  full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, together with all associated site works at Castletown, Carrowmore-Lacken, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460509

• 29 Mar 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of the demolition of existing derelict dwelling and construction of new dwelling house, on-site wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2460180

• 16 Mar 2023Conditional

  full planning permission for the following: (1) Demolish existing detached dwelling house, (2) Construct replacement detached dwelling house, (3) Demolish existing agricultural shed, (4) Construct replacement agricultural shed (to include garage, workshop & storage areas), together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 2360060

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  Demolition of existing dwelling house and sheds, construction of a new single storey dwelling house and single storey domestic garage, new site entrance, proposed effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Mayo County Council, 19955

• 12 Sept 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT SLATTED FARM BUILDING

  Permission · Mayo County Council, 18703

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: Lackan Saltmarsh and Kilcummin Head SAC 000516
• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lackan Saltmarsh And Kilcummin Head 000516

Recorded monuments

• MA007-008 Castle - tower house
  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.

• MA007-016007 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  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.

• MA007-016008 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  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.

• MA007-016009 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.

• MA007-016017 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA007-059 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.

• MA007-076001 Field system
  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.

• MA007-076002 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• MA007-087 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, located at the SE edge of a natural terrace, on a SE-facing slope overlooking Lackan Bay, and Kilcummin Headland to E. There is a stream c. 16m to S bordering the S side of the field. To NW the ground rises gradually to a ridge. This souterrain of drystone construction is partly collapsed. Most of the roof lintels and portions of the side walls have been robbed out. In plan, it consists of a roughly U-shaped arrangement of two parallel E−W passages, set c. 2m apart, linked at their W end by a small rectangular chamber. The S passage (L c. 5.5m E–W; Wth c. 1-1.3m; H at least 0.9m) is roofless. Intact sections of side walls can be glimpsed intermittently. At its W end it makes a right angled turn, merging with a small intact rectangular chamber (Wth 1.37m E–W; H 1.24m) which extends for 3.6m to N. At ground level roughly mid-way along the E wall of the chamber there is a lintelled opening (H 0.9m; Wth 0.53m at base, 0.4m at top) to a short creep, which opens into the SW angle of the N passage (L c. 9-10m E–W). The western third of the N passage is roofed and intact, the remainder is roofless, with sections of the side walling robbed out. In the S wall, at a height of c. 0.5m above floor level, there is a small stone-lined recess (Wth 0.4m; H 0.25m) which extends 0.7m into the depth of the wall, ending at an earthen face. The souterrain is built of local stone. Short, thin horizontally-laid rectangular slabs facilitate a style of neatly coursed construction. In parts the basal courses are cut into bedrock. From a point about midway up their height, the walls are gently corbelled to support the roof lintels. The lintels are relatively thin, and this may have contributed to the collapse of the souterrain; several of the in situ lintels in the W end of the N passage are cracked or slightly displaced. The full, original extent of the souterrain is unclear. Immediately to W of the souterrain is a subrectangular, grassed-over hollow (c. 4m E–W; c. 2-2.5m N–S; D 1.2-1.6m), with stones protruding in parts from the N side, and bordered on the S side by a heap of stones. It is unclear if this hollow relates to the souterrain. Low, sod-covered linear scarps (H 0.3-0.5m) extend across the field to W and N of the souterrain. These appear to be remnants of field divisions that post-date the souterrain. Images: MA007-087----_01.JPG Collapsed souterrain viewed from N MA007-087----_02.JPG W end of N passage, with opening to creepway to chamber MA007-087----_03.JPG Chamber, with opening of creepway to N passage at R Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 September 2017

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castletown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Castletown · Baile an Chaisleáin

Area

2,866,113 m² (286.61 ha, 708.23 acres)

Civil parish

Kilcummin, and its townlands

Barony

Tirawley

Electoral division

Lackan North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

306 people lived in 139 households in the Lackan North electoral division. 84% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymachugh, Beltra, Cabintown, Castlelackan Demesne, Knockaun, Knockboha, Lackanhill, Muingrevagh

Placenames

Castletown 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.