Contycro

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Contycro, from 68 m² to 665,673 m² (66.57 ha, 164.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Contycro 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.

• 3 Jun 2026Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF (1) NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (2) DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661018

• 6 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250592

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  (1) SUNROOM EXTENSION TO SIDE OF DWELLING (2) EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND (3) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751827

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Unna/Lough Unshagh Bogs 000167

Recorded monuments

• DG080-018 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  A very much ploughed-out feature not previously marked on the OS 6-inch maps. The site consists of a low, almost circular, earthen mound c. 4.2m in diameter surrounded by a largely filled-up fosse and an exter-nal, almost ploughed out earthen bank. The latter is only .16m high. The overall diameter is 9m. There is a 2.3m gap in the bank opposite a causeway across the fosse on the E side. The site is located on marshy ground in an area of generally good pasture on a low E-W ridge on the Glencolumkille valley floor. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG080-019 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 26m. A circular area enclosed by an almost ploughed-out earthen bank surviving up to c. 0.3m in height and an external fosse up to 2m in width. The SE sector has been divided off by a field boundary and the enclosed area is better preserved. There is extensive evidence of tillage over the rest of the site. It is located in an area of fairly good pasture on a low E-W ridge on the floor of Glencolumbkille valley. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG080-034 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  Situated on the north side of Glencolumkille valley, the tomb stands on a slight platform on reclaimed marshy land in a low-lying situation c. 155m north of the Murlin River. Given its location there are restricted views to the north, east and south. The valley opens to the west and the sea is visible on the horizon; the view in this direction is partly blocked by rising ground and a large thicket of furze and bushes growing on the near horizon. The land in this area was reclaimed in 2011 and this exposed the monument to view (pers. comm. P. O’Donovan). The remains consist of a gallery represented by three stones, a jamb-stone, an adjoining sidestone and a backstone, set in the remnants of a much-denuded sub-circular mound measuring c. 11m east–west by 10m north–south which rises to between c. 0.2m to 0.3m in height. The remains indicate that the gallery was orientated west-north-west – east-south-east with the backstone at its eastern end. This stone, 1.3m by 0.35m thick and 0.35m high, has a gently curving gable-shaped top typical of those found in court tombs. Some 3.7m to the north-west stands the sidestone, 0.58m long, 0.23-27m thick and 0.9m high. Beside this at the west is the surviving jambstone which has split into two parts. It measures 0.75m long and 0.97 in maximum height and its top slopes to the north in typical fashion where it probably functioned as support for a corbel. The original thickness of the stone would have been c. 0.48m; currently there is a gap of 0.12m between the two pieces and small slab has been wedged in this position. A low set stone between the jambstone and sidestone may be a packing stone; it measures 0.4m long, 0.14m thick and is 0.17m high. About 1m south-west of the jambstone is a prostrate slab, 0.65m by 0.10 thick and at least 0.46m if erect; its original function is unclear and may not be in its original position. Approximately 3.7m south of this a stone protrudes from the ground. It measures 0.55m by 0.37m and is 0.25m high. The function of this stone is unknown but it might represent a kerbstone. Despite the scant nature of the remains sufficient structure is present to allow classification, with confidence, as a court tomb. The surviving remains suggest a gallery of two chambers which would be typical for tombs in this part of Donegal. DG080-034----_01.pdf. Plan of the court tomb. DG080-034----_01.jpg. View of the tomb looking south-east. The ranging rod stands beside the jambstone. DG080-034----_02.jpg. View of the tomb looking west-north-west with the backstone in the foreground. The ranging rod on the right stands beside the jambstone and the ranging rod on the left stands beside the possible kerb stone. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 1 September 2014

• DG090-016 Standing stone
  Description

  Located on a NW-facing slope in rough heather- and sedge-covered upland terrain, overlooked at NE by Contycro hill, with a small lake/bog pool 20m to W and a larger lake 200m to E. This standing stone is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Upright, flat-topped, roughly rectangular-shaped slab (H 0.61m; L 0.52m; max T 0.09m) with long axis aligned NW-SE. It is roughly triangular in cross-section. There is a narrow slab laid on edge along the base of the stone on the SW side; probably a support. The standing stone is no longer earth-fast. Attached images: DG090-016----_01 DG090-016----_02 DG090-016----_03 DG090-016----_04 Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 31 January 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Contycro, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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 Contycro with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Contycro · Cointe Cró

Area

1,356,436 m² (135.64 ha, 335.18 acres)

Civil parish

Glencolumbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Malinbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 151 households in the Malinbeg electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Braade Lower, Cashel, Drumroe, Gannew and Curreen, Kilgoly

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Contycro 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.