Carrowkeel

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowkeel, from 83 m² to 966,172 m² (96.62 ha, 238.75 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrowkeel 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Carrowkeel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Bricklieve Mountains and Keishcorran SAC 001656
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bricklieve Mountains & Keishcorran 001656

Recorded monuments

• SL040-030002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a wetland area, on the W side of a road. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030003-; SL040-031002-; SL040-031003-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 10). This possible fulacht fia was revealed in section by machinery under a layer of recently redeposited peat on the W side of the road. It measured 4m in length, consisted of compact stone within a blackened soil (D 0.5m) and had a slightly domed appearance. Some of the mound material had been removed by machinery prior to inspection. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. There is another possible fulacht fia (SL040-030003-) 4m to E and a possible enclosure (SL040-030001-) c. 50m to N. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-030003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a wetland area, on the W side of a road. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030002-; SL040-031002-; SL040-031003-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 10). This possible fulacht fia was revealed in section by machinery under a layer of recently redeposited peat (D 1.6m). It measured 3.6m in length, had a domed profiled and consisted of loose blackened soil (D 0.7m) with a high concentration of heat-shattered stone with area of reddened burnt soil also containing heat cracked stones and small pebbles. Some of the mound material had been removed by machinery prior to inspection. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. Another possible fulacht fia (SL040-030002-) lies c. 4m to W; a possible enclosure (SL040-030001-) lies c. 50m to N. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-031 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In undulating pasture, at the base of a slope and on the townland boundary between Cloghoge Lower and Carrowkeel. The well consists of an unenclosed shallow hollow (2m x 4m) at the point where a spring flows from the limestone. It was recorded in 1836 as 'Tobar Mhathghamhna (pron. Tobar Mathún)...a fine spring well' (OSL, 157). A possible enclosure (SL040-030----) lies c. 10m to SW and a fulacht fia (SL040-031002-) and a burnt spread (SL040-031003-) lie c. 30m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-031002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a wetland area, c. 5m E of a stream. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030002-; SL040-030003-; SL040-031003-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 12). A low kidney-shaped mound (6m N-S; 10m E-W; H 0.5m) of stones in charcoal blackened soil, overlain with sod and a thin layer of peat and topsoil. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. There is a burnt spread (SL040-031003-) immediately to S and a holy well (SL040-031----) c. 30m to W. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-031003 Burnt mound
  Description

  In a wetland area, c. 5m E of a stream. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-030002-; SL040-030003-; SL040-031002-; SL040-230001-; SL040-230002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 12). It consisted of a low spread of burnt stone and blackened soil, the dimensions of which could not be ascertained. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. A fulacht fia (SL040-031002-) lies immediately to N and a holy well (SL040-031----) lies c. 30m to W. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-032001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a narrow terrace, broken by limestone pavement, on the lower NE-facing slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains, overlooking undulating pasture bordering the shores of Lough Arrow. A roughly D-shaped area (c. 25m NE-SW; c. 25.5m NW-SE) defined on the straight NE side by a low scarp (H 0.4m), on the SE side by the remnants of a field boundary wall that continues away from the enclosure to SSW and ENE, from SSW-WNW by a gently curving inward facing stony scarp (H 0.7m) and WNW-N by a low stony bank. The interior is uneven and strewn with stone; the NE half is at a slightly lower level than the remainder with the change of level marked by a stony band, possibly the remains of a field boundary. Attached externally at SW is a semicircular annexe (10.6m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) defined SSW-WNW by a substantial inward-facing scarp (H 0.8m) cut into rising ground. The scarp peters out at the NW end leaving a gap (Wth 4m) between it and the enclosure wall. There is a field boundary c. 5m to NE of the enclosure. The enclosure is within a field system (SL040-032002-). A rectangular enclosure (SL040-033001-) and two raths (SL040-034----; SL040-037----) are visible downslope to NE, E and ESE. An unclassified megalithic tomb (SL040-229----) lies c. 150m to NNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-032002 Field system
  Description

  On a terrace, on the lower NE slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains, overlooking a broad sweep of undulating lowland pasture bordering the shores of Lough Arrow. A fragmented pattern of relict field walls enclosing irregular subrectangular fields. The layout of the system is largely dictated by natural bedrock seams and terraces, mostly on a NE-SW axis. The walls are poorly preserved and survive as low sod-covered lines of stone (Wth c. 1m; H 0.3m), barely perceptible in many cases. The terrain is uneven, broken by limestone pavement and strewn with stones. Within the field system, located c. 40m WNW of the enclosure (SL040-032001-), is the poorly preserved outline of a rectangular structure (8.7m WNW-ESE; c. 5m NNE-SSW). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-033001 Enclosure
  Description

  On a broad undulating upland terrace, overlooked to NW by the limestone escarpments of the Bricklieve Mountains. On top of a low elevation which is defined on the SE side by a steep drop to a waterlogged depression or turlough. A roughly square area (26.8m NE-SW; 25.3m NW-SE), with rounded corners, defined by an irregular sod-covered stony spread (Wth 3-5m; H 0.45m), possibly incorporating some field clearance rubble. On the NE side and in parts to NW and SW there is a raised lip (Wth c. 1m; H 0.6m) on the inner edge of the spread. On the SE side the slight stony rise (Wth 2m; int. H 0.35m) merges on the outer edge with the steep drop to the turlough. The interior is generally level but with a slight slope from the centre down to SE. There is a break (Wth 2m) at the S end of the SW side and another (Wth 4m) at the S corner. In the SW quadrant of the interior is a square area (10.6m NW-SE; 10.4m NE-SW) (SL040-033002-) defined on the SW and NW sides by the enclosure wall, on NE side by a low sod-covered stone bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.2m) and on SE side by a slight rise. The break in the SW wall of the enclosure opens into this partitioned quadrant. A rath (SL040-034----) lies c. 100m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-033002 Hut site
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of Carrowkeel enclosure (SL040-033001-). A square area (10.6m NW-SE; 10.4m NE-SW) defined on the SW and NW sides by the enclosure wall, on the NE side by a low sod-covered stone bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.2m) and on the SE side by a slight rise. It may represent a house site but it could just be partitioning of the interior. The break at the S end of the SW wall opens into the partitioned quadrant. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, straddling a break of slope and overlooked to the NW by the steep slopes of Bricklieve Mountains. A slightly raised oval area (38.6m NW-SE; 33.6m NE-SW) defined ENE-NW by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.85m) and NW-NE by a scarp (H 1.8m), built up to compensate for the natural slope. The bank is generally degraded NE-SW, retaining only a low internal lip. At SW, where it backs onto rising ground, it is barely rises above the external ground level but has a pronounced internal scarp. The interior is bisected by a NE-SW field boundary wall and is generally level though it is slightly lower in the N half, the change in level is marked by an 11m stretch of a NE-facing scarp (H 1m). There is a rectangular enclosure (SL040-033001-) c. 100m to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-035 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating pasture, overlooking Lough Arrow to E. A raised oval area (int. diam. 26m x 24m) truncated along the W arc by a road and enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 1.6m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 1.5m). Remains of internal stone facing are evident along the N arc. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1.75m) at S. The interior rises towards the centre and is covered with nettles and mature trees; the E half is crossed by a field boundary on a N-S axis. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at a slight break in the steep NE-facing slope of the Bricklieve Mountains. A circular area (19m NW-SE) cut into the slope of a ridge. On the upslope side WSW-NNW, the interior is defined by an arc of NE-facing scarp (H 0.6m) cut into the slope, from NNW-NNE by a slight rise (Wth c. 2m; H c. 0.5m) and elsewhere by a NE-facing scarp that merges NE-ENE with an abrupt and very steep natural slope. The interior slopes markedly reflecting the natural slope; a field boundary crosses the S edge. The enclosure overlooks a rectangular enclosure (SL040-033001-) and a rath (SL040-034----) c. 350m and 200m to NNE respectively and a second rath (SL040-037----) c. 450m to ESE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-037 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at a break of slope just below the summit of Mullaghfarna Hill, with good views of undulating lowlands on the shores of Lough Arrow to E but overlooked to NW by the steep slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains. A roughly circular area (31.8m N-S; 34.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.95m) with a low internal rim NW-SW and by a scarp (H 0.8m) SW-NW. The remains of an outer earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.2m) are evident W-S with a waterlogged intervening fosse (Wth 3m), marked by a dense growth of rushes. At NE, a 14m wide section of the outer bank has been levelled. The NW portion of the interior is slightly raised to compensate for the slope, however, the interior retains a slight slope down to NW. Faint outlines of NE-SW cultivation ridges are evident. The rath overlooks a rectangular enclosure (SL040-033001-) and another rath (SL040-034----) c. 450m and c. 300m to NNW respectively. There is an enclosure (SL040-036----) visible on rising ground c. 450m to WNW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-086 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn C in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On the bog-grown northern slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains and 10m N of possible passage tomb (SL040-087----). A circular cairn (diam. 17-19m; H 1.5m) with a slight bulge at the W where there has been some slippage downslope, is crossed by a field boundary wall. Just W of the centre of the mound there is the remains of a passage (L 3m; Wth c. 0.5m) opening to the WNW. A massive lintel covers the inner end of the passage. Beyond this the N or left-hand side and rear of the chamber area is represented by tiered corbelling which extends for a further 3m to the ESE. At about mid-length the line of corbelling bulges to the N indicating the possible presence of a side recess. The corbelling rises above a substantial body of fill that hides the orthostatic structure. Some 1.2m to the S of the line of the passage and more or less opposite the northwards bulge already referred to, a roofed polygonal chamber (max. dims. 1.7m x 1.7m) is accessible from the top of the cairn. The field wall crossing the monument separates this chamber from the rest of the tomb structure and obscures their relationship but it would seem that this is a recess opening off the right-hand side of the chamber area at the end of the passage. Two orthostats form the E and W sides of this chamber and a single example closes the S end. At the northern end there are three stones arranged in the manner of a doorstone between two jambs which support a lintel now partly displaced. The design here supports the likelihood of a connection between this chamber and the structure to the N of the field wall. The roofstone of this chamber is somewhat precariously supported on a single layer of corbels, including the lintel just mentioned. The design of this tomb is uncertain but the indications are that it is cruciform in plan (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 322-3; Ó Nualláin 1989, 82) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with a plan and sections of the monument (surveyed 1997). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-087 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn D in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On the bog-grown northern slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains and 10m S of a passage tomb (SL040-086----). The disturbed basal layers of a circular cairn (diam. 17-19m) are partly covered by a layer of peat. Structural remains are scant. Some kerbstones are visible almost 2m inside the present perimeter at the ENE and 1.5m N of these a large slab lies prostrate on the mound. Almost 3m W of the surviving kerbstones there is a set stone (L 0.7m; Wth 0.3m; H 0.75m). Some 3m NW of the last there is a set stone (H 0.85m) now leaning slightly. A large slab, one end partly buried in the cairn, leans against this stone. Some 4m to the S and close to the centre of the cairn there are two set stones at right angles to each other. One is 0.9m long and the other 0.7m and the latter, the taller of the two, is 1m high. (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 323; Ó Nualláin 1989, 82) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with a plan and sections of the monument (surveyed 1993). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-088 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  In the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On a little terrace on the N slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the bog-grown N-S aligned ridges forming the Bricklieve Mountains, and c. 40m NW of and downslope from the passage tomb (SL040-089----). This is a circular cairn (diam. 11.5m; H 0.7m at S and c. 1.5m at the N or downslope side) parts of which are under a growth of peat c. 0.3m thick. At the approximate centre of the cairn there are two prostrate slabs, one (1.7m x 0.9m; T 0.3m) overlying the other (0.95m x 0.5m; T 0.25m). There is a possibility that these stones may have formed part of a chamber. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-089 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn G in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. High on the N slope of Barrnabinnia, one of the bog-grown N-S aligned ridges forming the Bricklieve Mountains. A possible passage tomb (SL040-088----) lies c. 40m to NW and a passage tomb (SL040-09001-) c. 50m to S. A circular cairn (diam. 18-20m; H 3m) covers a well-preserved cruciform passage tomb opening to the NW. The tomb (L 5m) consists of a passage (L 2m; Wth c. 1m) leading to a chamber (L 1.7m; Wth 1.9m; H 2.3m) opening off which there are two opposed side-chambers, one to the right or W (L 0.85m; Wth 0.95m; H 1.3m), another to the left or E (L 0.85m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.4m) and an endchamber (L 1m; Wth 1m; H 1.3m). The tomb is constructed of tall, generally pillar-like uprights and these support a series of lintels and oversailing corbels capped by a large flat slab above the main chamber. Sillstones divide the passage into two compartments and are in place at the front of the two side-chambers and endchamber. Investigation of the tomb in 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 327-8, 334-5) showed that large flat slabs (some of which are still visible) had been laid as floorstones along the passage and in the chambers. The tomb contained a considerable quantity of burnt bone, some pottery fragments, stone pendants, beads and balls. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 83) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with plans and sections of the monument (surveyed 1983). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-090001 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Carn H in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. About 50m S of and slightly upslope from another passage tomb (SL040-089----). A circular cairn (diam. 20m; H 2.5m), inside the perimeter of which there is a quite well-preserved kerb (diam. 14m), contains a NW-facing undifferentiated passage tomb. Only the outer half of the passage is now accessible. In 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 328-9, 335) a slab at the entrance and the outermost roofstone were broken up and removed to allow access. However it was not possible to crawl all the way along the narrow passage so entry to the chamber at the end of the passage was gained by quarrying through the top of the cairn and raising roofstones. This part of the tomb, now covered by cairn slip, is inaccessible. The published plan (ibid.) shows the passage (which is slightly curved) and chamber to be some 8.5m long. The outer third of the structure is at most 1m high and wide and it would seem that the chamber at the inner end is of comparable dimensions. The middle part of the structure narrows to about 0.5m. The orthostats of the outer part of the passage are unequal in height so drystone-walling is employed to provide a reasonably level surface for the roofing lintels. Two jamb-like stones seem to mark a point of segmentation about 1m from the entrance and the published plan (ibid.) shows three sillstones further along, one of them dividing the passage from the chamber. Finds at the site consisted of burnt and unburnt bones, a stone bead and a sea-shell. A stretch of field boundary (T 4m; H 0.4-0.5m) (SL040-090002-) composed of stone rubble and slabs laid lengthways extends from the W side of the passage tomb into the bog. A megalithic structure (SL040-091----) lies c. 30m to SE. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 83) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with plans and sections of the monument (surveyed 1996). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-090002 Field boundary
  Description

  On the W side of a passage tomb (SL040-090001-). A stretch of field boundary (T 4m; H 0.4-0.5m), composed of stone rubble and slabs laid lengthwise, extends from the passage tomb into the bog. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL040-091 Megalithic structure
  Description

  This feature, first shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, lies c. 30m SE of a passage tomb (SL040-090001-) in the Carrowkeel passage tomb cemetery. A fragmented block of limestone (c. 1.7m x 1.2m x 0.5m) rests on four low rounded sandstone boulders partly buried in peat. These boulders are substantially obscured by the constituent parts of the limestone block which are tilted downwards and it is unclear if they have been deliberately placed in position or occur naturally. According to Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger (1912, 330-31), there were also three limestone slabs set on edge at the site, 'apparently placed with the intention of forming a cist'. What may be one of these stones can be recognised but its status remains uncertain. It would be necessary to remove the broken limestone block to form a reliable assessment of the nature of this feature. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 99, no. 27) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-092 Cist
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). A roofless rectangular cist (2m N-S; 1.2m E-W) constructed of four stones. One stone (L 2.15m; T 0.3m; H 0.5m) forms the E side and another (L 1.9m; T 0.4m; H 0.75m) the W side. A stone (L 1.6m; T 0.35m; H 0.55m), set slightly beyond the end of these two sidestones, marks the S end of the cist. The N end is closed by a stone (L 1.05m; T 0.2m; H 0.4m) set between the ends of the sidestones. Five stones, protruding from the ground just beyond the N end of the cist, are of uncertain origin. Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger (1912, 331) reported a local claim that the cist had been roofed but that the covering slab had been broken up by rabbit hunters. There is a passage tomb (SL040-093----) c. 20m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked document with a plan of the monument (surveyed 1983). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-093 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn K in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. About 130m S of and somewhat upslope from the megalithic structure (SL040-091----), 10m E of a possible passage tomb (SL040-094----) and c. 400m N of another passage tomb (SL040-101----). A round cairn (diam. 21.5-23m; H 3.5m) covers a well-preserved cruciform passage tomb opening to the NNW. The tomb (L 7.7m) consists of a passage (L 4.5m; Wth 0.65-1.1m) leading to a chamber (L 1.4m; Wth 1.9m; H 3.4m) opening off which there are two opposed side-chambers, one to the right or W (L 1.35m; Wth 1.4m; H 2.2m), another to the left or E (L 1m; Wth 1.2m; H 2.1m) and an endchamber (L 1m; Wth 1.4m; H 2m). The tomb is constructed of orthostats with dry-wall infill which support a series of lintels, a number now cracked, and oversailing corbels capped by a large flat slab above the main chamber. Sillstones divide the passage into three sections and are in place at the front of the two side-chambers and endchamber. Investigation of the tomb in 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 329) produced burnt bones, stone pendants, beads and balls, mushroom and poppy-headed antler and bone pins, and a decorated Bronze Age bowl (Ó Riordáin and Waddell 1993, 130). There is a cist (SL040-092----) c. 20m to NE. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 83) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with plans and sections of the monument (surveyed 1993). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-094 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn L in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On a mountain ridge, 10m W of another passage tomb (SL040-093----) and c. 400m N of a third passage tomb (SL040-101----). This is a damaged round cairn (diam. c. 18m; H 1.5m), its perimeter peat-grown. Disturbance is indicated by humps and hollows on the top of the cairn and there is a hole (c. 3m x 2m; D 1m) towards its northern edge. The disturbances may be the result of 'several examinations' conducted at the site in 1911 after which it was decided 'it would not repay investigation' (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 330). A small stone (L 0.55m; T 0.08m; H 0.85m) is exposed in a slight hole in the top of the cairn just N of centre. It appears to be a set stone. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 83) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with a plan and sections of the monument (surveyed 1995). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-095 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn E in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. On the bog-covered cliff-walled northern tip of one of the N-S aligned ridges that form the Bricklieve Mountains. Another passage tomb (SL040-096----) lies 200m to S. A long cairn (L 40m; min. H 2m), its perimeter partly obscured by heather-grown bog, is aligned NNW-SSE. Visible kerbstones indicate a max. width of 11m at the S. Close to the N end of the cairn there is a cruciform passage tomb. This consists of a NNW-facing main chamber (L 4m; min. Wth 0.6m, max. Wth 1.35m) divided by sills into four compartments. Opposed side-chambers, both polygonal in outline, and both c. 1m by 0.7m in dimension, open off the taller main chamber. Four orthostats are in place on each side of the main chamber and a fifth example has collapsed inwards at the inner end of the E side. Six orthostats form the sides and back of the well-preserved eastern side-chamber which is entered from the main chamber over a sillstone. Four orthostats are in place around the sides and back of the western side-chamber. Each side-chamber is roofed by a single large slab supported on corbelling. A slab laid lintel-like on the outer pair of opposed sidestones of the main chamber is a modern feature. Immediately in front of the main chamber there is a tall stone which projects outwards from the line of the E side of the structure. This stone and at least three other large stones which seem to be displaced to a lesser or greater degree suggest there may have been further structure at this end of the tomb. Bone fragments, a minute sherd of pottery, a poppy-headed and a mushroom-headed pin and portion of a boar's tusk were recovered from the tomb in 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 323-4, 332-3). At the southern end of the cairn there is a setting of stones which has been compared to a court (Ó Nualláin 1989, 75-6, no. 120, 82). If, as appears to be the case, it opened onto the end of the cairn it would have measured 5m N-S and almost the same dimension E-W. A large orthostat (L 3.3m) forms the inner end of this feature, there are two on its more westerly side and one on the opposite side. Some 2.5m NE of the court-like feature there is a small chamber opening onto the E side of the cairn. Two pairs of opposed sidestones are visible at the front of this chamber (min. L 1.5m). A roofstone and three corbels, all now partly displaced apparently due to the investigation of the site in 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 323-4, 332-3), obscure the rear of the chamber. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together with plans and sections of the monument (surveyed 1997). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-096 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  This is a National Monument in State care (no. 518). Carn F in the Carrowkeel-Kesh Corann passage tomb cemetery. Close to the western edge of a heather-covered bog-grown ridge and 200m S of another passage tomb (SL040-095----) on the same ridge. A largely collapsed N-facing passage tomb (L 6.2m) is partly exposed towards the N side of a round cairn (diam. 29m; H 5.5m). The site was investigated in 1911 (Macalister, Armstrong and Praeger 1912, 324-7, 333-4) by which stage it was in a state of partial collapse. The upper part of the roof had given way causing the chamber area to fill with stones from the cairn. Clearance revealed a short passage leading to two pairs of side-chambers and a terminal chamber. Sillstones divided the passage into two compartments and stood at the front of each side-chamber. A standing stone, its butt still in place and upper part prostrate alongside, stood between the inner pair of transepts and in front of the terminal chamber. The roof, constructed of oversailing corbels, is estimated to have been some 5m high. It had been capped with a large slab which lay displaced on the cairn in 1911. In the course of clearance this stone was broken up and removed. Some corbels became displaced during the work and were also removed. Finds recovered all came from the inner end of the structure and included some burnt bone, a complete bead and two broken examples. During the 1911 investigation the stone fill from the inner part of the tomb was moved to the front which had already been cleared. This material and further cairn collapse since 1911 now covers most of the orthostatic structure including the side-chambers. At the front four stones, two at either side forming the outer end of passage, and at the other end the tops of three orthostats, the backstone and the sidestone adjoining either end of it, are now visible. Two lintels are exposed near the front of the passage. Three overlying corbels rest on the backstone and these support a roofstone at the rear of the tomb. Corbels are exposed along the length of the structure. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 83) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). See linked documents with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) together plans and sections of the monument (surveyed 1995). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-109 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In raised bog, on the N end of a promontory ridge, in the Bricklieve Mountains. An oval area (int. diam. 17.4m x 14.4m) enclosed by a low ruinous partially sod-covered stone wall (T 1.8m; H 0.5m). At S the wall is crossed by a field boundary. The interior is covered by peat. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-209 Hut site
  Description

  On a slightly undulating karst plateau, at the foot of Doonaveeragh and surrounded by blanket bog. A circular stone-built structure (int. diam. 5m x 5.2m) with sod-covered walls (T 1.1m; H 0.4m). There are gaps in the wall at NE and NW, one of which may be the entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-229 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture on an E-facing terrace on the northern slopes of the Bricklieve Mountains and commanding a view over Lough Arrow 1.6 km to the E. The scant remains of a structure, possibly a chamber (L 2.2m) aligned NW-SE, stand in a mound of subrectangular plan (8.5m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; H 0.4m). To the NW two opposed orthostats, the taller 0.7m high, stand 1.2m apart at either side of a low stone, possibly a sill, set transversely between them. These stones may mark the front of a chamber that appears to be closed by a stone (H 0.6m) some 2.2m to the SE of and parallel to the sillstone. Another stone (H 0.65m) is set face on to the NW end of the more northerly of the opposed orthostats. A partly buried stone immediately alongside the outer face of the more southerly of the opposed orthostats is not definitely structural. There are three prostrate stones at the site, the largest 1.75m in max. dimension. Enclosure (SL040-03201-) c. 150m to SSE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with a plan of the monument (surveyed 1994). Date of upload: 27 May 2013

• SL040-230001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a wetland area, on the W side of a road. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-03002-; SL040-03003-; SL040-03102-; SL040-03103-; SL040-23002-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 10-11). This fulacht fia was discovered in section under the sod and a thin layer of topsoil and peat. It measured 7.7m in length and consisted of a layer of compact stone within blackened soil (D 0.6m) which tapered to N and S. Underneath this material were seen the ends of two wooden planks (Wth 0.3m; T 0.11m) and three wooden pegs. Following recording the site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL040-230002 Burnt mound
  Description

  In a wetland area, on the W side of a road. One of a cluster of six sites (SL040-03002-; SL040-03003-; SL040-03102-; SL040-03103-; SL040-23001-) found during monitoring of the realignment of the N4 road from Hollybrook Estate to Castlebaldwin in the Summer of 1998 (Desmond 1998, 11). It consisted of a thin spread (3.2m E-W; 3m N-S; D 0.15m) of burnt stone and reddened soil under 0.5m of undisturbed sod and peat. A concentration of stone was noted in the centre of the spread. Following recording this site was covered with geo-textile, peat and topsoil and remains undisturbed. (Desmond 2000, 183-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrowkeel, 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 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 Carrowkeel.

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 Carrowkeel with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Carrowkeel · An Cheathrú Chaol

Area

2,100,695 m² (210.07 ha, 519.09 acres)

Civil parish

Aghanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Templevanny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

241 people lived in 88 households in the Templevanny electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carricknahorna East, Carricknahorna West, Cloghoge Lower, Drumdoney, Lillybrook, Mullaghfarna, Treanscrabbagh

Placenames

Carrowkeel 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.