Carrowmore

114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmore, from 6 m² to 139,564 m² (13.96 ha, 34.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 47 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 6 Jun 2024Conditional

  (1) Revise eastern site boundary to enlarge the site, (2) To construct a storey and a half porch to the front (north) elevation, (3) To construct a storey and a half extension to the rear (south elevation), (4) Conversion of the existing attic with gable windows and rooflights, (5) Changes to fenestration and replacement of all existing windows, (6) Install new wastewater treatment system (7) Demolish existing shed and construct a new shed to the rear of the site and, (8) carry out all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460199

• 12 Feb 2024N/a

  Planning Permission for the following: (1) Revise eastern site boundary to enlarge the site, (2) To construct a story and a half porch to the front (north) elevation, (3) To construct a storey and a half extension to the rear (south elevation), (4) Conversion of the existing attic with gable windows and rooflights, (5) Changes to fenestration and replacement of all existing windows, (6) Install new wastewater treatment system (7) Demolish existing shed and construct a new shed to the rear of the site and, (8) carry out all ancillary site works at Carrowmore Td., Carbury By, Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460040

• 17 Apr 2023Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of an extension to an existing dwelling house providing accommodation for a dependant relative and the decommissioning and removal of existing wastewater treatment system and installation of a new onsite wastewater treatment system (in accordance with specialist report) and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2345

• 15 Feb 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a detached dwelling house and install a waste water treatment system with associated percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2253

• 3 Sept 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the following ; retention of demolition of the origional cottage & construction of replacement house as constructed, on-site effluent treatment system and percolation area & connection to site services & permission to construct a single storey extension to the side (southern elevation) of existing house. Reconnection to existing site services & all associated site works

  Retention, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 21343

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of a new-build dwelling with storage shed, on-site proprietary wastewater treatment system, rainwater harvesting system and associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 16294

• 12 May 2021N/a

  development consisting of a new machinery storage shed and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21172

• 17 Feb 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a new entrance to the existing visitors centre, addition of two new windows, external canopy to the rear of the building and all associated site works. The proposed site is located within the boundary of National Monument NM No. 153B.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2141

• 3 Jul 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a single storey domestic extension to the side of the existing domestic dwelling and all ancillary services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20203

• 29 Apr 2019Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a 2 storey extension intended for use as: Accommodation for dependent relative. Location to the south of the existing cottage. The development works will consist of the : (i) Demolition of the existing single storey shed to the south of the existing cottage (ii) the construction of a 55m two storey extension intended to act as accommodation for an independent relative. Proposed development to include: 1 bedroom ensuite, a living room, a kitchen, and a storage/attic area. (iii) Proposed development shall be attached and linked internally to exisiting dwelling by way of proposed construction of a 6.6m porch which will connect exising cottage to proposed accommodation for dependent relative. Proposed development to be constructed in line with 13.3.15 Accommodation for dependent relative. (iv) All associated site works including the provision of a new foul water system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19165

• 1 Feb 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of retention : (a) roof window and door to rear of conservatory, (b) porch to front of dwelling house including hipped roof over 2 bay windows, (c) stone wall along front boundary, (d) window to rear elevation, (e) revised position of windows to front elevation, together with all ancillary site works and services, previous planning reference PL04/42.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 1933

• 30 Nov 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) Construction of a one and a half storey dwelling house (2) installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area (3) Construction of a new vehicular entrance and (4) Carry out of all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18467

• 5 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the retention of alterations to dwelling house granted planning under PL 95/474 consisting of (a) retention 16 msq conservatory to south elevations (b) retention of additional windows to elevations (c) retention of extended ridge level with associated attic storage, together with all associated site works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17336

• 24 Feb 2017N/a

  for development consisting of filing of lands with construction and demolition waste (area= 1.3 ha, volume = 24,950 tonnes) together with screening berms and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 1769

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 Carrowmore.

Recorded monuments

• SL014-111 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-112 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-113 Enclosure
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Enclosure Possible'. Not included in the RMP (1995). Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Its inclusion in the SMR was based on the misinterpretation of a feature identifed from a high level aerial photograph (OS 1 3309-8, Roll 160, Pr. 34). Upon inspection no archaeological remains were identified here. However subsequent examination of the OSi 1:1000 aerial photographic coverage revealed a circular cropmark at the location indicated. It is not possible on the available evidence to classify this possible monument further. Compiled by: Patrick O'Donovan Date of upload: 01 October 2013

• SL014-114 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  Timoney (1984, 323, no. 12) describes this as follows: ‘The total diameter of this ring-barrow, sited on low ground, is 16.30 m. It consists of a circular mound, 5.50m in diameter and 40cm high, surrounded by a "U"-bottomed fosse, 1.50m wide and 30cm deep, and by a bank, 2m wide and 60cm high. Petrie (1837; Stokes 1868, 245) in dealing with the megalithic remains at Carrowmore refers to this as follows: "This circle which is situated near the road, and eastnortheast of no. 9, is composed of small stones mixed with earth and is forty feet in diameter. There is a stone sepulchre in the center but no cromlcach". Since then it has consistently been classified as a megalithic tomb. Wood-Martin (1888, p. 15, fig. 1) marked this monument on his map as no. 12 and restated Petrie's description of it. Following them Borlase (1897, 151), who completely misinterprets Wood-Martin's plan of the monument, Herity (1974. 266) and Kitchen (1983, 161) all have sought to explain this monument as the remains of a megalithic tomb. If Pertie's no. 12 be equatable with the monument described above, and there seems to be no cartographic or literary reason to do otherwise, then the interpretation of this monument as being the remains of a megalithic tomb are unwarranted. Burenhult (1980:1, 93) lists this not as a megalith, but as Structure 3, Carrowmore.’ (Bergh 1995, 186, Carrowmore 12) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 12 February 2014

• SL014-115 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document (SL014-115001_01.pdf) with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-115001_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-115001_02.JPG viewed from SW Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-116001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, straddling a rise in undulating terrain. Knocknarae Mountain looms to NW, and Benbulbin and the Dartry Mountains dominate the horizon at N−NE. There is a passage tomb (SL014-115----) 100m to N and another (SL014-209007-) 200 m to SW. This rath is a National Monument (No. 153) in state ownership. It consists of a raised circular platform (diam. 29.6m N−S; 31m E−W) defined by an earth and stone bank. The bank (Wth 3m at S, 4m at N; int. H 0.9m at S, o.3m at N; ext. H 1.2m at S, 1.75m at N) is intact at S−NE, with a relatively low but compact internal slope and a broad external slump. Stones protrude randomly along the top and external slope, suggesting that it may have been topped or faced with stone walling in the past. This is most evident on the W arc, where low, moss-covered stones on the top of the bank resemble rough wall footings (Wth 0.8m). At NE−SE the raised internal lip of the bank does not survive, and here the rath platform is defined only by a steep external scarp (H c. 2m at E), which is enhanced by the natural fall of ground. There is a poorly defined gap (Wth c. 2m) in the bank at NE; this may be the location of an original entrance. At ESE there is a broad, slightly sunken break (Wth 5.5m) at the top edge of the platform, which extends down the slope, narrowing toward the base of the slope; it is possible that this represents a steep, entrance ramp, but it seems more likely to be the result of disturbance in the modern era. The W two third of the interior are level; the E third slopes down gently toward the perimeter. Two shallow circular hollows (diam. 1.8-2m) in the N half of the interior may be the remains of hut sites (SL014-0116002-; SL014-0116003-). The interior of the rath is grassy. A number of hawthorn bushes and clumps of brambles grow on the perimeter at W; on the E arc the external slope of the rath platform is obscured by a dense thicket of brambles and hawthorn bushes. On the S arc, the bank has been adapted to serve as a field boundary and is topped by a post and wire fence, and a hawthorn hedgerow; here the external face of the bank drops to a grassed-over farm track which skirts the rath. Attached images: SL014-116001-_01.JPG viewed from NW Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 October 2020

• SL014-116002 Hut site
  Description

  In a rath (SL014-0116001-). This record refers to one of two hut sites listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) at this rath. A very shallow, circular grass-covered hollow (diam. 1.8-2m), located close to the inner edge of the bank in the N half of the rath, may be the remains of a hut site. Another shallow hollow located 2m to SSW may represent the remains of a second hut site (SL014-0116003-). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 October 2020

• SL014-116003 Hut site
  Description

  In a rath (SL014-116001-). This record refers to one of two possible hut sites listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) at this rath. A very shallow, grass covered circular hollow (diam. 1.8-2m) located in the N half of the rath interior may be the remains of a hut site. Another shallow circular hollow located 2m to NNE, close to the inner edge of the rath bank, may represent the remains of a second hut site (SL014-0116002-). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 1 October 2020

• SL014-209001 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb No. 1. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Attached images: SL014-209001-_01.JPG viewed from E SL014-209001-_02.JPG viewed from W Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-209002 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie No. 2. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Attached image: SL014-209002-_01.JPG viewed from SW Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-209004 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb no. 3. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209004-_01.JPG viewed from NE SL014-209004-_02.JPG viewed from SE Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-209006 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb no. 4. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209006-_01.JPG viewed from W SL014-209006-_02.JPG viewed from SSE SL014-209006-_03.JPG central chamber viewed from W SL014-209006-_04.JPG central chamber viewed from SW SL014-209006-_05.JPG central chamber viewed from E SL014-209006-_06.JPG central chamber viewed from SW Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL014-209007 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209007-_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-209007-_02.JPG viewed from E SL014-209007-_03.JPG central chamber viewed from E Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209008 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209009 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Two partly buried boulders are all that remain of this site (Herity 1974, 266, Sl. 26; Burenhult 1980, 89, map 4, No. 14; Kitchin 1983, 169; Bergh 1995, 186, Carrowmore 14). Petrie (1837) described this as 'south of No. 13 and at the corner of the road. A few stones only remain; the rest, including the cromleac, have been displaced or removed by raising gravel.' (OS Letters, 176). Wood-Martin (1888) notes 'only two stones half buried in a pit are visible'. This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Compiled by: Paul Walsh & Eamon Cody Date of Upload: 15 June 2018

• SL014-209011 Pit alignment
  Description

  This record was listed in both the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) as 'Potential site - aerial photo'. The source of this record is a pencil note 'Pit Alignment' on the 'Air Photograph Sheet' on the SMR file which includes a copy of an OSi aerial vertical survey photo (No OS 1/3309-10). The 'pits' are visible as a very faint row (aligned NNW-SSE) of circular and oblong marks running along the top of a low rise. There is a single circle to the N, with 3 shallow-looking pit-like depressions next, then a field fence (aligned WSW-ENE) and finally two apparently conjoined circles. That the circles might represent the residual marks made by animal feeders cannot be discounted. This area has been built over by farm out-buildings and it would appear that the features described above probably have been covered over or, more than likely, removed. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 January 2014

• SL014-209012 Cist
  Description

  This record refers to a cist destroyed by quarrying in the mid 1940’s. There is an element of doubt about the exact find spot of the cist as it was not precisely recorded at the time of discovery. Some 25 years after its discovery, M. A. Timoney (1966-71, 90-91) published an account of the cist based on information gleaned from a number of people who were involved in the 1940’s quarrying and saw the cist. In this account, he recorded that the quarrying took place ‘about 200 metres south of the Sligo-Knocknahur road and about 90 yards [c. 82m] east of a lane going southwards from this, along the Carrowmore/Graigue townland boundary.’ (ibid. 90), which would place the cist at approximately ITM 565983 833365. Subsequent to this publication, it was determined that the find spot was more likely to have been c. 200m to NE at approximately ITM 566066 833585 ‘near the SE corner of a field, the walls of which were removed by OPW for the reconstruction of Carrowmore 51’ (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney 2022). The following extract is from the account of the discovery published by Timoney (1966-71, 90-91): ‘Subsequent to World War II, probably in 1946, gravel was being quarried on a large scale from a gravel-ridge in the townland of Carrowmore, about 200 metres south of the Sligo-Knocknahur road and about 90 yards [c. 82m] east of a lane going southwards from this, along the Carrowmore/Graigue townland boundary. In the working face of this quarry, a small slab, about 2 ½ ft. [0.76m] by 2 ½ ft. [0.76m], appeared at a depth of about 8 ft. [2.44m] below the surface of the ridge. Further investigation revealed what seems, by all accounts, to have been a long stone cist containing a skeleton which was possibly accompanied by a pot and some sea-shells. The description of this cist and its contents as given below is that which has been recorded from six people who worked on the site at the time, not all of whom agree completely as to the grave's contents. Any ambiguity stems from the lapse of over twenty-five years, the swiftness of the destructive action and the fear of its consequences. . . After the appearance of the slab in the working face of the quarry, further work led to its collapse and the consequent revelation of the cist. This was looked into from the open (western) end and, apparently fearing that work on the site might be suspended temporarily, the cist and its contents, skeleton apart, were passed through the stone crusher – the skeleton was collected, put into a bag and buried somewhere not far distant. It appears that the cist was about 7 ft. [2.13m] long, 2 ½ ft. [0.76m] wide and 2 ½ ft. [0.76m] high, and that it was aligned roughly East-West. The sides each consisted of a number of contiguous slabs set on edge, and there was a single slab closing each end. The floor was paved by a single large slab. The capstone likewise consisted of a single large slab, and it is reported as having had a rough white underside which did not appear to have been due to calcareous encrustation. In the cist was an extended skeleton, placed on its back with its head to the West and its arms by its sides. Some of the informants believe that there may have been a pot standing upright at the left shoulder of the skeleton, while all agree that the grave contained some sea-shells.’ The skeletal remains are said to have been reburied somewhere to the south of the destroyed cist; the exact location is unknown. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Revised upload: 2 September 2022

• SL014-209013 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery, on the line of a field boundary. This boulder circle with a central structure was damaged prior to 1837. In 1837 Petrie recorded it (No. 53) as follows: 'A few stones only of this circle remain. It was destroyed a few years ago…as usual it had a cromlech within it.’ (Stokes 1868, 181). Nine displaced gneiss boulders survive W of a field boundary with six more incorporated into the field boundary (Bergh 1995, 199-200, Carrowmore 53). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209014 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This boulder circle with central structure was destroyed in the 19th century. It is indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a circle of dots located immediately to the east of a NW−SE field boundary. It is not shown on later map editions, but the OS 25-inch map (surveyed 1910; revised in 1940) shows a kink in the field boundary at the location shown on the OS 1837 map. Petrie inspected it in 1837 and recorded it in his notebook (no. 55, p. 72; Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23, L44) as follows: ‘Cromlech perfect, but covered with stones, circle perfect in parts. Stones removed to make a gardenwall.’ There is now no trace of this monument at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209015 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Located in Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. There are scant remains of this monument which was first recorded on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1910) where it is represented as a sub-triangular arrangement of 'stones' and unnamed. On the 1940 revision it is similarly shown and named 'Stone circle'. It consists now of five boulders set in a rough, gapped arc on the SW edge of a slight rise. Attached image: SL014-209015-_01.JPG viewed from SE Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 October 2020

• SL014-209016 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209016-_01.JPG Central chamber viewed from NW Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209017 Megalithic tomb - passage 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.

• SL014-209018 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209018-_01.JPG viewed from NW SL014-209018-_02.JPG viewed from W Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209019 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This boulder circle with central structure was destroyed in the 19th century. Indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch maps as a circle of dots, it was already partly destroyed when visited by Petrie who described it as follows: ‘The remains of this circle, which was destroyed with its cromleac about three years since, consist of 24 large stones.' (Stokes 1868, 250; No. 50) There is now no trace of the monument at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209020 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209020-_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-209020-_02.JPG viewed from NW SL014-209020-_03.JPG viewed from N SL014-209020-_04.JPG aerial view, from S Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209021 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209021-_01.JPG viewed from E SL014-209021-_02.JPG viewed from N SL014-209021-_03.JPG viewed from S SL014-209021-_04.JPG central chamber viewed from N Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209022 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209022-_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-209022-_02.JPG viewed from S SL014-209022-_03.JPG central chamber viewed from S SL014-209022-_04.JPG viewed from NW Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209024 Enclosure
  Description

  This was listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) as 'Potential site - aerial photo'. The source of this record is a copy of an OS aerial photo (OS I, 3309-10: SMR file) on which a faint circular feature can be distinguished. This feature is not visible on more recent aerial images (OSi; Bing Maps; Google Earth) and its precise nature is uncertain. The interpretation given is purely tentative and a proper elucidation of the monument must await further investigation. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 January 2014

• SL014-209025 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989). This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209025-_01.JPG viewed from SW SL014-209025-_02.JPG viewed from NE Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL014-209026 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached image: SL014-209026-_01.JPG viewed from SW Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL014-209027 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL014-209028 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209030 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209031 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209032 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209033 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This megalithic structure was greatly damaged in the 19th century. Petrie inspected it in August 1837 and recorded it as follows: 'About 20 paces south of No. 19, a circle, small diam. Formerly of 12 stones but 5 of them recently removed.' (OS Letters, 177). Wood-Martin (1888, 51) stated: ‘An excavation was made, but without result.’ The OS 25-Inch Name Book (1940) records 'Only the four supporting stones and a hollow in the ground is now left'. The remains consist of an oval raised area (dims. c. 5m x 3m) with five gneiss boulders. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209036 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209036-_01.JPG viewed from S SL014-209036-_02.JPG viewed from N SL014-209036-_03.JPG viewed from NE Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209038 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Attached images: SL014-209038-_01.JPG viewed from W SL014-209038-_02.JPG viewed from E Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209041 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Timoney (1984, 323-4, no. 13) describes this as follows: ‘The total diameter of this badly mutilated barrow is 19.30 m. The central area is 13m in diameter. An irregular bank, varying in width between 2.50m and 4m and reaching 60cm in height surrounds an irregular depression, averaging 7m in diameter. There is a "U"-bottomed fosse, 3m in width and 60cm deep around the central area. On the west side of the monument there is evidence of an enclosing bank for about 10m of the circuit. It averages 2.40m wide and is at most 50cm high. This monument lies on flat ground between nos 27, 48 and 51. It is marked on the current, 1940, Ordnance Survey map as "Stone Circle, site of" but not at all on the original, 1837, map. It has not been referred to by any previous writer. The map designation was probably due to its location among the Carrowmore tombs, many of which are marked as "Stone Circle" on the maps, rather than to any proper archaeological reasons. However classification is not possible due to its disturbed nature. Perhaps it was a ring-barrow but with only the short length of bank on the west side surviving or a bowl-barrow of the ditched variety. Burenhult (1980:1, 93) lists this as Structure 8, Carrowmore.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• SL014-209042 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Timoney (1984, 324, no. 14) describes this as follows: ‘This oval bowl-barrow, sited on gently sloping ground, measures 17.25m northnorthwest/southsoutheast by 15m and it is 1.40m high. There is no evidence for a bank or fosse and the edges of the base of the barrow have been squared by ploughing. Though this monument lies on flat ground southwest of no. 27 [SL014-209049-] it is not marked on the Ordnance Survey maps nor has it been referred to by any writer prior to 1980. Burenhult (1980:1, 97) lists this as Barrow 1, Carrowmore. See also Kitchin (1983. 168, "unrecorded").’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• SL014-209043 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This megalithic structure was destroyed in the 19th century. When inspected by Petrie in 1837 it consisted only of a large stone, possibly 'the table stone of a cromleac’, and a few stones of an enclosing boulder circle (Stokes 1868, 246; No. 21). A single large gneiss boulder is now visible at the location, but it is uncertain if this formed part of the megalithic structure (Bergh 1995, 189, Carrowmore 21). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209044 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• SL014-209045 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209046 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb no. 23. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209047 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This monument was destroyed in the 19th century. When seen by Petrie in 1837 it consisted of a boulder circle (int. diam. c. 13.7m) with nine boulders still in situ; there was no trace of a central structure (Stokes 1868, 246; no. 25). By 1888 the remains had been entirely removed (Wood-Martin 1888, 53). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209048 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb no. 26. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209049 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  Petrie tomb no. 27. See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209050 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. The above ground remains of this monument (National Monument No. 153) were removed in the 19th century. It consisted of a boulder circle with a central construction. When inspected in 1837 by Petrie (Notebook, no. 25, p. 68. Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23, L44) it had been recently damaged, and surviving remains included the supporting stones, but not the capstone, of the central structure as well as three stones of the enclosing circle. By 1888 there was no visible trace (Wood-Martin 1888, 60). A slight rise in ground level is evident now at the location (Bergh 1995, 192, Carrowmore 28). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209051 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This megalithic structure is indicated on the 1837 OS6-inch map as circle of dots, but is not shown on later map editions. It consisted of a boulder circle with a central construction, and all above ground remains were destroyed in the 19th century. In 1837 Petrie recorded ‘Little remains: six large stones of the circle and the cromleac only survive. Rest recently blasted or removed. Human bones found within this tomb.' (Stokes 1868, 247). By 1888 there were no remains visible (Wood-Martin 1888, 60). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209052 Megalithic structure
  Description

  At Carrowmore passage tomb cemetery. This megalithic structure is indicated on the 1837 OS6-inch map as circle of dots, but is not shown on later map editions. It consisted of a boulder circle with a central construction. All above ground remains were destroyed in the early 19th century; Petrie recorded ‘this circle…has been recently destroyed with its fine and perfect cromleac’ (Notebook, p. 68, no. 30. Royal Irish Academy Ms. 23, L44). Wood-Martin (1888, 60-1) noted 'one large stone, standing solitary like a sentinel, marks the site of the monument'. The location is now occupied by a quarry, and there are no visible remains of the monument. (Bergh 1995, 193, Carrowmore 30). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 November 2020

• SL014-209059 Megalithic structure
  Description

  This feature was shown as a circle of five dots on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1910) immdiately south of the field boundary. It was named 'Megalithic Structure' on the 25-inch plan (revised 1940). The Name Book accompanying the 1940 revision (p. 201) states 'consists of four stones forming a half circle … '. It was not noted by Petrie and there is no visible trace of this feature. Its nature is uncertain it may well have been entirely natural. See linked image (SL014-209059-_01.jpg) of OS 25-inch plan (1940 revision). Compiled by: Eamon Cody and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 10 September 2010

• SL014-209064 Cairn - burial cairn
  Description

  Wood-Martin (1888, 63-4) assigned it the number 36A. Wood-Martin states: 'A few paces to the north-east of No. 36 [SL014-209068-] are traces of a large cairn not noted by Petrie. The tenant stated that when quarrying in it for stones he turned up a quantity of bones and charcoal . . . traces of a surrounding circle of stones can still be observed.' There are no visible remains of this monument. (Bergh 1995, 195, Carrowmore 36A) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 28 January 2014

• SL014-209068 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This is a National Monument in State care (No. 153). Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209069 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209070 Megalithic structure
  Description

  This monument is indicated on the OS 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circle of stones; it is not shown on later map editions. Petrie (1837, 179, No. 41) recorded it as follows: 'In the small field to the east of that in which No 37 [SL014-209067-] is placed. Only a few stones of the circle remain. Destroyed about 20 years ago by Mr Walsh's tenants. Human bones found in the tomb.' There are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 September 2019

• SL014-209072 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209073 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 13 January 2012

• SL014-209074 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209075 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209076 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209079 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Petrie (Stokes 1868, 244) noted that this circle and megalithic structure were destroyed about 1815 by quarrying (Herity 1974, 266, SL 15; Kitchin 1983, 169; Bergh 1995, 183, Carrowmore 6). Petrie (1837, 175, No. 6) records as follows: 'Its situation is marked by the gravel pit to the north-east of No. 5. The circle and cromleac, destroyed about 1815, in raising gravel.' Wood-Martin (1888,34) quotes Petrie. There is no additional information available on this monument. A gravel pit is shown on the 1st OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1837) and represented the OS Fair Plan. The location of this monument has been plotted as the gravel pit. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 January 2014

• SL014-209081 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209105 Megalithic structure
  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.

• SL014-209107 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Petrie (1837, 175) describes this under No. 6 as follows: 'Between the gravel pit mentioned under No. 6 [SL014-209106-] and No. 7 [SL014-209007-] are several very large stones of which there can be but little doubt belong to another circle.' There is no mention of this by Wood-Martin (1888). The location of this monument is plotted as being approximately midway between No. 6 [SL014-209106-] and No. 7 [SL014-209007-]. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 January 2014

• SL014-212 Ringfort - rath
  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.

• SL014-213 Barrow - unclassified
  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.

• SL014-267001 Burial ground
  Description

  In rolling fertile pasture with good views. This is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 153). It is named ‘Caltragh (A pagan Cemetery)’ on the OS 6-inch maps, and was recorded by Petrie (1837, 182-3, No. 60) as follows: ‘Originally surrounded by a circle of large stones, most of which have been removed in land clearance and those remaining nearly covered with earth. Whole of it filled with bones. No interment within living memory and no tradition of a church here.' It is evident now as a subcircular raised and sloping area (int. dims. 71m N-S; 69m E-W) defined by a bank with a crude stone facing at NW, and enclosed by a wide external fosse which can be seen at E. An external stone wall encloses the site, closely at W and N, but extending out to a greater distance at S, at E its line is continued by an earth and stone bank, creating a heart-shaped outer enclosure. The entrance to the internal enclosure is a causeway at E with two lengths of ruined stone wall at either side. A stone wall in the S end of the interior enclosure enclosed a D-shaped area (int. dims. 13m N-S; 16m E-W). There is no trace of possible hut sites (SL014-267002-) which were noted in aerial photographs. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 September 2019

• SL014-267002 Hut site
  Description

  Within a burial ground (SL014-267001-. A number of possible hut sites were noted in aerial photograghs (ACP V 203/94-5, Roll 176, Print 9; OS 1 3309-10, Roll 176, Pr. 7; OS 1 3309-10, Roll 160, Pr. 35), but are not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 September 2019

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrowmore, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1067 (ZIP).

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

Name

Carrowmore · An Cheathrú Mhór

Area

1,996,624 m² (199.66 ha, 493.38 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacowen, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Kilmacowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,347 people lived in 830 households in the Kilmacowen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnasrahy, Derrydarragh or Oakfield, Graigue, Knocknashammer or Cloverhill, Slieveroe or Siberia, Tobernaveen

Placenames

Carrowmore 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.