Cartronabree
Cartronabree is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmacowen, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Cartún na Bruí.
Parcel 3817997
- Area
- 26,675 m² (2.67 ha, 6.59 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 1,577 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cartronabree
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- SL020-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in flat undulating pasture. Comprises an oval-shaped, raised area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by a horseshoe-shaped bank (Wth 5m, H 0.60m). There is only a slight indication of a ditch. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 53 ha
- 131 acres
- Land parcels
- 44
- registered freehold, median 8,921 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
44 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cartronabree, from 69 m² to 60,068 m² (6.01 ha, 14.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 21 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cartronabree 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
26 Nov 2025Conditional
Planning Permission to: (1) Construct a single storey extension to the rear and side of the existing cottage, (2) Install new windows, doors and roof to the existing cottage, (3) Construct a domestic garage, (4) Install a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and, (5) Carry out all ancillary site works at Cartronabree Td., Kilmacowen E.D., Strandhill, Co. Sligo.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560495
16 May 2022Conditional
development consisting of extension to rear of dwelling house with all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22165
4 May 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the retention of dwelling house as constructed which differs in plan and elevation from that permitted under PL 19/323 and all associated site works
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21156
23 Jul 2020Conditional
for development consisting of (1) formation of new agricultural entrance to my lands, (2) construction of new cattle crush and new hardstanding area and (3) all ancillary site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 20242
6 Aug 2019Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a single storey dwelling a septic tank with a 40m2 soil polishing filter, and all associated site development works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19323
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Ballysadare Bay SAC 000622
- Special Protection Area: Ballysadare Bay SPA 004129
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballysadare Bay 000622
Recorded monuments
- SL020-023001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Circular area (int. diam. 24m) truncated by a field boundary and enclosed by a bank but there is no indication of a ditch. The entrance is on the W. An L-shaped depression in the interior may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain (SL020-023002-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
- SL020-023002 Souterrain
Description
An L-shaped depression (L 6m E-W, 6.50m N-S) in the interior of a ringfort (SL020-023001-) may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
- SL020-024 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Circular raised area (int. diam. 23m) with no remaining indication of a bank, ditch or entrance (ACP V203/117-8). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
- SL020-025 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in flat undulating pasture. Comprises an oval-shaped, raised area (int. diam. 31m) enclosed by a horseshoe-shaped bank (Wth 5m, H 0.60m). There is only a slight indication of a ditch. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 31 July 2013
- SL020-030 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in flat to undulating ground close to Ballysadare Bay. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map and the partial remains of an enclosure on the current OS 6-inch map. The site has since been levelled leaving no visible above ground remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 21 October 2013
- SL020-031001 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on flat to undulating ground near Ballysadare Bay. This overgrown site comprises an oval enclosure and is defined by a single stone and earthen bank (Wth 2m, H 0.70m). it is depicted as an antiquity on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map and as a hachured subcircular enclosure of ringfort size on the latest (1913) edition. Possible souterrain in the interior (SL020-031001-). compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 02 August 2013
- SL020-031002 Souterrain
Description
Within a ringfort (SL020-031001-). According to local information, there is a possible souterrain in the ringfort interior. Inspected in 1991, the ringfort interior was inaccessible due to dense overgrowth and it was not possible to locate the souterrain. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 02 August 2013
- SL020-032 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on flat to undulating ground close to Ballysadare Bay. Comprises a circular raised area (int. diam. 21.50m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 3m, H 0.65m). The entrance is on E. There is no indication of a ditch. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 02 August 2013
- SL020-033 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located on flat to undulating ground near Ballysadare Bay. Comprises a circular area enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 5m, H 0.80m) and external ditch (Wth 5m, D 0.80m). There are traces of a second external bank in the N (Wth 2m, H 0.50m-0.60m). Compiled by: Geraldine stout Date of upload: 02 August 2013
- SL020-034 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Located on flat to undulating ground near Ballysadare bay.Shown on the 1st edition OS 6-inch map as a hachured enclosure. There are no visible surface remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 21 November 2013
- SL020-035001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on flat to undulating ground near Ballysadare Bay. Comprises an oval raised area (int. dims. 23m E-W by 17m N-S) enclosed by a bank (Wth 3m, H 0.70m). The entrance is on the E ( Wth 1.80m) with a corresponding ramp. In the W part of the site interior a raised area, situated next to the bank, has a zig-zag shaped hollow which may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain (SL020-035002-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload; 02 August 2013
- SL020-035002 Souterrain
Description
Situated on flat to undulating ground near Ballysadare Bay. A raised area in the W part of the interior of a ringfort (SL020-035001-) has a zig-zag shaped hollow which may be the remains of a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Geraaldine Stout Date of upload: 02 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cartronabree.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Cartronabree, 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 low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cartronabree.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cartronabree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Cartronabree · Cartún na Bruí
- Area
- 529,786 m² (52.98 ha, 130.91 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
- Breeoge, Carrowcrin
- Placenames
- Cartronabree 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.