Kingsbrook

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kingsbrook, from 14 m² to 121,130 m² (12.11 ha, 29.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kingsbrook 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.

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the following (1) to build a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house, 135 square metres, (b) alterations to elevations of existing dwelling, (c) upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2260

• 1 Nov 2021N/a

  Development consisting of (a) build a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house, 157 square metres, (b) upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21432

• 9 May 2018Conditional

  For development consisting of (1) Extension to exisiting dwelling house (2) Decommission existing septic tank and install a new on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18169

• 10 Aug 2017N/a

  development consisting of (A) Modify existing agricultural entrance, (B) construct new additional agricultural entrance No.2 Both entrances shall provide access onto local road L-54033-0 of the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin proposed road development. (C) Construct new shed and handling facility with new concrete yards. (D) Fill low level area of site with 1250 cubic meters of fill in order to accommodate the proposed shed, together with all ancillary site works and services at the above address. The above mentioned works are necessary due to Sligo County Council CPO order as part of the planning application for the N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin road widening project.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17309

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 Kingsbrook.

Recorded monuments

• SL034-011001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough undulating pasture with rock outcrops, on a low rise. A raised circular area (34m N-S; 32m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.4m). A field boundary skirts the edge of the scarp NE-SE. Recent disturbance at SE has exposed some large stones along the base of the scarp. There is a possible hut site (SL034-011002-) in the S half of the interior. A raised rectangular area (6m x 4m; H 0.8m) was noted immediately to SSW of the rath. 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

• SL034-011002 Hut site
  Description

  In the S half of a rath (SL034-011001-). A raised oval area (6m x 6m; H 1m) that may be the remains of a hut site. 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

• SL034-082 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In low-lying boggy ground, c. 20m N of a stream. A circular well (int. diam. 1.2m), covered with overgrowth, named 'Kingsbrook Well' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. According to Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1), this well was 'formerly held in estimation as "holy"'. 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

• SL034-083 Earthwork
  Description

  In poorly drained pasture, on a low rise. An elongated oval mound (40m E-W; 16m N-S; H 0.8m), densely covered with overgrowth, on top of which is a smaller raised platform (c. 15m E-W; 6m N-S; H 1m) with some large stones on the S and E sides, possibly the result of field clearance. There is a quarry hollow (c. 3m x 5m; D c. 1.2m) in the SE end of the mound. 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

• SL034-244001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In level marshy ground, at the base of the W-facing slope of a ridge. A low horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mound (L c. 10m; Wth 6m; H 0.6m) of small shattered sandstones in a charcoal enriched soil, with an opening measuring 4m x 4m. A possible fulacht fia (SL034-244002-) lies c. 18m to N. 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

• SL034-244002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Adjacent to marshy ground, at the base of the W-facing slope of a ridge. A low semicircular mound (8m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.5m). A fulacht fia (SL034-244001-) lies c. 18m to S. 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

• SL034-250 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at the top of a SE-facing slope. A shallow arc of scarp (C 22m; H 1.4m) cut into a break of slope SE-SW may be the remains of a circular enclosure. A large irregular boulder protrudes from the base of the scarp at the SW end. 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 Kingsbrook.

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 Kingsbrook, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1166 (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 Kingsbrook with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Kingsbrook · Ceathrú na hÁithe

Area

952,612 m² (95.26 ha, 235.4 acres)

Civil parish

Tawnagh, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Drumfin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

412 people lived in 151 households in the Drumfin electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghalenane, Cams, Carrownagark, Cloonlurg, Kilmorgan, Tawnagh

Placenames

Kingsbrook 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.