Carrowdough

108 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowdough, from 19 m² to 584,398 m² (58.44 ha, 144.41 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 8 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 103 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 6 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of a storage unit (50 sq. mtrs. approx.), adjacent to existing greenkeepers workshop, together with all ancillary works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660001

• 31 Oct 2025Conditional

  to demolish existing dwelling and associated garage, construction of a new single story dwelling, a new garage to the rear, a covered car port, re positioning of driveway with associated parking areas, an upgrade of the wastewater system, construction of a new gateway with walls either side, a pedestrian entrance off main road, all associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560454

• 20 Oct 2025N/a

  demolish existing dwelling and associated garage, construction of a new single story dwelling, a new garage to the rear, a covered car port, re positioning of driveway with associated parking areas, an upgrade of the wastewater system, construction of a new gateway with walls either side, a pedestrian entrance off main road, all associated landscaping and site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560432

• 4 Sept 2024Conditional

  Development consisting of the following: (a) Retention of domestic garage as constructed on site (b) Retention of changes to the front elevation which differ from that permitted under PL16173 (c) Retention of extension to the northern side of the dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2435

• 25 Jul 2022Conditional

  development consisting of conversion and extension of existing horse stables building into a single family dwelling including installation of a proprietary sewage treatment system, together with all associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22257

• 13 Jul 2022Conditional

  development consisting of a domestic, on-site wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22243

• 4 May 2022Conditional

  modifications to existing dwelling house comprising of (A) Replacement of polycarbonate roof over existing conservatory with new raised slated roof that incorporates skylight roof windows and a glazed window detail in gable and around patio door to rear (B) New atrium skylight window detail into existing living area (C) 2 new skylight roof windows into existing rooms on rear elevation and all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Sligo County Council, 13249

• 23 Dec 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of alterations to an existing single storey house including changes to the north, south, east and west facades, landscaping works including the provision of additional off street parking spaces, widening of the existing vehicular entrance and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21520

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  Development consisiting of an extension of (116.95m²) to existing dwelling, demolition of existing shed, garage and two storey extension to the rear of the dwelling (25.4m²), raise the roof of the existing dwellling by 450mm, amendments to north, south and east elevations, amendments to front boundary wall and vehicular access. Planning permission for shed (30m²) to the rear, construction of car port and all ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18505

• 23 Jul 2018N/a

  for development consisting of the demolition of existing dwelling and planning permission for replacement dwelling 190.2m2 and shed 30m2 to the rear

  Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 18294

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a single-storey, three bedroom house, shed, and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17490

• 25 May 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the provision of a new vehicular entrance to front boundary wall and the closing up of a vehicular entrance to northern site boundary accessed from shared entrance as previously granted under PL 15/73, together with all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17199

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: Ballysadare Bay SAC 000622
• Special Protection Area: Ballysadare Bay SPA 004129
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Knocknarea Mountain And Glen 001670
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballysadare Bay 000622

Recorded monuments

• SL013-032 Midden
  Description

  Situated in the base of an expansive, steep-sided hollow or valley, known locally as 'The Shelly Valley', which has been eroded out of high sand dunes on the peninsula that separates Culleenamore Strand to the SE and Strandhill Strand to the NW. Remnants of middens are exposed across an extensive area (c. 400m NW-SE; c. 200m NE-SW) on the sandy valley floor and in the surrounding marram grass-covered undulations. The middens are composed primarily of seashells, including periwinkle, oyster, cockles, limpets and mussels but, in some cases, also contain animal and fish bones and fire-cracked stones; some are centred on areas of charcoal-rich sand representing hearths. The dunes are subject to constant change as a result of storms and wind action: over time midden sites appear and disappear in the shifting sands; some are now evident as little more than thin surface skims of shell fragments. An excavation was carried out in 1981 on four hearths associated with the middens. A flint arrow head was recovered from one hearth and two iron nails from another. The hearths contain bones of cow, pig and sheep/goat, as well as hare, bird and fish bones, and shellfish, predominately oysters (Malmberg 1981, 32-37; 171–172). In 2015 a geoarchaeological research project was undertaken in the Shelly Valley (Napora et al. 2019). Samples were taken from one of the more substantial middens. This midden, located at approximately ITM 560049 835300, is composed predominately of periwinkles and limpets, but significant quantities of cockle shells are also present. A hoof bone from a pony, found on the surface of the midden, and charred plant material retrieved from a lower level were submitted for radiocarbon dating. The results date the midden to a period between mid-15th century to the 18th century (Napora, Rathbone and Bonsall 2017, 5; Napora et al. 2019, 9). The range of shell species indicates that the users of the midden exploited different coastal habitats in the area: periwinkle and limpets were most likely gathered from rocks and pools on the open ocean-facing shoreline to N and W, while cockles were collected from Culleenamore sand flats in the sheltered tidal bay to S (Napora et al. 2019, 12). The absence of fish bones is notable; one reason suggested for this is that the people at that period had no or only periodic or limited access to boats and fishing equipment (Napora et al. 2019, 13). In March 2019 a surface scatter (0.6m x 0.4m) of very fragmentary bones was exposed at ITM 560000 835273 (J. Bonsall, pers. comm.). It was inspected by a NMS archaeologist, and the bones, which were lying loose on the surface and vulnerable to destruction, were collected and removed for analysis. The flint arrow head found in 1981 and the post-medieval radiocarbon date from the 2015 investigation suggest a very long history of exploitation of marine resources in the Carrowdough/Culleenamore area, and individual middens in the Shelly valley may, therefore, date to any time from prehistory to the post-medieval period. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 16 January 2019

• SL013-034001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on slight NE-SW orientated rise in gently undulating pasture. Depicted as a roughly oval area (dims. c.25m NE-SW; c.15m NW-SE) on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The site is impassably overgrown with thorn bushes. Modern farm sheds abut the site at N. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL013-034002 Souterrain
  Description

  Local tradition of a 'Cave' within Carrowbunnaun and Carrowdough rath (SL013-034001-). Not located in 2004. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL013-125 Habitation site
  Description

  Located in sand dunes, bordering the NE side of Culleenamore Strand. Exposed in a subrectangular hollow (c. 20m NW–SE; c. 17m NE–SW; D c. 2m) which was dug into the marram-grass-covered dunes in order to extract sand. A close-set row (L c. 3.7m) of eight, earth-fast boulders, on a NW-SE axis, is partly exposed in the sandy section face at the NW end of the NE side of the hollow. The boulders vary in size with the largest, located at the NW end, measuring c. 0.7m in height and c. 0.6m in length. Smaller isolated stones are visible further to SE on the same side of the hollow, with two larger stones at the SE end of this side. Close to the SE corner of the hollow, two further boulders are visible. Surface scatters of shells (oyster, periwinkle, cockle) and a few burnt stones are evident on the sandy floor of the hollow, adjacent to the row of stones. These fragmentary remains are difficult to interpret; it is unclear how the various elements relate to one other. The row of boulders may be the remains of a field boundary or a structure. The whole may represent the remains of a habitation site. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 August 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Carrowdough.

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Carrowdough · Ceathrú na Dumhcha

Area

1,490,485 m² (149.05 ha, 368.31 acres)

Civil parish

Killaspugbrone, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Knockaree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,077 people lived in 1,522 households in the Knockaree electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 46% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowbunnaun, Culleenamore, Knocknarea North

Placenames

Carrowdough 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.