Scardan Beg

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scardan Beg, from 28 m² to 103,069 m² (10.31 ha, 25.47 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Scardan Beg 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 Apr 2025Conditional

  for the upgrade of the existing wastewater treatment system relating to the relocation of the existing percolation area serving the existing septic tank

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560152

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  for development of a single story dwelling, domestic store, and the installation of a waste water treatment plant and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460414

• 1 Sept 2023Conditional

  Permission for Retention of new domestic driveway and entrance gateway, modifications to site front boundary wall ,together with all associated site works at Scardenmore, Strandhill, Co. Sligo. F91X6C8

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2360229

• 8 Sept 2022N/a

  development consisting of the following; (a) demolition of existing single storey building & sheds, (b) replacement with single storey house & garage, (c) installation of new wastewater treatment system & percolation area, (d) modification of existing vehicular access, (e) all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22299

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: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
• Special Protection Area: Cummeen Strand SPA 004035
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627

Recorded monuments

• SL014-034 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.

• SL014-035001 Enclosure
  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.

• SL014-035002 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.

• SL014-037 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.

• SL014-038001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In poorly draining low-lying land. There are three holy wells in close proximity here and there is some discrepency as to the designation applied to each on the 1837 and 1940 editions of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1940 edition of the OS 6-inch map this monument bears the designation 'St. Brigid's Well'. However on the 1837 edition it is named 'St. Patrick's Well' and 'St Brigid's Well' is shown c.110m ESE. This well comprises a square area (dims. 1m square) is enclosed on three sides by drystone walls (int H 0.95m; ext. H 0.57m; Wth 0.9m). There is an entrance at the SE (Wth 0.89m). There were no steps. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL014-038002 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In poorly draining low lying land just 25m S of 'St. Brigid's Well' (SL014-038001-). There are three holy wells in close proximity here and there is some discrepency as to the designation applied to each on the 1837 and 1940 editions of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1940 edition of the OS 6-inch map this monument bears the name 'St. Patrick's Well'. However on the 1837 map it has the designation 'Lady Well'. The ground level to the NE of the holy well has been raised in recent times with hardcore and no surviving remains were identified. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL014-038003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In poorly draining low lying land c.110m WNW of St. Patrick's Well' (SL014-038001-). There are three holy wells in close proximity here and there is some discrepency as to the designation applied to each on the 1837 and 1940 editions of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1940 edition of the OS 6-inch map this monument bears the name 'Lady Well'.However on the 1837 map it has the designation 'St. Brigid's Well' which is positioned c.110m ESE. The ground level to the NE of the holy well has been raised in recent times with hardcore and no surviving remains were identified. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

• Rathcarrick House, gate lodge, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey rendered former gate lodge, built c. 1850, now in use as private dwelling. Gable-fronted entrance porch supported on carved timber columns to central bay on east (front) elevation, single-storey lean-to extension to west (rear) c. 1990. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, yellow brick chimneystacks with stepped capping, painted timber projecting eaves fascia and soffit, painted timber projecting barge-boards, uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast walling, smooth-rendered margins at corners, smooth-rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings, smooth-rendered slightly-projecting reveals, painted stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening, painted timber double doors each with full-height plain panel. Set back from road in grounds, central concrete path with lawn to either side, entrance gateway to north-east with octagonal cut limestone gate piers and mild steel gates.

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Scardan Beg · An Scardán Beag

Area

603,951 m² (60.4 ha, 149.24 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

Cartron (Honoria Duff), Drinaghan, Lecarrow, Rathcarrick, Scardan More

Placenames

Scardan Beg 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.