Kincuillew

66 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kincuillew, from 2,714 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres) to 1,050,928 m² (105.09 ha, 259.69 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 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 Kincuillew 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.

• 10 Dec 2025Conditional

  construction of a new dwelling house complete with on-site sewage treatment system, associated percolation area, hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560514

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: River Moy SAC 002298
• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Hoe Bog SAC 000633
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Hoe Bog 000633

Recorded monuments

• SL036-004001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough grazing, on a S-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. 26.5m) defined by the lower courses of a drystone wall (Wth 2.75m; H 1m). Parts of the wall are rebuilt to form a field boundary. The interior, which slopes down gently to SE, is scattered with stones. There is a souterrain (SL036-004002-) in the E half of the interior. A hut site (SL036-068----) lies c. 100m to SE. 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

• SL036-004002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the E half of the interior of a cashel (SL036-004001-). There are no visible remains of the feature named 'Cave' on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, there is a souterrain here consisting of a stone-built passage (Wth c. 0.7m). 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

• SL036-006 Enclosure
  Description

  On the lower SE-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. The enclosure is levelled and not visible at ground level. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a hachured oval raised area (c. 20m NE-SW; c. 15m NW-SE). 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

• SL036-029001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a rise on the lower southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. An oval area (21.5m N-S; 26m E-W) terraced into the slope, with the S portion up to 0.5m below and the N portion up to 1.3m above the external ground level. The interior is defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.5-1m) along the E, S and SW arcs. A dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3m; D c. 0.5m) is evident along the NW arc, skirted by a field boundary. The N half of the interior has been churned up by machinery. A possible barrow (SL036-029002-) lies c. 15m to SE. 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

• SL036-029002 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a low rise. Depicted on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a small mound (diam. c. 10m), c. 15m SE of a rath (SL036-029001-). There are no visible remains of this mound. Its size and location, however, suggest a barrow. 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

• SL036-030 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A circular area (diam. c. 22m) terraced into the hillside, with the NW half up to 0.5m below and the SE half up to 0.6m above the external ground level. The interior is defined by a collapsed wall (max. H 0.8m) of small stones and is overgrown with bushes and briars. 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

• SL036-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the lower southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A densely overgrown roughly circular area (30m N-S; 25m E-W) raised c. 0.8-1m in height above external ground level. The interior is defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth c. 2m; int. H 0.4m) visible along the S, W and NW arcs. Remains of cultivation ridges cross the interior. 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

• SL036-032 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On flat boggy ground, on the lowermost S-facing slopes of the Ox Mountains. This rath has been levelled and remains consist of an arc (C 22m) of scarp (H 0.8m) which is evident ENE-S. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 20m). 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

• SL036-065 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  On the bog-grown southern slopes of the Ox Mountains. A heather-grown, bog-covered cairn of trapezoidal outline (L 37m E-W; Wth 14.7m E end, 9m W end; H 2m). The stones of the cairn are exposed in two holes in the bog cover. One is some 5m from the W end of the cairn and the other is about 12m further to the E. A large displaced stone exposed in the more easterly opening is jammed in an upright position among cairn stones. A shallow U-shaped inturn in the broader end of the mound may indicate the presence of a buried court. 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

• SL036-068 Hut site
  Description

  On the lower S-facing slopes of the Ox Mountains, 100m to SE of a cashel (SL036-004001-). A circular area (diam. c. 5m) terraced into the hillside and revetted by large stones. There is an entrance (Wth 1.1m) at SE. 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 Kincuillew.

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 Kincuillew, 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, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Kincuillew · Cionn Coilleadh

Area

3,276,324 m² (327.63 ha, 809.6 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacteige, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Kilmacteige, the unit of the census

Census 2022

226 people lived in 83 households in the Kilmacteige electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 27% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownlobaun, Carrowreagh, Cloonbarry, Glennawoo, Killure

Placenames

Kincuillew 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.