Reask
Reask is a townland in the civil parish of Killaraght, barony of Coolavin, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is An Riasc.
Parcel 730278
- Area
- 76,145 m² (7.61 ha, 18.82 acres)
- Buildings
- No building touches it.
- 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
- Reask
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 9 recorded monuments.
- SL047-083001 Religious house - unclassified
Description
In gently undulating pasture, in Killaraght graveyard (SL047-083002-) and within a field system (SL047-083004-). Probably the site of a convent founded by St Attracta which, according to tradition, was built by St Patrick (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 320-21). A nunnery and hospital (SL047-083007-) existed here into the 16th century and an abbess of Killaraght is mentioned in 1591 (ibid.). A 'house of nuns of Killaraght' still stood here in the 1680s (Ó Muraíle 2002, 242, n. 48). It is also probably the site of the medieval parish church of Killaraght. According to local tradition, there was a church ruin in the NW quadrant of the graveyard. Several blocks of dressed stone, found during a graveyard clean up, are the only recent indication of a church here (Mount 1994a). A road (SL047-083003-) lies c. 200m to the NE. 'Toberaraght' holy well (SL047-081----) is c. 600m to the 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
- SL047-083002 Graveyard
Description
A subrectangular graveyard (53.5m N-S; c. 41m E-W) enclosed on the S, W and N sides by a stone wall. The E wall has been removed and the graveyard has been extended c. 100m to the E. This extension is enclosed by a modern wall and is accessed from the main road to E. Headstones in the older section date to the 19th and 20th centuries. The NW quadrant is slightly raised and, according to local tradition, is probably the site of a church (SL047-083001-). The graveyard is still in use. Several dressed limestone and sandstone slabs of medieval appearance were uncovered during a graveyard clean-up scheme, including a gabled sandstone slab with 'four projections on its upper surface each of which has a swastika carved on its face' and 'a number of fragments of windows decorated with plate tracery' (Mount 1994a). Also uncovered were some 18th-century style cut stones including three pieces of an archway and a plinth inscribed 'POSITUM 1742' (ibid.). A flint arrowhead was also found in the graveyard (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). A field system (SL047-083004-) lies to the S and W. There is a moated site (SL047-083008-) c. 50m to the W and a mound barrow (SL047-083006-) c. 150m to the SW. A road (SL047-083003-) lies c. 200m to the NE and 'Toberaraght' holy well (SL047-081----) is c. 600m to the 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
- SL047-083003 Road - road/trackway
Description
In undulating stony pasture. Indicated only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a linear feature (Wth c. 10m; L c. 750m), flanked by field boundaries, extending in a NE direction from c. 150m ENE of the mound barrow (SL047-083005-) to almost the Roscommon border. It was levelled during land reclamation and there are no visible remains of the SW half. The NE half is evident intermittently as a slight rise though its NE end has been truncated by a row of bungalows. Killaraght graveyard (SL047-083002-) and the site of a nunnery (SL047-083001-) lie c. 200m to SW. 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
- SL047-083004 Field system
Description
In undulating stony pasture. A system of roughly rectangular fields indicated only on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. The boundaries of these are mainly earthen with a few of earth and stone. They are of fairly uniform dimensions (Wth 1.7-2m; H 0.5m) but vary greatly in degree of preservation. Killaraght graveyard (SL047-083002-) and the site of a church (SL047-08301-) are roughly in the centre of the field system. Immediately to SW of the graveyard is a faint pattern of two or three small fields (c. 14m E-W; c. 28m N-S) which are not indicated on any OS 6-inch map. An even more faint outline of a similar field pattern is evident to SE. A moated site (SL047-083008-) lies c. 50m W of the graveyard. The relict field system is now overlain by a grid pattern of N-S and E-W field boundaries. There is a mound barrow (SL047-083005-) c. 150m SW of the graveyard and another (SL047-083006-) c. 170m to NE, both also within the field system. In the same townland is a second field system (SL047-084003-) c. 300m to E. 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
- SL047-083005 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
On top of a rise, in undulating rocky pasture and c. 170m NE of a graveyard (SL047-083002-). A low grass-covered circular mound (diam. 6m at base, 2.6m at top; H 0.55m) with a flat top and broadly sloping sides. The mound barrow lies within a field system (SL047-083004-). Another mound (SL047-083006-) occurs c. 400m to SW and a road (SL047-083003-) lies c. 150m to ENE. 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). Revised: P. Walsh Date of upload: 30 April 2009
- SL047-083006 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
On a slight rise, bordering an expanse of wet pasture to WSW and within a field system (SL047-083004-). A circular steep-sided earthen mound (diam. at base 11.6m; diam. at top 6m). The S portion of the mound is highest (H 1.5m) due to a natural dip in the ground level. The top of the mound is defined by a slight rim and there is a hollow (diam. 3m) in the centre. This mound is located within a rectangular field (30m N-S; 49.5m E-W) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; H 0.4m). A mound (SL047-083005-) lies c. 400m to NE and a graveyard (SL047-083002-) c. 150m to NE. 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). Revised: P. Walsh Date of revision: 30 April 2009
- SL047-083007 Hospital
Description
According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 352), 'a hospital established in the fifth century by St Adrochta and connected with her convent of nuns, appears to have continued, with the convent, till the sixteenth century'. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011
- SL047-083008 Moated site
Description
In pasture, at the base of a gentle slope and c. 50m W of a graveyard (SL047-083002-). A rectangular area (31.5m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) defined on the SE, SW and NW sides by a bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m) with an external fosse evident as a slight depression marked by rushes. The enclosing element on the NE side is now indistinct though a band of rushes may indicate a silted-up fosse. The interior is raised on the W side to create a dry level area. The moated site is within a field system (SL047-083004-). 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
- SL047-083009 Cross-slab
Description
The following account of its discovery is recorded by Timoney (2008-9): ‘In April 2007, on a visit to Killaraght graveyard. Co. Sligo, to check an 18th century headstone the author discovered an Early Christian cross slab which had been reused as a grave memorial in recent times. The Old Red Sandstone slab was lying on the ground in front of the Goldrick family grave plot in the old section of the graveyard. The slab measures 99cm long, the upper two thirds is about 40cm in width with a maximum thickness of 8.5cm. The left side of the slab is complete but parts of the right side have been cut or broken off. The inscribed cross with T-shaped terminals measures 14.5cm long and 21cm wide. The cross is cut in a V-section groove with a maximum of 1.5cm in width and a depth of 0.5cm. The terminals are U-shaped in section.’ Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 2 May 2017
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 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 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
- 120.1 ha
- 297 acres
- Land parcels
- 27
- registered freehold, median 41,491 m² (4.15 ha, 10.25 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reask, from 133 m² to 119,743 m² (11.97 ha, 29.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Reask 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
15 May 2026Conditional
to construct new single storey dwelling, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660185
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Reask.
Recorded monuments
- SL047-048001 Barrow - ring-barrow
Description
In rough grazing, close to a break of slope at the E end of a ridge. One of a group of four barrows forming a barrow cemetery (see SL047-048002; SL047-048003-; SL047-048004-). A circular area (c. 11m E-W; 11.7m N-S) enclosed by a fosse (Wth c. 3m) which is evident as a broad band of waterlogged ground supporting a dense growth of rushes and irises. A stony external flat-topped bank (Wth 2.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.2m) is evident all round. A possible entrance (Wth 1.35m) at ESE is marked by a low section of the bank and a corresponding dry section of the fosse. There is a gap (Wth 3m) in the bank at E. The overall diameter of the barrow is 20m N-S and 19.7m E-W. It is conjoined at W to a bowl-barrow (SL047-048002-). A ditch barrow (SL047-048003-) lies c. 14m to W and another (SL047-04804-) c. 30m to ESE. 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
- SL047-048002 Barrow - bowl-barrow
Description
In rough grazing, close to a break of slope at the E end of a ridge. One of a group of four barrows (see SL047-048001-; SL047-048003-; SL047-048004-). A circular round-topped steep-sided mound (9.7m N-S; 9m E-W; H 1.4m) enclosed by two fosses with intervening and external banks. Stones protrude in places from the sod-covered mound. The inner fosse (Wth 2m) is evident as a shallow depression marked by rushes and irises. The intervening bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.3m) is evident as a broad low rise, difficult to discern NE-E. The external fosse (Wth 2.5m) is evident only as a slight depression marked by irises. The external bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.25m) is evident S-SW and NW-NNW, but is barely perceptible elsewhere. The external bank and fosse are overlain ENE-ESE by the external bank of the conjoined ring-barrow (SL047-048001-) and the external bank is truncated at W by a field boundary. 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
- SL047-048003 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In rough grazing, close to a break of slope at the E end of a ridge. A low circular flat-topped rise (diam. c. 5m; H c. 0.3m), engulfed in rushes. A silted-up fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.2m), noted during a previous site inspection in 1993 (SMR (1989) file), is now possibly masked by a dense growth of rushes. This is one of a group of four barrows (see SL047-048001-; SL047-048002-; SL047-048004-). 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
- SL047-048004 Barrow - ditch barrow
Description
In rough grazing, close to a break of slope at the E end of a ridge. A circular flat-topped rise (diam. 4.8m; H 0.3m) defined by a low broadly sloping scarp. A band of wet ground (Wth c. 1.5m) outside the scarp S-W probably indicates the remains of a silted-up fosse. This is one of a group of four barrows (see SL047-048001-; SL047-048002-; SL037-048003-). 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
- SL047-049 Enclosure
Description
In pasture. The cropmark of a small roughly rectangular enclosure, with a possible entrance in the NW side, is visible in an aerial photograph (ACAP, V227, 32-3). It is not visible at ground level. 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
- SL047-050 Enclosure
Description
In gently undulating pasture. An oval area (int. diam. 48m x 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.45m). The possible entrance (Wth 2m) is at NW. The interior slopes down to E. 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 Reask.
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 Reask, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Reask.
- 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 Reask with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Reask · An Riasc
- Area
- 1,200,540 m² (120.05 ha, 296.66 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaraght, and its townlands
- Barony
- Coolavin
- Electoral division
- Killaraght, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 456 people lived in 175 households in the Killaraght electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 30% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardmoyle, Carrownurlaur, Killaraght, Lisgullaun, Lismerraun
- Placenames
- Reask 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.