Cabragh

61 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cabragh, from 399 m² to 184,682 m² (18.47 ha, 45.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 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 Cabragh 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.

• 11 Sept 2024Conditional

  to renovate and extend the existing cottage and ancillary buildings and convert the existing haybarn to a residential home office both totalling 358m2 gross internal floor area, along with effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460296

• 9 Aug 2024N/a

  THE RENOVATION AND EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING COTTAGE AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS FOR RESIDENTIAL USE TOTALLING 358M2 GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR AREA, ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460264

• 30 Apr 2020Conditional

  development consisting of retention of development consisting of as-built dwelling house and domestic garage on reduced application site boundaries together with all ancillary site works and services previously granted permission under planning reference number PL 18/326

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20131

• 29 Oct 2019Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, entrance by boundary wall and install an on-site wastewater treatment & disposal system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19443

• 10 Aug 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house, including a new roadside set back and adjustments to the existing site entrance off the laneway, a new effluent treatment system and percolation area, new driveaway and parking, connection to existing services, and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18326

• 3 Aug 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of the provision of a new dwelling house, including an attached artists studio and a seperate artists stone studio, and the provision of an effluent treatment system and new vehicular entrance, roadway, landscaping and ancillary site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18317

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 Cabragh.

Recorded monuments

• SL035-019 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a limestone outcrop surrounded by bog. An oval raised area (c. 45m N-S; c. 20m E-W) defined by a bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.45m) along the N arc and by a scarp elsewhere. 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

• SL035-020 Enclosure
  Description

  In cutaway bog. An arc of hachures NNE-SSW on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, possibly indicates the remains of a circular enclosure (C c. 30m). It is not visible at ground level. A trackway was also indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, immediately to NW. 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

• SL035-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a rise. The rath is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked subcircular area (diam. c. 15m) bisected on a N-S axis by a road. There is no visible remains of the rath on the E side of the road. An arc (S-N) of an earth and stone bank (Wth 3.85m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.45m) is evident on the W side of road. A field boundary crosses the S 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

• SL035-036 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a small hachured oval mound (c. 10m NE-SW). 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

• SL035-037 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on a rise in a sheltered hollow. An oval mound (14m N-S; 19.5m E-W; max. H 2.1m), damaged on its N edge by a mechanical digger exposing light brown soil with traces of iron pan. A fragment of metal slag and a charcoal fleck were noted in the soil. A few small limestone stones on the S edge of the mound may be the remains of an enclosing element; a slight trace of a fosse was noted on the W arc. 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

• SL035-042 Kerb circle
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope amidst rock outcrops. A roughly circular area (diam. 17m x 18m) enclosed by 25 almost contiguous stones. The stones range in size from 0.95m x 0.45m to 1.3m x 2m. Most are bedded on their sides though a few of the smaller ones are upright. Several gaps were noted between the stones. The interior is raised slightly on the E side to compensate for the hillslope. Three flat sod-covered slabs were noted in the interior. The townland boundary between Cabragh and Garoke bisects the kerb circle on a NE-SW axis, six of the stones being on the SE side of the 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

• SL035-045001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 19.3m x 20.8m) enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 2.9m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.3m). There is a corn-drying kiln (SL035-045002-) in the sloping interior. A hut site (SL035-045003-) lies immediately to W of the cashel. 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

• SL035-045002 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  In the interior of a cashel (SL035-045001-). An oval stone-built structure (int. diam. 5m x 6m; H 0.4m; wall T 1.5m) with a curving entrance passage (L 4.9m; Wth 0.95m) on its E side. 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

• SL035-045003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, on an E-facing slope and adjacent to the W side of a cashel (SL035-045001-). The remains of an oval hut (int. diam. 5.05m x 8.6m) enclosed by a stone wall (T 1.8m; H 0.4m). 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

• SL035-121 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, on an E-facing slope and immediately W of a stream. The remains of an oval stone-built structure (int. diam. 9.9m x 8.3m). The sod-covered walls (Wth 1.95m; int. H 0.95m; ext. H 0.35m) have a rubble core and inner and outer stone facing. The entrance (Wth 0.85m) is at N. The interior is concave and the E portion is raised to compensate for the hillslope. 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 Cabragh.

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 Cabragh, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cabragh · An Chabrach

Area

1,827,050 m² (182.71 ha, 451.47 acres)

Civil parish

Shancough, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Killadoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

276 people lived in 104 households in the Killadoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowcashel, Carrownadargny, Drumbeg North, Drumbeg West, Garoke, Magheralackagh, Mount Town, Moytirra West, Rannatruffaun East, Shancough, Tap, Ummeryroe

Placenames

Cabragh 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.