Castlegal

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Castlegal, from 33 m² to 187,934 m² (18.79 ha, 46.44 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 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 Castlegal 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.

• 31 May 2024Conditional

  1. construction of single storey flat roof extension to north-west elevation, 2. construction of a new pitched roofed extension and new enlarged porch to south-west elevation and 3. alterations to north-west, south-east and north-east elevations all to existing dwelling

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460195

• 11 Jul 2023Conditional

  Construction of new dwelling house with proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360172

• 15 Jun 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the revised design of living area of extension to north west elevation of existing cottage (previously granted under PL19/44)

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21229

• 13 Feb 2019Conditional

  development consisting of (1) Upgrade existing septic tank to proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area. (2) Demolish existing flat roof extension to north west elevation of cottage and demolish existing shed to north east of cottage (3) Construct new extension to north west and north east elevations of existing cottage incorporating area of existing shed. (4) Alterations to south east elevations of existing cottage (new rooflights in roof) all to existing cottage.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1944

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: Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC 000625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bunduff Lough And Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore 000625

Recorded monuments

• SL003-006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on summit of a narrow NE-SW orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (dims. 25.5m N-S; c. 26m E-W) enclosed by a drystone wall (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 1.55m; T 1.45m). From W-E a second concentric external wall, now beneath a modern drystone field wall (H 0.55, T 0.55m), lies 8m outside the internal wall. There is no trace of a fosse at ground level. The internal wall is made up of un-coursed, un-mortared rubble limestone. Larger blocks of limestone (dims. up to 1.5m by 1.5m) act as basal foundations on the external side of the wall. From NE- E, the internal wall has been removed down to the footings. The original entrance is not recognisable and the breaks at S (Wth 3.5m) and at NNW (Wth 1.2m) appear to be modern. A modern roughly metalled path (Wth 5m) skirts the base of the internal wall S-W. A portion of the NE side of the interior is defined by a NW-SE orientated relic drystone field wall that meets the inner side of the internal wall at N and E. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on level summit of elongated E-W orientated hill in pasture. Circular area (diam. 21m) enclosed by a limestone wall (int. H 1.35m; ext. H 1.65m; T 2.05m). There is no indication of a fosse at ground level. The wall is constructed of un-mortared, un-coursed rubble limestone. An infilled break (Wth 4m) in the cashel wall at SSW may mark the position of the original entrance. There is a modern break (Wth 1m) through the cashel wall at N. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-008 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On level ground in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6'' map as a circular enclosure (diam. c.15m). The cashel has been removed and the area now appears as a roughly rectangular field (30m NE-SW; 25m NW-SE). Some larger rubble stones, presumably derived from the cashel walls, are incorporated into the NW boundary of the field. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by a rubble limestone wall. The wall is constructed using un-coursed, un-mortared limestone block facing with a small rubble fill between. From NE-E, the wall has been removed by the construction of a public roadway. A break in the wall (Wth 8m) at where only the footings remain may mark the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-014 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the level summit of slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised roughly circular area (dims. 19m E-W; 18m N-S) enclosed by a stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.45m). The stone bank encloses the site NW-SE. From SE-NW, the edge of the site is densely overgrown and inaccessible so it not possible to determine if the bank is extant here. A modern drystone field wall (H 1m; T 0.4m) has been constructed on top of the stone bank NW-E. The original entrance to the site is not recognisable. Drystone field walls link to the cashel bank at NW and at NNE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-015 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on an E-facing slope in boggy pasture. It is not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map but is depicted as one half of an circular or oval-shaped enclosure on the 1912 edition. It has been levelled and there are no surface remains now visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 April 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Castlegal, 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 Castlegal.

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

Name

Castlegal · Caisle Geala

Area

1,834,007 m² (183.4 ha, 453.19 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cliffony North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,000 people lived in 394 households in the Cliffony North electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bunduff, Grellagh, Tawly (Co. Leitrim)

Placenames

Castlegal 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.