Knockatober

34 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatober, from 66 m² to 58,215 m² (5.82 ha, 14.39 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockatober 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.

• 29 Jul 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the following: provision of an alternative entrance to serve existing dwelling house, new parking area, all ancillary site works including landscaping and closure of existing entrance

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22260

• 21 Jan 2019N/a

  Development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, effluent treatment unit system and soil polishing filter and new entrance together with all ancillary site works and services.

  Outline permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1916

• 24 Feb 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a dormer type domestic house, domestic garage, upgrading of an existing access and access lane, construction of a domestic waste water treatment system to current EPA Code of Practice standards together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1768

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 Knockatober.

Recorded monuments

• SL021-051 Embanked enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located in the level base of a broad natural depression ringed by rising ground. The Ballygawley Mountains form a dramatic backdrop on the horizon at N-NE. A circular area (45m E-W) enclosed by a broad earth and stone bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 0.7m) with the remains of stone kerbing along the internal bank face along the E arc. The entrance (Wth 9m) is at E. A field boundary curves around the bank along the NE arc. There is a mound barrow (SL021-102---) 300m to NE and a portal tomb (SL021-058----) 380m to NNE. 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). Attached images: SL021-051----_01.JPG Viewed from SE SL021-051----_02.JPG Viewed from E SL021-051----_03.JPG Enclosing bank at E Date of revised upload: 29 November 2018

• SL021-057 Road - road/trackway
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a ridge. The remains of a sunken flat-bottomed linear road (L 81.6m NW-SE; Wth 6.5m; D c. 0.8m) are visible in the SW corner of a field. An aerial photograph (IASAP, 3043088-9) shows faint traces of the road continuing into the field to NW. This is possibly the remains of a mass-path which is known to have existed in this area (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). The remains of the late medieval Kilross church and graveyard (SL021-056001-; SL021-056002-) are c. 100m to the N. 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

• SL021-058 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  On a low ridge in rolling pasture. The S side of a chamber is intact. It consists of a portal-stone (H 1.7m) at the E and an overlapping sidestone (L 3m; T 0.3m; max. H 1.3m). Just N of the sidestone is a prostrate slab, apparently the opposite sidestone, and adjoining the E end of the latter is another displaced slab, possibly a fallen sill. About 1.5m E of the last there is a prostrate slab of uncertain function. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 52-3, no. 82) 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 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) SL021-058----_01.pdf Attached images: SL021-058----_01.JPG viewed from NW SL021-058----_02.JPG viewed from W SL021-058----_03.JPG viewed from S

• SL021-102 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In undulating grassland, located on top of a low ridge, close to the break of slope on the N side, where ground falls away steeply. The elevated position provides extensive views. The Ballygawley Mountains loom on the near horizon at NW−NE, with gaps in their range allowing views of Knocknarae at NW and the Dartrys to N. There are distant views of Kesh Corann at S, Knocknashee at SSW and the Ox Mountains at SW. Compact circular mound (7m N−S; 6m 6−W; H 1.15m at N, 0.7m at S) with a domed profile, slightly flattened on top. The N slope is higher, and somewhat more broadly slumped, enhanced by the natural fall of ground. The mound appears to be largely earthen, but medium to large-sized stones protrude in parts. It is grass-covered and a single sycamore tree grows on top. According to local information, this mound was investigated in the 1920s by Henry Morris (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney), but the results of this investigation were never published. There is a portal tomb (SL021-058----) 135m to N, and an embanked enclosure (SL021-051----) 325m to WSW. Attached images: SL021-102----_01.JPG viewed from NW SL021-102----_02.JPG Viewed from S, with Ballygawley Mountains in the background Revised by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revision: 27 November2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockatober, about 1 in 5 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knockatober · Cnoc an Tobair

Area

416,962 m² (41.7 ha, 103.03 acres)

Civil parish

Kilross, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Ballintogher West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

457 people lived in 148 households in the Ballintogher West electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carricknagat, Carrowcrin, Doonamurray, Falnashammer, Kilross

Placenames

Knockatober 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.