Knocknashammer or Cloverhill

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknashammer or Cloverhill, from 2,819 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres) to 337,748 m² (33.77 ha, 83.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 36 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Jul 2021Conditional

  construction of a new-build dwelling with storage shed, on-site proprietary wastewater treatment system, rainwater harvesting system and associated site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 16294

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 Knocknashammer or Cloverhill.

Recorded monuments

• SL014-211 Cist
  Description

  On a SSW slope in pasture with good views in all directions. The structure is visible as a roofless chamber (L 2.72m; max. Wth. 1.20m) set in the ground. It is aligned approximately E-W and is open to the E. Constructed of nine upright slabs, four of which are decorated with curvilinear motifs (one has been removed). Wood-Martin (1887-8, 68-9, figs. 77-81) recorded that the monument was originally roofed with a single slab, covered by a mound and enclosed by a stone circle and had been disturbed in 1830 during ploughing. The floor was found to be paved with slabs and quantity of cremated bone and a cinerary urn were found. There are conflicting views as to the nature and date of this cist-like structure and its decoration (see Evans 1966; Herity 1974; Shee Twohig 1981, the latter two with earlier references; Weir 1980, 207-8). It has been listed as a possible passage tomb by Ó Nualláin (1989, 92). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 9 January 2012 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

• SL014-214 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  This barrow was excavated in 1977 by M.A. Timoney who published the following account (1987-8, 7): ‘A small tumulus, 11m in diameter and I.40m high, surrounded by a round-bottomed fosse and a slight bank, was sited on an east-west ridge on the opposite side of the road to the Cloverhill cist [SL014-211----]. Gravel excavation had removed the ridge to the east of the mound, leaving it at the top of a 15m high, gravel cliff. Some disturbance had taken place on the east side of the monument. Its pre-excavation appearance suggested that the monument had been formed by scarping the side of the high point of the gravel ridge and by levelling off its top: excavation, however, revealed that the monument was, in the main, artificially constructed. Beneath the sod, a layer of earth overlay an uneven mantle of largish stones. Beneath this was another layer of earth and an earlier mantle of largish stones, beneath which was the undisturbed glacial gravel. The two mantles of stones merged towards the edge of the mound where a well-constructed retaining wall, four to six courses high, remained at some places (elsewhere it had collapsed into the fosse). It seems possible to selectively, assign several stones to an arc formation. At the centre of the mound, in the earth cover between the two mantles of stones, two partly disarticulated burials were found, laid on a NE—SW axis in a poorly, it at all, prepared grave. One skull, that of a male of 20-30 years, was found beneath the pelvis of the lowermost skeleton while the other, that of a female of 30-40 years, was found about 30cm away from the nearest piece of bone. None of the bones of the spinal column, rib-cage, hands or feet was found. There were no accompanying grave goods nor any artifacts by which the monument can be dated.’ Macalister (Breuil and Macalister 1921-4, 5, footnote 1) records that a boulder carved with 'concentric ciclres' was on a mound to the south of the road to the south the field where the cist (SL014-211----) is located. It is possible that this may be the mound to which they refer and it may the stone that was incorporated in the outbuilding of the old school house to the south-west and subsequently removed to Sligo County musuem (see SL014-284010-) (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). (Timoney 1984, 324, no. 15) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 23 January 2014

• SL014-215 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  This relates to a mound that formerly stood to the SE of the barrow excavated by M.A. Timoney in 1977 (SL014-214----). This mound (c. 1.5m high and between 8m and 10m in diam.) was considered to be a second possible example. The mound has subsequently been removed and there are no above or below ground archaeological remains (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 January 2014

• SL014-216 Earthwork
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-217 Earthwork
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL014-263 Cist
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL020-055 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated at the end of a ridge which is steep in the N surrounded by undulating pasture with views onto the Dartry Mountains, Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. Comprises a circular raised area (Diam c 23m) which is embanked and enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 0.50m, Max. H 1.50m). There is no fosse or entrance evident. The interior slopes from S-N with cultivation ridges present. There are a number of stones in the interior which may suggest a souterrain. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

• SL020-056 Ring-ditch
  Description

  Located on a W facing slope in undulating pasture. Identified on an aerial photograph (ACP V203/94-5) as a possible ring-ditch. There is no visible surface remains. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013

• SL020-057 Crannog
  Description

  In the W of W of Cloverhill Lough, close to the marshy shoreline. Not indicated on the 1837 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. Inspected in 2000, this crannog appears to consists of a low cairn (15m N–S; 12m E–W) of stones capped with grass-covered peat. It reaches a height of c. 1.45m above the peaty base of the lake, and rises to a height of c. 0.45m above the lake surface. Three distinct levels are evident: roughly in the centre on top of the crannog is a small cairn or concentration (3.6m N–S; 3.6m E–W) of subangular stones (limestone) (average dims. 0.3-0.4m) most of which are firmly set in the ground. This protrudes from a plateau of soft peat, which may cover a stone floor, and stretches W for 6m to the lake shore. The perimeter of the crannog is at a level c. 0.2m lower than the peat plateau and forms an encircling berm (Wth 0.4-0.8m). Reeds grow on the perimeter of the crannog, and the centre is covered in overgrowth. A band (Wth 4-7m) of dense wetland vegetation and very soft peat surrounds the crannog. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 July 2015

• SL020-058 Crannog
  Description

  Visited by Sligo Crannog project 2000. This site is located in the NE end of the lake c.10m from the shoreline. It is overgrown. Comprises an oval cairn (L 25.7m E-W, 19.2m N-S, H 2.8m). The mid cairn is located slightly to the E (L 7m E-W, 5.8m N-S) and consists of a dense concentration of loosely packed sandstones. It is surrounded by a an uneven platform of stones (Wth 11.90m W, 11.20m N). On the N side of the site is a linear drystone-walled feature (L 5m, Wth 1.10m, H 0.85m) which may be the remains of a jetty. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 14 August 2013

• SL020-063001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a drumlin ridge in hummocky terrain with a deep valley to the NW. The site has panoramic views of the Dartry Mountains and the Ox Mountains. Comprises a circular raised area (Diam c. 25m) which is enclosed by a low degraded bank (Wth 3.70m, H 1.20m) with stones protruding from it. The interior rises slightly into a very low mound. There is an external fosse (Wth 2.50m, D 0.30m). Entrance in the S (Wth 2.30m) with the remains of a souterrain (SL020-063002-). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 15 August 2013

• SL020-063002 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated on the summit of a drumlin ridge in hummocky terrain with a deep valley to the NW. The site has panoramic views of the Dartry Mountains and the Ox Mountains. There are the remains of a souterrain at the S entrance to a ringfort (SL020-063001-). Comprises a sunken passage (L 6.70m, Wth 2.30m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 15 August 2013

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknashammer or Cloverhill.

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 Knocknashammer or Cloverhill, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1067 (ZIP).

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

Name

Knocknashammer or Cloverhill · Cnoc na Seamar

Area

1,183,654 m² (118.37 ha, 292.49 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacowen, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Kilmacowen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,347 people lived in 830 households in the Kilmacowen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyfree, Carrowkeel, Carrowmore, Derrydarragh or Oakfield, Graigue

Placenames

Knocknashammer or Cloverhill 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.