Knocknahur South

73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknahur South, from 25 m² to 65,275 m² (6.53 ha, 16.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 51 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 Knocknahur South 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.

• 17 Apr 2026Conditional

  The construction of a new single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, renovations and alterations to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660142

• 15 Nov 2024Conditional

  (a) build a single storey extension to the northwest side of the existing dwelling house, (b) make a deisgn alteration to the front elevation of the existing dwelling house (c) upgrade the existing entrance to the dwelling house, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460412

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  development consisting of a single storey rear extension to the existing dwelling circa 85m2 and associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20443

• 18 Nov 2019Conditional

  development consisting of the building of a new dormer type dwelling along with garage, wastewater treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works - CONDITION NO. 14 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19466

• 26 Jul 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of change of house design (Planning Permission PL 16/378 refers) at

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18302

• 14 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the permission to erect a storey and a half dwelling, septic tank and percolation area plus associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17427

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 Knocknahur South.

Recorded monuments

• SL020-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating ground with views over Ballysadare Bay and Knocknarea. Shown on the current OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m). There are no visible remains above ground. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 October 2013

• SL020-045001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on the N end of a narrow flat-topped hillock in drumlin pasture, overlooking Ballysadare Bay. This is an elongated oval area which encompasses the hilltop. It is enclosed by a ruinous stone wall (Wth 0.60m, H 0.30m) with a fosse ( Wth 6m, D 1.05m) and an external bank (Wth 2m, H 0.20m). The interior of the site slopes from the SW to the NE. There is an entrance in the NE (Wth 1.30m) with a curving ramp (L 29m). In the SW there is a souterrain (SL020-045002-). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

• SL020-045002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located on the N end of a narrow flat-topped hillock in drumlin pasture, overlooking Ballysadare Bay. In the SW of a platform ringfort (SL020-045002-) is a souterrain. This takes the form of a three segmented zig-zag (L 12.20m by 6.50m). The souterrain extends under the bank of the ringfort and would have opened into the site of the fosse on the S side. It extends through the interior in the SW and NE direction. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

• SL020-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a local highpoint in undulating improved pastureland with views onto Knocknarea and the Ox Mountains. Comprises an oval enclosure (L 20m N-S, Wth 15m E-W). This is defined by a a bank (Wth 1.20m, H 0.30m). In the E and NE the bank is covered by a modern field wall. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knocknahur South, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Knocknahur South · Cnoc na hIora Theas

Area

633,679 m² (63.37 ha, 156.59 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

Breeoge, Carrowkeel, Graigue, Kilmacowen, Knocknahur North

Placenames

Knocknahur South 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.