Quarryfield

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Quarryfield, from 69 m² to 275,355 m² (27.54 ha, 68.04 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 · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

No planning application touches the townland of Quarryfield in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Quarryfield West Turlough 001901

Recorded monuments

• SL038-062 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of the N-facing slope of a rise. A raised circular area (31m N-S; 28m E-W) defined all round by a scarp with an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.9m) E-SW and NW-N. The S portion of the interior is cut into the hillslope and the N portion is raised 1.3m to compensate for the slope. A NW-SE field boundary crosses the NE quadrant of the interior. 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

• SL038-063 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low rise. A raised circular area (diam. c. 35m) enclosed by remains of an earthen bank (Wth 5.3m; int. H 1.1m) with numerous gaps and by an external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.5m). A short stretch of the foundations of a drystone wall is visible on top of the bank along the N arc. The interior is heavily poached by cattle and raised c. 1.5m above external ground level and has a small pile of stones in the centre. The bank and fosse are overgrown with bushes. 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

• SL038-085 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In flat pasture. A raised circular area (diam. 1.7m) surrounded by a shallow fosse (Wth 1.3m) and an external bank (Wth 1.9m; ext. H 0.56m); some disturbance has occurred along the E arc causing bank slippage (pers. comm. J. Farrelly and M. Keane). Another ring-barrow (SL038-084----) lies c. 600m to WSW. 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

• SL038-086001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. A D-shaped area (dims. 21m N-S; 17m E-W), with the straight side at W, is defined by a scarp N-NNE and elsewhere by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.1-0.7m) with numerous gaps. A dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.2m; D 1.3m) is evident all round apart from a short section S-SSW. The outer earthen bank (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.6m) is evident along the N half of the straight side and curving around the NW corner. The W portion of the interior is raised c. 1m above ground level and the E portion is cut into the hillslope to compensate for the slope. A section of the fosse and bank at N has been removed due to quarrying. A road lies immediately to W of the linear side. A ENE-WSW field boundary crosses the interior. There is a souterrain (SL038-086002-) in the NE quadrant of the interior. 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

• SL038-086002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the NE quadrant of a rath (SL038-086001-). A circular drystone-built chamber (diam. c. 3m) with a collapsed corbelled roof is visible. There is a possible entrance on the S 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

• SL038-087 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a drumlin. A roughly oval area (34m N-S; 29m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1m) E-S and by a scarp (H 0.9m) elsewhere. A dry external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.2m) is evident SSE-S. The N portion of the interior is raised c. 0.9m to compensate for the hillslope. A field boundary is built on top of the scarp SSW-WNW. Another rath (SL038-088----) lies c. 50m to S. 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

• SL038-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, to NE of a road, on the steep NW-facing slope of a drumlin. This rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 70m). By the 1941-2 OS 6-inch map only the E half of the rath remained, indicated by an arc of bank NNE-S with an external fosse E-S. The W half was probably removed during the construction of the adjacent road. Another rath (SL038-087----) lies c. 50m to 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

• SL038-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of a drumlin. A raised roughly circular area (24.3m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.75m). The bank is truncated by a field boundary at S and a short section of it has been removed by quarrying at NW. The interior is flat and raised c. 1.55m above external ground level. 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

• SL038-090 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the NE-facing slope of a drumlin. This levelled rath is evident as a roughly circular area (27m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a shallow boggy fosse (Wth 8m; D 0.2m). It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c. 26m N-S) and on the 1941-2 OS 6-inch map as an oval raised area with a fosse SW-WNW. 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

• SL038-091 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise, surrounded by wet ground. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m), densely covered with overgrowth, defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.8m) along the NE, E and SW arcs. Traces of a revetment of upright stones are evident on the internal face of the bank. A dry external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.4m) is evident along the N, E and SE arcs. The interior is raised c. 1.8m above external ground level. 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

• SL038-092001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a drumlin. A circular area (28.5m N-S; 29.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.6m) SW-NE and by a scarp (H 1.4m) elsewhere. The bank is topped by an earthen field boundary (H 0.8m) along its outer edge. The interior, which slopes slightly down to E, has been poached by cattle. Two blocked-up openings into a souterrain (SL038-092002-) are visible in the SW quadrant. The W portion of the interior is cut into the hillslope and the E portion is raised c. 1.4m above external ground to compensate for the slope. 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

• SL038-092002 Souterrain
  Description

  In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL038-092001-). Two blocked-up openings reveal a drystone-built passage (min. L 4m; long axis NW-SE) roofed with limestone lintels. The passage is inaccessible. 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

• SL038-093 Souterrain
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope. A collapsed blocked-up opening reveals a small silted-up drystone-built chamber (min. dims. 3m NW-SE; 2m SW-NE). The walls are corbelled and roofed with flat stone lintels. 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

• SL038-145 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a low, dry rise in an expanse of damp, lowlying, rush-grown pasture, on the E bank of a meandering N-flowing stream. The stream lies 4-5m to W of the SW arc of the enclosure. There is a forestry plantation on the W bank of the stream. The enclosure is overlooked by a N-S ridge, located c. 100m to E, on the summit of which is a rath (SL038-062----). This enclosure is not shown on the 1838 and 1922 OS 6-inch maps. It consists of a low, oval platform (44m E−W; 31.5m N−S) defined by a scarp (Wth of slope c. 2-3m; ext. H 0.5m, 0.8m at W) and enclosed by a fosse. The scarp is highest on the W arc of the enclosure, where the ground dips naturally to the stream. The fosse is barely discernible as a very slight depression (Wth 1-1.5m) at N−S, marked by a band (Wth c. 2m) of yellow flag iris at NW and S. The N half of the grass-covered interior appears very slightly higher than the S half. The entrance may be at E, where there is a low area (Wth 2.5-3m) in the scarp with a hint of a causeway over the fosse. Several roughly circular, vegetation-covered stony heaps (diam. c. 3-4; H 1m) line the edge of the stream, probably upcast material from dredging. Two of these overlie the enclosure scarp at W and SW. Images: SL038-145----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from E SL038-145----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from N Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 November 2017

Architectural heritage

• Quarryfield House, house, 1820–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1830. T-plan, single-storey flat-roofed extension c.2000 to south-west, two-storey flat-roofed extension c. 2000 to north-west. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, profiled extruded aluminium gutters on projecting painted timber eaves, projecting painted timber bargeboards. Painted smooth-rendered walling, raised render quoins, first floor sill course, projecting chamfered plinth, concrete copings to flat roof parapet walls. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills on profiled corbels, uPVC casement windows c. 2000. Segmental-headed entrance door opening, painted timber doorscreen c. 2000. Garden to east, two-storey coach house with slate roof, roughcast walling and external stone staircase to north-east corner across gravelled yard to west, ashlar limestone entrance gate piers with chamfered caps and hooped wrought-iron gates giving to gravelled driveway.

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 Quarryfield, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Quarryfield · An Coiléar

Area

2,551,907 m² (255.19 ha, 630.59 acres)

Civil parish

Cloonoghil, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Kilturra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

226 people lived in 76 households in the Kilturra electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvally East, Ballynaraw South, Doobeg, Everlaun, Kilturra, Knockalass

Placenames

Quarryfield 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.