Cashel North
Cashel North is a townland in the civil parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is An Caiseal Thuaidh.
Parcel 767362
- Area
- 60,944 m² (6.09 ha, 15.06 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 61 m².
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Cashel North
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 5 recorded monuments.
- SL032-013001 Hillfort
Description
On the table-top plateau of Knocknashee hill, commanding extensive views in all directions to the Ox Mountains and South Sligo. The generally level plateau is comprised of a series of natural terraces of limestone bedrock declining gradually from the centre of the plateau outwards to the abrupt break of slope that marks the outer edge. Described by Condit, Gibbons and Timoney (1991, 59-62) as a roughly oval-shaped area (c. 700m NNE-SSW; c. 350m E-W), comprising c. 21.5 hectares and enclosed by two earth-and-stone banks. The inner bank (Wth 3.8m; max. H 1.5m) is constructed from a series of quarry hollows contiguous to the inner bank face and forming an inner fosse in parts and is topped by a later field boundary wall along the E side (ibid.). A second rampart was described along the E and S arcs, parallel to the inner bank and utilising a natural terrace and turning sharply downhill at NE (ibid.). Along the sheltered E half of the interior are about 30 hut sites, possibly a Neolithic settlement (SL032-013004-). Two possible passage tombs (SL032-013002-; SL032-013003-) c. 120m apart are located at the N end of the plateau. A D-shaped enclosure (SL032-013005-) abuts the inner bank at E. Further evidence of settlement might be provided by the presence of 'scoops and hollows situated at the south and south-west in the hillfort' (ibid., 61). 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
- SL032-013002 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Description
Close to the N end of flat-topped Knocknashee Mountain, commanding an extensive outlook and within a hillfort (SL032-013001-). This is a circular, flat-topped cairn (diam. 28m; H c. 2.5m) at or about the centre of which a roofed chamber (L 1.7m N-S; Wth 1.15m E-W; H 1.1m) is exposed. Single stones form the sides and ends of the chamber, a single slab serves as a floorstone and a single large slab roofs the structure. A piece has been broken from the top of the N end-stone and the resultant gap now permits access to the chamber. A rough wall has been built along the eastern side of the flat top of the cairn. This possible passage tomb lies at the N limit of the possible Neolithic settlement (SL032-013004-). Another possible passage tomb (SL032-013003-) lies c. 120m to NE. 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 image: SL032-013002_01.JPG Viewed from NW Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL032-013003 Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Description
Close to the N end of flat-topped Knocknashee Mountain and c. 120m NE of and slightly downslope from another possible passage tomb (SL032-013002-) and within a hillfort (SL032-013001-). This is a circular cairn (diam. 28m; H 1m) towards the NW edge of the flat top of which a heap of stones has been formed into a cairn-like pile (diam. 15m; H 1.5m). This possible passage tomb lies at the N limit of the possible Neolithic settlement (SL032-013004-). 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 image: SL032-013003_01.JPG Viewed from SSE Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL032-013004 Enclosure
Description
On the plateau-like top of Knocknashee Hill and widely distributed over the grass and heather-covered terraces in the E half of a hillfort (SL032-013001-). A complex of c. 30 huts in clusters of two, three and occasionally more, separated by distances of 2-15m; one instance of two conjoined huts was noted. The huts are often in N-S rows following the contours of the natural terracing. Although the degree of preservation of the huts varies, they are remarkably uniform in size and form. A typical hut consists of a flat circular area (diam. 8-11m) defined by a stony wall (Wth 1.6m; H 0.3-0.5m). Most are entirely sod-covered but where the enclosing wall is exposed it appears to be composed of a jumble of angular limestone rubble. A number of the huts are surrounded by a fosse (Wth 1.5-2m; D 0.3-0.5m) immediately outside the enclosing wall. However, in most cases, instead of a continuous fosse there are two or three discrete depressions outside the wall. A clearly defined entrance gap is not always evident but where entrances were identified they usually occurred in the SE quadrant. Condit, Gibbons and Timoney (1991, 61) noted that further evidence for individual settlement sites might be provided by the presence of scoops and hollows situated at the S and SW within the hillfort. The complex is clearly visible in aerial photographs taken in 1968 (CUCAP, AVJ 1, 4, 5; CUCAP, AVI 95-6). Two possible passage tombs (SL032-013002-; SL032-013003-), c. 120m apart, lie at the N limit of the huts and within the hillfort. A similar complex of huts (SL040-108----) at Mullaghfarna, c. 22km to the SE, has been tentatively dated to the Neolithic period. (Norman and St Joseph 1969, 24-5) 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: SL032-013004_01.JPG SL032-013004_02.JPG SL032-013004_03.JPG SL032-013004_04.JPG Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL032-013005 Enclosure
Description
On the plateau-like top of Knocknashee hill, at a break of slope on the E side and abutting the inner defences of the hillfort (SL032-013001-) at E. A D-shaped area (dims. 29m E-W) defined by a ruinous stone wall that survives as a sod-covered stony rise (Wth 2m). A roughly constructed field boundary wall (Wth 0.6m) borders the straight side (L 64.5m N-S) at E. A jumble of stones barely protruding from the base of the field boundary wall is the remains of the hillfort wall. The interior slopes down gently to E and encompasses an area of uneven stony ground. Just inside the enclosing wall at WNW is a low circular sod-covered platform (10.4m N-S; 9m E-W; H 0.3m) with stones protruding randomly from the sod around the perimeter. Adjacent at N is a sod-covered stony area, possibly an expanse of limestone bedrock. A ruined sod-covered wall (Wth 1-1.2m; H 0.3m) partitions off the S third of the interior. Within this area abutting the enclosure wall at SW is a roughly circular stony rise (c. 6m NW-SE; 5m NE-SW; H 0.3m). 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, 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 high, moderately low, low.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
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Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 108.3 ha
- 268 acres
- Land parcels
- 17
- registered freehold, median 16,356 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cashel North, from 229 m² to 341,241 m² (34.12 ha, 84.32 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Cashel North 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
16 Jul 2020N/a
development consisting of the construction of a single store extension to existing dwelling to create 2 no bedrooms, a new kitchen, alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 20224
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
Recorded monuments
- SL025-090001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, straddling the top of a low knoll. A raised oval area (c. 33m NE-SW; c. 28m NW-SE) defined along the N arc by the remains of an earth and stone bank and by a scarp (H 1.8m) elsewhere. The bank (Wth 6.6m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.8m) has possible internal and external stone revetment or kerbing. The interior is level. There is a possible souterrain (SL025-090002-) in the NW quadrant. The rath and the surrounding area to SE and S is densely overgrown with blackthorn bushes. There is a disused railway line immediately to SE. A cashel (SL025-089001-) and a souterrain (SL025-089002-) are c. 150m 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). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL025-090002 Souterrain
Description
In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-090001-). Close to the bank of the rath at W is a roughly circular depression (9.5m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; D 0.5m), possibly a collapsed souterrain chamber. The hollow is surrounded by a low irregular rim of earth, some of which on the S side is upcast from animal burrows. 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
- SL025-091 Barrow - mound barrow
Description
In pasture, at a break of the W-facing slope of a ridge. A flat-topped circular mound of sod-covered earth and stone (diam. 22.1m at base, 11m NNE-SSW at top; H 1.5m). About one third of the W edge and a portion of the base of the mound at NNW have been quarried away. Two contiguous boulders have been exposed by quarrying at the base of the mound at NNW. A few stones protrude intermittently along the perimeter of the top of the mound N-E. A circular sod-covered rise (diam. c. 4m; H 0.5m) from which some large stones protrude, is evident on top of the mound close to the quarry edge at W. A rough line of stones skirting the base of the mound along the E edge may be field-clearance stones. 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
- SL032-008 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In pasture, on top of a low rise. An oval area (int. diam. 26.7m N-S; 32.7m E-W) divided by a N-S road off-centre to W. The interior is enclosed by grass-covered foundations of a stone wall (Wth 3m; max. H 0.4m) N-S. On the W side of the road the edge of the interior is defined by a scarp SW-NW. A second wall, N-SE, c. 1-2m down the slope from the inner wall, consists of large blocks of stones (Wth c. 0.3m) set in a contiguous line. The entrance (Wth 1.2m) is at E. The NE edge of the cashel has been quarried into. 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
- SL032-009 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a low rise. A D-shaped area (21.6m N-S; 19.3m E-W) defined by the remains of a low gapped earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 1.1m) to NE, S and SW and by a scarp elsewhere (H 0.9m). The W side is linear giving a D-shaped appearance. A quarry has cut away a large portion of the N half 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
- SL032-010001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on a low rise. An oval area (20.7m N-S; 25m E-W) defined by a scarp (max. H 1.7m). The interior is dug into along the NE arc. There is a souterrain (SL032-010002-) in the S portion of the interior. The rath is indicated as an embanked oval area (int. diam. c. 25m N-S; c. 35m E-W) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and as a hachured oval raised area on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. 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
- SL032-010002 Souterrain
Description
In a rath (SL032-010001-). A blocked opening is evident on the crest of the enclosing scarp on the S portion of a rath. 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
- SL032-011 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on level ground, which slopes down from the rath to W and NW. A roughly circular area (63m N-S; 66m E-W) enclosed by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) SE-S and W-NE and by a scarp elsewhere. A field boundary truncates the rath E-SE. There is a break (Wth 15m) in the bank S-SW. A wide dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 9m; D 0.7m), which is shallow along the W arc, is evident at the base of the bank. The interior slopes very gently down to S with the remains of cultivation ridges crossing it on a NNE-SSW axis. There is a souterrain (SL032-232----) c. 220m to ESE. 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
- SL032-012 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On the lowermost north-western slopes of Knocknashee Mountain. A spring well revetted by a drystone wall and roofed by lintels. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. It may be the well which Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1) mentioned in Cashel North which had been 'formerly held in estimation as "holy"'. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cashel North.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Cashel North, about 1 in 20 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 high, 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 Cashel North.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cashel North with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Cashel North · An Caiseal Thuaidh
- Area
- 1,082,658 m² (108.27 ha, 267.53 acres)
- Civil parish
- Achonry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Leyny
- Electoral division
- Branchfield, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Belra, Carrowmore, Carrowmurray, Carrowneden, Cloondrihara, Knocknashee Common
- Placenames
- Cashel North 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.