Dunowla

84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunowla, from 1,006 m² to 6,024,933 m² (602.49 ha, 1,488.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Dunowla 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 May 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of construction of a new dwelling house and domestic garage with on-site waste water treatment system

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21175

• 4 Aug 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the erection of a dwelling house, proprietary effluent treatment unit, percolation area and detached domestic garage including all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20257

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Ox Mountains Bogs SAC 002006
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ox Mountains Bogs 002006

Recorded monuments

• SL018-020 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a low rise in gently undulating pasture, with a gentle fall of ground for c. 60m to W to the Dunowla River. This enclosure is shown on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as a circular embanked enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m). It has been levelled and is visible only as a slightly raised roughly circular area (diam. c. 18m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-021001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a rise in pasture, with a gently fall of ground for c. 40m to E to the Dunowla River is c. 40m E. Raised circular area (42.5m N-S; 41.4m E-W) enclosed at NNW-S by a very low bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m) which may have been faced with stone. At SSW-NW the bank is incorporated into, or replaced by field fence which marks the boundary between Dunowla and Doonbeakin townlands. At the outer foot of the bank at ENE-SE there is a terrace (Wth 2.5-3m) in the slope of the naturally-occurring rise, bordered on its outer edge at SE by a short length of bank (L 6m; Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.85m). These features may represent remnants of a fosse and external bank. Within the interior, which slopes down from centre to E, are two possible houses (SL018-021002-; SL018-021003-) and a possible hut site (SL018-021004-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-021002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In a rath (SL018-021001-), built against the inner face of the rath bank at S. Slightly raised rectangular area (10.6m E-W; 7.8m N-S) defined on W, N and E sides by a low bank (Wth. 2.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.5m), and on the S side by the rath bank. There is another possible house (SL018-021003-) immediately to NE, and a possible hut site (SL018-021004-) to N. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-021003 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the S half of the interior of a rath (SL018-021001-). Subrectangular area (4.6m N-S, c. 15m E–W) defined at N by a low bank (L c. 15m; Wth 3m) which extends E to meet the inner face of the bank at SE. A low bank also defines the W side and the SW corner. It may represent the remains of a house but it may simply be the remnants of an internal division within the rath. It abuts the NE side of another possible house (SL018-021002-), and there is possible hut site (SL018-021004-) to NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-021004 Hut site
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL018-021001-). This possible subrectangular hut site (c. 5m E-W; 4.1m N-S) is defined by a low bank (Wth. 1.6m; H 0.2m) on the S, W and N sides and is open on the E side. Attached to its N side is a slightly raised area (5.3m N–S; c. 5m E-W). There are two possible house sites (SL018-021002-;SL018-021003-) to S and SE, respectively. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-023001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of an E-W ridge in pasture. Raised subcircular area (29m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.25m at NW, 1.5m at SE) with traces of internal stone facing at N. From WSW-WNW the bank has been modified and incorporated into a modern NNW-SSE field boundary. At the outer foot of the bank from SE-SW is a fosse (Wth 2m) with an external bank (c. 4m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.2m). The external bank has been modified and incorporated into a modern ENE-WSW field boundary. Elsewhere fosse and outer bank are absent. There are breaks in the inner bank at NE (Wth 2m) and E (Wth 2.5m), both of which seem to be of relatively modern origin. A short distance W of the centre of the interior is a subrectangular area defined by a low bank, possibly a house (SL018-23002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-023002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  At a rath (SL018-023001-). A short distance W of the centre of the rath interior is a subrectangular area defined by a low bank (Wth 1.7m; H 0.3-0.4m), possibly a house. It is subdivided into a slightly deeper, subcircular area at the S end (6m E-W; c. 5.8m N-S) and a rectangular area at the N end (7.6m N-S; 3.8m E-W). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-024 Cliff-edge fort
  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.

• SL018-079 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL018-080 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL018-087 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on the high S bank of a meandering stream. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Largely heather-covered, roughly cresent-shaped mound (max. dim. c. 10m). Shattered sandstone and charcoal-rich soil are visible in section in the S bank of the stream. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-088 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated in rough, poorly-drained pasture adjacent to a small stream. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. According to local information, at this location there was a low, sod-covered rise which was levelled during reclamation works, revealing a concentration of stone fragments within a matrix of black soil. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Dunowla, 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. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Dunowla · Dún Abhla

Area

12,935,409 m² (1,293.54 ha, 3,196.41 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmacshalgan, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Templeboy South, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Altans, Ballygreighan Barr, Barnacoghil, Cashelboy, Cloondrihara, Doonbeakin, Grangebeg Barr, Kingsmountain, Laughil, Tawnadremira

Placenames

Dunowla 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.