Carrickard

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrickard, from 473 m² to 98,451 m² (9.85 ha, 24.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrickard 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.

• 21 Jul 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a slatted livestock unit with underground slurry storage tank, access road and carrying out of ancillary site development works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21282

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 Carrickard.

Recorded monuments

• SL041-018 Earthwork
  Description

  A line of hachures (50m E-W) on the 1914 OS 6-inch map may indicate the remains of an earthwork on top of Carrickard ridge. A cliff-edge ridge (300m E-W; 120m N-S) is indicated here on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The earthwork could not be located due to dense overgrowth. 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

• SL041-020001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rocky elevated pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope, overlooked by higher ground on the W side. A roughly circular area (58m N-S; 53m E-W) defined by a partially collapsed stone wall (int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m; Wth top 1.05m; Wth base 1.15m) NNW-NW and by a drystone field boundary elsewhere. The roughly coursed limestone wall is well preserved SE-SW with vertical sides and a flat top. Large rectangular slabs (c. L 1.5m; Wth 1.15m; T 0.3m) are visible towards the base of the wall in places along this section. Remains of a facing of stone slabs (max. Wth 1.8m; max. H 1.05m) is evident along the external base of the wall SW-NW. The entrance (Wth 2.1m) is at WSW and is defined on either side by a large boulder (Wth 1m; H 0.6m). The interior is undulating with some small limestone outcrops, slopes slightly down to NE and is dry and clear of overgrowth. In the S half of the interior is a slightly raised trapezoidal area (24.4m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) (SL041-020002-) defined by a limestone rubble wall (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.85m) on the W, N and E sides and by the cashel wall on the S side. There are no visible remains of the 'furnace bottom' in the centre of the N wall of the trapezoidal area which was recorded during a previous site inspection in 1993 (SMR (1989) file). A D-shaped annexe (dims. 14m NE-SW) (SL041-020004-), with a straight SW side (L 11m), defined by a sod-covered stone wall (int. H 0.4; ext. H 0.45), is attached to the external side of the cashel wall at NE. It has a possible entrance at W at is junction with the cashel wall. A relict field boundary wall abuts the external face of the cashel wall at SSW. There is a souterrain (SL041-020003-) 30m 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

• SL041-020002 Enclosure
  Description

  In the S half of Carrickard cashel (SL041-020001-). A slightly raised trapezoidal area (24.4m NW-SE; 24m NE-SW) defined by a limestone rubble wall (int. H 0.55m; ext. H 0.85m) on the W, N and E sides and by the cashel wall on the S side. The interior is undulating, slopes slightly down to NE and is clear of undergrowth. There are no visible remains of the 'furnace bottom' in the centre of the N wall recorded during a previous site inspection in 1993 (SMR (1989) file). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL041-020003 Souterrain
  Description

  In a small clearing in dense overgrowth, 30m N of a cashel (SL041-020001-). A blocked-up lintelled entrance (Wth 1.4m; H 0.4m), which faces SE, leads to an inaccessible drystone-built passage (min. H 0.6m; long axis NW-SE). 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

• SL041-020004 Enclosure
  Description

  An annexe (SL041-020004-) was noted on the NE side of Carrickard cashel (SL041-020001-). The annexe consists of a roughly D-shaped area (14m NE-SW; 11m NW-SE) defined by a sod covered stone bank (int. H 0.4; ext. H 0.45). The bank of the annexe links to the external face of the cashel bank at NE. A possible entrance (Wth 2.5m) to the annexe lies near the junction of the annexe and the cashel bank at NE. The function of this annexe is unclear. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011

• SL041-035 Souterrain
  Description

  On a W-facing slope. Two large slabs (0.95m x 0.65m; T 0.04m), possibly roof lintels, protrude from the ground. A third stone, which has collapsed, reveals a stone-lined chamber (c. 4m N-S). At the N end the chamber turns at right angles to E and descends into 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

• SL041-038001 Church
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope; in a graveyard , just N of an early 19th-century C of I church, in the graveyard (SL041-038002-). Depicted on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a ruined rectangular structure (c. 14m NW-SE; 8m NE-SW) but only the E corner is shown on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. The elongated nettle-covered mound just S of the centre of the graveyard is the McConmee burial vault. This was probably originally built within the church ruin (O'Rorke [1889], vol. 2, 246) but there is no evident trace of the church. According to tradition, this was the 'ruins of an old church called Teampull Chill 'ac a Treanuigh, supposed to have been built by St. Macatrany' (OSL, 237), but it is as likely to have been the medieval parish church of Kilmactrany. 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

• SL041-038002 Graveyard
  Description

  A rectangular graveyard (c. 65m SW-NE; c. 45m SE-NW), including a recent extension, enclosed by a stone wall. Inscribed headstones date from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The site of a church (SL041-038001-), probably the medieval parish church of Kilmactrany, lies just N of the early 19th-century C of I church. A 17th-century stone cross (SL041-038007-) last seen on top of the McConmee vault in 1995 cannot be found (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney). There is a wayside cross (SL041-03803-) in the field to the N. The site of a mound (SL041-038004-) and a standing stone (SL041-038005-) are c. 50m to SE. 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

• SL041-038003 Cross
  Description

  In a field to the N of Kilmactranny graveyard (SL041-038002-). Set into the top of a large conglomerate erratic (H 1.3m) is a plain Latin cross with a moulded base (H 1.25m; T c. 0.15m). The N face of the cross is carved with an inscription in false relief, now very weathered and, in parts, almost illegible. The monogram IHS is carved on the head and the remnants of a cross rising from the cross-bar of the H can be traced. The inscription runs across the full length of the arms (3 lines) with the remainder on the shaft: PRAY FOR THE SO/VLE OF [E?]DMOND/ET OWENE MDE[R?]/MOE/[R?][O?][E?]/WHO/EREC/TED/THIS/MONV/MENT/168[6?]. The last digit of the date is unclear though it might possibly be a '0' as noted by J. C. MacDonagh (d. 1960) who gives the following: 'Pray for the soul of Edmond et Owen Mc Dermot Roe … this stone … 1680' (n.d. vol. 18, 19). There is a break in the cross which has been repaired by two iron bands and MacDonagh (ibid.) records the story that it had been accidentally broken by a local landowner who, on the death of his cattle, had a blacksmith repair it. A second 17th-century cross (SL041-038007-) was noted in the adjoining graveyard (pers. comm. M. B. Timoney) but it cannot now be seen. (Crawford 1907, 215; King 1985, 31). 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

• SL041-038004 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  The site of a mound and 'Stuckerd (Pillar Stone)' (SL041-038005-) are indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map in a field c. 50m SE of a graveyard (SL041-038002-). There are no visible remains of the mound. Its association with a standing stone, however, would suggest a prehistoric monument, possibly a barrow. Wood-Martin (1883-4, 448) referred to the site of 'a large stuckerd, or pillar-stone, on the summit of an earthen mound' close to the church (SL041-038001-). 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

• SL041-038005 Standing stone
  Description

  The site of 'Stuckerd (Pillar Stone) & Mound' (SL041-038004-) is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map c. 50m SE of Kilmactranny graveyard (SL041-038002-). There are no visible remains of the stone. Wood-Martin (1883-4, 448) refers to it as 'a large stuckerd, or pillar-stone, on the summit of an earthen mound' close to Kilmactranny church (SL041-038001-). 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

• SL041-038006 Enclosure
  Description

  On a narrow level, reclaimed strip of ground at the S foot of a short but steep E-W escarpment. Indicated on the latest ed. (1914) of the OS 6-inch map as a raised oval area (est. c. 25m N-S; c. 20m E-W). A faint scarp (H 0.2-0.4m) is visible curving in an intermittent arc W-N-ENE (diam. c. 30m E-W). The S-half of the site has been dug out to accommodate a large shed. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 12 July 2-13

• SL041-038007 Cross
  Description

  In Kilmactranny graveyard (SL041-038002-). An inscribed stone cross, dedicated to Edmond Dermot Roe who died in 1682, was recorded lying to the N of the C of I church in 1995 (pers. comm. M. B.Timoney). A search of the graveyard in 2004 failed to locate this monument. A second 17th-century cross (SL041-038003-) stands in the field immediately to the N of the graveyard. 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

• SL041-039 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a SE-facing slope. A D-shaped area (dims. 14.5m E-W) with a straight E side (L 26.6m N-S) formed by a field boundary, as indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. The interior is defined by a low stony bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.9m) S-N abutting a linear N-S field boundary. There is an entrance (Wth 3.1m) at W. The interior is sloping and there is a quarry hollow in the N half. 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

• Saint Thomas's Church (Kilmactranny), church/chapel, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached stone Church of Ireland church, built c. 1810. Three-bay nave elevation without windows to north elevation, chancel to east, two-stage square-plan tower to west, lean-to vestry north side of tower c. 1950. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, ashlar limestone verges, half-round cast-iron gutters on limestone eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipes. Uncoursed random rubble walling to tower and south elevation of nave, pointed-arch semi-circular ashlar limestone slender niche to west end of nave adjacent to tower. Tower with ashlar limestone strings, diamond panels over west entrance and south side, three-step Irish parapet crenellations, square pinnacles to corners. Unpainted smooth-rendered walling to vestry, north elevation of nave and chancel. Ogee-headed window openings to south elevation of nave, limestone ashlar splayed surrounds, flush sills, painted timber fixed lights c. 1960. Pointed-arch chancel window opening, dressed ashlar limestone splayed surround, flush sill, hood mould, three-panel Y-tracery with three quatrefoils over, plain-glazed rectangular pane leaded lights. Round-headed belfry openings to second stage of tower, rubble stone dressings, stone sills, painted timber louvres. Pointed-arched door opening to west elevation of tower, deeply-moulded ashlar limestone dressings, hood mould, hardwood diagonally-sheeted double doors with matching fixed panel over c. 2000. Set back from road on elevated site, burial ground to north, west and south with variety of cut stone grave markers, rubble stone boundary walls, dressed ashlar limestone gate-piers with chamfered caps, wrought-iron gates.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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 Carrickard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Carrickard · An Charraig Ard

Area

752,024 m² (75.2 ha, 185.83 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmactranny, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Kilmactranny, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilmactranny electoral division: 360 people in 133 households; 93% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carricknagrip, Carrigeenboy, Cloghmine, Clooneenhugh, Cloystuckera, Treanmore

Placenames

Carrickard 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.