Mullaroe
Mullaroe is a townland in the civil parish of Skreen, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Mullach Rua.
Parcel 780701
- Area
- 55,030 m² (5.5 ha, 13.6 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 73 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
- Mullaroe
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 2 recorded monuments.
- SL019-017 Enclosure
Description
In pasture, located on a terrace, on the lower NE-facing slopes of a limestone hill named Red Hill on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. This enclosure is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1913 edition as a penannular hachured area, open to SE, with a cashel (SL019-017001-) immediately to E. Sub-rectangular or polygonal area (28m NNW–SSE; c. 15m ENE–WSW) defined at SE–NE by a low, grass-covered, stony bank (Wth 1.8-2m), possibly a ruined wall. On the E side, the enclosure is defined by a rising slope which incorporates the ruined wall of the cashel (SL019-017001-). The S half of the interior is flat, and at a higher level than the N half which slopes down to N. There is an entrance gap or break (Wth 1.8m) at W. A relict field wall, visible as a grass-covered stony rise (Wth c. 1.6m), extends to NW from the NW corner of the enclosure. The date and function of this enclosure is unclear but it appears to post-date the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 November 2014
- SL019-017001 Ringfort - cashel
Description
In pasture, located on the level W end of a limestone terrace, on the lower NE-facing slopes of a limestone hill named Red Hill on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. The terrace is defined on the NW–N by a steep, almost vertical drop (H c. 5m) broken by limestone outcropping. Broadly oval area (22m N–S; c. 26m E–W) defined by a ruined stone wall. The collapsed wall is visible as a low, sod-covered stony rise (Wth c. 3m). On its inner edge it is more or less flush with interior ground level but it has a more pronounced external slope (ext. H 0.6-0.8m). At NNE–NE several in situ limestone blocks are visible, representing the basal course of the external wall face. The original entrance may be at SSW where there is a low area or gap (Wth 2m) in the wall. The grass-covered interior has a slight slope down to E. Immediately to W of the cashel, the terrace drops to a lower level, where there is an enclosure (SL019-017----). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 September 2014
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 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.
- 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
- 48 ha
- 119 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 26,767 m² (2.68 ha, 6.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullaroe, from 994 m² to 103,688 m² (10.37 ha, 25.62 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 19 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Mullaroe 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
5 Nov 2021Conditional
PP - development comprising of the following: a) The conversion of existing garage to domestic accommodation, And all associated site works and service connections.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21439
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Mullaroe.
Recorded monuments
- SL019-018001 Ringfort - rath
Description
Located in level, gently elevated pasture, adjacent to the E boundary of the townland. It is overlooked 400m to W by Skreen Hill; immediately to N, ground falls away gradually to NE, providing excellent views over a broad sweep of coastal grassland, with Ben Bulben and Knocknarae visible on the far horizon. A stream, which marks the S boundary of the townland, is located 300m to S. This rath is not indicated on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; on the 1913 edition, it is shown in hachured outline as an oval enclosure (32m ENE−WSW; 21m NNW−SSE) defined by a bank, truncated on its SW side, and partly on the NE and SE edges, by later linear field boundaries which tightly box in the rath on four sides. These field boundaries are extant, and the rectangular space they enclosure is largely covered by a dense thicket of blackthorn, elder and brambles, with the densest scrub in the area of the rath. The outline of the rath cannot now be traced; the enclosing bank appears to have been largely or entirely levelled, although it is possible that remnants may survive at E or SE, where the overgrowth is impenetrable and inspection was impossible. The interior of the rath does not appear to have been raised significantly above surrounding ground level. A low, subcircular grassy rise (diam. 6-8m; H 0.3-0.4m) towards the W end of the rath interior marks the location of a souterrain (SL019-018002-). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 September 2018
- SL019-018002 Souterrain
Description
Located in a rath (SL019-018001-). This souterrain is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; on the 1913 edition it is indicated as ‘Cave’. A low, grass-grown subcircular rise (diam. 6-8m; H 0.3-0.4m) at the W end of the rath interior marks the location. There are two surface openings 6m apart, one at the NE and one at the SW end of the rise. There reveal the souterrain to be of drystone construction. The NE opening (c. 0.6m NE−SW; c. 0.5m NW−SE; D c. 0.5m) reveals an in situ lintel above a passage, largely infilled with earth, which appears to extend to SW. In the opening (c. 0.8m NW−SE; c. 0.8m NE−SW) at the SW end of the rise, drystone walling and a probably in situ lintel can be glimpsed, and a partly infilled or collapsed passage appears to extend to N or NW. Attached image: SL019-018002-.JPG Low grassy rise marking location of souterrain Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 11 September 2018
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mullaroe.
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 Mullaroe, 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullaroe.
- 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 Mullaroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Mullaroe · Mullach Rua
- Area
- 479,700 m² (47.97 ha, 118.54 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skreen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tireragh
- Electoral division
- Toberpatrick West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 306 people lived in 115 households in the Toberpatrick West electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrowdurneen, Drumnagoal, Lecarrow, Leekfield, Skreen More
- Placenames
- Mullaroe 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.