Carrownree
Carrownree is a townland in the civil parish of Skreen, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo. Its name in Irish is Ceathrú an Fhraoigh.
Parcel 780855
- Area
- 3,049 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres)
- Buildings
- 1 building touches it. Its footprint covers 138 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
- Carrownree
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.
- SL013-048001 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
Description
On a slight rise in good, rough pasture, E of Ardnaglass bridge and N of the main Ballysadare-Easky road with excellent views. Named 'Ardnaglass Castle' on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. Apparently built by the O'Dowds, the Lords of Tireragh. Rectangular castle, (int. dims. c. 32m NW-SE; 21m W-E) aligned NW-SE of which only the SE wall (L 15.3m; H 8-10m) and a corner portion of the NW wall survive. The SE wall has a neatly angular corner champfer on the SW end and on the W end of the wall framing the corner is a solid machicolation projection supported by massy brackets, with an intact gun loop at W. The walls are slightly battered (T 1.35m), the basal plinth acting as a supporting buttress and have an ashlar finish covering a fabric of random rubble and lime mortar. Over the plinth batter is a central window with ashlar surround with a gun loop to E. The ground rises to the NE where the sod-covered remains of the wall may indicate the remains of a bastion-type entrance. The N corner of the NW wall survives, with precisely cut quoins and a similar machicolated projection facing N. To the W are a series of earthworks (SL013-048002-), to the S is a house site (SL013-048003-), to SW is a moated site (SL013-048005-). The castle was the original location of a stone sculpture (DU018-221---- ) which is now in the National Museum of Ireland . It consists of a bas-relief of two intertwined animals, interpreted as a dog killing a wolf (Wood-Martin 1882, 57, fig. 5A; Kilgannon 1926, 293; 292-3). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-048002 Earthwork
Description
In pasture, located to W of an Anglo-Norman castle (SL013-048001-) and to N of a moated site (MA013-048005-). A N-S bye-road intervenes between the earthworks and the castle. Listed in the RMP (1995) as ‘earthworks’ based on features visible in an aerial photograph (ACP V203/66-5, roll 128, pr. 25). The earthworks cover an area of c. 120m N−S by c. 65m E−W in the E part of a modern rectangular walled field, bordered on the E side by the road. The earthworks are not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, but this part of the field is indicated as ‘Fair Green’ on the 3rd edition OS 6-inch map. In aerial view, the earthworks consist of a series of linear undulations outlining a patchwork of small subrectangular spaces (max. dims. 20-30m). The NE−SW alignment of the plots runs counter to the predominantly N−S/E−S layout of the present-day field system. The remains may represent house or garden plots, possibly associated with settlement which grew up around the castle in the medieval or post-medieval period. The remains are indistinct and difficult to trace at ground level. Compiled by: Jane 0'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 June 2020
- SL013-048003 House - indeterminate date
Description
In rough pasture S of Ardabrone Castle (SL013-048001-). The foundation of a 3 roomed house. The rooms are set in line, aligned N-S, and defined by banks. The N room is subrectangular (int. dims. 7.2m E-W; 5.5m N-S). The middle room is rectangular (int. dims. 4.5m N-S) and the S room is L-shaped and open at S. A number of banks run off the site. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-048005 Moated site
Description
In rough pasture W of Ardabrone Castle (SL013-048001-). Rectangular raised area (29.7m E-W; 39.4m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank with characteristic high corners, which has been completely removed at S and W, a low counterscarp, which survives at E and an intervening fosse which can be seen at E. The moated site is bisected at N by an E-W field wall. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1994).
- SL013-049001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on slight SSW facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised, subrectangular area (20m N-S; 17m E-W) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at NW marks the position of the original entrance. A slightly curved length of a low NW-SE orientated earth and stone bank (L 6m; Wth 3.6m; H 0.3m) extends from the outer face of the enclosure bank immediately to the S of the entrance. In the NE corner of the interior against the internal face of the bank is a quarry hole (4m square; D 0.2m). Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
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 low, partly inferred.
- 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
- 164.3 ha
- 406 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 19,217 m² (1.92 ha, 4.75 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 5
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownree, from 65 m² to 240,016 m² (24 ha, 59.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.
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Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Carrownree 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
29 Jun 2026N/a
Conversion of existing outbuildings to living accommodation and construction of a porch between the existing dwelling and the outbuildings to form one residential unit, construction of a bedroom extension, general internal reordering of the existing dwelling, conservation repairs and building fabric upgrades including replacement of windows and doors and all associated drainage and site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660256
30 Aug 2021Conditional
development consisting of (1) construction of new slatted shed with cubicles (2) all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21341
19 Aug 2019Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19342
15 Jul 2019Conditional
Development consisting of the construction of Proprietary Wastewater Treatment System and Percolation area (PL09/556 refers)
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19289
13 May 2019N/a
for development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, install effluent treatment system to carry out all associated ancillary site works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19184
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 Carrownree.
Recorded monuments
- SL013-053001 Enclosure
Description
Situated on slight W-facing slope in undulating pasture. Slightly raised, roughly rectangular area (dims. 27m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.9m; int. H 0.4m). At the external foot of the bank from SW-NE are a berm (Wth 9m) and a substantial outer bank (Wth 7.4m; ext. H 1.35m). The bank turns at a right angle at SW and NE and links to the internal bank. The original entrance is not recognisable. The ground level of the interior has been raised and levelled to compensate for the natural slope of the external ground level. A house site (SL013-053002-) is located a short distance to E of centre of the interior. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-053002 House - indeterminate date
Description
Located a short distance to E of centre within interior of Carrownree enclosure (SL013-053001-) is a roughly rectangular area (dims. 8m E-W; 5m N-S) whose E side is defined by the bank of the enclosure and whose N and S sides are defined by a low, narrow bank (Wth 2.1m; H 0.6m). The W sided has been removed. The original entrance is not recognisable. The ground level of the interior is similar to that of the enclosure. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-054 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight W-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area divided into equal portions by a N-S field boundary. The portion of the site which lay to the E of the field boundary has been levelled and there are no remains of it now visible at ground level. Remains comprise a D-shaped slightly raised area (dims. 18m N-S; 13.5m E-W) whose straight side is defined by the remains of the field boundary and the curvilinear portion by a wide, low earthen bank (Wth 6.4m; int. H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-059001 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5.2m; int. H 1m). From NE-NNE and at ESE the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 1.6m). Where the bank survives, it is revetted on the outer face with large limestone blocks. The fosse has been infilled on all sides but is visible as a band (Wth 10m) of darker grass. A break in the bank at SE (Wth 3.2m) marks the position of the original entrance. The interior of the site slopes gently facing-E. Extending into the interior from the inner face of the bank are two house sites, one at NW (SL013-059003-) and one at SE (SL013-059003-). There is no evidence now visible for the possible souterrain (SL013-059003-) identified by a previous fieldworker in 1991 (SMR (1989) file). Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-059002 House - early medieval
Description
Extending into the interior of Carrownree rath (SL013-059001-) from the bank at NW is a roughly rectangular house site (dims. 13.5m NW-SE; Max. 5.4m NE-SW) which is divided into two rooms. The NW room (dims. 9m NW-SE; 5.4m NE-SW) is defined by the footings (Wth 1.1m; H 0.5m) of a drystone wall. A break (Wth 1.5m) flanked by two jamb stones midway along the SW wall marks the original entrance. The SW room (dims. 4.5m NW-SE; 3.3m NE-SW) is defined by bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.9m int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.8m). There is no visible break in dividing wall between the two rooms. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-059004 House - early medieval
Description
Extending into the interior of Carrownree rath (SL013-059001-) from the bank at SE is a rectangular house site (dims. 7.4m NW-SE; 4.7m NE-SW). Its SE side is defined by the bank of the rath; its SE, NW and NE sides by low rubble stone banks (Wth 1.3m; H 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. The level of the interior is similar to that of the rath. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL013-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on a slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised, roughly circular area (dims. 30m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by bank of earth and stones of varying sizes (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.5m). From E-SW the bank has been removed and the defining element is a scarp (ext. H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Extending into the interior from the inner face of the bank at NE is a bank of earth and stone (L 12m; Wth at base 2.3m Wth at top 1m; H 0.3m). Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Carrownree.
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 Carrownree, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Carrownree.
- 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 Carrownree with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Carrownree · Ceathrú an Fhraoigh
- Area
- 1,643,299 m² (164.33 ha, 406.07 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
- Ardabrone, Carrowgilhooly, Carrowmorris, Carrownaboll, Gerrib Big, Gerrib Little, Spring Garden
- Placenames
- Carrownree 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.