Ardnaglass Lower

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardnaglass Lower, from 267 m² to 53,248 m² (5.32 ha, 13.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 11 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of an extension to south east elevation of existing dwelling

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21141

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the proposed demolition of existing dwelling and associated ancillary buildings, decommissioning of existing septic tank system, and their replacement with the proposed construction of a new dwelling, on-site waste water treatment system, and detached domestic garage. Proposed alterations to existing vehicular access and al associated landscaping and site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17473

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 Ardnaglass Lower.

Recorded monuments

• SL005-038001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised oval area (dims. 24m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 4.85m; int. H 0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.7m; D 0.6m). A break (Wth 2.8m) in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at NE marks the position of the original entrance. A possible souterrain (SL005-038002-) is located against the inner face of the bank at W. Compiled by: patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 April 2013

• SL005-038002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Ardnaglass Lower rath (SL005-038001-). A U-shaped, gently curving hollow (dims. L 7m SW-NE; Wth top 2m; D 0.4m) extends from the inner face of the bank at W into the interior may mark a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-039 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on level ground in gently undulating pasture. This holy well is not shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map, but is shown on the 1912 edition, where it is named ‘St Patrick’s Well’. The well consists of a subrectangular pit (2m NW−SE; 0.85m NE-SW) dug to a depth of 1.4m below surface ground level. The vertical sides of the pit are faced with drystone walling. A low wall (Wth 0.45m; H 0.2-0.3m) of mortared limestone blocks rises proud of the well pit on the NE, SE and SW sides; this wall is now partly collapsed on the S and W sides. There is a lintelled rectangular niche (Wth 0.3m; H 0.35m; D 0.35m) in the internal face on the NE side. The well is open on the NW side; there may have been steps here to aid access to the water, but wall collapse/loose rubble now makes this unclear. Rubble also fills the base of the well, where water is still evident. Traditional devotions which were practiced at the well are recorded in the National Folklore Schools Collection (1937-39): volume 0155, p. 001 (https://www.duchas.ie/): "It is said that this well was blessed by St. Patrick when he was passing from Connacht into Ulster. Around the well is a stone wall. In this wall are round holes - fourteen in number; these are called the Stations. Every year on St. Patrick's Day people from the adjoining townlands visit Tobar Phádruig. They make the Stations of the Cross round the well: each hole being used as a station. At the entrance to the well they recite the Rosary or some other prayers. Those who visit the well usually bring with them some flowers, or holy pictures or medals or old crosses: these they leave at the well…It is said that when St. Patrick was blessing this well, he left the mark of his thumb on a stone which is pointed out to the present day. This stone which is round with a flat top and bearing a mark resembling the imprint of a human thumb is placed in the wall at the entrance to the well. People visit the well at other times of the year as well as on St. Patrick's Day for cures for animals…". There is a rath (SL005-040----) and children’s burial ground (SL005-040001-) 35m to S. Attached images: SL005-039----_01.JPG Holy well viewed from NW, with rath (SL005-040001-) in the background SL005-039----_02.JPG Holy well viewed from NW Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 October 2020

• SL005-040 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, located on a terrace on the E bank of the Grange River, overlooking a bend in the river. There is a gently drop from the terrace for c. 10m to the river bank. The terrace continues beyond the rath to NW where it takes the form of a low linear spine of raise ground. The ground rises steeply on the opposite river bank. To E, the ground rises gently to a higher terrace and then levels out. The Dartry Mountains loom in the background to E-SE, with the dramatic profile of Ben Bulben prominent to S. Circular earthen platform defined on the S arc by a stony bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.6-0.7m; ext. H 1.5m, at S), reduced on the N arc to a scarp (H 1m; Wth slope 3m, at N). The bank has a substantial external slope and a rather slumped internal rim; it is topped by a skim of sod-covered stones. At W the slope of the bank merges with the break of slope at terrace edge. Hawthorn trees grow on the S arc. The interior is grass-covered; low stones break the surface in parts. The NE quadrant is at a slightly lower level to the rest of the platform. An ENE-WSW drystone field wall (Wth 0.9m; H 0.7m) crosses the rath to S of centre. An outer stone bank, of uncertain date, arcs around the E half of the rath, with an intervening gap of c. 14-16m. It is poorly preserved on the NE arc, reduced to a low grass-covered rise with a low stone-faced scarp (H 0.55m) at N; there is a broad gap/levelled section at ENE−E. At E−S it forms a substantial sod-covered bank (Wth 2.8-3m; H 0.5m) of earth and stone, now largely obscured by hawthorn and blackthorn bushes. There is no evidence that this outer bank ever fully encircled the rath; on the contrary, it curves inwards at NE to meet the N side of the rath, and merging at SW with the natural scarp of the terrace. The outer bank, therefore, encloses a broad, roughly D-shaped annex on the E side of the rath. A portion of this space at E is subdivided by low ruined cross walls, marking the location of a children’s burial ground (SL005-040001-). There is a holy well (Sl005-039----) 35m to NNE. SL005-040001-_01.JPG viewed from SE SL005-040001-_02.JPG viewed from NW SL005-040001-_03.JPG viewed from NE SL005-040001-_04.JPG Rath bank, viewed from S SL005-040001-_05.JPG Outer stone bank, viewed from SE Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 5 February 2021

• SL005-040001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Located at a ringfort (SL005-040----). According to local information, burials of unbaptized babies took place in the space intervening between the E side of the rath and the concentric outer bank. The space (7m N-S; 15m E-W) is bounded on the N side by the E-W field wall which crosses the rath and on the S by a low ruined E-W wall (Wth 1m; H 0.3m) that extends between the rath and the outer bank. Short lengths of low ruined walls subdivide the space. The area is grass-covered; with low, moss-covered stones protrude randomly from the grass. No formal grave plots can be discerned. A single upright stone (H 0.53; Wth 0.3m; T 0.18m) stands at the E edge of the space. Three slabs, which may originally have stood upright, lie prostrate at the base of a sycamore tree which is growing on the line of the E-W wall on the S side of the space. It is possible that burials also took place in the rath interior, but there is no direct evidence. The burial ground is named ‘Cill Rouderaun’ in one of two accounts which are preserved in the National Folklore Schools Collection (1937-39) (https://www.duchas.ie/): Volume 0155, p. 001: "… an old graveyard called Cill Rouderaun. About a quarter of a mile from the village of Grange, on the south side of the road leading from Grange to Ballintrillick, Cill Roudeaun is situated Around the ‘reilig’ is the remains of an old stone wall. People say that unbaptised children were buried there long ago: but it has not been used as a burial place within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. About 200 yards north of the ‘reilig’ is a holy well called ‘Tobar Pádruig’" Volume 0155, p. 236-7: "There is an old disused graveyard in the townland of Ardnaglass near Grange, Co Sligo … This graveyard was used only as a burial place for unbaptised children about eighty years ago. There is a large fairy fort in this field and it is said that the children's graves are in and around the fort. There was a flax mill in this field and every morning when the workmen went to work in it they used to see the tracks of little feet in the mill. They thought these were made by the children who had been buried in the fort." Attached images: SL005-040001-_01 viewed from E SL005-040001-_02 viewed from W Notified to NMS by Tamlyn McHugh Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 February 2021

• SL005-080001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope in pasture. Two co-joined raths. The northernmost rath is a raised circular area (diam. 19m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.9m; int. H 0.95m). No fosse visible. The bank of the southern rath (SL005-080002-) links to the bank of the N enclosure at SSE and at SSW. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-080002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope in pasture. Two co-joined raths. The bank of the southern rath links to the bank of the N rath (SL005-080001-) at SSE and at SSW. The southernmost rath is very degraded and difficult to trace on the ground and consists of a slightly raised circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (H 0.2m). The scarped edge encloses the site NE-NW. From NW-NE, the edge of the rath is defined by the bank is shares with the N rath. A modern field boundary skirts the external base of the scarped edge at SW. The interior of the S rath is 1m higher that that of the N rath. The original entrance to either rath is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-082 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on slight rise in low-lying wet pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 20m E-W; 17m N-S) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 5.3m; int. H 0.5m). No fosse visible. The original entrance is via a break (Wth 1.2m) in the bank at NE. The N side of the entrance is lined with a single limestone slab (L 0.7m; T 0.3m; H 0.3m) laid on edge. There is a modern break (Wth 1.5m) in the bank at SW. A now disused roughly rectangular quarry hole (8m E-W; 3.5m N-S; D 0.4m) lies against the inner face of the bank at S. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-200 Burnt mound
  Description

  In the NW corner of a pasture field, located in damp, level rush-grown ground, bordered to E by a low natural rise. This burnt mound, probably a levelled fulacht fia, is not visible at ground surface level, but is exposed in section in two intersecting field field drains. A dense layer (L 15m; D 0.23-0.3m) of burnt stones in black, charcoal-rich soil is exposed in section in both the E and W sides of a roughly N−S field drain (Wth 1.2m at top, 0.6m base; D 0.4-0.5m), which cuts through the wet NW corner of the field. The burnt layer is directly overlain by topsoil/sod (D 0.15-0.2m), and overlies a peat layer. The drain intersects at its N end with an E−W field drain on the N boundary of the field. The burnt stone layer is also visible in the E−W drain, extending to E for c. 5m from the point of intersection with the N−S drain. Attached image: SL005-200----_01.JPG Burnt stone visible in drain section, viewed from SE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 October 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 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 Ardnaglass Lower.

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

Name

Ardnaglass Lower · Ard na nGlas Íochtarach

Area

440,948 m² (44.09 ha, 108.96 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Rossinver West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Rossinver West electoral division: 243 people in 79 households; 88% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnaderg, Grogagh, Newtown

Placenames

Ardnaglass Lower 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.