Barnarobin

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnarobin, from 45 m² to 922,138 m² (92.21 ha, 227.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 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 Barnarobin 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Barnarobin 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
• Special Protection Area: Sligo/Leitrim Uplands SPA 004187
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623

Recorded monuments

• SL005-127001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised oval area (dims. 33m E-W; 31m N-S) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A now disused quarry hole has removed the scarp edge and part of the interior SSW-W. A NNE-SSW orientated drystone wall crosses the E side of the interior intersecting with the scarp at NE and at SE. The scarp has been mostly removed (ext. H 0.3m) to the E of the field wall. The original entrance is not recognisable. The footings of a small structure (SL005-127002-) is located the NE quadrant of the interior on to the W of the stone field wall. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-127002 Structure
  Description

  Located in the NE quadrant of Barnarobin rath (SL005-127001-). The structure is in a very poor condition and is overgrown with briars. Rectangular area (dims. 4m NE-SW; 3.75 NW-SE) enclosed by the footings (Wth 0.9m; H 0.3m) of an un-mortared rubble limestone wall. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-176 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope, just below summit of hillock, at N base of Benbulbin Mountain in upland pasture. Oval-shaped hollow (dims. 5m E-W; 4.5m N-S; D 0.2m) enclosed by a row of moss-covered rubble limestone blocks (av. dims. 0.3m by 0.3m; H 0.2m). A break (Wth 0.6m) in the row of stones at NW with a rectangular upright jamb (0.25m by 0.25m; H 0.85m) on the SW side marks the position of the original entrance. A possible second jamb (0.25m by 0.25m; H 0.85m), now recumbent, lies at the edge of the interior at SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-177 Sweathouse
  Description

  Situated in a small hollow on a slight NW-facing slope, just below summit of hillock, at N base of Benbulbin Mountain in upland pasture. A hut site is located 130m to the SW. D-shaped structure (ext. dims. 2.1m NE-SW; 1.9m NW-SE; int. dims.1.3m NE-SW; 1.1m NW-SE) with walls (T 0.4m; ext. H 0.1-0.2m; int. H 0.1m-0.3m) of un-mortared rubble sandstone with the straight side (L 2.1m) facing NW. The roof is absent and the floor is level and unlined. A break (Wth 0.3m) midway along the NW side marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-178 Barrow - ditch barrow
  Description

  Situated on an artificial level terrace, on a very steep WNW-facing slope at W base of Benbulbin Mountain, in upland pasture. Natural ground level falls away steeply from the edge of the site at NW. Oval-shaped mound (dims. top 2.75 NE-SW; 1.5m NW-SE; dims. base 3.85 NE-SW; 2.1m NW-SE; H 0.15-0.3m) with an external fosse (Wth 4.2m-6.3m; D 0.1m-1.2m). The fosse is deepest at SE due to the steep natural slope. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-044 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on level ground in gently undulating, generally S-facing, pasture. Circular area (diam. 32m) defined by a drystone rubble limestone wall (Wth 1m; H 0.4-1.8m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The cashel is un-coursed with larger boulders at the base and is highest SSE-NW. A NNE-WSW orientated drystone field wall crosses the E side of the site intersecting with the edge of the site at NE and at SSE. The cashel wall is absent NE-SSE and the site is defined by a very slight scarp. The original entrance is not recognisable. There is a modern break (Wth 2m) in the cashel wall at NNE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-049 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated in level wet upland pasture at the S base of Benbulbin. Oval-shaped area (dims. 31m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a collapsed rubble drystone field wall (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.1m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The facing, of un-coursed random rubble, survives best on the external side of the wall at SW and is very patchy and inconsistent elsewhere. The wall appears to have been entirely rebuilt as part of a field wall NNW-NE (Wth 1.2m; H 1.4). A roughly rectangular sheep pen (dims. 5m NE-SW; 2m NW-SE) extends into the interior at NW. Two other sheep pens have been built against the external face of the cashel wall at SSE. The original entrance is not recognisable. The SE quadrant of the interior is enclosed by a gently curving collapsed drystone wall (Wth 3.4m; H 0.4) that links to the interior of the cashel wall at ENE and at S. A collapsed drystone wall (Wth 3.1m; H 0.3) extends W from the internal side of the cashel wall at NE and ends to N of centre. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on level ground in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (dims. 49m N-S; 48m E-Wm) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 8m; int. H 0.15m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From W-NW the bank is absent and a NNE-WSW orientated farm track lies along the edge of the site. The bank is absent NE-E and the circuit is defined by a low board scarp. A drystone field wall lies along the line of the removed bank E-SE. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank and a ramp to the exterior at WSW may mark the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-193001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating wet upland pasture at the SE end of a slight NW-SE orientated rise with lower wetter ground N-W. Another fulacht fiadh within the same townland (SL008-193002-) is located 14m to the ESE. Roughly circular flat-topped sod covered mound (diam. top 4m; diam base 16m; Ht 0.4m) of heat shattered stone and charcoal rich soil. A NNE-WSW orientated stream is located 8m to the E. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-193002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating wet upland pasture, on general SW facing slope, immediately to W of a NNE-SSW flowing stream. Another fulacht fiadh (SL008-193001-) within the same townland is located 14m to the WNW. Roughly D-shaped flat-topped sod covered mound (dims. L top NNE-WSW 14m; Wth top WNW-ESE 8m; Ht 0.6m) of heat shattered stone and charcoal rich soil. A NNE-WSW orientated farm track lies across the E side of the mound. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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, high (inferred), moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 Barnarobin.

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

Name

Barnarobin · Bearna Roibín

Area

2,841,265 m² (284.13 ha, 702.09 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Carney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carney electoral division: 714 people in 245 households; 93% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardnaglass Upper, Barnaderg, Cartronmore, Cartronwilliamoge, Cashelgarran, Cloyragh, Gortarowey, Urlar

Placenames

Barnarobin 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.