# Buncrowey, Co. Sligo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacshalgan, barony of Tireragh, Co. Sligo; in Irish Bun Crumhaí.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 740,102 m² (74.01 ha, 182.88 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 100,939 m² (10.09 ha, 24.94 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 1 application since 2010
- Civil parish: Kilmacshalgan, https://everytownland.com/sligo/parish/kilmacshalgan.md
- Barony: Tireragh
- Electoral division: Buncrowey, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 294 people lived in 123 households in the Buncrowey electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 23% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Sligo, https://everytownland.com/sligo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44754
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 200204
- Centre: latitude 54.226513, longitude -8.910933 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Buncrowey, from 11,764 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres) to 188,499 m² (18.85 ha, 46.58 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 779485: 188,499 m² (18.85 ha, 46.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/779485.md
- Parcel 737685: 154,742 m² (15.47 ha, 38.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/737685.md
- Parcel 737251: 140,346 m² (14.03 ha, 34.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/737251.md
- Parcel 765979: 100,939 m² (10.09 ha, 24.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/765979.md
- Parcel 734139: 71,624 m² (7.16 ha, 17.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/734139.md
- Parcel 780795: 59,512 m² (5.95 ha, 14.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/780795.md
- Parcel 742353: 11,764 m² (1.18 ha, 2.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/742353.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Buncrowey in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

1 application, newest first.

- 23 Sept 2019, Sligo County Council 19395: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. for development consisting of the demolition of the existing dwelling and construct a bungalow type dweling on the same site, detached garage, site entrance and boundary fence, tertiary wastewater treatment system and associated ancillary site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/SligoCC/AppFileRefDetails/19395/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Buncrowey.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- SL017-022001: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-022001-. Situated on the riverward crest of one of the grass-covered terraces that constitute the E-side of the Easky valley. This enclosure is subrectangular (28m NW-SE; 23m NNE-SSW) in plan, and is enclosed by a drystone wall (Wth c.3m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.5m) with the lower courses of boulders. The enclosing wall is truncated at WNW by a later field boundary, on a NNE–SSW axis. The interior slopes down from E to W. A line of boulders, with a bank (H 0.6m) or accumulation of soil on its E side, extends from the enclosing wall at N for several meters through the interior to S. It lies c. 3.5m E of the W side of the enclosure. Conjoined to the E side of the enclosure, is a second, smaller, subrectangular enclosure (SL017-022002-). The shared wall between the two enclosures is most substantial at its N and S end but is narrower in between. There is no gap evident allowing access from one enclosure to the other. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-022002: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-022002-. Situated on the riverward crest of one of the grass-covered terraces that constitute the E-side of the Easky valley. This enclosure is subrectangular or roughly D-shaped (17.5m NE-SW; 15m NW-SE) in plan and is enclosed by a stone bank (int. H 0.4; ext. H 0.7-1m). It is conjoined on its W side to a larger subrectangular enclosure (SL017-022001-). The shared wall between the two enclosures is most substantial at its N and S end but is narrower in between. There is no gap evident allowing access from one enclosure to the other. In the interior of this enclosure, an internal dividing wall extends in an arc from the enclosure wall at W to meet the enclosure wall at S, defining a subtriangular space (9.4m NW-SE; 6.5m NE-SW) in the SW quadrant. A gap, flanked by two orthostats, in the internal wall allows access to the space. The enclosed space encompasses a raised area or platform. On top of the platform is a semicircular setting of split boulders, possibly a hut site (SL017-022003-). In the NW quadrant of the enclosure is a second raised platform. Immediately to the E of this are the foundations of a rectangular stone-built house (SL017-022004-). Adjacent to the enclosure wall in the SE quadrant is a third small, irregular-shaped building (SL017-022005-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-022003: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-022003-. In an enclosure (SL017-022002-). This consists of a semi-circular (diam. c. 4.5-5m) setting of large split stones, possibly the basal course of a hut site. It is built on a raised area or platform enclosed within a subtriangular space (9.4m NW-SE; 6.5m NE-SW) in the SW quadrant of the enclosure. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-022004: House - indeterminate date, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-022004-. In the N half of an enclosure (SL017-022002-). This comprises the foundations of a rectangular house (6m N-S; 2.5m E-W). It is defined on the E, S and W by substantial, regularly-shaped stone blocks. At N it abutts the enclosure wall. The entrance (Wth 1m) is off-centre in the S wall. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-022005: Building, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-022005-. In an enclosure (SL017-022002-). In the SE quadrant of the enclosure is an irregularly-shaped structure (L 4.6m E-W) defined by a basal course comprising firmly-set stone blocks. It has remnants of a possible internal division and was interpreted by the fieldworker as an outbuilding rather than a habitation site. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
- SL017-041: Habitation site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-041----. Locating in old turf cuttings, on a broad, flat expanse of bog bordered at E by the valley of the Buncrowey River and at W by a small stream valley. There is a forestry plantation c. 40 m to SE. This monument was exposed during turf cutting in the 1960s. When first inspected in 1963, it was partly concealed by peat layers and consisted of a central cairn or pile of stones, incorporating hearths or areas of burning. The cairn was enclosed by a narrow fosse. Small timber stakes were lying in a horizontal position in the bottom of the fosse. Immediately outside the fosse was a low enclosing wall (Wth c. 1m; H 0.45m) of small rounded boulders. Further turf cutting during the 1960’s exposed more of the cairn (SMR file). When inspection in 1994, the monument was visible as a cairn (5.5m NW–SE; 4m NE–SW; H c. 0.7m) located off-centre within an irregular enclosing wall, partly concealed by bushes and bog regeneration. The poorly preserved wall enclosed an area c. 11m NW–SE by 9.5m NE–SW. The fosse between the cairn and the enclosing wall was no longer evident. An inspection in 2014 found that the cairn is evident only as a slight rise (c. 6-7m N–S; c. 5m E–W; H c. 0.3-0.4m) entirely engulfed in thick heather, with small willow scrub at the N end. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 August 2014
- SL017-055: Cairn - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-055----. This is a duplicate record: the cairn is recorded as part of a habitation site (SL017-041----). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 September 2014
- SL017-090: Field boundary, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL017-090----. Locating in a flat expanse of cutaway blanket bog, bordered at SW-N by pasture fields. This possible field wall consists of a gapped, single row of stones which can be traced for 9m on a NNE–SSW axis, with another short section extending from the SSW end for 3.5m to S. The stones of the NNE–SSW section are more fully exposed and relatively close-set, with maximum dimensions in the range of 0.4-0.8m, and height of up to 0.45m. The stones of the shorter N–S section barely protrude above the bog surface. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 July 2014

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Buncrowey, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Buncrowey.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/sligo/buncrowey.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/sligo/buncrowey.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/sligo/buncrowey.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Buncrowey with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo: https://everytownland.com/sligo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Camcuill: https://everytownland.com/sligo/camcuill.md
- Cannaghanally: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cannaghanally.md
- Cuskernagh: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cuskernagh.md
- Fartannan: https://everytownland.com/sligo/fartannan.md
- Knockanbaun: https://everytownland.com/sligo/knockanbaun.md
- Rathgoonaun: https://everytownland.com/sligo/rathgoonaun.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. 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; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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