Bunduff

133 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bunduff, from 161 m² to 402,144 m² (40.21 ha, 99.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Bunduff 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.

• 31 Jul 2025Conditional

  Construction of domestic garage and retention of upgrade of agricultural entrance to vehicular entrance all at existing dwelling house

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560321

• 18 Dec 2024Refused

  construction of new dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area, a domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460485

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  installation of upgraded proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area to serve existing semi-detached dwelling

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360371

• 11 Dec 2023Refused

  construction of new dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360347

• 19 Dec 2022Conditional

  development consisting of 1. Extension to house. 2. Change of use from common areas on ground floor and guest accommodation on first floor to one residential unit. 3. Raised roof level over boat store, attic storage area with external access door, 2 no. Velux windows and a gable window

  Retention, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 22432

• 17 Dec 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of the upgrading of an existing farm entrance to a forestry standard entrance

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21503

• 25 Jun 2019Conditional

  development consisting of construction of (1) a single storey 74.5m2 rear extension (2) a domestic garage (3) upgrading of existing septic tank & percolation area (4) elevational alterations to existing dwelling house including the construction of a new entrance porch with all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19251

• 15 Sept 2017Refused

  Planning Permission for development consisting of construction of dwelling house with septic tank and percolation area and garage

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17355

• 9 Jun 2017Refused

  construction of dwelling house and garage with septic tank and percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17226

• 20 Jan 2017Conditional

  development consisting of: (1) demolition of existing extensions to the rear of the property (37 sq.m) (2) replacement with the construction of a single storey extension to the rear of the dwelling (89 sq.m) (3) new window to the east elevation of the existing dwelling (4) replacement of existing septic tank and new percolation area

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1711

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: Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC 000625
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bunduff Lough And Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore 000625

Recorded monuments

• SL003-001 Anomalous stone group
  Description

  Situated in a slight hollow in gently undulating sand dunes which rise to the N to the cliff edge. The monument consists of a pair of fine grained sandstone slabs set on edge and orientated NNW-SSE.. The northernmost stone (average L 1.25m; H 1.05m; T 0.2m) is rectangular in shape and is laid on its long edge. The southernmost stone (L 0.65m; H 0.85m if erect; T 0.24m) is roughly triangular in shape: it is 1.05m SSE of its counterpart and leans markedly to the N. Both stones have rounded corners and very smooth surfaces. There are no visible markings on either stone. Without doubt this is the same monument as that described and illustrated by Wood-Martin (1888, 154-5). His sketch and plan shows a third low stone standing c. 1.4m to the W of and parallel with the northernmost stone (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney): the dimensions of the stone are not recorded and it is no longer visible. A low set stone (SL003-042----) stands 32m W of this monument. The relationship, if any, to this monument is unknown but it may be an outlier. Timoney (2016, 14) suggests that this might be remains of a 'Four-poster' type monument. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 23 January 2017

• SL003-002 Cist
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating sand dune pasture. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. The account of the discovery of this burial is recorded in a letter to the Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland, dated 14 August 1944, from the Garda Superintendent at Sligo. The letters records the following: 'I beg to inform you that while digging trenches in connection with Military exercises near the seashore at Bunduff, Cliffoney, one of the party . . . came upon a human skeleton. It was enclosed in a stone grave, the bottom, sides and top of which was made of 3/4 inch stone slabs, and the head and foot of thick square stones. The stone slabs forming the sides and roof of this grave were broken in places. Nothing was found in the grave except human remains. It was 2 1/2 foot from the surface of the earth. The coroner . . . was informed and he decided not to hold an inquest.' The bones were packed in a wooden box and forwarded to the National Museum. Further correspondence in the National Museum files dated 1948 records that the 'burial consited of an inhumation of a bdy which lay in a contracted positon on it side in the a cist 3 foot x 2 foot x 1 foot deep, lying 2 foot below the surface.' (NMI Topographical files). The exact location of this cist is unknown as the copy of the surviving copy of the map from 1944 on file in the National Museum is not of sufficient scale to enable the precise position to be plotted with an degree of confidence. In consequence, the location recorded for this record must be considered as indicative only. There is no visible evidence of the 'trenches' referred to in the above correspondence. There is a depression (L E-W 3m; Wth top N-S 1.3m; Wth base 0.55m; D 0.7m) in the sand hill near the shore c. 10m S of a vertical 25m high, N-facing, E-W orientated sea cliff which perhaps might be the site of this burial. The current coordinates are for this location. The grave has been tentatively dated to the early medieval period. (Cahill and Sikora 2011, Vol. 2, 167-8). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 January 2014

• SL003-003 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  In gently undulating pasture on slight N-facing break of slope. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 22m) on the 1837 edition of the OS 6'' map. This monument has been removed and there are no remains now visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-004 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on slight S-facing slope at the E end of an E-W orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims 14m N-S; 12m E-W) enclosed by an earthen scarp (H 1.15m). No trace of a fosse is visible at ground level. From NW-NE the scarped edge is incorporated into an SW-NE orientated drystone field wall. Low heaps of earth and stone spoil have been dumped on top of the scarped edge at W and NW. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-005 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL003-010 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on level summit of low broad WSW-ENE ridge in gently undulating pasture. The walls of the cashel have been removed. Slightly raised roughly circular area (dims. 16m N-S; 15m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone scarp (Wth 0.4m; H 0.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The scarp encloses the site WNW-WSW. From WSW-WNW, the scarp has been removed by a small quarry cut into a natural W-facing slope that lies immediately W of the site. The original entrance is not recognisable. A NNE-SSW orientated relic field bank abuts the scarped edge at SW and at NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-011 Enclosure
  Description

  On slight N-facing slope, just off summit of a narrow E-W ridge in pasture. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map but depicted on the 1912 edition as a circular hachured area (diam. c.12m). The site has been levelled leaving no visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-012 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight N-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 2.15m; int. H 1.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The wall is absent from NE-S. From SW- NE, the wall has been reconstructed as a modern drystone field wall linking to a NW-SE orientated field wall that skirts the E side of the site. A second section of field wall links to the cashel wall at S. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-013001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the summit of a hillock, within a clearing of rough pasture, on the N side of a coniferous plantation. Roughly circular area (diam c.23m) enclosed by a bank of stone (Wth 4m; int. H 0.6m). No fosse is visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. A depression (D 1m) in the centre of the interior may represent a collapsed souterrain (SL013-013002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-013002 Souterrain
  Description

  At the centre of the interior area of Bunduff cashel (see SL003-013001-) which is densely overgrown with scrub. An irregular depression (D 1m), which may mark the site of a collapsed souterrain, was identified. However a fieldworker who visted this potential monument in 1946 believed this to be a relatively modern feature (SMR (1989) file). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-016 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL003-017 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a level summit of slight broad E-W orientated ridge in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a stone wall (Wth 3m; int. H 1.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From NW-W the walls are densely overgrown and inaccessible. Where accessible, the wall is made up of un-mortared, un-coursed limestone rubble. The wall is faced internally and externally by random rubble limestone boulders with a core of smaller rubble. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-018 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On the S brow of a limestone plateau in pasture close to a stream. The monument was visited in 1991 (SMR (1989) file) and the fieldworker recorded a circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by a stone wall faced with large boulders (Wth. c.1.5; int. H c.1.5m; ext. H c.1.5m). No fosse. The original entrance not recognisable. The site monument is now densely overgrown and inaccessible but appears to be largely intact beneath the overgrowth. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 April 2013

• SL003-019001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight W-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Depicted on the 1912 OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) incorporated into field boundaries at W and NE. In 1946 the only extant remains comprised 'a short length of very overgrown stone wall about 3 ft. [0.9m] high'. There have been no remains of this monument visible since at least 1954 (SMR file). A souterrain (SL003-019002-), from which fragment of a decorated rotary quern (SL003-019003-) was identified, was discovered at or in proximity to this monument in 1954 (SMR file). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-019002 Souterrain
  Description

  Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. A souterrain was discovered in 1954 at or in proximity to a possible levelled cashel (SL003-019001-). The monument was visited by an OPW fieldworker in the same year (SMR file). His report reads:'Souterrain of gallery type. Drystone walls. Slab roof. Two chambers accessible. At present entered through roof of chamber broken in removing stones by Co. Council workmen. Chamber 1 (that through which it is now entered) measures approximately 10m feet 6 in. [3.2m] in length (probably longer, slightly curved). Upper courses of side walls corbelled. Height about 5 ft. [1.5m] but original floor level probably lower. Small doorway blocked with earth on either side of chamber 1. Chamber 2 lies in a straight line with chamber 1 and is entered from it by a low passage, through which it is possible to crawl by going flat on one's face. Chamber 2 is of similar construction to chamber 1. Its visible length is about 16 ft. [4.9m], but it is half-filled with a mass of earth and stones sloping down in a sort of ramp from the far end, representing a possible former entrance. Chamber 2 is a little less than 6 ft. [1.8m]in width. Maximum height about 5ft [1.5m] at present. Chamber 2 has an air shaft, a little over 1 ft square, slab-lined, leading towards the surface over the roof of chamber 1. The top of another air-shaft, apparently ventilating the sealed chamber on right of chamber 1 from the present entrance, has been exposed.' In a report to the NMI the fieldworker also recorded 'occupation (burned stones, iron slag, charcoal, burnt stone) on the floor of Chamber 1' (NMI topographical file). In 1962 a fragment of a decorated rotary quern (SL003-019003-), now in the National Museum, was recovered from the souterrain (Lucas 1964, 98-100). No trace of the souterrain is now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-020 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL003-021 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight E-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) defined by a drystone wall (Wth 1.5m; int. H 1.6m). From NNW-SW the stone wall has been removed and the edge of the site is defined by a slight scarp (ext. H 0.2m). The surviving wall has been largely rebuilt and incorporated into N-S orientated field walls that link to the cashel wall at SW and NNW. An E-W orientated field wall links to the cashel bank at NNW. The location of the original entrance is unclear. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-023001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a slight N-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) defined by a stone bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.4m). No fosse is visible at ground level. The bank is made up of random rubble limestone. Larger blocks of limestone (av. dims. L 0.8m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.4m) are located sporadically along the external base of the bank as revetting. The original entrance is not recognisable. A modern sheep pen (dims. 1.8m NE-SW; 1.55m NW-SE) defined by two parallel drystone walls is located on the external side of the cashel bank at NE. A souterrain (SL003-023002-) is located in the NE quadrant of the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-023002 Souterrain
  Description

  Not marked on the 1837 edition of the edition of the OS 6-inch map. However there is a 'Cave' named on the 1912 edition. There is marked in the NE quadrant of Bunduff cashel (SL003-023001-).There are no remains of this possible souterrain now visible above ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-024 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded in 1991 as being located within a hollow in otherwise undulating pasture. It comprised a possibly circular area (int. diam. c.20m) enclosed by the partially ruined remains of an enclosing wall, composed of large boulders and heavily overgrown. There was no indication of a fosse or entrance visible (SMR (1989) file). There are no remains of this potential monument now visible at ground level. A house and a tennis court are located 30m to the NE of the site. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 16 April 2013

• SL003-027 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on slight NW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Shown on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a circular area (diam. c.25m) but depicted as a small subrectangular field or paddock on the 1912 edition. This potential monument has been levelled with no visible surface trace visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL003-042 Standing stone
  Description

  This stone stands among the sand dunes at Bunduff c. 32m WNW of the two-stone row (SL003-001----). It measures 0.65m L at the base, 0.3m T and is 0.6m H. The stone is orientated NNW - SSE. It is possible that this may be an outlier of the row. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 24 May 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 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; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bunduff.

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

Name

Bunduff · Bun Duibhe

Area

3,869,514 m² (386.95 ha, 956.18 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cliffony North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cliffony North electoral division: 1,000 people in 394 households; 79% of households own their home; 39% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 32% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlegal, Creevykeel, Kilkilloge, Tawly (Co. Leitrim)

Placenames

Bunduff 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.