Cabragh

211 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cabragh, from 292 m² to 1,079,854 m² (107.99 ha, 266.84 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Cabragh 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 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of 10-year permission for a mountain bike trail recreational development in the townlands, Seevness, Altnavelick, Carrowgaveen, Gortakeeran, Lismacbryan, Lugbaun, Lugnadeffa, Mullanashee, Rathosey, and Tullaghan, Coolaney, Co. Sligo. The proposed development includes 80km of bike trails, approximately 0.6m wide (within a corridor of 100m) including boundary treatments, signage, and all associated works. The proposed development will also include a new building containing changing and washing facilities, a cafe, bicycle hire facilities, the construction of parking areas, a bike wash, the installation of a wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works, water connection/supply from a public main and associated services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17294

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 Cabragh.

Recorded monuments

• SL025-002 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On rocky reclaimed pasture below the steeper S slopes of the Ox Mountains and commanding an extensive outlook to the S. A layer of peat covers parts of the structure. This wedge tomb is a National Monument in State ownership (no. 523). A well-preserved gallery opens onto a façade and an outer wall. The gallery, facing WNW, is divided by two jamb-like stones inset in the gallery walls and a septal-stone, now in a displaced position just E of them, into a portico (L 1.4m; Wth 1.3m) and main chamber (L 6m; Wth at front 1.6m, at mid-length 2.15m, at rear 0.7m). A single stone forms each side of the portico. There are eight stones on the N side of the main chamber and seven on the S side. There is a small stone immediately outside the easternmost stone at the S. The E end of the structure is covered by three overlapping roofstones resting on the gallery sides. A large stone is interposed between either end of the westernmost roofstone and the top of the S side of the gallery. Outer-walling survives beyond both the sides and back of the gallery. There are ten outer-wall stones at the N, twelve at the S, and a single large orthostat is in position at the E end of the monument. There is a set stone of uncertain function 0.7m outside the E end of the outer-walling at the N. A single facade-stone links the outer wall at the N to the front of the portico. Its counterpart at the S is now prostrate. There is considerable cairn material between the outer-walling and the gallery but no trace of a mound outside the structure. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 54-5, no. 86) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

• SL025-003 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough rocky pasture, on a S-facing slope. An oval steep-sided earthen platform (31.2m NE-SW; 35.7m NW-SE; H 3.45m), probably incorporating a natural knoll, with a step (H 1m) around its base. Traces of a possible stone revetment for the step are evident at W and SW. The top of the platform is enclosed by a ruinous sod-covered wall (Wth 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.2m) with a rubble core and facing of large limestone blocks. A berm (Wth 2m) was noted at the external base of the wall W-NNW. The western section of the wall is topped by a post-and-wire fence. A blocked-up gap in the wall at SE is possibly an entrance. A broad fosse (Wth 3.2m) encircles the base of the mound S-N; a low terrace (Wth 3.3m; H 0.6m) is evident E-SE. A sod-covered stony bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m) skirts the outer edge of the fosse SSW-NW and is incorporated into a field boundary for a short section at S. A rectangular area (5.3m N-S; 7.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.5m) abuts the external face of the outer wall. The interior is level though strewn with sod-covered stones; some coniferous trees grow in the N third. Several field-clearance heaps were noted and at E, adjacent to the enclosing wall, is a small hollow now partially infilled with stones. At SSE, close to the inner side of the enclosing wall, is a circular drystone-built structure (1.4m N-S; 1m E-W; H 0.6m). Drystone field boundaries radiate from the base of the platform at N, S, SW, W and NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL025-004 Enclosure
  Description

  In a garden, on a level terrace on a S-facing slope and surrounded by rocky pasture. Indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an oval enclosure (c. 30m N-S; c. 20m E-W). The area of the enclosure is partially covered by a yard and a small pasture field; a bungalow and shed have been built immediately to N. A slightly curving field boundary, densely covered in overgrowth, may incorporate the line of the bank SSW-NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL025-147003 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the seventh most northerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL019-172----; SL025-147----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002-; SL025-147004-; SL025-147005-; SL025-147006-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL025-147004 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the eighth most northerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL019-172----; SL025-147----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002-; SL025-147003-; SL025-147005-; SL025-147006-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL025-147005 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the ninth most northerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL019-172----; SL025-147----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002-; SL025-147003-; SL025-147004-; SL025-147006-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL025-147006 Cairn - boundary cairn
  Description

  On the upper bog-covered slopes of the Ox Mountains. This is the most southerly of 10 cairns (see also: SL019-171001-; SL019-171002-; SL019-172----; SL025-147----; SL025-147001-; SL025-147002-; SL025-147003-; SL025-147004-; SL025-147005-) that mark a long linear length of the townland boundary between Cabragh and Gortakeeran. None of the ten are marked of the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. There are no remains of this cairn, in all probability post-1700 AD in date, now visible. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL025-154 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  On rough pasture on the lower slopes of the Ox Mountains commanding an outlook to the S. The tomb, well-preserved, is partly obscured by a fence running along its N side and W end. A gallery facing WSW is divided by a jamb-like stone at the N into a portico (L 1.9m) and main chamber (L 7.6m; Wth 1.55m at front, 1.95m towards mid-length, 1.3m at rear). The long axis of the gallery and that of the portico are at a slight angle to each other. A stone at the front of the portico divides the gallery entrance in two. Only one stone, at the S, remains of the portico sides. The main chamber orthostats are partly concealed by fill. Eight are visible on the N side, eleven to the S, and the gallery is closed by a single stone. A slab resting on the S side of the gallery at about mid-length seems to be a displaced roofstone. The facade and outer-walling represented by twelve orthostats merge to form a broad curve around the N side of the gallery. A large orthostat about 1m beyond the gallery backstone seems to represent the back of the outer wall. To the S, four outer-wall stones are in place beyond the middle and back of the gallery and between the easternmost of these and the large orthostat representing the back of the outer wall there are five fallen examples. A lone facade-stone adjoins the S side of the gallery entrance. Two large blocks 3m to the S of the SE corner of the structure do not seem to have formed part of the monument. There are some slight traces of a mound around the structure. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 56-7, no. 89) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, 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 Cabragh.

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

Name

Cabragh · An Chabrach

Area

4,556,187 m² (455.62 ha, 1,125.86 acres)

Civil parish

Killoran, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Carrownaskeagh, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinvally, Cappagh, Carroward, Carrownabanny, Cloonagh, Corskeagh, Gortakeeran, Tawnatrohaun

Placenames

Cabragh 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.