Carrowcarragh

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowcarragh, from 889 m² to 465,788 m² (46.58 ha, 115.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrowcarragh 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.

• 19 Mar 2020N/a

  Development consisting of construction of (1) a 155 sq. m. Milking Parlour, (2) a 78 sq. m. Cow Collection Yard, (3) a 749 sq. m. Cubicle shed, (4) a slatted underground slurry tank, (5) concrete aprons and cow handling crush along with associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2088

• 8 Jun 2017Conditional

  (1) extension of existing dwelling house (2) decommissioning of existing septic tank and (3) installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17223

• 5 Apr 2017N/a

  development consisting of: (1) extension of existing dwelling house (2) decommissioning of existing septic tank and (3) installation of a packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17126

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 Carrowcarragh.

Recorded monuments

• SL032-079 Earthwork
  Description

  In low-lying marshy ground, with a stream to N and E. There are a number of earthworks in close proximity consisting of a rectangular platform (10.7m NE-SW; 7m NW-SE; H 0.2m above ground level) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m) and 8m to the E a rectangular depression (7.4m N-S; 6m E-W; D 1.5m) with a linear fosse extending N from it. A short distance to the N of these earthworks is a linear NW-SE fosse which can be traced for c. 50m before stopping short of the stream to E. A second fosse (L c. 50m), which expands at its W end into a circular depression (diam. c. 8m), lies c. 40m to S. 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

• SL032-081 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on the summit of ridge. A circular flat-topped area (diam. 10m) enclosed by a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 7.8m; D 1m). An external bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.2m) is evident SE-WNW. The interior is level with the external ground in parts but is raised up to 0.45m along the S arc. 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

• SL032-082 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a break in an E-facing slope. A circular area (diam. 38m) raised 0.8-1m in height above the external ground level. The interior is defined by the grass-covered foundations of a collapsed drystone wall (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m) with an external dry flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.5m). Grass-covered foundations of a collapsed outer drystone wall (Wth c. 2m; ext. H 0.3m) are evident along the S, W and N arcs. The interior slopes down gently to E; in the S half is a rectangular area (5m N-S; 8.4m E-W) raised 0.2m above the interior ground level. A quarry cuts into the NE edge of the cashel. 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

• SL032-083 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, below the crest of a S-facing slope. The rath is levelled. It is now evident as a roughly oval area (c. 45m N-S; c. 37m E-W) defined by a slight scarp (H 0.1m) along the E, S and SW arcs and by a flat-topped bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m) along the N arc. A hedgerow extends NW-SE across the rath. The rath is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 40m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a hachured subrectangular area (c. 45m NE-SW; c. 55m NW-SE). 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

• SL032-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the lower S-facing slope of a ridge. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It is indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m) and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a solid line enclosing a circular area (diam. c. 28m) with trees in the interior. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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

At the centre of the townland of Carrowcarragh, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Carrowcarragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Carrowcarragh · An Cheathrú Charrach

Area

1,105,466 m² (110.55 ha, 273.17 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Streamstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

255 people lived in 99 households in the Streamstown electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowclare, Carrownaworan, Lavagh, Streamstown, Tawnavoultry, Tullyhugh

Placenames

Carrowcarragh 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.