Carrowmoran

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrowmoran, from 8 m² to 59,242 m² (5.92 ha, 14.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Carrowmoran 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.

• 17 Nov 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, domestic shed, wastewater treatment system with percolation/polishing filter along with any other ancillary work required

  Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 17434

• 3 May 2017N/a

  development consisting of the construction of the following: dwelling house, domestic shed, wastewater treatment system with percolation/polishing filter along with any other ancillary work required

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17160

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 Carrowmoran.

Recorded monuments

• SL012-013 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  In pasture, on a headland defined by rock cliffs which drop to a stone beach and a rocky shoreline. A stream, flowing N in a narrow gully, bisects the headland to E of centre. Toward the N end of the headland, the stream flows through a deeper rock-faced ravine, which has been partly expanded by quarrying on it W side. Another stream borders the W side of the headland, and a modern road, leading to a pier, lies immediately to W of the headland. A disused, grassed-over trackway, bordered by field banks, extends E–W across the S side of the headland. Evidence of the promontory fort is located on the E part of the headland, bordered by the stream gully at W and by the natural cliff at NNW–E. The landward side of the promontory is cut off by two low-profile banks with external fosses. The innermost bank (Wth c. 2m; H 0.4m) is very low, though somewhat higher and more clearly defined at its W end. Intervening between it and the outer bank is a fosse (Wth c. 3m). The outer bank (Wth 3.5-4m; H 0.5m) is broadly slumped. It is bordered externally by the outermost fosse (Wth 3-3.5m). The enclosed area forms a somewhat irregular-shaped oblong measuring c. 25-30m N–S by c. 20-25m E–W. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 6 March 2014

• SL012-013001 Kiln - lime
  Description

  In rough, coastal pasture, built into the scarp on the N side of a trackway. Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Ruined vernacular limekiln consisting of a roughly circular, stone-built structure (int. diam. c. 1-1.2m E–W; wall H 0.8m), roofless and open to N. Not listed in the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). This is a post-1700 structure. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 31 July 2012

• SL012-050 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  Not marked as an antiquity on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Small, roughly trapezoidal promontory (18m NW-SE; c. 5m NE-SW) jutting into the S side of Sligo Bay. The NW, NE and SE sides are defined by high sea cliffs. The NE end, in particular, is much eroded by wave action. The promontory is cut off on the SW side from the surrounding land by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.6m). At the outer foot of the bank is a berm (Wth 2m). Beyond this is a wide, flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 11.8m at top, 5.2m at base; D 1.65-2.3m). There is a break in the bank (Wth 3m) at SE, with an accompanying causeway across the fosse. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-051 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated at the NE edge of a low ridge in coastal pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The enclosure has been levelled but the outline of a circular area (diam c. 22m E–W) can still be discerned. It is defined by a slight scarp at W (H 0.6m) and at N (H 1.2m) where it merges with the ridge slope. There is a possible souterrain (SL012-051001-) in the interior. A derelict cottage abuts the SW of the enclosure, and the stone walls of a field plot overlie the SE quadrant. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-051001 Souterrain
  Description

  There is a local tradition of a 'tunnel' or souterrain at the E side of a possible ringfort at (SL012-051----). No remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL012-119001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In the SW corner of a field of rough, poorly-drained pasture, on the W bank of a stream. Kidney-shaped mound (13.8m N–S; 12m 3–W; H 0.8m at N, 1.5m at S) composed of heat-shattered sandstone fragments in a matrix of black charcoal-rich soil. A depression on the W side appears to indicate the location of the trough. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2013

• SL012-119002 Burnt mound
  Description

  In rough, poorly-drained pasture, located on the W bank of a stream. Low circular mound (10m N–S; 7m E–W) composed of small stone fragments in black soil. The mound is marked by a covering of short grass which contrasts with the long grass and rushes elsewhere in the field. There is another burnt mound (SL012-119003-) 4m to N, and a fulacht fia (SL012-119001-) c. 30m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2013

• SL012-119003 Burnt mound
  Description

  In rough, poorly-drained pasture, located on the W bank of a stream. Low circular mound (14m N–S; 8m E–W) composed of small stone fragments in black soil. The mound is marked by a covering of short grass which contrasts with the long grass and rushes elsewhere in the field. There is another burnt mound (SL012-119002-) 4m to S, and a fulacht fia (SL012-119001-) c. 40m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 May 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrowmoran, about 1 in 10 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 low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Carrowmoran · Ceathrú Uí Mhóráin

Area

471,014 m² (47.1 ha, 116.39 acres)

Civil parish

Templeboy, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Templeboy North, the unit of the census

Census 2022

314 people lived in 112 households in the Templeboy North electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyeeskeen, Carrowmacrory, Donaghintraine

Placenames

Carrowmoran 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.