Carrownaleck

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Carrownaleck, from 25 m² to 1,488,432 m² (148.84 ha, 367.8 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 31 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Carrownaleck 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Carrownaleck in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: Ox Mountains Bogs SAC 002006
• Special Area of Conservation: River Moy SAC 002298
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ox Mountains Bogs 002006

Recorded monuments

• SL031-065002 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). A small, approximately rectangular building is marked at this location on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On a small level terrace, on the SW bank of a stream, on a S-facing slope of the Ox mountains. A circular earthen structure (int. diam. 2.5m E-W; 2.3m N-S) with vertical sides which are topped by an irregular rim of earth and stone (Wth 3m; ext. H 0.65m). The interior, which is sunken to a depth of 0.6m below the external ground level, is flat and damp. The opening (Wth 0.5m) is at ENE and is approached by a passage (L 1m) which narrows (Wth 0.35m) at its outer edge where it is flanked by two large partially embedded boulders. The structure is engulfed with ferns and moss and there are rushes growing in the interior. Another limekiln (SL031-065001-) is c. 100m to NW. This is probably post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 11 January 2012

• SL031-067 Cross-inscribed stone
  Description

  Located in rough upland pasture, in the S-facing foothills of the Ox Mountains, adjacent to a small cluster of ruined 18th/19th-century cottages. This cross-inscribed stone is broken; it now consists of a roughly T-shaped sandstone boulder (L 0.39m) with a cross and two symbols inscribed on one face. The stone appears to have been chosen for its unusual natural form; the edges are smooth and rounded, and there is no evidence of sculpting to create the T-shape. The narrow part of the stone or stem of the ‘T’ (L c. 0.22m; Wth 0.21m; T 0.11m) is bulbous at its terminal, from where it narrows slightly before expanding in a gently sweeping curve into the ‘bar’ (Wth 0.39m) of the T. The stone is broken at this broad end, presenting a straight, sheared-off surface. The incised cross (H 0.08m; Wth at arms 0.09m) is located at the neck of the stone, and is outlined by narrow, shallow incised grooves. The upright element of the cross has long bar terminals, with each bar having a slight expansion at its terminals. The horizontal element (arms) of the cross extends the full width of the stone, and has a slight expansion at each terminal. The cross as a whole is crude and asymmetrical in execution. Two widely spaced, incised symbols are evident at the broad end of the stone, both are truncated by the broken edge. One symbol is triangular (H 0.06m; Wth 0.07m) with very slightly bowed sides, the other is roughly D-shaped (H 0.03-0.04m; Wth 0.075m) with a short linear extension or ‘tail’ at one side. It is not now possible to determine their significance. They may be an attempt to outline a more elaborate cross-like carving on the broader part of the stone, or they may represent letters. The D-shaped symbol, for instance, resembles the top of a D in typical early medieval half-uncial script, although this resemblance may be entirely fortuitous. As the stone is incomplete, and its provenance unknown, it is difficult to date with certainty. The crude execution of the incised symbols and the choice of a stone of unusual natural shape might suggests a relatively late date, perhaps Penal Era/17th- or 18th-century. However, an early medieval date is not impossible: this style of incised cross occurs on early medieval slabs. There is no known burial ground or ecclesiastical site in the immediate vicinity of the find spot. A cashel (SL031-003-----), reused as a burial ground (SL031-003002-), is located 1km to SE, and Kilcummin graveyard (SL036-006002-), site of a church (SL031-006001-), is 1.5km to S. Attached images: SL031-067---_01.JPG Cross-inscribed stone SL031-067---_02.JPG Close-up of the incised symbols SL031-067---_03.JPG Set upright, in profile Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 5 July 2019

• SL032-002001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a low terrace above a flood plain and c. 120m W of the River Moy. The rath is levelled. The NE quadrant is evident as an arc, NNE-E, formed by a scarp (H c. 0.6m). A garden wall bisects the area on N-S axis, with the W half now within the garden of a bungalow. There is a possible souterrain (SL032-002002-) in the interior. The rath is indicated as an embanked roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. 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

• SL032-002002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (SL032-002001-). According to local information, a depression at the E side of the interior is a 'cave' that was filled in a number of years ago. Large boulders have been dumped in this depression. 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

• SL032-003 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  In rolling pasture within 100m of the River Moy. Three orthostats stand on an oval stony mound (11.7m E-W; 7.7m N-S; H 0.6m). Two of the orthostats, both low stones, are opposite each other close to the middle of the mound and seem to represent a gallery aligned approximately E-W. Immediately E of these the tops of some small stones are exposed at the surface but their status is unclear. Some 2.5m to the W of the opposed orthostats there is a tall example set transversely to the line of the presumed gallery, possibly a backstone. There are a number of displaced stones on the mound. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 61, no. 98) 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)

• SL032-234 Bullaun stone
  Description

  In the garden of a modern house. A granite boulder (1.65m NE−SW; 1.15m NW−SE; H 0.36m), roughly lozenge-shaped in plan, with a circular, bowl-shaped hollow (0.32m E−W; 35m N−S; D 0.2m) in the upper surface towards the NE end. The stone has a slightly domed upper surface and gently rounded sides and corners. The surface is moderately moss-covered. According to local information, the bullaun stone was discovered in the early 2000’s c. 35m to NE in the pasture field immediately to E of the house, at approximately ITM 552143 819451. It was found in a field ditch bordering the field fence on the N side of the field, which is bordered by a road. The bullaun stone may have been associated with a rath (SL032-002001-) which is located c. 15m to S. Attached images: SL032-234----_01.JPG viewed from NW SL032-234----_02.JPG viewed from SE Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 July 2022

Architectural heritage

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

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 Carrownaleck, 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 high, 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 Carrownaleck.

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

Name

Carrownaleck · Ceathrú na Leice

Area

2,933,123 m² (293.31 ha, 724.79 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Cloonacool, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass, Cloonbaniff, Kilcummin, Laughil

Placenames

Carrownaleck 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.