Clogh
Townland in the civil parish of Rossinver, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish An Chloch
- Area
- 304 ha
- 751 acres
- Land parcels
- 38
- registered freehold, median 32,357 m² (3.24 ha, 8 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 1
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
38 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clogh, from 200 m² to 870,985 m² (87.1 ha, 215.23 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 23 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clogh 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Jun 2017Conditional
for development consisting of the continuation of use for a 175 metre high mast with associated equipment attached using existing access. This application is subsequent to planning reference 07/557 for a previous grant for development for the mast
Permission · Sligo County Council, 17248
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623
Recorded monuments
- LE003-024 Cairn - boundary cairn
Description
Marked only on the 1909 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Pile of Stones’ on the county boundary with Sligo. It is located at the N edge of a shelf below and NE of the summit of Truskmore Mountain. This is a modern pile of stones and is the same as (SL006-047----). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 5 June 2013
- LE003-026 Cairn - boundary cairn
Description
Marked only on the 1909 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Pile of Stones’ on the county boundary with Sligo. It is located at the E angle of the plateau at the summit of Truskmore Moutain. This is a modern pile of stones and is the same as (SL006-049----). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 5 June 2013
- SL006-039 Megalithic tomb - wedge 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
- SL006-041 Ringfort - cashel
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.
- SL006-047 Cairn - boundary cairn
Description
Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn Possible' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in mountainous terrain. Located at the E edge of the Truskmore plateau. This is a modern-looking pile of stones. Note: This is the same monument as LE003-024----. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 July 2012
- SL006-049 Cairn - boundary cairn
Description
Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and classified 'Cairn' in both. Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is one of a series of eight cairns (SL006-043----; SL006-044----; SL006-047----; SL006-048----; SL006-049----; SL006-050----; SL006-051----; SL006-063----) which mark the boundary between counties Sligo and Leitrim in inhospitable mountainous terrain. Located at the E apex of the Truskmore plateau overlooking a lower plateau to SE. Subcircular cairn (dims. 9.3m N-S; 7.7m E-W; max. H 0.5m) with three small conical cairns built on it. Note: This is the same boundary cairn as LE003-026----. Compiled by Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 24 July 1994
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Clogh.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clogh.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clogh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Clogh · An Chloch
- Area
- 3,039,830 m² (303.98 ha, 751.16 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rossinver, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Rossinver East, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rossinver East electoral division: 191 people in 67 households; 89% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 27% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 14% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cleighragh (Co. Leitrim), Cloontyprughlish (Co. Leitrim), Gleniff, Gortnadrung, Keeloges, Moodoge, Oughtagorey, Shancrock
- Placenames
- Clogh 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.