Conor'S Island

2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Conor'S Island, from 193,947 m² (19.39 ha, 47.93 acres) to 578,101 m² (57.81 ha, 142.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 1 neighbouring parcels touch it.

No zone of a development plan covers Conor'S Island 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 Conor'S Island 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: Streedagh Point Dunes SAC 001680
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Streedagh Point Dunes 001680

Recorded monuments

• SL002-027001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located at the NE end of Conor’s Island, at the NE end of the Streedagh peninsula. The outline of this enclosure is very low profile, and difficult to trace at ground level. Aerial views suggest the remains could be interpreted as a large, D-shaped enclosure (c. 80m NE−SW; c. 55m NW−SE), with an internal division curving through the E half. It is possible, however, that the remains represent multiphase activity. The curving internal division, may represents the E boundary of an early oval enclosure (c. 65-70m E−W; c. 50m N−S) which was extended to NE to create the larger enclosure. At ground level, the large enclosure is defined by a sod-covered stone bank (Wth 1.75-2m; H 0.2-0.3m) which can be traced NNE−W in a broad curve. The NNE and W terminals of the bank end at an eroding earth and stone cliff (H 2.5-3m) which defines the straight NW side of the enclosure. The cliff drops to a boulder beach and a rocky shoreline. At SW−W the enclosing stone bank merges with a relict field wall (Wth c. 1m; H 0.2) which extends to E beyond the enclosure and may represent a later phase of activity at the site. An upright stone (0.54m NNE−SSW; 0.4m WNW−ESE; H 1m) stands c. 3m S of the enclosure, on the line of this relict field boundary. A number of low stony banks intersect with the enclosure at S and SE; it is not clear to what extent they are contemporary with the enclosure. There are four sod-covered mounds (SL002-027002-) located to W of centre in the enclosure. They are most likely field clearance heaps associated with cultivation ridges which traverse the interior of the enclosure on a NW−SE axis. Cultivation ridges are also evident in the surrounding field. In 2012 the section face of the enclosure, exposed in the eroding cliff face, was sampled (12E0256) for environmental and dating analysis. A charcoal sample yielded radiocarbon dates ranging from late 17th to late 19th centuries. These late dates may indicate a later reuse of the site (Read 2012). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 September 2016

• SL002-027002 Mound
  Description

  In an enclosure (SL002-027001-). There are four low, grass-covered mounds located to W of centre in the interior of the enclosure. They are arranged in a rectangle, set 15-16m apart E−W and 7-8m apart N−S. The NE mound (9m NW−SE; 4m NE−SW; H 0.3m) is elongated and irregular in shape but the other three are roughly circular (diam. 4-6m; H 0.3-0.5m). Stones protruding through the sod cover suggest that the mounds are field clearance heaps, most likely associated with relict cultivation ridges which traverse both the interior of the enclosure and the surrounding field. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 September 2016

• SL002-032 Seaweed stand
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Field wall(s) Possible'. Not included in the RMP (1995). Located close to the shoreline. A field worker in 1989 recorded a wall composed of loose boulders about three deep (Wth 1.5m; H 0.7m) which was used for drying seaweed. It was not located during the latest inspection (December 1994). This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2012

• SL002-033001 Seaweed stand
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Enclosure possible'. Not included in the RMP (1995). Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was visited in 1991 (SMR file) and was described as comprising a series of stones laid out for drying kelp. This is a post-1700 feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2012

• SL002-033002 Sea wall
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Field wall (s) Possible'. Not included in the RMP (1995). This is a field wall, composed of loose boulders, that runs across a neck of land with a cliff on the other three sides. It was in all probability constructed to prevent animals from falling off the cliff edge. This is a post-1700 feature. Compiled by: Patrick O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2012

• SL002-034 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  A single upright (1.15m x 0.27m; 1.05m H) aligned NNE-SSW with a second stone prostrate beside it to the N (0.45m x 0.30m; 0.90m H if erect). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 September 2011

• SL002-035001 Kiln - kelp drying
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and classified 'Miscellaneous'. Not included in the RMP (1995). Stone-lined channel (L 5.8m; Wth 0.6m) aligned NW-SE. The stones show signs of contact with heat. This is the remains of a kelp kiln of which there are a number on the island. This is a post-1700 feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 23 July 2012

• SL002-036 Enclosure
  Description

  In lowlying pasture, on the E side of Conor’s Island, at the NE end of the Streedagh peninsula. There is an area of dampish ground fed by a spring to W, and the shoreline is located c. 60m to S. This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It is located in the W half of a rectangular, 19th-century field associated with a vernacular farmstead, the ruined buildings of which lie c. 60m to SE. The remains are evident as a D-shaped area (c. 43.5m NW−SE; 16.5m NW-SE) defined on the curving side by a low, partly levelled sod-covered bank (Wth 2.5-2.8m; H 0.2-0.4m) which describes a shallow arc N−SSE. The straight side at W is formed by the NW−SE drystone field wall which forms the W side of the rectangular field. There is no convincing evidence at ground level of a continuation of the bank to W of the NW−SE field wall. A low irregular rise extends E-W across the N half of the interior. This monument may represent the E side of a circular enclosure (diam. 45-50m), the W half of which has been destroyed. Image: SL002-036----_01 Viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 26 July 2017

• SL002-048 Hut site
  Description

  Among the sand dunes on Conor's Island. Remains of a circular hut-site (external diam. NW-SE 8.50m; internal diam. NW-SE 5.30m) defined by an enclosing bank (Wth 1.20m; H 0.3m) composed of earth and stones. Remains of a possible enclosure (SL002-049----) are 5m to WSW. Images: SL002-048----_01 Viewed from S SL002-048----_01 Viewed from S Taken on 28th April 2017 Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 December 2011

• SL002-049 Enclosure
  Description

  Among the sand dunes on Conor's Island. Remains of a sub-circular enclosure (diam. N-S 13.20m) defined by a low bank. Enclosing element is not clearly defined along its W side. Hut-site (SL002-048----) is 5m ENE. Image: SL002-049----_01.JPG Wall of the enclosure is at L; a possible hut site (SL002-048----) is at R, viewed from SE. Taken 28th April 2017 Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 December 2011

• SL002-050 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Among the sand dunes on Conor's Island. Remains of a degraded, low, triangular-shaped cairn measuring 6.10m (NW side) by 6.50m (E side) by 6.90m (SW side). It survives to a height of c. 0.40m and the sides appear to be slightly concave. Morphological comparisons have been made with the 'treudd' Iron Age graves of Scandanavian (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). Images (taken on 28th August 2017): SL002-050----_01 Cairn viewed from NW SL002-050----_02 Cairn viewed from SE Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 22 December 2011

• SL002-054 Midden
  Description

  Exposed in section in the land-edge scarp on the SE side of a headland, located on the E side of Conor’s Island, at the NE end of the Streedagh peninsula. The headland projects to NE into a sheltered tidal channel between Conor’s Island and the mainland, where sand flats are exposed at low tide. A layer (D 0.1-0.2m) of very fragmentary oyster and cockle shells in a sandy matrix is exposed intermittently, and at different levels, in the slumped section face, over a distance of c. 10m NE−SW. Only small quantities of shell are exposed at any one point, and the full extent of the midden is unclear. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 July 2017

• SL005-194 Midden
  Description

  This midden is exposed in section in the eroding land-edge on a small headland, which is located on the SE side of Conor’s Island, at the NE end of the Streedagh peninsula. The headland projects to SSE into a sheltered tidal channel between Conor’s Island and the mainland, where sand flats are exposed at low tide. This midden is evident as a layer (D 0.2-0.25m) of fragmentary cockle, oyster and periwinkle shells in a matrix of pale grey sand. It is located at a height of c. 0.8m above the base of the section face, overlying a sterile layer of boulder clay incorporating large stones and boulders. Above the midden layer, the section face rises (H 1-2m) in a number of sandy layers which are slumped and eroded. The section face is partly concealed by vegetation, and the full extent of the midden is unclear, but intermittent evidence of the layer can be traced for 10-12m NE-SW. This midden was sampled in 2009 for scientific and dating purposes, and a charcoal sample submitted for radiocarbon dating produced a late Mesolithic date (Kytamnov et al, 2010, 11). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 July 2017

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Conor'S Island.

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).

No address of the register names Conor'S Island with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Conor'S Island · Oileán Chonchúir

Area

775,173 m² (77.52 ha, 191.55 acres)

Civil parish

Ahamlish, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Cliffony South, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Streedagh

Placenames

Conor'S Island on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.