Cooldrumman Upper

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooldrumman Upper, from 120 m² to 193,162 m² (19.32 ha, 47.73 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cooldrumman Upper 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.

• 30 Aug 2023Conditional

  to (a) install wastewater treatment system on site consisting of an effluent treatment unit and soil polishing filter (b) upgrade existing entrance on site, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360227

• 21 Sept 2020Conditional

  Development consisting of: (a) demolition of existing single storey detached dwelling house, (b) permanently close the existing vehicular access on to the adjacent N15 road, (c) construction of a storey and a half detached dwelling house with access from adjacent laneway, (d) construction of a detached domestic garage, (e) installation of a waste water treatment system with percolation area, (f) carrying out all associated site development works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20324

• 23 Jun 2017Refused

  development consisting of the retention of a log cabin type dwelling, construction of new septic tank and percolation area and retention of site layout as constructed (previous planning reference PL 06/62 refers)

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 17242

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 Cooldrumman Upper.

Recorded monuments

• SL005-117 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6'' map as a circular enclosure (diam. c.20m) while on the 1912 edition it is shown as a linear hachured feature (dims. c.10m NE-SW; c.8m NW-SE). This potential monument has been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-120 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight W-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 18m) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 4.8m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The site is bisected by a NE-SW orientated drystone field wall. The cashel bank is best preserved to the SE of the wall with the external basal facing surviving E-SE. To the NW of the wall only the internal and external basal facing survives consisting of slabs set on edge 1.9m apart. The original entrance is not recognisable. The SE side of the interior is strewn with rubble. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL005-133 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain, of drystone construction, located in a low hillock, in gently undulating pasture. An opening (0.6m wide x 0.4m high) into the souterrain is located within a depression on the summit of the hillock. A vertical drop through the opening provides access into the E end of a passage (10.2m E−W; 1.1m N−S; H 1.2m high) with a clay floor. At the W end of the passage, there is a constriction or creep (1.2m E−W; 0.5m N−S; H 0.7m), which opens onto the NE end of a rectangular chamber (4.4m N−S; 1m E-W; H 1.4m high). The chamber, which extends to the S, lies perpendicular to the passage, giving the souterrain an L-shaped plan. There is a possible vent (c. 1m E-W; Wth 0.3m; H 0.3m) at the N end of the W wall of the chamber, and a recess (c. 1.5m x 0.2m x 0.3m) in the S wall. The S wall appears more crudely constructed that the rest of the chamber, and may have been modified or rebuilt. A number of features post-date the original construction of the souterrain. These include: the neat piling of stone rubble (L 3.6m; Wth 0.5m; H 0.4m) along both the N and S wall of the passage, two shallow pits in the floor of the chamber, one against the W wall and one against the E wall, and a crude hearth in the NW corner of the chamber. These features appear relatively recent in date, and may relate to the local tradition that the souterrain was used as a hideout during the War of Independence. The above information is derived from a survey of the souterrain undertaken in 2016 by Dr. Marion Dowd, Sam Moore, Ivan Sullivan and Stewart Sullivan. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Revised upload: 5 December 2016

• SL008-032 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c.25m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6'' map but not shown on the 1940-1 edition. . The monument has been levelled and there are no remains visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-033 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by a broad flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.2m; int. H 0.65m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A N-S orientated field wall abuts the external base of the bank at E. A break (Wth 4m) in the bank at E marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-034 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating low-lying wet pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 28m) enclosed by a broad flat-topped bank of earth and stone (Wth 3.8m; int. H 0.55m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 3.8m; D 0.45m). The fosse encloses the site on all sides and is almost entirely silted up except SW-W and NNE-E. A break (Wth 2.4m) in the bank with a causeway across the fosse at NE marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-035 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated in low-lying, gently undulating, wet pasture. Rectangular water-filled depression (dims. 4.5m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE; D 0.45m) with vertical sides and a flat base of earth and stone. The well is enclosed by a circular wire and post fence (diam 6m). A now sod-covered concrete slab (Wth 4m; L c.5m) covers a reservoir located immediately to the SW of the well. Mulligan (1942-4) records that this well is reputed to have a cure for blindness. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-036 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in low-lying level wet pasture on a very slight S-facing slope. Slightly raised roughly circular area (dims. 27m E-W; 26m N-S) enclosed by a narrow internal bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m). At the external foot of the internal bank is the first flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 3.6m). Immediately outside the first fosse is a broad intermediate bank (Wth 3.75m; int. H 0.7m). At the external foot of the intermediate bank is a second flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5.35m). Immediately outside the second fosse is a broad external bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.6m). From NW-NNE the intermediate bank has been almost entirely removed. A sweathouse (SL008-036002-) has been built into intermediate bank at NNE. A NNE-WSW orientated field boundary bank crosses the external bank of the rath at NW and at SW. A drystone wall extends E-W from the intermediate bank at NW and along the external face of the internal bank NNW-NNE. A break (Wth 1.7m) in the internal with a corresponding break in the intermediate bank (Wth 2.5m) and the external bank (Wth 3.8m) at SSE marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-036001 Sweathouse
  Description

  Built into the middle bank of the trivallate rath at Cooldrumman Upper (SL008-036001-). Roughly circular structure (int. diam. 2.1m) with walls of random limestone rubble (max. H 1.5m; T 0.5m). The roof has collapsed and the base is infilled with rubble. The entrance consisting of a rough break in the wall is located at NE (Wth 1m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cooldrumman Upper, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cooldrumman Upper · Cúl na Dromann Uachtarach

Area

851,929 m² (85.19 ha, 210.52 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Lissadill East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

862 people lived in 306 households in the Lissadill East electoral division. 78% of households owned their home. 53% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashelgarran, Cooldrumman Lower, Cullagh More, Gortarowey, Urlar

Placenames

Cooldrumman Upper 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.