Cottlestown

99 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cottlestown, from 15 m² to 114,171 m² (11.42 ha, 28.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Cottlestown 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.

• 6 Sept 2023Conditional

  development consisting of the demolition of the existing milking parlour and for the construction of a new milking parlour, the construction of 2 new silage pits and for all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2387

• 27 Jan 2022Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of new dwelling house, domestic garage, on-site wastewater treatment system, new site entrance together with ancillary site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2228

• 28 May 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a single-storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling, new on-site wastewater treatment system together with ancillary site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20165

• 11 Dec 2019Conditional

  development consisting of the re-design and relocation of the domestic garage as previously approved under planning permissio reference number 18/68 and for all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19498

• 21 Oct 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a slatted animal shed, and for all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19434

• 13 Mar 2018Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a new dwelling house, garage, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1868

• 4 Oct 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the demolition of the existing entrance driveway to this property and to develop a new entrance driveway onto the public road to ensure safer access & egress to the property

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17380

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 Cottlestown.

Recorded monuments

• SL016-057 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the edge of a terrace on the W-facing slope of a roughly NE-SW ridge in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) with a largely infilled external fosse (Wth 3.5m; max. D 0.4m). A break in the bank (Wth 3m) at E represents the original entrance. Close to the inner face of the bank at S is a hollow (dims. 6m x 5m; D 0.6m). Within the E quadrant of the interior a large slab protrudes at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-008 Milling complex
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) as 'Non-antiquity' and in the RMP (1995) 'Mill Pond'. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On the 1913 edition a 'Corn Mill' is depicted at the external face of the SW end of the NW wall of the yard of 'Castletown House' (SL022-009----). A 'Mill Race' is shown linking the mill and a mill pond (diam. 33.5m) with sluice c.250m SW. This is a post-1700 monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 31 July 2012

• SL022-009 House - fortified house
  Description

  Situated in level pasture. Rectangular, three storey with attic, gable-ended, limestone built structure (19.8m ENE-WSW; 9m NNW-SSW ; Wall T 1.5m) with base batter. At ground floor level there are three slit opes in the SSE wall, two in the WSW wall and two in the NNW wall. All, with the exception of one round-headed example in the NNW wall, are square headed and chamfered. All have had their embrasures filled in. The original entrance is in the centre of the SSE wall. A large, broken-out opening in the NNW wall may mark a secondary entrance. The modern entrance is in the centre of the ENE wall. At first floor level there are two slit opes with hood-moulding in the ENE wall. There is one square-headed and chamfered window in the SSE wall and two in the WSW wall. In the NNW and SSE walls are four and three large rectangular windows respectively. These are later insertions. At second floor level there are single slit opes in the ENE, SSE, and WSW walls. In the NNW and SSE walls there are four and 3 large rectangular windows respectively. These are later insertions. Access to the battlements is via a round-headed, two-centred doorway at the SSE end of the ENE wall. There are large chimney stacks at each gable and a walk-way between the chimney stacks and the battlements. There are bartizans at the WNW and ESE angles. There are large blocked-up fireplaces in both gables at 1st and 2nd floor levels. The floors were supported by corbels. Draughting on the corbels and on other stonework suggests that the structure dates to around the middle of the 17th century. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-010001 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a WSW-facing slope in poor pasture. From WNW-N-NNE the site is bordered by a now dried-up stream. Large D-shaped area (dims. 65m NW-SE; 50m NE-SW) defined from SSW-N-E by a low, stone-faced scarp (H 0.6m - 1m), with ephemeral remains of a bank at its upper edge, and elsewhere defined by a naturally-occurring, almost linear gully. Break in scarp at W (Wth. 2.8m) probably marks the original entrance. In the SE quadrant is a slightly raised subrectangular area (dims. 26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) enclosed by the largely grassed-over remains of a low wall of stone and earth (H 0.1m - 0.35m). In the NW corner is a pillar stone (SL022-010003-). Also within this sub-enclosure are numerous low upright stones which presumably mark burials (SL022-010002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-010002 Burial ground
  Description

  In the SE quadrant of a larger D-shaped enclosure (SL022-010001-), bordered on the SE side by a stream. A slightly raised subrectangular area (26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) enclosed by the largely grassed-over remains of a low wall (int. H 0.1-0.3m) of stone and earth, which incorporates the enclosing bank of the larger enclosure on the NE and SE sides. The interior of the burial ground is divided in two by a low scarp on a NE–SW axis which marks a drop of 0.7m in ground level between the larger NW part and a lower, smaller SE terrace which slopes down to the stream. In the NW corner of the raised NW part of the burial ground, there is a cross-inscribed pillar (SL022-010003-). A random scatter of low stones protruding from the sod may represent grave markers. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-010003 Cross-inscribed pillar
  Description

  Situated on a WSW-facing slope in poor pasture. Large D-shaped area (SL022-010001-). In the SE quadrant is a slightly raised subrectangular area (dims. 26m NW-SE; 21m NE-SW) enclosed by the largely grassed-over remains of a low wall of stone and earth (H 0.1m - 0.35m). In its NW corner, within a hollow, is a tall, rectangular pillar stone (H 1.62m; dims. 0.21m x 0.18m). A small Maltese cross is inscribed in the upper portion of its SW face. Also within this sub-enclosure are numerous low upright stones which presumably mark burials (SL022-010002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-011 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in level pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. 25-30m) on the 1837 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. This enclosure was levelled in the 1940s (local information). There is a slight rise in ground level at this location but no other trace of the enclosure is evident at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL022-012 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in level pasture. Not marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 34m) enclosed at SE-N by a much degraded, low bank (Wth 3.5-4m). The E half of the site has been levelled and there are no upstanding remains surviving. A modern field boundary abutts the bank at SW and W. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

• Castletown House, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey-over-basement rendered double-pile house, built c. 1820. Rectangular on plan with forward-projecting, broken-bed pedimented, end bays to front elevation, and, similar breakfront to east elevation. Two-storey flat-roofed return to rear (north) elevation. One-and-a-half storey stone outbuildings around south and west sides of courtyard to west of main house. Pitched slate roof, plain clay ridge tiles, ashlar stone corbelled chimneystacks, half-round uPVC gutters on projecting eaves with painted timber sheeted soffits carried on plain paired corbels, painted timber bargeboards to broken pediments. Simple stone corbelled eaves to north pile. Painted smooth-rendered walls, ashlar moulded raised plinth to south and east elevations. Square-headed window openings, limestone sills, painted mullioned-and-transomed small-pane timber sash windows to south and east elevations, six-over-six sashes to north and west, timber and uPVC casements to basement. Ashlar limestone entrance doorcase set below wide elliptical-headed voussoired arch with, unusually-profiled, columns flanking painted timber panelled door, elaborate sunburst fanlight over, multi-pane sidelights, ashlar steps. Approached by driveway from south-west, landscaped garden with mature trees, castle and mill to north-west.

• Castletown House, castle/fortified house, 1550–1650 · National interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay three-storey rubble stone fortified house, built c. 1600. Rectangular plan. Roof missing, rendered corbelled chimneystacks to east and west gables. Partially roughcast random rubble limestone walling, main south elevation with slightly projecting parapet, bartizan to south-east corner with insitu concrete tank c. 1940, cut-stone dressings and pointed corbels, parapet string course, battered base, north elevation with bartizan to north-west corner with pointed corbels. Square-headed window openings to upper storeys, rendered reveals, stone sills. Several defensive slit openings to ground floor, dressed stone chamfered surrounds, hood moulds. Segmental-arched entrance openings in east gable, square-headed opening to south. Surrounded by grass, rubble stone wall linking south-west corner with north wall of corn mill to south.

• Castletown House, mill (water), 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached eleven-bay two-storey rubble stone former corn mill, built c. 1800, now in use as agricultural store. Rectangular linear plan, eight-bay east range, higher three-bay west range. Hipped slate roof to east range, brick corbelled chimneystack, clay ridge tiles, timber eaves beam carried on horizontal timber roof ties projecting as corbels. Pitched corrugated-iron roof to west range, concrete verges, eaves corbel course. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling. Square-headed window openings, ashlar dressings, stone sills, some timber sash window cases and one six-paned sash survive. Segmental headed door and carriage openings, ashlar limestone twice-rebated surrounds. Segmental headed window openings to west range, some infilled, windows missing. Rectangular grass-covered courtyard to south, rubble stone boundary walls, approached by lane from south, O'Dowd's Castle to north.

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 Cottlestown, 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 high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Cottlestown · Baile Uí Choitil

Area

2,662,864 m² (266.29 ha, 658.01 acres)

Civil parish

Castleconor, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Castleconor West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,095 people lived in 379 households in the Castleconor West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Attichree, Ballymoneen, Bunnanilra, Carrowcardin, Carrowgarry, Carrowgun, Corbally, Rathglass

Placenames

Cottlestown 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.