Creaghadoo

16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Creaghadoo, from 1,244 m² to 203,871 m² (20.39 ha, 50.38 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Creaghadoo 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 Creaghadoo 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: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
• Special Protection Area: Sligo/Leitrim Uplands SPA 004187
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623

Recorded monuments

• SL009-008001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating mountain pasture. Slightly raised oval area (27m N-S; 25m E-W) enclosed by a broad bank of earth (Wth 4.4m; int. H 0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. A modern drain has been cut along the external base of the bank NE-SE. A break (Wth 2.7m) in the bank at S with a ramp to the exterior marks the position of the original entrance. There is some irregular rubble stone on the ramp and at the bank terminals indicating that the entrance may have been stone lined. The remains of a hut site (SL009-008002-) are located slightly to S of centre in the interior and a souterrain (SL009-008003-) is located slightly to NNW of centre in the interior. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-008002 Hut site
  Description

  Located slightly to S of centre in rath (SL009-008001-). The hut site consists of a slightly raised circular area (diam. 6m) defined by a scarped edge (ext. H 0.3m). Occasional irregularly shaped stones are set in the scarped edge. The interior slopes down slightly to S. Mature thorn bushes, widely spaced grow along the top of the scarped edge. There is a souterrain (SL009-008003-) located 4m NNW of the hut site. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 16 December 2016

• SL009-008003 Souterrain
  Description

  Located in the N half of a rath (SL009-008001-). Roughly rectangular flat-bottomed hollow (N-S 2m; E-W 1m; D 0.3m) with a lintelled entrance (Wth 0.3m; H 0.3m) to a passage at the N end. The sides of the passage are walled with drystone random rubble. The passage is mostly infilled with earth and is inaccessible. There is a hut site (SL009-008002-) 4m to SSE of the souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-009 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating upland pasture overlooking stream to E. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth (Wth 3.7m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. There are small livestock breaks in the bank at W, NW and at NE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight SW-facing slope on a natural triangular promontory overlooking the confluence of the Drumcliff River and a stream c. 150m to the SW. Roughly circular raised area (39m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 4.15m; int. H 0.4m). A fosse (Wth 5.65m; D 0.4m) is located at the external foot of the bank SW-SE. From SE-SW the bank is almost entirely absent and the edge of the site lies along the top of an E-W orientated S-facing steep natural slope that falls down to the Drumcliff River located 35m to the S. A break (Wth 2m) in the bank at NNW, with a causeway across the fosse, marks the position of the original entrance. There are modern breaks in the bank at WNW (Wth 2m), N (Wth 2m) and at ENE (Wth 2m) were there is a ramp into the fosse. 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 Creaghadoo.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, high (inferred), moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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.

No address of the register names Creaghadoo with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Creaghadoo · Na Críocha Dubha

Area

701,973 m² (70.2 ha, 173.46 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Glencar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glencar electoral division: 259 people in 89 households; 81% of households own their home; 15% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Collinsford, Glen Lower, Gortnagrelly, Lislahelly, Lugnagall, Slievemore or Kingsmountain

Placenames

Creaghadoo 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.