# Cross, Co. Sligo: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Toomour, barony of Corran, Co. Sligo; in Irish An Chrois.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 402,035 m² (40.2 ha, 99.35 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 85,812 m² (8.58 ha, 21.2 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Toomour, https://everytownland.com/sligo/parish/toomour.md
- Barony: Corran
- Electoral division: Drumrat, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 540 people lived in 203 households in the Drumrat electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Sligo, https://everytownland.com/sligo.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/44551
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 200552
- Centre: latitude 54.061005, longitude -8.455304 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cross, from 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres) to 130,150 m² (13.02 ha, 32.16 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 741379: 130,150 m² (13.02 ha, 32.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/741379.md
- Parcel 741380: 92,970 m² (9.3 ha, 22.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/741380.md
- Parcel 768284: 78,653 m² (7.87 ha, 19.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/768284.md
- Parcel 727991: 2,266 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/727991.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Cross in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

No planning application touches the townland of Cross in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: Bricklieve Mountains and Keishcorran SAC, site code 001656, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/001656
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Bricklieve Mountains & Keishcorran, site code 001656

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- SL039-031: Road - road/trackway, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-031----. Bóthar an Corann or Bothar na Slieve connected the town of Ballymote, Co. Sligo with Boyle, Co. Roscommon by a route around the SW side of Kesh Corran and to the W of the Bricklieve Mountains, a distance of c. 20km. According to Timoney and Timoney (2001, 21), Richard de Burgh, the Red Earl of Ulster, is credited with building this road to get from his castle at Ballymote (SL033-092----) into Roscommon. This entry deals only with that part of the road in Co. Sligo, i.e. from close to Ballymote as far as the Roscommon border. The road traverses a number of townlands over a number of the 1914 edition of the OS 6-inch sheets: OS 33: Ardsallagh/ Corhober/Mullaghcor; OS 39: Ardsallagh/Knocknacroy/Cross/Cloonagh/ Knocknawhishoge; OS 40:Carrowreagh/Dernaskeagh; OS 45: Meenmore/ Derrygolagh/Dernaskeagh. A possible link road between Bothar an Corann and Bothar an Iarla Ruaid (SL033-147---) goes from Greenan townland, around the S side of the Bricklieve Mountains, to Ballinafad. Sections of Bóthar an Corann are recorded as five separate records (SL033-145---; SL039-031----; SL040-143----; SL040-153----; SL045-002----) commencing at Ballymote and following the route SE to the county boundary with Roscommon. Only sections of the road are indicated on these maps though it was, of course, continuous. This section (SL039-31----) is a relatively long portion (L c. 2.3km). It is mainly orientated NW-SE, is tarred and is in use as a byroad. It is 3-4m wide and is flanked by walls, which in parts have been replaced by post-and-wire fencing. A section (L 0.8km) of the road that extends from Knocknacroy into Knocknawhishoge is not tarred and survives as a grassed-over metalled track flanked by field fences and currently used as a farm trackway. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of revision: 1 June 2011
- SL039-032: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-032----. In the corner of a field, on a N-facing slope. A waterlogged muddy overgrown area and some moss-covered stones mark the site of the well. A local legend, recorded in 1836, told that the mother of Cormac Mac Airt gave birth to Cormac while collecting water at Tober Cormac but while she was asleep the baby was taken by a wolf to a cave at Kesh (SL039-034----) to SE; some years later Cormac was returned to his mother (OSL, 161). A stretch of the road known as Bothar an Corann (SL033-145----) is c. 80m to the SW. (Kielty 2001, 4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008
- SL039-164: Platform, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-164----. This is one of four platform-like features (SL039-165----; SL039-166----; SL039-167----) cut into the steep W facing lower slope of Kesh Corran hill. It consists of a sub-circular area (c. 2m N-S by c. 3.5m E-W) quarried out of the hill side. The quarried material was used to create a level platform. The precise nature of these monuments is unknown: it does not seem likely that they functioned as quarries and a full elucidation must await further investigation (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 January 2014 Image SL039-164----_01 shows the scooped-out area viewed from the N.
- SL039-165: Platform, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-165----. This is one of four platform-like features (SL039-164----; SL039-166----; SL039-167----) cut into the steep W facing lower slope of Kesh Corran hill. It consists of a sub-rectangular area (c. 9m N-S by c. 17m E-W to the edge of the plaform) quarried out of the hill side. The quarried material was used to create a level platform. A number of grass-covered stones are visible in the interior and form no precise arrangement. It is possible that they have fallen from the scree on the higher slope above. The precise nature of these monuments is unknown: it does not seem likely that they functioned as quarries and a full elucidation must await further investigation (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 January 2014 Image SL039-165----_01 shows the scooped-out area viewed from the SW. Image SL039-165----_02, a view looking W from above the monument, shows the full extent of the platform area.
- SL039-166: Platform, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-166----. This is one of four platform-like features (SL039-164----; SL039-165----; SL039-167----) cut into the steep W facing lower slope of Kesh Corran hill. It is located up-slope and to the SW of SL039-165----. It consists of a sub-circular area (c. 8.5m N-S by c. 8.5m E-W) quarried out of the hill side. The quarried material was used to create a level platform. The precise nature of these monuments is unknown: it does not seem likely that they functioned as quarries and a full elucidation must await further investigation (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 January 2014 Image SL039-166----_01 shows the scooped-out area viewed from the NW. Image SL039-166----_02, looking N, shows the extent of the platform.
- SL039-167: Platform, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CSL039-167----. This is one of four platform-like features (SL039-164----; SL039-165----; SL039-166----) cut into the steep W facing lower slope of Kesh Corran hill. This monument consists of two conjoined scooped-out areas that define a wedge-shape measuring c. 12.5m N-S by 5m at the S narrowing to 3.5m at the N. The quarried material was used to create a level platform. The precise nature of these monuments is unknown: it does not seem likely that they functioned as quarries and a full elucidation must await further investigation (pers. comm. M.A. Timoney). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 January 2014 Image SL039-167----_01 shows the scooped-out areas viewed from the S

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Cross, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Cross.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cross.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cross.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cross.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Cross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo: https://everytownland.com/sligo.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Cloonagh: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cloonagh-200439.md
- Feenaghroe: https://everytownland.com/sligo/feenaghroe.md
- Greyfield: https://everytownland.com/sligo/greyfield-200774.md
- Knocknacroy: https://everytownland.com/sligo/knocknacroy.md
- Murhy: https://everytownland.com/sligo/murhy.md
- Tonaponra: https://everytownland.com/sligo/tonaponra.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/sligo/cross
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/sligo/cross