Cuiltydangan

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cuiltydangan, from 1,189 m² to 128,077 m² (12.81 ha, 31.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Cuiltydangan 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 Cuiltydangan 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

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Cuiltydangan.

Recorded monuments

• SL027-143 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In forestry, near the base of the W-facing slope of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. c. 30m) defined by a bank on the E arc where incorporated into a field boundary system and by a scarp (max. H 1.6m) elsewhere. Described during a previous inspection in 1987 (SMR (1989) file) as a circular area (22m N-S; 23m E-W) defined by an earthen bank with traces of an external silted fosse; the was bank eroded in parts especially at W and had a large gap (Wth 3m) at E and other smaller gaps elsewhere. 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

• SL027-144 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On the S-facing slope of a ridge. This possible rath has been levelled and only a low rise is now visible in the area. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 25m). The vicinity of the rath is overgrown with long grass, crossed by cultivation trenches and planted with trees. 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

• SL027-145 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a ridge, recently planted with trees. This rath has been levelled and the remains consist of a raised roughly circular area (diam. c. 27m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 0.7m). An earthen bank evident along the N arc (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.7m) appears to be part of or incorporated into a field boundary system. The interior is crossed by narrow forestry trenches on a N-S axis. The southern edge of the rath is difficult to trace due to disturbance by forestry. 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

• SL027-146 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the NW-facing slope of a ridge; the land to N and W is planted with trees. A slightly raised roughly circular area (22m N-S; 19m E-W) enclosed by a low earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 1m). A shallow external fosse (Wth 3m; D 0.4m) is evident all round. Numerous gaps occur in the bank including at SE (Wth 3m) and at E (Wth 2m). Another rath (SL027-147----) lies c. 150m to ESE on the same ridge. 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

• SL027-147 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a ridge. An oval area (14m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 3m). The bank survives best at S and is low elsewhere. The interior slopes down to N. Another rath (SL027-146----) lies c. 150m to WNW on the same ridge. 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

• SL027-148 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In forestry, on top of the E end of a ridge. A raised circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.6m) and a shallow external fosse (Wth 4.5m; D 0.5m). The bank along the SW arc is incorporated into a field boundary system. The interior is covered by rough pasture. 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

• SL027-149 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In forestry, on a S-facing slope, just below the summit of the ridge. A raised circular area (int. diam. 25m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.3m). An external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.4m) is evident all round. There is a possible entrance (Wth 2.5m) at SW and a gap (Wth 1m) in the bank at NW. The interior slopes down gently to S. 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

Architectural heritage

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

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 Cuiltydangan, 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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1203 (ZIP).

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

Name

Cuiltydangan · Coillte Daingean

Area

1,022,332 m² (102.23 ha, 252.62 acres)

Civil parish

Ballynakill, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Drumcolumb, the unit of the census

Census 2022

273 people lived in 106 households in the Drumcolumb electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 18% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Drumcolumb, Glen, Knockbreenagher, Rockbrook, Rosmore

Placenames

Cuiltydangan 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.