Deechomade

29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Deechomade, from 746 m² to 103,185 m² (10.32 ha, 25.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Deechomade 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.

• 27 Mar 2026Conditional

  Change of house type to that previously granted under reference no. 21/304 and all associated site development works at Deechomade, Rathmullen, Ballymote, Co. Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660113

• 3 Aug 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of a new site entrance, construction of a dwelling house, garage, septic tank and percolation area together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21304

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 Deechomade.

Recorded monuments

• SL039-006001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, at the E end of an elongated natural rise, bordered to S by an expanse of damp pasture. A slight rise (c. 13m N-S) containing heat-shattered stones and dark soil, merging with and projecting slightly from the natural E-facing slope. A moated site (SL039-006----) lies c. 50m to SW. 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

• SL039-007 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the narrow top of a steep-sided drumlin. A raised circular area (int. diam. 28m N-S; 29.2m E-W) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1.7m). A possible entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at W. The interior is uneven and raised in the centre. A N-S field boundary crosses the interior rath off-centre to E; remains of another field boundary extends W from the bank at W. 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

• SL039-009 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on the NE-facing shoulder of a drumlin. This barrow was partially excavated by Keane and Farrelly (1993, 56; 1994, 71) in 1992 and 1993. It was described prior to excavation as a concave circular area (int. diam. 9m) raised slightly above the external ground level and enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.4m; ext. H 0.6m); a gap (Wth 4m) was noted in the bank at E; faint traces of an external fosse were visible along the N arc; the interior sloped gently to E and the bank height diminished towards E (Keane and Farrelly 1993, 56). Excavation revealed that the bank and fosse continue all round and that the possible entrance at E was a worn down section of bank (Keane and Farrelly 1994, 71). An oblong pit (1.5m x 0.8m), containing a dump of stones in a charcoal-rich sandy clay was uncovered in the NE quadrant. A large modern pit (3.4m N-S; 3.8m E-W) was also excavated in the interior which truncated all the internal layers in the other cuttings (ibid.). No evidence for house structures was found which suggests that this was not a habitation site and this is supported by the continuous bank and fosse (ibid.). Finds included quantities of worked chert and a flint thumb scraper (ibid.). A radiocarbon date obtained from charcoal from the base of the bank places the construction of this barrow in the Iron Age (Farrelly and Keane 2002, 100). There is a mound barrow (SL039-010----) in the adjoining field c. 190m to S and a ring-barrow (SL039-011----) c. 230m to SE. A cairn (SL040-008----) on Kesh Corann Hill is visible in the distance to E. Listed by Farrelly and Keane (2002, 98). 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

• SL039-010 Barrow - mound barrow
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the crest of a drumlin, with commanding views. A circular flat-topped grass-covered mound (diam. 15.5m N-S; H 2.25m) with some stones visible on its surface; the upper part of the mound has indications of quarrying (pers. comm. J. Farrelly and M. Keane). An embanked barrow (SL039-009----) lies c. 190m to N and a ring-barrow (SL039-011----) c. 170m to E. 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

• SL039-011 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the W-facing slope of a drumlin. Described as a raised oval area (18m N-S; 16.2m E-W) enclosed by a broad shallow fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.25m) with an external earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.9m; ext. H 0.5m); some stones are evident in the bank composition (pers. comm. M. Keane and J. Farrelly). The bank is incorporated into a field boundary along the W arc. A barrow (SL039-009----) lies c. 230m to NW and a mound barrow (SL039-010----) c. 170m to W. A cairn (SL040-008----) on Kesh Corann Hill is visible in the distance to E. 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 Deechomade.

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 Deechomade, 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 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 Deechomade.

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

Name

Deechomade · Deachoiméad

Area

874,365 m² (87.44 ha, 216.06 acres)

Civil parish

Cloonoghil, and its townlands

Barony

Corran

Electoral division

Cloonoghill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

307 people lived in 119 households in the Cloonoghill electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aughris, Ballynaglogh, Carrowloughlin, Knockanimma, Knocknakillew or Woodhill, Shancarrigeen or Oldrock, Spurtown Lower

Placenames

Deechomade 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.