Doonflin Upper

46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Doonflin Upper, from 137 m² to 1,413,214 m² (141.32 ha, 349.21 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Doonflin Upper 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.

• 4 Apr 2024Conditional

  Planning permission to install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works at existing dwelling house subject to renovations at Doonflin Upper, Skreen, Co. Sligo.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460102

• 15 Nov 2023Conditional

  Development consisting of the following: to retain and complete extensions and alterations to existing dwelling house, together with all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360314

• 4 Jul 2023Conditional

  change of dwelling house type (previously granted permission under PL19/287) together with associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360163

• 3 Oct 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the following: (1) Retention of the additions (built from 1968 to date) to the original detached bungalow (built 1950's) as follows: a) Ground floor, side (south) and rear (west) extensions, b) Side (north) extended garage. (2) Demolition of the existing, original on-site septic tank system and the construction of a complete replacement waste water treatment system to current EPA standards

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 22327

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  development consisting of permission for retention of the following which differ from the plans permitted under PL00/1209; (1) Basement level extension constructed to dwelling house (2) Workshop/Garage constructed to side of dwelling house with flat roof and balcony area over (3) Single storey extension to rear of dwelling house (4) Associated alterations to plans and elevations of dwelling permitted under PL 00/1209 (5) garage as constructed differs in size and location from that permitted with all associated site works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2287

• 12 Aug 2021N/a

  development consisting of (a) change of house type to that previously granted planning permission under planning reference PL19/287, (b) proposed garage, together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21324

• 2 Nov 2020Refused

  development consisting of the construction of a 24m monopole telecommunications support structure carrying antenna and dishes together with associated ground equipment cabinets and associated equipment, access track, fencing and site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20380

• 16 Sept 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, construction of a domestic garage, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20314

• 12 Jul 2019Conditional

  development consisting of construction of a dwelling house of 178.61 square meters with septic tank, waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19287

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 Doonflin Upper.

Recorded monuments

• SL018-047001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a NW-SE rise on top of an E-W ridge. Raised circular platform (44m E-W; 41.5m N-S) defined by a substantial earthen bank (Wth 7.9-8.5m; int. H 1.2-1.5m; ext. H 2.9-3.6m). Enclosing the base of the platform is a fosse (Wth 3.8m; ext. D 0.5-1.5m) which is deepest at S–W. The entrance is at E where there is a break in bank, eroded now to a width of c. 6m, with an accompanying causeway (Wth. 4m) across fosse. Within the W part of the interior is a circular, flat-topped mound (SL018-047002-). Within the SE part of the interior is a linear depression which may mark a collapsed souterrain (see SL018-047003-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-047002 Mound
  Description

  At a rath (SL018-047001-). Within the W half of the rath interior is a circular, flat-topped mound (H 2.7m; diam. at base 12.5m, of top 3.8m). A kerb of large stones encloses the base of the mound, and stones also protrude from the sod on the top of the mound and on the sides. The location of the mound is marked as a trigonometriucal point on the 1837 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-047003 Souterrain
  Description

  At a rath (SL018-047001-). A narrow, linear depression (L 10.5m; Wth. 1.2m; D 0.3m) extends from a gap (Wth 2m) in the enclosing bank at S into the rath interior, curving slightly towards NNW. Stones protrude randomly in parts from the sod cover within the depression. This may represent the remains of a collapsed souterrain. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-072001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated at the N edge of the top of a low rise or knoll in undulating pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 20.4m) enclosed by a much degraded bank (Wth 1.7-1.9m; int. H 0.1-0.3m; ext. H 0.5-0.6m) of earth and stone. There is a gap (Wth 1m), whose N terminal is lined with a large slab, at E. Close to the centre of the interior is a small circular hut site (SL018-072002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-072002 Hut site
  Description

  In a rath (SL018-072001-). Located slighltly to NW of centre in the the rath interior is a small circular hut site (diam. 3m) defined by a low bank/wall of sod-covered stones (Wth 0.3m; H 0.1m). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-073 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012

• SL018-091 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In wet, marshy pasture at the base of an E-W ridge, situated on a small island of firm ground on the SE side of a naturally-occurring, spring-fed pool. It comprises a low semicircular mound (7m N-S; 4m E-W; H 0.4m) of shattered sandstone fragments within a matrix of black soil. The trough area is at W, facing the pool. The top of the mound is partly eroded by farm stock. There is a fulacht fia (SL018-091001-) c. 30m to NE, a burnt mound (SL018-091002-) c. 80m to NE, and a another burnt mound (SL018-091003-) c. 60m to N. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-091001 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated in wet, marshy pasture at the base of an E-W ridge, 10m SE of a NE–SW field drain. This comprises a well-defined, horseshoe-shaped mound (10m NE-SW; 7.5m NW-SE; H 0.6m). The hollow area (Wth 2.9m) is at NW. There is another fulacht fia (SL018-091----) c. 30m to SW, a burnt mound (SL018-091002-) c. 35m to NE, and another burnt mound (SL018-091003-) c. 15m to NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-091002 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated in wet, marshy pasture at the base of an E-W ridge. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. This fulacht fia comprises a low, subcircular mound (diam. c. 7m; H 0.4m). Sandstone fragments and black soil are exposed on the NW side, which has been eroded by farm stock. There is another burnt mound (SL018-091003-) c. 15m to WSW, a fulacht fia (SL018-091002-) c. 35m to SW, and another fulacht fia (SL018-091----) c. 80m to SW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL018-091003 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated in wet, marshy pasture at the base of an E-W ridge. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Four fulachta fiadh in proximity. The first three are located along the SE side of a NE-SW drain. There are intervening spaces of 30m and 35m between them. The fourth lies at the NW side of the drain. This, the fourth fulacht fia, comprises a D-shaped rise (dims. 13m NE-SW; 11.3m NW-SE - H 0.6m) composed of fragments of burnt stone in block soil. The drain cuts through the SW side where the trough was presumably located. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Doonflin Upper, 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 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 Doonflin Upper.

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

Name

Doonflin Upper · Dún Fhlainn Uachtarach

Area

3,143,140 m² (314.31 ha, 776.69 acres)

Civil parish

Skreen, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Skreen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

175 people lived in 65 households in the Skreen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Doonflin Lower, Farranyharpy, Grange Beg, Grangebeg Barr, Knockacappul

Placenames

Doonflin Upper 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.