Kilfree

226 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilfree, from 28 m² to 146,659 m² (14.67 ha, 36.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 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 Kilfree 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.

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  development consisting of (a) retain independent living unit to the front of existing dwelling house (b) retain extension to rear of existing dwelling house where it differs from that previously granted PL11/243 (c) retain entrance porch to front of existing dwelling house (d) revision of site boundaries to that previously granted planning permission under reference number PL11/243 (e) retain vehicular entrance and boundary walls together with all ancillary site works and services

  Retention, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 22359

• 29 Apr 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the revised dry shed design and all asssociated site works as previously granted under PL19/286

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21151

• 27 May 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the widening of existing forestry access entrance and all associated site works to existing forestry lands

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20163

• 12 Jul 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a new dry shed and all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19286

• 10 May 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house, roadside boundary wall and ancillary garage along with the provision of an on-site wastewater treatment system and all associated siteworks

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17171

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 Kilfree.

Recorded monuments

• SL044-045 Standing stone
  Description

  In undulating pasture and incorporated into a stone field boundary. An upright lozenge-shaped limestone stone (H 1.6m; Wth 1.65m; T 0.5m), split in two from top to bottom; several small stones have been placed into the resulting fracture. It was recorded in 1836 as 'Cloch mor na creagadh, Big stone of the Creggs. Creagadh is the name of the ground on which it stands' (OSNB vol. 1, 433). 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

• SL044-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In gently undulating ground. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 44m N-S; 42m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 2.2m) N-NW and by a scarp (H 1.5m) elsewhere. The interior slopes down to S and E. There is a farmyard immediately to 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

• SL044-047001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In pasture, at the base of a N-facing slope. The well utilised a natural spring emerging at the base of the slope. It has been converted into a county council reservoir and is enclosed by a rectangular concrete shed (11m E-W; 8.5m N-S). No structural remains of the holy well survive. In 1836 it was recorded that the well was known as 'Tobar na Naomh' with a traditional Patron Day on 15th August (OSL, 229). A holy well (SL044-081----) named 'Tober-na-neeve or the Well of the Saints' is recorded in Carrowntemple, c. 2.5km to SW, and had its patron day on 15th August. A penitential cairn (SL044-047002-) and a cross-slab (SL044-047003-) lie c. 9m to ESE and there is a burnt spread (SL044-047006-) at the NW corner of the shed. A cashel (SL044-048001-) is located at the top of the slope 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

• SL044-047002 Penitential station
  Description

  In pasture, at the base of a N-facing slope and 9m ESE of a holy well (SL044-047001-). A roughly circular cairn (4m N-S; 3.6m E-W; H 1.4m) of stones and slabs with a slightly domed profile, partially obscured by sod and brambles. In places glimpses of coursed stonework are evident. Projecting slightly from the W side is a roughly coursed drystone facade (H 0.5m) of horizontally laid slabs with a flat top (0.5m E-W; 0.6m N-S). The cairn rises gently for c. 0.5m behind the top of the facade. Propped up on the flat top of the facade at W is a cross-slab (SL044-047003-). A large upright slab (H 0.65m; Wth 0.8m E-W; T c. 0.12m) is embedded in the ground at the base of the N side of the cairn. There is a small circular perforation (diam. 0.005m) close to the top edge on the E side of the slab. A cashel (SL044-048001-) is located at the top of the slope 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). Attached image: SL044-047002-_01.JPG Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL044-047003 Cross-slab
  Description

  In pasture, at the base of a N-facing slope and on top of the W side of a penitential cairn (SL044-047002-). A lozenge-shaped sandstone slab (0.5m x 0.48m; T 0.01m) incised on one face with a triple-lined, equal-armed cross, enclosed in a double incised circle (ext. diam. 0.29m). The arms of the cross appear to extend to the edge of the outer circle. A tiny indentation or cupmark is picked out in the centre of each quadrant of the circle. The central incised line at the top of the cross shaft continues beyond the circle to form the shaft of a small single-line cross enclosed within a circle (diam. 0.12m) intersecting with the outer ring of the double circle. The small cross and circle appear to be executed somewhat more simply than the larger cross. There is a holy well (SL044-047001-) c. 9m to WNW and a cashel (SL044-048001-) at the top of the slope 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). Attached image: SL044-047003-_01.JPG Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL044-047006 Burnt mound
  Description

  In pasture, adjacent to the NW corner of a concrete reservoir that encloses a holy well (SL044-047001). During an inspection of the well in 2002, a spread (diam. 4m) of burnt sandstone fragments in dark charcoal-rich soil was noted exposed on the surface of the ground. 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 revised upload: 21 October 2019

• SL044-047007 Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
  Description

  Built into a field boundary wall, located to E of a holy well (SL044-047001-), a penitential cairn (SL044-047002-) and cross slab (SL044-047003-). An angular boulder with a broad, shallow natural depression on its upper surface. Water naturally collects in the depression. According to local information, pilgrims visiting the nearby holy well blessed themselves using water taken from the depression in the boulder when they were en-route to and departing from the well. Attached images: SL044-047007-_01 SL044-047007-_02 Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 October 2019

• SL044-048001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on level ground at the top of a N-facing slope overlooking a low-lying expanse of damp pasture. A spring at the base of the slope to S is the location for a holy well (SL044-047001-) adjacent to which is a leacht cuimhne (SL044-04702-) with a cross-slab (SL044-047003-). A slightly raised oval area (54.5m E-W; 41.4m N-S) enclosed by a ruined stone wall (Wth 4-4.5m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.2m). The wall is especially low and poorly preserved NE-SE. Stones protrude randomly from the sod cover but a few large stones visible in places N-NE may be the remains of stone facing. Loose field-clearance stones and boulders are heaped on top of the wall around its circuit. There is a large break (Wth 6m) in the wall at WNW. The interior is slightly elevated in the NE quadrant with a very slight slope from there down to SE and SW. At S the outer edge of the wall is incorporated into a substantial roughly coursed drystone field wall (Wth 2.2m; H 1.8) on an E-W axis. Where the field wall intersects (L c. 10m) with the cashel, it is constructed of larger stones than elsewhere along its length. A possible limekiln (SL044-048002-) is built into the external face of the cashel wall at N. 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

• SL044-048002 Kiln - lime
  Description

  Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Souterrain Possible'. Within Kilfree cashel (SL044-048001-). Built into the external face of the cashel wall at N is a small roofless U-shaped structure (2-2.5m N-S; 1.5m E-W) faced with stone (H 1m), open to NNE, possibly the remains of a ruined limekiln. It is likely to be post-1700 AD in date. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC Date of upload: 10 January 2012

• SL044-061 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a gently rising hillock. A densely overgrown raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 22m E-W) enclosed by a ruined stone wall (Wth 6.1m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.2m). The interior is crossed by several field boundaries. 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

• SL044-062 Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
  Description

  In a small isolated patch of unreclaimed bog in rolling pasture about 5km W of the N end of Lough Gara. The tomb, much of which is either missing or remains concealed in the bog, faces W and protrudes from a heel-shaped mound (L 9m E-W; max. Wth 7.5m at W). The forward 2.6m of the gallery is visible. Opposed stones, 1.45m apart, form the gallery entrance. A single sidestone adjoins the southern of these and 0.6m beyond this a partly concealed stone may be a fallen orthostat. Two orthostats adjoin the northern entrance stone. Outside these there are two stones that serve to double the gallery wall at this point. A lintel that covered the entrance has slipped off the S side of the gallery. Broken lines of outer-walling to the N and S join a facade running across the W end of the tomb. Two facade-stones link the S side of the gallery entrance to the outer-wall and these articulate with a line of three outer-wall stones, each of which has fallen outwards. The surviving facade-stone at the N articulates with the front of the outer-walling at this side of the monument. It adjoins a line of five stones, the middle three fallen outwards and the easternmost partly buried. Another outer-wall stone stands some 2.3m to the E. A small set stone 2.3m S of the last is of uncertain function. Three displaced stones lie on the mound at the NE. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 78-9, no. 125) 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 See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989)

• SL044-064 Enclosure
  Description

  In stony pasture. A slightly raised circular area (44.2m N-S; 45m E-W) defined by a fosse (Wth 4.4m; D 0.25m) with an external earth and stone bank (Wth 5.5m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 1m). The interior rises very slightly at the centre and is crossed by a field boundary on the NW-SE axis. There is some overgrowth on the bank and fosse at E and SE. 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 Kilfree.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1043 (ZIP).

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.

• Kilfree, Gurteen7 sales

Name

Kilfree · Cill Fraoigh

Area

3,390,331 m² (339.03 ha, 837.77 acres)

Civil parish

Kilfree, and its townlands

Barony

Coolavin

Electoral division

Kilfree, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilfree electoral division: 541 people in 230 households; 69% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Annaghmore, Cloonlaheen, Cloonsillagh, Cuilmore, Doon, Kilstraghlan or Ragwood, Monasterredan, Sroove

Placenames

Kilfree 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.