Knockatotaun

33 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockatotaun, from 1,228 m² to 96,803 m² (9.68 ha, 23.92 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Knockatotaun 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 Knockatotaun 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 Knockatotaun.

Recorded monuments

• SL025-103 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, near the base of a N-facing slope; the ground rises steeply to S and slopes down gently to N. A slightly raised roughly circular area (26.5m N-S; 24.6m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.6m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 0.4m) on the S upslope side and by a scarp (H 1.4m) with a slight internal lip (H 0.1m) NW-NE. The entrance (Wth 2m) is at NE, now somewhat eroded by animals; some eroded gaps occur in the bank at E and W also. The interior slopes gently down to N even though the N portion has been raised to compensate for the hillslope. 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

• SL025-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating rough pasture, near the base of a SE-facing slope at the S end of a ridge. A slightly raised roughly circular area (39.8m NNW-SSE; 41.9m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. The bank is substantial (Wth 4.8m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 0.65m) and slightly stepped externally NW-E, has a low internal lip but drops down 1.8m externally E-SW and is narrower (Wth 2m) with a more vertical external face SW-NW. A gap (Wth 2m) at SE and several other eroded areas were noted in the bank. At S a semicircular area has been scooped out of the external face of the bank. The fosse is substantial (Wth 4m; D 0.9m) NW-E, evident as a band (Wth 2m) of irises and denser vegetation E-SW and as a shallow depression (Wth 6m) SW-NW. The SE portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope though there is still a gentle slope down to SE. There is a possible hut site (SL025-104001-) in the NW quadrant. Some small quarry pits are adjacent to the rath at SE. Levelled field boundaries abut the bank at NW 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

• SL025-104001 Hut site
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-104----). The faint traces of a possible circular hut site consisting of a flat circular area (diam. c. 6m) defined by a low earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.1m) inside of which is a shallow depression (Wth 1m; D 0.25m). 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

• SL025-105 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at break of slope on the SW end of a ridge. A raised circular area (11m N-S; 11.7m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.6m) with a low internal lip E-N and by a scarp (H 0.3m) N-E. At ENE the scarp is particularly low and degraded. 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

• SL025-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the E-facing slope of a ridge. A semicircular area (53.8m N-S) defined by an arc of earthen bank SSE-N and open elsewhere as indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map. The bank (Wth 4m; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 1.45m) has an external drain (Wth 1.4m; D 0.3m). Gap (Wth 3m) at N. The interior slopes markedly down to E. A linear earthen bank (L 13.4m; Wth 2.9m; H 0.9m) in the NW quadrant extends E into the interior from the bank of the rath at NW. Field boundaries abut the enclosing bank at N and S. There is a quarry pit immediately to S and another c. 100m to 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

• SL025-107001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, straddling a break of slope on the E side of a low ridge. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a embanked circular area and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as a subrectangular enclosure defined on the E side by a field boundary. Now evident as a slightly raised subrectangular area (57.9m N-S; 71m E-W) defined on the E side by a drain (Wth 1.5m) and field boundary (Wth 1.2m), on the linear S side by a steep scarp (H 1.7m), by the gently curving remains of an earthen bank (Wth 2.1m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.95m) SW-W and at NW by a short section of linear bank (Wth 2.8m; int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.1m) at the E end of the N side. An external fosse is evident along the S arc (Wth 3.5m; D 0.9m), for short section at E (Wth 4.3m) and as band of irises (Wth 4.5m) NW-N; a quarry pit has been dug into the line of the fosse at SW. Gaps in bank occur at NE (Wth 3m) and NNW (Wth 4m). The W half of the interior is level while the E half slopes steeply down to E; the ground level in the E half is c. 3m lower than the W half. The following features were noted in the W half of the interior: a hut site (SL025-107002-) in the NW quadrant, a linear sod-covered mound of earth and stone (5.5m E-W; 1.6m N-S; H 0.6m) W of the centre and a similar parallel mound (8m E-W; 4m N-S; H 0.5m) c. 20m 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

• SL025-107002 Hut site
  Description

  In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-107001-), close to the bank at NW. A slightly sunken rectangular area (7.3m N-S; 10.3m E-W) defined by a sod-covered bank (Wth 1.2m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) with gaps at N (Wth 1m) and E (Wth 2m). 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

• SL025-108 Megalithic structure
  Description

  On gently sloping ground in rolling land. A large flat slab (L 3m SE-NW; Wth 2.7m; T 0.4m) is supported in a more or less horizontal position by four of seven stones set in irregular order under its perimeter. These are up to 1m long, 0.5m thick and 1.1m high. At least five other stones now lie loose under the perimeter of the roofstone. This is clearly an ancient burial chamber but its age and culture context is unclear. (Ó Nualláin 1989, 98, no. 20) 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 Knockatotaun.

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 high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockatotaun.

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.

No address of the register names Knockatotaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Knockatotaun · Cnoc an Toiteáin

Area

1,108,451 m² (110.85 ha, 273.9 acres)

Civil parish

Killoran, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Cartron, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Cartron electoral division: 157 people in 64 households; 89% of households own their home; 22% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownloughan, Gortnadrass, Killoran North, Killoran South, Knockadoo

Placenames

Knockatotaun 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.