Knoxspark

125 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knoxspark, from 3 m² to 49,913 m² (4.99 ha, 12.33 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 34 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 86 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 46 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• N6TU – transport and utilities-related infrastructure (Other networks and basic infrastructure/utilities uses)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1nRES – new residential uses (New/proposed residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 20 Mar 2026Refused

  Permission for 1.Construction of a part single storey, part two storey dwelling split level dwelling, 2.Connection to the existing public wastewater network, 3. Construction of a new site access including construction of access road and driveway, 4. All associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660105

• 17 Feb 2026N/a

  1. Construction of a part single storey, part two storey dwelling split level dwelling 2. Connection to the existing public wastewater network 3. Construction of a new site access including construction of access road and driveway 4. All associated site development works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660055

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  The development will comprise of amendments to previously approved Sligo County Council planning reference no. 19/310 and An Bord Pleanála planning reference no ABP-306340-20. The proposed amendments include: A) Amendment of red line boundary. B) Redesign of 4 no. two-story, 3-bed semi-detached houses to consist of 5 no. two-story, 4-bed detached houses. C) Proposed amendments to site landscaping, provision of vehicular access, and all associated site works and service connections

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560164

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PART TWO STOREY, PART SINGLE STOREY DWELLING TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND SERVICES.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460466

• 23 Jul 2024Conditional

  The development will comprise of amendments to previously approved planning reference no. 23/60294. The proposed amendments include: a) proposed revision of site layout to include 2 no. semi detached houses in place of the previously granted type D detached house. b) Proposed amendments to previously granted boundary treatments and associated site layout change - CONDITION NO.4 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460241

• 3 Nov 2023Conditional

  Planning Permission to Construct 3 No. two storey (split level) semi-detached dwellings (total of 6 No. units), boundary treatment, modify front boundary wall for individual access and parking, construct a retaining wall to the north, south and west boundaries, public lighting, connect to all services and carry out all ancillary site works at Kilboglashy Td., Ballysadare East ED, Co. Sligo. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted with the application.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360298

• 31 Oct 2023Conditional

  • Demolition of the existing agricultural buildings on site • Construction of 9 no. residential units comprising of 3 no. - type A – 2 bed semi-detached units, 3 no. - type B - 3 bed semi-detached units, 2 no. - type C – 5 bed semi-detached units and 1 no. – type D – 5 bed detached unit. • Pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access/egress with the existing public road to the west of the site • All car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, pedestrian links, public lighting, service connections and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360294

• 18 Jul 2023Conditional

  The development will comprise the following: a) Construction of 1 no. detached 5 bedroom dwelling and associated garage, b) New vehicular entrance via Carriag Abhainn, c) All car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, service connections and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360181

• 18 Jul 2023Refused

  development consisting of the following: (a) construction of 1 no. detached 4 bedroom dwelling and associated garage, (b) new vehicular entrance via Carriag Abhainn, (c) demolition of existing stables building (d) all car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments service connections and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2375

• 7 Dec 2022Refused

  development consisting of the following: a) construction of 2 no. detached dwellings and associated garages, b) new vehicular entrance via Carraig Abhainn, c) demolition of existing stables building, d) all car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, service connections and all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22413

• 10 Jun 2022Refused

  Development consisting of the following: (a) construction of 2 no. detached dwellings and associated garages, (b) new vehicular entrances via Carriag Abhainn, (c) demolition of existing stables building (d) all car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, service connections and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22204

• 29 Jul 2019Conditional

  development for 1. Permission to construct 13 dwelling houses (12 no. 3 bed semi detached, 1 no. detached bungalow) with in existing housing development currently being completed known as Carraig Abhainn, with connection to existing services and associated works. 2. Alterations to internal roads layout of existing permitted development to facilitate new dwellings with alterations to site boundaries as permitted under PL 99/81 and PL 06/179 refers - CONDITION NO. 10 OF PL 19/310 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19310

• 28 Jun 2018Conditional

  Development consisting of the change of use of 4 No. retail units to apartments, including 3 No. two-bed apartments (Units 8, 41 and 62) and 1 No. one-bed apartment (Unit 69). Previous Planning PL 04/1504 refers.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 18246

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Unshin River SAC 001898
• Natural Heritage Area: Slieveward Bog NHA 001902

Recorded monuments

• SL020-165 Earthwork
  Description

  Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) as 'Earthworks'. Two circular enclosure-like features are visible on an aerial photograph (Air Corps AP, V 197/163-4). These are not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps and are not visible at ground level. It is possible that they were removed during land reclamations in the 1980s or in the course of the construction of the N4 in the 1990s and subsequent landscaping in 2000. The exact nature of these 'earthworks' are unknown. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 17 August 2011

• SL020-166001 Promontory fort - inland
  Description

  On an elongated ridge, which is enclosed on three sides by the Ballysadare River (which emerges through the Collooney gap in the Ox Mountains) and on the fourth side by a silted marshy lake. The S side of the ridge, which rises 4m above the surrounding marsh, was cut off from the remainder by a bank and external fosse, which enclosed an area 85m N-S by at least 75m E-W (cut by a railway line at W). According to local information, this bank and ditch were bulldozed in 1978 (Mount 2002, 106). The inland promontory fort was partially excavated in 1994 (ibid., 103-116) prior to the construction of the Collooney to Carraroe by-pass road (N4). The road was realigned to the E in order to cause minimal damage to the interior of the fort (ibid., 103). Based on evidence from aerial photography and the excavation of the fosse, Mount (ibid., 106-7) concluded that the fort's defences consisted of a stone-faced earthen bank as well as the external fosse and that there was an entrance with a causeway (Wth 6.5m) midway along them. Excavation revealed that the fosse had a maximum width of 5m at the top and of 2.08m at the base. The excavations within the fort also revealed a large quantity of butchered animal remains, iron tools and nails, and vast quantities of iron smelting slag and furnace bottoms, indicating that this was an important industrial centre (ibid., 113). An animal bone found in the fosse produced a radiocarbon determination of 1260+/-40 BP (GrA-2452; 660 to 880 cal AD 2 sigma) (ibid., 106). Within the promontory fort is a burial ground (SL020-166002-), two cairns (SL020-166008-, SL020-166009-) and four hut sites (SL020-166004-). A corn-drying kiln (SL020-166003-) was found within the E half of the interior. Subsequent to Mount's excavation, unauthorised quarrying was carried out at the promontory fort and in 1996 archaeological testing of an undisturbed finger of ground to the N of the area previously excavated, revealed three 'ditches' (Channing 1998b, 156). Though not fully excavated, Channing suggests that these features 'probably relate to [the] inland promontory fort' (ibid.). According to Mount (2002, 105), this promontory fort was well sited to control river traffic from Ballysadare Bay along the Ballysadare River and to guard a possible river crossing between the Barony of Tirerrill to the east and Leyny to the west. (Mount 1994d, 22-3; Mount 1995d, 78-9). 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166002 Burial ground
  Description

  Within an inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-), on an elongated ridge, on the W bank of and at a bend of the Ballysadare River. This burial ground was uncovered in 1994 during the excavation of the promontory fort prior to the construction of the Collooney to Carraroe by-pass road (N4) (Mount 2002, 103). The importance of the discovery resulted in the realignment of the road to the E in order to cause minimal damage to this and adjacent sites (ibid.). The inhumations were of three main types: crouched, flexed and extended. In most cases the heads were oriented to the W or SW. The burials were mainly in pits, which in a few cases were outlined with stones. Some of the burials contained grave-goods, either in metal or stone, and others contained animal bones. A minimum of 185 inhumation burials was recorded, 51 examples were extended inhumations with the heads to the west and the feet to the east, two individuals were extended on their sides, three burials were crouched and three were flexed. There were 11 examples of skulls without any other body parts. Eighty-two burials were disturbed and 13 were disarticulated. Twenty burials were left in situ. At some time the burial ground was enclosed by a subrectangular enclosure (23m N-S; 19m E-W) which is indicated on the 1913 OS 6-inch map in the SE quadrant of the inland promontory fort. The enclosing drystone wall (max. T 2.2m; H 0.95m) is composed of spaced uprights and drystone-walling of boulders with a rubble or earthen core. The earthen core contained a substantial number of artifacts and organic remains that were derived from an occupation surface. The wall overlay the old ground surface where a number of burials, which predate its construction, were excavated. The blocked entrance was discovered during the excavation in the S half of the W side and is marked by two large upright stones, 0.72m apart, with three low jamb-stones. The enclosure was subsequently reinstated to its original form prior to excavation and the entrance feature was reconstructed. There are two cairns (SL020-166008-; SL020-166009-) at the centre of the burial ground. The town of Ballysadare is c. 600m to NW. (Mount 1995d, 78-9; 2002, 103-116) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166003 Kiln - corn-drying
  Description

  In the E half of an inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). Discovered in 1994 during the excavation of the promontory fort and described as a stone structure (L 2.8m NW-SE), consisting of a series of upright stones surrounding an area of burnt soil and charcoal (Mount 1995d, 78-9). The kiln was aligned with the flue opening to the NW and the oval furnace (0.9m x 1.3m) to the SE; it contained a charcoal-rich layer with fragments of burnt bone, sand and seeds that extended to the SE over an area 7.5m N-S by c. 4m E-W (ibid.). (Mount 2002, 112-13) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166004 Hut site
  Description

  In the W half of an inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-) are four 'oval hut platforms' (Mount 2002, 105, fig. 3, 113). 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166005 Hut site
  Description

  One of four 'oval hut platforms' identified in the W half of Knoxpark inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). The others bear the numbers: SL020-166004-; SL020-166006-; SL020-166007-. (Mount 2002, 105, fig. 3, 113). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166006 Hut site
  Description

  One of four 'oval hut platforms' identified in the W half of Knoxpark inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). The others bear the SMR (1989) numbers: SL020-166004-; SL020-166005-; SL020-166007-. (Mount 2002, 105, fig. 3, 113). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166007 Hut site
  Description

  One of four 'oval hut platforms' identified in the W half of Knoxpark inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). The others bear the SMR (1989) numbers: SL020-166004-; SL020-166005-; SL020-166006-. (Mount 2002, 105, fig. 3, 113). Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh Date of upload: 20 June 2011 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166008 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In the centre of a burial ground (SL020-166002-) which is located in the interior of the inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). The easternmost of two cairns (see SL020-166009-) discovered and partially excavated during excavation of the complex in 1994 (Mount 1995d, 78-9; 2002, 103-116). A roughly circular cairn (4.5m E-W; 4.2m N-S; max. H 0.54m) situated on the old ground surface, directly under the sod layer, consisting of limestone boulders and flat slabs in a matrix of dark brown humus. A substantial quantity of stone immediately to the E of the cairn may have been tumble from it thus reducing the height of the cairn somewhat. Cremated human bone and charcoal flecks were found on the surface of the cairn directly under the sod but the bulk of it was recovered from a small depression formed by a number of stones. This cremation has been dated to 680 to 880 cal. AD (Mount 2002, 114). Finds included chert, flint, iron nails and a decorated gold and amber disc. In contrast to the surrounding burial ground, no inhumation burials were found in the old ground surface beneath the cairn which 'probably indicates that this feature pre-dates the inhumations' (ibid., 107). The E and W cairns were linked by a 6m long arrangement of angular stones on the northern side, possibly a wall footing, which continued to the E as a collapsed wall partly enclosing the eastern cairn. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-166009 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  In the centre of a burial ground (SL020-166002-) which is located in the interior of the inland promontory fort (SL020-166001-). The westernmost of two cairns (see SL020-166008-) discovered and partially excavated during excavation of the Knoxspark complex in 1994 (Mount 1995d, 78-9; 2002, 103-116). A roughly circular cairn (3.2m E-W; 3m N-S; max. H 0.4m) of large stones (diam. c. 0.7m) in a brown humus matrix from which quartz flakes, animal bone and iron and iron slag were recovered. The cairn covered a possible furnace base and at least one child burial. The E and W cairns were linked by a 6m long arrangement of angular stones on the N side, possibly a wall footing, which continued to the E as a collapsed wall partly enclosing the eastern cairn. 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1995).

• SL020-168 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a hollow in generally wet low-lying ground. A spring well now covered by a concrete well-house. There is a road a few metres to the S of it and a series of concrete steps lead to the well from this road. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. 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

• SL020-271 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Described as a kidney-shaped mound (13.2m E-W; 10.4m N-S; H 0.54m) of heat-shattered stones in a charcoal-enriched soil, indented on its S side (McConway 2000, 280). A rescue excavation was carried out in 2000 (Deevy 2001, 304) as the fulacht fia was in an area proposed as a landfill site. Excavation revealed a series of wooden planks and posts likely to represent the remains of the base of a trough under the S side of the mound and a discontinuous ring of thirty wooden stakes, c. 0.3m apart, which formed an enclosure (diam. 15m) around the mound (ibid.). 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

• SL020-280 Earthwork
  Description

  Situated in marsh c. 20m NW of a bend in the Ballysadare River. The remains consist of a central pear-shaped sunken area (15m E-W; 27m N-W; D c. 1-1.2m) with the narrow end opening to the N. It is enclosed by a raised, flat berm (W c. 5m) and external bank (W c. 5m; H. 1-1.5m). The bank is best preserved along the E, S and W sides and fades out gradually at the N end where the depression opening is situated. The E side of the monument was planted with trees in 2000 as part of the formal landscaping of the area following on the erection of the art work 'Regeneration' installed after the completion of the N4 roadworks. The exact nature of this feature is unknown and the possibility that it is of modern construction cannot be ruled out. The sides of the depression are relatively steep and it is possible that a pre-existing raised enclosure had its centre excavated. The inland promontory fort excavated by C. Mount in 1994 lies c. 150m to the WSW. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 18 August 2011

Architectural heritage

• Arrow Lodge, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered former glebe house, built c. 1820, with extensive renovations c. 1845. Canted single-storey bay windows to either side of central full-height projecting bay to south (front) elevation square at ground floor and broached to canted at first floor, full-width two-storey return to north (rear) with M-profile roof, terminating in single-storey garden room c. 1990 to north-east and single-storey porch to north-west, canopy over side entrance door to east elevation of return. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to bays, porch and garden room, clay ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered chimneys with corbelled limestone caps and octagonal yellow clay pots, cast-iron rainwater goods, dressed limestone verge stones on moulded springers, weather vane to central bay. Painted smooth-rendered walling on shallow plinth. Square-head window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casement windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, painted timber double doors each with three raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed fanlight over. Set in landscaped grounds rising to north with east gable facing road, rubble stone boundary wall.

• The Thatch, house, 1880–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached five-bay single-storey thatched house, built c. 1890. Now in use as a public house. Porch to front (east) elevation, one-and-a-half storey house to south, single-storey corrugated iron-roofed extensions to rear. Straw pegged thatched roof, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystack, concrete skews. Painted smooth-rendered walling. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casement windows c. 1980. Square-headed door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted double doors. Bitmac forecourt to road.

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, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1069 (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.

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

Name

Knoxspark · Tamhnaigh Liam

Area

636,172 m² (63.62 ha, 157.2 acres)

Civil parish

Ballysadare, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Ballysadare East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballysadare East electoral division: 1,387 people in 568 households; 77% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballysadare, Carricknagat, Kilboglashy, Knockmuldoney, Union

Placenames

Knoxspark 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.