Lugnamackan

20 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lugnamackan, from 606 m² to 335,357 m² (33.54 ha, 82.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

No planning application touches the townland of Lugnamackan 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

• Natural Heritage Area: Slieveward Bog NHA 001902

Recorded monuments

• SL020-196 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 24m E-W) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (T 3m; int. H 1m; ext. H 3m on S downslope side). The entrance (Wth 1.5m) is at SE. The interior is covered with overgrowth. 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

• SL020-197001 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a S-facing slope of the Ox Mountains. Indicated as a pentagonal field on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and on the 1913 OS 6-inch map as a roughly oval field or enclosure (c. 35m N-S; c. 30m E-W). Inaccessible due to dense overgrowth. 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

• SL020-197002 Enclosure
  Description

  In partially reclaimed pasture, on a S-facing slope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as the most north-westerly (diam. c. 10m) of three small conjoined circular enclosures (see SL020-197003- and SL020-197004-). The area is now densely covered with overgrowth. Noted by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths 'forming a cable-chain pattern'. 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

• SL020-197003 Enclosure
  Description

  In partially reclaimed pasture, on a S-facing slope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as the most central (diam. c. 10m) of three small conjoined circular enclosures (see SL020-197002- and SL020-197004-). It is not visible at ground level. The area is densely covered with overgrowth. Noted by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths 'forming a cable-chain pattern'. 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

• SL020-197004 Enclosure
  Description

  In partially reclaimed pasture, on a S-facing slope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as the most south-easterly (diam. c. 10m) of three small conjoined circular enclosures (SL020-197002- and SL020-197003-). It is not visible at ground level. The area is densely covered with overgrowth. Noted by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths 'forming a cable-chain pattern'. 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

• SL020-197005 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing slope and conjoined to another cashel (SL020-197006-) at NE. A roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) defined NW-SSW by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 3.6m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m), covered with overgrowth; the wall has been removed elsewhere. Stone facing is evident along the inner face of the wall for c. 5m at N. At NW, for c. 12m, field clearance stones and timber have been piled onto the cashel wall. The entrance (Wth 1.8m) is at ESE and there is a gap (Wth 3.8m) at NNW. The interior is under pasture and slopes down to S where the ground falls away steeply immediately outside the perimeter of the cashel. There is no direct access from the interior to the adjoining cashel (SL020-197006-). 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

• SL020-197006 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing slope and conjoined to another cashel (SL020-197005-) at SW. An oval area (c. 51m NW-SE; c. 48m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall, densely covered with overgrowth. An entrance (Wth 2m) at W was noted during a previous site inspection in 1992 (SMR (1989) file). 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

• SL020-197007 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing slope and adjoining another cashel (SL020-197008-) to E. A circular area (int. diam. 18.8m N-S; 19.1m E-W) defined by a collapsed grass-covered stone wall (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.5m). The spread of the collapsed wall is widest (Wth 6m) SE-SW where it faces a natural scarp and narrowest (Wth 2.4m) at ESE where only a narrow fosse (Wth 0.6m) separates it from the bank of the adjoining cashel. There is a possible entrance (Wth 1m) at ESE. The interior is under pasture and slopes gently down to SE. Cultivation ridges, visible in an aerial photograph (CUCAP, BGM 35) taken in 1971, are not visible at ground level. A possible cashel (SL020-197009-) abuts the SE edge. Mentioned by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths in a 'trefoil arrangement'. 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

• SL020-197008 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing slope and adjoining another cashel (SL020-197007-) to W. A subcircular area (int. diam. 15.6m N-S; 18.8m E-W) enclosed by a broad partially grass-covered spread of stones (Wth 7m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 1.8m) topped by a stone field boundary NNW-S. The stone spread partially faces a natural scarp NE-SSE. Separated at WSW from the adjoining cashel (SL020-197007-) by a narrow fosse (Wth 0.6m). A possible cashel (SL020-197009-) abuts the SW edge. Mentioned by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths in a 'trefoil arrangement'. 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

• SL020-197009 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, near the top of a gentle S-facing slope and adjoining the S edges of conjoined cashels (SL020-197007; SL020-197008-). A roughly circular area (int. diam. 21m) defined by the enclosing walls of the adjoining cashels NW-NE, by a stone-faced scarp topped by a stone field boundary NE-S and by a low grass-covered stone spread (Wth 5.1m; H 0.5m) S-NW. The stone facing on the scarp has now collapsed. The interior, which slopes down to E, is stepped due to three low natural terraces. Mentioned by Wood-Martin (1882, 21) as one of three raths in a 'trefoil arrangement'. 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

• SL020-197010 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, on a narrow level terrace near the foot of a gentle S-facing slope. A roughly circular area (int. diam. 15m N-S; 17.6m E-W) defined by a stone wall (Wth 1.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 0.5m), only one course high, SSE-NE and elsewhere by a spread of collapsed stones (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) with traces of external stone facing. The entrance at NE is indicated on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. A small animal pen (int. dims. 3.6m N-S; 2.8m E-W) with collapsed stone walls (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m) is in the NW quadrant of the interior, abutting the cashel wall. This has an entrance (Wth 2.3m) at E. Immediately to S of the animal pen is a small field clearance cairn (2.2m x 1.5m; H 0.6m). A low natural terrace extends to E and W of the cashel for 17m and 30m respectively. According to local information, stone facing of these terraces, some of which survives, was carried out during land improvements. 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 Lugnamackan.

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 high, moderately high, 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_1070 (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 Lugnamackan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Lugnamackan · Log na Meacan

Area

1,316,345 m² (131.63 ha, 325.28 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

Ardcotten, Bleachgreen, Carricknagat, Corhawnagh, Kilboglashy, Largan

Placenames

Lugnamackan 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.