Portavaud

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portavaud, from 543 m² to 76,428 m² (7.64 ha, 18.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Portavaud 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.

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  to construct dwelling house, install effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560041

• 8 Jul 2022Conditional

  development consisting of construction of dwelling house, installation of effluent treatment system with percolation area and to carry out all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22235

• 6 Jul 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the retention of existing dwelling house which differs in plan and elevation from that permitted under PL 19471. Retain existing detached storage shed on site. Upgrade the existing onsite wastewater treatment system to serve the property with all associated site works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20208

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: Ballysadare Bay SAC 000622
• Special Protection Area: Ballysadare Bay SPA 004129
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ballysadare Bay 000622

Recorded monuments

• SL013-077 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 32m N-S; 31m E-W) enclosed by a low, broad bank of earth (Wth 4.25m; int. H 0.35m). At NW and at SW the bank is absent and the defining element is a scarp (H 2.3m). The bank has been removed and the edge of the site removed from NE-E and from SE-SW. There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL013-078 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (dims. 26m E-W; 24m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 10m; int. H 1.4m). The external fosse is visible as a very slight depression (Wth 4m; D 0.1) SW-WNW. A break in the bank at NW (Wth 4m) marks the position of the original entrance. The bank has been reconstructed and the interior levelled up in recent years. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL013-079 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on N shore of inlet at W side of Ballysadare Bay in level pasture. Roughly D-shaped raised area (20.5m E-W; 10m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth (Wth 3.75m; int. H 0.2m) from WSW-ESE. It is defined by a 2m high E-W orientated scarp (H 2m) E-S-W. A fosse (Wth 3.55m; D 0.4m) lies at the external foot of the bank W-E. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank at ESE marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL013-082001 Enclosure
  Description

  This oblong enclosure runs NW/SE (L 6.50m, Wth 4.50m). It is defined by an inner ditch (Wth 0.50m, D 0.40m, and outer bank (Wth 1.50m, H 0.20m-0.30m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 April 2013

• SL013-082002 Enclosure
  Description

  This oblong enclosure runs on a NNW/SSE axis (L 2.20m, Wth 2.80m). It is defined by an inner ditch (Wth 0.50m, and outer bank (Wth 0.90m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 April 2013

• SL013-082003 Enclosure
  Description

  This oblong enclosure (L 5.80m, Wth 3.20m) is enclosed by an inner ditch (Wth 0.80m, D int. 0.40m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.20m, H 0.30m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 04 April 2013

• SL013-082004 Enclosure
  Description

  This oblong enclosure (L 8.90m, Wth 5.20m) has an inner ditch (Wth 0.50m, D 0.40m) and outer bank (Wth 1.20m, H int. 0.30m, H ext. 0.20m). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 12 April 2013

• SL013-082005 Enclosure
  Description

  This is a rectilinear enclosure which runs N-S (L 6.20m, Wth 1.80m) enclosed by a narrow, shallow, inner ditch (Wth 0.60m) and external low bank (Wth 1m). Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 11 April 2013

• SL013-082006 Mound
  Description

  A roughly circular raised area (Diam. 7.50m; H 0.30m-0.60m). Stones protrude from beneath the sod. There is a possible field clearance heap close to the shore edge. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 11 April 2013

• SL013-116 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on NNW-SSE orientated natural ridge in gently undulating pasture. The ridge is one of a series of very low natural ridges traversing the peninsula that leads to Portavaud point. Roughly rectangular area (dims. 5m NW-SE; 3.1m NE-SW) enclosed by an earthen scarped edge (ext. H 0.35m) with an external fosse (Wth 1.5m; D 0.2m-0.4m). The position of the original entrance is not distinguishable. The interior slopes slightly facing SW. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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

The EPA radon map gives no estimate at the centre of the townland of Portavaud.

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Portavaud · Port an Bháid

Area

593,726 m² (59.37 ha, 146.71 acres)

Civil parish

Skreen, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Toberpatrick East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

232 people lived in 88 households in the Toberpatrick East electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 24% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Buninna, Carrowbrickeen, Carrownteane

Placenames

Portavaud 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.