Rathscanlan

263 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathscanlan, from 18 m² to 205,273 m² (20.53 ha, 50.72 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 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.

• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 187 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 · 34 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1BIE – business, industry, enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 22 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 6 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R4SLR - Strategic Land Reserve (Strategic Residential Reserve)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 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 · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1nRES – new residential uses (New/proposed residential)
  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.

• 11 Jun 2024Conditional

  The development will consist of demolition of existing agricultural shed to construct extension to existing house comprising bedroom en-suite at first floor level and a entrance hall, kitchen dining, utility and living room at ground floor level. To construct a proposed agricultural storage shed for dry goods and all necessary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460203

• 28 May 2024Conditional

  the development will comprise the following: a) Construction of a total of 8 No. residential units consisting of (a) (Type A) 4 Bed Detached House, 1 No. – (Type B) 2 Bed Terraced House, 1 No. – (Type C) 2 Bed Terraced House, 1 No. – (Type D) 4 Bed Terraced House, 1 No. - (Type E) 3 Bed Detached House, 1 No. – (Type F) 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, 1 No. – (Type G) 3 Bed Semi-Detached House, 1 No. (Type H) 3 Bed Detached House, (b) landscaping, boundary treatments, entrance improvements, public lighting, service connections and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460187

• 30 Apr 2024N/a

  The development will consist of demolition of existing agricultural shed to construct extension to existing house comprising bedroom en-suite at first floor level and a entrance hall, kitchen dining, utility and living room at ground floor level. To construct a proposed agricultural storage shed for dry goods and all necessary site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460142

• 13 Mar 2024Conditional

  1)Extension to existing warehouse unit with gross floor area of 89 sq. m. 2)Provision of a warehouse unit with gross floor area of 2346 sq. m. 3)Provision of on-site parking together with all other associated site works. 4)Provision of elevational signage and 5)Connect to services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460072

• 7 Jun 2023N/a

  The demolition of the existing farm shed to construct an extension to the existing house comprising a bedroom en-suite at the first-floor level and entrance hall, kitchen dining, utility and living room at the ground floor level, modification to the existing site entrance and to construct a proposed agricultural shed and all necessary alterations and site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360138

• 5 Oct 2022N/a

  development consisting of (a) retention of a single storey extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house and (b) retention of existing domestic garage

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 22332

• 3 Jun 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the following: (1) Provision of a warehouse unit with gross floor area of 603 sq.m. (2) Provision of a storage unit with gross floor area of 316 sq.m. (3) Provision of on-site parking together with all other associated site works (4) Provision of elevational signage. (5) Connect to services - CONDITION NO. 13 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22196

• 11 Apr 2022Conditional

  development consisting of erection of 560.92 m2 or 104.85 kWp of photovoltaic panels on the existing roof of manufacturing building with all associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22129

• 17 Feb 2022Conditional

  development consisting of retention of a single storey, metal profile shed to the rear of the property

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2256

• 31 Jan 2022Conditional

  retention and completion of existing housing development comprising of 10 no. two-storey dwellings i.e. 6 no. semi-detached and block of 4 no. dwellings which are at ground floor slab stage and construction of 5 no. 3-bed detached dwellings with detached garages, completion of service roads and services, landscaping, connection to existing services and associated works, permission is also sought for temporary access for construction traffic off Charlestown Road

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1616

• 18 Nov 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) a two storey and single storey extension to the rear of the existing property (2) the total size of the extension is 70.5m2 (3) the extension consists of 2 en-suites, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen (4) a 62.5m2 single storey storage shed in the rear garden

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21452

• 19 Jul 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the folowing (1) to retain and complete extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling house (2) new connections to main foul sewer and (3) formation of new site entrance and all associated site works all at existing dwelling house

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 21280

• 21 May 2021Conditional

  development consisting of the revised site boundaries and also to omit condition number 3 from the schedule of conditions of Planning Permission number PL02/770 which states " A maximum number of 17 children shall be accommodated at any one time within the development"

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 21183

• 1 Mar 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of change of use of existing domestic garage to self-catering accomodation all associated site works all at existing house.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 1965

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 Rathscanlan.

Recorded monuments

• SL037-047 Moated site
  Description

  In pasture, in level wet ground. A slightly raised subrectangular area (int. diam. 28.1m NE-SW; 23.3m NW-SE), with rounded corners, enclosed by two flat-topped earthen banks with an intervening fosse. The inner bank (Wth 2.3m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.8m) has numerous gaps. The intervening fosse (Wth 4.8m), which is wet in places, has a possible leat (Wth c. 1m; D 0.2m) feeding into its W corner. The outer bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 0.55m) is evident on the NE, SE, SW and part of NW sides. 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

• SL037-049 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on the N-facing slope of a rise. A circular area (diam. 39m) defined by a slight fosse (Wth 7m; D 0.2m) along the S and SW arcs. The N portion of the level interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. According to local information, this possible rath was partially levelled in the mid 1950s. 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

• SL037-056 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  A slightly raised circular area (diam. 27m N-S) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.5m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.3m) S-NW and N-NE and by a scarp NW-N. An external flat-bottomed boggy fosse (Wth 3.5m; D 0.3m) is evident S-NE. The rath is truncated NE-S by a disused NE-SW road. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as oval (c. 38m N-S; 32m E-W). A NE-SW railway line is indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map immediately to SW of the rath. 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

• SL037-078001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise in bogland. A raised circular area (diam. 30m) defined by a flat-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.3m) NE-NW and by a scarp NW-NE. An external flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 6.5m; D 0.5m) is evident SE-NE. A N-S field boundary crosses the fosse and bank at S leading into the centre of the interior where there is a central cairn of stones (diam. c. 1m). There is a souterrain (SL037-078002-) in the NW quadrant adjacent to the scarp. The interior is poached by cattle and is densely covered with overgrowth as well as damaged by badger setts. There is a small quarry to NE and a field boundary clips the fosse at W and 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

• SL037-078002 Souterrain
  Description

  In a rath (SL037-078001-). Two roof lintels of a souterrain (long axis N-S) are visible in badger sets in the NW quadrant of the rath. 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

• SL037-103 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, on a low rise. A circular area (diam. 6m N-S; 6.5m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 1.9m; H 0.5m). The entrance (Wth 1.4m) is at NE. 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

• SL038-029 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low rise. Indicated on the 1838 and the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). According to local information, this possible rath was removed in the 1950s. A level area on the top of the rise (diam. c. 20m) probably indicates its location. 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

• SL038-074 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The monument, destroyed sometime between 1914 and 1942, stood on rolling pasture about 1km SW of Tobercurry town. A sketch of the tomb by Wakeman (1878-82, drawing book 1, folio 109) and a plan by Wood-Martin (1886-7, 276; 1888, 214) show a dual court tomb, aligned more or less E-W, consisting of two two-chambered galleries set back to back and 3.8m apart. The western chamber was c. 5.5m long and the eastern c. 7.5m long. Two jambs stood at the entrance to both galleries and a single courtstone adjoined the southern of the two at the eastern gallery. Two sidestones on each side, the southern segmenting jamb and the backstone of the western gallery were then in place as were four sidestones to the S, one to the N, the northern segmenting jamb and the backstone of the eastern gallery. An OS 1:2500 field trace (1914) depicts two galleries aligned NE-SW within a roughly rectangular enclosure which seems to represent a mound (L 25m; Wth 15m). (Ó Nualláin 1989, 74-5, no. 118) 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)

• SL038-075 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a gentle SW-facing slope. Indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as an embanked circular area (diam. c. 30m). This possible rath is not visible at ground level. 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 Rathscanlan.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rathscanlan, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

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

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rathscanlan · Ráth Scanláin

Area

2,441,915 m² (244.19 ha, 603.41 acres)

Civil parish

Achonry, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Tobercurry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

3,118 people lived in 1,190 households in the Tobercurry electoral division. 60% of households owned their home. 51% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyara (Knox), Ballyara or Falduff, Carrowntober, Carrowreagh (Cooper), Cashel South, Rue, Tobercurry

Placenames

Rathscanlan 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.