Ross

27 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ross, from 37 m² to 194,577 m² (19.46 ha, 48.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Ross 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.

• 27 Jan 2022Conditional

  Development consisting of the following(1) demolition of existing flat roof extension to the rear of existing dwelling house (2) construction of a new front porch and new extensions to both gables ends and the rear of existing dwelling house, (3) carry out all necessary alterations and refurbishment works to existing dwelling house - including the raising of existing eaves and ridge level (4) to install new effluent treatment system and percolation area together with the carrying out of all associated ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2229

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 Ross.

Recorded monuments

• SL019-080 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the level top of an E-W rise in pasture. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 27.3m) enclosed at NE by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.6m; H 0.55m) and elsewhere defined by a scarp. No fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. The internal area is divided into unequal portions by a disused NW-SE field boundary. Within the internal area at E is a large slab (L 2m; Wth. 0.35m) whcih is obliquely embedded in the sod. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL019-082001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the SE-facing slope of a NW-SE ridge. Raised oval area (dims. 36.6m NW-SE; 29.7m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth. 3.6m; int. H 0.7m). A kerb, formed by large stones, is visible at the inner face. At the outer foot of the bank from SW-W-NW is a wide, deep fosse (Wth. 4.4m; D 1.1m). Poorly defined break in bank at S (Wth. 2m) may mark original entrance. In the NE quadrant are ephemeral remains of a stony E-facing scarp (H 0.3m) which extends from N-E-S for c.6m. A lintelled, stone-lined opening in the bank at W gives access to a souterrain (SL019-082002-). Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL019-082002 Souterrain
  Description

  At Ross rath (SL019-082001-). In the external face of the bank at W is a lintelled, stone-lined opening (Wth. 0.5m) giving access to a largely infilled passage or chamber extending in a NE direction. Within the interior of the rath, c.12m NE of the entrance to the souterrain, is a small hole (Wth. 0.2m) within a shallow depression. A stone-filled cavity is visible beneath the hole. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL019-204001 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated on the N side of a stream, bordering the SW side of an expanse of wet pasture. The stream flows from a spring located at the base of a N-facing slope c. 25m to SW. A low, roughly circular rise (diam. c. 3m; H 0.3m) with poorly defined limits. Angular stone fragments in black soil are visible in eroded sections. There is a fulacht fia (SL019-204002) 6m to E, a burnt mound (MA019-204003) c. 30m to NE, and a holy well (SL019-081) c. 25m to SSW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2011

• SL019-204002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Situated on the N side of a stream, bordering the SW side of an expanse of wet pasture. The stream flows from a spring located at the base of a N-facing slope c. 25m to SW. A compact, oval-shaped mound (12m N-S; 7.5m E-W; H 0.6m) composed of a concentration of shattered sandstone in charcoal-rich soil. A slight slump or dip on the E side may indicate the location of the trough. There is a possible burnt mound (SL019-204001) 6m to W, a burnt mound (SL019-204003) c. 30m to NE, and a holy well (SL019-081) c. 25m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2011

• SL019-204003 Burnt mound
  Description

  Situated in an expanse of wet pasture. A stand of conifers is located to NE, bordered by a post and wire fence that clips the NE edge of the mound. A low, oval-shaped rise (7m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; H 0.5m) of firm ground, most clearly defined on the NE-E side. Probing revealed shattered sandstone in charcoal-rich soil. There is a fualcht fia (MA019-204002) c. 25m to SW, a possible burnt mound (SL019-204001) c. 30m to SW, and a holy well (SL019-081) c. 70m to SW. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2011

Architectural heritage

• Dromard National School, school, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey national school, dated 1891, on a rectangular plan; four-bay single-storey rear (north) elevation. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with clay or terracotta ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack having chamfered capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on thumbnail beaded purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with drag edged rusticated cut-limestone date stone ("1891"). Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening (east) with concealed dressings framing timber boarded door having overlight. Paired square-headed (east) or square-headed (west) window openings to rear (north) elevation with concrete sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including vestibule (east); full-height classroom with exposed Queen post timber roof construction. Set back from line of road in unkempt grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-covered cut-limestone capping supporting flat iron gate.

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 5 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Ross · An Ros

Area

942,447 m² (94.24 ha, 232.88 acres)

Civil parish

Skreen, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Skreen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Skreen electoral division: 175 people in 65 households; 90% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrownamaddoo, Cloonagh, Drumnagoal, Spring Garden

Placenames

Ross 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.