Rosses Lower

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rosses Lower, from 79 m² to 978,783 m² (97.88 ha, 241.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 4 Aug 2026N/a

  1. new extensions to north, south and west elevations, 2. Upgrade of existing septic tank to new treatment system and percolation area all to existing cottage

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660313

• 13 Oct 2024Conditional

  a single storey extension constructed to the rear of an existing cottage (containing a kitchen / dining Area and utility room); along with connection to existing services

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460357

• 2 Oct 2024N/a

  The development consists of the Retention of a single storey extension constructed to the rear of an existing cottage (containing a Kitchen / Dining Area and Utility Room); along with connection to existing services.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460334

• 18 Sept 2024Conditional

  Proposed development of a carport with roof terrace over, enlargement of adjacent existing windows and installation of sliding doors to access roof terrace, and all associated site development works at Rosses Lower, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, F91 PT3F.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460310

• 7 May 2024Conditional

  Construction of a single storey detached dwelling house and the installation of a waste water treatment system with associated percolation area.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460157

• 9 Apr 2024Conditional

  installation of a waste water treatment system and associated percolation area on my property and to decommission the existing septic tank and percolation

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460105

• 14 May 2020Conditional

  development consisting of retention to an existing detached single storey dwelling house, domestic garage and storage shed as constructed and also to apply for planning permission to install a new waste water treatment system with associated percolation area

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 20144

• 25 Mar 2019Conditional

  demolition of cottage and planning permission for replacement dwelling with attached garage, waste water treatment system and soil polishing system and ancillary site works

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 1465

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: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
• Special Protection Area: Drumcliff Bay SPA 004013
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627

Recorded monuments

• SL008-096 Church
  Description

  Located on a high ridge bordered on it S side by a rocky ledge, with sandhills to N and NW. A rectangular shaded feature (c. 15-17m N-S; c. 9-10m E−W) with ‘Church’ in gothic script written beside it, is shown on the 1836-7 OS 6-inch map; the location is annotated ‘Church (Site of)’ on the 1840-1 edition. In the OS Letters, O’Donovan recorded ‘an old edifice, in ruins, at which there was formerly a burial [SL008-096002-] as tradition says.’ He theorised that it might be the ‘Creadran Cille, which is mentioned in the annals at the year 1257’ as the site ‘in Ros Cede’ of a battle between Godfrey O’Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell and Maurice Fitzgerald, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (O’Flanagan 1928, 133-4 (53)). There are no visible remains of a church or graveyard (SL008-096002-) at the location. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 14 December 2016

• SL008-096001 Graveyard
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• SL008-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on level summit of a broad E-W orientated ridge in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 5m; int. H 0.2m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The internal side of the bank is obscured NNE-SE by a dump of field clearance rubble that occupies the NE one-third of the interior. A break in the bank at SE (Wth 4m) marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Spanning level summit of narrow E-W ridge in undulating rocky pasture. Natural ground level slopes down steeply immediately to the N and S of the site. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c.22m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; int. H 0.3m). At the external base of the bank is a berm (max. Wth 4m) and an external broad flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 4-5.5m; D 1-1.4m). The internal and external sides of the bank appear to have been revetted with limestone slabs laid on edge. The berm and the fosse are present from SW-NW and NE-SE. The steeply sloping sides of the ridge slope down from the external base of the bank from SE-SW and from NW-NE. A break (Wth c.3m) in the bank at ESE marks the position of the original entrance. There is an annex located immediately to the W of the rath. This consists of a roughly rectangular area (dims. 22m N-S; 14m E-W) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.4m). At the external base of the bank is a fosse (Wth 1.15; D 0.2m). The bank of the annex extends in an E-W direction from the NW side of the bank of the rath. The W side of the annex is defined by a bank with an external fosse that lies 4m from and parallel to the fosse of the rath. The S side of the annex is defined by a 7m length of bank linking at a right angle to the bank defining the W side and by the steep S-facing natural slope of the ridge. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-098001 Souterrain
  Description

  Milligan (1890-1, 575) referred to a souterrain within a rath (SL008-098----). A large roughly rectangular stone (L 1.2m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.5m) of uncertain significance lies on top of the bank at NNW. Otherwise there is no evidence suggestive of a souterrain visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 April 2011

• SL008-106 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on steeply sloping rise undulating pasture. Ground level drops away steeply to the S of the site. Slightly raised circular area (diam. c.20m) enclosed by a narrow bank of earth and stone (Wth c.2m; int. H c.0.5m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is densely overgrown and inaccessible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-108 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight SSW-facing slope in gently undulating pasture. Raised roughly circular area (diam. c.25m) enclosed by a broad bank of earth and stone (Wth 6.5m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. The site is overgrown and inaccessible except for a portion of the bank at N. The site is bisected by a WNW-ESE orientated field boundary bank. A NNE-WSW orientated field boundary bank abuts the site E-SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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; parts are water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rosses Lower · Na Rosa Íochtaracha

Area

2,909,946 m² (290.99 ha, 719.06 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Drumcliff West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Drumcliff West electoral division: 1,826 people in 674 households; 85% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Creggyconnell, Rosses Upper

Placenames

Rosses Lower 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.