Scurmore

39 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Scurmore, from 122 m² to 205,614 m² (20.56 ha, 50.81 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 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.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 8 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C5TOU – tourism-related uses (Tourism and related)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 21 Dec 2023Conditional

  construction of a part single-storey extension and part one and half storey extension to existing cottage including renovation works to existing cottage. Provision of a new effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site works - CONDITION NO. 16 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360373

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: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SAC 000458
• Special Protection Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary SPA 004036
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killala Bay/Moy Estuary 000458

Recorded monuments

• SL016-035 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on top of a gentle N-facing slope in undulating pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m) on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The site has been levelled. However, the outline of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 16m) defined by a slightly raised ring of darker vegetation is still identifiable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-036 Barrow - unclassified
  Description

  Situated on a low rise overlooking the Moy Estuary a short distance W. Raised circular area (diam. 12m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.3-2.7m; int. H 0.2-0.3m; ext. H 0.6m). On 1913 OS 6-inch map it is shown within an oblong tree plantation. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on top of a low N-S ridge overlooking the E shore of the Moy Estuary. Depicted as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25-30m) on the 1837 and 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This enclosure has been levelled and there are no remains now visible at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-051 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Situated atop a low ridge in pasture. Circular, steep-sided mound of earth and stone (diam. at base c. 2 1m; H 2.8m). At the top of the mound is a small irregularly-shaped, almost level area (dims. 5.1m NNE-SSW; 4.2m WNW-ESE). The mound is encircled by a wide, deep fosse (Wth 3.8m) which has a substantial bank of earth and stone (Wth. 6.5m; max. H 1m) at its outer lip. On the OS 1912 edition of the OS 25-inch map are five irregularly-shaped, recumbent boulders with the collective designation 'Standing Stones (Called the Children of the Mermaid)'. A sixth was identified during the site visit. A seventh is recorded in a legend, much of which is based at the site, which was recorded by Wood-Martin (1887-8, 290). There is no evidence that any of the boulders were ever in an upright position. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the rocky summit of a low NW-SE in undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 33.5m) enclosed by a substantial bank (Wth 5.6-6.6m; int. H 1-1.4m; ext. H 1.5-1.8m) of earth and stone, with a shallow external fosse (Wth 3.6m). At the outer lip of the fosse is a second bank (Wth c. 5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.9m, at NE) which survives only at NW and NE. A break (Wth 2m) in the inner bank at E, with traces of an accompanying causeway across the fosse, represents the original entrance. There is another rath (SL016-053----) c. 60m to SSE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-053 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a S-facing terrace close to the base of a low NW-SE ridge. Slightly raised circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by a substantial bank (Wth 4.9-5.5m; int. H 0.8-1.4m; ext. H 1.1m at N, 2m at S). The S half of the enclosure has been built up to compensate for the natural S-facing slope and create a relatively level interior. A break (Wth c. 2m) in the bank at ESE may represent the original entrance. There is another rath (SL016-052----) c. 60m to NNW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL016-065002 Architectural fragment
  Description

  In front of 'Scurmore House' is a portion of a cut stone pillar, now used as an ornamental feature in the garden. The pillar is octagonal (diam. 23cm), each facet or face being 10cm wide. It is 1.02m tall and stands on a square base with faceted corners. While the exact function of this pillar is unclear the possibility that it may be the base of garden ornamental feature, such as a sun-dial, seems likely. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Paul Walsh Date of upload: 14 April 2014

• SL016-086 Mound
  Description

  Situated on a low NNW-SSE ridge, c. 60m S of the shoreline. It comprises a low, grassed-over subrectangular mound (4.5m ENE-WSW; 3.6m NNW-SSE; max. H 0.6m) of earth and small and medium sized stones. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Architectural heritage

• Ashdale, house, 1840–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1850. Rectangular plan, one-and-a-half storey return to west. Hipped slate roof, unpainted smooth-rendered flat-capped chimneystacks on ridge, clay ridge and hip tiles, moulded gutters on corbelled eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls, smooth-rendered recessed plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted masonry sills, painted two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, painted timber door with two round-headed panels, plain-glazed rectangular fanlight over. One-and-a-half storey roughcast outbuilding to north-west, pitched slate roof, external stone steps to upper floor. Set back from road with approach lane to north-east and lawn to east, wrought-iron flat-bar 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

At the centre of the townland of Scurmore, 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.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Scurmore · An Scor Mór

Area

1,442,218 m² (144.22 ha, 356.38 acres)

Civil parish

Castleconor, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Castleconor West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,095 people lived in 379 households in the Castleconor West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 39% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 17% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Bartragh, Carrowcardin, Dooneen

Placenames

Scurmore 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.