Seevness

41 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Seevness, from 25 m² to 1,371,170 m² (137.12 ha, 338.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 4 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 15 May 2023Conditional

  the construction of a new single storey National Mountain Bike Trail Head Building consisting of a café, bike hire facility, toilets, ancillary spaces and all associated site works, the construction of a new wastewater treatment system and bike wash area. These proposed works if so granted planning permission will replace the previously granted proposed building development (planning reference nr: 17294). A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360115

• 31 Jul 2020Conditional

  for development consisting of construction of a duo pitched slate roof structure on an existing flat roof store room at the side of dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20255

• 31 Jul 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of 10-year permission for a mountain bike trail recreational development in the townlands, Seevness, Altnavelick, Carrowgaveen, Gortakeeran, Lismacbryan, Lugbaun, Lugnadeffa, Mullanashee, Rathosey, and Tullaghan, Coolaney, Co. Sligo. The proposed development includes 80km of bike trails, approximately 0.6m wide (within a corridor of 100m) including boundary treatments, signage, and all associated works. The proposed development will also include a new building containing changing and washing facilities, a cafe, bicycle hire facilities, the construction of parking areas, a bike wash, the installation of a wastewater treatment plant and percolation area and all associated works, water connection/supply from a public main and associated services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17294

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: Unshin River SAC 001898

Recorded monuments

• SL025-013 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In a forest, on the summit of a hill. An oval area (c. 41.5m N-S; c. 37m E-W) on top of the hill is enclosed by a collapsed stone wall (Wth 5m; H 0.4m). The interior is slightly domed being c. 1m higher at the centre than at the perimeter and is scattered with boulders and planted with trees. 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

• SL025-018 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture, on the SE-facing side of a low rise. A raised circular area (22.2m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by a degraded earthen bank best evident along the N arc (Wth 4.2m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2.65m); the perimeter is overgrown with hawthorn bushes. A possible external fosse is evident as a depression (Wth 6m) at N. The interior is level and covered with mature coniferous trees. There is a small stone-built farm shed, indicated on the 1914 OS 6-inch map, immediately to SE. 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

• SL025-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a low rise c. 40m N of the Owenbeg River. A slightly raised circular area (diam. c. 36m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 3.4m; int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.85m) N-NE and by a scarp (H 1.2m) NE-SE. The enclosing element is levelled SE-N and evident only as a slight rise or differential vegetation pattern. A field boundary skirts the scarp. A small stone-built shed abuts the scarp at SE. The interior is grass-covered. 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 Seevness.

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_964 (ZIP).

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

Name

Seevness · Saoibhinios

Area

2,734,793 m² (273.48 ha, 675.78 acres)

Civil parish

Killoran, and its townlands

Barony

Leyny

Electoral division

Coolaney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Coolaney electoral division: 1,563 people in 558 households; 74% of households own their home; 73% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altanelvick, Carrowgavneen, Carrownacleigha, Lismacbryan, Rathosey

Placenames

Seevness 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.