Tormore

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Tormore, from 135 m² to 1,469,275 m² (146.93 ha, 363.07 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Tormore 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.

• 22 Dec 2022Conditional

  development consisting of upgrade of existing septic tank to new proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area to existing dwelling

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2260007

• 6 Dec 2019Conditional

  development consisting of alterations to first floor of 1990s extension, including new windows at ground and first floor level, and solar panels on roof

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19491

• 14 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of an extension to the Tormore Trail, this will consist of the construction of 480m of path construction and all associated site works at the site Tormore, Glencar, Co Sligo. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17353

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: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
• Special Protection Area: Sligo/Leitrim Uplands SPA 004187
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623

Recorded monuments

• SL009-003001 Field boundary
  Description

  Not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map but shown as a roughly circular enclosure on the 1913 edition. On slight SW-facing slope at base of broad hollow in rocky mountain pasture. Views are excellent SE-S-SW and and elsewhere obscured by higher ground. Relic field boundary, comprising a random rubble drystone wall (Wth 1.4m; int. H 1m; ext. H 0.35m), enclosing an approximately circular field (dims. 24m E-W; 21m N-S). There is no break in the wall to indicate the position of an entrance. The interior of the field slopes slightly facing W and is slightly concave. There is booley hut (SL009-003002-) c.4m NNE. This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 02 August 2012

• SL009-003002 Booley hut
  Description

  Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. On slight SW-facing slope at base of broad hollow in rocky mountain pasture. Views are excellent from SE-S-SW and elsewhere obscured by higher ground. The booley hut consists of a rectangular structure (L E-W 6m; Wth N-S 3.6m) defined by the footings (max H 0.4m; T 0.7m) of a wall of drystone random rubble. The entrance is not recognisable. There is a relic field (SL009-003001-) c.4m NNE. This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 02 August 2012

• SL009-005 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Prominently situated on level ground at W end of slight E-W orientated ridge in gently undulating upland pasture. Natural ground level slopes down steeply from the site from SW to N. Raised circular area (diam. 26m) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 1.4m) SE-NNW and an earthen bank (Wth 4.7m; int. H 0.5m) NNW-SE. At the external foot of the bank is a fosse (Wth 7.1m; D 0.65) NNW-SE. At the external base of the scarp is a 4m wide terrace SW-N. Natural ground level slopes down steeply from the site SW-N. The original entrance is via a ramp (Wth 2m) across the scarped edge at SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-013 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a broad level terrace, on S-facing lower slopes of Kings Mountain, in pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 35m) enclosed by a low broad bank of earth (Wth 5.6m; int. H 0.3m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From SE-NE the bank is absent and the site is enclosed by a scarp (ext. H 0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight S-facing slope in gently undulating upland pasture. Raised oval area (dims. 42m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by an earthen scarp (ext. H 0.4-1.7m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The scarped edge is higher SE-SW than elsewhere to compensate for the underlying natural slope. From NE-SE the scarped edge has been straightened off by a N-S orientated track that abuts the E edge of the site. A break (Wth 2.5m) in the scarped edge with a ramp to the exterior marks the position of the original entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL009-017 Crannog
  Description

  Indicated on the OS 25-inch plan (surveyed 1909) where it is named 'Crannoges (Site of)'. This area of the lake was inspected in 2000 but no evidence of a crannog was found. The source of the OS representation is unknown though it may well be the reference in Woodmartin (1886, 243-5) which records a timber, possibly with a sharpened end, as lying on its side in deep water. Pending further research the evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as a certain crannog. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 26 June 2013

• SL009-055 Booley hut
  Description

  Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. In gently undulating rocky mountain pasture on slight SSW-facing slope. Views are excellent from E-S-W but obscured by higher ground elsewhere. Rectangular building (dims. 6m N-S; 4m E-W) defined only by wall footings (max H 0.4m; T 0.8m). There is no definite break to indicate the position of the doorway. This booley hut or small house appears to be a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 02 August 2012

• SL009-056 Booley hut
  Description

  Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Hut Site'. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. In gently undulating rocky mountain pasture on slight SSW-facing slope. This monument is shown on the RMP map as being situated on high ground to the NE of a broad valley. Views are good to excellent in all directions. Recorded by a fieldworker in 1991 thus: 'Square building (int. diam. 2.20m) constructed with gabled stone walls.' The entrance is at the SW corner.'(SMR file). There are no upstanding remains of this monument now visible. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 03 August 2012

• SL009-065 House - indeterminate date
  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.

• SL009-066001 Booley hut
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. On slight SE-facing slope in rocky mountain pasture. Views are excellent SE-S-SW but elsewhere obscured somewhat by higher ground. This is the first of a series of three huts or small houses (SL009-066001-; SL009-066002-; SL009-066003-) situated to the N of a relic field (SL009-003001-) and booley hut (SL009-003002-). Small rectangular house or hut (dims. 6.55m NE-SW; 4.3m NW-SE) defined by wall footings (max H 0.55m; T 0.6m). A break (Wth 1m) in the SW end of the SE wall shows the position of the doorway. This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 03 August 2012

• SL009-066002 Booley hut
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is the first of a series of three huts or small houses (SL009-066001-; SL009-066002-; SL009-066003-) situated to the N of a relic field (SL009-003001-) and booley hut (SL009-003002-). On slight SE-facing slope in rocky mountain pasture. Views are excellent SE-S-SW but elsewhere obscured somewhat by higher ground. Small single-roomed house or hut (dims. unavailable) defined by wall footings (max H 0.1m; T 0.8m). Original entrance not recognisable. This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 03 August 2012

• SL009-066003 Booley hut
  Description

  Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or RMP (1995). Not marked on the 1837 or 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. This is the third of a series of three huts or small houses (SL009-066001-; SL009-066002-; SL009-066003-) situated to the N of a relic field (SL009-003001-) and booley hut (SL009-003002-). In gently undulating rocky mountain pasture on slight SSW-facing slope. Views are excellent from E-S-W but obscured somewhat by higher ground elsewhere. Small rectangular house or hut (dims. 6.6m E-W; 4m N-S) defined by wall footings (max H 0.3m; T 0.5m). There is no definite break to indicate the position of the doorway. This is a post-1700 AD monument. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 03 August 2012

• SL009-069 Prehistoric site - lithic scatter
  Description

  Located on an alluvial gravel beach projecting from the N shoreline of Glencar Lake. The beach built up at the mouth of a steam, Sruth in Aghaidh an Aird, which flows down to the lake from the steep mountain slope immediately to N. This lithic scatter was discovered in May 2020 by Dr. Marion Dowd (Archaeology Dept., IT Sligo). The National Monument Service commissioned an archaeological assessment and recovery of the assemblage, which was carried out in June 2020 by Drs. Dowd and Bonsall (2020, 1-23). A grid of squares each measuring 1m x 1m, with two additional grids measuring 1m x 2m, was established at the location to allow systematic recording. A total of 930 lithics were recovered from 66 grid squares. The lithics are almost exclusively chert, with a few possible flint pieces. Chert is abundant in this region, and the raw material may have been collected from local alluvial deposits. The quality of the chert is good, and the majority of the lithics are in fresh condition. Specialist analysis is required to fully understand the nature and date range of this assemblage. Preliminary examination, however, reveals that the assemblage includes debitage (waste from knapping/tool-making), cores and a few formal tools. The bulk of the assemblage represents knapping debitage, indicating on-site manufacture of tools. A few formal tools, including convex scrapers and retouched pieces, were also recovered, and these hint at specific tasks conducted at the lake shore, possibly cleaning fowl and/or gutting fish that had been caught in the lake. Some tools may also have been employed in wood working, plant processing, basketry, butchery or tasks associated with subsistence strategies. It is likely that this attractive lakeside location was used repeatedly by prehistoric people, and the assemblage, therefore, may be the result of many visits, possibly over several millennia, rather than a single event in time. The presence of convex scrapers suggests a Neolithic and/or Bronze Age date for some of the material, but the collection may include several lithic technologies from different archaeological periods; the possibility of a Mesolithic component, for instance, cannot be ruled out. (Dowd and Bonsall 2020). The assemblage is now in the National Museum of Ireland (collection number: 2020C1:1-930). Only one other prehistoric lithic scatter (SL014-277----), located at the base of Knocknarae, is known from county Sligo; two (LE008-026----; LE018-048----) are known from neighbouring county Leitrim, one (LE018-048---) of which was also found in a lakeshore setting. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 9 October 2020

• SL009-074 Cave
  Description

  In a limestone scarp on the S slopes of Tormore Mountain in the Darty Mountains. The location, overlooking a small valley, is remote and naturally concealed. This limestone cave was used as a hideout by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence and the Civil War. In September 1922, the National Army swept through North Sligo and captured the anti-Treaty IRA headquarters at Rahelly House. The IRA fled to the mountains. Up to thirty four men reached the safety of the cave and hid there for six weeks, escaping capture. In 2022 Dr. Marion Dowd (IT Sligo) directed a six-day research excavation (licence no. 22E0030) to investigate the nature of republican usage of the cave (Dowd et al. 2022). The results unexpectedly revealed four phases of use of the cave: 1920’s; early modern era (17th to 20th century); early medieval; prehistoric. The cave consists of a narrow passage (L 18m in length, Wth 1.2-2m in width; H 1.4m to 2.5m) which extends eastward into the bedrock. For the purposes of the excavation, the passage was divided into three areas: Area 1, level section near entrance (0-8m); Area 2, sloping middle section (8-13.5m); Area 3, cramped innermost reaches of cave (13.5-18m). The 1920s activities were concentrated in Area 1, which is the most spacious and only section where the floor is level. Excavations here involved removing superficial deposits to reveal -but not remove- features constructed during the revolutionary period. A U-shaped setting or kerb of low stones was found; the stones were set on edge and mortared into position against the cave walls along the length of the cave passage in Area 1, and across the end of Area 1 where the passage drops sharply into Area 2. Within the U-shaped setting, a mortar floor was uncovered, and an area of flagstone paving. Neatly constructed stone steps were uncovered leading from the cave entrance to the floor of Area 1; four were exposed, though others likely lie beneath an unexcavated area. A large boulder at the exterior edge of the cave entrance appeared to have been deliberately manoeuvred into position in order to conceal the natural opening. Artefacts recovered from Area 1 include fragments of two glazed red earthenware dishes, a black glazed-ware jar and a glass bottle, fragments of metal vessels and a clay pipe bowl. Two sods of turf and turf charcoal were found in a natural recess in the cave wall, perhaps intended as fuel for a fire or low-level lighting. Animal bones that probably relate to the 1920s occupation include rabbit, fish (cod) and chicken. In Area 2 bones from at least five sheep and goats were found lying on the surface of the sloping, boulder-strewn cave floor. The bones, a significant number of which showed butchery marks, represent entire carcasses with all body parts present, suggesting that the animals were butchered in the cave. Two radiocarbon samples produced dates for these activities between the late 17th and early 20th century, but probably pre-dating the 1920s occupation. Two animal bones, however, revealed use of the cave in the early medieval period: A large mammal rib (probably cattle) with five butchery marks returned a radiocarbon date in the 7th or 8th century, and an unmodified horse metapodial returned a 10th- or early 11th-century date. Finally, evidence of a prehistoric phase of activity in the cave comes from an assemblage of sixteen lithic artefacts, including core and flake debitage (15 chert, 1 flint) recovered from disturbed strata. The majority of the lithics are fragmentary and undiagnostic to a specific period in prehistory, but a possible rough-out for a butt-trimmed flake is tentatively identified as Late Mesolithic in date, and a fragment of a convex scraper is likely to be Neolithic or Bronze Age in date. (Dowd et al. 2022). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 27 September 2020

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Tormore.

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

Name

Tormore · An Tor Mór

Area

2,651,529 m² (265.15 ha, 655.21 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Glencar, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glencar electoral division: 259 people in 89 households; 81% of households own their home; 15% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glen Upper, Glencarbury, Gortnagrelly, Meenaphuill (Co. Leitrim), Slievemore or Kingsmountain, Treanakillew (Co. Leitrim)

Placenames

Tormore 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.