Urlar

117 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Urlar, from 37 m² to 141,887 m² (14.19 ha, 35.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 35 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 · 5 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 24 Apr 2024Conditional

  Retention for alterations and extension to a dwelling. Retention for a double garage, a single garage, revisions to all elevations including a balcony on the front elevation and a single storey side extension to the dwelling originally approved under Planning Ref PL 18911. The application will include for retention for revised site boundaries - CONDITION NO.3 COMPLIED WITH

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460127

• 4 Apr 2023Conditional

  (1)to retain changes to the existing house as follows; a) the addition of 2no. windows and 1no. door with canopy over to the western façade, b) reduce size of front porch and rear kitchen bay, c) 1no. additional window to the eastern elevation, d) change in position of a first floor rear window, (2) retain change of use from a two storey domestic garage to living accommodation for use ancillary to the house including changes to fenestration, (3) retain relocated septic tank that serves the house and living accommodation, (4) install a tertiary treatment system and infiltration area

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2360063

• 5 Mar 2019Conditional

  development consisting of construction of a new forestry road entrance including all associated site works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 1972

• 20 Mar 2018N/a

  for development consisting of the following; Carry out preliminary and preparatory site works to include for reduction of existing ground levels on site with all associated works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 1879

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 Urlar.

Recorded monuments

• SL008-038 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Raised circular area (diam. 22m) enclosed by a scarp of earth (ext. H 0.7m). At the external base of the scarp is a fosse (Wth 1.8m). The fosse is visible W-NW only as a band of wetter ground. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-046 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Situated on level wet ground, at base of a slight SW-facing slope, in gently undulating pasture. The well (diam. 1.6m) is enclosed by a circular drystone wall (Wth. 0.75m; int. H 1.35m; ext H 1.2m) of random limestone rubble. A splayed break (int. - Wth 0.35m; int H 1.2m; ext. Wth 0.5m) in the wall at SW marks the position of the original entrance. The well is now dry. Mulligan (1942-44) notes that pilgrimages took place here up to the end of the nineteenth century. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-047 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Situated in elevated gently undulating pasture. Depicted as a roughly circular enclosure (diam. c.25m) on the 1836-7 edition of the OS 6-inch map but not marked on the 1940-1 edition. The site has been levelled with no visible surface trace at ground level. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-154 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Depicted as a hachured circular enclosure on the 1836-7 and 1940-1 edition of the OS 6'' map. The site has been partially quarried out and is now a roughly circular irregular overgrown mound (Base diam c.18m; max. H 1.5m). The site is too damaged to classify accurately. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

• SL008-209 Souterrain
  Description

  Located at the SW end of a broad, low natural flat-topped rise, which is defined by a gently slope on its S side. To S there is an expanse of level ground; to N ground rises steadily to the foot of the steep, looming S-facing slopes of Ben Bulben and King’s Mountain. This souterrain is not indicated on the 1836-7 and 1940-1OS 6-inch maps, and there was no local tradition of a souterrain here. It was discovered in June 2018 when a roof lintel was displaced during shallow drainage ploughing. The souterrain is of drystone construction, with earthen floors. It has walls of medium to large-sized sandstone rubble, both rounded and angular in form, with massive, subrectangular slabs forming the roof. It is L-shaped in plan, consisting of a chamber on a roughly E-W axis, at the W end of which there is a creepway leading to a second chamber, which extends to N. The full extent of the souterrain is unknown, as there is a blockage at the E end of the E-W chamber: the souterrain appears to have extended further to E, and the original entrance must have been at that end. Current access is at the W end of the E−W chamber (chamber 1), through a breach (0.88m by 0.80m) in the roof, created by the displacement of the roof lintel. Chamber I (L c. 4.2m E−W, to collapse; Wth 1.1-1.2m; H 1.5m) is oblong in plan, with gently rounded corners at its W end. The E end is concealed behind a heap of collapsed soil and large stones: this collapse happened at some unknown time in the past, and is unrelated to the most recent disturbance. The side walls have 10-12 rough courses, and incline gently inwards at top, with the uppermost course overhanging slightly to support a row of massive roof lintels, eight of which are visible. A rectangular, lintelled recess or cupboard (Wth 0.43m; H 0.28m; D 0.45m) is built into the N wall, 1m E of the W end of the chamber, at a height of 0.5m above the floor. The sides of the recess are each faced with two courses of two stones each, and it is roofed with two lintels. The floor of the recess is of stone, and the back wall is earthen. At the W end of the N wall of chamber 1, at floor level, there is a low, square lintelled opening (Wth 0.52m; H 0.5m) into a short creepway (L 0.9-1m), which leads into the SW corner of chamber 2. The creepway is narrow and straight-sided for a length of 0.6m, but rises in height to 0.68m and expands in width to c. 1m at its opening into chamber 2. A stepped arrangement of the two roofing slabs creates the rise in height, and the expansion in width is achieved by a gently splay of the E wall, so that is merges in a smooth continuous curve with the SE wall of chamber 2. Chamber 2 (2.75m N−S; 1.9m E−W; H 1.55m) is roughly oval in plan, with gently rounded corners. The basal course of the walls incorporates several very large stones, including a number of roughly triangular-shaped boulders, the most prominent of which is at the NE end of the chamber. The walls incline inwards, with a pronounced overhang of the upper 2-3 courses. The uppermost course is composed of large slabs, which serve as corbels to support three massive roof lintels, around which are arranged a few smaller, auxiliary lintels. There is a rectangular recess (Wth 0.3m; H 0.21m; D 0.75m) towards the N end of the W wall, at a height of c. 1m above floor level. The N side of the recess is faced with a single stone, and the S side with two. A large slab roofs the front of the recess, with a smaller slab behind. The back wall is earthen. The souterrain is unenclosed; there is no evidence at ground level, nor is there any local tradition, of a rath or other enclosure here. Attached images: SL008-209----_01.JPG Chamber 1, W end, with recess and creepway just visible in the N wall (at R) SL008-209----_02.JPG Chamber 2, blockage at E end SL008-209----_03.JPG Recess in Chamber 1 SL008-209----_04.JPG Opening to creepway, viewed from Chamber 1 SL008-209----_05.JPG Opening to creepway, viewed from Chamber 2 SL008-209----_06.JPG Chamber 2, N end (This photo is courtesy of Ciaran McHugh, July 2018) SL008-209----_07.JPG Sketch plan and sections Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 July 2018

Architectural heritage

• Urlar House, house, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1840, now in use as guest house. Two-storey canted bay projection to centre of south (front) elevation, single-storey canted entrance porch wrapped around canted bay, two-storey central return to rear, two-storey extension to return c. 1940, two-storey flat-roofed extension c. 1990 to north-west, single-storey conservatory c. 1950 to west elevation. Half-hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, unpainted roughcast chimneystacks with stepped capping, half-round cast-iron gutters at eaves. Painted roughcast walling, painted chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings, smooth-rendered reveals, painted stone sills, painted six-over-six timber sash windows. Round-headed entrance door opening to porch, hardwood sunburst fanlight, varnished hardwood timber-framed door c. 1960 with six glazed panels. Set back from road in landscaped grounds surrounded by mature farmland. Farmyard to rear (north); five-bay two-storey range of outbuildings with pitched slate roof, painted smooth-rendered walling, square-headed window and door openings; L-plan single-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north-east, hipped corrugated-iron roof. Rubble stone boundary walls, dressed stone gate piers, wrought-iron gates and field railings.

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 Urlar, 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 low.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Urlar · An tUrlár

Area

1,389,205 m² (138.92 ha, 343.28 acres)

Civil parish

Drumcliff, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Carney, the unit of the census

Census 2022

714 people lived in 245 households in the Carney electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 23% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barnarobin, Cartronmore, Cooldrumman Upper, Cullagh Beg, Cullagh More, Gortarowey

Placenames

Urlar 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.