# Gortleck, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Desertegny, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 5,480,115 m² (548.01 ha, 1,354.17 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 7,283 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 20 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Desertegny, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/desertegny.md
- Barony: Inishowen West
- Electoral division: Desertegny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 751 people lived in 252 households in the Desertegny electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15170
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51417
- Centre: latitude 55.204429, longitude -7.482585 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortleck, from 163 m² to 984,652 m² (98.47 ha, 243.31 acres); 37 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1320521: 984,652 m² (98.47 ha, 243.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320521.md
- Parcel 1320575: 522,429 m² (52.24 ha, 129.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320575.md
- Parcel 1320577: 388,781 m² (38.88 ha, 96.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320577.md
- Parcel 1301761: 240,769 m² (24.08 ha, 59.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301761.md
- Parcel 1332055: 126,163 m² (12.62 ha, 31.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332055.md
- Parcel 1322540: 93,222 m² (9.32 ha, 23.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322540.md
- Parcel 1427029: 87,128 m² (8.71 ha, 21.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427029.md
- Parcel 1407975: 86,942 m² (8.69 ha, 21.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407975.md
- Parcel 1369458: 86,385 m² (8.64 ha, 21.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369458.md
- Parcel 1330741: 79,786 m² (7.98 ha, 19.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330741.md
- Parcel 1406854: 72,089 m² (7.21 ha, 17.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406854.md
- Parcel 1310262: 68,337 m² (6.83 ha, 16.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310262.md
- Parcel 1305760: 50,381 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305760.md
- Parcel 1369815: 50,367 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369815.md
- Parcel 1389135: 47,170 m² (4.72 ha, 11.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389135.md
- Parcel 1306311: 46,980 m² (4.7 ha, 11.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306311.md
- Parcel 1346282: 45,935 m² (4.59 ha, 11.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346282.md
- Parcel 1415143: 42,838 m² (4.28 ha, 10.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1415143.md
- Parcel 1352480: 37,819 m² (3.78 ha, 9.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352480.md
- Parcel 1417431: 34,864 m² (3.49 ha, 8.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417431.md
- Parcel 1325677: 32,826 m² (3.28 ha, 8.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325677.md
- Parcel 1321812: 32,635 m² (3.26 ha, 8.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321812.md
- Parcel 1369780: 31,919 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369780.md
- Parcel 1387495: 31,406 m² (3.14 ha, 7.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387495.md
- Parcel 1409531: 30,711 m² (3.07 ha, 7.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409531.md
- Parcel 5114389: 30,478 m² (3.05 ha, 7.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5114389.md
- Parcel 1352107: 29,907 m² (2.99 ha, 7.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352107.md
- Parcel 1321179: 29,574 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321179.md
- Parcel 1413473: 29,569 m² (2.96 ha, 7.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413473.md
- Parcel 1404451: 28,833 m² (2.88 ha, 7.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404451.md
- Parcel 1392360: 27,887 m² (2.79 ha, 6.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392360.md
- Parcel 1310603: 27,514 m² (2.75 ha, 6.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310603.md
- Parcel 1422035: 27,272 m² (2.73 ha, 6.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422035.md
- Parcel 1336188: 27,204 m² (2.72 ha, 6.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336188.md
- Parcel 1413076: 26,965 m² (2.7 ha, 6.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413076.md
- Parcel 1409266: 26,461 m² (2.65 ha, 6.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409266.md
- Parcel 1408225: 25,291 m² (2.53 ha, 6.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1408225.md
- Parcel 1411280: 24,206 m² (2.42 ha, 5.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1411280.md
- Parcel 1383147: 23,699 m² (2.37 ha, 5.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383147.md
- Parcel 1376839: 23,543 m² (2.35 ha, 5.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376839.md
- Parcel 1323038: 23,394 m² (2.34 ha, 5.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323038.md
- Parcel 1385222: 22,959 m² (2.3 ha, 5.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385222.md
- Parcel 1381065: 22,852 m² (2.29 ha, 5.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381065.md
- Parcel 1310738: 22,509 m² (2.25 ha, 5.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310738.md
- Parcel 3663875: 20,246 m² (2.02 ha, 5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663875.md
- Parcel 1315787: 19,373 m² (1.94 ha, 4.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315787.md
- Parcel 1420285: 18,791 m² (1.88 ha, 4.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420285.md
- Parcel 1403849: 18,002 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403849.md
- Parcel 1315478: 16,919 m² (1.69 ha, 4.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315478.md
- Parcel 1307134: 15,385 m² (1.54 ha, 3.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307134.md
- Parcel 1352167: 14,588 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352167.md
- Parcel 1336806: 14,084 m² (1.41 ha, 3.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336806.md
- Parcel 3663876: 13,671 m² (1.37 ha, 3.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663876.md
- Parcel 5931536: 13,601 m² (1.36 ha, 3.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5931536.md
- Parcel 1333595: 12,182 m² (1.22 ha, 3.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333595.md
- Parcel 1404286: 11,559 m² (1.16 ha, 2.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404286.md
- Parcel 3754517: 10,043 m² (1 ha, 2.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3754517.md
- Parcel 1326420: 9,786 m² (0.98 ha, 2.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326420.md
- Parcel 1392577: 8,911 m² (0.89 ha, 2.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392577.md
- Parcel 1324268: 7,928 m² (0.79 ha, 1.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324268.md
- Parcel 4734600: 7,798 m² (0.78 ha, 1.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4734600.md
- Parcel 3663874: 7,483 m² (0.75 ha, 1.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663874.md
- Parcel 5082773: 7,368 m² (0.74 ha, 1.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5082773.md
- Parcel 1336681: 7,199 m² (0.72 ha, 1.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336681.md
- Parcel 1371269: 6,990 m² (0.7 ha, 1.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371269.md
- Parcel 1404135: 6,939 m² (0.69 ha, 1.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404135.md
- Parcel 1332720: 5,059 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332720.md
- Parcel 6071868: 4,475 m² (0.45 ha, 1.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6071868.md
- Parcel 1397411: 4,298 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1397411.md
- Parcel 1319901: 4,200 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319901.md
- Parcel 1370275: 4,158 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370275.md
- Parcel 1420867: 4,131 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420867.md
- Parcel 4744364: 3,951 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744364.md
- Parcel 4926873: 3,864 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4926873.md
- Parcel 5318900: 3,831 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5318900.md
- Parcel 1315941: 3,666 m² (0.37 ha, 0.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315941.md
- Parcel 1360005: 3,646 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1360005.md
- Parcel 6011958: 3,637 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6011958.md
- Parcel 1421195: 3,579 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421195.md
- Parcel 2439963: 3,445 m² (0.34 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2439963.md
- Parcel 1371600: 3,390 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371600.md
- Parcel 6037445: 3,346 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6037445.md
- Parcel 1346187: 3,202 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346187.md
- Parcel 3754396: 2,996 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3754396.md
- Parcel 1307376: 2,981 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1307376.md
- Parcel 1370176: 2,977 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370176.md
- Parcel 1400796: 2,948 m² (0.29 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400796.md
- Parcel 1371416: 2,853 m² (0.29 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371416.md
- Parcel 1398394: 2,736 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398394.md
- Parcel 3663877: 2,537 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663877.md
- Parcel 1319269: 2,536 m² (0.25 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319269.md
- Parcel 1402361: 2,415 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402361.md
- Parcel 4205279: 2,386 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4205279.md
- Parcel 1369997: 2,353 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369997.md
- Parcel 1354818: 2,314 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354818.md
- Parcel 3663880: 2,251 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663880.md
- Parcel 5133076: 2,038 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5133076.md
- Parcel 1306773: 1,970 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306773.md
- Parcel 1359679: 1,955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1359679.md
- Parcel 1386587: 1,926 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386587.md
- Parcel 1393354: 1,533 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393354.md
- Parcel 2390054: 1,490 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390054.md
- Parcel 1348337: 1,434 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348337.md
- Parcel 1314894: 1,369 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314894.md
- Parcel 1427425: 1,228 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427425.md
- Parcel 4734546: 1,144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4734546.md
- Parcel 3663878: 1,143 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663878.md
- Parcel 2390055: 1,099 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2390055.md
- Parcel 5507683: 978 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5507683.md
- Parcel 3663879: 969 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663879.md
- Parcel 1316170: 951 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316170.md
- Parcel 4793914: 940 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4793914.md
- Parcel 1300973: 864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1300973.md
- Parcel 6012037: 739 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6012037.md
- Parcel 1310381: 693 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310381.md
- Parcel 1301251: 634 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301251.md
- Parcel 4651505: 620 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4651505.md
- Parcel 4744363: 536 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744363.md
- Parcel 5106862: 435 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5106862.md
- Parcel 1365054: 432 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365054.md
- Parcel 5133052: 430 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5133052.md
- Parcel 1366903: 411 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366903.md
- Parcel 4205277: 260 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4205277.md
- Parcel 5998791: 216 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5998791.md
- Parcel 4734601: 190 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4734601.md
- Parcel 4205274: 163 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4205274.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Gortleck in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

20 applications, newest first.

- 30 Aug 2026, Donegal County Council 2661600: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO AN ONSITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661600/0
- 24 Nov 2025, Donegal County Council 2562053: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN THE GARDEN. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562053/0
- 3 Nov 2025, Donegal County Council 2561910: N/a. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN THE GARDEN. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561910/0
- 27 Sept 2025, Donegal County Council 2561677: N/a. Permission. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARDEN SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF A GARAGE FOR THE REPAIR, RESTORATION AND STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561677/0
- 30 Jan 2024, Donegal County Council 2460050: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460050/0
- 13 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251539: Conditional. Permission. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (2) RENOVATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING TO INCORPORATE INCREASED GROUND FLOOR AREA, NEW ROOF WITH NEW FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251539/0
- 27 Jun 2022, Donegal County Council 2251087: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN ATTACHED GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251087/0
- 25 Mar 2022, Donegal County Council 2250512: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SLATTED SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250512/0
- 6 Sept 2021, Donegal County Council 2151766: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE ON DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 18/50716 AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151766/0
- 27 Jan 2021, Donegal County Council 2150100: Conditional. Permission. CHANGE OF DESIGN TO THE AGRICULTURAL SHED PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 20/51500 WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150100/0
- 12 Oct 2020, Donegal County Council 2051500: Conditional. Retention. EXISTING AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX WITH SITE EXCAVATION WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A NEW DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051500/0
- 31 Aug 2020, Donegal County Council 2051216: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLINGWITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2051216/0
- 20 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050966: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050966/0
- 1 Jul 2020, Donegal County Council 2050862: Refused. Retention. SITE EXCAVATION WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050862/0
- 24 May 2020, Donegal County Council 2050584: N/a. Permission. ERECTION OF A NEW AGRICULTURAL SHED TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050584/0
- 8 May 2018, Donegal County Council 1850715: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850715/0
- 8 May 2018, Donegal County Council 1850716: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850716/0
- 16 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850395: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF DWELLINGHOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850395/0
- 14 Mar 2017, Donegal County Council 1750380: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750380/0
- 30 Jan 2017, Donegal County Council 1750119: Refused. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750119/0

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Gortleck.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG018-012: Souterrain, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG018-012----. A souterrain c. 12.5m long curving NW to SW from the present entrance. It is drystone-walled and abruptly blocked off at the SW end. It is flagstone-roofed and up to 1.3m in height. At the SE is a side chamber c. 2.25m long and c. 1m wide. It is up to 1.1m high. Along the E side is a 2nd chamber c. 3m long and c. 1.25m wide. This is up to 1.4m high. A smaller chamber c. 1.25m long and c. 0.75m wide opens off this to the SE. It is situated in relatively good land sloping SW to a stream. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005----. In a graveyard (DG019-005001-). This may be the location of a medieval church, of which there are now no visible remains. It is believed to be the site of Desertegny, an early monastic foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). Davies (1940) recorded the following: 'Greenhill graveyard now occupied by a ruined chapel, but believed to be the original parish graveyard with a church which had been abandoned by 1693. The original graveyard partly outside the modern enclosure and behind the chapel was circular'. The current church, which stands in the N half of the graveyard, is late 18th or early 19th-century in date, and is indicated on the 1836 OS 6-inch map as ‘R.C. Chapel’. It is a ruined, roofless structure of mortared stone, aligned NW−SE, with Gothic-style windows and doorway. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 July 2018
- DG019-005001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005001-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned NW-SE. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). Another stone gravemarker to NE of the church has three cupmarks (DG019-005007-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005002: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005002-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned N-S. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005003: Cross-inscribed stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005003-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned NW-SE. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005004: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005004-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned NW-SE. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005005: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005005-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned NW-SE. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). The stone (H 0.74m; T 0.07m) is crudely shaped, with a narrow shaft (Wth 0.19m) expanding at top to shallow arms (Wth 0.27m). There is a cup mark in the centre of the shaft on each broad face of the slab: on one face, the cup mark (diam. 0.05m; D 0.03m) is at the junction of the shaft and the arms, on the opposite face, the cup mark (diam. 0.07m; D 0.04m) is slightly lower on the shaft. The stone serves as a gravemarker. In the NE of the graveyard another stone used as a gravemarker has three cupmarks (DG019-005007-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005006: Ecclesiastical enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005006-. Greenhill disused graveyard is believed to be the site of Desertegny early ecclesiastical foundation (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 379). It contains the remains of a R.C. Church of 18th or 19th century date, aligned NW-SE. It is possible that the curved wall of the graveyard from E to S represents part of the line of an earlier enclosure (DG019-005006-). The graveyard contains a number of crude stone crosses (DG019-005002-) and cross-inscribed stones (DG019-005003-). One cross-shaped stone (DG019-005004-) NW of the church has a cupmark on each face (DG019-005005-). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
- DG019-005007: Rock art, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-005007-. Located in the NE of a graveyard (DG019-005001-). This consists of a low, irregularly-shaped slab (max. Wth 0.35m; T 0.07m; exposed H 0.32m), aligned NW-SE, which is set upright in the ground and serves as a gravemarker. There are three well-defined, circular cup marks in a triangular arrangement on its SW face. The uppermost cupmark is the largest (diam. 0.07m; D 0.04m) and is located roughly in the centre of the stone. The other two cup marks are a few centimetres beneath this, at the base of the exposed stone face, and are roughly equal in size, and more or less in line side by side: the one to SE (diam. 0.06m; D 0.03m) being at a slightly higher level than the that (diam. 0.06m; 0.02m) to NW, which is partly concealed beneath the present ground level. In the NW of the graveyard there is a stone gravemarker, roughly cross-shaped, which also bears cupmarks (DG019-005005-). Attached image: DG019-005007-_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 July 2018

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Gortleck Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1770–1810, Regional interest, registry number 40901901, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40901901. Freestanding four-bay Catholic chapel, built c. 1790, on a hall plan with attached vestry, now a ruin. Roof not extant, cut stone eaves course. Rubble stone walls with remnants of roughcast render. Pointed-arch headed window openings with roughcast rendered reveals. Open interior with semi-circular raised altar area to the south-east. Set within large graveyard containing numerous grave slabs and uninscribed grave makers, bounded by rubble stone wall with smooth rendered saddle-shaped coping.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Gortleck, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Gortleck.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortleck.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortleck.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortleck.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Gortleck with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyannan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyannan.md
- Clonmany Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/clonmany-glebe.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glebe-51312.md
- Liafin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/liafin.md
- Sharagore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sharagore.md
- Straid: https://everytownland.com/donegal/straid.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortleck
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/gortleck