Dartfield

17 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dartfield, from 1,015 m² to 684,092 m² (68.41 ha, 169.04 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 27 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Dartfield 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.

• 8 Sept 2023Conditional

  to construct horse stables, loose horse area, fodder & feed storage area, roofed handling area, farmyard manure pit & seepage tank

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23370

• 27 Jan 2022Conditional

  (a) to retain and complete elevation alterations to dwelling house previously granted under Pl Ref Nos. 18/1068 and 20/1233, (b) to retain and complete alterations to horse stables and domestic garage building also granted under PL Ref No. 20/1233. Gross floor space of proposed works: 400 sqm.

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2260037

• 2 Sept 2020Conditional

  for (a) change of house design and garage design from previously approved plans, granted planning under reference No. 18/1068, (b) construction of horse stables attached to the proposed garage and all associated site services. Gross floor space of proposed works: 400 sqm (House), 212 sqm (Garage & Stables)

  Permission · Galway County Council, 201233

• 27 Jul 2018Conditional

  for the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, treatment unit, percolation area and all associated site services. Gross floor area 404.55m2

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 181068

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 Dartfield.

Recorded monuments

• GA098-087 Designed landscape feature
  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.

• GA098-088 Quarry
  Description

  This is a disused gravel pit; it is not an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 17 June 2015

• GA106-060 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a slight rise in low-lying pastureland. Poorly preserved oval rath (c. 60m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by a bank outside of which runs a berm-like feature from WNW through N to ENE. There is a possible house site (GA106-060002-) in the N sector of the interior and to its W a low circular grassed-covered stony mound (diam. 4m); it may be associated. A souterrain (GA106-060001-) lies in ENE sector. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

• GA106-060001 Souterrain
  Description

  In the ENE sector of a rath (GA0106-060----). This drystone-built souterrain appears to be L-shaped in plan. The 1st passage (L >4.4m; Wth 1.6m) runs NW-SE. Access is gained at its NW end. A linear depression, with evidence of drystone-walling, indicates that that it extended further to the NW. The 2nd passage, which is inaccessible, extends from its SE end and it appears to run E-W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 December 2017

• GA106-060002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the N sector of the interior of a rath (GA106-060----). This collapsed rectangular structure (L 9.4m; Wth 4.5m) is probably the remains of a house site. A low circular grassed-covered stony mound (diam. 4m) to its W may be associated. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 27 July 2017

• GA106-061 Country house
  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.

Architectural heritage

• Dartfield, gate lodge, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1820, now vacant. Single-bay addition to rear (north) elevation with catslide slate roof, single-bay lean-to addition to east gable with slate roof. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone chimneystack, eaves course and copings. Dressed limestone walls with cut-stone pediment to west gable. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone voussoirs and sills, having replacement timber windows. Square-headed door openings with tooled limestone voussoirs, timber battened doors, and replacement timber door to rear elevation. Set beside entrance to Dartfield, gateway comprising tripartite entrance screen with limestone ashlar piers and both single and double gates. Rubble stone boundary walls with stile to front of site, rubble stone plinth wall with cast-iron railings.

• Dartfield, country house, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached U-plan five-bay two-storey country house, built c.1820, with pedimented breakfront to front (east) elevation, later wings giving five-bay side elevations, having single-storey lean-to extension to south elevation of north wing and two-bay two-storey lean-to addition to rear of main block. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cut limestone eaves course. Rubble and dressed limestone walls, some render remaining. Square-headed window openings with vestigial remains of timber replacement and sliding sash windows, including three-over-six pane windows to first floor, with cut-stone sills. Segmental-arched door opening with tooled limestone voussoirs, cut limestone door surround incorporating square-headed sidelights with remains of geometrically glazed windows, and glazed timber panelled door. Recent square-headed vehicular entrance to south elevation. Recent timber fence to front and sides of house.

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 Dartfield, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Dartfield with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Dartfield · Gort na Saighde

Area

1,486,345 m² (148.63 ha, 367.28 acres)

Civil parish

Kilreekill, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Kilreekill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 130 households in the Kilreekill electoral division. 93% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cooleeny, Drought, Emlagh, Glenmeen, Wallscourt

Placenames

Dartfield 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.