Gortacreenteen

3 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortacreenteen, from 2,803 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres) to 2,703,995 m² (270.4 ha, 668.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 8 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 Gortacreenteen 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Gortacreenteen in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Natural Heritage Area: Slaheny River Bog NHA 000383

Recorded monuments

• KE094-029 Hut site
  Description

  In hill pasture, on the lower SE-facing slopes of Gullaba Hill. The remains of an oval hut site (3.1m E-W; 1.6m N-S) defined by a roughly built drystone wall (T c. 0.6m; H 0.7m). The walls and the interior are overgrown with ferns. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE094-029001 Field boundary
  Description

  In dry hill pasture, to the N of a river, on the lower SE-facing slopes of Gullaba Hill. Relict field walls, most of which are partly collapsed, cover an area measuring c. 150m N-S x c. 80m E-W. The walls (T c. 0.5; H c. 0.5m), which form an irregular, broken pattern, protrude above thin peat cover and disappear in deeper bog. Upright stone slabs (H 0.4-0.5m) occur intermittently along the walls. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-032001 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a circular hut site (2.9m E-W; 2.6m N-S) defined by a collapsed, partially grass-covered, drystone wall (T 0.8m; H 0.4m). Large stones were noted in the lower courses of the wall. There is an entrance (Wth 0.5m) at NE. Another hut site (KE103-032002-) is c. 5m to the NE and two other hut sites (KE103-032003-, KE103-032004-) are c. 65m to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-032002 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 3.2m) defined by a collapsed drystone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.5m). Large stones were noted in the lower courses of the wall. Loose stones are scattered externally NW-N. There is another hut site (KE103-032001-) c. 5m to the SW and two other hut sites (KE103-032003-, KE103-032004-) are c. 65m to the SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-032003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a circular hut site (diam. 2.2m) defined by a partially grass-covered drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.2m). There is an entrance (Wth 0.5m) at S. Another hut site (KE103-032004-) is 6m to the SE and two other hut sites (KE103-032001-, KE103-032002-) are c. 65m to the NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-032004 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a NE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a circular hut site (4.4m E-W; 4.2m N-S) defined by a partially grass-covered drystone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.4m). The NE portion of the interior is raised slightly and the SW portion is cut slightly into the upslope to compensate for the hillslope. The interior is level. There is an entrance (Wth 0.5m) at E. There is another hut site (KE103-032003-) c. 6m to the NW and two others (KE103-032001-, KE103-032002-) are c. 65m to the NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-033001 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a SE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. An oval area (7.4m E-W; 5.6m N-S) defined by the grass-covered remains of a drystone wall (T 0.65m; H 0.4m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog and is best preserved SE-N. The NW portion of the interior is cut slightly into the upslope where it adjoins a relict field boundary (KE103-033002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-033002 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a SE-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a curvilinear stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.6m), which protrudes above the surface of the bog (D 0.4m), extends from an enclosure (KE103-033001-) to the NW for c. 10m, turns to the NE for c. 40m, curves to the SE for c. 23m and finally veers SW for 7m. The wall dips under the surface of the bog on several occasions. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-054 Tunnel
  Description

  A 'Tunnel' is marked and named on the OS 6-inch map. This dates from post-1700 AD. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-058 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill grazing on bog, on an E-facing gentle slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a roughly circular hut (diam. 6m N-S; 5.2m E-W) defined by the collapsed lower courses of a stone wall (T 0.6m; max. H 0.5m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. Rubble is scattered intermittently in the interior and larger boulder-type stones are visible along the NW arc. There is an entrance (Wth 1m) along the SE arc. Another hut site (KE103-059----) is c. 13m to the N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE103-059 Hut site
  Description

  In rough hill grazing on bog, on an E-facing gentle slope, overlooking the valley of the Slaheny River. The remains of a roughly circular hut site (diam. 4m) defined by the jumbled lower courses of a stone wall (T 0.65m; max. H 0.4m) which protrudes above the surface of the bog. Another hut site (KE103-058----) is c. 13m to the S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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, high (inferred), 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 Gortacreenteen.

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 Gortacreenteen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Gortacreenteen · Gort an Chruinntí

Area

3,975,992 m² (397.6 ha, 982.49 acres)

Civil parish

Kilgarvan, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Glanlough, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Glanlough electoral division: 158 people in 58 households; 87% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 20% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 10% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolnagoppoge, Erneen, Gortlahard, Gortnaskeagh, Gullaba, Inchimore

Placenames

Gortacreenteen 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.