Gortalee

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortalee, from 3,813 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres) to 741,464 m² (74.15 ha, 183.22 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Gortalee 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 Gortalee 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

• Special Area of Conservation: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC 000365
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks And Caragh River Catchment 000365

Recorded monuments

• KE076-051001 Burnt spread
  Description

  In a level rush-covered area, on the bank of the Slievenaneav stream. A layer of burnt material (L 6.4m; H 0.9m), which was exposed by drainage works, is visible on the sloping face of the E bank of the stream. The burnt material is also scattered on the level surface of the opposite bank of the stream. Another burnt spread (KE076-051002-) is c. 90m to the NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-051002 Burnt spread
  Description

  In a level rush-covered area, on the bank of the Slievenaneav stream. A spread of burnt material (5.6m N-S; 5.4m E-W), resulting from land reclamation, is evident on the W bank of the stream. Another burnt spread (KE076-051001-) is c. 90m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-051003 Burnt spread
  Description

  In a level rush-covered area, on the NE bank of the Slievenaneav stream. A layer of burnt material (L 5.5m; H 0.3m), which was exposed by drainage works, is visible on the vertical face of the stream bank. The burnt material is scattered on the surface (10.5m NE-SW; 4m NW-SE) of the opposite bank and in the bed of the stream. Another burnt spread (KE076-051002-) is c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE076-051004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a level rush-covered area, on the bank of the Slievenaneav stream. An oval mound (11m NW-SE; 4.5m NE-SW; H 1.2m) of burnt material on the W bank of the stream. A smaller stream flows immediately to the S of the mound. A burnt spread (KE076-051003-) is c. 60m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-001001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough pasture, within a network of relict field walls (KE086-001002-) and in an area known locally as 'The Catharachs'. A roughly circular area (20m E-W; 17.4m N-S) defined by the overgrown lower courses of a stone wall (T 2m; H 0.3m). The collapsed wall is well-defined on the inner face along the E arc. An outer and more recent drystone rubble wall (T 0.5m: H c. 1.3m) is built on top of the external circumference of the earlier wall and this encloses a subcircular area (24m E-W; 21.4m N-S). The interior slopes slightly down to the S. There is a mound of loose stones in the N quadrant. There is a gap (Wth 0.6m) in the SE arc of the outer wall. Field boundaries abut the outer wall at NNE, SE, S and SW. A hut site (KE086-001003-) externally abuts the cashel at E. The inner wall may be the remnants of a cathair or stone fort which may be the origin of the name 'Catharachs'. This cashel is clearly visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, W 135/134) taken in 1973. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-001002 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture, in a hollow between high ground to the N and S. These relict field walls (T 0.5m; H c. 1m), which are in a collapsed condition, surround a cashel (KE086-001001-). The bases of the walls appear to be ancient and similar to the walls around the cashel. The remainder of the field walls may have been rebuilt in more recent times. These field walls are clearly visible in an aerial photograph (GSIAP, W 135-134) taken in 1973. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-001003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, in a hollow area known as 'The Catharachs'. The remains of a D-shaped hut (3.75m E-W) defined by a curving drystone wall (T 1m; H 0.8m) and by a straight W side (L 3m), formed by the E wall of a cashel (KE086-001001-). The base of the wall is in a ruinous condition. The interior is covered with loose rubble and ferns. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-004001 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on a N-facing slope, overlooking the Loo River valley. Two stones, which have an overall length of 5m, are aligned ENE-WSW. The ENE stone (L 0.6m; T 0.35m; H 0.7m) is 3.3m from the taller WSW stone (L 1.1m; T 0.6m; H 1.1m). There is a standing stone (KE086-004002-) c. 3m to the S and a radial-stone cairn (KE086-004003-) c. 12m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-004002 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on a N-facing slope, overlooking the Loo River valley. This standing stone (Wth 0.75m; H 0.6m) narrows in plan from its NE end (T 0.45m) to its SW end (T 0.2m) and is orientated NE-SW. There is a standing stone-pair (KE086-004001-) c. 3m to the N and a radial-stone cairn (KE086-004003-) c. 9m to the SE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

• KE086-004003 Cairn - radial-stone cairn
  Description

  In rough hill pasture, on a terrace on a N-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Loo River. A subcircular cairn (4.4m NW-SE; 3.9m NE-SW; H 0.4m) containing eight stones set radially along its circumference. The surface of the cairn is largely grass covered. There is a standing stone (KE086-004002-) c. 9m to the NW and a standing stone-pair (KE086-004001-) c. 12m to the NW. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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, moderately low (inferred), 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 Gortalee.

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

Name

Gortalee · Gort Oilí

Area

4,974,693 m² (497.47 ha, 1,229.27 acres)

Civil parish

Killaha, and its townlands

Barony

Magunihy

Electoral division

Flesk, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Flesk electoral division: 426 people in 157 households; 90% of households own their home; 34% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Derreenacullig, Freaghanagh, Gortalicka, Inchee, Inchincoosh, Lettercannon

Placenames

Gortalee 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.