Gortlicka

22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortlicka, from 1,746 m² to 481,897 m² (48.19 ha, 119.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 9 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 Gortlicka 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 Gortlicka 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

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

Recorded monuments

• KE102-002 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a W-facing rocky slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. This possible enclosure is not visible at ground level. It is shown as a roughly circular, enclosed area (diam. c. 5m) on the 1895 OS 6-inch map. 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

• KE102-003 Hut site
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a W-facing rocky slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a rectangular hut site (2.85m E-W; 2m N-S) defined by a partially collapsed wall (T 0.7m; H 0.9m) of stone and clay mortar. There is an entrance (Wth 0.6m) in the NE corner. This hut site abuts a field boundary at 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

• KE102-003001 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a stone wall (T 0.7m; H 0.6m) protrude intermittently above the surface of the shallow bog and run upslope to the E for c. 90m, curve to the S for c. 30m and then run out. Collapse from the upper courses is embedded in the bog beside the wall. 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

• KE102-099 Field boundary
  Description

  In rough heather-clad hill pasture, on a W-facing rocky slope, in the valley of the Dromoghty River. The remains of a curvilinear stone wall (T 0.5m; H 0.85m) protrude intermittently above the surface of the bog and extend to the E for c. 32m. The wall runs on into the bog at both ends. 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

• KE102-100 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  In rough pasture, on a level break, on a W-facing slope, overlooking the valley of the Dromoghty River. Two upright stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 0.76m apart; the overall length of the pair is 2.4m. The NE stone, the taller of the two, is L 0.95m; T 0.5m; H 1.3m and the SW stone is L 0.68m; T 0.58m; H 1.27m. 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

• KE102-128 Country house
  Description

  Indicated on the 1846 OS 6-inch map as a group of three buildings, two of which are roughly L-shaped, arranged around a yard or open space apparently with orchards or plantations to W. On the 1895 OS 6-inch map the complex is indicated as being in ruins and appears to be roofless. The layout of the buildings is roughly similar to that on 1846 OS 6-inch map although some appear to have been extended to form continuous ranges. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

• KE102-131 Bridge
  Description

  A road bridge (Wth 4.6m; long axis E-W) spanning the Dromoghty River. Built of random rubble, it has a single segmental arch (span c. 5m) with roughly dressed voussoirs some of which protrude beyond the face of the bridge. Abuttments are of coursed dressed stone. Concrete coping has been added to the parapets. The bridge crosses the stream at right angles and the road has to turn sharply at both ends of the bridge to accommodate this. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Gortlicka · Gort Lice

Area

1,861,520 m² (186.15 ha, 459.99 acres)

Civil parish

Tuosist, and its townlands

Barony

Glanarought

Electoral division

Dawros, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dawros electoral division: 611 people in 226 households; 88% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 23% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Barraduff, Derreengarrinshagh, Dromroe, Inchicloon, Killaha West, Rusheens

Placenames

Gortlicka 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.