Sliss

30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sliss, from 90 m² to 67,076 m² (6.71 ha, 16.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Sliss 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.

• 31 Jan 2020Conditional

  (A) RETENTION PERMISSION TO RETAIN THE PARTIAL DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF DWELING HOUSE AND (B) PERMISSION TO INSTALL A PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SAND POLISHING FILTER AND TO DECOMMISSION EXISTING SEPTIC TANK

  Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2066

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 Sliss.

Recorded monuments

• KE002-018 Well
  Description

  This well is not marked on any edition of the OS maps. Situation and Description: All that survives of this well today is a waterlogged area. There are no traces of the dressed stone steps which are thought to have led from the external ground level to the water source. Rounds/Legends/Offerings: Fr O'Keeffe of Asdee states that no patterns or visitations have been held here in living memory, but according to local tradition these did take place in the past. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 918. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE002-019001 Burial ground
  Description

  Marked on the 1841-42 OS as 'Kyle burial ground', this site appears as 'Kyle burial ground (disused)' on the 1914 OS map. It is situated in the corner of a pastoral field and immediately to the NW lies a reputed holy well (KE002-018----). The S and W banks of this burial ground have been completely levelled by the erection of modern fieldbanks running N-S and E-W. What remains today is a roughly square area in plan, which is enclosed to the N through E to SE by an earthen bank. The internal diameter N-S measures 51m, while the external diameter measures 55m. The internal and external diameter E-W measures 48m and 54m respectively. The bank measures c 6m wide at the base, 1.3m high above the surrounding land and .8m above the interior. Three breaks in the bank are to be noted, two on the N bank and one to the SE, which measures 9m, 4m and 4m respectively in width. In the E sector of the interior a large stone slab, possibly marking a burial, and other scattered stones can also be noted. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 846. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE002-019002 Enclosure
  Description

  Marked on the 1841-42 OS as 'Kyle burial ground', KE002-019001- appears as 'Kyle burial ground (disused)' on the 1914 OS map. It is situated in the corner of a pastoral field and immediately to the NW lies a reputed holy well (KE002-018----). The S and W banks of this burial ground have been completely levelled by the erection of modern fieldbanks running N-S and E-W. What remains today is a roughly square area in plan, which is enclosed to the N through E to SE by an earthen bank. The internal diameter N-S measures 51m, while the external diameter measures 55m. The internal and external diameter E-W measures 48m and 54m respectively. The bank measures c 6m wide at the base, 1.3m high above the surrounding land and .8m above the interior. Three breaks in the bank are to be noted, two on the N bank and one to the SE, which measures 9m, 4m and 4m respectively in width. In the E sector of the interior a large stone slab, possibly marking a burial, and other scattered stones can also be noted. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 846. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

• KE002-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 41m N-S, 39m E-W This roughly circular univallate rath consists of an inner area enclosed by an earthen bank. The bank survives to a height of between .8m to 2.6m externally and .7m internally. The width of the bank at the base measures c6m. A 1.4m wide gap to the E provides access to the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 174. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

• KE002-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diameter 32m N-S, 34m E-W Lissaniska/Lios an Uisce (ringfort of the water). This circular univallate rath has an enclosing earthen bank which rises to a maximum of 2.6m externally and 1m internally. Two gaps to the NE ttnd W provide access to the interior; they measure 3m and 5m in width respectively. A fieldbank runs along the W side of this fort. An external fosse 3m in width and c 1m below the height of the surrounding land runs from the W through N to NE. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 175. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Sliss

Area

521,821 m² (52.18 ha, 128.94 acres)

Civil parish

Aghavallen, and its townlands

Barony

Iraghticonnor

Electoral division

Astee, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Astee electoral division: 496 people in 187 households; 92% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 19% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Glanawillin, Kilcolman, Kylatallin, Letter

Placenames

Sliss 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.