Faslowart
Townland in the civil parish of Drumlease, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Fás Lúghoirt
- Area
- 51.7 ha
- 128 acres
- Land parcels
- 15
- registered freehold, median 7,545 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faslowart, from 190 m² to 221,214 m² (22.12 ha, 54.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Faslowart 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Mar 2024N/a
(1) retain and complete an existing domestic house/guest house, the building contains 2 domestic bedrooms and 9 number B&B bedrooms and all ancillary living accommodation. (2). To complete the partly constructed kitchen/dinning/living playroom areas attached to the rear of the B&B. (3). To retain all amended existing elevational features on the existing Domestic house/B&B granted under planning application number ref P14/38. (4). To retain and complete the existing partly constructed detached 1 bed tourism unit. (5). To apply for planning permission to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment system to the current EPA code of Practise and all ancillary works.
Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2460061
16 May 2018Conditional
development consisting of a part single storey / part two storey dwelling, detached domestic garage, new site entrance, effluent treatment system and percolation area and associated site works
Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 1888
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Gill 001976
Recorded monuments
- LE010-028 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Situated on a knoll and overgrown in a coniferous forest. Indicated as a small embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) only on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’. No feature is visible at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 13 April 2016
- LE010-029 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated in a low-lying position in an undulating landscape. Subcircular grass and scrub-covered area (int. dims 24.5m N-S; c. 18m E-W) defined by an intermittently visible stone spread (Wth 2-3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.75m) and hedge. There is no identifiable original entrance. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008
- LE010-030001 Enclosure
Description
Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) defined by a field bank and situated on the steep S-facing slope of a hazel and scrub-covered hill. It is not visible at ground level. Enclosure site (LE010-030002-) is c. 10m to the E. It is quite possible that this is not an ancient feature. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 December 2011
- LE010-030002 Enclosure
Description
Marked only on the 1910 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 15m) defined by a field bank and situated on the steep S-facing slope of a hazel and scrub-covered hill. It is not visible at ground level. Enclosure site (LE010-030002-) is c. 10m to the W. It is quite possible that it is not an ancient feature. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 13 December 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Faslowart.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Faslowart.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Faslowart with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Faslowart · Fás Lúghoirt
- Area
- 516,519 m² (51.65 ha, 127.63 acres)
- Civil parish
- Drumlease, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Sramore, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sramore electoral division: 406 people in 144 households; 91% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballynamona (Co. Sligo), Carrickfad, Cartron, Kilmore
- Placenames
- Faslowart 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.