Skreeny Little
Townland in the civil parish of Cloonclare, barony of Drumahaire, Co. Leitrim; in Irish Scrínidh Bheag
- Area
- 58.7 ha
- 145 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 68,764 m² (6.88 ha, 16.99 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skreeny Little, from 1,656 m² to 125,771 m² (12.58 ha, 31.08 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Skreeny Little 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
No planning application touches the townland of Skreeny Little 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.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976
Recorded monuments
- LE007-047 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on the E-facing slope of a low drumlin. Subcircular grass and reed-covered area (int. dims 32m N-S; 27.5m E-W) defined by a round-topped, steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 2.45m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.7m) which is reduced to a scarp at NW. Slight traces of an outer fosse (Wth 1-2m) are visible as lush vegetation N-E-SW, but the original entrance is not identified. The monument is traversed by an E-W farm track. 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
- LE007-076 Ringfort - rath
Description
Situated on top of a prominent drumlin that is almost centrally placed amongst the five valleys that meet at Manorhamilton c. 1.4 km to the SW. This is a grass-covered circular area (int. diam. 27m E-W; 25.5m N-S) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.2m; int. H 0.15m; ext. H 0.2m) at ESE which is reduced to a scarp (H. 0.25m) elsewhere. These features are separated by a fosse (Wth of base 1.8m) from an outer bank (Wth 2.35m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.95m) with an external fosse (Wth of base 1.25m; D 0.3m). The original entrance is not identified. There are the remains of a masonry structure outside the perimeter at SW the defining features are covered in scrub in this area. 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
- LE007-077 Ringfort - rath
Description
Marked as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 25m) on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a ‘Fort’ in gothic lettering. It is located in a low-lying position with a small N-S stream c. 10m to the E and c. 110m from where the stream enters a NE-SW section of the Owenmore River. This is an overgrown oval platform (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) defined by a grass-covered stone spread (Wth 3m; H 0.5m) at S, which is reduced to a scarp (H 0.2m) elsewhere. There is no visible fosse and an original entrance is not identified. 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
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Skreeny Little.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1393 (ZIP).
- 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 Skreeny Little with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.
The townland
- Name
- Skreeny Little · Scrínidh Bheag
- Area
- 587,471 m² (58.75 ha, 145.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Cloonclare, and its townlands
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Electoral division
- Manorhamilton, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Manorhamilton electoral division: 2,064 people in 854 households; 58% of households own their home; 48% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Curraghfore, Donagh Beg, Faughary, Skreeny, Tawnyfeacle
- Placenames
- Skreeny Little 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.