Socks

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Socks, from 2,876 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres) to 70,068 m² (7.01 ha, 17.31 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Socks 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.

• 8 Jan 2025Conditional

  Planning permission for retention and completion of house partially constructed under planning reference 0719 at Socks, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.

  Retention, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2560006

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  development will consist of the retention of the large metal shed which was constructed to the East of the existing Dwellinghouse.

  Retention · Leitrim County Council, 2460065

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: Lough Gill SAC 001976

Recorded monuments

• LE015-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located at the summit of an E-W ridge in the Bonet River valley. This is an oval area overgrown area (dims 31.7m N-S; 21m E-W) defined by a scarp at N and S (H 0.8m) and by a collapsed drystone wall (Wth of spread 2m; H 0.3m) at W. There is an overgrown earthen mound (dims c. 15m N-S; 8m E-W; int. H 1.5m; ext. H 0.2m), probably spoil, on the perimeter at E. There is no visible fosse or an identifiable original entrance but the monument is a rath which may have been foreshortened on the E side. 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

• LE015-154 Souterrain
  Description

  Situated at the S end of a low NE-SW ridge in the Bonet River valley. It was discovered in 1979 when a mechanical digger removed a lintel from the central of three passages, and it was recorded by K. Campbell for the National Museum of Ireland (total L c. 27m). The original entrance was not uncovered but it was at the E end of an E-W passage (L 8m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.5m) with vertical drystone-built walls and corbelling, which was roofed by ten lintels. A drain (L 2m plus; Wth 0.2m) led S from its SW corner, while a doorway (Wth 0.5-0.6m; H 0.5m; D 0.55m) at the W end of the N wall led to a NW-SE passage (L 8.8m; Wth 0.9m at S to 1.2m at N; H 1.6m) with drystone-built walls and corbelling, which is roofed by ten lintels. From the N end of this passage a creep (L 2.3m; Wth 0.3-0.5m; H 0.7m) with six lintels leads W to the approximate centre of a N-S passage which has probably been deliberately filled in at the S end (L 8.4m plus; max. Wth 1.6m; H 1.3m plus). The walls are drystone-built with little corbelling and it is roofed by at least eight lintels. Opposite the creep there is a chamber or annexe in the W wall (L 1.1m E-W; Wth 0.75-1m; H 0.75-0.85m) with a drain (L 2m plus; Wth 0.4m; H 0.14m plus) leading W from it. A constricting doorway (Wth 0.55m; H 0.6m) leads to this chamber, while in the wall above the doorway is an airvent (Wth 0.32m; H 0.16m; present L 1.4m). The souterrain is now closed. (NMI file) 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

• LE015-159 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise at the bottom of a S-facing slope. This is a grass and crub-covered subcircular area (dims 26m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by a slight bank (Wth 3m) S-NW and NNE-ESE. There is no visible fosse or entrance, but it is regarded locally as a fort. The monument is truncated by an ENE-WSW field bank at N and an ENE-WSW roadway at S. 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 Socks.

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

At the centre of the townland of Socks, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Socks with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Socks · Na Soic

Area

347,289 m² (34.73 ha, 85.82 acres)

Civil parish

Killarga, and its townlands

Barony

Drumahaire

Electoral division

Cloonlogher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

310 people lived in 128 households in the Cloonlogher electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aghameelta, Conaghil, Darkvalley, Kilcoosy, Socknalougher, Sranacrannaghy

Placenames

Socks 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.