Sleehaun

23 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sleehaun, from 2,241 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres) to 237,861 m² (23.79 ha, 58.78 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 21 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 Sleehaun 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.

• 9 Dec 2022Conditional

  proposed construction of a storey and a half dwelling, detached domestic garage, proprietary secondary wastewater treatment system with percolation area, new front access entrance, timber post and rail fence to side and front elevation and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 22279

• 11 Nov 2021Conditional

  proposed dormer type dwelling, formation of new entrance, wastewater treatment system, polishing filter area and all ancillary site works

  Permission, 1 home · Longford County Council, 21317

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 Sleehaun.

Recorded monuments

• LF019-109 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low ridge in pasture. A raised circular area (diam. c. 33m) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.6-3.4m; H 0.2-0.4m) with a shallow external fosse (Wth c. 4m; D 0.35m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) suggested that the original entrance may have been at NW. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-110 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a low NNW-SSE ridge in pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 45m N-S; c. 41m E-W) defined by a low scarp (H 0.9m) with a poorly defined, largely infilled, external fosse (Wth 3.1m; max. D 0.25m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded slight traces of an outer bank at N. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF019-113 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In poorly drained, low-lying pasture. A raised subcircular area (c. 35m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW) enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone (Wth 4m; H 0.2-0.4m) with fragmentary traces of an external fosse (Wth 2-3m; D 0.1-0.2m). A report in 1976 (SMR file) recorded traces of an outer bank at S and at W that are no longer visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 January 2012

• LF020-030 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On a SE-facing slope in pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this rath was enclosed by a low bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is largely levelled. Extant remains comprise a raised oval area (c. 37m NW-SE; c. 32m NE-SW) defined by a low scarp (H 0.1-0.2m). From SW-W-WNW it is truncated by a NW-SE field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• LF020-031 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  At the SE end of a low NW-SE ridge in pasture. A raised oval area (c. 35m N-S; c. 31m E-W) enclosed by a partially denuded, low bank of earth and stone (Wth 3m; H 0.2-0.3m). A narrow, deep, external fosse (Wth 1.2m; D 1m), which has been modified and incorporated into the field-drainage system, survives from W-NW-N. The original entrance is not recognisable. The rath was reused as a tree-ring in relatively modern times. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 18 January 2012

Architectural heritage

• Sleehaun House, house, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached Tudor Revival style multiple-bay single- and two-storey former house on complex irregular-plan, built c. 1850, having projecting gable-fronted two-storey bay to the southeast end, single-bay single-storey section with attic storey section adjacent to northwest having gabled half dormer opening at attic level, two-bay two-storey block to northwest and projecting gable-fronted single-storey block to the northwest end. Two-bay flat-roofed section adjacent to northeast side of projecting two-storey gable-fronted block to southeast end (at re-entrant corner) having slightly projecting single-bay porch to northeast end with doorway in recessed segmental-headed opening. Single- and two-storey blocks to rear (northeast). Possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house(s) to site dating to c. 1700. Now disused. Pitched natural slate roofs with clustered diagonally-set pebbledashed chimneystacks, and some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Overhanging eaves to a number of sections (including central two-storey block to front elevation and to the southeast elevation of projecting block to the southeast end of front elevation) supported on timber brackets. Raised rendered verge to projecting two-storey bay to the southeast end of front elevation. Hipped slate roof to single-bay two-storey block to rear. Moulded rendered cornice to flat-roofed sections. Pebbledashed walls over smooth rendered plinth course; smooth cement rendered finish to projecting porch. Carved limestone plaque, possibly a coat-of-arms, to gable apex of projecting gable-fronted block to southeast end. Square-headed window openings with chamfered tooled limestone sills, and having various paired four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows, paired vertically-orientated two-over-two pane timber sliding sash, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and with some replacement timber casement and other modern window. Four-light two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to projecting block to the northwest end of front elevation. Segmental-headed arch to porch with recessed square-headed door opening having timber panelled door with inset panels. Set well back from road in mature grounds to the southeast of Ardagh and to the northwest of Legan. Main entrance gates (13401923) to the southwest, at start of long straight approach avenue to house. Carved limestone gate post with wrought-iron flat bar pedestrian gate to northwest of house. Carved limestone gate piers with double leaf hooped wrought-iron gates to southwest of site. Mill building of corrugated-metal construction having machinery to interior.

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 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 Sleehaun.

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 Sleehaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Longford.

Name

Sleehaun · Slítheán

Area

1,711,596 m² (171.16 ha, 422.94 acres)

Civil parish

Rathreagh, and its townlands

Barony

Ardagh

Electoral division

Foxhall, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Foxhall electoral division: 611 people in 236 households; 63% of households own their home; 35% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymaclifford, Ballywalter, Carnan, Killeen, Lenaboy, Lisdreenagh, Meeltanagh, Rockpeyton, Sleehaun (Sankey)

Placenames

Sleehaun 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.