Gorteen

113 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gorteen, from 157 m² to 737,500 m² (73.75 ha, 182.24 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 37 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 Gorteen 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.

• 3 Apr 2020Conditional

  MODIFICATIONS TO CALF SHED, (PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF; 17518), MODIFICATIONS CONSIST OF, A) CHANGE IN ROOF TYPE FROM A "LEAN-TOO" STRUCTURE TO AN "A FRAME" TYPE ROOF STRUCTURE, B) RETAINING WALL TO THE SOUTH WEST ELEVATION & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 20123

• 13 Mar 2020N/a

  & COMPLETE AS CONSTRUCTED CALF SHED, (PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF; 17518), & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Offaly County Council, 2083

• 31 Oct 2018Conditional

  A NEW ENTRANCE AND ACCESS ROAD INTO EXISTING FORESTRY PLANTATION TO FACILITATE TIMBER EXTRACTION AND FOREST MANAGEMENT

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 18481

• 22 Dec 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING CUBICLE SHED'S, CONSISTING OF ADDITIONAL CUBICLE BED'S, FEED PASSAGE'S, LEAN-TO ROOFING & UNDERGROUND EFFLUENT STORAGE TANK'S. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING RUIN'S & EXISTING STRAW BED SHED TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CALF SHED, PRECAST CONCRETE EFFLUENT TANK & COLLECTION CHANNEL, & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17518

• 26 Oct 2017Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SILAGE BASE SLAB & ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Offaly County Council, 17421

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: Slieve Bloom Mountains SAC 000412
• Special Protection Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains SPA 004160
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve Bloom Mountains 000412

Recorded monuments

• OF043-016 Barrow - bowl-barrow
  Description

  Situated on top of high ground in upland area. Steep sided flat topped mound (H. 3.50m; top diam. 4m; base diam. 17.5m) of earth and stone construction with E and S side of mound badly damaged (result of modern quarrying) with evidence of a wide shallow fosse (Wth 3m) enclosing base of carn. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-017 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on W facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Raised circular area (diam 37.5m N-S) enclosed by an earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 1.8m), fosse (Wth 2.5m) and external bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 0.3m; int. H 0.8m) with causewayed entrance (Wth 3m) at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on West facing slope on high ground in upland area. Raised circular area (diam 30m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m), outer fosse (Wth 2.5m) which is destroyed at west with external bank visible from NW through N to NE where it survives as a field fence. No visible entrance feature. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-047 Enclosure
  Description

  Situated on West facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Roughly circular domed area (diam 18m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank reduced to a scarp where it survives. Modern road intersects site from N to E with quarry in West quadrant. Domed interior probably the result of spoil from quarrying. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on SE facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Raised circular area (diam 32m N-S) enclosed by poorly preserved bank (Wth 1.5m; ext. H 1.7m), wide flat bottomed fosse (Wth 3.5m; ext. D 0.7m) and external bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.4m) of mainly stone construction. Causewayed entrance (Wth 3.8m) at SW. Stone wall intersects external bank at S where it acts as part of a field boundary. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-050 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on S facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Raised circular area (diam 26.5m E-W) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 1m) reduced in places to a scarp, fosse (Wth 1.5m; ext. D 0.3m) with possible outer bank (Wth 1m; ext. H 0.4m) visible from N to E only. Field fence intersects site at S with forest plantation surrounding site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

• OF043-051 Enclosure
  Description

  Present remains consist of a semi-circular shaped platform (diam. 50m E-W) defined by a slight scarp at S and by a public road at N. Possible house platform of post-1700 AD date. Not depicted as an antiquity on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, 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 Gorteen.

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 Gorteen with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Offaly.

Name

Gorteen · An Goirtín

Area

6,895,363 m² (689.54 ha, 1,703.88 acres)

Civil parish

Roscrea, and its townlands

Barony

Ballybritt

Electoral division

Gorteen, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gorteen electoral division: 291 people in 101 households; 90% of households own their home; 23% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballaghlyragh or Nealstown (Co. Laois), Ballybritt, Beagh, Coldblow, Garranbaun (Co. Laois), Gorraun, Keeloge, Knockloughlin, Laughil, Lissanierin, Roscomroe, Stooagh (Co. Laois)

Placenames

Gorteen 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.