Aghameelta

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghameelta, from 2,083 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres) to 153,345 m² (15.33 ha, 37.89 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 13 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 Aghameelta 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Aghameelta 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.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Lough Gill SAC 001976

Recorded monuments

• LE015-015001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on the floor of a valley. This is a grass and scrub-covered circular area (int. diam. 23.8 N-S; 23.7m E-W) defined by the overgrown remains of a stone spread (Wth 0.8-2.2m; max. H 0.4m) with no identifiable original entrance. The monument is truncated at SE by a NE-SW field bank and there is a circular hut site (int. diam. 4.8m) defined by a stone spread (Wth 0.8-1.3m) but with no visible entrance at the centre. 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

• LE015-015002 Hut site
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise on the floor of a valley and at the centre of cashel (LE015-015001-). This is a circular area (int. diam. 4.8m) defined by a stone spread (Wth 0.8-1.3m). There is no visible entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 1 September 2016

• LE015-020 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Situated on a slight rise of a plateau. This is an overgrown subcircular area (diam. c. 30m NE-SW) defined by a stone spread (at NE: Wth 3.5m) with facing-stones (at NE: Wth 1.8m; int. H 0.2m; ext. H 0.8m), but the perimeter is reduced to a scarp down to the interior (H 0.4m) at W. The 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

• LE015-021001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located towards the top of the SW-facing slope of a drumlin. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. 31.5m NW-SE; 31.5m NE-SW) defined by an earthen bank (at NE: Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1-1.2m), and an external fosse (at NE: Wth of top 6.5m; Wth of base 3m; D 0.8m) which survives N-E. The bank is reduced to a scarp (H 0.7m) SW-W. The entrance (Wth 1.6m) is at E and there is a souterrain (LE015-021002-) at the centre. 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

• LE015-021002 Souterrain
  Description

  Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. A collapsed underground passage (L 7m; Wth 0.7-1m), of which some broken lintels and the tops of the side-walls can intermittently be seen, is within rath (LE015-021001--) extending SW from the centre. 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

• LE015-024 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located in rough pasture towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope with a N-S section of the River Bonet c. 90m to the E. This is an grass and scrub-covered circular area (diam. 24.3m NE-SW) defined by a slight scarp (max. H 1m), with an earthen bank (Wth 3m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.6m) SW-W. There is no visible fosse and the entrance (Wth 2m) at SW is modern. 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

• LE015-025 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on an E-facing slope in mixed woodland. This is an overgrown subcircular or D-shaped area (int. dims 25.8m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) defined by a collapsed earth and stone bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3-0.5m; ext. H 1.1-1.6m) which is intermittently reduced to a scarp. There is no visible fosse and an entrance (Wth 2.5m) at SW is probably not original. Rath (LE015-026----) is c. 110m to the SSW. 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

• LE015-026 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a knoll towards the top of a S-facing slope in mixed woodland. This is a circular platform (diam. 27.7m NE-SW; 27.3m NW-SE) defined by a scarp (H 0.4m at SW to 0.6-1m generally). There is no visible fosse or identifiable original entrance. Rath (LE015-025----) is c. 110m to the NNE. 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 Aghameelta.

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 Aghameelta, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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 Aghameelta with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Aghameelta · Achadh Míolta

Area

646,177 m² (64.62 ha, 159.67 acres)

Civil parish

Drumlease, 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

Carrigeencor, Darkvalley, Kilcoosy, Lisgorman, Socks

Placenames

Aghameelta 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.