Lahardan

24 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lahardan, from 999 m² to 140,078 m² (14.01 ha, 34.61 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Lahardan 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.

• 1 Feb 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of the construction of a slatted shed and a concrete apron together with all ancillary site works and services

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2121

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 Lahardan.

Recorded monuments

• SL034-142 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on top of a ridge overlooking Lough Arrow to SW. A raised roughly circular area (int. diam. 27m x 23m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 1m; ext. H 2.2m) with an external fosse (Wth 2m). A trigonometrical station was indicated on the bank at SW on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-143 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, at the end of a ridge. This possible rath is not visible at ground level. It was indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a circular area of rough ground and on the 1914 OS 6-inch map as an embanked semicircular area (c. 35m NE-SW; projecting c. 40m to NW) on the NW side of a townland boundary and immediately SW of a road. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-144 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a N-facing slope. A circular area (int. diam. 20m) enclosed by the remains of an earth and stone bank (Wth 2m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1m). Some large boulders are evident in the bank. A slight trace of an external fosse (Wth 3m) was noted. Coniferous trees grow on the rath. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-145 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on top of the NE side of a ridge overlooking a small valley to NE and Lough Arrow to SW. A circular area (int. diam. 19.5m) enclosed by a low broad earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1m) with traces of an external fosse along the W arc. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-147 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a NW-facing slope with a view of Lough Arrow to SW. A slightly raised circular area (int. diam. 28m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 2m; int. H 1.25m; ext. H 1.8m) with an external fosse (Wth c. 2m; D c. 0.4m). The bank is densely covered with overgrowth along the S arc. Another rath (SL034-148----) lies immediately to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-148 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In wet elevated pasture, on a slight N-facing slope. A raised circular area (22m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1.25m) and an external waterlogged fosse (base Wth 5m). An external bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 1.55m) is evident SSE-NNW and for a short distance at NE. The bank is incorporated into a field boundary SSE-SSW. A NE-SW drystone field boundary wall crosses the fosse at NE and extends along the top of the scarp NE-SE and then crosses the fosse again. Another field boundary, now disused, crosses the fosse and abuts the scarp at NNW. The interior slopes gently down to N with some limestone outcrops at the centre. The S half of the interior, the fosse and the external bank are densely overgrown with gorse. Another rath (SL034-147----) lies immediately to NW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-149 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  In a hollow, on a W-facing slope. A spring well enclosed by a concrete covering. There is no evidence of recent veneration at this well. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-150 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In undulating pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking Lough Arrow. A circular area (int. diam. 35m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.4m; int. H 0.8m; ext. H 2m). The S portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. Trees grow on the bank and the interior is partially covered with overgrowth. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-237 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on a W-facing slope with views S to Lough Arrow. A circular area (int. diam. 20m) enclosed by an earthen bank (Wth 1.5m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.7m). The W portion of the interior is raised to compensate for the hillslope. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

• SL034-266 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough, rush-grown upland pasture, located on the narrow top of a NW−SE ridge, close to the break of slope at the SE end. The sides of the ridge fall away steeply, overlooking a valley to E and Lough Arrow in the distance to W. There is a rath (SL034-145----) 100m to NW on the same ridge. This enclosure is not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It is visible in aerial imagery. A very slightly raised, broadly oval area (27m NE−SW; 31m NW−SE) defined by a low scarp/undulation (H 0.45m). The interior is level and featureless, except for a small, low sod-covered stony heap (c. 2m across; H 0.3m) located close to the scarp at W. Notified to NMS by Andrew Goodison. Attached image: SL034-266----_01.JPG Enclosure viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 March 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 Lahardan, about 1 in 5 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 moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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 Lahardan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Lahardan · An Leathardán

Area

946,553 m² (94.66 ha, 233.9 acres)

Civil parish

Killadoon, and its townlands

Barony

Tirerrill

Electoral division

Killadoon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

276 people lived in 104 households in the Killadoon electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickglass, Cartronavally, Cornamucklagh, Derry More, Killadoon, Tully

Placenames

Lahardan 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.