Gortnaleck
Townland in the civil parish of Ahamlish, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish Gort na Leice
- Area
- 483.4 ha
- 1,194 acres
- Land parcels
- 46
- registered freehold, median 16,351 m² (1.64 ha, 4.04 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
46 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortnaleck, from 140 m² to 3,391,820 m² (339.18 ha, 838.14 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Gortnaleck 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
13 Jun 2025Conditional
retention of existing domestic garage as constructed at existing dwelling
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560248
28 Jan 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the provision of a side extension for a granny flat; retention of existing extension; demolition of existing garage and construction of a new garage and ancillary works
Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2113
10 Jul 2020Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a dwelling house with proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20216
27 Mar 2017Conditional
development consisting of the construction of a new forestry road entrance including all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 17116
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex SAC 000623
- Special Protection Area: Sligo/Leitrim Uplands SPA 004187
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Ben Bulben, Gleniff And Glenade Complex 000623
Recorded monuments
- SL005-056 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Situated on a slight N-facing slope in pasture. Slightly raised roughly circular area (dims. 18m E-W; 16m N-S) enclosed by a bank of rubble limestone (Wth 6.2m: int. H 0.3m). No fosse visible. From SE-SSW the bank is absent and the edge of the site is defined by a public road. Original entrance not recognisable. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
- SL005-089 Enclosure
Description
Situated on a slight rise in gently undulating pasture. Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Marked 'Fort' in pencil on an NMI field map. No visible surface trace of an enclosure at this location. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
- SL005-090 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Description
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) This court tomb is a national monument (No. 607) in state ownership. Date of upload: 9 January 2012
- SL005-172 Sweathouse
Description
In light deciduous wood on W bank of NNW-ESE orientated meandering stream. The sweathouse is built into a slight S-facing scarp overlooking the stream 12m to the S. Roughly circular structure (max. internal dims. top 1.4m; base 1.5m) with drystone limestone rubble walls (dims. T 0.35-0.6m; int. H 1.3m; ext H 0.4m). The roof has collapsed with some of the rubble now lying on the earth and stone floor. Patches of gravely limestone render survive on the inner wall face. The external side of the wall is not visible as the structure is set into a natural slope. A break (Wth 0.65m) in the wall at SSE marks the position of the entrance. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Gortnaleck.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately high (inferred), 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 Gortnaleck.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Gortnaleck with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Gortnaleck · Gort na Leice
- Area
- 4,833,896 m² (483.39 ha, 1,194.48 acres)
- Civil parish
- Ahamlish, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Rossinver West, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rossinver West electoral division: 243 people in 79 households; 88% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 13% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardnaglass Upper, Ballynagalliagh, Barnaderg, Cartronmore, Cartronwilliamoge, Cloyragh, Gortaderry, Grogagh, Keelty, Kilcat, Kiltykere, Lislahelly, Lyle, Slievemore Or Kingsmountain
- Placenames
- Gortnaleck 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.