Leekfield

52 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leekfield, from 64 m² to 348,671 m² (34.87 ha, 86.16 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Leekfield 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.

• 22 May 2026N/a

  to construct a two storey extension to the side and a single-storey extension to the rear of a single-storey dwelling and associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2660193

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 Leekfield.

Recorded monuments

• SL013-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on slight rise in gently undulating pasture. The site is depicted as a roughly circular enclosure on the 1913 edition of the OS 6-inch map. The S half of the enclosure has since been removed. The remains comprise a slightly raised, semi-circular area (dims. 19m E-W; 10m N-S) defined by scarp (H 0.6m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. The original entrance is not recognisable. Compiled by: Mark Keegan Date of upload: 19 January 2011

• SL019-016 Enclosure
  Description

  Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Identified from aerial photography: as a semi-circular enclosure. ACP V203/132-1, Roll 127, Pr. 28. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 27 September 2013

• SL019-017 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a terrace, on the lower NE-facing slopes of a limestone hill named Red Hill on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. This enclosure is not shown on the 1837 OS 6-inch map; it is shown on the 1913 edition as a penannular hachured area, open to SE, with a cashel (SL019-017001-) immediately to E. Sub-rectangular or polygonal area (28m NNW–SSE; c. 15m ENE–WSW) defined at SE–NE by a low, grass-covered, stony bank (Wth 1.8-2m), possibly a ruined wall. On the E side, the enclosure is defined by a rising slope which incorporates the ruined wall of the cashel (SL019-017001-). The S half of the interior is flat, and at a higher level than the N half which slopes down to N. There is an entrance gap or break (Wth 1.8m) at W. A relict field wall, visible as a grass-covered stony rise (Wth c. 1.6m), extends to NW from the NW corner of the enclosure. The date and function of this enclosure is unclear but it appears to post-date the cashel. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 November 2014

• SL019-017001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In pasture, located on the level W end of a limestone terrace, on the lower NE-facing slopes of a limestone hill named Red Hill on the 1913 OS 6-inch map. The terrace is defined on the NW–N by a steep, almost vertical drop (H c. 5m) broken by limestone outcropping. Broadly oval area (22m N–S; c. 26m E–W) defined by a ruined stone wall. The collapsed wall is visible as a low, sod-covered stony rise (Wth c. 3m). On its inner edge it is more or less flush with interior ground level but it has a more pronounced external slope (ext. H 0.6-0.8m). At NNE–NE several in situ limestone blocks are visible, representing the basal course of the external wall face. The original entrance may be at SSW where there is a low area or gap (Wth 2m) in the wall. The grass-covered interior has a slight slope down to E. Immediately to W of the cashel, the terrace drops to a lower level, where there is an enclosure (SL019-017----). Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 September 2014

• SL019-019 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Not marked on the 1837 and 1913 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Identified from aerial photography (ACP V203/79-80). Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 22 May 2013

Architectural heritage

• Saint Adamnan's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1830–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached multi-bay single-storey rendered Roman Catholic church built c. 1850. Three-bay nave, single-bay east and west transepts, single-bay chancel, gabled porches to ends of east and west transepts, sacristy dated 1920 demolished at south-east corner between chancel and east transept, flat-roofed boiler house in south-west corner between chancel and west transept. Pitched slate roof on new structure 2004, clay ridge tiles, dressed stepped limestone verges with corbelled springers surmounted by carved limestone celtic crosses to all four gables, profiled copper gutters on uPVC fascia on limestone corbels. Painted smooth-rendered walling, tooled ashlar limestone flush quoins. Pointed-arch window openings, tooled ashlar limestone flush surrounds, hardwood Y- tracery windows, hood moulding and geometric tracery to chancel window, blind quatrefoil limestone panels to apex of transept and chancel gables. Pointed-arch main entrance door opening to north gable, tooled ashlar limestone chamfered flush surround, painted timber double doors with fixed matching panel over with full-height pointed-head panels. Work underway on interior including timber sheeted ceiling 2004. Square-headed door openings to east and west porches, polished ashlar limestone chamfered surrounds shouldered corners, hardwood vertically-sheeted doors. Surrounded by bitmac carpark, grass areas, limestone boundary wall, free-standing bell-cage on fluted and embellished cast-iron columns on steped masonry plinth 1953.

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 Leekfield, 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 Leekfield.

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

Name

Leekfield · Ceathrú an Luis

Area

1,559,059 m² (155.91 ha, 385.25 acres)

Civil parish

Skreen, and its townlands

Barony

Tireragh

Electoral division

Toberpatrick West, the unit of the census

Census 2022

306 people lived in 115 households in the Toberpatrick West electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 28% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrowdurneen, Gerrib Big, Gerrib Little, Masreagh, Mullaroe, Skreen More

Placenames

Leekfield 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.