Knockmore

14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockmore, from 2,631 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres) to 226,017 m² (22.6 ha, 55.85 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 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 Knockmore 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.

• 31 Jul 2023Conditional

  1) milking parlour and associated works, 2) retention of uncovered yards with slatted tanks, 3) retention of agricultural sheds, 4) retention of canteen, 5) retention of demolition of part of existing dwelling house and retention of extension as constructed & permission is also sought for erection of agricultural shed with associated works and for upgrading of existing sewerage system with associated works to serve existing dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 23126

• 21 Jul 2023N/a

  1) milking parlour and associated works, 2) retention of uncovered yards with slatted tanks, 3) retention of agricultural sheds, 4) Retention of canteen, 5) retention of demolition of part of existing dwelling house and retention of extension as constructed & permission is also sought for erection of agricultural shed with associated works and for upgrading of existing sewerage system with associated works to serve existing dwelling

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 23124

• 12 Jul 2023N/a

  1) milking parlour and associated works, 2) retention of uncovered yards with slatted tanks, 3) retention of agricultural sheds, 4) Retention of canteen, 5) retention of demolition of part of existing dwelling house and retention of extension as constructed and permission is also sought for erection of agricultural shed with associated works and for upgrading of existing sewerage system with associated works to serve existing dwelling

  Retention · Carlow County Council, 23120

• 14 Jul 2020Conditional

  the construction of a single storey dwelling, a domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Carlow County Council, 20231

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: River Barrow and River Nore SAC 002162

Recorded monuments

• CW022-023 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Local information indicated the site of a supposed collapsed megalithic tomb (Brindley and Kilfeather 1993, 2, No. 10). There is no visible trace of this feature and, whatever its nature, it cannot on present evidence be accepted as the site of a megalithic tomb. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload/revision: 1 April 2019

• CW022-025 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/12). A long cairn of stones aligned NE-SW (L 12m; Wth 5m). Smaller sub-circular cairn (diam. 4m) present to the N (see CW022-025001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW022-025001 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/12). Small sub-circular cairn (diam. 4m) to the N of a second larger cairn (CW022-025----). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW022-026001 Enclosure
  Description

  The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 12 July 2011 Revised by: Claire Breen Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/13). On lower ESE slope of Knockmore Hill. Circular area (D c. 80m) enclosed by a stone-faced earthen bank (H 1.5m; Wth c. 2.4m). Area very heavily overgrown at time of inspection by ASI (September 1987) and a possible hut site (CW022-026002-) visible on the aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/13) and a dividing wall depicted on the 1908 'OS 6-inch' map were difficult to identify on the ground.

• CW022-026002 Hut site
  Description

  Visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/13). Small enclosure in the N half of larger enclosure (CW022-026001-). Area very heavily overgrown at time of inspection by ASI (September 1987) and not possible to identify the nature of this on the ground. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW022-028 Enclosure
  Description

  Circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R3/4). In hilly terrain on the SE slopes of Knockmore. No remains visible at ground level when inspected by ASI on the 14 July 1987. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

• CW022-065 Rock art
  Description

  Discovered c. 2004, near the summit of a ridge that forms the southern shoulder of Knockmore Hill. Now in a garden of house immediately to E (see CW022-066---- for present location). A granite boulder (L 0.9m; H 0.55m; T 0.4m) set on edge, which originally was probably a low-level earthfast boulder. In one corner is a small cup mark (diam. 3.5cm) enclosed by a penannular ring (total diam. 17cm, break in circle 4cm wide). Nearby is a another cup mark (diam. 3.5cm) and penannular ring (total diam. 18cm) with a line extending from the central cup to the break in the enclosing ring. Squeezed between these two large penannular cup and rings is a small cup and ring. Near the middle of the stone is another cup mark (diam. 4cm; D 1cm) enclosed by a penannular ring (total diam. 20cm) with a line extending from the central cup out through the break in the circle and terminating at the outer circumference of the nearby penannular ring. In the space between these two large cup and rings, and placed on either side of the line joining them, is a small cup and ring (total diam. 12cm). There are two further randomly placed unenclosed cup marks (diam. 4cm; D 1cm) on the stone. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 January 2012

• CW022-066 Rock art (present location)
  Description

  Discovered c. 2004, near the summit of a ridge that forms the southern shoulder of Knockmore Hill (see CW022-065----). Now in a garden of house immediately to E. A granite boulder (L 0.9m; H 0.55m; T 0.4m) set on edge, which originally was probably a low-level earthfast boulder. In one corner is a small cup mark (diam. 3.5cm) enclosed by a penannular ring (total diam. 17cm, break in circle 4cm wide). Nearby is a another cup mark (diam. 3.5cm) and penannular ring (total diam. 18cm) with a line extending from the central cup to the break in the enclosing ring. Squeezed between these two large penannular cup and rings is a small cup and ring. Near the middle of the stone is another cup mark (diam. 4cm; D 1cm) enclosed by a penannular ring (total diam. 20cm) with a line extending from the central cup out through the break in the circle and terminating at the outer circumference of the nearby penannular ring. In the space between these two large cup and rings, and placed on either side of the line joining them, is a small cup and ring (total diam. 12cm). There are two further randomly placed unenclosed cup marks (diam. 4cm; D 1cm) on the stone. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 27 January 2012

• CW023-010 Enclosure
  Description

  Sub-circular enclosure visible on aerial photograph (GSIAP R2/14). In marshy rough ground at the foot of the W slope of Knockmore Hill. No remains visible at ground level when inspected by ASI on the 10 September 1987. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockmore, 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 Knockmore.

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 Knockmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow.

Name

Knockmore · An Cnoc Mór

Area

1,530,066 m² (153.01 ha, 378.09 acres)

Civil parish

Ballyellin, and its townlands

Barony

Idrone East

Electoral division

Kyle, the unit of the census

Census 2022

360 people lived in 121 households in the Kyle electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybrack, Barnahaskin, Moyvally, Rathanna, Rathgeran

Placenames

Knockmore 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.