# Knockmore, Co. Carlow: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Ballyellin, barony of Idrone East, Co. Carlow; in Irish An Cnoc Mór.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,530,066 m² (153.01 ha, 378.09 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 124,333 m² (12.43 ha, 30.72 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Ballyellin, https://everytownland.com/carlow/parish/ballyellin.md
- Barony: Idrone East
- Electoral division: Kyle, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Carlow, https://everytownland.com/carlow.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/3583
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 10366
- Centre: latitude 52.590019, longitude -6.845885 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

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); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 805278: 226,017 m² (22.6 ha, 55.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805278.md
- Parcel 805375: 198,247 m² (19.82 ha, 48.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805375.md
- Parcel 805445: 176,284 m² (17.63 ha, 43.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805445.md
- Parcel 805377: 154,663 m² (15.47 ha, 38.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805377.md
- Parcel 784871: 152,139 m² (15.21 ha, 37.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/784871.md
- Parcel 814909: 136,134 m² (13.61 ha, 33.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/814909.md
- Parcel 797270: 125,023 m² (12.5 ha, 30.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797270.md
- Parcel 797271: 123,642 m² (12.36 ha, 30.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797271.md
- Parcel 797382: 106,732 m² (10.67 ha, 26.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797382.md
- Parcel 805376: 74,257 m² (7.43 ha, 18.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/805376.md
- Parcel 797383: 50,397 m² (5.04 ha, 12.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797383.md
- Parcel 797380: 4,234 m² (0.42 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797380.md
- Parcel 2532216: 2,815 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2532216.md
- Parcel 797381: 2,631 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/797381.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

4 applications, newest first.

- 31 Jul 2023, Carlow County Council 23126: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23126/0
- 21 Jul 2023, Carlow County Council 23124: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23124/0
- 12 Jul 2023, Carlow County Council 23120: N/a. Retention. 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. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/23120/0
- 14 Jul 2020, Carlow County Council 20231: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. the construction of a single storey dwelling, a domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, bored well, new entrance and all associated site works. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/20231/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Barrow and River Nore SAC, site code 002162, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002162

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CW022-023: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-023----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-025----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-025001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-026001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-026002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-028----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-065----. 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), https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW022-066----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCW023-010----. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockmore.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockmore.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockmore.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Knockmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Carlow: https://everytownland.com/carlow.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballybrack: https://everytownland.com/carlow/ballybrack.md
- Barnahaskin: https://everytownland.com/carlow/barnahaskin.md
- Moyvally: https://everytownland.com/carlow/moyvally.md
- Rathanna: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathanna.md
- Rathgeran: https://everytownland.com/carlow/rathgeran.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

- Page: https://everytownland.com/carlow/knockmore
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/carlow/knockmore