Kilnacor
Townland in the civil parish of Denn, barony of Loughtee Upper, Co. Cavan
- Area
- 111.4 ha
- 275 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 7,432 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres)
- Zoning
- M4
- White Lands
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilnacor, from 53 m² to 103,389 m² (10.34 ha, 25.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 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
- M4White Lands (Built up area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M2Town Core (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
Cavan County Development Plan incorporating a Local Area Plan for Cavan Town 2022-2028, Cavan · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
4 May 2022Conditional
to erect an all weather pitch, hurling wall and associated flood lighting and all ancillary works at Denn GAA club grounds
Permission · Cavan County Council, 22174
27 Jan 2021Conditional
to erect detached domestic garage
Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 2133
31 Jan 2019Conditional
to retain and continue alterations to covered stand (previous approved planning 14/251 relates) to include single storey extension to rear to accommodate 2 no. dressing rooms, shower facilities, store, public toilets and all ancillary works
Retention · Cavan County Council, 1923
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilnacor.
Recorded monuments
- CV032-027 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. 27m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a wide, deep, partially waterlogged fosse recut from NW-N-E. Short segment of low counterscarp bank at the outer lip of fosse at SSE is probably relatively modern. Break in inner bank at SE with accompanying causeway may represent original entrance. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
- CV032-028 Ringfort - rath
Description
Raised circular area (int. diam. c. 30m) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and slight remains of a wide, deep fosse accompanied by a low counterscarp bank at its outer lip. Break in bank at SE may represent original entrance. Inside the bank at W is a small approximately circular depression (diam. c. 2.8m; D 0.3m) of unknown significance. Site is densely overgrown with vegetation. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Kilnacor.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Kilnacor.
- 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 Kilnacor with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.
The townland
- Name
- Kilnacor
- Area
- 1,114,472 m² (111.45 ha, 275.39 acres)
- Civil parish
- Denn, and its townlands
- Barony
- Loughtee Upper
- Electoral division
- Crosskeys, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Crosskeys electoral division: 707 people in 244 households; 88% of households own their home; 38% of homes were built since 2001; 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cargagh, Carn, Carrickatober, Killyteane, Lonnogs, Tullytreane
- Placenames
- Kilnacor 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.