Knockanoark

51 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockanoark, from 153 m² to 133,022 m² (13.3 ha, 32.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockanoark 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.

• 29 Jul 2026N/a

  to develop Lavey Filing Station, as follows:- A. Demolish existing vacant two-storey dwelling, existing shop, stores, garage and associated structures. B. Construct new petrol service station and shop, incorporating off-licence, store, deli and associated office and toilet facilities. C. Provide 2 no. additional petrol pumps, extend canopy, alterations to existing carparking, new signage, connection to existing services, EV charging points and associated site development works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2660422

• 25 Aug 2025Conditional

  to retain single story extension to the rear of an existing building, a change of use from an existing storage area to meeting space and all associated internal alterations and ancillary works

  Retention · Cavan County Council, 2560493

• 8 Mar 2022Conditional

  to provide off-licence within existing shop unit and associated works

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 2292

• 25 Feb 2019Conditional

  to construct 1 no. poultry house together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted

  Permission · Cavan County Council, 1957

• 17 Jul 2018Conditional

  to construct an extension to 1 no. free range poultry house together with all ancillary structures and all associated site works arising from the above proposed development

  Permission, 1 home · Cavan County Council, 18306

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 Knockanoark.

Recorded monuments

• CV026-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. dims. 33m NNW-SSE; 31.2m ENE-WSW) enclosed by an earthen bank and traces of a fosse. At W an apparently modern section of drystone walling has been built against the outer face of the bank. Original entrance not recognisable. 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

• CV026-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised circular area (int. dims. 28m N-S; 24.3m E-W) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank and a fosse. Former break in bank at E, now blocked by a modern field boundary, probably represents 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

• CV026-048 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Raised oval area (int. dims. 37.5m NW-SE; 24.8m NE-SE) enclosed by a denuded earthen bank disturbed in parts, and an almost completely infilled fosse. Original entrance not recognisable. 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 Knockanoark.

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

About 1 in 20 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 water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockanoark.

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.

No address of the register names Knockanoark with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cavan.

Name

Knockanoark

Area

1,165,700 m² (116.57 ha, 288.05 acres)

Civil parish

Lavey, and its townlands

Barony

Loughtee Upper

Electoral division

Stradone, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Stradone electoral division: 855 people in 294 households; 84% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Beaghy, Corfad, Corragho, Corraneary, Lavey, Lisnaglea

Placenames

Knockanoark 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.