Knockans Lower

74 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockans Lower, from 31 m² to 223,780 m² (22.38 ha, 55.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 19 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 Knockans Lower 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.

No planning application touches the townland of Knockans Lower in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

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: East Burren Complex SAC 001926
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: East Burren Complex 001926

Recorded monuments

• CL010-143 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a scrub-covered karstic terrace on the lower NW slopes of Knockanes ridge, in the Burren National Park. Listed as fulachta fia in the RMP (1996); a cluster of fulachtaí fia in the area was reported by Tom Coffey (1994) on annotated maps (SMR file). A compact horseshoe-shaped mound (9m E−W; 7m N−S; H 0.8m at W) with a well-defined U-shaped central hollow (2.5m N−S; 2m E−W at mouth) open to SW. The E side of the mound abuts jutting bedrock above which a vertical rock faces rises. The W arm of the mound is grass-covered; the E arm is engulfed in a thicket of hazel scrub, and beneath this canopy the mound surface is covered by a thin, patchy layer of moss, exposing in the bare patches a dense concentration of limestone fragments in dark grey/black soil. Another fulacht fia (CL010-143002-) lies c. 50m to the NE on the same terrace and two fulachtaí fia (CL010-143003- and CL010-143004-) are located c. 200m to the SW on a higher terrace. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-143001-_01.jpg View from SW Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 November 2021

• CL010-143002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a broad scrub-covered karstic terrace on the lower NW slopes of Knockanes ridge, adjacent to a spring, in the Burren National Park. Listed as fulachta fia in the RMP (1996); a cluster of fulachtaí fia in the area was reported by Tom Coffey (1994) on annotated maps (SMR file). A low crescent-shaped mound (c. 8m ESE−WNW; c. 4.5-5m NNE−SSW; H c. 0.4m) with a shallow central hollow (2.5m N−S; 2m E−W at mouth) open to SE where it faces the spring. The mound is engulfed long grass, ferns and blackthorn scrub, and is difficult to examine and photograph. Another fulacht fia (CL010-143001-) lies c. 50m to the SW on the same terrace. The following image has been uploaded: CL010-143002-_01.jpg View from W Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 November 2021

• CL010-143003 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On a scrub-covered terrace at the base of a vertical rock face on the lower NW slopes of Knockanes ridge, in the Burren National Park. Listed as fulachta fia in the RMP (1996); a cluster of fulachtaí fia in the area was reported by Tom Coffey (1994) on annotated maps (SMR file). A substantial C-shaped mound (c. 17m E−W; c. 9m N−S to rock face; H 0.8m at NE; 2m at W) with a long, deep central hollow (c. 9m E−W; 2-3m N−S) open towards the rock face at S. The terminals of the ‘arms’ of the mound abut the rock face so that the trough hollow is enclosed by the mound on its N arc and by the straight rock face at S. Large boulders/rock outcrop are incorporated into the edge at NW. The mound is composed of a dense concentration of heat-shattered limestone fragments in a matrix of dark grey soil. No water is evident within the area of the trough hollow but a spring now issues from the base of the rock face 7m to E of the fulacht fia. Another fulacht fia (CL010-143004-) lies 15m to the W on the same terrace and two fulachtaí fia (CL010-143001- and CL010-143002-) are c. 200m and 250m to SW on a lower terrace. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-143003-_01.jpg View from S CL010-143003-_02.jpg View from SW CL010-143003-_03.jpg View from SE Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 November 2021

• CL010-143004 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In a thicket of blackthorn, on a scrub-covered karstic terrace on the lower NW slopes of Knockanes ridge, in the Burren National Park. Listed as fulachta fia in the RMP (1996); a cluster of fulachtaí fia in the area was reported by Tom Coffey (1994) on annotated maps (SMR file). This fulacht fia is almost entirely engulfed in blackthorn scrub so that it is impossible to record its full extent. Only a portion (L 6m) of its S slope (H 0.7m) is visible. It is composed of a dense concentration of heat-shattered limestone fragments in a matrix of dark grey soil. A narrow gully, probably an old water course (dry at the time of visit) lies 1m to S, beyond which is a rising rock face which defines the S side of the terrace. A modern concrete water tank is located c. 10m to E, which is probably tapping into the source of the original spring. Another fulacht fia (CL010-143004-) lies 15m to the E on the same terrace and two fulachtaí fia (CL010-143001- and CL010-143002-) are c. 200m and 250m to SW on a lower terrace. The following images have been uploaded: CL010-143004-_01.jpg View from E CL010-143003-_02.jpg View from W Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 10 November 2021

• CL010-147 Fulacht fia
  Description

  On the steep NW slope of Knockanes Hill. Identified by Tom Coffey in 1994 SMR file). This fulacht fia is defined by a horseshoe-shaped mound (11m WNW-ESE; 9m NNE-SSW; int. H 1m; ext. H 1.4m) of stone and earth, overgrown by grass, with the opening (5m NNE-SSW; 3m WNW-ESE) to the SSW. Rough stonework delimits the N half of the opening. There is a spring well immediately to the SE of the fulacht fia. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 7 June 2023

Architectural heritage

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

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

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

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 Knockans Lower with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Clare.

Name

Knockans Lower

Area

1,710,345 m² (171.03 ha, 422.64 acres)

Civil parish

Carran, and its townlands

Barony

Burren

Electoral division

Carran, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carran electoral division: 146 people in 40 households; 75% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 21% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cappaghkennedy, Glencolumbkille South, Glenquin, Knockans Upper, Lackareagh, Leitra, Turloughmore

Placenames

Knockans Lower 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.