Knocknaraha

25 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknaraha, from 225 m² to 99,721 m² (9.97 ha, 24.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knocknaraha 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.

• 26 Oct 2023Conditional

  of dwelling house as constructed, garden shed building and revised site boundaries and site entrance, together with all site services and ancillary works to that previously granted under P97-1159

  Retention · Clare County Council, 23548

• 9 Feb 2022Conditional

  of rebuilding works to private dwelling house as granted under Planning Register Reference P18/1045 and all associated site works

  Retention, 1 home · Clare County Council, 22113

• 20 Dec 2021Conditional

  to build a new Dwelling House, Garage, install a wastewater treatment system & all other associated site and ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Clare County Council, 211351

• 23 Apr 2021Conditional

  the development will consist of an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house together with ancillary site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 21387

• 19 Dec 2018Conditional

  to amend design previously granted under P16-402 to include demolition of existing sub standard extensions, renovations and extension of existing private dwelling house, installation of new waste water treatment system and polishing filter and all associated site works

  Permission · Clare County Council, 181045

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 Knocknaraha.

Recorded monuments

• CL015-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In marshy pasture on the summit of a ridge aligned WSW-ENE with panoramic views, flanked by a modern farm road to the N. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A bivallate circular rath (max. ext. diam. c. 60m) defined by a bank, a fosse and an outer bank. The bank (int. H 0.2–0.9m; ext. H 1.4–1.6m; Wth 5m) is composed of stone and earth with traces of stone facing along its interior at E and NW, and is concealed by gorse at E, SW, and W. The fosse is flat-bottomed (Wth at base c. 2.2m; Wth at top c. 8m; ext. D 0.25m) and has been reduced to field level at NW. The outer bank (Wth 3.1m; H 0.1m) is traceable at SW and NNW; it is surmounted by a field boundary at N and is concealed by vegetation at E. A slight lowering of the inner bank (Wth 2.9m) at SSW correlating with a causeway across the fosse may represent an original entrance. The interior of the monument undulates gently and is covered in rushes. A house site (CL015-044002-) is located in the centre of the rath. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-044002 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In the centre of a bivallate rath (CL015-044001-) located in marshy pasture on the summit of a ridge aligned WSW-ENE with panoramic views. Hachured on the 1916 ed. OS 6-inch map. A subcircular house site (diam. c. 9.5m) defined by a stone and earth bank (Wth 1.25m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.3m). The interior is slightly dished. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture near the E end of a ridge with good views to the E. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A bivallate rath (int. diam. 18.5m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by an internal round-topped steep-sided earthen bank (Wth 2.9m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.1m), a flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 2.25m; ext. H 0.25m), and an external round-topped earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.1-0.45m) extending from S to NW. An original entrance gap at E (Wth 4.1m) is lined with upright stones and corresponds with a low causeway across the fosse. The interior slopes gently down to SE. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-047 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture on a slight rise on the summit of a ridge aligned ENE-WSW with good views, c. 60m S of the Knocknaraha River. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A rath (19.5m N-S; 22m WNW-ESE) defined by an earthen bank surviving from E to N (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.35m; int. H 0.2m). Two gaps (Wth <1m) cut through the bank at S and SW. The interior is flat and slopes gently down to E. A field boundary runs ENE-WSW across the N portion of the monument. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-052 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• CL015-054 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture on top of a low ridge aligned E-W with good views to N and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (int. 17m N-S; 18m E-W) defined by a round-topped earthen bank (Wth 3.3m; int. H 0.25m; ext. H 0.7-1.1m) overgrown along the E. A gap (Wth 2.1m) at the E may be the original entrance. There is no visible fosse. The interior slopes down gently to the S. It is slightly undulating and covered in rushes with no visible internal features. A rath (CL015-055----) lies c. 80m to the E. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

• CL015-055 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In rough pasture at the E end of a low ridge aligned E-W with good views to SE and S. Hachured on the 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. Listed as 'Enclosure' in the RMP (1996). A subcircular rath (int. 16.5m N-S) defined by a degraded earthen bank (Wth 3.1m; int. H 0.1m), reduced to a scarp in places (H 0.65m), and an outer fosse (Wth 3.1m; ext. D 0.15m). Both bank and fosse are visible from N to SSW and are densely overgrown elsewhere. Gaps run through the bank at ESE (Wth 2m) and ENE (1m). The interior slopes gently to the E and is covered in rushes. No internal features are visible. A rath (CL015-054----) lies c. 80m to the W. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Eve Campbell Date of upload: 10 July 2023

Architectural heritage

• Sandfield Lodge, house, 1750–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1775. Originally three-bay with round-headed door opening to centre and two-storey rear elevation. Extended, c. 1820, with single-bay single-storey flanking wings. Renovated, c. 1880, with three-bay single-storey open arcaded porch added to front. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Replacement fittings to openings. Retaining interior features.

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 Knocknaraha, about 1 in 10 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 Knocknaraha.

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

Name

Knocknaraha

Area

675,122 m² (67.51 ha, 166.83 acres)

Civil parish

Killaspuglonane, and its townlands

Barony

Corcomroe

Electoral division

Liscannor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

446 people lived in 171 households in the Liscannor electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 35% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 44% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyellery, Ballyfaudeen, Killaspuglonane, Laghvally, Rannagh, Rannagh

Placenames

Knocknaraha 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.