Aghacross

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghacross, from 628 m² to 243,606 m² (24.36 ha, 60.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Aghacross 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.

• 27 Sept 2024Conditional

  Permission for a dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment system and domestic garage and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5830

• 4 Oct 2018Unconditional

  Retention of extension to milking parlour, dairy and drafting yard, permission for extension to cubicle livestock shed, permission for extension to existing calf house, permission for construction of 3 no. silos, effluent sump and all associated site works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning reference 13/5316

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 18/6597

• 16 Aug 2018Conditional

  Construct livestock shed containing slatted tank, parlour wash tank and dairy, also the construction of silo, dungstead and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6171

• 15 Dec 2015Conditional

  Erect a storey and a half extension consisting of a domestic garage on the ground floor and bedroom on the first floor to the north east gable of existing dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6843

• 9 Jul 2013Conditional

  Retention of extension to milking parlour, dairy and drafting yard, permission for extension to cubicle livestock shed, permission for extension to existing calf house, permission for construction of 3 no. silos, effluent sump and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5316

• 22 Jul 2009Conditional

  Construction of livestock shed, slatted tank, milking parlour, dairy, drafting yard and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6440

• 30 Nov 2006Conditional

  Construction of dairy unit, slurry store and beef house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12862

• 9 May 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3105

• 20 Apr 2005Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/2562

• 8 Sept 2003Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4494

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 Aghacross.

Recorded monuments

• CO018-021 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on level ground, above SSE-facing slope. Circular area (43m ENE-WSW; 42m NNW-SSE) enclosed by overgrown earthen bank (int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.5m); external fosse (D 0.5m). Causewayed entrance (Wth 7.5m) to E, appears to have been widened to allow access for farm machinery. Lime kiln built into outer face of bank to WSW; collapsed. Interior saucer shaped and slopes gently down towards entrance; covered by grass and thistles. Ringfort (CO018-022---) lies c. 70m to S in same field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO018-022 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In level pasture, above SSE-facing slope, overlooking River Funshion to S. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) on 1842, 1905 and 1936 OS 6-inch maps. Low rise visible in area of site. According to local information levelled 1983, as water collecting in fosse caused flooding in lower fields. Banks visible as cropmark in aerial photograph (CASAP) shows enclosure to be bivallate. Ringfort (CO018-021---) in same field c. 70m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO018-023 Quarry
  Description

  Listed as a ‘quarry’ in the SMR (1988) and the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 12 September 2014

• CO019-002001 Graveyard
  Description

  In pasture, on N bank of Funshion River, within early ecclesiastical site (13873). Pentagonal graveyard (c. 70m WSW-ESE; c. 50m max. NNW-SSE) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank; S third of graveyard slopes steeply down to S. Entered to N by stone stile, dated 1877, and recent gate. Low parallel earthen banks (c. 100m N-S) define straight trackway leading from road to graveyard. Ruin of parish church of Aghacross (14387) in centre. In use; earliest headstone noted dated 1740. Many low uninscribed gravemarkers, to W, S and E of church; mostly 20th-century burials to N of church (Hanley et al. 1995, 37-47). Many graves evident in interior of church, including vault at foot of 18th-century Massy tomb, at E end of church. Holy well (13934), near SW corner. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO019-002002 Church
  Description

  In centre of graveyard (14536), within early ecclesiastical site (13873). Ruin of rectangular church comprising nave (16.3m E-W; 7.4m N-S) with chancel extension to E (10.1m E-W; 7.4m N-S). Walls mostly survive to full height; nave built of sandstone rubble, chancel of roughly coursed sandstone and limestone. Walls of chancel have gentle base batter; batter on nave walls either added to original wall or part of rebuilding. Heavy overgrowth, particularly on E gable, cleared in late 1980s. In 1992 Cork County Council commissioned architectural survey (Hanley et al. 1995), on which following account of church is largely based. Council carried out conservation work in 1993-4, including consolidation of E gable, return of N chancel wall and parts of S wall. Nave entered through doorway in centre of W gable. External jambs composed of re-used Romanesque fragments; using these, together with fragments noted in W and N walls and recovered from graveyard, the original Romanesque W doorway, which had three orders, can be reconstructed (see O'Keeffe in Hanley et al. 1995, 24-6). East ends of S and N walls of nave finish in butt-ends, showing clearly it pre-dates chancel; no wall now between nave and chancel but unfaced scar of former E end wall of nave visible internally on S wall. Only evidence for window in nave is ruinous embrasure (Wth c. 2.9m) towards E end of S wall. Doorway to chancel, at W end of S wall, now ruinous: straight ingoings under shallow segmental arch; holy water stoup in E jamb; fragments of chamfered fluted jambstones found nearby, one re-used as gravemarker, probably from door surround. East wall has central window with twin ogee-headed light under stepped hood moulding; embrasure, splayed under round arch, now completely blocked with stonework and by Massy tomb of 1771 built up against it on the inside. Carved sandstone head protrudes from W side of external face of gable (ibid., fig. 8). Top of gable missing; coping stones similar to those at Carrigdownane (14402) and other nearby churches. South wall of chancel has window towards E end, with splayed embrasure under shallow segmental arch; light, under stepped hood moulding, largely missing, though head of twin ogee-headed light found nearby. Square beam slot over finely carved limestone corbel, immediately W of embrasure arch, may have supported rood screen. Pointed-arch niche near SE corner probably for piscina- base below present ground surface. North wall has central gap (L 6m); at E end of gap is jamb of splayed window embrasure- window sill found in rubble nearby. Bullaun stone (13908) and fragment of stone mortar were found in rubble inside chancel during restoration work. Parish church of Aghacross, known locally as Templemolaga. Nave contains core of Romanesque church which O'Keeffe (ibid., 26) dates to around 1150-60AD. Nave was extensively rebuilt when chancel added in 15th/ 16th century. Church listed in Papal Taxation lists of 1291; reported 'in repair' in 1615, but abandoned by 1694 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 114). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO019-002003 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Just inside S boundary wall of graveyard (14536), c. 25m SSW of church (14387). Well is open, rectangular and stone lined; access down two steps set into SW corner; appears to be no longer in holy use. Photograph by Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, opp. 24) shows numerous cups on ledge on S side. He also relates (ibid., 10) local traditions that water from well was suitable for drinking and curative purposes and that a trout becomes visible in the well when attempts are made to boil water from it. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO019-002004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  On N bank of River Funshion. Presumably on same site as 12th-century church (14387) known locally as Templemolaga. According to Joyce (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 12-3), church at Aghacross established by St Molaga, who was born nearby at Liathmuine (12307) (ibid., 15) around 590 AD (Hanley et al. 1995, 1). Described as chief church of the Tuath O Cuscraidh (Power 1932, 30) in Crichad an Chaoilli. No visible surface trace of enclosure (pers. comm. J. Monk). Bullaun stone (13908) associated with site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO019-002005 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Found in rubble, in NE corner of Aghacross church (14387) during archaeological survey (Hanley et al. 1995, 30). Stone is roughly rectangular in shape (0.44m x 0.59m) with a central circular depression (diam. 0.23m: D 0.06m). Now in possession of Cork County Council. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Architectural heritage

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

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 Aghacross, about 1 in 5 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 Aghacross.

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 Aghacross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Aghacross · Áth Cros

Area

1,440,241 m² (144.02 ha, 355.89 acres)

Civil parish

Aghacross, and its townlands

Barony

Condons and Clangibbon

Electoral division

Derryvillane, the unit of the census

Census 2022

528 people lived in 189 households in the Derryvillane electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyenahan North, Ballyshurdane, Graigue, Marshalstown, Oldcastletown

Placenames

Aghacross 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.