# Aghacross, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Aghacross, barony of Condons and Clangibbon, Co. Cork; in Irish Áth Cros.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,440,241 m² (144.02 ha, 355.89 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 9,926 m² (0.99 ha, 2.45 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Aghacross, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/aghacross.md
- Barony: Condons and Clangibbon
- Electoral division: Derryvillane, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12776
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 40024
- Centre: latitude 52.257899, longitude -8.398921 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Aghacross, from 628 m² to 243,606 m² (24.36 ha, 60.2 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 3321904: 243,606 m² (24.36 ha, 60.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321904.md
- Parcel 2280225: 211,084 m² (21.11 ha, 52.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280225.md
- Parcel 3829663: 203,422 m² (20.34 ha, 50.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3829663.md
- Parcel 2280222: 190,973 m² (19.1 ha, 47.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280222.md
- Parcel 2280223: 164,958 m² (16.5 ha, 40.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280223.md
- Parcel 5593975: 143,948 m² (14.39 ha, 35.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5593975.md
- Parcel 3321861: 80,039 m² (8 ha, 19.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321861.md
- Parcel 2280224: 51,644 m² (5.16 ha, 12.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280224.md
- Parcel 2280221: 48,194 m² (4.82 ha, 11.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280221.md
- Parcel 2280227: 32,406 m² (3.24 ha, 8.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280227.md
- Parcel 2285239: 29,637 m² (2.96 ha, 7.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2285239.md
- Parcel 2280323: 24,628 m² (2.46 ha, 6.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280323.md
- Parcel 3321899: 14,656 m² (1.47 ha, 3.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3321899.md
- Parcel 2541086: 5,195 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2541086.md
- Parcel 2280219: 4,522 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280219.md
- Parcel 2494494: 3,276 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494494.md
- Parcel 2280218: 2,789 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280218.md
- Parcel 2280220: 2,396 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280220.md
- Parcel 2280217: 1,860 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280217.md
- Parcel 2280216: 1,772 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280216.md
- Parcel 2280229: 1,564 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280229.md
- Parcel 2208940: 1,379 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2208940.md
- Parcel 2280228: 965 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280228.md
- Parcel 2494485: 814 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2494485.md
- Parcel 2280226: 783 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280226.md
- Parcel 2280230: 628 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2280230.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

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.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

10 applications, newest first.

- 27 Sept 2024, Cork County Council 24/5830: Conditional. Permission. Permission for a dwelling house, entrance, wastewater treatment system and domestic garage and all associated works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/5830
- 4 Oct 2018, Cork County Council 18/6597: Unconditional. Extension of duration. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/6597
- 16 Aug 2018, Cork County Council 18/6171: Conditional. Permission. Construct livestock shed containing slatted tank, parlour wash tank and dairy, also the construction of silo, dungstead and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/6171
- 15 Dec 2015, Cork County Council 15/6843: Conditional. Permission. 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. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6843
- 9 Jul 2013, Cork County Council 13/5316: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5316
- 22 Jul 2009, Cork County Council 09/6440: Conditional. Permission. Construction of livestock shed, slatted tank, milking parlour, dairy, drafting yard and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6440
- 30 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12862: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dairy unit, slurry store and beef house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12862
- 9 May 2005, Cork County Council 05/3105: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/3105
- 20 Apr 2005, Cork County Council 05/2562: Incompleted application. Permission. Dwellinghouse and garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/2562
- 8 Sept 2003, Cork County Council 03/4494: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse and treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/4494

Applicants are not shown.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Aghacross.

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO018-021: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-021----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-022----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO018-023----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO019-002001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO019-002002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO019-002003-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO019-002004-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO019-002005-. 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/

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

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

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- 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: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghacross.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghacross.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/aghacross.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Aghacross with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyenahan North: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyenahan-north.md
- Ballyshurdane: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyshurdane.md
- Graigue: https://everytownland.com/cork/graigue-43082.md
- Marshalstown: https://everytownland.com/cork/marshalstown.md
- Oldcastletown: https://everytownland.com/cork/oldcastletown.md

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.

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Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation.

Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged.

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