Ardra
Townland in the civil parish of Myross, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Ardráth
- Area
- 33.9 ha
- 84 acres
- Land parcels
- 54
- registered freehold, median 1,674 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 18
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ardra, from 10 m² to 75,915 m² (7.59 ha, 18.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ardra 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Jan 2023Refused
New single storey dwelling and detached garage. New Sewage Treatment System and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/10
12 Mar 2019Refused
To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/161
8 Feb 2019Incompleted application
To construct a dwelling house, domestic garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/86
18 Jan 2019Conditional
Permission for retention of a detached building consisting of boat store on the ground floor and a self contained living unit at first floor.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/24
14 Nov 2014Conditional
Construction of a dwelling house and detached utility building and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/656
29 Jan 2010Conditional
Alterations and extensions to existing dwelling consisting of new entrance porch and stairwell, enlarge existing sunroom, provide two bedrooms on new lower floor and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/51
26 Jul 2007Refused
Construction of storey and half dwelling, demolition of existing ruined outhouse, splayed entrance, private access road, private wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, provision of 3 road alignments and 6 passing places on public approach road
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2020
5 Jun 2007Incompleted application
Construction of storey and half dwelling, demolition of existing ruined outhouse, splayed entrance, private access road, private wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, provision of 3 road alignments and 6 passing places on public approach road
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1480
5 Apr 2007Incompleted application
Storey and half dwelling, demolition of existing ruined outhouse, splayed entrance, private access road, private wastewater treatment plant and percolation area, provision of 3no. road realignments and 6no. passing places on public approach road
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/960
1 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Storey and half dwelling, demolition of existing ruined outhouse, splayed entrance, private access road, private waste water treatment plant and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/262
8 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Storey and half dwelling, demolition of existing ruined outhouse, splayed entrance, private access road, private wastewater treatment plant and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/48
24 May 2006Withdrawn
Storey and half dwellinghouse, garage, septic tank, percolation area and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/961
5 May 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3000
28 Feb 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1128
4 Feb 2004Refused
Construction of detached dwelling for use as ancillary accomodation
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/565
21 Nov 2003Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5849
8 Mar 2002Refused
Dwelling & garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/1049
9 Apr 1998Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 98/1429
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ardra.
Recorded monuments
- CO142-088 Ritual site - holy well
Description
On E side of stream on N shore of Squince Harbour. Small rectangular opening surrounded by flat slabs, one of which is upright, set against slope to E. Seems to be still in holy use. Tradition, according to Roberts (1988) that well sprung up after holy well on Rabbit Island went dry. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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/
- CO142-089 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle E-facing slope. Circular area (20m N-S; 20m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.7m), stone-faced in parts; shallow external fosse (max. D 0.4m). Gap in bank to NE, ESE and W; W gap (Wth 4m) partially blocked by stone wall. Semicircular mound (L 8m; Wth 5m; H 0.8m) of dumped material beside shallow depression, inside S bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ardra.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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 Ardra.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ardra with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Ardra · Ardráth
- Area
- 338,759 m² (33.88 ha, 83.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Myross, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Myross, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Myross electoral division: 818 people in 321 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cahergal, Carrigillihy, Cooscroneen
- Placenames
- Ardra 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.