Barnatonicane
Townland in the civil parish of Skull, barony of Carbery West (West Division), Co. Cork; in Irish Bán an Tónacáin
- Area
- 106.2 ha
- 263 acres
- Land parcels
- 16
- registered freehold, median 24,766 m² (2.48 ha, 6.12 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 4
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
16 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Barnatonicane, from 75 m² to 236,950 m² (23.69 ha, 58.55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Barnatonicane 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
28 Nov 2025Conditional permission
Retention of existing roofed cattle feeding passage, permission to construct a machinery storage shed and carry out all associated site works.
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/6611
24 Jan 2017Conditional
Construct a slatted slurry tank and feeding barrier in existing feeding yard and carry out associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/26
31 Mar 2000Conditional
Retention of extension & conversion of outbuilding to dwelling unit for short term/ holiday letting & alterations to stable & farm building
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/1869
18 Aug 1999Refused
Construction of dwelling, septic tank & entrance & retention of extension to rear of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 99/4524
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 Barnatonicane.
Recorded monuments
- CO139-020001 Graveyard
Description
In pasture, D-shaped yard enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank. Lines of low, uninscribed stones; earliest headstones date to 19th century; still in occasional use. Contains ruins of church (CO139-020003-). 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
- CO139-020002 Bullaun stone
Description
In the graveyard (CO139-020001-) of Kilcarriel church (CO139-020003-). According to local information, a bullaun stone was noted in the 1980s to the W of the church and on the W bank of the stream that flows through the graveyard. This bullaun stone could not be located in 2008 and it is likely to have been covered with decaying vegetation and overgrowth. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO139-020003 Church
Description
In graveyard (CO139-020001-) ruins of late-medieval church. Rectangular structure (14.62m E-W; 7.44m N-S) missing upper parts of E and W gables. Surrounds of door in S wall gone. Windows near E end S wall and in centre of E gable; flat-headed light (S wall) with splayed and lintelled embrasures. Church known locally as "Cill Cheangail" and possibly identified with parish of "Cellmolaggi" mentioned in taxation list 1199 (O'Donoghue 1986, 6). 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 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 Barnatonicane.
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 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 Barnatonicane.
- 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 Barnatonicane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Barnatonicane · Bán an Tónacáin
- Area
- 1,062,340 m² (106.23 ha, 262.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Skull, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (West Division)
- Electoral division
- Dunmanus, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Dunmanus electoral division: 251 people in 99 households; 88% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 28% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballyvonane, Dunmanus East, Kilcomane, Knockeens, Lissacaha (North), Ratooragh
- Placenames
- Barnatonicane 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.