Bawnfune
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacabea, barony of Carbery West (East Division), Co. Cork; in Irish An Bán Fionn
- Area
- 60.2 ha
- 149 acres
- Land parcels
- 67
- registered freehold, median 5,501 m² (0.55 ha, 1.36 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Bawnfune, from 167 m² to 55,286 m² (5.53 ha, 13.66 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Bawnfune 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 May 2021Conditional
Construction of single storey dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/353
3 May 2007Conditional
Relocate proprietary treatment unit and entrance to site granted under planning reg: 06/492
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/1178
23 Mar 2007Conditional
Dwellinghouse and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/810
8 Aug 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and all associated site development works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1544
23 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwelling (Reg No: 05/3532)
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/492
24 May 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/3532
27 Jan 2005Refused
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/349
6 Dec 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8925
23 Jul 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/5669
1 Jul 2004Incompleted application
Dwelling and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4971
16 Feb 2004Conditional
Extension to dwellinghouse for use as separate dwelling unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/879
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 Bawnfune.
Recorded monuments
- CO133-052 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on WNW-facing slope. Circular area (33.5m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m) WNW->SE; stone wall (H 1.3m; Wth 1.5m) S->W; external fosse (D 0.3m) to E. 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
- CO133-053 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hill. Circular, slightly raised area (28.5m N-S; 28.5m E-W) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank (H 2m). Filled in external fosse visible as dark bank of green grass. Cultivation ridges cross E half of interior on NE-SW axis; W half terraced. 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
- CO133-054 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (23.8m N-S; 24m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.8m), stone faced SW->NW; external fosse (Wth 1.6m) largely filled in. Break (Wth 1.6m) in bank to NE. 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 Bawnfune.
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Bawnfune.
- 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 Bawnfune with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Bawnfune · An Bán Fionn
- Area
- 601,788 m² (60.18 ha, 148.71 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacabea, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbery West (East Division)
- Electoral division
- Knockskagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knockskagh electoral division: 555 people in 222 households; 81% of households own their home; 33% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Acres, Ballinlough, Ballyriree, Keamore, Maulnagirra
- Placenames
- Bawnfune 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.