Britway

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Britway, from 355 m² to 533,470 m² (53.35 ha, 131.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Britway 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.

• 30 May 2012Conditional

  Demolish existing two storey derelict on site dwelling, replace with the construction of a new two storey dwelling with detached garage, on site waste water treatment system, entrance and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5170

• 25 Apr 2012Incompleted application

  Demolition of existing two storey derelict onsite dwelling, and replace with construction of new two storey dwelling with detached garage, on site waste water treatment system,entrance and site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4862

• 20 Sept 2011Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension to side of dwelling and ancillary works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/6014

• 16 May 2006Conditional

  Bungalow and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7201

• 28 Apr 2003Conditional

  Bungalow

  Approval · Cork County Council, 03/1990

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 Britway.

Recorded monuments

• CO045-087 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On E-facing slope to N of stream. Enclosed by circular stone wall (H c.1m); grotto on SW wall contains offerings. According to date plaque, renovated 1880. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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/

• CO045-088001 Graveyard
  Description

  In field of pasture, approached by pathway from W; rectangular graveyard (c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S) enclosed by stone-faced earthen bank; in occasional use. O Buachalla and Henchion (1963, 102-3) record 136 gravestones, mostly of 18th and 19th century date; two of earliest mark graves of noted Gaelic scholars: Rev. Cornelius O'Brien, who died in 1720, and Liam Ruadh Mac Coitir, who died in 1738. Ruins of Britway medieval parish church (CO045-08802-) near W end. Lying on ground outside W gable ofchurch are broken fragments of three plain sandstone troughs. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-088002 Church
  Description

  Near W end of graveyard (CO045-088001-), fragmentary ivy-clad ruins of Britway parish church. W gable (internal Wth 5.2m) and attached 10.8m length of N wall stand to near full height; short section of W end of S wall and second section c. 8m to E (L c. 5.2m) partially stand; otherwise walls entirely fallen. Central doorway in W wall (see ill. Petrie 1845,180) with semi-circular arch and slightly inclined jambs; framed on outside by shallow architrave rising to 'cap-like' crown on keystone. Inserted lintel at top of jambs, area above infilled; doorway shows signs of repair when lintel inserted. Antae project at either end of W wall: to N intact (Wth 0.8m; projection 0.3m), rising to height of side wall; only part of base left to S. Round-headed window (see photo. Currey 1894, 130) in N wall (6.9m from NW corner, on inside). Church in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol.2, 63). Leask (1977, vol. 1, 69) compares with nearby Coole church (CO036-019002-), suggesting 'both may even be the work of the same mason'; Harbison (1970, 53) gives 'a 12th or 13th century' date; Johnson (1991, 28) dates it to c. 1110- 1120. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO045-089 Megalithic structure
  Description

  In pasture, on break in N-facing slope, in field to E of Britway church (CO045-08802-) and graveyard (CO045-08801-). Roughly rectangular structuredefined on W side by upright slab (H 0.43m; L 1.32m), long axis N-S; to Nby upright slab (H 0.68m; L 1.55m) at W end, second upright slab to N (L 1.08m) inside and overlapping with first. Three stones form S side; most westerly stone lying flat; middle stone leaning to S; third stone upright (H 0.7m; 0.4m x 0.14m). Stones scattered within structures. Slab (1.2m x 1m) partially embedded in ground, lies immediately to N of rectangular structure; locally known as "St. Bridget's Stone"; hollows along eastern edge said to be impressions of her knees. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Britway.

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 Britway, 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 Britway.

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

Name

Britway · Bréachmhaigh

Area

917,165 m² (91.72 ha, 226.64 acres)

Civil parish

Britway, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Kilcor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

408 people lived in 152 households in the Kilcor electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ardra, Ballyvolane, Barrafohona, Curraghdermot, Glentrasna, Glentrasna North

Placenames

Britway 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.