Caminches
Caminches is a townland in the civil parish of Kilnamanagh, barony of Bear, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cam Inse.
- Area
- 101.2 ha
- 250 acres
- Land parcels
- 64
- registered freehold, median 6,168 m² (0.62 ha, 1.52 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 19
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caminches, from 28 m² to 133,433 m² (13.34 ha, 32.97 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 23 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Caminches 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
20 May 2025Conditional permission
Permission for the following works to existing dwelling house: (i) demolition of existing partially constructed extension, (ii) removal of one chimney stack, (iii) installation of one roof light, (iv) construction of new extension, (v) replacement of wastewater treatment system, (vi) fenestration changes, (vii) replacement of existing flat roof, (viii) all associated site works and (ix) permission for retention of mobile home on site for applicants usage for a period of two years, during construction
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/254
22 Apr 2022Conditional
Permission for the following: (i) construction of porch extension to front of dwelling-house and (ii) associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/285
12 Oct 2021Incompleted application
A porch 7.8sq metre , in front of dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/702
16 Feb 2011Refused
Dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/79
17 Jul 2009Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/803
18 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Dwellinghouse, wastewater treatment system and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/690
16 Jun 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/1152
6 Aug 2004Conditional
Demolition of ruin and construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6003
22 Dec 2003Withdrawn
Demolition of ruin and construction of dwellinghouse and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6675
24 Jul 2003Conditional
Retention of alterations & conservatory extension to dwelling,changes to fenestrati on,partial attic conversion & relocation of domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3703
25 Apr 2003Refused
Construction of dwellinghouse and demolition of ruin
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1962
1 Apr 2003Conditional
Alterations and extension to dwelling and installation of waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1482
31 Jan 2003Conditional
Construction of detached slatted cattle house with underground pit for effluent and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/340
19 Jul 2002Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 02/3202
25 Oct 2001Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/5842
20 Apr 2001Refused
Demolition of ruined dwellinghouse & construction of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/2199
2 Feb 2001Refused
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/404
4 Dec 2000Conditional
Dwelling house
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/7283
3 Jul 2000Refused
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4016
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
- Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155
Recorded monuments
- CO114-028001 Mining complex
Description
Nineteenth century mining complex on foot hills overlooking Allihies to SW and overlooked by mining complex (CO114-02701-) to NW; comprising engine house and mining structure. Three storey engine house gabled to N; beam support wall to S. Stone built chimney (H c. 24m) on NE corner; circular in plan; upper courses of brick. Remains of structure (8.15m N-S; 5.8m E-W) project from S elevation. Partially collapsed single-storey L-shaped structure (17.7m N-W; 6.7m E-W) c. 30m SW of engine house. 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
- CO114-028002 Mining structure
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO114-028003 Mine engine house
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO114-029 Mining complex
Description
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
Architectural heritage
- Coom Mine Engine House, engine house, 1870–1875 · Regional interest
Description
Detached single-bay three-stage engine house, built 1873, comprising circular-profile tower to north-east, gearing for man-engine to south and remains of boiler house to east. Now disused. Rendered lined-and-ruled and rubble limestone walls with red brick to upper courses of tower. Square-headed openings with timber lintels. Vertical recesses to gearing. Associated ruinous buildings to the south-west.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Caminches, 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 high, 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 Caminches.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Caminches with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Caminches · Cam Inse
- Area
- 1,011,959 m² (101.2 ha, 250.06 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilnamanagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Coulagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 582 people lived in 249 households in the Coulagh electoral division. 79% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 33% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloan, Coom, Kealoge, Knockroe West
- Placenames
- Caminches 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.