Cashel More
Cashel More is a townland in the civil parish of Desertserges, barony of Kinalmeaky, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Caiseal Mór.
- Area
- 278.4 ha
- 688 acres
- Land parcels
- 75
- registered freehold, median 3,903 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 72
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
75 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cashel More, from 4 m² to 426,142 m² (42.61 ha, 105.3 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 44 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 Cashel More 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
29 May 2025Incompleted application
1) Change of use of the existing garden centre to a repair depot and storage yard to facilitate the operation of portable cabin hire and sales business. 2) Construction of a new machinery store/workshop which will be used for: i) The servicing and repair of portable cabins. ii) Secure overnight parking of transport vehicles associated with the business. 3) All associated site works, including site layout adjustments, internal circulation arrangements, waste management and service provision necessary to support the proposed use.
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/5015
26 Jul 2023Conditional
Construction of new granny flat (change of design from that granted under Pl.Reg.No. 18/5658), partial change of use of existing dwelling and construction of extension to same for use as granny flat and the retention of the extension (change of location of dining area extension from the side to the rear of the dwelling from that granted under Pl.Reg.No. 18/5658) and alterations to an existing dwelling to include, elevational changes and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5524
29 Jun 2023Conditional
Planning permission for a revised dwelling design as granted under planning reference 19/6691 which will consist of a new dwelling and domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5336
23 Jun 2023Incompleted application
The construction of a granny flat (change of design, layout and reduction in density from that granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/5658), and the retention of the extension (change of location of dining area extension from the side to the rear of the dwelling from that granted under Planning Ref. No. 18/5658) and alterations to an existing dwelling to include, elevational changes and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5285
2 Jun 2023Conditional
Permission for retention of (a) demolition of dwelling house and (b) existing concrete slab and permission for the construction of detached dwelling on same, construction of detached domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5126
3 May 2023Incompleted application
The development will consist retention permission sought for existing concrete floor slab and permission for construction of detached dwelling house on same, construction of detached domestic garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4874
27 May 2022Conditional
Construction of dwelling, single storey detached domestic garage for use in association with the dwelling, new entrance, landscaping and drainage in association with the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/5228
14 Sept 2021Conditional
The demolition of the existing front porch, rear sunroom, boiler room and removal of front dormers. Proposed works shall include a new 2 storey extension, rear access terrace and modifications to the front elevation and roof, proposed garage and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/6523
17 Jun 2021Conditional
Retention Permission of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted under Plan Ref No. 09/7401) together with associated ground equipment within a fenced compound.
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/5675
19 Nov 2020Conditional
Construct a new part two storey, part single storey dwelling house, detached single storey domestic garage, landscaping, drainage and new entrance in connection with the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/6570
4 Feb 2020Conditional
Carry out alterations and extensions to an existing dwelling house. These include the construction of single storey extensions to the side and front, raising the roof, providing living accommodation on the 1st floor, providing dormers/rooflights, carrying out other alterations internally and externally to an existing single storey dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/4176
2 Dec 2019Conditional
Alterations and construction of a single storey link extension to incorporate existing 2 storey granny flat into existing 2 storey dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6870
13 Nov 2019Conditional
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6691
8 Nov 2019Incompleted application
Alterations to the existing structures, including the construction of an interconnecting corridor/sunroom between the existing dwelling and converted barn, along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6660
17 Oct 2019Incompleted application
Construction of a dwelling and domestic garage.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6508
29 Jul 2019Refused
Construct a two storey dwellinghouse, detached single storey domestic garage, landscaping, drainage and new entrance in connection with the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5906
5 Jul 2019Incompleted application
Construct a new two storey dwelling house, detached single storey domestic garage, landscaping, drainage and new entrance in connection with the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5712
22 Mar 2019Refused
Construct a new two storey dwelling house, detached single storey domestic garage, landscaping, drainage and new entrance in connection with the dwelling.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4703
26 Jun 2018Conditional
Construction of an attached ancillary dwelling unit (for use as family accommodation/granny flat). Extensions and alterations to the main dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5658
22 May 2018Incompleted application
Construction of a detached ancillary dwelling unit (for use as family accommodation/granny flat). Permission for extensions and alterations to the main dwelling and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/5312
19 Oct 2017Withdrawn
Construct dwelling, detached garage and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6715
14 Mar 2017Withdrawn
To erect 3 no. extensions to existing dormer dwellinghouse, consisting of a two storey left hand northern gable side extension, a single storey extension to the rear eastern wall also single storey side extension to the right hand southern gable wall of existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4603
28 Oct 2016Conditional
Retention of existing compound, equipment cabin, equipment cabinet, security fencing and access track, and Permission to replace existing 30m telecommunications structure with a 42m multi Operator tower to accommodate equipment transferred from existing mast and to accommodate proposed future equipment, and Permission for proposed equipment cabinets
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/6698
4 Jul 2016Conditional
Construction of a new detached dwelling house, detached garage and the installation of a septic tank and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5643
18 Jun 2015Conditional
Permission to construct an agricultural livestock shed incorporating a slatted underground slurry storage tank and all associated siteworks.
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/5324
The 25 most recent of 72 applications.
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 Cashel More.
Recorded monuments
- CO109-058 Fulacht fia
Description
On gentle SW-facing slope with boggy area to NW. Spread of burnt material (16m E-W; 10m N-S) visible in ploughed field. 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
- CO109-059 Quarry
Description
Listed as a ‘potential site – cartographic’ in the SMR (1988) and as a ‘quarry’ in the RMP (1998). The evidence is not sufficient to warrant accepting this as the location of an archaeological monument. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 11 February 2015
- CO109-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, below hilltop on N-facing slope. Circular area (42m N-S; 42m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.3m), stone faced in parts. Low rise (H 0.5m), concentric with and 10m inside bank, encloses area with diam. of 20m. Possible hut site atop inner enclosure to NE (diam. 2.4m); depression inside enclosure to SW may be result of quarrying. 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
- CO109-061001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Circular slightly raised area (32m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks; third earthen bank survives (H 0.85m) S->NW. Intervening fosse survives between remaining banks; shallow fosse outside second bank NW->S, and outside third bank S->NW. Entrance to SE cuts inner bank (Wth 2.5m) and middle bank two (Wth 5m). Souterrain (CO109-061003-) in interior; standing stone (CO109-061002-) removed from interior. 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
- CO109-061002 Standing stone (present location)
Description
Stone originally located within trivallate ringfort (CO109-06101-); now standing in grounds of Cashelmore House. Sub-rectangular quartz stone (H 1.12m; 0.85m x 0.47m). (Ó Ríordáin 1932, 1). 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
- CO109-061003 Souterrain
Description
According to local information, opening to underground chamber (now closed) in ringfort (CO109-06101-). No visible surface trace. 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
- CO109-095 Burnt mound
Description
In pasture, on a W-facing slope. Traces of heat-shattered stones and charcoal-enriched soil occur intermittently in an area c. 10m x 10m. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
- CO109-102 Standing stone
Description
This record constitutes the original location of a standing stone now standing in grounds of Cashelmore House (CO109-061002-). It was originally located within a trivallate ringfort (CO109-061001-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 20 January 2010
- CO110-106 Enclosure
Description
In rough grazing, on the summit of a hill known locally as Peakeen, and with extensive views in all directions. According to local information, there was a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20-25m) defined by upright stones (H c. 0.5-6m) set at intervals along the perimeter, in the level area to the NE of the summit of the hill. Most of the hilltop and its surrounds, including the location of the possible enclosure, has been disturbed by the construction of roads, the erection and enclosing of communication masts and electricity poles. There are no visible remains of the enclosure. MacNeill (1982, part 1, 212-3) recorded that this hilltop is associated with the festival of Lughnasa. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cashel More.
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 Cashel More, about 1 in 10 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 Cashel More.
- 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 Cashel More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cashel More · An Caiseal Mór
- Area
- 2,784,444 m² (278.44 ha, 688.05 acres)
- Civil parish
- Desertserges, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalmeaky
- Electoral division
- Cashel, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 441 people lived in 145 households in the Cashel electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cappaknockane, Carrigroe, Cashel Beg, Cashel Commons, Gaggan, Kilcolman, Lisnacunna, Moneens, Tullymurrihy
- Placenames
- Cashel More 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.