Caum

49 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caum, from 12 m² to 283,526 m² (28.35 ha, 70.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 9 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 13 Feb 2026Clarification of f.i. consultees/awaiting recomme

  Permission and Permission for Retention. Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, modify the existing site entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system, main water connection together with all ancillary siteworks and Permission for Retention for the existing as built domestic garage. (The above development was previously granted planning permission under Pl.Reg. No. 19/5731)

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0329

• 18 Dec 2025Invalid - case closed

  Permission for the construction of a new dwellinghouse, modify the existing site entrance, install a new wastewater treatment system, main water connection together with all ancillary siteworks and Permission for Retention of the as built domestic garage. (The above development was previously granted planning permission under Ref 19/5731).

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6865

• 10 Dec 2025Grant with conditions

  The refurbishment and extension of my existing 2-storey cottage. This proposed development will include the following: (1) demolition of an existing single-storey adjoining outbuilding at the rear of the existing cottage. (2) construction of a new two-storey extension to the original dwelling, including a two-storey link structure between the proposed extension and the existing cottage (3) new openings and alterations to existing façades (4) a new vehicular site entrance (5) all associated site ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6740

• 3 Nov 2025Invalid - prepare letters

  Permission for the refurbishment and extension of my existing 2-storey cottage. This proposed development will include the following: (1) demolition of an existing single-storey adjoining outbuilding at the rear of the existing cottage. (2) Construction of a new two-storey extension to the original dwelling, including a two-storey link structure between the proposed extension and the existing cottage (3) New openings and alterations to existing facades (4) A new vehicular site entrance (5) All associated site ancillary works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/6368

• 20 Jan 2025Incompleted application

  To construct a new dwelling house and garage, associated wastewater treatment system, mains water connection, modify existing site entrance, site boundary treatments, and all associated landscaping and site works. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No.19/5731.

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 25/4043

• 16 Oct 2024Conditional

  Permission for the retention of as built wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all other ancillary site works

  Retention · Cork County Council, 24/5953

• 26 Jan 2022Conditional

  Permission to erect a 24 meter high telecommunications monopole together with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment with an extension to an existing palisade fenced compound and all associated site works using an existing access track. On completion of the works the existing installations comprising a 9.5 meter high wooden pole and a shed mounted pole, both supporting telecommunications equipment will be removed.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4144

• 30 Apr 2021Conditional

  The change of use of existing storehouse which is attached to existing farm house to 2 bedroom dwelling unit, changes to include alterations to windows and doors on existing southern, eastern and western elevations and raising of existing ridge and eaves levels of existing storehouse to provide habitable accommodation at first floor level together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/5161

• 7 Apr 2021Incompleted application

  The change of use of existing storehouse which is attached to existing farm house to 2 bedroom accommodation, changes to include alterations to windows and doors on existing southern, eastern and western elevations and raising of existing ridge and eaves levels of existing storehouse together with all other ancillary site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/4885

• 7 Jan 2020Unconditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse and garage. Extension of Duration to Permission granted under Planning Ref. No. 14/05864

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 20/4009

• 9 Jul 2019Conditional

  To construct a new dwelling house and garage, associated wastewater treatment system, mains water connection, modify existing site entrance, site boundary treatments, and all associated landscaping and site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5731

• 3 Dec 2018Conditional

  To retain extensions to western side of dwellinghouse, to rear /eastern side of dwellinghouse and to retain extension to southern and eastern side of domestic garage.

  Retention · Cork County Council, 18/7162

• 3 Sept 2014Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5864

• 27 Aug 2014Conditional

  Construction of two-storey conservatory extension to rear of Aghinagh House with all associated landscaping and ancillary site works together with a single storey extension at the side and rear of Gate Lodge and the installation of a new septic tank and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5820

• 21 Aug 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of a two storey conservatory extension to the rear of the Aghinagh House with all associated landscaping and ancillary site works together with a single storey extension at the side and rear of the Gate Lodge and the installation of a new septic tank, and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5783

• 25 May 2012Conditional

  Construction of a dwellnghouse, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/5115

• 29 Feb 2012Incompleted application

  Construction of dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit and new entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 12/4357

• 1 Feb 2012Refused

  Demolition of existing gate lodge and construction of dwellinghouse and to decommission existing septic tank and install an effluent treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/4139

• 15 Jun 2011Withdrawn

  Construction of dwellinghouse, proprietary treatment unit and entrance

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 11/5295

• 18 Apr 2011Conditional

  Construction of new milking parlour extension to existing farm building to also include calf house and calf pens together with extension to existing slatted area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 11/4801

• 9 Sept 2010Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 10/6252

• 17 Jul 2009Conditional

  Construction of indoor swimming pool, games room and ancillary accommodation, all for domestic use and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6378

• 6 May 2009Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and septic treatment system

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 09/5420

• 3 Sept 2004Conditional

  Retention of extension to dwellinghouse and domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6721

• 7 Jul 2004Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of dwelling

  Approval · Cork County Council, 04/5203

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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 Caum.

Recorded monuments

• CO071-102001 Graveyard
  Description

  On S side of roadway, close to W bank of River Lee; roughly D-shaped graveyard (48m E-W; 42m N-S; see plan, Henchion 1967, 102) enclosed by stone wall. N of centre is ruin of C of I parish church of Aghinagh (CO071-102002-), on or near site of earlier parish church. In occasional use; memorial inscriptions recorded by Henchion (1967, 103-15), earliest inscribed headstone dated 1773, some chest tombs, also many low uninscribed gravemarkers. Rounds made at grave of Rev. John Callaghan, located to S of church; also rounds made at another grave to W said locally to be burial place of Bishop MacEgan (Hartnett 1939, 95; Hartnett 1947, 9-10; Henchion ibid., 118-9). Outside E wall of graveyard is elaborate burial plot of Sir Adrian Cartan de Wiart, who died in 1963. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO071-102002 Church
  Description

  Just N of centre in graveyard (CO071-102001-), ruin of C of I parish church of Aghinagh. Church consists of rectangular nave (int.: 12.35m E-W; 6.3m N-S; see plan Henchion 1967, 102) with 3-storey tower (3.25m E-W; 4m N-S) at W end, and shallow rectangular chancel (int.: 2.45m E-W; 3.65m N-S) added to E end. Entered through door with pointed arch in S wall of tower; also narrow door in internal N wall of tower which leads, via narrow stone stairs, to gallery at W end of nave, and to 1st floor of tower. Nave lit by series of three windows, with stone switchline tracery, in S wall; more elaborate stone tracery in E window of chancel. Ground floor of tower covered by double barrel vault; each floor marked externally by string course; shallow quatrefoil niches on 1st floor; battlements entirely fallen. In W wall of tower, at ground floor level, pointed window with moulded hood; directly above window, and re-set into wall face, is very worn stone head, wearing what appears to be mitre (H c. 30cms; Wth c.15cms). East half of church now overgrown; chancel contains 19th century burial plot. Built on site of earlier parish church which fell into ruins between 1615 and 1774 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 18-9). Nave and tower built in 1792 (ibid., 20); chancel added in 1854 when church also re-roofed (ibid., 21; Cole 1903, 151); 'dismantled' in 1889 and a ruin ever since (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO071-103 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  Spring well which, according to Hartnett (1939, 95), is associated with grave of Fr John O'Callaghan in graveyard (CO071-102001-) to S. Water from well was mixed with earth from grave and mixture either swallowed (for internal ailments) or applied externally to the sufferer. Cross incised on tombstone by those who performed rounds; three successive visits (Sunday, Friday and Sunday) were paid. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO071-104 Standing stone - pair
  Description

  In flat pasture, 150m N of loop of River Lee. Monument destroyed between 1977 and 1984. Stones, aligned NNE-SSW, stood 0.5m apart; overall length was c. 2.3m L. N stone was 1m L, 0.65m T and 1m H. S stone was 0.8m L, over 0.5m T and 0.7m H. (O Nualláin 1988, 244, no. 104) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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

• Ashton House, gate lodge, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1830. Flat roof extension to rear (east) and lean-to extension to side (south). Currently unoccupied. Hipped and pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves, angled red brick chimneystacks and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with roughcast render to rear extension. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, render label mouldings and bipartite pointed arch casement windows. Square-headed door opening with render label moulding and timber panelled door. Splayed retaining walls terminating in hexagonal piers to west of site with cast-iron gates.

• Toberatemple Church, church/chapel, 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Board of First Fruits style Church of Ireland church, built 1792, comprising three-bay double-height nave having three-stage bell tower to front (west), single-bay single-storey chancel to rear (east), added 1854. Pitched gables to nave and chancel with roof now missing, carved limestone corbels to eaves course level. Rubble stone walls having roughly dressed quoins, carved limestone string courses and carved stone head to tower. Pointed arch window openings having cut limestone surrounds and sills, Y-tracery to nave and intersecting tracery to chancel openings. Blind quatrefoil openings to first-stage of tower. Pointed arch door opening to front elevation of tower having tooled limestone surround, voussoirs and carved hood moulding. Pointed arch door opening to side (south) elevation of tower having tooled limestone surround and voussoirs. Located within own grounds including graveyard with various grave markers, tombs and memorials. Bounded by rubble limestone walls with square-profile gate piers having carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Stone stile in wall to north.

• Ashton House, rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached two-bay two-storey over basement Georgian style former rectory, built c.1810, having four-bay three-storey garden elevation to south. Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with rendered plinth, having attached rubble stone walls to rear (north) elevation. Diminishing square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills. Eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, twelve-over-twelve pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and twelve-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows to second floor. Twelve-over-twelve pane timber sliding sash window to rear stairwell. Occasional replacement timber casement windows to west and rear elevations. Elliptical-headed door opening within timber doorcase comprising surround with floral decorations to archivolt and rope torus moulding. Engaged Ionic columns surmounted by dentilated cornice. Timber panelled door with brass fittings surmounted by spoked fanlight, having splayed limestone perron approach. Former farmyard and associated buildings to rear, having hipped and pitched slate roofs, roughcast-rendered walls and replacement timber sash windowsFull-height canted bay windows to north-eastern block. Rubble stone bell tower with cast-iron bell to north.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey house, built c.1800, having projecting gabled end-bay to front (south) with attached two-storey outbuilding to south elevation. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered chimneystacks having date of 1895 inscribed (commemorating reroofing of structure). Rendered walls, having render sill band to first floor. Square-headed window openings with stone sills having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber-framed bipartite windows to attached outbuilding having one-over one-pane timber sliding sashes. Timber battened shutters to first-floor openings of outbuilding. Square-headed door openings. Render keystone over timber-panelled door with overlight to front elevation, glazed timber door to side (east). Timber battened sliding door to east elevation of outbuilding and replacement timber panelled door to south. Yard to east with various outbuildings including, single-storey block to north having pitched corrugated-iron roof, whitewashed rubble stone walls and segmental-arched carriageway opening. Two-storey four-bay block to east having pitched slate roof, cast-iron rainwater goods. Whitewashed rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows to first floor. Square-headed door openings with timber battened doors.

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

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caum.

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.

No address of the register names Caum with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Caum · An Cam

Area

1,701,928 m² (170.19 ha, 420.56 acres)

Civil parish

Aghinagh, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Aghinagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Aghinagh electoral division: 518 people in 168 households; 90% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Classes, Coolacareen, Coolacoosane, Coolalta, Curraghanearla, Drombeg, Lackavunaknick, Monallig, Rosnascalp

Placenames

Caum 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.