Charlesfield
Charlesfield is a townland in the civil parish of Clonmeen, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is An Cromán.
- Area
- 276.4 ha
- 683 acres
- Land parcels
- 31
- registered freehold, median 43,446 m² (4.34 ha, 10.74 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Charlesfield, from 309 m² to 532,193 m² (53.22 ha, 131.51 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 18 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 Charlesfield 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
31 Jan 2013Conditional
Construction of 1 no. fully serviced dwelling, domestic garage and all associated site works including waste water treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/4156
24 Feb 2010Conditional
Construction of site access road to Carraigcannon Wind Farm (4.5m wide & 1150m long)
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4404
15 Feb 2010Incompleted application
Construction of a site access road (4.5m wide & 1150m long) to Carraigcannon Wind Farm
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/4302
24 Feb 2009Unconditional
Completion of windfarm to include 10 no. wind turbines, ESB control building, compound and ancillary site works permitted under Pl. Reg. No. 03/4181 (New pemisssion to expire on 27/02/2012)
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 09/4564
9 Apr 2008Unconditional
Completion of wind farm consisting of 19 no. wind turbines of 80m hub height and 80m blade diameter and electrical substation with control building granted under Planning Reg. No. 01/1248
Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 08/5944
9 Nov 2006Conditional
Construction of slatted dairy unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12118
5 May 2004Conditional
Demolition of extensions and construction of extensions to dwelling and replacement of septic tank including reedbed and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3018
31 Oct 2003Conditional
Timber framed agricultural building for use as hay shed, farm machinary store, stables for donkeys and entrance
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5441
10 Oct 2003Conditional
Construction of conservatory extension to dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5063
2 Oct 2003Withdrawn
Dwelling and proprietary treatment plant
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 03/4903
20 Aug 2003Conditional permission
Windfarm to include 10 no. wind turbines, ESB control building, compound and ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4181
19 Mar 2003Conditional
Erection of wind measuring pole, not exceeding 40m in height
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/1200
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 Charlesfield.
Recorded monuments
- CO040-018001 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (10468) immediately to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO040-018002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (10467) immediately to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO040-067 Ringfort - rath
Description
On E-facing slope, overlooking narrow valley of Fermoyle River. Arc, formed by low rise NNE->WSW, clearly visible due to differential growth pattern in rough grazing land. Later visit to site when field ploughed showed concentration of stones on surface of low rise. Interior slopes down to E. Concentration of stones noted outside levelled bank to E and WSW (c. 2m x c. 2m). According to local information, site discovered when area reclaimed from bog land in 1960s; bank was made of stone and interior clear of stone in contrast to rest of field. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO040-068 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 7.9m; Wth 9.4m; H 0.35m); opening faces W. Second fulacht fiadh (10470) c. 60m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO040-069 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing. Partially overgrown mound of burnt material (L 10.5m; Wth 7.2m; H 1.3m). Second fulacht fiadh (10469) c. 60m to N. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Charlesfield.
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 Charlesfield, 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 Charlesfield.
- 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
- Charlesfield, Lyre5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Charlesfield · An Cromán
- Area
- 2,763,542 m² (276.35 ha, 682.89 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonmeen, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Tincoora, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 515 people lived in 181 households in the Tincoora electoral division. 77% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carragraigue, Coolroe More, Fermoyle, Inchamay North, Kilmacurrane, Muingyroogeen
- Placenames
- Charlesfield 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.