Clouracaun
Townland in the civil parish of Inishannon, barony of Kinalea, Co. Cork; in Irish An Cloichreán
- Area
- 98.3 ha
- 243 acres
- Land parcels
- 13
- registered freehold, median 21,184 m² (2.12 ha, 5.23 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 12
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
13 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Clouracaun, from 705 m² to 356,561 m² (35.66 ha, 88.11 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.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Clouracaun 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
1 Feb 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of a dwelling house along with all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/4183
20 Dec 2021Incompleted application
The construction of a dwelling house, along with all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7413
20 Jun 2016Conditional
Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage, entrance, septic tank and percolation area and associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5507
30 Jul 2013Conditional
Construction of dwelling house and wastewater treatment unit and percolation area, and all associated site works
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 13/5473
3 Jul 2009Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse (revised house design previously permitted 08/8670), detached domestic storey and a half style garage and waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6209
19 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Two storey dwellinghouse (revised house design previously granted permission 08/8670), detached domestic one and half storey style garage and installation of waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/6021
3 Jun 2009Incompleted application
Construction of two-storey dwelling house (revised house design from that previously granted under planning ref.no. 08/8670), detached storey-and-a-half style domestic garage & waste water treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5794
1 Sept 2008Conditional
Dwellinghouse, storey & a half style domestic garage with games room and wastewater treatment system
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8670
24 Sept 2007Conditional
Construction of garage for restoration and storage of vintage vehicles for applicants own use
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11178
3 Aug 2007Conditional
Construction of shed for minor repairs and storage of lorries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/10083
2 Jul 2007Incompleted application
Construction of shed for storage of lorries
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/9283
13 Jul 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/8884
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 Clouracaun.
Recorded monuments
- CO097-059 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (32.5m N-S; 30m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1m). Boulders dumped on top of bank. 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
- CO097-060 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 38m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.3m; ext. H 1.8m) with external fosse (D 0.9m); possible outer bank (H 1.1m) NE->SW, now forming part of field-fence system. Interior saucer-shaped and raised above surrounding level. 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
- CO097-061 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on S-facing slope. Oval area (39.5m N-S; 48m E-W) defined by earthen bank (H 1.8m) NE->SE forming part of field fence system; soilmark forming low arc SE->NE. 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
- CO097-062 Earthwork
Description
In tillage. Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as arc of hachures, abutted to N by ENE-WSW field fence. Levelled; differential soil colour and stone concentration indicates position of site. 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 Clouracaun.
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
- 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Clouracaun.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Clouracaun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Clouracaun · An Cloichreán
- Area
- 983,124 m² (98.31 ha, 242.94 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishannon, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Electoral division
- Inishannon, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Inishannon electoral division: 2,094 people in 721 households; 81% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballycoghlan, Coolmoreen, Derrynagasha, Killaminoge, Slievegallane
- Placenames
- Clouracaun 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.