Cooleenlemane
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry, Co. Cork; in Irish Cúilín Lomáin
- Area
- 289.4 ha
- 715 acres
- Land parcels
- 2
- registered freehold, median 321,569 m² (32.16 ha, 79.46 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
2 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cooleenlemane, from 5,911 m² (0.59 ha, 1.46 acres) to 637,228 m² (63.72 ha, 157.46 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 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 Cooleenlemane 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
No planning application touches the townland of Cooleenlemane in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 Cooleenlemane.
Recorded monuments
- CO091-003 Mass-rock
Description
At end of U-shaped valley, on natural rise to W of Cooleenlemane River. Large rock outcrop, now used as a sheep shelter but traditionally known as 'mass rock'. 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
- CO091-004 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Circular area (16m N-S; 18m E-W) enclosed by ruined stone wall (H 1.1m; Wth 1.6m). At head of U-shaped valley with view over valley to S. 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
- CO091-005 Megalithic structure
Description
In reclaimed pasture at mouth of U-shaped valley which extends back to NW. Large rectangular stone (H 1.9m; 1.25m; 0.45m) rests, at 45 degree angle, against thin upright slab (H 0.64m; 0.09m; 0.65m). A number of other slabs lean against this pair which are partially covered by cairn of field clearance stones. Exact nature of site unknown. 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
- CO091-075 Enclosure
Description
Sub-circular enclosure situated at the head of the Cooleenlemane River valley on a slightly raised area with extensive views down the valley. It is formed by dry stone walling with a max H of 1m and 0.7m Wth, which has been dug into the slope along the north and west sides to create a more level interior. Its internal measurements are c.7.8m E-W and c.6m N-S. Earthworks on the eastern side could be the footprint of an earlier and larger enclosure buried beneath the turf. This enclosure is partially surrounded by a network of field boundaries. One length of walling extends c.20m to the west from the enclosure and a second for c.15m to the E which then continues further to the north following the bank of the river. There is a third length of c.20m of walling built of contiguously set stones, orientated NW-SE c.15m to the north of the enclosure. There is a second enclosure c.40m to the NE. Compiled: Tony Miller Date of upload/revision: 29 May 2023
- CO091-076 Enclosure
Description
A sub rectangular enclosure immediately adjacent to a small stream. It has been partially terraced into the slope on its northern an western sides and is defined by a low (Max H 0.5m) wall of random field stones partially buried by peat, and measures c.5.5m E-W and c.7.5m N-S. It is c.40m NE of the hut site (CO091-077----). C.20m south is a length of relict field boundary also partially buried by peat. It runs for c.10m in an E-W direction and survives to a max H of 0.4m. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload/revision: 29 May 2023
- CO091-077 Hut site
Description
The hut site is situated in an area of rough grazing at northern end of the Cooleenmane River valley on a small rounded hillock near the base of a west facing slope. The land use is predominately for sheep grazing. A tributary of the river is c30m to east and to the west are the remains of a narrow, grassy track running the length of the valley. A sub-circular hut built of random field stones with some laid radially and others contiguously. The external measurements are c.3.2m E-W; c.3.5m N-S with walls a maximum 07.m H and 0.7m W. The interior is full of collapsed stones. The entrance (0.9m W) is to the north and has a c.1.1m L porched entranceway extending from it. Just to the W of the entrance a slab of stone (H 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.15m) has been set upright on an E-W axis. There is a length (c. 15m) of field boundary c.18m to the west partially buried by peat, curving E-W and connecting with the old track. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload/revision: 25 July 2023
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cooleenlemane.
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 20 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 Cooleenlemane.
- 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 Cooleenlemane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Cooleenlemane · Cúilín Lomáin
- Area
- 2,893,957 m² (289.4 ha, 715.11 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmocomoge, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bantry
- Electoral division
- Glengarriff, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Glengarriff electoral division: 1,181 people in 445 households; 80% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 18% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carran, Coumaclavlig, Cummeenshrule (Co. Kerry), Derroograne, Derrynakilla, Farranfadda, Inchinagoum
- Placenames
- Cooleenlemane 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.