Disert

21 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Disert, from 348 m² to 751,886 m² (75.19 ha, 185.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 3 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 24 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 11 Jul 2025Grant with conditions

  Planning Permission for 1 - Extension and modifications to existing dwellinghouse including roof & wall finish, 2 - Demolition of Greenhouse, 3 - Installation of proprietary wastewater treatment plant, 4 - Decommissioning of existing septic tank, 5 - Installation of domestic wind turbine and roof PV panels and all associated siteworks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/381

• 4 Jul 2014Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/405

• 13 Jun 2014Incompleted application

  Construction of dwelling house and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/362

• 7 Jun 2002Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 02/2379

• 27 Sept 2000Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/5845

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155

Recorded monuments

• CO127-031 Hut site
  Description

  In rough grazing, atop terrace, with sharp fall to S to rocky coast. Remains of small circular structure (diam. c. 3.4m) with annex to E. Interior cut into slight slope on W side, some stone facing remains; one upright stone and scatter of stones survive to E. Annex (c. 4m N-S; c. 3.6m E-W) defined by some well embedded stones to E; very indistinct on S side. 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

• CO127-032 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough grazing on higher terrace to hut site (CO127-031---) c. 60m to SSE. Square area (12.8m E-W; 12.4m N-S) defined by upright stones to E; stone-faced scarp to S; rough walling to W, except at N end where outer ground level higher and walling replaced by inner stone facing; bank to N (int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.5m) with stone facing. Interior heavily overgrown with ferns; N side level; S side slopes down to SW. 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

• CO128-022 Enclosure
  Description

  On S-facing rocky hillside. Large sub-rectangular area (c. 400m NE-SW; c. 220m NW-SE) defined by dry stone wall (H c. 1m) to W, N and E; with coast cliffs to S. W side follows line of mountain stream. According to local tradition place where cattle were pounded by Puxley's caretaker and called"Buaille Caiseal". 1. Small subcircular enclosure (14.2m N-S; 12.3m E-W) depicted on OS 6-inch map (1902) lies in N half of enclosure. Situated at E side of rock outcrop atop slight terrace. Interior defined by stone wall (H 0.8m; Wth 0.45m) to E; stone faced scarp to S; wall running along sharp rise to W acts as facing. Interior level to E and S, heavily overgrown with bracken; W side slopes down steeply to E. 2. Small rectangular structure depicted on OS 6-inch map (1901) c. 60m to W of above enclosure 1, appears to have been removed by modern trackway. (CMSS) 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

• CO128-038 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on a small natural knoll. According to local information, there is a raised circular area (diam. c. 10m), known as 'the lios', on the flat top of the knoll. However, it is inaccessible due to a heavy growth of rhododendrons, briars, ferns and bushes. The field boundary depicted on the 1901 OS 6-inch map immediately to the S curves (C 13m) SE-SW as if to respect a circular enclosure. 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 Disert.

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

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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.

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

Name

Disert · An Díseart

Area

1,489,924 m² (148.99 ha, 368.17 acres)

Civil parish

Killaconenagh, and its townlands

Barony

Bear

Electoral division

Killaconenagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,613 people lived in 685 households in the Killaconenagh electoral division. 62% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Dunboy, Fuhur

Placenames

Disert 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.