Dunmarklun
Dunmarklun is a townland in the civil parish of Kilmurry, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Dún Marclann.
- Area
- 192.6 ha
- 476 acres
- Land parcels
- 32
- registered freehold, median 3,115 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 29
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
32 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunmarklun, from 116 m² to 437,751 m² (43.78 ha, 108.17 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 17 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 Dunmarklun 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
13 May 2024Conditional
Permission for retention of dwelling house and detached domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 24/4852
21 Jul 2023Conditional
Construct a new dwelling house.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/5497
20 Oct 2022Conditional
Permission for retention of a domestic garage attached to the eastern side of existing dwelling house
Retention · Cork County Council, 22/6373
7 Jun 2019Conditional
Retention of extension to the rear of existing dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/5502
3 Apr 2019Incompleted application
Retention of an extension to the rear of existing dwelling house.
Retention · Cork County Council, 19/4824
19 May 2017Conditional
Retention of conservatory to the side of dwelling. Permission is also sought for alterations to the conservatory to include raising the external walls and roof structure to match the ridge height of the existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5251
10 Oct 2016Conditional
Domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/6507
22 Aug 2014Conditional
Retention and completion of two-storey extension and 3 no. dormer windows to front of dwellinghouse
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5791
5 Aug 2014Incompleted application
Retention and completion of two storey extension and 3 no. dormer windows to front of premises
Retention · Cork County Council, 14/5664
8 Dec 2008Refused
Demolition of dwelling, construction of dwelling and installation of treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/9999
17 Nov 2008Incompleted application
Demolition of dwelling, construction of dwelling & installation of treatment unit
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 08/9701
2 May 2008Conditional
Dwelling & septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/6485
28 Mar 2007Conditional
Construction of slatted cubicle house and easy feed, 2 no. effluent tanks, cover existing parlour yard, construction of loose house, silage pit and apron and associated concrete yards
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/6504
31 Jan 2007Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4639
22 Nov 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/12566
21 Jul 2006Conditional
Alterations and two storey extension to dwellinghouse and retention of amended position of permitted dwelling on site
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9110
8 Jun 2006Incompleted application
Two storey extension to rear, amendments to windows and retention of maended position on site of dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/7900
24 Mar 2006Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/5816
14 Mar 2006Refused
Dwellinghouse and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5498
21 Jul 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5221
8 Jul 2005Conditional
Installation of septic tank and percolation area to serve existing dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4873
27 Jun 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/4515
26 Nov 2004Refused
Dwellinghouse & sewage treatment unit
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8699
19 Oct 2004Conditional
Construction of conservatory extension to dwelling and detached garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7833
22 Sept 2004Conditional
Renovations and extension to dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7195
The 25 most recent of 29 applications.
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 Dunmarklun.
Recorded monuments
- CO083-038 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, atop hillock. Circular area (diam. 23m) defined by scarp (H 2m) with slight internal lip. Ledge at base of scarp to N; external fosse (D 0.5m) to W. Ground continues to fall but less steeply on all sides beyond enclosure. Entrance (Wth 6m) to E. Interior and scarp overgrown with ferns; possible souterrain (CO083-131----). 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
- CO083-039 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope, just below top of hill. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 25m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular depression (diam. c. 26m) in field. 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
- CO083-040 Country house
Description
Abandoned gable-ended T-shaped 2-storey house. All three gables topped by chimney stacks, each has pair of small attic lights. Entrance front (E) of 5 bays; central door with rectangular fanlight, light ornately glazed; door flanked by side lights. Central Venetian windows on 1st floor; first floor weather-slated on all sides. Chimney stack on N gable has slate near base inscribed with number 7; according to owner this is all that remains of date '1777', a likely date for construction of house. 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
- CO083-131 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO083-038----). Depressions around centre of interior enclosing roughly square area measuring 10m x 11m; may indicate position of souterrain. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Dunmarklun.
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 Dunmarklun, about 1 in 10 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 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 Dunmarklun.
- 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
No address of the register names Dunmarklun with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Dunmarklun · Dún Marclann
- Area
- 1,926,438 m² (192.64 ha, 476.03 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmurry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry West
- Electoral division
- Greenville, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 309 people lived in 99 households in the Greenville electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clearagh, Dunisky, Greenville, Kilbarry, Teereeven
- Placenames
- Dunmarklun 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.