# Dunnycove, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Island, barony of Ibane and Barryroe, Co. Cork; in Irish Dún Uí Chothaigh.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 483,778 m² (48.38 ha, 119.54 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,528 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 20 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Island, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/island.md
- Barony: Ibane and Barryroe
- Electoral division: Ardfield, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 838 people lived in 287 households in the Ardfield electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 32% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/8889
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 42513
- Centre: latitude 51.560585, longitude -8.901452 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

28 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Dunnycove, from 94 m² to 78,001 m² (7.8 ha, 19.27 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 2335448: 78,001 m² (7.8 ha, 19.27 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335448.md
- Parcel 2147785: 55,288 m² (5.53 ha, 13.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147785.md
- Parcel 2147783: 43,204 m² (4.32 ha, 10.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147783.md
- Parcel 2335348: 35,157 m² (3.52 ha, 8.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335348.md
- Parcel 2335346: 31,987 m² (3.2 ha, 7.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335346.md
- Parcel 2147784: 31,946 m² (3.19 ha, 7.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147784.md
- Parcel 2147782: 29,390 m² (2.94 ha, 7.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147782.md
- Parcel 2335349: 22,022 m² (2.2 ha, 5.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335349.md
- Parcel 2335452: 14,015 m² (1.4 ha, 3.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335452.md
- Parcel 2335454: 8,675 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335454.md
- Parcel 5787216: 7,333 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5787216.md
- Parcel 2147787: 6,138 m² (0.61 ha, 1.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147787.md
- Parcel 2335449: 4,297 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335449.md
- Parcel 2335345: 3,839 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335345.md
- Parcel 2335350: 3,218 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335350.md
- Parcel 5834630: 3,069 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5834630.md
- Parcel 2335352: 2,566 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335352.md
- Parcel 2335351: 2,262 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335351.md
- Parcel 4931453: 2,006 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4931453.md
- Parcel 2335450: 1,986 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335450.md
- Parcel 2147789: 1,406 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147789.md
- Parcel 2147788: 1,181 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147788.md
- Parcel 2147786: 1,056 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2147786.md
- Parcel 2335451: 973 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335451.md
- Parcel 2335453: 734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335453.md
- Parcel 2335347: 702 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335347.md
- Parcel 5099598: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5099598.md
- Parcel 2335344: 94 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2335344.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Dunnycove in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage)

20 applications, newest first.

- 21 Jul 2022, Cork County Council 22/471: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a dwelling house and garage and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/471
- 22 Apr 2022, Cork County Council 22/280: Conditional. Permission. Construction of an extension to the front of an existing house, and alterations to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=22/280
- 10 Nov 2021, Cork County Council 21/773: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a dwelling house and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/773
- 21 Jun 2019, Cork County Council 19/413: Conditional. Retention. Retention of a conservatory extension to the side of existing dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=19/413
- 8 Nov 2016, Cork County Council 16/681: Conditional. Permission. Permission to retain extension to dwelling, permission to construct extension to dwelling and to make alterations to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=16/681
- 4 Mar 2014, Cork County Council 14/162: Conditional. Permission. Construct private guest accommodation unit for use ancillary to main dwelling. The development will include the removal of a ruinous structure (the site upon which the proposed development will be located). File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/162
- 10 Feb 2014, Cork County Council 14/94: Conditional. Permission. Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling (196m²) and the construction of a new detached garage (22.5m²), septic tank and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/94
- 27 Jan 2014, Cork County Council 14/57: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling (196m²) and the construction of a new detached garage (22.5m²), septic tank and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=14/57
- 22 Aug 2013, Cork County Council 13/490: Conditional. Permission. Construct a new sunroom extension to the side of the existing dwelling and to replace the existing septic tank/percolation area with a new sewage treatment system and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/490
- 18 Feb 2013, Cork County Council 13/91: Withdrawn. Permission. Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling and the construction of a new detached garage, septic tank and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/91
- 6 Feb 2013, Cork County Council 13/64: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a new single storey detached dwelling (196m²) and the construction of a new detached garage (22.5m²), septic tank and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/64
- 4 Feb 2011, Cork County Council 11/53: Conditional. Permission. Construction of traditional two storey dwelling, installation of proprietary treatment unit and all associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=11/53
- 29 Oct 2008, Cork County Council 08/1939: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/1939
- 24 Jan 2008, Cork County Council 08/119: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse, installation of small treatment plant and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=08/119
- 14 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/1553: Conditional. Permission. Demolish existing sunroom to rear of existing dwellinghouse and construct new extension to side and rear of existing dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/1553
- 23 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/1088: Incompleted application. Permission. Construct extension to rear and side of existing dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/1088
- 12 Apr 2006, Cork County Council 06/637: Conditional. Permission. Construction of an extension to existing dwelling, installation of a proprietary treatment unit and to carry out associated site works, which shall include making existing septic tank obsolete.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/637
- 1 Oct 2004, Cork County Council 04/7439: New application. Permission. Extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/7439
- 14 May 2001, Cork County Council 01/2692: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=01/2692
- 18 Jun 1999, Cork County Council 99/3313: Conditional. Permission. Extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=99/3313

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Protection Area: Galley Head to Duneen Point SPA, site code 004190, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004190

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- CO144-032001: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-032001-. Near summit of low ridge with view to SW to sea. Small L-shaped area enclosed by stone wall to NE and SE, stone-faced scarp along roadside to SW; graveyard extended to NW in mid 20th century. Many low, uninscribed gravemarkers; earliest noted inscribed headstones date to 1800s; also some chest tombs. Contains remains of church (CO144-032002-). 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
- CO144-032002: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-032002-. In graveyard (CO144-032001-). Only short section of walling (H 0.87m) survives running 3.1m in N-S direction, part of W end-wall according to Webster (1932, 277). Church was in repair in 1615 (Brady 1863, Vol. 2, 463). 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
- CO144-032003: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-032003-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO144-033001: Signal tower, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-033001-. Situated on a low NE-SW running ridge c. 750m W of the coastline to the W side of Dunnycove Bay and overlooking Galley Head (c. to 5kms) to the SW (OD c. 106m). Located on flat ground with gentle slopes to the NW and SE. The surrounding area consists of a mixture of enclosed pasture and arable fields, defined by regular field boundaries. Site located c. 700m SSE of the small village of Ardfield and c. 6.7kms SSW of the town Clonakilty. The adjacent stations in the signal station\tower chain are found at Ballymacredmond, Seven Heads (CO145-008----), located c. 13.35kms to the E, which survives in good condition close to its original height, and at Reenagreva, Goat’s Head (CO143-086----), which is located c. 12.5kms to the W\NSW, but is now demolished. The signal station\tower at Dunnycove, Galley Head, is located adjacent to E (c. 170m) of the fragmentary remains of Ardfield Church (CO144-032002-; set in an associated graveyard (CO144-032002-), and c. 1.7kms NE of the remains of a tower house (CO144-034002-), indicated as ‘Dunnycove Castle’ on the Ordnance Survey first ed. map (1841-2), which, itself, is set within a coastal promontory fort (CO144-034002-) at Dunnycove Point. The remains of an early nineteenth-century (c. 1804-5) originally two-storey over partial raised basement square-plan signal station\tower (ext. dims. c. 5.8m N-S x c. 5.8m E-W; int. dims. c. 4.7m N-S x 4.3m E-W), built with rubble stone masonry. Evidence of lime render and weather-slating to exterior but only very limited sections of slating survive insitu. Only the ground floor level and fragments of the lower parts of the first floor level of the signal tower survive upstanding. The signal tower is positioned with its walls facing N, E, S, and W. The N elevation bulges out to the centre to accommodate the chimney flue, which helps to orientate and describe the probable original form of this structure: The main doorway would have been to the centre of the S elevation at first floor level with a machicolation over, there would have been pairs of square-headed window openings to the side elevations (E and W) at ground and first floor levels, and the rear (N) of the structure would have had corner bartizans (to NE and NW corners). An external stairway has been added, wrapping first around the SE corner of the signal tower and then across the S wall, where it would have accessed the now missing central doorway to the signal station\tower at first floor level. The original square-headed window openings survive to the E elevation at ground floor level, below a row of anchor bolts\pattrice plates. A ground floor entrance at the W side of the N wall is a later alteration to the building. The internal face of the N wall features a central fireplace with an alcove to the E, and the ground floor entrance to the W. A later single-story farm building\outbuilding abuts the W side of the original signal station\tower, and there is the remains of a complex of structures to the N of the site within the enclosure (see below). Kerrigan established that the signal tower and signal mast had been erected by 1805 (Kerrigan 1995, 277). The signal station\tower is positioned towards the S end of a U-shaped enclosure (ext. dims. c. 45m N-S x c. 24m E-S) that is defined by a partially collapsed rubble stone wall that is now open at the N boundary. This enclosure is wedge-shaped an increase in width towards the N. A small fan-shaped\oval protrusion (ext. dims. c. 25m N-S x c. 24m E-W) extends from the S edge of the U-shaped enclosure. This was probably the site of the signal mast. Entrance to the site is through a gateway with rubble stone gate piers to W side of enclosure. Modern single-story dwelling built to the NE of signal station\tower, within the enclosure. Hamilton’s 1806 map shows the signal tower located in a narrow rectangular enclosure with a narrow fan-shaped end (Kerrigan 2003, 37). The Ordnance Survey first ed. six-inch map, surveyed 1841-2, shows the tower in the centre of a U-shaped enclosure with an oval extension to the S. The signal station\tower is shown with a complex-plan indicative of multiple additions, and four small freestanding buildings are shown to the N of the main structure, within the enclosure. A flagstaff is indicated c. 60m to the WSW at this time. The Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map of the area, c. 1901, depicts a complex arrangement of structures attached to the N end of the signal station\tower with a detached rectangular-plan structure located a short distance to the NW built against the W side of the enclosure. A flagstaff is indicated to the centre of the oval enclosure to the S and a ‘semaphore’ c. 43m to the SE outside of the oval enclosure. A footpath is indicted on this map leading from the signal station to a now-demolished coastguard station that was located c. 365m to the ESE; this hints that this signal station\tower site may have been adapted to act as a temporary coastguard station prior to the later construction of the purpose-built coastguard station complex (probably during second half of nineteenth century), which is a situation to occurred in at least one former signal tower\station site in West Cork. Lewis (1837) records for this site ‘ … ruins of the old church are situated on the highest point of land in the parish; and near them is a building which during the war was used as a signal tower, but is now the residence of Lieut. Speck, who commands the coast-guard at Dunny Cove’, which strongly supports this suggestion. The signal station\tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the nineteenth century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 23/09/22
- CO144-033002: Designed landscape feature, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-033002-. The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
- CO144-034001: Promontory fort - coastal, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-034001-. Narrow sloping headland on W side Dunnycove Bay. Steep slope down from mainland to silted-up fosse (Wth 2m; D 1m) immediately in front of sod-covered remains of Dunnycove castle (CO144-034002-). Westropp (1914, 96) describes fosse as 'cut in the rock, 6 feet deep and 12 feet wide'. He considered traces of walling along edge of promontory as feature of earliest defences on site but similar walling at Dooneendermotmore (CO151-040---) was late medieval in date. 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
- CO144-034002: Castle - tower house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO144-034002-. On neck of narrow promontory on N side Dunnycove Point, overlooking Dunnycove Bay to N. Battered face W wall (L 5m); part of N wall (L 1m) of tower visible; otherwise reduced to sod-covered pile of rubble. Overlooked from landward side. According to Westropp (1914, 96) castle of O'Cowhigs. 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

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).

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Galley Head Signal Tower, signal tower, 1800–1810, Regional interest, registry number 20914417, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CO&regno=20914417. Freestanding two-bay two-stage square-profile signal tower, built c.1805. Now ruinous with upper stage missing, having later two-bay single-storey addition to side (west). L-plan stairwell to side (east) and rear (south) elevations, formerly granting access to upstage door opening (now absent). Roof missing to tower, pitched slate roof to side addition, having timber-clad eaves course and uPVC rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls throughout, having intermittent sections of roughcast render and slate hanging. English bond red brick parapet wall to stairwell. Cast-iron tie beams to sides (east, west) with bolts visible to side (east) elevation. Square-headed window openings throughout with dressed limestone voussoirs to tower, sills now absent. Red brick block-and-start surround and voussoirs to addition having timber-framed three-pane casement window. Square-headed door openings to tower, surrounds in poor state with lintels absent. Square-headed door openings to addition having red brick surround and replacement glazed timber and double-leaf timber battened doors. Former window and door openings visible to interior having stone voussoirs. Red brick hearth to interior of front wall. Ruinous outbuilding to south-east, having remains of rubble stone walls with sections of roughcast render. Recent four-bay single-storey former outbuilding to south-west, renovated and in use as house. Located on and elevated site with rubble stone enclosing wall. Square-profile gate piers with rubble capping to west of site.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: at the centre of the townland of Dunnycove, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887
- 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 Dunnycove.
- Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use.

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.

## Downloads

- DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/dunnycove.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/dunnycove.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/dunnycove.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Dunnycove with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Ballyluck: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballyluck.md
- Balteenbrack: https://everytownland.com/cork/balteenbrack-40892.md
- Dunowen: https://everytownland.com/cork/dunowen.md
- Farran: https://everytownland.com/cork/farran-42557.md
- Greenanes: https://everytownland.com/cork/greenanes.md
- Mountain Common: https://everytownland.com/cork/mountain-common.md

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.

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