Gortknockaneroe
Townland in the civil parish of Clonfert, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Gort na Con Rua
- Area
- 117.9 ha
- 291 acres
- Land parcels
- 8
- registered freehold, median 37,668 m² (3.77 ha, 9.31 acres)
- Zoning
- G3
- Greenbelt1
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Gortknockaneroe, from 2,044 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres) to 374,304 m² (37.43 ha, 92.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 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
- G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
17 Feb 2025Conditional
Permission for a) retention of existing as built domestic garage and home office, b) retention of alterations to window and door locations and fenestrations to all elevations to existing dwelling house from that granted under pl.no. 84/1225, c) retention of alteration to a section of the roof over the existing extension from a flat profile under pl.no. 84/1225 to existing as built pitched profile to existing dwelling house, d) retention of 2 no. roof light windows to the existing roof on eastern elevation and sun tunnel dome on western elevation roof of existing dwelling house, e) retention of existing as built porch structure to eastern elevation of existing dwelling house, f) retention of the conversion of the previous garage attached to existing dwelling house to a utility room, g) planning permission is also being sought to decommission the existing septic tank on site and install a new treatment unit and percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4232
21 Jun 2011Conditional
Removal of existing soakaway and construction of new percolation area to serve existing septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 11/5347
13 Nov 2006Conditional
2 no. slatted slurry storage tanks and 1 no. waste water storage tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/12243
23 Jan 2006Withdrawn
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4257
14 Nov 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8365
1 Feb 2005Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/472
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
- Special Area of Conservation: Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford) SAC 002170
Recorded monuments
- CO023-060001 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope, overlooking Dalua River valley. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; skirted by field boundaries N->W on 1937 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area defined by growth of furze bushes indicates site. At NW edge of site is circular depression (diam. c. 3m; D 1.3m); S half stone lined; stones vitrified and earth burnt red; appears to be remains of limekiln (CO023-060003-). Visited by OPW on 26-02-1969 at landowner's request prior to destruction of fort; recorded circular area enclosed by substantial earthen bank (int. H 1.5m), with external fosse (Wth at base 1.5m) skirted by modern fence to S. At time of recording, bank had been recently levelled to N and E (ibid.). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 190-191) as double-ramparted fort in T. Lane's. Souterrain (CO023-06002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-060002 Souterrain
Description
In ringfort (CO023-06001-). Bowman (1934, 191) noted that 'on the east and south sides of the inner rampart, and on the fosse side of it, were Souterrains built into the rampart. These are now practically destroyed. Each formed, approximately, a semicircle, the chord being c. 14ft'. Also in interior of fort on S side, he recorded a 'depression - the site of a souterrain' (ibid.). Ringfort levelled; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-060003 Kiln - lime
Description
This lime kiln is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 North Cork' (2000, 296) under the entry (no. 12650) for a rath (CO023-060001-). The lime kiln is referred to in the entry as follows: At the NW edge of the rath (CO023-060001-) is a circular depression (diam. c. 3m; D 1.3m), the S half of which is stone lined. The stones are vitrified and the earth burnt red. This appears to be the remains of a limekiln. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-061 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture, on S side of stream. Low, irregular mound of burnt material (L 7.7m; Wth 5.9m; H 0.8m); burnt material visible in section in stream. Two fulachta fiadh (10924, 10925) c. 70m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-062001 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (L 10.2m; Wth 4.5m). Second fulacht fiadh (10925) immediately to NE; third (10923) c. 70m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
- CO023-062002 Fulacht fia
Description
In boggy ground, on N side of drain. Low, irregular mound of burnt material (8.6m x 9.5m; H 0.2m). Second fulacht fiadh (10924) immediately to SW; third (10923) c. 70m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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 Gortknockaneroe.
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 10 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
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_558 (ZIP).
- 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 Gortknockaneroe with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Gortknockaneroe · Gort na Con Rua
- Area
- 1,179,376 m² (117.94 ha, 291.43 acres)
- Civil parish
- Clonfert, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Kanturk, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Kanturk electoral division: 2,287 people in 909 households; 59% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Cloontycommade, Garraunawarrig Lower, Greenfield, Lismeelcunnin, Rossacon
- Placenames
- Gortknockaneroe 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.