Knockacarracoosh

7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockacarracoosh, from 11,467 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres) to 238,018 m² (23.8 ha, 58.82 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockacarracoosh 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.

• 10 Dec 2024Refused

  Permission to (A) Construct an extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse and (B) Install a mechanical treatment unit and polishing filter and (C) All associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/6361

• 13 Feb 2017Conditional

  Construction and operation of a Solar PV development consisting of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames within a site area of up to 32.2ha to include two single storey electrical substation cabins, 26 single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, battery units and storage units, CCTV cameras, access tracks, fencing and associated electrical cabling and ancillary site works and infrastructure.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/4308

• 14 Oct 2004Conditional

  Construct porch to front of dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/7711

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockacarracoosh.

Recorded monuments

• CO030-094001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop E-W ridge. Circular area (29m NE-SW; 27.5m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 1.05; ext. H 1.15m) SSW->NE; less substantial bank NE->ENE; low scarp elsewhere. Modern gap in bank to ENE (Wth 3.3m). To SW of scarp is small triangular field, enclosed by field fences; hachured as part of enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Possible souterrain (CO030-09402-) 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

• CO030-094002 Souterrain
  Description

  On S side of ringfort (CO030-09401-). Bowman (1934, 285) recorded 'site of souterrain on south side'. 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

• CO030-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a ridge. Depicted as hachured sub-square area (c. 30m N-S; c. 30m E-W) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with curved NE corner and abutting farmyard to N; arc of W half of enclosure indicated on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps, within farmyard. Levelled; bungalow built on site. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 285) as double-ramparted fort (diam. c. 35yd) on P. O'Connell's land and forming part of farmyard; 'practically all the outer rampart, and one-sixth of inner rampart levelled [with] remaining portion c. 4ft.high'. 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

• CO030-096 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (34m N-S; 33m E-W) defined by earthen bank (int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.4m) SW->NW; low rise elsewhere. Surviving bank incorporated into field fence system. West half of interior appears slightly higher than E half; souterrain (CO030-240---) in W half. 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

• CO030-097 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, atop hill. Circular area (35m E-W; 34m N-S) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.9m; ext. H 2m); external fosse (D 1.4m). Entrance (Wth 2m) to SE; gap in bank to WNW (Wth 2.8m) and N (Wth 1m). Fosse survives best S->NW; shallow elsewhere. Bank and fosse planted with coniferous trees. Remains of cultivation ridges cross interior on N-S axis. 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

• CO030-240 Souterrain
  Description

  In W half of ringfort (CO030-096---). Stone-built chamber (D 2.1m) with creepway to W, viewed through opening in the ground (pers. comm. Eileen McSweeney). According to local information, explored in early 1940s. 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 Knockacarracoosh.

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

At the centre of the townland of Knockacarracoosh, 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.

Terrain model

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

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 Knockacarracoosh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knockacarracoosh · Cnoc an Chearrbhachais

Area

902,104 m² (90.21 ha, 222.91 acres)

Civil parish

Cullen (Millstreet Ra), and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Skagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

432 people lived in 150 households in the Skagh electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Knocknageeha East, Knocknageeha South, Meenskeha East, Meenskeha West, Skagh

Placenames

Knockacarracoosh 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.