# Knockacarracoosh, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Cullen (Millstreet Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc an Chearrbhachais. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 902,104 m² (90.21 ha, 222.91 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 7 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 141,973 m² (14.2 ha, 35.08 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Cullen (Millstreet Ra), https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/cullen-millstreet-ra.md - Barony: Duhallow - Electoral division: Skagh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 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. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/12753 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 43629 - Centre: latitude 52.128277, longitude -9.06951 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 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); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2155534: 238,018 m² (23.8 ha, 58.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155534.md - Parcel 2328271: 235,595 m² (23.56 ha, 58.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328271.md - Parcel 2155533: 167,709 m² (16.77 ha, 41.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155533.md - Parcel 2328272: 141,973 m² (14.2 ha, 35.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328272.md - Parcel 2328273: 18,850 m² (1.88 ha, 4.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2328273.md - Parcel 2155536: 11,849 m² (1.18 ha, 2.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155536.md - Parcel 2155535: 11,467 m² (1.15 ha, 2.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2155535.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) 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. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 3 applications, newest first. - 10 Dec 2024, Cork County Council 24/6361: Refused. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/6361 - 13 Feb 2017, Cork County Council 17/4308: Conditional. Permission. 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.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=17/4308 - 14 Oct 2004, Cork County Council 04/7711: Conditional. Permission. Construct porch to front of dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/7711 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockacarracoosh. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO030-094001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-094001-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-094002-. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-095----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-096----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-097----. 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, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO030-240----. 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 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) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockacarracoosh. ## 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 Knockacarracoosh, 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 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 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/knockacarracoosh.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacarracoosh.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacarracoosh.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knockacarracoosh 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) - Knocknageeha East: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocknageeha-east.md - Knocknageeha South: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocknageeha-south.md - Meenskeha East: https://everytownland.com/cork/meenskeha-east.md - Meenskeha West: https://everytownland.com/cork/meenskeha-west.md - Skagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/skagh.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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/knockacarracoosh - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/knockacarracoosh