Knockansweeny

12 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockansweeny, from 164 m² to 240,764 m² (24.08 ha, 59.49 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 14 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockansweeny 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.

• 20 Oct 2017Conditional

  Construction of a new 2 storey extension to existing period thatched dwelling which is a protected structure know as The Thatched Cottage RPS no. 00096, a new glass link from existing thatched cottage which requires partial removal of the existing South Gable wall, a new biofiltration treatment unit, new potable well, new vehicular entrance and all associated works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/6736

• 18 Jun 2013Conditional

  Permission for retention of mono pitch roof covering existing milking parlour, cubicles and collecting yard in existing farmyard

  Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5146

• 19 May 2009Refused

  Dwellinghouse, treatment unit, new vehicular entrance and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/5606

• 18 Apr 2007Conditional

  Construction of a cubicle shed with slatted tank, slatted unit with slatted tank, effluent tank and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7107

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 Knockansweeny.

Recorded monuments

• CO032-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle N-facing slope. Circular area (48m N-S; 48m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse (D 0.9m). Inner bank (int. H 1.6m; ext. H 0.9m) broken to W (Wth 11m) and ENE (Wth 4m). Outer bank (H 0.7m) incorporated into field fence system to E; broken to SSE (Wth 4m) and W (Wth 5m). Field clearance material dumped in intervening fosse to N, S and W. Interior grass-covered; slopes gently down to N. 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

• CO032-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On top of a hill, covered in scrub; locally known as sandhill. Circular area (38m N-S; 38m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks (inner bank: int. H 0.5m; middle bank: ext. H 1.3m) with intervening fosse; second intervening fosse and third earthen bank (H 0.8m) survives S->W. Break in inner bank and middle bank to E; second break (Wth 2m) in middle bank to NE. Interior incorporates top of hill, with highest point at centre; covered in ferns. 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

• CO032-101001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (23m N-S; 22m E-W) defined by low rise (int. H 0.36m). Recorded by Bowman (1934, 591) as single-ramparted fort with bank 'from 3 to 5ft. high' and fulacht fiadh (CO032-10102-) 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

• CO032-101002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  Bowman (1934, 591) recorded a fulacht fiadh in centre of ringfort (12657) and noted that it had been 'cleared away'. 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

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800. Hipped thatched roof having painted rendered chimneystack. Pitched gabled porches to front and rear, with slate roofs. Square-headed window openings having timber sliding sash windows, three-over-three pane to front and two-over-two pane windows to rear, latter with some replacement uPVC windows. Outbuildings to yard to front of house. Five-bay single-storey building to south side of yard, having pitched partly roofless and partly corrugated-iron roof, rubble stone walls and square-headed battened timber doors and having lean-to addition to front. Four-bay two-storey outbuilding to north side of yard has pitched corrugated-iron roof and rubble walls with square-headed openings and has flight of steps at gable giving access to first floor. Wrought-iron pedestrian gates and steel factory-made gates to yard.

• House, 1850–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, having two-bay end elevations, that to south end having canted bay window, and gabled porch addition to front. Hipped slate roof with some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with painted sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with ogee horns. Porch has rendered plinth walls and glazed sides with some coloured glass. Irregular fenestration to rear elevation of house. Outbuildings set around cobbled yard to rear. Seven-bay single-storey outbuilding to east, with garage addition, having pitched slate roof, painted roughcast rendered walls, openings with some fixed timber windows, some timber battened shutters and timber battened doors. Two-bay single-storey with loft addition to south, having pitched corrugated-iron roof, with timber battened door to upper gable approached by rendered steps.

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 Knockansweeny, about 1 in 5 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 Knockansweeny.

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

Name

Knockansweeny · Cnocán Mhic Suibhne

Area

689,378 m² (68.94 ha, 170.35 acres)

Civil parish

Kilshannig, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Kilshannig, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,140 people lived in 399 households in the Kilshannig electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Aldworth, Dromaneen, Knocknamona, Skarragh, Smithfield

Placenames

Knockansweeny 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.