Knockastuckane
Knockastuckane is a townland in the civil parish of Cullen (Millstreet Ra), barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork. Its name in Irish is Cnoc na Stacán.
- Area
- 130.9 ha
- 324 acres
- Land parcels
- 9
- registered freehold, median 5,413 m² (0.54 ha, 1.34 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockastuckane, from 1,479 m² to 142,464 m² (14.25 ha, 35.2 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Knockastuckane 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
8 Apr 2026Grant with conditions
(A) Permission to construct a two storey extension to the east side of the existing dwelling house and (B) Decommission existing septic tank and install a new septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0876
17 Jan 2023Conditional
Permission to construct a new dwelling house and domestic garage served by septic tank and percolation area.
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/4041
14 Sept 2022Withdrawn
(1) the construction of a dwelling house, (2) the construction of a private on-site wastewater treatment system (3) the construction of a garage and (4) all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 22/6072
30 May 2007Conditional
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8239
2 Nov 2006Conditional
Replace and extend roof and tanks of existing slatted cubicle house and effluent tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11962
21 Jul 2006Withdrawn
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/9134
29 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwelling and garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/1865
3 Jun 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/3979
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knockastuckane.
Recorded monuments
- CO030-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; slight scarp marks line of enclosure on S side. One of five levelled and partially levelled single-ramparted forts (CO030-45---, CO030-48---, CO030-49---, CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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
- CO030-044 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low, circular mound of burnt material (diam. 10m; H 0.35m). 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
- CO030-045 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on gentle SW-facing slope. Circular area (diam. 32m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.25m; ext. H 1.95m) W->SW; external fosse (D 0.25m); outer earthen bank (ext. H 0.9m) to SE. Interior raised on S side to compensate for hillslope. Quarry extends from WSW towards centre of interior; rubble dumped around edge leaving only sides of interior to N, E and S undisturbed. One of five levelled and partially levelled single-ramparted forts (CO030-043---; CO030-048---; CO030-049---; CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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
- CO030-046001 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (11149) c. 20m to S and third (11150) c. 40m to S. 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
- CO030-046002 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Low horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (16m N-S; 10.6m E-W; H 0.3m); opening (Wth 3.6m) faces ENE. One of a group of three fulachta fiadh (11148, 11150). 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
- CO030-046003 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Oval mound of burnt material (6.6m N-S; 5m E-W; H 0.45m). One of a group of three fulachta fiadh (11148, 11149). 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
- CO030-047 Fulacht fia
Description
In pasture. Roughly oval mound of burnt material (L 20m; Wth 19.8m; H 0.3m). 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
- CO030-048 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; arc formed by slight scarp survives S->WNW. One of five levelled and partially levelled ringforts (CO030-043---, CO030-045---, CO030-049---, CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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
- CO030-049 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on break in N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure on 1842 OS 6-inch map; arc formed by hachured bank survives SSE->WSW on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Circular area (30.5m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by earthen bank (int. H 0.75m; ext. H 1.6m) SSE->WNW, with external fosse surviving as slight slope down to base of bank; low rise elsewhere. Interior level. One of five levelled and partially levelled ringforts (CO030-043---; CO030-045---; CO030-048---; CO030-050---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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
- CO030-050 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on N-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842, 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Levelled; circular area (31m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by low rise (int. H 0.18m; ext. H 0.1m). One of five levelled and partially levelled ringforts (CO030-043---; CO030-045---; CO030-048---; CO030-049---) recorded by Bowman (1934, 280) on Mr Leader's land. 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 Knockastuckane.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Knockastuckane, 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, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Knockastuckane.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Knockastuckane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Knockastuckane · Cnoc na Stacán
- Area
- 1,309,296 m² (130.93 ha, 323.53 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
- Coolcloher West, Derryleagh, Lisheenafeela, Skagh
- Placenames
- Knockastuckane 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.