Knocknanuss

9 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocknanuss, from 588 m² to 319,335 m² (31.93 ha, 78.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Knocknanuss 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.

• 26 Feb 2014Conditional

  Demolition of derelict ruin and construction of a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 14/4373

• 11 Jun 2013Conditional

  Construction of a single storey extension & remedial works to dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 13/5092

• 15 Aug 2012Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse and installation of a treatment plant and associated percolation area

  Permission · Cork County Council, 12/5762

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 Knocknanuss.

Recorded monuments

• CO023-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on N-facing slope, overlooking Awbeg River. Circular enclosure visible as soilmark of bank in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R720). Arc formed by low rise (int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.2m) visible N->SW (c. 35m N-S). Kink in field fence on 1937 OS 6-inch map appears to have incorporated or skirted enclosure to SE; field fence now levelled. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 681) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 40yd) on Mr Mackesy'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

• CO023-105 Ford
  Description

  A crossing point on Awbeg River, c. 500m to NW of Knocknanuss Hill where Battle of Knocknanuss (14694) took place in 1647. According to Bowman (1934, 685), it is said that Sir Alexander Mac Donnell, second in command of Confederate Army, was killed at this ford (see also Grove White 1905-25, vol. 3, 353). Marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map as 'Chieftain's Ford' further south along river (c. 1.1km to SSW), on boundary between Rathmaher and Lackaleigh townlands. 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

• CO023-106 Battlefield
  Description

  The battle of Knocknanuss, on 13th Nov. 1647, was biggest ever fought in Munster and 'one of the most interesting and decisive engagements ever fought in Ireland' (O'Brien 1971, 141). An Irish Confederate army, led by Lord Taaffe and Sir Alexander Mac Donnell (see 14697), was defeated by a Parliamentarian army led by Lord Inchiquin (ibid., 140-9). Site of battle was low hill of Knocknanuss and area immediately to N (see plan ibid., 140). Grove White (1905-25, vol. 3, 352) noted 'remains of entrenchments' at SSW side of hill; entire area of battle now farmland, no trace of 'entrenchments' noted in area indicated by Grove White. The1937 OS 6-inch map shows 'Camp Field' c. 1.2km to N; Inchiquin said to have camped here after the battle; this area in pasture with no evident trace of encampment. Burial grounds in Assolas (14063), Ballyheen Middle (14067) and Drominagore (14093), said to be burial sites for those killed in battle; collection of human remains formerly in Buttevant friary (14382) were believed to have come from Knocknanuss. 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

• CO023-107 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with well in SE quadrant. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 681) as levelled, single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 45yd) on J. O'Connell'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

• CO023-300 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on E-facing slope. Arc (C 44m) formed by low rise (H 0.22m) with shallow external depression (D 0.2m) survives E->W. Field boundary once bisected site on E-W axis; no visible surface trace of N half due to standing beet crop. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 681) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 50yd) on J. Cronin's land. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). 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

• CO023-342 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage, cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 42m) defined by a ditch visible on Apple Maps imagery. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère See attached image Date of upload/revision: 05 April 2022

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocknanuss.

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

About 1 in 5 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

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

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.

No address of the register names Knocknanuss with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.

Name

Knocknanuss · Cnoc na nOs

Area

1,058,115 m² (105.81 ha, 261.47 acres)

Civil parish

Subulter, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Castlecor, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castlecor electoral division: 464 people in 172 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyheen Middle, Lackaleigh, Lisduggan North, Marybrook, Subulter

Placenames

Knocknanuss 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.