Knockroe West

67 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockroe West, from 13 m² to 154,905 m² (15.49 ha, 38.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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.

No zone of a development plan covers Knockroe West 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.

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  permission for the following works to an existing dwellinghouse: (i) retention of external door and fenestration changes, (ii) permission for construction of single storey extension, (iii) permission of reduction of height of existing gable window and (iv) permission for all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/800

• 17 Jul 2009Conditional

  Change of plan of extension granted in planning ref: 08/1399

  Permission · Cork County Council, 09/812

• 28 Jul 2008Conditional

  (a) Construction of extension to dwelling, (b) Removal of farm sheds, (c) Renovation of and change of use of detached farm building to studio/apartment including alterations to elevations for use ancillary to main dwelling, (d) Installation of mini treatment plant system in lieu of existing septic tank system and (e) ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1399

• 4 Jul 2008Incompleted application

  Construction of extension to dwelling, (b) removel of farm shed (c) change of use of detached farm outbuilding to studio/ appartment ancillary in use to main dwelling, (d) installation of mini-treatment plant system in lieu of existing septic tank system and (e) ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/1241

• 21 Jul 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5576

• 11 Jun 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/4236

• 14 Aug 2003Conditional

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4075

• 21 Jun 2000Conditional

  Construction of slatted house & demolition of section of cubicle house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/3760

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Beara Peninsula SPA 004155

Recorded monuments

• CO114-032 Hut site
  Description

  On level platform cut into SSW-facing slope of Slieve Miskish Mountains. Foundation trench (D 0.25m; Wth 0.3m) rectangular house (12m E-W; 3.8m N-S). Three upright stone slabs set in a line at E end N side; a further two slabs set at right angles form SE corner (average H 0.5m). Break in trench at centre of S side is possible entrance. Small rectangular area(3.2m N-S; 3.1m E-W), enclosed by low earthen bank, lies short distance to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-013 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In scrub, on S-facing slope. Circular area (23.2m N-S; 22m E-W) enclosed by stone bank (H 0.75m) partially covered by peat; short section levelled to E. Circular hut site (diam. 7m) (CO127-013001-) off-centre to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-013001 Hut site
  Description

  In interior of ringfort (CO127-013----). Circular hut site (diam. 7m) off-centre to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-014 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on break in S-facing slope. Arc formed by earthen bank (H 1m) survives W->N; external fosse (D 1.5m) W->NW. Farmyard extends across E half of enclosure. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-015 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Circular area (26m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by earthen bank (max. int. H 1.6m); external fosse (max. D 1.7m) N->SE. Gaps in bank to N (Wth 3.5m) and to E (Wth 2m) with causeway. Low L-shaped feature (L 10.4m N-S; Wth 6.7m E-W) in SW quadrant, may be remains of hut site (CO127-015001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-015001 Hut site
  Description

  In ringfort (CO127-015----). Low L-shaped feature (L 10.4m N-S; Wth 6.7m E-W) in SW quadrant, may be remains of hut site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO127-036 Barrow - embanked barrow
  Description

  In the middle of a level pasture field with restricted views. A circular area (diam. 7m) is enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 2.2m; H 0.45m) which is partially obscured by overgrowth. Some field clearance debris has been placed on and against the bank and in the uneven interior. There is a ring-barrow (CO127-047----) c. 3km to the NW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Architectural heritage

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

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 Knockroe West, 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 high, 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 Knockroe West.

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

Name

Knockroe West · An Cnoc Rua Thiar

Area

1,364,106 m² (136.41 ha, 337.08 acres)

Civil parish

Kilnamanagh, and its townlands

Barony

Bear

Electoral division

Kilnamanagh, the unit of the census

Census 2022

380 people lived in 153 households in the Kilnamanagh electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 15% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 30% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cahermeeleboe, Caminches, Coom, Gour, Kealoge, Kilkinnikin East, Knockoura, Knockroe East, Knockroe Middle, Loughane Beg

Placenames

Knockroe West 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.