Knockrour

35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockrour, from 313 m² to 596,637 m² (59.66 ha, 147.43 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 20 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 Knockrour 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.

• 1 May 2025Conditional permission

  Permission for the construction of new dwelling house and domestic garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment system together with all other ancillary site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 25/4812

• 30 Aug 2024Conditional

  Permission to construct a new dwelling house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 24/5654

• 18 Apr 2016Conditional

  Dwelling & proprietary treatment unit.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4844

• 22 Jul 2008Conditional

  Construction of slatted house, extension to existing calving house, clean concrete yard and associated concrete yards

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/8010

• 5 Mar 2008Conditional

  Demolition of calf house and erection of roof over existing collecting yard, roof over existing easy feed and associated concrete yards

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5202

• 25 Jun 2007Refused

  Construction of slatted house, extension to existing calving house, clean concrete yard and associated concrete yards

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/8971

• 8 May 2007Conditional

  Domestic garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7585

• 26 Apr 2007Conditional

  Construction of slatted cubicle house and easy feed, associated concrete yards and demolition of calf house

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7318

• 7 Dec 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/13055

• 13 Jul 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8868

• 12 Jun 2006Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 06/8005

• 9 Feb 2006Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/4661

• 26 Jan 2006Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 06/4342

• 14 Dec 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9271

• 2 Sept 2005Conditional

  Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/6349

• 19 Jan 2005Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/177

• 9 Dec 2004Incompleted application

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission consequent · Cork County Council, 04/9030

• 30 Jul 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5875

• 30 Jul 2004Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 04/5876

• 12 Dec 2003Conditional

  Bungalow

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/6409

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 Knockrour.

Recorded monuments

• CO060-085 Water mill - horizontal-wheeled
  Description

  Remains of lidded penstock and plank-lined headrace discovered in 1927 by J.P. O'Conlon (Rynne 1988, 331). No visible surface trace remains. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-086001 Standing stone
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Removed. Hartnett (1939, 67) recorded irregular stone '38ins in height and 108ins in circumference'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-086002 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, to W of stream. Low, horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-087 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough pasture, on S-facing slope. Condon (1916, 156) recorded 'partially fallen stone (L 6ft; Wth 29ins, T 20ins)'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-088 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In marshy ground, on E side of stream. Heavily overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (H 1.2m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-089 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Adjacent to farmyard. Circular area (diam. 34m) enclosed by two earthen banks with intervening fosse. Inner bank (int. H 1.4m) and outer bank (H 1.5m) stone-faced in parts. Farmyard buildings extend into interior from SE. Possible souterrain (CO060-193----) in interior; well off-centre in S half. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-090 Standing stone
  Description

  Shown only on 1842 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone. Removed; no visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-091001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Circular area (diam. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 2.5m). According to Hartnett (1939, 67), 'vague traces' of a second bank. Interior planted with coniferous trees; possible souterrain (CO060-175----). Ringfort (CO060-091002-) c. 30m to NE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-091002 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Levelled; slight rise in area of site. Hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) depicted on 1842, 1904 and 1938 OS 6-inch maps. Hartnett (1939, 67) records 'double rampart and intervening fosse' with outer rampart levelled into fosse, except to W; entrance to E; local tradition of souterrain (CO060-174----). Ringfort (CO060-091001) c. 30m to SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-092 Church
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown as L-shaped building on 1842 OS 6-inch map, and as ruined rectangular structure (c. 15m E-W; c. 6m N-S) on 1938 OS 6-inch map. Now reduced to rectangular mound (max. H c. 2m) with rough outline of grass-covered foundations (H 0.25m) visible on W (L 6m) and N (L 15.8m) sides; base of wall visible (H 0.2m) on E side (L 5.9m), strewn with loose stones. Sod-covered crossing wall (Wth 0.7m) also evident among loose stones, 7.3m from W end. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-093001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, immediately SW of farmbuildings. Roughly circular area (diam. 29m) enclosed by earthen bank (H 1.7m); shallow external fosse to SW. Bank and parts of interior planted with trees. Possible souterrain (CO060-093002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-093002 Souterrain
  Description

  In NW quadrant of ringfort (CO060-093001-). Hartnett (1939, 68) noted that it is 'now closed'. Infilled entrance still visible. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-094001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture. Levelled; indicated as circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1938 OS 6-inch map. Hartnett (1939, 68) noted 'traces of an erased ringfort' with diameter of 'about 100 feet'. Possible souterrain (CO060-094002-) in interior. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-094002 Souterrain
  Description

  In levelled ringfort (CO060-093001-). Noted by Hartnett (1939, 68) as 'collapsed souterrain'. Area of collapse still evident. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-174 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (8444). Hartnett (1939, 67) noted that 'there are indications, confirmed by local tradition, that there was a souterrain inside the rampart at the NW'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-175 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (8443). The 1842 OS Name Books record cave 'with rooms' in this ringfort. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO060-193 Souterrain
  Description

  In ringfort (8442). 'Mr. O'Leary says there is a cave in this' (Hartnett 1939, 68). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 Knockrour.

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 Knockrour, 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 Knockrour.

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

Name

Knockrour · An Cnoc Ramhar

Area

3,788,723 m² (378.87 ha, 936.21 acres)

Civil parish

Aghabulloge, and its townlands

Barony

Muskerry East

Electoral division

Mountrivers, the unit of the census

Census 2022

726 people lived in 258 households in the Mountrivers electoral division. 91% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Coolgarriff, Coolineagh, Curraghawaddra, Dromacullen, Glenaglogh South, Gortacroghig, Leckaneen, Mountrivers, Oughtihery, Woodfield

Placenames

Knockrour 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.