# Knocksaharn, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilnamartery, barony of Muskerry West, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc Sathairn. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,811,726 m² (181.17 ha, 447.69 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,710 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilnamartery, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/kilnamartery.md - Barony: Muskerry West - Electoral division: Candroma, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Candroma electoral division: 333 people in 123 households; 89% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11280 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 43905 - Centre: latitude 51.899351, longitude -9.106015 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 26 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knocksaharn, from 183 m² to 434,025 m² (43.4 ha, 107.25 acres); 13 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2157482: 434,025 m² (43.4 ha, 107.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157482.md - Parcel 2157484: 341,660 m² (34.17 ha, 84.43 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157484.md - Parcel 2157487: 334,070 m² (33.41 ha, 82.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157487.md - Parcel 2326504: 280,701 m² (28.07 ha, 69.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326504.md - Parcel 2157481: 163,643 m² (16.36 ha, 40.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157481.md - Parcel 2157489: 117,003 m² (11.7 ha, 28.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157489.md - Parcel 5597774: 78,987 m² (7.9 ha, 19.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5597774.md - Parcel 5636913: 12,762 m² (1.28 ha, 3.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636913.md - Parcel 5242559: 7,685 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5242559.md - Parcel 5569743: 4,446 m² (0.44 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5569743.md - Parcel 5108379: 4,373 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5108379.md - Parcel 2326505: 4,168 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326505.md - Parcel 2157486: 3,847 m² (0.38 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157486.md - Parcel 2440331: 3,573 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2440331.md - Parcel 2157483: 3,454 m² (0.35 ha, 0.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157483.md - Parcel 3318731: 2,710 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3318731.md - Parcel 2133520: 2,390 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2133520.md - Parcel 2326500: 2,347 m² (0.23 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326500.md - Parcel 2326501: 2,289 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326501.md - Parcel 2533897: 2,229 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2533897.md - Parcel 2326502: 2,042 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326502.md - Parcel 5636914: 1,600 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5636914.md - Parcel 5617850: 1,313 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5617850.md - Parcel 2157488: 760 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157488.md - Parcel 2326503: 509 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2326503.md - Parcel 2157485: 183 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2157485.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Knocksaharn in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 9 applications, newest first. - 16 May 2025, Cork County Council 25/4922: Refused. Permission. Permission to construct a new dwelling house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=25/4922 - 26 Jul 2024, Cork County Council 24/5435: Refused. Permission. Permission to construct a joinery workshop building incorporating workshop area, timber storage area, office, staff facilities, storage, wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=24/5435 - 26 Sept 2018, Cork County Council 18/6536: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwellinghouse, domestic garage, new entrance together with all other ancillary site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/6536 - 22 Nov 2013, Cork County Council 13/6219: Conditional. Permission. Teach nua le coras chóireala d’fhuíolluisce a thógáilt. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/6219 - 11 Jul 2013, Cork County Council 13/5336: Conditional. Permission. Construction of dwelling house, domestic garage and new entrance. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/5336 - 17 Dec 2007, Cork County Council 07/13114: Conditional. Permission. Construction of conservatory extension to dwellinghouse and detached domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/13114 - 1 Mar 2007, Cork County Council 07/5564: Conditional. Permission. Construction of slatted house and associated site works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/5564 - 15 Sept 2004, Cork County Council 04/6988: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/6988 - 4 Mar 2003, Cork County Council 03/903: Conditional. Permission. Retention of domestic garage & revised site layout for dwelling, entrance & septic tank. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/903 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Knocksaharn. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO069-033: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO069-033----. Not shown on 1842, 1904 and 1946 OS 6-inch maps. Location marked on 1904 OS 6-inch map by Munster Archaeological Survey (UCC). In level pasture, on S side of Cloneera Wood. Removed; no visible surface trace. Conlon (1918, 125) noted three stones here in marshy ground, two standing and one prostrate. A is 2 feet high, 1 foot 6 inches broad, 11 inches thick. B is 3 feet 9 inches hight, 2 feet 8 inches broad, 11 inches thick, 4 feet 10 inches from A. C (prostrate); is 5 feet 8 inches long, 3 feet 5 inches broad, 2 feet 4 inches thick, 4 feet 1 inch from B'. He suggested that there may have been a stone circle here as there were several other stones lying around. 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 - CO069-034: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO069-034----. Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Stone (H 2.05m; 1.75m x 1m) is irregular in plan, leaning to NE; long axis NW-SE. 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 - CO069-035: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO069-035----. Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Shown on 1940 OS 6-inch map as single standing stone incorporated into E-W field fence. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Field fence and stone removed. 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 - CO069-068: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO069-068----. In pasture. Low oval mound of burnt material (12m N-S; 8m E-W; H 0.4m). 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 - CO069-092: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO069-092----. Described by Colm Chambers as 'circular, 5 metres in diameter internally and 12 metres externally. The floor of the enclosure is raised 50cm or more above the external ground level. The bank is of stone and some earth and its maximum height is 1.7 metres, to the NE. There does not appear to be an entrance. There is possibly the remains of an external fosse'. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knocksaharn. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: Susceptibility 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 Knocksaharn. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocksaharn.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocksaharn.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocksaharn.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Knocksaharn with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork: https://everytownland.com/cork.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Candroma: https://everytownland.com/cork/candroma.md - Cloheena: https://everytownland.com/cork/cloheena.md - Cools: https://everytownland.com/cork/cools.md - Derrintogher: https://everytownland.com/cork/derrintogher.md - Gortanaddan: https://everytownland.com/cork/gortanaddan.md - Kilmakaroge: https://everytownland.com/cork/kilmakaroge.md - Lisboy Beg: https://everytownland.com/cork/lisboy-beg.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/cork/knocksaharn - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/knocksaharn