Letter

37 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Letter, from 1,414 m² to 206,242 m² (20.62 ha, 50.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 24 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

• G3Greenbelt1 (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Cork County Development Plan 2022, Cork · 18 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 24 Feb 2026Awaiting f.i. response

  Demolish an existing dwelling and construct a new replacement dwelling with associated landscaping and drainage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 26/0454

• 28 Sept 2020Conditional

  Erection of garage / boathouse and associated site development works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 20/529

• 29 Jun 2017Conditional

  Permission to erect detached domestic garage and associated development works and for retention of storage shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 17/408

• 11 Apr 2008Refused

  Dwellinghouse, garage, waste water treatment system and associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/646

• 7 Sept 2007Withdrawn

  Dwellinghouse, domestic garage and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2375

• 12 Feb 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/393

• 29 May 2006Conditional

  Extension of existing cottage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/992

• 8 Mar 2006Withdrawn

  Extension of existing cottage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/365

• 21 Nov 2005Conditional

  Dormer dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/8528

• 8 Oct 2003Conditional

  Construction of 50,000 gallon reservoir

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/5012

• 3 Jul 2000Refused

  Dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 00/4028

• 22 Oct 1999Conditional

  Construction of dwellinghouse & retention of mobile home

  Permission · Cork County Council, 99/5735

• 20 Mar 1998Conditional

  Dormer bungalow and domestic garage/shed

  Permission · Cork County Council, 98/1063

• 18 Mar 1998Conditional

  Dwellighouse

  Outline permission · Cork County Council, 98/1011

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 Letter.

Recorded monuments

• CO139-026014 Mine - copper
  Description

  Located c. 2m above mine (CO139-026015-) entrance, S end of Barnacleeve Gap. Inclined working driven 250° into N-facing rock scarp. Partial excavation removed 0.3m of stony sediment and vegetation from entrance, revealing carbonaceous primary sediment; one stone maul found. Accessible length c. 5m; entrance (Wth 2.6m; H 1m); interior (Wth 1.5m; H 0.8m). No extant spoil sediments on floor of gorge 3-4m below mine. (O'Brien 1987: mine 16) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1970).

• CO139-026015 Mine - copper
  Description

  Southern end of N-S gorge (Barnacleeve Gap) across lower E slopes of Mt. Gabriel. Large infilled working driven 248° into base of E-facing rockface. Waterlogged interior with probable peat deposit; not excavated. Probed length 3m plus; entrance (Wth 5.2m; H 1.8m). No extant spoil dumps; may have been removed when bottom of gorge functioned as main route across mountain, before building of upper road in 1846. (O'Brien 1987: mine 15) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1970).

• CO139-060 Mine - copper
  Description

  14m E of mine (CO139-026004-). Shallow opening driven 087° into base of W-facing vertical face of Barnacleeve Gap. Fire-worked face (L <1m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.45m). No extant spoil sediment; no stone mauls. (O'Brien 1987: mine 16a) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1970).

• CO140-023 Enclosure
  Description

  On S-facing slope. Circular enclosure (diam. 17.6m N-S; 17m E-W) defined by bank (max. int. H 1.2m). No trace of fosse. Heavily overgrown. Locally known as 'fort'. 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

• CO140-024 Mine - copper
  Description

  On S slopes of Leitir Hill, E of Mt. Gabriel. Inclined working driven 260° into low E-facing outcrop. Substantial infill sediment with waterlogging near back wall; 3-4 stone slabs cleaved off scarp face partly obstruct entrance. Test-pit excavation uncovered late 17th century pottery vessel in secondary context; re-use of mine as temporary shelter. Accessible length c. 0.5m; entrance (Wth c. 5m; H c. 1m); narrowing considerably towards back wall. Outside mine, immediately S and W, low dumps of spoil spread over 250m² to unknown depth. (O'Brien 1987: mine 27) 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

• CO140-026 Burial ground
  Description

  In pasture. Marked 'Relig Burial Ground for Children' on OS 6-inch map (1842). Raised circular area (12m N-S; 10m E-W) defined by scarp (H 1.3m). Many grave markers noted. 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

• CO140-063 Standing stone
  Description

  In rough gorse and heather-covered hill pasture, on a N-facing slope to the E of Barnacleve. This standing stone (1.65m x 0.45m; H 1.5m) is roughly rectangular in plan and is orientated ENE-WSW. The WSW side slopes gradually inward as it rises to a flat top that slopes gently to the WSW. Stones protrude from the bog immediately to the E of the stone. 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 Letter.

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 Letter.

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

Name

Letter · Leitir

Area

2,855,481 m² (285.55 ha, 705.6 acres)

Civil parish

Skull, and its townlands

Barony

Carbery West (West Division)

Electoral division

Ballydehob, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballydehob electoral division: 924 people in 404 households; 75% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cusovinna, Derryconnell, Gurteenroe, Mountgabriel, Raheenroe, Rathcool, Rathruane More

Placenames

Letter 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.