Longstown

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Longstown, from 167 m² to 344,111 m² (34.41 ha, 85.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Longstown 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.

• 19 Nov 2021Conditional

  To construct a single storey dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, install a wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7121

• 6 Oct 2006Conditional

  Demolition of stables and construction works to include the incorporation of existing east facade to support slate roof to new dwelling and associated site works to include excavation and fill, grading of farm acceess road, new low stone wall at the south gable

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/11255

• 5 Nov 2004Conditional

  Dwellinghouse and garage

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/8221

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 Longstown.

Recorded monuments

• CO064-095 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown as circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; slight rise visible in field. No other surface trace. According to Power (1918, 202) 'The O.M. records two lioses - one ofthem square. Both have unfortunately disappeared, along with a third which the map has left unrecorded'. Rectangular enclosure (CO064-096---) c. 170m to E; fulacht fiadh (CO064-094---) c. 200m to SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-096 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on E-facing slope. Shown as rectangular enclosure (c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; slight rise visible in field. According to Power (1918, 202) 'The O.M. records two lioses - one of them square. Both have unfortunately disappeared'. Possible ringfort (CO064-095---) c. 170m to W; fulacht fiadh (CO064-094---) c. 130m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-097 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on SE-facing slope. According to Power (1918, 202) 'The O.M.records two lioses....Both have unfortunately disappeared, along with a third, which the map has left unrecorded'. Levelled; slight undulations in field indicate position; N-S roadway curves to respect site. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-098 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as circular area (diam. c. 35m) planted with trees. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Enclosure (CO064-099---) c. 140m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-099 Enclosure
  Description

  In tillage, on SE-facing slope. Marked on 1842 OS 6-inch map as roughly oval enclosure (c. 42m N-S; c. 35m E-W), planted with trees. Levelled; no visible surface trace. Circular enclosure (CO064-098---) c. 170m to W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

• CO064-100 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, on natural terrace on E-facing slope. According to local information, burnt material was noted here. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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 Longstown.

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

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred).

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Longstown · Baile an Longaigh

Area

519,990 m² (52 ha, 128.49 acres)

Civil parish

Carrigtohill, and its townlands

Barony

Barrymore

Electoral division

Carrigtohill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

8,181 people lived in 2,751 households in the Carrigtohill electoral division. 72% of households owned their home. 61% of homes were built since 2001. 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Fahydorgan, Garranes, Gortnamucky, Tibbotstown, Woodstock

Placenames

Longstown 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.