# Mountnorth, Co. Cork: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Ballyclogh, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Co. Cork; in Irish Ard ó Thuaidh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,167,104 m² (216.71 ha, 535.5 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 32 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Ballyclogh, https://everytownland.com/cork/parish/ballyclogh.md - Barony: Orrery and Kilmore - Electoral division: Ballyclogh, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 794 people lived in 256 households in the Ballyclogh electoral division. 94% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 7% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Cork, https://everytownland.com/cork.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/11655 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 44507 - Centre: latitude 52.169995, longitude -8.714437 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mountnorth, from 1,691 m² to 479,433 m² (47.94 ha, 118.47 acres); 23 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 2261860: 479,433 m² (47.94 ha, 118.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261860.md - Parcel 2118002: 438,524 m² (43.85 ha, 108.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2118002.md - Parcel 2261857: 402,783 m² (40.28 ha, 99.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261857.md - Parcel 4898970: 379,548 m² (37.95 ha, 93.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4898970.md - Parcel 2261855: 328,851 m² (32.89 ha, 81.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261855.md - Parcel 2261863: 51,656 m² (5.17 ha, 12.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261863.md - Parcel 2261854: 10,249 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261854.md - Parcel 2229315: 8,276 m² (0.83 ha, 2.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229315.md - Parcel 2229314: 6,111 m² (0.61 ha, 1.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229314.md - Parcel 2229312: 5,062 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229312.md - Parcel 2261861: 4,262 m² (0.43 ha, 1.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261861.md - Parcel 2229313: 4,215 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229313.md - Parcel 6028321: 3,536 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6028321.md - Parcel 5714378: 3,293 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5714378.md - Parcel 4934351: 3,285 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934351.md - Parcel 4934354: 3,265 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934354.md - Parcel 2229316: 3,218 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229316.md - Parcel 2261859: 3,110 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261859.md - Parcel 2261856: 2,640 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261856.md - Parcel 3576357: 2,522 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3576357.md - Parcel 2261862: 2,494 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261862.md - Parcel 2533012: 2,428 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2533012.md - Parcel 2229319: 2,316 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229319.md - Parcel 2229318: 2,252 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229318.md - Parcel 2533070: 2,213 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2533070.md - Parcel 2261858: 2,073 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2261858.md - Parcel 4934345: 2,060 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4934345.md - Parcel 2229317: 1,955 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229317.md - Parcel 2229311: 1,891 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229311.md - Parcel 2229320: 1,746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229320.md - Parcel 2229321: 1,691 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2229321.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mountnorth 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) 32 applications, newest first. - 1 Aug 2023, Cork County Council 23/5568: Conditional. Permission. Permission to erect single storey extensions to both sides of an existing single storey dwelling house, remove existing chimney and make elevational changes to windows and doors, install velux window front and rear, change grey brick to smooth plaster finish, install new secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, construct new site entrance and all associated site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/5568 - 31 May 2023, Cork County Council 23/5103: Incompleted application. Permission. Erect single storey extensions to both sides of an existing single storey dwelling house, remove existing chimney and make elevational changes to windows and doors, install velux window front and rear, change grey brick to smooth plaster finish, install new secondary wastewater treatment system and polishing filter, construct new site entrance and all associates site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=23/5103 - 26 Nov 2021, Cork County Council 21/7194: Conditional. Permission. To construct a dwelling house and garage with related site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/7194 - 4 Nov 2021, Cork County Council 21/6993: Incompleted application. Permission. To construct a dwelling house and garage with related site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/6993 - 1 Jul 2021, Cork County Council 21/5827: Conditional. Retention. Permission for retention of the existing domestic garage as constructed with all associated site and ancillary works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=21/5827 - 27 Nov 2020, Cork County Council 20/6652: Conditional. Permission. To construct a new dwelling house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/6652 - 28 Aug 2020, Cork County Council 20/5873: Refused. Permission. To construct a new dwelling house.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/5873 - 13 Mar 2020, Cork County Council 20/4535: Conditional. Permission. To (i) Construct a new easy feed slatted live stock unit adjacent to existing farm building. Proposed livestock unit to incorporate crush and associated underground slurry storage tank with 2 external agitation points and ancillary external concrete (ii) A new canopy on existing shed and ancillary concrete. The above development to be carried out with all associated ancillary site works.. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=20/4535 - 8 Mar 2018, Cork County Council 18/4563: Unconditional. Extension of duration. Dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works. Extension of Duration of Permission granted under planning ref: 12/6563. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=18/4563 - 9 Oct 2015, Cork County Council 15/6256: Conditional. Permission. Conversion of existing bungalow to a two-storey dwelling house by raising the roof height and the addition of a second floor level for living accommodation, construction of a single storey extension to the South-Eastern elevation and upgrading effluent treatment system by installing a bio mechanical unit and polishing filter and to continue the use of the existing front entrance to service the dwelling house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=15/6256 - 29 Nov 2013, Cork County Council 13/6265: Conditional. Permission. Demolition of an existing single storey sun room and the erection of a new two storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwellinghouse, with alterations to existing windows and doors, and the construction of a new garage, all with associated landscaping and drainage alterations. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=13/6265 - 17 Dec 2012, Cork County Council 12/6563: Conditional. Permission. Dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/6563 - 23 Nov 2012, Cork County Council 12/6409: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a dwellinghouse, vehicular entrance, garage, installation of an on-site treatment system and percolation area, a domestic well and all ancillary works. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=12/6409 - 3 Jun 2010, Cork County Council 10/5376: Conditional. Permission. Retention of garage/store, & retention & completion of conservatory on to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=10/5376 - 2 Sept 2009, Cork County Council 09/6888: Conditional. Permission. Construction of domestic garage with first floor storage space and retention of conversion of attic space with provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6888 - 25 Aug 2009, Cork County Council 09/6803: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of a domestic garage with first floor storage space, and retention of the conversion of attic space with the provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwelling house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6803 - 5 Aug 2009, Cork County Council 09/6612: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of domestic garage & retention of conversion of attic space with the provision of rear facing velux windows in existing dwelling house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=09/6612 - 18 Jun 2007, Cork County Council 07/8757: Conditional. Permission. Construction of hay barn. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8757 - 30 May 2007, Cork County Council 07/8263: Conditional. Permission. Alterations and extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/8263 - 18 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/7106: Incompleted application. Permission. Alterations and re-roofing of existing extension to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7106 - 13 Apr 2007, Cork County Council 07/7005: Refused. Permission. Dormer style dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=07/7005 - 4 Dec 2006, Cork County Council 06/12940: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12940 - 24 Nov 2006, Cork County Council 06/12672: Conditional. Permission. Retention of entrance to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/12672 - 30 Aug 2006, Cork County Council 06/10159: Incompleted application. Permission. Construction of slatted house. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/10159 - 3 Feb 2006, Cork County Council 06/4541: Refused. Permission. Dormer bungalow. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=06/4541 - 3 Mar 2005, Cork County Council 05/1249: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse, garage and waste water treatment unit. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/1249 - 21 Feb 2005, Cork County Council 05/920: Conditional. Permission. Extensions to dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=05/920 - 14 Sept 2004, Cork County Council 04/6978: Withdrawn. Permission. Dwellinghouse and domestic garage. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/6978 - 21 Apr 2004, Cork County Council 04/2671: Refused. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/2671 - 26 Mar 2004, Cork County Council 04/1998: Conditional. Permission. Dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=04/1998 - 18 Jun 2003, Cork County Council 03/3001: Conditional. Permission. Extension to dwellinghouse. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/3001 - 4 Mar 2003, Cork County Council 03/904: Conditional. Permission. Dormer dwelling. File: https://planning.agileapplications.ie/corkcoco/application-details/?ref=03/904 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 Mountnorth. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - CO024-145: Country house, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-145----. Fragmentary remains of house, indicated on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular structure (long axis E-W), named 'Mountnorth Court (in ruins)', with two wings free-standing at right angles on either side of S elevation. Main house no longer survives except for remains of basement wall with shallow brick-arched recesses (H. 1.1m; D c. 0.18m). Ruined ivy-clad shell of W wing survives, walls rise from shallow plinth the top of which level with window sills: rectangular in plan (long axis N-S): W elevation 6-bays wide, 1-storey; narrow S elevation (facing house) of cut-limestone ashlar, 2-bays wide. By 1905 OS 6-inch map, E wing (long axis N-S) replaced by long rectangular structure (long axis E-W) which survives as residential 2-storey house of 19th-century appearance built of ashlar limestone construction reusing stone from earlier house: entrance front 5-bay, central door with block and start surround surmounted by wide pediment; known as 'Steward's House'. House shown in this vicinity on Down Survey (1655-6) barony map. Smith described house here in 1750 (Smith 1750, vol. 1, 319) as 'square building with two wings...fronting the house is a noble canal well stocked with fish.' House was already a ruin 'for many years' in 1837 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 118). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-146: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-146----. Covered over and incorporated into Cork County Council water supply scheme; no longer visible. According to Grove White (1905-25, vol. 1, 140), OS Field Book of 1840 records 'Tubberhuwhen, Joanna's well' as holy well' though he adds that it is not locally known as a holy well now (ibid.). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-147: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-147----. In tillage. According to local information, spread of red/black soil noted here. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-148001: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-148001-. In tillage, on N-facing slope c. 77m WNW of possible standing stone (10190). According to local information, stone, c. 4-5ft high, removed c. 1972; regarded as 'scratching stone'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-148002: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-148002-. In tillage, on N-facing slope c. 77m ESE of possible standing stone (10189). Removed c. 1972. Regarded locally as 'scratching stone c. 4-5ft high'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-149: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-149----. In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 50m) on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps; appears to be incorporated into field fence system to W. According to local information, 'fort' levelled c. 1967. Bivallate circular enclosure, truncated to W by N-S field boundary, visible as cropmark of fosses in aerial photograph (CASAP); slight curve in N-S field fence (H 1m, with stone footings exposed at base) corresponds with location of W side but does not appear to follow line of bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-150: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-150----. In marshy pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (28m N-S; 12m E-W). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 - CO024-220: Enclosure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO024-220----. Cropmark of arc of fosse (N->SSE) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Linear cropmarks to E in same field may be levelled field fences. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 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 Mountnorth. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Mountnorth, about 1 in 5 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: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as 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 Mountnorth. - 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/mountnorth.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/cork/mountnorth.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/cork/mountnorth.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mountnorth 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) - Ballykitt: https://everytownland.com/cork/ballykitt.md - Croughta: https://everytownland.com/cork/croughta.md - Curraghalehane: https://everytownland.com/cork/curraghalehane.md - Dromdowney Lower: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-lower.md - Dromdowney Upper: https://everytownland.com/cork/dromdowney-upper.md - Gortnagross: https://everytownland.com/cork/gortnagross-43018.md - Lisleagh: https://everytownland.com/cork/lisleagh-44116.md - Moanroe: https://everytownland.com/cork/moanroe-44422.md - Rathnee: https://everytownland.com/cork/rathnee.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/mountnorth - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/cork/mountnorth