Reenavanny

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Reenavanny, from 200 m² to 322,319 m² (32.23 ha, 79.65 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 7 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Reenavanny 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.

• 29 Jan 2021Unconditional

  Permission for the following: (a) reconstruction of storm-damaged disused dwelling, (b) extension to dwelling house, (c) installation of waste water treatment system, (d) construction of new site entrance and (e) all associated site works

  Extension of duration · Cork County Council, 21/51

• 9 Sept 2016Conditional

  Permission for the following: (a) reconstruction of storm-damaged disused dwelling, (b) extension to dwelling house, (c) installation of waste water treatment system, (d) construction of new site entrance and (e) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 16/566

• 13 Nov 2015Withdrawn

  Permission for the following: A) reconstruction of storm-damaged disused dwelling house and raising of roof level of same, B) extension to dwelling house, C) installation of waste water treatment system, D) construction of new site entrance and E) all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 15/641

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 Reenavanny.

Recorded monuments

• CO105-032 Battery
  Description

  Abandoned circular redoubt at NE end of Whiddy Island; two similar redoubts (CO118-078---; CO118-077) to SW. Indicated on OS 6-inch map 1842 as a circular field. Inaccessible. According to Kerrigan (1981, 5) similar in dimension to the West Battery (CO118-077) and similar in layout to Middle Battery (CO118-078---). Aerial photograph (Daphne D.P.C. Pochin Mould) shows site overgrown with three ranges in centre. Built by 1807 to house 100 men and mounted eight guns. (Kerrigan 1981, 5). 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

• CO105-033 Castle - tower house
  Description

  Built on rock outcrop at NE end of Whiddy Island. SW side of tower house (10.7m NW-SE; 8.6m NE-SW) remains. SW wall survives to 2nd floor level; short return (0.6m) of SE wall at ground level; NW wall survives to ground-floor level. Remains of lintelled window ope and one side of doorway in NW wall. Three horizontal rows of joist holes, c. 1m above the other, on inner SW face; stone-lined guardrobe chute exposed at first-floor level. Base batter around external walls removed. Castle of O Sullivan Bear; much of it collapsed during gales of 1920. (O Murchadha 1985, 304). 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 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

• CO118-078 Battery
  Description

  Circular redoubt on high ground in middle of Whiddy Island; two similar redoubts (CO118-077---; CO105-032---) to SW and NE. Indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842) as 'Center Redoubt'. Defended by fosse (Wth 8.5m; D c. 10m) with outer circular glacis (Wth 40m). Parapet wall (Wth 4m; H 1.5m) around inner perimeter of fosse enclosing level circular (diam. 68m) area. Low arcs of gun placements visible along SW parapet wall. At centre, three rectangular ranges of single-storey barracks all barrel-vaulted, originally covered with hipped slate roofs. Central range (Wth 12.75m) wider than ranges (Wth 6.6m) on either side. Part of NE range used as private residence. Covered well with original iron pump to SE of central range. According to Kerrigan (1981, 5) built by 1806 to house 150 men and mounted 12 guns. 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

Architectural heritage

• East Battery, battery, 1805–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-plan battery, built 1807. Now in ruins. Redoubt comprises circular-plan coursed rubble limestone ditch with coping stones. Iron bridge entrance (south). Surrounded by recent timber and wire fence.

• Middle Battery, battery, 1800–1805 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding circular-plan battery, built 1804, having military barracks, magazine and cast-iron water pump to interior. Now in ruins. Redoubt comprises circular-plan rubble stone lined ditch with parapet and accommodation for front-pivoted traversing carriages and banquette. Interior accessed by timber drawbridge with cast-iron railing, to north-east. Three structures to interior, two twelve-bay single-storey accommodation blocks to north-east and one nine-bay single-storey magazine to south-west. Hipped slate roofs, with rendered red brick chimneystacks to north-east accommodation block. Rubble stone and rendered walls with dressed quoins. Camber-headed openings with limestone sills and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Some openings blocked with red brick. Camber-headed door opening with timber battened doors and red brick block-and-start surrounds. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to south-west having rubble stone walls and square-headed door openings. Freestanding cast-iron water pump to south-east of central structure with fluted shaft, ram's head bucket grip to spout, handle fixings, inscription and bench mark.

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 Reenavanny, 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, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Reenavanny · Rinn an Mhanaigh

Area

629,179 m² (62.92 ha, 155.47 acres)

Civil parish

Kilmocomoge, and its townlands

Barony

Bantry

Electoral division

Whiddy, the unit of the census

Neighbouring townlands

Crowkingle

Placenames

Reenavanny 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.