Shanavagha
Townland in the civil parish of Aghinagh, barony of Muskerry East, Co. Cork; in Irish An Seanmhacha
- Area
- 43.3 ha
- 107 acres
- Land parcels
- 6
- registered freehold, median 14,147 m² (1.41 ha, 3.5 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
6 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Shanavagha, from 2,515 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres) to 222,581 m² (22.26 ha, 55 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 10 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Shanavagha 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
29 Apr 2016Conditional
Construct dwellinghouse, garage and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/5005
27 Apr 2007Conditional
Bungalow
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/7362
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Glashgarriff River 001055
Recorded monuments
- CO071-043 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Shown on 1938 OS 6-inch map as 'fulacht fiadh (site of)', to NW of spring. No visible surface trace. 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
- CO071-044001 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, c. 30m W of another fulacht fiadh (CO071-044002-). Spread of burnt material noted. 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
- CO071-044002 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground, c. 30m E of another fulacht fiadh (CO071-044001-). Spread of burnt material noted. 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
- CO071-045 Fulacht fia
Description
In marshy ground. Partially overgrown horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (L 15.5m; Wth 10.7m; H 1m); opening (Wth 5.2m) faces NW. 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
- CO071-158 Clapper bridge
Description
Marked as 'Foot Br.' on the OS 1st ed. 6-inch map (surveyed 1841) and as 'F.B' indicating a foot bridge on the latest edition. The remains of this clapper bridge still exist (pers. comm. D. Lucey). The attached image is uploaded courtesy of D. Lucey. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 July 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Shanavagha.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Shanavagha.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Shanavagha with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Shanavagha · An Seanmhacha
- Area
- 433,058 m² (43.31 ha, 107.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Aghinagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Electoral division
- Aghinagh, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Aghinagh electoral division: 518 people in 168 households; 90% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Aghavrin, Carrigathou, Knockacroghera, Rockgrove
- Placenames
- Shanavagha 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.