Skenakilla

19 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skenakilla, from 5 m² to 676,336 m² (67.63 ha, 167.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 13 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Skenakilla 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.

• 27 May 2019Conditional

  Construction of a dwelling (change of plan from that permitted under Planning Reg. No. 18/6353) and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/5341

• 17 Apr 2019Incompleted application

  Change of house design previously granted under planning reference number 18/6353 and all associated site works.

  Permission · Cork County Council, 19/4952

• 5 Sept 2018Conditional

  (a) Retention for the demolition of existing dwelling, alterations to existing boundaries and associated site works previously granted under Planning Reg. No. N/99/2384. (b) Retention of existing domestic garage. (c) Permission for the construction (reinstatement) of dwelling as per Planning Reg. No. N/99/2384 and all associated site works

  Permission · Cork County Council, 18/6353

• 8 Oct 2007Conditional

  Dwellinghouse, detached garage and installation of waste water treatment unit

  Permission · Cork County Council, 07/11511

• 27 Feb 2006Conditional

  Dormer dwellinghouse

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5129

• 22 Dec 2005Refused

  Dwelling

  Permission · Cork County Council, 05/9719

• 19 May 2004Conditional

  Reconstruction, renovations and conversion of outbuildings to 4 no. holiday cottages for short term letting

  Permission · Cork County Council, 04/3477

• 16 Jul 2003Withdrawn

  Renovations, extension and change of use of 2 no. outbuildings to 4 no. dwelling units and bio-treatment plant

  Permission · Cork County Council, 03/3519

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 Skenakilla.

Recorded monuments

• CO026-041 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure only on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Circular area (36m N-S; 36m E-W) enclosed by low, grass-covered, earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.2m). Entrance to ESE, facing levelled ringfort (CO026-042---), which lies c. 20m to SE, lower down slope. 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

• CO026-042 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure only on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Roughly circular area (44m E-W; 36m N-S) enclosed by low, grass-covered, earthen bank (int. H 0.6m; ext. H 0.3m). Entrance to SE. Interior slopes down to S. Second ringfort (CO026-041---) c. 20m upslope to NW. 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

• CO026-043 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. According to local information, spread of burnt material noted. 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

• CO026-044 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage, on gentle S-facing slope. Depicted as hachured penannular rise (diam. c. 30m), open to E on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; low rise remains with concentration of stones scattered across surface. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP), possible entrance to E. 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

• CO026-045 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In tillage. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1935 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; 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

• CO026-046 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on crest of N-facing slope. Slight rise, roughly circular in plan, visible in field. According to local information 'circular feature clearly visible when field ploughed'. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (GSIAP, R522). 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

• CO026-118 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Spread of burnt material (14m E-W). Second fulacht fiadh (11648) c. 20m to NE. 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

• CO026-119 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage. Spread of burnt material (12m N-S). Second fulacht fiadh (11647) c. 20m to SW. 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

• CO026-120 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Barely perceptible mound of burnt material (15m N-S; 7m 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

• CO026-121 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture. Grass-covered spread of burnt material (c. 32m N-S). 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

• CO026-122 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In tillage, c. 30m NW of pond. Spread of burnt material transected by field fence running NNE-SSW; burnt material incorporated into fence. According to local information, spread extends c. 30m on W side and c. 10m on E side of field fence. 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

• CO026-129 Burial ground
  Description

  In NW corner of field. Known locally as site of church and burial ground; according to local information low stones occured in burial ground. No visible surface trace of site. 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Skenakilla.

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 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 Skenakilla.

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

Name

Skenakilla · Sceach na Cille

Area

1,277,334 m² (127.73 ha, 315.64 acres)

Civil parish

Castletownroche, and its townlands

Barony

Fermoy

Electoral division

Castletownroche, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Castletownroche electoral division: 925 people in 373 households; 73% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballydaheen, Ballygown, Ballyhimock, Ballyveelick, Castletownroche, Loughquin, Rathnacarton

Placenames

Skenakilla 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.