Subulter
Townland in the civil parish of Subulter, barony of Duhallow, Co. Cork; in Irish Sobaltair
Parcel 2157262
- Area
- 296,386 m² (29.64 ha, 73.24 acres)
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 965 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.
- Townland
- Subulter
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
This parcel is in the zone of notification of 1 recorded monument.
- CO023-300 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on E-facing slope. Arc (C 44m) formed by low rise (H 0.22m) with shallow external depression (D 0.2m) survives E->W. Field boundary once bisected site on E-W axis; no visible surface trace of N half due to standing beet crop. Recorded by Bowman (1934, 681) as levelled single-ramparted fort (diam. c. 50yd) on J. Cronin's land. Circular enclosure visible as cropmark of fosse in aerial photograph (CASAP). 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 on this parcel.
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
- 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, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of this parcel.
- 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. 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.
- Area
- 155.1 ha
- 383 acres
- Land parcels
- 42
- registered freehold, median 3,461 m² (0.35 ha, 0.86 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 23
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
42 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Subulter, from 385 m² to 437,519 m² (43.75 ha, 108.11 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 18 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 Subulter 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
19 May 2025Conditional
Permission for retention of dwelling house as constructed on site and all associated site works.
Retention · Cork County Council, 25/4935
25 Feb 2025Conditional permission
Permission for retention of detached domestic garage and detached garden room and change of site boundaries from that granted under planning ref no. 04/2229, all as constructed on site
Permission for retention · Cork County Council, 25/4284
26 Nov 2021Conditional
Construction of extensions to dwelling, to include a single and 2 storey extension and alterations to the elevations of the dwelling to include works to the existing roof and alterations to front of dwelling to include a ramp and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 21/7202
17 Oct 2019Withdrawn
Extension and alterations to existing dwelling and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 19/6505
20 Apr 2018Conditional
Install a septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4997
23 Mar 2018Incompleted application
Permission to install a septic tank with percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission · Cork County Council, 18/4718
31 Jul 2017Withdrawn
Processing of the extracted rock using mobile primary crushing plant on the quarry floor and for the construction of a crusher house (196sq.m), electrics container (15sq.m) and store building (370sq.m) office/canteen (37sq.m) weighbridge, bunded fuel store (15sq.m), ESB sub-station (37sq.m), proprietary wastewater treatment system and raised percolation area, perimeter landscaped berms (up to 5m high) and all associated works on a c. 1.7ha. application site at a registered quarry [Ref. No. QY-072] Access will continue at the existing quarry entrance and no increase in the rate of extraction is proposed.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5974
23 Jun 2017Incompleted application
Processing of the extracted rock using primary crushing plant on the quarry floor and for the construction of a crusher house (196sq.m), electrics container (15sq.m) and stone building (370)sq.m) office/canteen (37sq.m) weighbridge, bunded fuel store (15sq.m), ESB sub-station (37sq.m), proprietary wastewater treatment system and raised percolation area, perimeter landscaped berms (up to5m high) and all associated works on a c. 1.7ha. application site at a registered quarry [Ref. No. QY-072]. Access will continue at the existing quarry entrance and no increase in the rate of extraction is proposed.
Permission · Cork County Council, 17/5574
27 Jun 2016Withdrawn
Retention of domestic garage as built
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5589
18 May 2016Incompleted application
Permission to retain a domestic garage.
Retention · Cork County Council, 16/5187
5 Feb 2016Withdrawn
Construct a commercial dog kennels for breeding with associated underground soiled water collection tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 16/4203
23 Dec 2015Incompleted application
Construct commercial dog kennels for breeding with associated underground soiled water collection tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 15/6974
27 Aug 2014Conditional
Construction of two-storey dwelling, new vehicular entrance, installation of a proprietary treatment system, polishing filter and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 14/5809
18 Sept 2013Conditional
Retention of domestic garage, carport and utility shed
Retention · Cork County Council, 13/5809
3 Dec 2007Conditional
Dormer style dwellinghouse, attached garage and installation of septic tank
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/12789
23 Feb 2007Conditional
Single storey dwelliing and domestic stores
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/5353
5 Feb 2007Withdrawn
Alterations, extensions and conversion of bungalow and garage to two storey dwellinghouse, garage, septic tank and percolation area
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4741
10 Jan 2007Incompleted application
Single storey dwellinghouse and domestic store
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/4117
13 Dec 2006Incompleted application
Construction of extension to and conversion of bungalow and garage to dormer dwellinghouse with garage, installation of septic tank and ancillary works
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13257
4 Jul 2006Incompleted application
Single storey dwelling and domestic stores
Permission · Cork County Council, 06/8605
17 Aug 2005Conditional
Two storey dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/5919
23 Mar 2005Conditional
Dwelling
Outline permission · Cork County Council, 05/1787
1 Oct 2003Incompleted application
Dwelling
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4889
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Subulter.
Recorded monuments
- CO023-162001 Graveyard
Description
In tillage. Graveyard depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular area (c. 25m E-W; c. 28m N-S) defined by broken line with church (14452) forming NW corner; shown as irregular enclosure (c. 25m E-W; c. 28m max. N-S), defined by broken line, on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Graveyard now defined as unploughed, overgrown area around ruin of parish church of Subulter (14452); field clearance stones dumped in interior. No gravemarkers noted. Grove White (1905-25, vol. 4, 232) noted in 1905 that 'there have been no burials here in the memory of the inhabitants...burial ground not enclosed. No tombstone with inscription was visible.' Bowman (1934, 688) noted 'the base of the surrounding wall...3ft 3in thick' made with large stones, and gives maximum length and breadth of enclosure as '50 yards by 23 yards'. 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
- CO023-162002 Church
Description
Forming NW corner of graveyard (14619). Fragmentary remains of rectangular church, described by Bowman (1934, 688) as measuring internally 38ft 8in by 18ft 5in. Section of N wall alone stands (H 2.75m; L 4.5m), built with large squared sandstone blocks, founded on plinth; Bowman (ibid.) also described 3ft length of W gable, 71/2ft high, since fallen. Stonework of surviving wall is possibly Romanesque (12th century) in appearance. Remains of parish church of Subulter. Church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291. Reported 'in ruins' in 1774 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 379-80). 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
- CO023-343 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, cropmark of circular-shaped area (diam. c. 40m) defined by a ditch visible on Apple Maps imagery. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère See attached image Date of upload/revision: 05 April 2022
- CO023-344 Enclosure
Description
In tillage, cropmark of sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 40m N-S x 40m E-W) defined by a ditch visible on Apple Maps imagery. Rectangular-shaped area (c. 30m N-S x 12.5m E-W) in western half of interior. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère See attached image Date of upload/revision: 05 April 2022
- CO024-065 Ringfort - rath
Description
In tillage, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (diam. c. 30m) enclosed by earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.5m); external fosse (D 0.4m) SW->N. Bank planted with deciduous trees. Fosse filled with water to NW. Interior used as dump for field clearance material and overgrown. 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
- CO024-066 Kiln - lime
Description
In depression. Random-rubble limestone walls encase earthen core. Front elevation (H 4.5m; Wth 4.45m) faces SW; its base, including lower portion of recess ope, is hewn out of limestone rock. Recess (Wth 2.25m; H c. 2.6m) partially cut into rock outcrop topped with corbelled stones and lintel, sloping slabs at rear with stoking hole and ope at base. Partially infilled stone-lined funnel (diam. 2.2m) barrel-shaped. 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
- CO024-205001 Field system
Description
Series of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, visible in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989). Cropmarks cover area of c. 10ha and probably represent at least two separate and overlapping field systems. Closely spaced parallel linear cropmarks also visible, possibly indicating routeways. Circular enclosures (CO023-30902-; CO024-20503-) within system. 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
- CO024-205002 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m), truncated on NE side by field fence, visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989). Circular enclosure (13665) c. 100m to SSE. Within field system (12025, Part 1). 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
- CO024-205003 Enclosure
Description
Cropmark of fosse of circular enclosure (diam. c. 40m) visible in aerial photograph (CASAP, July 1989); possible entrance to E; small cropmark on external side of fosse to N may be annexe (diam. c. 10m). Circular enclosure (13665) c. 100m to NNW. Within field system (12025). 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
- CO024-236 Field system
Description
Series of rectilinear cropmarks, some perpendicular to each other, covering c. 6ha, visible in aerial photographs (CASAP, July 1989). 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 Subulter.
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 Subulter.
- 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 Subulter with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Subulter · Sobaltair
- Area
- 1,550,647 m² (155.06 ha, 383.17 acres)
- Civil parish
- Subulter, and its townlands
- Barony
- Duhallow
- Electoral division
- Castlecor, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Castlecor electoral division: 464 people in 172 households; 90% of households own their home; 40% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballygiblin, Ballyhest West, Ballyrusheen, Knocknanuss, Lisduggan North, Marybrook, Two Gneeves
- Placenames
- Subulter 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.