Sunfort

8 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sunfort, from 22 m² to 346,021 m² (34.6 ha, 85.5 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Sunfort 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.

• 11 Mar 2008Conditional

  Demolition of dwelling and construction of bungalow and installation of wastewater treatment system

  Permission · Cork County Council, 08/5338

• 18 Dec 2006Conditional

  Construction of an underground effluent tank and cattle shed to cover existing underground tanks

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/13410

• 11 Apr 2006Conditional

  Installation of biotreatment unit, construction of extension and retention of alterations and change of use of existing building from residential use to language school and conference centre with residential accommodation comprising of 15 no. bedrooms, kitchen/dining areas and toilet facilities

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/6283

• 21 Mar 2006Incompleted application

  Construction of extension to existing language school and retention of alterations and change of use of building to language school

  Permission · Cork County Council, 06/5698

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 Sunfort.

Recorded monuments

• CO007-084 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on W-facing slope. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 30m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (43m N-S) enclosed by shallow fosse with low external rise to W. Earthworks may represent remains of bivallate site whose inner bank (shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map) has been totally destroyed, and whose outer bank was not depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map but which partially survives to 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

• CO007-085 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, c. 150m N of Awbeg River. Depicted as hachured circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Levelled; circular area (21.8m ENE-WSW) enclosed by two low banks with intervening fosse. Outer bank (H 0.25m) truncated on S side by field boundary. 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

• CO007-124002 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, at base of W-facing slope, on E bank of stream. Depicted as circular area (diam. c. 20m) defined by broken line on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Rock outcrop in area of site, partially overgrown with bushes and briars; no visible remains of enclosure. 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

• CO016-009 Moated site
  Description

  Depicted as hachured rectangular enclosure (c. 25m E-W; c. 20m N-S) on 1842 OS 6-inch map, with lime kiln at SW corner. In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope, c. 200m E of Awbeg River; adjoining W side of farmyard. Rectangular area defined on N (L 26.5m) and W sides (L 24m) by stone-faced earthen bank (int. H 0.7m; ext. H 1.25m); on E side by farm building; on S side by block wall with gate at centre. Interior appears to be raised slightly above level of surrounding ground. Listed by Barry (1981, 83, no. 67). No visible surface trace of lime kiln. 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

• CO016-010 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle SSE-facing slope. Circular area (33.8m E-W; 33.5m N-S) enclosed by slight rise (max. H 0.3m); shallow fosse (max. D 0.3m). Bank and interior overgrown with hawthorn bushes. 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

• CO016-012 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 20m W of Awbeg River. Oval area (13.2m N-S; 9.5m E-W) consisting of two low parallel mounds of burnt material. Second fulacht fiadh (11666) c. 100m 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

• CO016-013 Fulacht fia
  Description

  In pasture, c. 60m NW of Awbeg River. Horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material (12.8m NE-SW; 11.5m NW-SE; H 0.65m); opening (Wth 4m) faces NW. Second fulacht fiadh (11665) c. 100m to NE. On a subsequent visit in 2007 this fulacht fia wasfound to have been levelled. 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

• CO016-219 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  In pasture, on gentle S-facing slope. Circular area (38.6m N-S; 37m E-W) enclosed by low, wide rise (int. H 0.85m; ext. H 0.55m) all round; faint trace of external fosse visible to N. 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 Sunfort.

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 Sunfort, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The Geological Survey did not answer.

Terrain model

The Geological Survey did not answer.

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

Name

Sunfort · Lios na Gréine

Area

934,106 m² (93.41 ha, 230.82 acres)

Civil parish

Knocktemple, and its townlands

Barony

Duhallow

Electoral division

Knocktemple, the unit of the census

Census 2022

510 people lived in 185 households in the Knocktemple electoral division. 73% of households owned their home. 36% of homes were built since 2001. 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altamira, Glenfield South, Knockardbane, Liscarroll, Rockspring, Tulladuff

Placenames

Sunfort 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.