Thornhill
Townland in the civil parish of Killaconenagh, barony of Bear, Co. Cork; in Irish Cnoc na Sceach
- Area
- 92.8 ha
- 229 acres
- Land parcels
- 29
- registered freehold, median 6,657 m² (0.67 ha, 1.64 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 22
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
29 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Thornhill, from 540 m² to 172,976 m² (17.3 ha, 42.74 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 Thornhill 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
17 Nov 2023Conditional
The removal of an existing 18 metres telecommunications pole and replacement with a new 21 metres telecommunications pole together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU's), dishes, cable ladder, gantry poles, suporting fixtures, concrete foundation, extension of an existing fence and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/653
13 Nov 2023Incompleted application
The removal of an existing 18 metres telecommunications pole and replacement with a new 21 metres telecommunications pole together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU's), dishes, cable ladder, gantry poles, supporting fixtures, concrete foundation, extension of an existing fence and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless datea and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/644
11 Sept 2023Incompleted application
The removal of an existing 18 metres telecommunications pole and replacement with a new 21 metres telecommnications pole togther with antennas, remote readio unites (RRU's) dishes, cable ladder, gantry poles, supporting fixtures, concrete foundation, extension of an existing fence and all associated site development works to provide for high-spreed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/502
9 Aug 2023Incompleted application
The removal of an existing 18 metres telecommunications pole and replacement with a new 21 metres telecommunications pole together with antennas, remote radio units (RRU's), dishes, cable ladder, gantry poles, supporting fixtures, concrete foundation, extension of an existing fence and all associated site development works to provide for high-speed wireless data and broadband services
Permission · Cork County Council, 23/462
4 May 2021Conditional
Retention Permission of an existing telecommunications support structure (previously granted under Plan Ref No. 09/762) together with associated ground equipment cabinets within a fenced compound
Retention · Cork County Council, 21/282
10 Dec 2020Conditional
The importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/715
6 Nov 2020Incompleted application
Importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/629
11 Sept 2020Incompleted application
Importation of soil and stone for the raising of an agricultural field in order to improve the agricultural output of the field
Permission · Cork County Council, 20/487
10 Jan 2013Conditional
Planning Permission for a water extraction & supply network scheme & all associated site works consisting of a water storage lagoon within a fenced compound supplied by a gravity flow pipline from the Rossmackowen River. An overflow pipe is proposed to take any excess water back to the river. A water pump adjacent to the lagoon will pump water through a rising main pipeline to a well boat
Permission · Cork County Council, 13/7
21 Dec 2012Incompleted application
Planning Permission for a water extraction & supply network scheme & all associated site works consisting of a water storage lagoon within a fenced compound supplied by a gravity flow pipline from the Rossmackowen River. An overflow pipe is proposed to take any excess water back to the river. A water pump adjacent to the lagoon will pump water through a rising main pipeline to a well boat
Permission · Cork County Council, 12/792
8 Dec 2010Conditional
Demolition of existing dwelling house and construction of new dwelling house, garage and installation of a small treatment plant and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 10/842
6 Oct 2009Conditional
Construction of two storey dwelling, domestic garage, entrance, septic tank and associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/1072
9 Jul 2009Conditional
Construction of 18m telecommunications support structure with 3no. 2.1m panel antennas and 1no. 0.6m radio link dish attached, equipment cabinet, fencing, part new access track and associated site works as part of the Governments National Broadband Scheme
Permission · Cork County Council, 09/762
15 Jan 2008Conditional
Recovery of agricultural land and works to consist of infill of existing lands to comprise mainly of imported construction and demolition material, subsoil, broken rock and top soil to raise land by no more than 1.5m and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 08/70
11 Dec 2007Incompleted application
Recovery of agricultural land, works consists of infill of existing lands to comprise mainly of imported construction and demolition material, subsoil, broken rock and top soil to raise land by no more than 1.5m and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/3076
20 Nov 2007Conditional
Retention of conversion of agricultural store to mechanical workshop/store and permission for construction of new facility to shed and recycle rubber and timber materials (tyres and pallets), construction of external raw material storage compounds and other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2898
18 Oct 2007Incompleted application
Retention of conversion of agricultural store to mechanical workshop/store and construction of new facility to shred and recycle rubber and timber material (tyres and pallets), Construction of external raw material storage compounds and other ancillary site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/2668
27 Mar 2007Incompleted application
Recovery of agricultural land, works consist of infill of existing lands to comprise mainly of imported construction and demolition material, subsoil, broken rock and top soil to raise the land by no more than 1.5m and all associated site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 07/856
4 Jan 2005Conditional
Domestic garage
Permission · Cork County Council, 05/3
3 Sept 2004Conditional
Dwellinghouse
Permission · Cork County Council, 04/6710
12 Sept 2003Conditional
Retention of extension to dwellinghouse and septic-tank system
Permission · Cork County Council, 03/4580
27 Jul 2001Refused
Construction of one & a half storey dwelling attached to existing disused dwelling unit as extension to same and for site works
Permission · Cork County Council, 01/4335
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 Thornhill.
Recorded monuments
- CO115-042 Burial ground
Description
In rough grazing. Circular area (diam. 26m) defined by numerous grave markers. One headstone inscribed 'Honoria O Sullivan died 9th July 1815 aged 3 months'. 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
- CO115-043 Ringfort - rath
Description
In pasture, on natural rise. Roughly circular area (31m N-S; 32m E-W) enclosed by earth and stone bank (H 1.5m); second bank (H 1.2m) W->E. Banks separated by shallow fosse. Inner bank broken to NE (Wth 5.2m) and SE (Wth 2m), latter stone lined. Disused laneway (Wth 2.5m) cuts E-W across S half of interior. 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
- CO115-061 Fulacht fia
Description
In rough grazing, on gentle S-facing slope. Grass-covered, oval-shaped mound (11m N-S; 7.8m E-W) of burnt material (H 0.6m). circular depressionin centre. Stream flows S at E side. 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
- CO115-062 Ringfort - rath
Description
In rough grazing, atop hillock. Land falls away most steeply on S side,down to sea. Roughly circular area (22.5m NE-SW; 19.3m NW-SE) enclosed by low, eroded earth and stone bank (H 0.9m) SSW-NE; large boulders on line of bank to NE, partially grass-covered. Field fence running c. NE-SW truncates site to S. Interior slightly higher than surrounding field to W and N; crossed by cultivation ridges on NE-SW axis. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Thornhill.
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 Thornhill.
- 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 Thornhill with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Cork.
The townland
- Name
- Thornhill · Cnoc na Sceach
- Area
- 928,192 m² (92.82 ha, 229.36 acres)
- Civil parish
- Killaconenagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Bear
- Electoral division
- Curryglass, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Curryglass electoral division: 427 people in 179 households; 86% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 26% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardagannive, Curryglass, Park
- Placenames
- Thornhill 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.