Knockash

10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockash, from 19,174 m² (1.92 ha, 4.74 acres) to 157,949 m² (15.79 ha, 39.03 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 20 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 Knockash 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 Mar 2023Conditional

  to construct a seven bay double horse stable and associated works, a dungstead and seepage

  Permission · Galway County Council, 23124

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Slieve Aughty Mountains SPA 004168

Recorded monuments

• GA115-037 Children's burial ground
  Description

  In very marshy land. This children's burial ground (L 9m; Wth 5m) consists of a raised rectangular area which is enclosed by a stone wall. Within the interior numerous small headstones are visible breaking through the sod cover. A holy well (GA115-04----) lies c. 270m to the S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 2 September 2019

• GA115-039 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  On a N-facing slope in rough pastureland, some 250m to the NE of a hillfort (GA115-042----). This poorly preserved subcircular cashel (36.8m N-S; 32.5m E-W) is defined by a collapsed drystone wall, which is reduced to a grass-covered stony bank. Some wall-facing is evident at SE and a large boulder is visible at SW. An almost square annexe (E-W 14m; N-S 13m) abuts the cashel wall at N. Quarrying has encroached upon the monument at N and NE. A series of banks and cultivation ridges are visible to the NW. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2018

• GA115-040 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  On level ground, c. 270m S of a children’s burial ground (GA115-037----). Named 'Tobermacduagh' on the 1838 and 1920 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. On inspection this natural spring well had recently been enlarged to make a watering hole for cattle and horses. No votive offerings or other structural features were visible. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of Upload: 12 April 2023

• GA115-042 Hillfort
  Description

  On the summit of a prominent steep-sided hill, in hilly pastureland. Aerial reconnaissance in June 1986 (ASGAP 267:5-7) revealed this large irregular enclosure (diam. c. 170m). It is defined from NW through E to S by a low stony bank (Wth 3.1m; ext. H 1m; int. H 0.3m) and is best preserved at E. From S to SSW, only intermittent traces of the bank are evident. The steep natural slope of the hill forms the enclosing element from SSW to NW. A gap (Wth 3m) occurs at ENE. The interior is uneven and rocky. A cashel (GA115-053----) lies c. 45m to the E. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 14 December 2017

• GA115-053 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Some 100m to the E of a hillfort (GA115-042----). Aerial reconnaissance in June 1986 (ASGAP 267:6) revealed this poorly preserved subcircular cashel (25.5m N-S; 21.6m E-W). It is defined by a low grassed-over stony bank that is visible all round but is best preserved at E (Wth 3m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.65m). A TV/communications mast and a concrete shed have been constructed in the interior. Abutting the monument at S is a very poorly preserved, almost square, annexe or house site (N-S 6m; E-W 5m). It is composed of natural clints from the surrounding outcropping rock and small stones. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 10 January 2018

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, 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 Knockash.

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 Knockash with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Galway.

Name

Knockash · Cnoc Ais

Area

663,214 m² (66.32 ha, 163.88 acres)

Civil parish

Kilteskill, and its townlands

Barony

Loughrea

Electoral division

Kilteskill, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Kilteskill electoral division: 393 people in 131 households; 91% of households own their home; 41% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyeighter, Ballyknock, Knockroe, Loughaun, Srahaunananta, Tinageeragh

Placenames

Knockash 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.