Addergown
Townland in the civil parish of Rattoo, barony of Clanmaurice, Co. Kerry; in Irish Eadarghabhain
- Area
- 183.7 ha
- 454 acres
- Land parcels
- 68
- registered freehold, median 8,678 m² (0.87 ha, 2.14 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 6
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
68 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Addergown, from 45 m² to 181,144 m² (18.11 ha, 44.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 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 Addergown 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
15 Nov 2022Refused
CONSTRUCT A PRIVATE DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED WITH A MECHANICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS ON SITE
Outline permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 221182
26 Apr 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 21454
23 Jul 2020Conditional
(A) CONSTRUCT A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (B) ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING GARDEN SHED AND (C) PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE AND BOUNDARY WALL ALTERATIONS ALL INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY WORKS ALL AT A SITE
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 20660
23 Apr 2020N/a
RETAIN THE MONTESSORRI SCHOOL LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING
Retention · Kerry County Council, 20376
22 Jan 2020Conditional
(A) RETAIN EXISTING MONTESSORI SCHOOL ON SITE (B) PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH PART OF THE SHED ON SITE; PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A ONE & HALF STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO DECOMMISSION THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM ON SITE AND TO INSTALL A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 2035
17 May 2017Conditional
RETAIN EXISTING DWELLING, GARAGE, SITE BOUNDARY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 17447
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 Addergown.
Recorded monuments
- KE009-049 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Internal diameter 30.4m N-S, 35m E-W This univallate stone fort is situated in the corner of a pastoral field with fieldbanks running into the enclosing bank to the NW and SE. It consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a well-defined bank and traces of an exterior fosse. The enclosing stone-lined bank is 6.4m wide; it rises to 2m-3.8m externally and to 1.2m-2.7m above the interior. The external fosse is evident from the NW through N to E to SE, where it is 2m wide and .6m below the surrounding land. The interior is at a slightly higher level than the surrounding land and access is gained by a 2.6m wide entrance to the E. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 800. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-050 Ringfort - cashel
Description
Internal diameter 40.5m N-S Caherbuckaun/Cathair Bhocáin (stonefort of Bocán - personal name). This site is situated in the corner of a pastoral field, and a stream lies to the E. SE of this site lies a univallate cahir (KE009-051----). It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined stone-lined bank, which rises to c 2m externally and 1.2m internally. Access to the interior is obtained by an entrance to the E, which was originally stone lined. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping E. 'Caves' are marked on the 1841-42 OS map and in the centre of the interior is a sub-circular area, 21.7m N-S and 14.8m E-W. This is possibly the remains of the souterrain feature (KE009-050001-) . The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 801. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-050001 Souterrain
Description
Caherbuckaun/Cathair Bhocáin (stonefort of Bocán - personal name). KE009-050---- is situated in the corner of a pastoral field, and a stream lies to the E. SE of this site lies a univallate cahir (KE009-051----). It consists of a circular area enclosed by a well-defined stone-lined bank. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land and is gently sloping E. 'Caves' are marked on the 1841-42 OS map and in the centre of the interior is a sub-circular area, 21.7m N-S and 14.8m E-W. This is possibly the remains of the souterrain feature (KE009-050001-) . The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 801. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013
- KE009-083 Fulacht fia
Description
This site is situated at the bottom of a pastoral field which is sloping S. Beside a small E flowing stream is a grass covered horseshoe-shaped mound measuring 5.28m N-S, 11.28m E-W and .4m high. The in-curved front of the mound faces S and measures 5.75m point to point. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 45. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 1 August 2013
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Addergown.
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 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 Addergown.
- 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 Addergown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.
The townland
- Name
- Addergown · Eadarghabhain
- Area
- 1,837,420 m² (183.74 ha, 454.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Rattoo, and its townlands
- Barony
- Clanmaurice
- Electoral division
- Drommartin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Drommartin electoral division: 539 people in 184 households; 88% of households own their home; 30% of homes were built since 2001; 11% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardagh, Ardoughter, Ballinbranhig, Knockavaghig, Knocknacree, Rahealy, Slievawaddra
- Placenames
- Addergown 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.