Caheracruttera

54 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Caheracruttera, from 5 m² to 1,463,227 m² (146.32 ha, 361.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 5 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Caheracruttera 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.

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  (A) CONSTRUCT A REAR EXTENSION, INCORPORATING THE COVERSION OF AN ATTACHED GARAGE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF 01/3895, TO HABITABLE SPACE, (B) ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF FRONT PORCH, (C) CONSTRUCT SHED TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 231171

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE WITH A SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA INCLUDING ALL NECESSARY SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Kerry County Council, 18583

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slieve Mish Mountains SAC 002185
• Special Area of Conservation: Castlemaine Harbour SAC 000343
• Special Protection Area: Castlemaine Harbour SPA 004029
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Castlemaine Harbour 000343

Recorded monuments

• KE045-068 Souterrain
  Description

  This souterrain, running N-S beneath an old laneway, is located on the S slopes of Beenduff at the NE edge of the old clachan at Caheracruttera. It is not now accessible, but the collapse of one of the roofing slabs enables one chamber to be viewed. The walls, of drystone construction, corbelling slightly towards the roof, define a chamber 1m high, c. 1.2m wide and at least 3.4m long; it is roofed by a series of large flat slabs. The W portion of the end wall at N has collapsed, but the drystone-built, E jamb of an opening at ground level remains visible. This opening presumably provided access to a creepway or passage beyond. The S end of the chamber is completely blocked by collapse but local information indicates that the souterrain extended further in this direction. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 746. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 7 August 2013

• KE045-096001 Ecclesiastical site
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). It is known locally as An Scairt or Cathair na mBráithre and is reputed to be the site of a monastery. The adjacent field to E is known as the monks' graveyard (KE045-096002-) and the names Páircín na Manach and Srúill Chathair an tSagairt are applied to nearby features (local information; OSNB Ballinvoher 47; An Seabhac 1939, 202). A bullaun stone lies outside the enclosure at SE. The walls enclosing the site are obscured by vegetation and, though some are undoubtedly later field walls, it was not possible to determine to what extent the outline or structure of the original wall survives. However, the SW quadrant is bounded by a regularly curving arc of walling, 2.5m wide, 1.3m high internally and 2.5m high externally, which may indicate that the enclosure was originally circular or oval. The interior is occupied by overgrown heaps of stone collapse which in 1939 were apparently identifiable as the foundations of rectangular and circular houses (NMI); two rectangular buildings are marked on the 1st edition of the OS map. Mounds of blackened earth solid with shells were also visible in 1939. A human skull was unearthed in the S part of the site earlier this century (local information). The bullaun stone (KE042-096001-) now broken in two and lacking the greater portion of its lower section, is a rough sandstone block measuring .46 x .38m x .23m deep. The circular, almost vertical-sided depression is .24m in diameter and .15m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-096002 Graveyard
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). It is known locally as An Scairt or Cathair na mBráithre and is reputed to be the site of a monastery. The adjacent field to E is known as the monks' graveyard (KE045-096002-) and the names Páircín na Manach and Srúill Chathair an tSagairt are applied to nearby features (local information; OSNB Ballinvoher 47; An Seabhac 1939, 202). A bullaun stone lies outside the enclosure at SE. A human skull was unearthed in the S part of the site earlier this century (local information). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-096003 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). The bullaun stone (KE042-096003-) now broken in two and lacking the greater portion of its lower section, is a rough sandstone block measuring .46 x .38m x .23m deep. The circular, almost vertical-sided depression is .24m in diameter and .15m deep. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-096004 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). The walls enclosing the site are obscured by vegetation and, though some are undoubtedly later field walls, it was not possible to determine to what extent the outline or structure of the original wall survives. However, the SW quadrant is bounded by a regularly curving arc of walling, 2.5m wide, 1.3m high internally and 2.5m high externally, which may indicate that the enclosure was originally circular or oval. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-096005 Building
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). The interior is occupied by overgrown heaps of stone collapse which in 1939 were apparently identifiable as the foundations of rectangular and circular houses (NMI); two rectangular buildings are marked on the 1st edition of the OS map. Mounds of blackened earth solid with shells were also visible in 1939. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

• KE045-096006 Building
  Description

  Dense vegetation prevents a close examination of this irregular stone-walled enclosure (KE042-096004-) which is situated on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking Castlemaine Harbour. Its classification remains uncertain but folklore and place name evidence suggests that it may have been an ecclesiastical site (KE045-096001-). The interior is occupied by overgrown heaps of stone collapse which in 1939 were apparently identifiable as the foundations of rectangular and circular houses (NMI); two rectangular buildings are marked on the 1st edition of the OS map. Mounds of blackened earth solid with shells were also visible in 1939. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 829. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

Architectural heritage

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

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

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Caheracruttera.

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 Caheracruttera with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry.

Name

Caheracruttera · Cathair an Chruitire

Area

2,358,479 m² (235.85 ha, 582.79 acres)

Civil parish

Ballinvoher, and its townlands

Barony

Corkaguiny

Electoral division

Lack, the unit of the census

Census 2022

273 people lived in 111 households in the Lack electoral division. 85% of households owned their home. 22% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballinagroun, Caherpierce, Emlagh, Glanmore

Placenames

Caheracruttera 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.